英语寓言小故事集合[15篇]
在日常学习、工作抑或是生活中，大家一定没少看寓言故事吧，寓言的故事比较简单，一般没有完整的故事情节，也不要求塑造性格鲜明的拟人化形象。你还在找寻优秀经典的寓言故事吗？以下是小编帮大家整理的英语寓言小故事，欢迎阅读与收藏。
Building the third storey without the first two
A long time ago, there was a rich man whose foolishness knew no bounds(无限).
The fool visited another rich man's house and saw a magnificent three-storeyed building which was tall, spacious and bright. He was extremely envious and said to himself, "my wealth is no less than his. Why haven't I got a house like this?"
He immediately called in a carpenter. "Did you build that house?" He inquired, "Yes, indeed," answered the carpenter, whereupon he ordered a similar house be built for him.
The carpenter started to clear the ground and pile up mud bricks, When the fool saw the carpenter do this, he was puzzled and asked, "What kind of a house are you going to build?" "A three-storeyed house," came the reply. "I don't want the first and second storeys. Build the top storey first." "That simply cannot be done," the carpenter argued. "Whoever heard of building the second storey without first constructing the ground storey, and without the second storey, how can you build the third?"
But the fool insisted, "I don't need the first two storeys. You must build only the top storey for me."
Long ago,there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealingfood.
One day the mice had a meetingto talk about the way to deal with their common enemy. Some said this,, andsome said that.
At last a young mouse gotup, and said that he had a good idea.
"We could tie a bellaround the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound ofthe bell, and run away."
Everyone approved of thisproposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well,but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, butnobody spoke.
从前，一所房子里面有一只大猫，他抓住了很多偷东西的老鼠。
一天，老鼠在一起开会商量如何对付他们奇特的敌人。会上大家各有各的主张，最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。
“咱们可能在猫的脖子上绑一个铃铛，那么如果他来到附近，咱们听到铃声就能够立即逃跑。”
大家都同意这个倡导，这时一只聪明的老耗子站出来说：“这确切是个绝妙的'主意，然而谁来给猫的脖子上绑铃铛呢?”老鼠们面面相觑，谁也不谈话。
寓意：有些事件说起来容易，做起来却很难。
A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle . He ran home to tell his mother what had happened.
"I only touched it lightly," he said, "and the nasty thing stung me."
"It stung you because you only touched it lightly," his mother told him." Next time you touch a nettle grasp it as tightly as you can. Then it won't sting you at all."
Face danger boldly.
有个男孩子在地里玩耍，被荨麻刺痛了。他跑回家去，告诉妈妈出了什么事。
"我不过轻轻地碰了它一下，"他说，"那讨厌的东西就把我刺痛了。"
"你只轻轻地碰了它一下，所以它才刺痛你，"妈妈对他说，"下一回你再碰到荨麻，就尽量紧紧地抓住它。那它就根本不会刺痛你了。"
要敢于面对危险。
Chen Jingrun is a famous mathematician , he draw up a work schedule for herself every day,to make full use of every second of a day. When he walk in the road, he always read and recite a result,he masters four language words easily.
Balzac ,in the twenty years of his writing career, wrote more than 90 novels, created more than 2 thousand different types of characters, many of his works have become the world masterpiece. He works from midnight to noon, that is to say, twelve hours he will sit in the round chair a day, trying to change and creation. Then, from noon to four ,he will check what he wrote and five o'clock ,he will have dinner befor he goes to bed at 5:30, and begin work until midnight.
Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake. People came from far and near to see what would happen. "A great river will be born." said one. "Surely nothing less than a mighty dragon will e out." said another. "A god himself will spring form these rocks." said a third. Finally,after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain. And out popped-a mouse. Just because someone makes a lot of fuss， it doesn't mean he is important.
On a vacation trip，Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi，
which perished long ago.
Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles，collapsed walls，and clusters of weeds，
he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.
They replied，"Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds，and averse to evildoing，which led to the perdition."
When the Duke could not understand the answer，people explained，" Though he liked doing good，he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing，never could he help not participating. That caused the ruin of his capital."
But those swallows and sparrows are unmindful of the coming disaster.
They go on with their superficial happiness brought by peace and calm.
