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英语寓言故事-The Ass and his Purchaser
A man who wanted to buy an Ass went to market, and, coming across
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a likely-looking beast, arranged with the owner that he should be
allowed to take him home on trial to see what he was like. When h -
英语寓言故事-The Ass and His Shadow
A TRAVELER hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place.
The
day being intensely hot, and the sun shining in its strength, the
Traveler stopped to rest, and sought shelter from the heat under
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英语寓言故事-The Ass and the Charger
AN ASS congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudgingly and
carefully provided for, while he himself had scarcely enough to
eat and not even that without hard work.
But when war broke out,
a heav -
英语寓言故事-The Ass Carrying the Image
AN ASS once carried through the streets of a city a famous wooden
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Image, to be placed in one of its Temples.
As he passed along,
the crowd made lowly prostration before the Image.
The Ass,
thinki -
英语寓言故事-The Camel and the Arab
AN ARAB CAMEL-DRIVER, after completing the loading of his Camel,
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asked him which he would like best, to go up hill or down.
The
poor beast replied, not without a touch of reason:
"Why do you -
英语寓言故事-The Cat-Maiden
The gods were once disputing whether it was possible for a
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living being to change its nature.
Jupiter said "Yes," but Venus
said "No."
So, to try the question, Jupiter turned -
英语寓言故事-The Cage Bird and the Bat
A singing bird was confined in a cage which hung outside a window,
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and had a way of singing at night when all other birds were asleep.
One night a Bat came and clung to the bars of the cage, and as -
英语寓言故事-The Camel
WHEN MAN first saw the Camel, he was so frightened at his vast
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size that he ran away.
After a time, perceiving the meekness and
gentleness of the beast's temper, he summoned courage enough to
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英语寓言故事-The Bull, the Lioness, and the Wild-Boar Hunter
A BULL finding a lion's cub asleep gored him to death with his
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horns.
The Lioness came up, and bitterly lamented the death of
her whelp.
A wild-boar Hunter, seeing her distress, stood at a
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英语寓言故事-The Bundle of Sticks
An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around him
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to give them some parting advice.
He ordered his servants to
bring in a faggot of sticks, and said to his eldest son: "Break
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英语寓言故事-The Bull and the Calf
A BULL was striving with all his might to squeeze himself through
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a narrow passage which led to his stall.
A young Calf came up,
and offered to go before and show him the way by which he could
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英语寓言故事-The Bull and the Goat
A BULL, escaping from a Lion, hid in a cave which some shepherds
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had recently occupied.
As soon as he entered, a He-Goat left in
the cave sharply attacked him with his horns.
The Bull quietly
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英语寓言故事-The Brother and the Sister
A FATHER had one son and one daughter, the former remarkable for
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his good looks, the latter for her extraordinary ugliness.
While
they were playing one day as children, they happened by chance to
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英语寓言故事-The Buffoon and the Countryman
At a country fair there was a Buffoon who made all the people
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laugh by imitating the cries of various animals.
He finished off
by squeaking so like a pig that the spectators thought that he had
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英语寓言故事-The Ass and His Driver
AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off and
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bolted to the brink of a deep precipice.
While he was in the act
of throwing himself over, his owner seized him by the tail,
endeav -
英语寓言故事-The Ass and His Masters
AN ASS, belonging to an herb-seller who gave him too little food
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and too much work made a petition to Jupiter to be released from
his present service and provided with another master.
Jupiter,
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英语寓言故事-The Ants and the Grasshopper
THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected
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in the summertime.
A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed
by and earnestly begged for a little food.
The Ants inquired of
h -
英语寓言故事-The Apes and the Two Travelers
TWO MEN, one who always spoke the truth and the other who told
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nothing but lies, were traveling together and by chance came to
the land of Apes.
One of the Apes, who had raised himself to be
king, -
英语寓言故事-The Ant and the Dove
AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and
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being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of
drowning.
A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked
a le -
英语寓言故事-The Ant and the Grasshopper
In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about,
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chirping and singing to its heart's content.
An Ant passed by,
bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the
nest.
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英语寓言故事-The Bear and the Two Travelers
TWO MEN were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on
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their path.
One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and
concealed himself in the branches.
The other, seeing that he
must be a -
英语寓言故事-The Ant and the Chrysalis
An Ant nimbly running about in the sunshine in search of food came
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across a Chrysalis that was very near its time of change. The
Chrysalis moved its tail, and thus attracted the attention of the An -
英语寓言故事-The Bat and the Weasels
A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded
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to be spared his life.
The Weasel refused, saying that he was by
nature the enemy of all birds.
The Bat assured him that he was
n -
英语寓言故事-The Bear and the Fox
A BEAR boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all
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animals he was the most tender in his regard for man, for he had
such respect for him that he would not even touch his dead body.
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英语寓言故事-The Bald Man and the Fly
There was once a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot
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summer's day.
A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate,
and stinging him from time to time.
The Man aimed a blow at his
little
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