ALittleHorseCrossingtheRiver小马过河

　　Thereareanoldhorseandalittlehorseonafarm.Onedaytheoldhorseasksthelittlehorsetosendthewheattothemill.Thelittlehorseisveryhappy.Hecarriesthewheatandrunstowardthemill.Butthereisariverinfrontofthelittlehorse.Hestopsanddoesnotknowwhattodonext.JustthenAuntCowispassingby.

　　Thelittlehorseasks,“AuntCow,pleasetellme.CanIcrosstheriver”

　　AuntCowanswers,“Itisnotdeep,youcancrossit.”

　　Whenthelittlehorsebeginstocrosstheriver,alittlesquirrelshoutsathim,“Littlehorse,don'tcrossit,youwillbedrowned.Yesterdayoneofmyfriendswasdrownedinthisriver.”

　　Thelittlehorseisveryafraid.Finallyhedecidestogohomeandaskhismother.

　　Theoldhorseasks,“WhydoyoutakethewheatbackWhat'swrongwithyouMychild.”

　　Thelittlehorseanswerssadly,“Thereisariverinfrontofme.AuntCowsaiditwasnotdeep.Butthelittlesquirrelsaiditwasdeep.WhatshallIdo”

　　Theoldhorsesays,“Mychild,youshouldtrytocrosstheriverbyyourself.Ifyoudonottry,howdoyouknowtheriverisdeepornot”

　　Thelittlehorsecarriesthewheatandreturnstotheriverside.Atlast,hesucceedsincrossingtheriver.Now,Heknowshowdeeptheriveris.

　　小马过河

　　农场里有一只老马和一只小马,一天老马叫小马把麦子送到磨房.小马很开心,扛起了小麦就跑向了磨房.可有一条河挡住了去路,他停了下来不知如何是好,正在这时,奶牛大婶过来了.

　　小马问：“奶牛大婶,请告诉我,我能趟过这条河吗?”

　　奶牛大婶答道：“不深,你能过去.”

　　正当小马开始过河时,一只小松鼠朝他大喊：“小马,不要过河,你会淹死的.昨天我的一位朋友就在这河淹死了.”

　　小马非常害怕,最后决定回家问问妈妈.

　　老马问：“你为什么又把小麦扛回来了?你怎么了?我的孩子.”

　　小松鼠委屈地回答：“有一条河挡住我的去路.奶牛大婶说它不深,可小松鼠说它深.我该听谁的呀?”

　　老马说：“孩子,你应该自己试试,如果不试,你怎么知道河的深浅?”

　　小马驮着小麦又回到了河边.最后,他成功地渡过了河.他终于知道河有多深了.

　　TheThirstyPigeon口渴的鸽子

　　APIGEON,oppressedbyexcessivethirst,sawagobletofwater

　　paintedonasignboard.Notsupposingittobeonlyapicture,

　　sheflewtowardsitwithaloudwhirandunwittinglydashed

　　againstthesignboard,jarringherselfterribly.Havingbroken

　　herwingsbytheblow,shefelltotheground,andwascaughtby

　　oneofthebystanders.

　　Zealshouldnotoutrundiscretion.

　　有只鸽子口渴得很难受,看见画板上画着一个水瓶,以为是真的.他立刻呼呼地猛飞过去,不料一头碰撞在画板上,折断了翅膀,摔在地上,被人轻易地捉住了.

　　这是说,有些人想急于得到所需的东西,一时冲动,草率从事,就会身遭不幸.

　　TheRavenandtheSwan乌鸦和天鹅

　　ARAVENsawaSwananddesiredtosecureforhimselfthesame

　　beautifulplumage.SupposingthattheSwan'ssplendidwhite

　　colorarosefromhiswashinginthewaterinwhichheswam,the

　　Ravenleftthealtarsintheneighborhoodwherehepickeduphis

　　living,andtookupresidenceinthelakesandpools.But

　　cleansinghisfeathersasoftenashewould,hecouldnotchange

　　theircolor,whilethroughwantoffoodheperished.

　　ChangeofhabitcannotalterNature.

　　乌鸦非常羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛.他猜想天鹅一定是经常洗澡,羽毛才变得如此洁白无瑕.于是,他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛,来到江湖边.他天天洗刷自己的羽毛,不但一点都没洗白,反而因缺少食物饥饿而死.

　　这故事是说,人的本性不会随着生活方式的改变而改变.

　　TheGoatandtheGoatherd山羊与牧羊人

　　AGOATHERDhadsoughttobringbackastraygoattohisflock.

　　Hewhistledandsoundedhishorninvain;thestragglerpaidno

　　attentiontothesummons.AtlasttheGoatherdthrewastone,

　　andbreakingitshorn,begge