【导语】寓言是含有讽喻或明显教育意义的故事，英语寓言故事也有同样的效果。下面是分享的短篇英语寓言故事集锦。欢迎阅读参考！
篇一
In the dense mountain forest, there lived herds of stout and strong red deer. They were alert and suspicious animals and ran about with agility. It was very difficult for people to catch them. When some people came to the mountains to hunt, they would
在茂密的山林里，生活着成群肥壮的马鹿。这种动物机警多疑，奔走敏捷，人们很难捕捉到它们。
first seek for yu (supervisor of the mountain forests in ancient times), request him to be their guide, and inquire in detail about the red deer"s pattern of activities and their usual haunts. Only with full preparations would they carry their knives and arrows, lead their hounds and enter the dense forest for the siege. As a result, all the red deer dashed into their ring of encirclement, and one by one fell dead under the rainfall of arrows.
有的人来山里打猎，首先找到虞(古代官名，掌管山林的人)，请他做向导，又仔细打听马鹿的活动规律和它们经常出没的地方。经过一番准备之后，他们才带着刀箭，牵着猎犬走进密林围猎。结果，那些马鹿都撞进了包围圈，一头头倒毙在雨点般的箭矢之下。
But when some other people came to the mountains to hunt, they would not first seek for yu to fmd out the situation, but rushed rashly into the forest. As a result, after a busy day they couldn"t find a single trace of red deer and could only return de jectedly with empty hands.
但是，另外一些人来山里围猎时，他们不是先去找虞了解情况，而是冒冒失失地闯进森林。结果，他们连马鹿的踪影也找不着，白忙了一天，只好空着手垂头丧气地回去了。
篇二
I just lost two dollars
When the couple arrived in Los Angeles, the husband became fascinated by the plush(豪华的)casino and started betting on all the attractions. After four days, they had just two dollars left.
"Let me go to the casino alone," the man told his wife. "I ve got a feeling that I"ll be luck today."
Once downstairs he went to the roulette(*赌) table and put his last two dollars on No.14.red. His number won. He continued betting and winning. Within an hour, he had acquired $50000. Feeling that his luck was about to change, he picked up his chips and walked toward the cashier.
Just before he reached her, he felt one final urge to bet. He went back to the roulette table and put everything on No. 10, black. The wheel spun round and round, and finally stopped on No.12. red. Heartbroken, the fellow returned to his room.
"Well," his wife asked anxiously, "How did you make out?"
"I lost two dollars."
篇三
The wily lion
A lion watched a fat bull feeding in a meadow, and his mouth watered when he thought of the royal feast he would make, but he did not dare to attack him, for he was afraid of his sharp horns. Hunger, however, presently compelled him to do something: and as the use of force did not promise success, he determined to resort to artifice.
Going up to the bull in friendly fashion, he said to him, "I cannot help saying how much I admire your magnificent figure, What a fine head!
What powerful shoulders and thighs! But, my dear friend, what in the world makes you wear those ugly horns? You must find them as awkward as they are unsightly. Believe me, you would do much better without them." The bull was foolish enough to be persuaded by this flattery to have his horns cut off; and, having now lost his only means of defence, fell an easyprey to the lion.
