選了兩個伊索寓言.這個網(wǎng)站還有就故事提問.
1.The Ant and the Grasshopper
.In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about,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.
"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper,"instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"
"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant,"and recommend you to do the same."
"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present."
But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil.
When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger,while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer.Then the Grasshopper knew:
"It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
2.The Fox and the Cat
"A Fox was boasting to a Cat of its clever devices for escaping its enemies."I have a whole bag of tricks," he said,"which contains a hundred ways of escaping my enemies."
"I have only one," said the Cat; "but I can generally manage with that."
Just at that moment they heard the cry of a pack of hounds coming towards them,and the Cat immediately scampered up a tree and hid herself in the boughs.
"This is my plan," said the Cat."What are you going to do?"
The Fox thought first of one way,then of another,and while he was debating the hounds came nearer and nearer,and at last the Fox in his confusion was caught up by the hounds and soon killed by the huntsmen.Miss Puss,who had been looking on,said:
"Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon."