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1、经典英语小故事十篇 多阅读一些英语童话小故事，会提高孩子的英语阅读实力而且对口语和词汇量的增加也有所帮助。下面就是我整理的经典英语小故事十篇，希望大家喜爱。 经典英语小故事（一）： A mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay dozing。 The bull jumped up in a rage and， with his head low to the ground， chased the mouse right across the yard。 The mouse was too quick for him， h
2、owever， and slipped easily into a hole in the wall。 The bull charged the wall furiously again and again， but although he bruised his head and chipped his horns， the mouse stayed safely inside his hole。 After a time the bull gave up and sank down to rest again。 As soon as the bull was asleep， the lit
3、tle mouse crept to the mouth of the hole， pattered across the yard， bit the bull again - this time on the nose - and rushed back to safety。 As the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked: "It's not always the big people who e off best。 Sometimes the small ones win， you know。" 老鼠和公牛 有
4、一次，公牛躺着打盹，一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴。公牛怒气冲天地跳起来，低着头追老鼠，一向追过院子。然而，老鼠跑得比他快多了，从容地钻到墙洞里去了。 公牛一次又一次地猛撞墙壁，尽管头撞肿了，角撞裂了，老鼠却安稳待在洞里。过了一会儿，公牛不撞了，倒下歇着。 公牛刚睡着，小老鼠就爬到洞口，嗒嗒地跑过院子，又咬了公牛一口?这回咬了鼻子?又跑回平安的地方去。当公牛毫无方法地吼叫时，老鼠吱吱叫道： "大人物并不总占上风。有时小人物也会取胜。" 经典英语小故事（二）： On a vacation trip， Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ru
5、in 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 ave
6、rse 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。" 郭氏之墟 齐
7、桓公出游途中，来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟。 看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象，忍不住问当地百姓郭氏灭亡的缘由。 百姓们回答说："郭氏由于宠爱善行善事。厌恶邪恶丑行而导致灭亡。" 齐桓公不能理解这种回答，百姓们便说明说："郭氏虽然宠爱善行善事，但从来都不能做到;尽管厌恶邪恶丑行，却总是忍不住参加其中。这就是他的都城变成废墟的缘由。" 经典英语小故事（三）： Making His Mark A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his s
8、word into the water carelessly。 Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped， hoping to find it later。 When the boat stopped moving， he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat。 As we know， the boat had moved but the sword ha
9、d not。 Isn't this a very foolish way to look for a sword? 缘木求鱼 楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不细心把自我的一把宝剑掉落江中。他立即掏出一把小刀，在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后，那楚人马上从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎样找得到宝剑呢？船接着行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。 经典英语小故事（四）： The miser and his gold Once upon a time there was a miser。 He hid his gold under a tree。 Eve
10、ry week he used to dig it up。 One night a robber stole all the gold。 When the miser came again， he found nothing but an empty hole。 He was surprised， and then burst into tears。All the neighbors gathered around him。 He told them how he used to e and visit his gold。 "Did you ever take any of it o
11、ut?" asked one of them。 "No，" he said， "I only came to look at it。" "Then e again and look at the hole，" said the neighbor， "it will be the same as looking at the gold。" 守财奴 从前，有个守财奴将他的金块埋到一棵树下，每周他都去把他挖出来看看。 一天晚上，一个小偷挖走了全部的金块。 守财奴再来查看时，发觉除了一个空洞什么都没有了。 守财奴
12、便捶胸痛哭。哭声引来了邻居 他告知他们那里原先有他的金块。 问明白缘由后，一个邻居问：“你运用过这些金块吗?” “没用过，” 他说，“我只是时常来看看。”“那么，以后再来看这个洞，”邻居说，“就像以前有金块时一样。” 经典英语小故事（五）： The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice。 They were friends。 One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city。 After many years the Country m
13、ouse saw the City mouse; he said， "Do e and see me at my house in the country。" So the City mouse went。 The City mouse said， "This food is not good， and your house is not good。 Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should e and live in the city。 You would live in a nice house ma
14、de of stone。 You would have nice food to eat。 You must e and see me at my house in the city。" The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse。 It was a very good house。 Nice food was set ready for them to eat。 But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise。 The City mouse cried， &
15、quot; Run! Run! The cat is ing!" They ran away quickly and hid。 After some time they came out。 When they came out， the Country mouse said， "I do not like living in the city。 I like living in my hole in the field。 For it is nicer to be poor and happy， than to be rich and afraid。" 城里老鼠和
16、乡下老鼠 从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好挚友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。许多年以后，乡下老鼠遇到城里老鼠，它说：“你必需要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自我的家里。它把全部最精致食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应当搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的美丽房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应当到我城里的家看看。” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子非常美丽，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正值他们要起先吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞速地跑开躲藏起来。
