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1、简易英语故事66篇 1. The Dog In The Manger（牛槽裡的狗） Once a dog was taking a nap in the manger of an ox. It was full of hay. But soon the ox came back from his work to the manger. He wanted to eat his own hay. Then the dog awoke, stood up and barked at the ox. The ox said to the dog, “Do you want to eat this h
2、ay, too?” “Of course not,” said the dog.“Then, go away and let me eat my own hay.” “Oh, no. You go away and let me sleep.”“What a selfish dog! He will neither eat the hay himself, nor let me eat it !” said the ox to himself.2.The Lion, The Bear And The Fox（獅子、熊與狐狸） Long ago a lion and a bear saw a k
3、id. They sprang upon it at the same time. The lion said to the bear, “I caught this kid first, and so this is mine.” No, no, said the bear.“I found it earlier than you, so this is mine.” And they fought long and fiercely. At last both of them got very tired and could no longer fight. A fox who hid h
4、imself behind a tree not far away and was watching the fight between the lion and the bear, came out and walked in between them, and ran off with the kid. The lion and the bear both saw the fox, but they could not even catch the fox. The lion said to the bear, “We have fought for nothing. That sly f
5、ox has got the kid away.”3.The Boys And The Frogs（男孩與青蛙） One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stones hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog lifted his head out of
6、the water and said, “Boys, please dont throw stones at us.” The boys said, “We are only playing.” “I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play to you is death to us,” said the old frog. So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.4.The Two Travelers（兩個旅人） Many years ago
7、 two men were traveling together They were walking along a road in the wood. Then they found a beautiful ax on the ground. One of them picked it up and said, “Look here have found an ax.” “Dont say I,but we have found the ax,” said the other “We are friends. We ought to share it between us.” “No,” s
8、aid the first one, “I found the ax, so it is mine.” Soon after they heard someone running after them. They looked back. They found He called out, “Stop, thieves!Stop, thieves!” The first traveler said, “What shall we do? He is running after us. We shall be caught by him.” “Dont say we, but I shall b
9、e caught. You found the ax, and you say it is yours,” said the other, and left him alone. The first traveler tried to hide the ax, but he did not know where to hide it. And at last he was caught by the owner of the ax.5.The Ant And The Dove（螞蟻與鴿子） One day a little ant was walking along the bank of a
10、 stream. His foot slipped and he fell into the water. “Oh, help, help!” cried the ant. A dove was sitting on a branch of a tree over the stream and heard his cry of help. “Oh, poor ant!” said the dove. “I will help the ant.” The dove pulled off a leaf and dropped it near the ant. “Here is a leaf. Cl
11、imb on it,” said the dove. The ant climbed on it at once and floated to the bank. A few days after this a hunter found the dove and was going to shoot her. Just then the ant passed by and said to himself, “This time I must help the dove.” The ant ran to the hunter and bit his foot hard. The hunter s
12、prang up and missed to shoot the dove. The dove said to the ant, “Thank you very much, my little friend. You have saved my life,” and she could fly away happily.6. The Cock And The Jewel（公雞與寶石） One fine morning, a cock said to the hens and chickens, “Come, let us go out to find some food. We have no
13、t had our breakfast yet.” Then the cock began to dig the soft earth. Suddenly he cried, “Look, look! I have found something strange. I wonder what it is. It is like a ball. But it is not a stone. It may be an egg of some bird.” The hens heard his cry and came around him. One of them said, “Dear me!
14、This is not an egg, but a jewel. Someone has lost it.” A chicken asked, “Can we eat it?” “No,” said the hen, “It is very precious to human beings, but it is of no use to us; we cannot eat it. Throw it away and try to find some worms. I want to have one worm than all the jewels in the world.”7.The Wo
15、lf and the Dove（狼與山羊） One day a wolf saw a goat on a high cliff. He was jumping to and fro and was grazing. The wolf wanted to eat him, but he could not climb up there to catch him. So he said to the goat, “Good morning, my good friend Goat! Come down here! If you slip down the cliff, you will break your neck. And the grass is short and dry up there. Come down!The grass is long and tender here.” “Thank you, Mr. Wolf, but never mind. I am used to playing here, and I like the grass here better. I would rather eat day grass than be eaten by a wolf,” said the
