英文小故事

英文小故事

The hart in the ox-stall
　　A hart was being pursued by some dogs. It ran into an ox-stall, and hid itself in a truss of hay. Only the tips of its horns could be seen.
　　Soon after the hunters came to the stable, and asked if anyone had seen the hart. The stable boys looked around, but could see nothing. So the hunters went away.
　　Later the master came in. He looked around, and saw that something unusual was there.
　　He pointed to the truss of hay, and asked, "What are those two strange things?" When the stable boys went to look, they discovered the hart.
　　牛栏里的雄鹿
　　●一只雄鹿被猎狗追赶得很急，跑进牛栏里，躲在一大堆干草里面，只有鹿角尖露在外面。
　　●猎人们很快来到牛栏，询问是否有人看到这头鹿。牧童们四处张望，什么也没有看到，于是猎人们走了。
　　●不久，主人回来了，他四处检查时，觉得有些异常。
　　●他指着那堆干草问：“那两个怪模怪样的东西是什么?”牧童们上前来翻寻，发现了那只鹿。
　　寓意: 在逃避一种危险时，不要忽视另一种危险。

一个感人的英文小故事 a man came home form work late, tired and found his 5 years old son waiting for him at the door. "daddy,may i ask you a question ?" "yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man. "daddy, how much do you make an hour? " " if you must know, i make $20 an hour."" oh,"the little boy replied, with his head down, looking up, he said, "daddy, may i please borrow $10" the father was furious, "if the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy, then you go to bed." the little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. after about an hour or so,the man had calmed down. and started to think. maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often. the man went to the door of the iittle boy's room and opened the door."are you asleep, son?" he asked. "no daddy," replied the boy. "i've been thinking, maybe i was too hard on you earlier." said the man, "here's the $10 you asked for." the little boy sat straight up, smiling. "oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled. then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. the man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. the little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father. "why do you want more money? is you already have some ?" the father asked. "because i didn't have enough, but now i do. "the little boy repiied, "daddy , i have $20 now. can i buy an hour of your time ?please come home early tomorrow. i would like to have dinner with you." the world's greatest swordsman at an exhibition of the world's best swordsman, the third-place fencer took the stage. a fly was released, and with an arc of his sword he cut the fly in half. the crowd cheered. then the second-place man sliced a fly into quarters. a hush fell in anticipation of the world's greatest swordsman. his blade came down in a mighty arc - but the insect continued on its way! the crowd was aghast. the greatest swordsman had missed his target completely, yet he continued to smile. "why are you so happy?" someone yelled. "you missed!" "ah," replied the swordsman, "you weren't watching very carefully. they fly lives, yes - but he will never be a father." 世界上最伟大的击剑手 在一场世界最佳击剑手表演中，排名第三的击剑手上场了。一只苍蝇放了出来，剑划了一个弧，他将苍蝇劈成了两半。观众欢呼起来。紧接着排名第二的人将一只苍蝇切成了四半。现场一阵沉默，人们期盼着世界上最伟大的击剑手出场。 他的剑锋以一个巨大的弧线划了下来－－然而那只昆虫还在继续飞行!观众被惊呆了。最伟大的击剑手完全错过了他的目标，然而他还在微笑着。 “你为什么这么高兴？”有人嚷道，“你没击中!” “啊，”剑手答道，“你刚才没有很仔细地看。苍蝇还活着，是的－－但他永远也做不成爸爸了。”