寓言故事是文学体裁的一种，含有讽喻或明显教训意义的故事。通常用借喻手法，使富有教训意义的主题或深刻的道理在简单短小的故事中体现。下面小编为大家带来英语寓言故事三篇，欢迎大家阅读!

英语寓言故事：聪明的驴

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

有一天，农夫的驴掉进了井里。在农夫想办法的时候，可怜的驴叫了好几个小时。

Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.

最后，农夫决定，驴已经老了，反正井也需要填平;把驴救出来不太值得了。

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.

他请了所有的邻居来帮忙。他们都抄起铲子，开始往井里填土。

At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.

随后，驴意识到发生了什么事，便发出了令人胆战心惊的叫声。

Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down. A few shovel toads later the farmer finally looked down the well.

后来，令大家奇怪的是，驴安静了下来。又填了几铲土之后，农夫往井里看了看。

He was astonished at what he saw.With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing.

他看到的情景让他惊讶不已。驴对砸在背上的每一铲土都做出了非凡之举

He would shake it off and take a step up.

他把土抖掉，然后往上走一步。

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.

随着农夫的邻居们不断往驴身上铲土，驴把土抖掉，再往上走一步。

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off.

很快，每个人都惊呆了——驴迈出了井口，欢快地跑了!

The donkey later came back and bit the shovel out of the farmer who had tried to bury him.

后来驴出来了，把铲子从想埋他的农夫手中咬了过来。

The gash from the bite got infected, and the farmer early died in agony from septic shock.

农夫被咬过的伤口感染了。最终，他在对感染的恐惧中痛苦地死了。

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt, The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up.

生活会往你身上铲土，各种各样的土。从井里出来的办法就是抖掉土，往上走一步。

Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

我们的每一个困难都是一块垫脚石。我们只要不停滞、不放弃，就一定能战胜一切困难。抖掉尘土，往上走一步。

英语寓言故事： 愚蠢的少年

A gay young spark I knew, who happened from his aunt great riches to inherit.

一个放荡的纨绔少年从他姑妈那里继承了一大笔遗产

He started squandering and squandered with such spirit, that all his worldly wealth was I.O.U.

他开始大肆挥霍，直到所有的财富都成了欠条。

He had a fine fur coat, still new. It was winter at the time, and old Jack Frost was in his prime.

他有一件上好的皮大衣，还是崭新的。当时正值严冬时节

One day a s wallow passed: what does our booby do. But pawn the fur as well!

有一天，天上飞过一只燕子。这个傻瓜做了什么?他把皮衣当掉了!

“Why, aren’t we all aware, you’ll never see a swallow in the air till spring insight!

“谁不知道只有到了春天,天空才会出现燕子呢,”浪子想，

So now,”thinks prodigal,“my fur is useless quite. Why wrap oneself in furs?

“所以，现在我的皮大衣没用了，为何还要紧裹着它呢?

It is now the first spring breezes. To Nature’s waking realm bring everything that pleases, and to the silent North the banished Frost takes wing.”

第一缕春风已经吹过，苏醒的大自然一切都令人心旷神怡，严冬也跑到寂静的北方了。”

Our friend is quick at reckoning. He only quite forgets—at least, until he sneezes, one swallow does not make the spring.

至少打喷嚏之前，这个少年很会盘算，只是他忘记了——一燕不成春。

And so it proves! The frosts return again. The carts go creaking through the crumbled snow, the chimneys puff their smoke, one very window pane, delightful fairy tracings show.

确实如此!寒冬又回来了!马车咯吱咯吱地穿过冰天雪地，烟囱冒着烟，玻璃上结满了形状各异的冰花。

Poor rake! His eyes with rheumy moisture flow; the little bird that spoke of summer days to follow, lies frozen in the snow.

可怜的浪子，他感冒了，泪流不止，而那只代表夏季即将到来的燕子冻死在雪地里。

He stands beside the swallow. And shakes, and holds his breath, and mumbles through his teeth, “You villain, any how you’refinished too!

浪子站在燕子旁边，冻得发抖，他屏住呼吸，嘴里喃喃地道：“坏蛋!不管怎么说，你都完蛋了!

I thought that I could count on you! To pawn my fur just now—a pretty thing to do!”

我以为还能指望你呢!我刚刚把皮衣卖了——简直太糟糕了!”

英语寓言故事：不断超越自己

Consider….YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you.

试想一下……你!一个空前绝后的你，不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。

You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe.

你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。

Wow! Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion. .

哇!停下来想想吧，你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆里挑一的。

You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!

在无穷无尽的宇宙中，你是举世无双的。

You're amazing! You're awesome! And by the way, TAG, you're it.

你是了不起的!你是卓越的没错，就是你。

As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so.

你已经是了不起的，是卓越的，你还可以更卓越更了不起。

Beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art.

美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想，而美丽的老人却是艺术的杰作。

But you don't become “beautiful” just by virtue of the aging process.

但你不会因为年龄的渐长就自然而然地变得“美丽”。

Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life.

真正的美丽源于生命里的学习、成长和热爱。

That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you.

就是生命的艺术。你可以听天由命慢慢地学，有时候或许会很痛苦

Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today.

这，又或许你可以选择加速自己的成长，故意地挥霍生活及其提供的一切。你就是手握今日之刷描绘自己未来的艺术家。

Paint a Masterpiece.

画出一幅杰作吧。

God gives every bird its food, but he doesn't throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, it is truly up to you.

上帝给了鸟儿食物，但他没有将食物扔到它们的巢里。下管你想要去哪里，不管你想要做什么，真正做决定的还是你自己。