Ⅰ 英語小故事短文小學六年級
Just after class，a teacher asked to a student"Boy, why have you got cotton in your ear? Is it infected? You look very pain," "No, sir, but you just told me everything my a ear went in one ear and out. so I am trying to stop it."
「孩子，你為什麼用棉花塞住耳朵？它感染了嗎？」 「沒有，老師。可是你昨天說你告訴我的知識都是一個耳朵里進，一個耳朵里出，所以我要把它堵在裡面。」
選我吧，我打字很慢，不容易啊~
Ⅱ 小學英語小故事（六年級）
There was a man who had seven sons, but he had no daughter, greatly though he longed for one. At last his wife told him that they could again expect a child and, sure enough, when it was born it was a baby girl. There was great rejoicing, but the child was weak and puny, so weak that it had to be christened at once. The father told one of the boys to go quickly to the spring and fetch christening water; the other six ran along with him, and because each of them wanted to be the first to dip the jug into the well, it fell in and sank. So there they stood and didn't know what to do, and none of them dared go home. When they didn't come back their father got impatient and said:" I'll wager they've been playing some game again and forgotten all about it, the godless brats." He was afraid the little girl would have to die unbaptized, and in his rage he cried out:" I wish those boys would all turn into ravens." He'd scarcely spoken the words when he heard a whirring of wings in the air overhead, looked up and saw seven coal-black ravens flying away.
有個人，他有七個兒子，他很希望有個女兒，可是怎麼盼也沒有。好不容易，妻子又懷孕了。生下來一看，果然是個女孩。他們非常高興。但是孩子太小，又非常虛弱，非得馬上急救洗禮不可。父親打發一個男孩立即到井台去打洗禮水，其餘六個也跟著去了。在井台旁，他們都爭著先打水，結果罐子掉進井裡，沉了下去。他們不知道該怎麼辦才好，都真楞楞地站在那兒，誰也不敢回家了。父親在家裡等得不耐煩了，就說：「我敢說這些無法無天的孩子一定是貪玩，把打水的事給忘了。」他擔心女孩子不經洗禮會死，就生氣地大聲喊起來：「淘氣鬼，都變成烏鴉才好呢！」這話剛出口，就聽到頭頂有「吧噠吧噠」鳥兒拍打翅膀的聲音。他抬頭一看，只見空中有七隻漆黑漆黑的烏鴉飛過去了。
The parents were unable now to take back the curse, and yet, grief-stricken as they were at the loss of their seven sons, they look some comfort from their beloved little daughter, who soon got well and strong and became more beautiful with every day that passed. For a long time the little girl didn't even know that she had had brothers, for her parents took care not to mention them, but one day by chance she heard some people talking about her. "The girl's beautiful, of course," they were saying, "but she's to blame really for her seven brothers' misfortune." This made her very sad, and she went to her father and mother and asked whether it was true then that she had had brothers and what had become of them. So now it was no longer possible for her parents to conceal from her what had happened, though they told her that it had been God's will and that her birth had only been the innocent occasion for it. But day after day she was conscience-stricken about it, and felt that it was her ty to free her brothers from the spell again. The thought gave her no peace, so in the end she left home secretly and went off into the wide world to try and trace her brothers wherever they might be, and rescue them at whatever cost. She took nothing with her but a ring belonging to her parents to remember them by, a loaf of bread for when she was hungry, a jug of water for when she was thirsty, and a little chair for when she was tired.
這咒語再也不能收回了，父母失去了七個兒子，心裡非常悲傷，可是有了個可愛的女兒，看到她很快地結實起來，長得一天比一天漂亮，他們心裡多少還得到一些安慰。女孩子一點也不知道哥哥們的事，父母也倍加小心，不提此事。可是，有一天她偶然聽到人們議論說：「那女孩子，別看長得漂亮，她七個哥哥就是因為她才倒霉的。」女孩子非常難過，就去問父母：「我有哥哥嗎？要是有，他們都到哪裡去了？」這樣，父母再也瞞不住了，只好說：「那是老天爺的安排啊！你恰巧生在那個時候。這可不是你的罪過！」盡管如此，女孩子每天仍感到痛苦。她想，她應該設法救哥哥們，使他們擺脫咒語。她再也不能平靜了，於是，她悄悄地從家裡溜出來，下決心不管遇到什麼困難，不管到哪裡，也得找到他們。她從家裡只帶了一隻小戒指，是父母給她作紀念的；一塊麵包，是肚子餓的時候吃的；一壺水，是渴的時候喝的；還有一隻小凳子，是疲乏的時候坐著用的。
She went on and on, further and further, till she reached the end of the world. There she came to the sun, but it was too hot and terrible and it devoured little children. Quickly she ran away and went to the moon, but it was too cold and it was grisly and evil, and when it noticed the child it sail:」 I smell human flesh.」 So she hurried off as fast as she could and came to the stars, and they were friendly and kind to her, and each of them was sitting on its own little chair. But the morning star got up and gave her a little chicken's leg and said:」 If you don't have this chicken's leg, you won't be able to unlock the glass mountain, and inside the glass mountain is where your brothers are.」
小女孩上路了，她走啊走，走得遠遠直到天邊。她走到太陽這里來。太陽非常熱，又太可怕了，它要把小孩子大口大口地吃掉。她急忙跑開，又來到月亮這兒。可是，月亮太冷了，還特別殘忍，心腸歹毒，一發覺孩子來了就說：「有人肉味了！」於是小女孩飛快地逃跑了。她來到星星這里。星星友好親切，一個個都坐在各自的椅子上。一顆啟明星站起來，給她一個小雞腿說：「你的七個哥哥，都住在玻璃山上。你要是沒有這只小雞腿，就打不開那玻璃山的大門。」
The girl took the leg, wrapped it up well in a piece of cloth, and set off again and went on and on until she came to the glass mountain. The gate was locked, and she tried to take out the chicken's leg; but when she unwrapped the cloth it was empty, and she had lost the gift of the kindly stars. What was she to do now? she wanted to rescue her brothers, but she had no key to the glass mountain. The good little sister took a knife, chopped off one of her little fingers, stuck it in the lock and successfully opened the gate. When she got inside, a little dwarf came to meet her, saying:」 My child, what are you looking for?」 「I'm looking for my brothers, the seven ravens,」 she answered. The dwarf said:」 My masters the ravens are not at home, but if you would like to wait here till they get back, then come in.」 Then the dwarf brought in the ravens' supper on seven little plates and in seven little cups, and the little sister ate a morsel from each plate and drank a sip from each cup; but into the last cup she dropped the ring she had brought with her.
