TheCrowandThePitcher

　　Acrowfeltverythirsty.Helookedforwatereverywhere.Finally,hefoundapitcher.

　　Buttherewasnotalotofwaterinthepitcher.Hisbeakcouldnotreachit.Hetriedagainandagain,butstillcouldnottouchthewater.

　　Whenhewasabouttogiveup,anideacametohim.Hetookapebbleanddroppeditintothepitcher.Thenhetookanotheranddroppeditin.

　　Gradually,thewaterrose,andthecrowwasabletodrinkthewater.

　　口渴的乌鸦

　　一只乌鸦口渴了,到处找水喝.终于,他找到了一个大水罐.

　　然而,水罐里面的水并不多,他的尖嘴够不到水面,他试了一次又一次,都没有成功.

　　就在他想放弃的时候,他突然想到一个主意.乌鸦叼来了一块小石子投到水罐里,接着又叼了一块又一块石头放进去.

　　渐渐地,水面升高了.乌鸦高兴地喝到了水.

　　寓意：有些东西虽然看起来微不足道,但如果积少成多,便会带来很大变化.

　　(2)英语励志故事：雄鹰

　　Aboyfoundaneagle'seggandheputitinthenestofaprairiechicken.Theeaglehatchedandthoughthewasachicken.Hegrewupdoingwhatprairiechickendo-scratchingatthedirtforfoodandflyingshortdistanceswithanoisyflutteringofwings.Itwasadrearylife.Graduallytheeaglegrewolderandbitter.Onedayheandhisprairiechickenfriendsawabeautifulbirdsoaringonthecurrentsofair,highabovethemountains.

　　"Oh,IwishIcouldflylikethat!"saidtheeagle.Thechickenreplied,"Don'tgiveitanotherthought.That'sthemightyeagle,thekingofallbirds-youcouldneverbelikehim!"Andtheeagledidn'tgiveitanotherthought.Hewentoncacklingandcomplainingaboutlife.Hediedthinkinghewasaprairiechicken.Myfriends,youtoowerebornaneagle.TheCreatorintendedyoutobeaneagle,sodon’tlistentotheprairiechickens!

　　一个小男孩发现了一只老鹰下的蛋,把它放进了一只山鸡的窝里.鹰被孵出来了,但他以为自己是一只山鸡.渐渐的他长大了,却做着山鸡所做的事---从泥土里寻找食物,做短距离的飞翔,翅膀还啪啪作响.生活非常沉闷,渐渐地鹰长大了,也越来越苦恼.有一天,他和他的山鸡朋友看见一只美丽的鸟在天空翱翔,飞的比山还高.

　　“哦,我要能飞的那么高该多好啊!”鹰说.山鸡回答说,“不要想了,那是凶猛无比的鹰,鸟中之王---你不可能像他一样!”于是鹰放弃了那个念头.他继续咯咯地叫,不停的抱怨生活.最后他死了,依然认为自己是一只山鸡.朋友们,你们天生就是雄鹰.造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鹰,所以不要听信山鸡的话!