民间文学中的寓言故事虽短小精悍、情节简单,但寓意深刻,下面这些是小编为大家推荐的几篇寓言故事英文。

寓言故事英文1：　animal

there are many kinds of animals in the world. people don't know the exact numbers. in the zoo, people can see many kinds of animals.

for example, lions, tigers, they are scary. monkey, foxes are intelligent. people usually think pandas; koala bears are so cute and smart. some animals live in the water, such as dolphins.

they need a lot of water for their home. and elephants with long nose are very strange.

they can sing and dance. the giraffes are quite tall because of their long necks. so they can reach the top of the trees.

寓言故事英文2:a silly man

fred was going to school. when he passed a park, he saw a man sawing a big branch from a tree.

the man was on a ladder and the ladder was against the big branch he was sawing.

"hi, it is dangerous." fred shouted. "after you cut off the branch, you will fall, too."

but the man didn't believe him, and said angrily, "go away, you little thing. it's none of your business."

fred could do nothing, so he left. he didn't go far before he heard something crashed.

he rushed back and found the man lying on the ground.

fred asked some men for help. they carried the man to the hospital.

寓言故事英文3:sun the ice

once a simpleton's wife told him to buy some ice.

two hours later, he didn't come back. she wanted to know why he didn't come back and went out to have a look.

she saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting.

"what's the matter?" she asked him. "why don't you bring it in?"

"i saw the ice was wet and i was afraid that you would scold me so i'm running it dry." the simpleton answered.