小女孩接過雞腿，小心翼翼地包在小布片里，又往前走。走啊走，好不容易走到了玻璃上。山門緊瑣著。她想拿出小雞腿來，可是，打開小布包一看，空空的。她把好心的星星的禮物弄丟了。怎麼辦才好呢？她想救出哥哥們，可是沒有玻璃山的鑰匙了。好心的小妹妹，拿出小刀，割下一個手指頭，插進門里去，門一下子就打開了。她走進去，有一個小矮人兒過來問：「我的孩子，你找誰？」「我找我的哥哥--變成七隻烏鴉的哥哥們，」小女孩回答說。「我的主人--烏鴉都不在家，你要是等他們回家，就請進來吧！」小矮人兒或。然後，他端近來七個小盤子和七個小酒杯，裡面裝著七隻烏鴉吃的東西。小妹妹把每一個小盤子里的東西都吃一點兒，把每一個酒杯里的酒都喝一口。最後，她在最後邊的小酒杯里放進了她帶來的小戒指。
Suddenly she heard a whirring and fluttering noise in the air, and the dwarf said:」 Here come my lords the ravens flying home.」 And they came, asked for food and drink and looked for their plates and cups. Then one after another of them said:」 Who's been eating from my plate? Who's been drinking out of my cup? This must have been a human mouth.」 And when the seventh of them had got to the bottom of his cup, the ring rolled out towards him. Then he looked at it and recognized it as a ring belonging to his father and mother, and said:」 My God grant that our little sister is here; if she were, we should be freed from the spell.」 The girl was standing listening behind the door, and when she heard him speak this wish she stepped out, and as she did so the ravens recovered their human shape. And they hugged and kissed each other and went happily home.
突然，她聽到鳥兒拍打翅膀的沙沙響。小矮人兒說：「我的主人們飛回來了！」烏鴉飛來了，找到了他們的小盤子和小酒杯，又要吃的，又要喝的。烏鴉一個接一個地說：「誰吃了我盤子里的東西了？誰喝我小酒杯里的酒了？」「這一定是人嘴吃的！」第七隻烏鴉喝酒喝到杯底的時候，小戒指滾到他嘴邊來。一看見這只戒指，他明白了：這是爸爸和媽媽的戒指啊。他說：「上帝保佑我們，如果我們的小妹妹來了，我們可就得救了！」小妹妹站在門後，聽到他的祝願就走了出來。於是，七隻烏鴉都恢復了人形，他們高興地互相擁抱親吻，然後回家去了。
Ⅲ 六年級課外英語小故事
The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
【譯文】
老貓
一位老婦有隻貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發現一隻老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。
於是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：「不要打你的老僕人，我已經為你服務了很多年，而且還願意為你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。」
A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the st.
He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."
He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the st and eat them.
Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.
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一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去，當他沿著路走時，在路的一邊他發現一箱好蘋果，他說：「我不打算吃那些蘋果，因為富人會給我更多的食物，他會給我很好吃的東西。」然後他拿起蘋果，一把扔到土裡去。
他繼續走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會兒，然後他說：「今天我去不了富人家了，因為我不能渡過河。」
他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。
不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
【譯文】
城裡老鼠和鄉下老鼠
從前，有兩只老鼠，它們是好朋友。一隻老鼠居住在鄉村，另一隻住在城裡。很多年以後，鄉下老鼠碰到城裡老鼠，它說：「你一定要來我鄉下的家看看。」於是，城裡老鼠就去了。鄉下老鼠領著它到了一塊田地上它自己的家裡。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城裡老鼠。城裡老鼠說：「這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為什麼住在田野的地洞里呢？你應該搬到城裡去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，還會吃上美味佳餚，你應該到我城裡的家看看。」
鄉下老鼠就到城裡老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了。可是正當他們要開始吃的時候，聽見很大的一陣響聲，城裡的老鼠叫喊起來：「快跑！快跑！貓來了！」他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。
過了一會兒，他們出來了。當他們出來時，鄉下老鼠說：「我不喜歡住在城裡，我喜歡住在田野我的洞里。因為這樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過著提心吊膽的生活來說，要好些。」
「 Yes, here it is, young man. 」
The young man took the clock happily and thanked the old man. But when he looked at it carefully, there appeared to be something wrong with it.
