故事一：小男孩与蝎子

　　Little boy and scorpion son

　　There is a child in front of city wall to catch the grasshopper， and in a short while caught the lots of.Suddenly see a scorpion son， he to think is also grasshopper，

　　Then two go to catch him.The scorpion son raises his poison to stab， say：“ come， if you really dare to do like this， connect your grasshopper that catch to also would entirely lose.”

　　This story warns people， and want to distinguish the pure good man with the bad person， and distinct to treat them.

　　有个小孩在城墙前捉蚱蜢，一会儿就捉了许多。忽然看见一只蝎子，他以为也是蚱蜢，便着两手去捕捉他。蝎子举起他的毒刺，说道：“来吧，如果你真敢这样做，就连你捉的蚱蜢也会统统失掉。”这故事告诫人们，要分辨清好人和坏人，区别对待他们。

　　故事二：兔子和狼

　　Rabbit and Wolf

　　A little rabbit is picking mushrooms(蘑菇) in a forest. A wolf is coming. He is very hungry. “Oh， a little rabbit！ This is my favourite food！”The rabbit sees the wolf， but she is not afraid. She pretends(假装) to be poisoned(中毒) by the mushrooms. The wolf thinks， “If I eat her， I will be poisoned， too.” So he goes away.Then the rabbit is very happy. She goes on picking the mushrooms.

　　一只小兔子正在森林里采蘑菇。一只狼来了。他很饿。“哦，一只小兔子！这是我喜欢的食物！他说：“这是一个很好的选择。”兔子看到了狼，但她并不害怕。她假装(装假)被蘑菇毒死(中毒)。狼想，“如果我吃了她，我也会中毒。”于是他走了。兔子很高兴。她继续采蘑菇。

　　故事三：两个口袋

　　The？Two？Bags

　　Every？man？carries？Two？Bags？about？with？him，one？in？front？and？one？behind？and？both？are？packed？full？of？faults.？The？Bag？in？front？contains？his？neighbours’？faults？the？one？behind？his？own.？Hence？it？is？that？men？do？not？see？their？own？faults？but？never？fail？to？see？those？of？others.

　　两个口袋

　　每个人生来都带着两个口袋，一个在前，一个在后，两个口袋里都满载缺点。前面那只口袋里装的是别人的缺点，而后面那只口袋里则装满的是自己的缺点。因此，人们总是看不见自己的缺点，却永远也不会忽视去看别人的缺点。

　　故事四：没有尾巴的狐狸

　　A fox‘s tail was caught in a trap. When he was trying to release himself he lost his whole tail except the stump.

　　At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail but he was determined to face his misfortune. He called all the foxes to a meeting.

　　When they had gotten together the fox said that they should all do away with their tails.

　　He said that their tails were very inconvenient when they met with their enemies. He did not talk about any advantages of the tail. “You are right” said one of the older foxes “but I don’t think you would advise us to do away with our tails if you hadn‘t lost it yourself first.”

　　没有尾巴的狐狸

　　一只狐狸的尾巴被夹住了，当他试着脱身的时候，挣断了整条尾巴。开始时，他看到其他狐狸的时候感到很羞愧。后来，他决定面对这种不幸，就召集了所有的狐狸开会。大家到齐后，他极力劝说其他狐狸也割掉尾巴，说尾巴在遭遇敌人时很不方便，尾巴一点儿作用也没有。可他没有说有尾巴的任何好处。一只老狐狸站出来说：“如果你没有失去你的尾巴，你是不会来劝大家都割去尾巴的。

　　故事五：一只小猫

　　Mrs Brown went to visit one of her friend and carried a small box with holes punched in the top.

　　“ What’s in your box？” asked the friend.

　　“A cat” answered Mrs Brown. “You see I‘ve been dreaming about mice at night and I’m so scared！ This cat is to catch them.”

　　“But the mice are only imaginary” said the friend.

　　“So is the cat” whispered Mrs Brown.

　　布朗夫人去拜访一位朋友她拿着一个顶部扎满了小眼儿的盒子. “盒子里装的是什么 ？”朋友问道. “一只小猫” 布朗夫人回答说“你知道我晚上睡觉总梦见老鼠我非常害怕.这只猫可以抓住那些老鼠.” “可老鼠都是假想的呀.”朋友说. “小猫也是假想的.” 布朗夫人小声说道.

　　故事六：金丝雀与蝙蝠

　　Canaries hanging in window cages often sing at night when birds are asleep. One night， the bat came and flew over to ask her why she was silent during the day and singing at night. The Canary answered， “Last year when I was singing in the daytime， the bird catcher heard my song and caught me. From then on， I will never sing in the daytime. The bat said， “It‘s no use knowing caution now. If only you knew it before you became a prisoner.” Then he flew away.

　　挂在窗口笼里的金丝雀，经常在鸟儿睡着的夜里歌唱。一天晚上，蝙蝠来了，飞过来问她为什么白天安静无声，夜里却要歌唱。金丝雀回答说：“去年我在白天唱歌时，捕鸟人听到我的歌声抓住了我。从此，我再也不在白天唱歌了。”蝙蝠说：“你现在才懂得谨慎已没用了，你若在变为囚徒之前就懂得，那该多好呀！”说完就飞走了。

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