在一些小寓言故事里,往往蕴含着深刻的大道理,下面这些是小编为大家推荐的几篇寓言小故事英文。

寓言小故事英文1：鲫鱼求救

zhuang zhou's family was poor. once, he went to the official who supervised rivers to borrow some grain. the official said: "well, wait until the end of the year when i collect the taxes from the people, then i will lend you 300 gold pieces. all right?"

when zhuang zhou heard this, he was so angry that the colow of his face changed. but he told the official this story: when i came here yesterday, on the way i heard a voice calling 'help。' i turned my head and saw a small crucian carp in the dried-up carriage ditch."

i went over and asked: "little crucian carp, why are you calling for help?"

the little crucian carp answered: "i am a subject of the dragon king of the east china sea. unfortunately i fell down here. can you give me a little water to save my life?"

i said: "all right, i am just going to the south to sell ideas to the kings of the states of wu and yue. i will ask them to stir up the water of the xijiang river to welcome you. will that do?"

when the crucian carp heard this, it got angry and said: "when i lose the water which is always with me, i cannot survive. now, i want only a little bit of water so that i can survive.yet you say such things. then you'd better go to the salt-fish shop to look for me."

寓言小故事英文2:意怠免患

according to legend, there was a kind of birds called "dais" (swallow) on the east china sea.

the yidais were slow in reaction. they could not fly very high and seemed clumsy andincapable.

but when they moved about, they always moved in groups, depended on one another for survival, and flew and landed together.

when they advanced, no one dared to advance rashly. when they retreated, no one dared to fall behind at will. when they fed, no one dared to scramble to be the first. all their activities were orderly.

when they went into action,万 dais always acted uniformly without any disorder. they depended upon the collective efforts to avoid any harm from the outside world.

寓言小故事英文3:鼯鼠五会

in the fields, there was a small animal called "wu shu" (the flying squirrel).

it would say to everyone it met: "i have five skills: flying, walking, swimming, climbing trees, and digging holes in the ground."

thereupon, its pals would laugh at it, saying: "though you have learned these skills, you have mastered none of them."

"you can fly, but not high; you can swim, but not far; you can climb trees, but not to the treetop; you can dig holes in the ground, but not deep enough."

when the flying squirrel heard what its pals said, it ran away manger.

indeed, the flying squirrel had learned five skills, but when put to use, they were useless. how could they be called real skills?