英文短篇小故事

英文小故事使用的语言生动而浅显,具有诗性的韵律而又富有想像力,从英语学习的角度出发,无论是练习谴句、习作、背诵、模仿,还是作为启蒙教育,都能起到极佳的效果,下面这些是小编为大家推荐的几篇英文短篇小故事。

英文短篇小故事1：The Rabbit and the Fox

Once there was a naughty rabbit. He likes to play tricks, and it made other animals angry. But it was very different to catch him.

One day, a wolf said to a fox, "I have an idea to catch the rabbit. You go back home and get into bed. I'll go to the rabbit and tell him that you are dead. If he comes to see you, you'll jump up and catch him."

"Good idea," said the fox, "I'll do that." Then fox ran home and got into bed. The wolf went to the rabbit's house and said, "Mr. Rabbit, have you heard Mr. Fox is dead?" The wolf stood at the door, and then he went away.

"Really? I haven't heard anything about it." The rabbit said to himself, so he decided to go and see if it was true. He went to the fox's house and looked in through the window. He saw the fox lying in bed. He opened the door and went in. he looked at the fox and said, "Mr. Wolf says is dead, but he doesn't look like a dead fox. A dead fox always open his mouth."

When the fox heard this, he thought, "I'll show him that I am dead." So he opened his mouth.

The rabbit saw the fox open his mouth, and he knew the fox was not dead. He ran out of the house as fast as he could.

英文短篇小故事2:The Ant and the Dove

An ant is walking by the river. He looks at the river and says to himself, "How nice and cool this water looks! I must drink some of it." But when he is drinking, he slips into the river.

"!Help!" The ant cries,

A dove is sitting in the tree. She hears him and throws him a leaf, "Climb up that leaf," she says "and you will float bank."

The ant climbs uo onto the leaf, and the wind blows the leaf to the bank. And the ant is saved.

"Thank you, Dove. You're so kind," The ant says and runs home, "You have saved my life, and I wish I could do something for you, Goodbye!"

"Goodbye!" says the dove, "Be careful. Not to fall into the river again."

After a few days, the dove is building her nest. And a man is raising his gun to shoot her.

The ant sees this, and runs quickly to bite the man's leg. "Ouch! Ouch!" The man feels pained and drops his gun. The dove hears and flies away. So the man picks up his gun and leave.

The dove comes to her nest. "Thank you, my little friend," she says, "You have saved my life."

The little ant is so glad, because he can help the dove.

英文短篇小故事3:Belling the cat

long ago,there was a big cat in the caught many mice while they were stealing food.

One day the mice bad a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common said this,andsome said that. At last a young mouse got up,and said that he had a good idea.“We could tie a bell around the neck of the when he comes near,we can hear the sound of the bell,and run away.”

Everyone approved of this proposal,but an old wise mouse got up and said,“That is all very well,but who will tie the bell to the cat?”The mice looked at each other,but nobody spoke.