17、过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜爱住在城里，我喜爱住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫困可是快乐自由，比起虽然富有却要过着心惊胆战的生活来说，要好些。 经典英语小故事（六）： A Man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance， sat down together to eat。 The day being wintry and cold， the Man put his fingers to his mouse and blew opon them。 "What's that for， my frien
18、d?" asked the Satyr。 " My hands are so cold，" said the Man， "I do it to warm them。" In a little while some hot food was placed before them， and the Man， raising the dish to his mouse， again blew opon it。 "And what's the meaning of that， now?" said the Satyr。 &q
19、uot;Oh，" replied the Man， "my porridge is so hot， I do it to cool it。" "Nay， then，" said the Satyr， "from this moment I renounce your friendship， for I will have nothing to do with one who blows hot and cold with the same mouse。" 一个人与赛特偶然相识，坐在一齐吃东西。正值冬季，天气很冷，那人把手放在
20、嘴边哈气。赛特问道“我的挚友，那是干吗?”这人说“我的手太冷了，这是为了取暖”。过了一会儿，热腾腾的食物端上来了，那人把碟子举到嘴边又吹了起来，赛特问“这又是干吗?”，那人说“哦，我的粥太烫了，我把他吹凉些”。赛特说“从今刻起，我要与你绝交，因为我不想和一个反复无常的人做挚友”。 经典英语小故事（七）： Drop at the fox in the well with the 公 goat An only the fox take a wrong stepped the well， in spite of how he struggle can not still climb up， and
21、have to be foolish there。The 公 goat feels 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 lauda
22、tion 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
23、ground jump downed to go to， and be his 咕咚咕 the 咚 painful After finishing drinking， have to with the fox together totally the pany ascend the well's way。Fox early contain preparation， he to archly say:" I pour to have a Method。You pick with forepaw on the well wall， again Cape 竖直 ， I behind
24、 carry on the back to jump up the well to go to from you， and pull you again to e up， we all 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 Jump， jump outed the mouth of a well。The fox go
25、ups the hereafter， and the preparation alone escape。The 公 goat blames the fox and does not keep the 诺 speech。The fox returns overdo 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
26、 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。 掉在井里的狐狸和公山羊 一只狐狸失足掉到了井里，不论他如何挣扎仍没法爬上去，只好呆在那里。公山羊觉得 口渴极了，来到这井边，望见狐狸在井下，便问他井水好不好喝？狐狸觉得机会来了，心中 暗喜，立即冷静下来，极力赞美井水好喝，说这水是天下第一泉，清甜爽口，并劝山羊赶快 下来，与他痛饮。一心只想喝水信以
27、为真的山羊，便毫不犹豫地跳了下去，当他咕咚咕咚痛 饮完后，就不得不与狐狸一齐共商上井的方法。狐狸早有打算，他狡猾地说：“我倒有一个 方法。你用前脚扒在井墙上，再把角竖直了，我从你后背跳上井去，再拉你上来，我们就都 得救了。”公山羊同意了他的提议，狐狸踩着他的后脚，跳到他背上，然后再从角上用力一 跳，跳出了井口。狐狸上去以后，打算独自逃离。公山羊指责狐狸不信守诺言。狐狸回过头 对公山羊说：“喂，挚友，你的头脑假如像你的胡须那样完备，你就不至于在没看清出口之 前就盲目地跳下去。” 这故事说明，聪慧的人应当事先探讨清晰事情的结果，然后才去做。 经典英语小故事（八）： The Ass and the
28、Grasshopperan Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping， was highly enchanted; and， desiring to possess the same charms of melody， demanded what sort of food they lived on， to give them such beautiful voices。 They replied， "The dew。" The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew， and
29、 in a short time died of hunger。 驴和蚱蜢 一只驴听到几只蚱蜢在叫，便觉得很趣味;于是也想得到同样趣味的音调，便问蚱蜢吃什么东西过活，以致于能有这样美丽的声音。蚱蜢说：露水。驴子听了，从今以后也单吃露水过活，不久便饿死了。 经典英语小故事（九）： Little boy and scorpion son There is a child in front of city wall to catch the grasshopper， and in a short while caught the lots of。Suddenly see a scorpion son
30、， he to think is also grasshopper， Then two go to catch him。The scorpion son raises his poison to stab， say:" e， if you really dare to do like this， connect your grasshopper that catch to also would entirely lose。" This story warns people， and want to distinguish the pure good man with the
31、 bad person， and distinct to treat them。 小男孩与蝎子 有个小孩在城墙前捉蚱蜢，一会儿就捉了很多。突然望见一只蝎子，他以为也是蚱蜢， 便着两手去捕获他。蝎子举起他的毒刺，说道：“来吧，假如你真敢这样做，就连你捉的蚱蜢也会统统失掉。” 这故事告诫人们，要辨别清好人和坏人，区分对待他们。 经典英语小故事（十）： The Wolf and the Lamba Wolf， meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold， resolved not to lay violent hands on him， but to find
32、some plea， which should justify to the Lamb himself his right to eat him。 He thus addressed him:"Sirrah， last year you grossly insulted me。" "Indeed，" bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice， "I was not then born。" Then said the Wolf， "You feed in my pasture。&
33、quot; "No， good sir，" replied the Lamb， "I have not yet tasted grass。" Again said the Wolf， "You drink of my well。" "No，" exclaimed the Lamb， "I never yet drank water， for as yet my mothers milk is both food and drink to me。" On which the Wolf seized
34、 him， and ate him up， saying， "Well! I wont remain supperless， even though you refute every one of my imputations。"The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny。 狼和小羊 一只狼瞧见一只迷路失群的小羊，确定暂缓下毒手，想先找一些理由，对小羊证明自我有吃它的权利。它就说：小鬼!你去年以往骂过我。小羊可怜地说：醇厚说，我去年还没有诞生呢。狼再说：你在我的草地上吃过草。 小羊回答说：不，好先生，我还未曾尝过草的味道呢。狼又说：你喝过我井里的水。小羊叫道：不，我从没有喝过水，因为直到今日为止，我都是吃着母亲的奶汁。狼一听这话，便抓住它，把它吃下去，便说：好!即使你驳倒我每一句话，我终究要吃晚餐的!暴君总有他暴行的借口。 经典英语小故事十篇本文来源：网络收集与整理，如有侵权，请联系作者删除，谢谢！第17页 共17页第 17 页 共 17 页第 17 页 共 17 页第 17 页 共 17 页第 17 页 共 17 页第 17 页 共 17 页第 17 页 共 17 页第 17 页 共 17 页第 17 页 共 17 页第 17 页 共 17 页第 17 页 共 17 页