Question

英语寓言故事

Answer 1

The Three Lazy Ones
A king had three sons whom he loved equally well, and he did not know which of them to appoint as king following his own death.
When the time came for him to die he called them to his bed and said, “Dear children, I have thought of something that I will reveal to you. The one of you is the laziest shall become king after me.”
The oldest one said, “Father, then the kingdom belongs to me, for I am so lazy that whenever I lie down to sleep, and a drop falls into my eyes, I will not even close them so that I can fall asleep.”
The second one said, “Father, the kingdom belongs to me, for I am so lazy that when I am sitting by the fire warming myself, I would rather let my heels burn up than to pull my legs back.”
The third one said, “Father, the kingdom is mine, for I am so lazy that if I were going to be hanged and already had the rope around my neck, and someone put into my hand a sharp knife with which to cut the rope, I would let myself be hanged rather than to lift my hand up to the rope.”
在一个遥远的地方,有一个国王,他有三个儿子,对每一个儿子他都非常喜爱,他不知道自己死后应该把王位传给他们三个中的哪一个。所以,当他快要死的时候,就把他们叫到身边说:“亲爱的孩子们,在我死后,你们三个中谁最懒,谁就继承我的王位。”老大说:“既然这样,这王位就是我的,因为我是最懒的儿子,当我躺下睡觉时,有任何东西落到我的眼睛里,我也懒得去擦掉,即使不能把眼睛闭上,我仍然会继续睡觉。”二儿子说:“爸爸,王位应该传给我,因为我是最懒的儿子。当我坐在火边取暖的时候,就是火燃到我的脚趾,我也懒得把腿收回来。”第三个儿子说:“爸爸,这王位是我的,因为我是你最懒的儿子,如果我就要被吊起来,绳子已经套在了脖子上,有人把一把锋利的小刀塞在我手里,要我切断绳子,我宁愿被吊起来也懒得抬起手把绳子割断。”
大家猜猜国王让谁继承王位:
第三个儿子

Answer 2

THE LION AND THE MOUSE

Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously

entreated, saying： “If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness.” The Lion laughed and let him go.

It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar,

came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed： “You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to

receive from me any repayment of your favour； but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.”
1．狮和鼠
一只老鼠从一只狮子面前跑过去，将它从梦中吵醒。

狮子生气地跳起来，捉住老鼠，要弄死它。老鼠哀求说：「只要你肯饶恕我这条小生命，我将来一定会报答你的大恩。」狮子便笑着放了它。

后来狮子被几个猎人捉住，用粗绳捆绑倒在地上。老鼠听出是狮子的吼声，走来用牙齿咬断绳索，释放了它，并大声说：「你当时嘲笑我想帮你的忙，而且也不指望我有什么机会

报答。但是你现在知道了，就算是小老鼠，也能向狮子效劳的。」

Answer 3

不明

Answer 4

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五个手指头一直关系很好，可最近有点闹别扭。
心里有了别扭，手足之情也不顾了。 老大往往有点盛气凌人，对着他的四个兄弟口沫四溅地说，我是大拇指，数我最辛苦，数我最能干。别看我个子生的矮，可我长得敦实；别看我模样丑，我的力气最大。每次做事时，你们兄弟几个绑在一起，我一人独挡一面。我的贡献最大，可我出力不讨好，我知道，你们肯定背后笑我其貌不扬，老实巴交。你们以为我不知道呀！
老二也不甘示弱，我身子没有老大粗，个子没有老三和老四高，可我是兄弟中最忙的人。你们看，哪一件事少了我？平时有时你们歇着，我还要指指画画，抠抠点点。我是最辛苦忙碌的人。为什么人们叫我“食指”？那是因为我是觅食之指，生命之指！我如此勤劳，可谁把我高高在上了？老大看不起我不说，连老三老四都认为我比他们矮了半截。你看我窝囊不？很是愤愤不平。
中指也按捺不住了。虽然我鹤立鸡群，位居中心，坐着比你们长，站着比你们高。可你们只把我当作老三。做事时，你们总是让我“出人头地”，冲在第一线，枪打出头鸟，所以受伤害的往往是我。你们看看，我身上的伤口比哪个都多。我伤痕累累，不能名至实归。要说窝囊，舍我其谁？
老四笑了笑说，你们也不要摆功诉苦了，我是一肚子苦水无处倒。论个子好歹我也算个老二，论贡献我也尽心尽力。不管怎么说，你们还有个名字，可我呢？连个名字都没有呢，别人叫我“无名指”。我无名无利，我图什么呀！不过我只是发泄一下，反正以后我还是会一如既往，你们做什么我也不会拖后腿。
最后临到老小说话了。我不敢在哥哥们面前摆谱，说起来我哪方面都不如兄长，可我就是只知道尽量做好我自己，做事时我有多少力就出多少力，人们说，“添个公鸡还有四两力”呢。我就是那么点能耐，我尽力了。我净沾哥哥们的光，没有哥哥们保护我，我早就完了。平时，我就起个陪衬作用，哥哥们个个都是好样的，都是鲜花，可好花也要我这个绿叶扶持一下吧。和你们几位兄长开个小玩笑，如果没有我陪衬，也许你们不好意思伸出来见人呢！
老五的话，一下子把大家都说笑了。也许是小老弟的高姿态让几个做哥哥的自惭形秽，也许是他们悟出了一点什么，也许是小老弟的话让他们觉得一个也不能少，谁也离不开谁，他们都一齐想去亲近老五，五个指头形成了一个坚强有力的拳头。