1、TheFoxandtheGrapesOnehotsummer'sdayacertainFoxsawajuicybunchofGrapeshangingfromavine.Itcertainlywasveryhot,andtheFoxwasthirstyforsomethingtodrink.“TheseGrapesarejustwhatIneedtoquenchmythirst!”saidtheFox.ButthevineonwhichtheGrapeshungwastoohighforhimtoreachevenwithhislongeststretch.Sohedecidedtoj

2、ump.Drawingbackafewpaces,herantowardsthevineandtookagreatbigleap,butmissedtheGrapes.Turingaround,hejumpedagain.Thistimetoo,withnosuccess.TheFoxtriedtojumpfortheGrapesagainandagainandyetagainandagain,invain.Sincehecouldnotreachthedelicious-lookingGrapes,theFoxfinallyconcluded,“TheseGrapesmustbesour!”

3、andwalkedawaywithhisnoseintheair,throughhotterandeventhirstierthanbefore!狐貍與葡萄夏季炎熱的一天，一只狐貍看見葡萄藤上掛著一串串晶瑩剔透的葡萄。天確實很熱，狐貍渴得找東西喝?！斑@些葡萄正是我要解渴的東西！”狐貍說。但葡萄藤太高，即使狐貍伸長了脖子也夠不著。因此他決定跳一跳。狐貍后退了幾步，朝著葡萄藤跑過去并猛烈地跳起來，然而他沒有夠著葡萄。狐貍轉(zhuǎn)過身又跳了一次，但同樣沒有成功。狐貍一次一次地跳起來夠葡萄，然而一次一次地失敗告終。既然他夠不著可口的葡萄，狐貍最后總結(jié)道：“這些葡萄肯定很酸！”雖然他比剛才更熱更渴，但他非常高

4、傲地走開了！TheTwoPotsTherewereoncetwopotsfloatingdowntheriver.Oneshinedhappilyinthesunwhiletheotherlookeddullandunpleasantfrombeingwetinthewater.Thatbecauseonepotwasmadeofbrassandtheotherwasmadeofclay.“Pleasedonotcomenearme!”saidtheclaypottothebrassone.“Whynot?Wecouldbefriends,”saidthebrasspot.“No,”repli

5、edtheclaypot,“Iamtofragile.IfyoutouchmeevenonceIwillbreakintopieces.Imuststayfarfromyouandcannotthinkofbeingyourfriend.Pleasegoaway,youwillfindsomeonedownstreamjustlikeyoutoplaywith!”Thebrasspot,disappointedandsad,thenfloatedawayastherivertookhimacrosstoanothercorneroftheriverbank,whiletheclaypotwet

6、andcoldinthewind,seemedtosuddenlygrowashadegloomier.兩只罐子從前，河中漂著兩只罐子。一只在陽光下閃閃發(fā)光，另一只卻因浸了河水兒顯得沉悶、難看。這是因為一只罐子是用黃銅做成的，而另一只罐子由陶土做成的緣故?！罢埐灰拷遥　碧展迣︺~罐說?！盀槭裁?我們可以成為朋友?！便~罐說?！安恍?，”陶罐回答，“我太脆，你只要碰我一下，我就會成為碎片。我必須遠(yuǎn)離你，想都不敢想成為你的朋友。請離開我，你可以在下游找到跟你一樣的人去玩！”銅罐又失望又傷心，隨后被河水沖著，漂到了河岸的另一角；而陶罐在風(fēng)中又冷又濕，看上去忽然更加灰暗。TheFoxWhoHadLost

7、HisTailAFoxwhowascaughtinatrapescaped,butinsodoing,helosthistail.Afterthat,hefelthislifeaburdenfromtheshameandridiculetowhichhewasexposed,soheplannedtomakealltheotherFoxesbelievethatbeingtaillesswasmuchmoreattractive.Inthisway,hecouldmakeupforhisownlossofthetail.HegatheredagoodmanyFoxesandpubliclyad

8、visedthemtocutofftheirtails.Hesaidthattheywouldnotonlylookmuchbetterwithoutthem,buttheywouldgetridoftheweightofthebrush,whichwasaverygreatinconvenience.Oneoftheminterruptedhimandsaid,“Ifyouhadnotyourselflostyourtail,myfriend,youwouldnotthusadviseus.”斷尾的狐貍一只狐貍被捕獸器夾住，雖然成功地逃脫了，卻因此丟掉了尾巴。有了這次奇恥大辱，他覺得自己臉上

9、無光，生活得很累，所以他計劃說服其他的狐貍，讓他們相信沒有尾巴更有魅力，以此彌補自己失去的尾巴。他將許多狐貍召集到一起，公開建議大家砍掉尾巴。他說這樣一來不僅更加雅觀，而且使他們擺脫了那個一點兒也不方便的笨重刷子。有只狐貍打斷他的話說：“朋友，如果你自己沒有失去尾巴的話，你就不會這樣規(guī)勸我們了?！盩heLionandtheMouse獅子與報恩的老鼠ALIONwasawakenedfromsleepbyaMouserunningoverhisface.Risingupangrily,hecaughthimandwasabouttokillhim,whentheMousepiteouslyentr

10、eated,saying:"Ifyouwouldonlysparemylife,Iwouldbesuretorepayyourkindness."TheLionlaughedandlethimgo.IthappenedshortlyafterthisthattheLionwascaughtbysomehunters,whoboundhimbystrongropestotheground.TheMouse,recognizinghisroar,cameandgnawedtheropewithhisteethandsethimfree,exclaiming:"Your

11、idiculedtheideaofmyeverbeingabletohelpyou,expectingtoreceivefrommeanyrepaymentofyourfavor;nowyouknowthatitispossibleforevenaMousetoconbenefitsonaLion."獅子睡著了，有只老鼠跳到了他身上。獅子猛然站起來，把他抓住，準(zhǔn)備吃掉。老鼠請求饒命，并說如果保住性命，必將報恩，獅子輕蔑地笑了笑，便把他放走了。不久，獅子真的被老鼠救了性命。原來獅子被一個獵人抓獲，并用繩索把他捆在一棵樹上。老鼠聽到了他的哀嚎，走過去咬斷繩索，放走了獅子，并說：“你當(dāng)時嘲

12、笑我，不相信能得到我的報答，現(xiàn)在可清楚了，老鼠也能報恩?！边@故事說明，時運交替變更，強者也會有需要弱者的時候。TheWolfandtheLamb狼與小羊WOLF,meetingwithaLambastrayfromthefold,resolvednottolayviolenthandsonhim,buttofindsomepleatojustifytotheLambtheWolf'srighttoeathim.Hethusaddressedhim:"Sirrah,lastyearyougrosslyinsultedme.""Indeed,"ble

13、atedtheLambinamournfultoneofvoice,"Iwasnotthenborn."ThensaidtheWolf,"Youfeedinmypasture.""No,goodsir,"repliedtheLamb,"Ihavenotyettastedgrass."AgainsaidtheWolf,"Youdrinkofmywell.""No,"exclaimedtheLamb,"Ineveryetdrankwater,forasyetmymother'smilkisbothfoodanddrinktome."UponwhichtheWolfseizedhimandatehimup,saying,"Well!Iwon'tremainsupperless,eventhoughyourefuteeveryoneofmyimputations."Thetyrantw