富含哲理的英文寓言故事及寓意(三)

　　The goose with the golden eggs　　One morning a countryman went to his goose's nest, and saw a yellow and glittering egg there.　　He took the egg home. To his delight, he found that it was an egg of pure gold.　　Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs.　　The countryman became more and more greedy. He wanted to get all the gold at once, so he killed the goose, when he looked inside, he found nothing in its body.

　　生金蛋的鹅　　一天早晨，一位农夫发现自家的鹅窝中有一只金灿灿的蛋。

　　他将蛋带回家，惊喜地发现这是一个金蛋。

　　此后，农夫每天都能得到一个金蛋。从此，他靠卖他的金蛋变得富有起来。

　　农夫变得越来越贪婪，他想一下子得到鹅肚子中所有的金蛋。于是他杀死了鹅，但是，鹅肚子中什么也没有。

　　寓意: 如果不懂得知足，贪得无厌，我们就会失去已经拥有的东西。

　　富含哲理的英文寓言故事及寓意(四)

　　The old man and Death　　An old man was gathering sticks in a forest.　　At last he grew very tired and hopeless. He threw down all the sticks and cried out, "I cannot bear this life any longer. Ah, I wish Death would come and take me!"　　As he spoke, Death appeared, and said to him, "What would you do, old man? I heard you call me."　　"Please, sir," replied the old man, "would you help me lift this bundle of sticks up to my shoulder?"　　老人与死神　　有个老人在森林中砍了不少柴，十分吃力地挑着走了很远的路。

　　一路上他累极了，实在挑不动了，便扔下柴担，叫喊起来：“这种日子我受不了了，死神啊，带我走吧。”

　　这时，死神来了，对他说：“老头，你想做什么，我听见你叫我?”

　　“先生，”老人说，“您能帮忙将那担子放在我的肩上吗?”

　　寓意: 即使生活不幸，人们仍需爱惜生命。