燕雀处室
燕雀为拥有屋顶下面的一个位置而欣慰不已。母鸟用叼来的食物喂养啁啾鸣叫的幼鸟，整个儿是一派欢乐自得的祥和景象。
它们完全没有考虑到：炉灶上的烟囱有可能会炸裂，火苗将会窜上屋梁，烧着的椽将会摧毁它们的.巢穴。
不知大祸将要降临到自己头上的燕雀们正在安然自若地品味这表面上的安宁所带来的幸福。
The little grasshopper accidentally caught a bug picking frog, and suddenly he was so frightened that he could not move any more. Little grasshopper often listen to mother said, a frog prey hundreds of insects a day, enough fierce, who meets the frog, then can not escape.
This time it's over! The grasshopper will have to wait for his death. But strangely, the frog did not eat it, his eyes rolled a few times, and then he jumped in front of it. "What's the matter?" said the grasshopper, "when he sees me, he does not eat me. Oh, it must be afraid of me. Yes, it fears me. Far away from me." the little grasshopper thinks, the more he thinks, the worse the frog is.
But what does the frog fear of you? Will you eat it? Someone said to the little grasshopper, "my little brother, you must be so frightened that you can not move.". It must be so. For the still thing, the frog is blind, and even if it has a building in front of it, it can not be seen, but as long as you move a little, the smallest thing can be seen clearly
I was too scared to move? Joke! Tell you, if you are like me brave, courage, wisdom, the frog will also fear you, the frog is very timid, cowardly and incompetent guy, you don't need it to you so afraid of grasshopper on the Jedi said the frog, the frog came suddenly you see, and quickly escape, grasshopper also follow us away, but too late, it was a frog to see a frog on the crystal clear, it has devoured.
Three Good Friends
One day，a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him.
He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey，but he can’t help him. Luckily，an elephant es along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy.
They go to the elephant’s home. Then，three of them bee good friends.
Drop at the fox in the well with thegoat
Thirsty pole，arrive at this well the side，and see the fox under the well，and then ask him the well water the how about it to drink?The fox feels the opportunity to e，heart inside
The暗pleaseds，right away the town quiet down，make every effort the laudation well water good drink，say this water is a world the first spring，pure and sweet and good to eat，and advise the goat to hurry up
Come down，and drink to heart's content with him.A the heart think only of to drink the water letter to think the true goat，then the without stopping to think ground jump downed to go to，and be his咕咚咕the咚painful
Save." the公goat agreed his proposal，fox to trample the feet of his empress，and jump he carry top on his back，and then make an effort from the Cape a
Say to公goat:" hello，friend，beard that you of brains if resemble you are so perfect，you not to the extent of at did not see the pure exit it
Front blindly jump down to go to."
This story elucidation，cleverness of the person should to in advance think it over the affair's result，then just go to do.
Fox, just at the time of the vintage, stole into a vine-yard where the ripe sunny Grapes were trellised up on high in most tempting show. He made many a spring and a jump after the luscious prize, but, failing in all his attempts, he muttered as he retreated："Well what does it matter! The Grapes are sour!"
One day passed by Jackson Panshan Baoji market, customer and butcher overheard dialogue. The customer of the butcher said: "give me a pound of meat cut."
Listen to the butcher, butcher asked: "what a piece of meat is not good?"
The customer was shocked, while on the side of the mountain but understand a Baoji jackson.
We always felt that the present work is not ideal, there are many complaints, such as: "the environment is not good enough, the wage than other company employees to bottom, feel that their brand is relatively small, with a lot of disappointments." In fact, "a piece of meat which is not good?"
No matter what kind of company, what kind of work environment, how much you put into this job, how much you will get. The key is how you look at it.
盘山宝积禅师有一天路过市场时，偶然听到顾客与屠夫的对话。顾客对屠夫说：“给我割一斤好肉。”
屠夫听了，放下屠刀反问：“哪一块不是好肉呢？”
顾客当时怔住，而在一旁的盘山宝积禅师却领悟了。
我们总是感到，现在的工作不够理想，有很多的抱怨，如：“工作的环境不够好、开的工薪比其它公司的员工要底、觉得自己的公司品牌比较小等等，有着很多的不如意。”而实际上，“哪一块肉是不好的.呢？”
不论在什么样的公司里，什么样的工作环境中，你对这份工作投入了多少你就会收获多少。关键在于你如何看待。