「 Does it ring on time? 」 he asked the old man.
「 Sure! Just shake it when it's time to get up, and it'll ring. 」
一隻鬧鍾
一個年輕人到一個山村去度假。那天夜裡，他住宿在火車站附近的一個旅館里。
上床睡之前，他對旅館老闆——一個老頭兒說：「對不起，先生，請問您能在五點差一刻叫醒我嗎？我明天早晨要乘五點的火車。」
「哦，很抱歉」，旅館老闆說，「恐怕不行，我不可能起那麼早。」
年輕人正想回到FANG間去，又停住了問：「那你有鬧鍾嗎？或許它能幫助我。」
「我有，給你，年輕人。」
年輕人很高興地拿了鬧鍾，謝了老頭兒。但當他仔細查看了鬧鍾後，發現似乎有毛病。
「它能准時鬧嗎？」他問老頭兒。
「那當然！時間一到，你搖一搖，他就會響的。」
Ⅳ 跪求英語小故事（六年級）
1，
An ass once found a lion's skin. He put it on, and walked towards the village.
All fled when he came near,both men and animals.
The ass felt quite proud. He lifted his voice and brayed, but then everyone knew him.
His owner came up and gave him a sound whipping.
Shortly afterwards,a fox came up to him and said, "Ah, I knew it was you by your voice."
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●有頭驢發現一張獅子皮，他披著獅子皮走進村莊。
●所有的人和動物見到他走過來都逃走了。
●驢感到很得意，他高聲地嘶叫，卻被人認了出來。他的主人跑過來打了他一頓。
●不久，一隻狐狸也跑過來，對他說：「哦，你一張嘴我就知道你是驢。」
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寓意:
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外表雖然可以暫時掩蓋一個人的缺點，但它很容易被揭穿。=========================================
2，The miser and his gold
Once upon a time there was a miser. He hid his gold under a tree. Every week he used to dig it up.
One night a robber stole all the gold. When the miser came again, he found nothing but an empty hole.
He was surprised, and then burst into tears.All the neighbors gathered around him.
He told them how he used to come and visit his gold.
"Did you ever take any of it out?" asked one of them. "No," he said, "I only came to look at it." "Then come again and look at the hole," said the neighbor, "it will be the same as looking at the gold."
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守財奴和金塊
從前，有個守財奴將他的金塊埋到一棵樹下，每周他都去把他挖出來看看。
一天晚上，一個小偷挖走了所有的金塊。 守財奴再來查看時，發現除了一個空洞什麼都沒有了。
守財奴便捶胸痛哭。哭聲引來了鄰居，他告訴他們這里原來有他的金塊。
問明了原因後，一個鄰居問：「你使用過這些金塊嗎？」 「沒用過，」 他說，「我只是時常來看看。」「那麼，以後再來看這個洞，」鄰居說，「就像以前有金塊時一樣。」
寓意:
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即使是再珍貴的東西，如果不善加使用，也不會帶來任何好處。=========================================
3， A child was careless Ramie stabbed, he rushed home and told his mother: "I only lightly Pengyi what, it was my painful thorns."
Mom said: "Because of this, it will thorn you. if the next time you met Ramie, to a courageous and seize it, it will be in your hands become soft as silk, you will no longer be stabbed. "
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一個小孩不小心被薴麻刺了,他急忙跑回家,告訴媽媽說:「我只輕輕地碰它一下,它就刺得我很痛。」
媽媽說:「正因為如此,它才會刺你。下次你如果再碰到薴麻,要勇敢地一把抓住它,它就會在你的手中變得柔軟如絲,不再會刺傷你了。」
寓意:
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It is said that many people are serving hard against soft.
這是說,許多人都是服硬不服軟的。
4，One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a sign by his feet, that read: "I am blind, please help."
A creative publicist was walking by the blind man and stopped to observe that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own coins in the hat, and without stopping to ask for permission,took the sign, turned it around, and wrote a new message. He then placed the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.
Later that afternoon the creative publicist returned by the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost completely full of bills and coins. The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was him who had changed his sign? He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it?
The man said：「'I can see nothing in the spring'—— I just changed the way of what you said .」
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一天，有個瞎子坐在一棟大樓的台階上，腳下的標牌上寫著：「我是個瞎子，請幫幫我。」
一位有創意的廣告員從瞎子身旁經過時停了下來，看到瞎子的帽子里只有一些硬幣。他也在帽子里放了幾個硬幣，未經允許，就拿過標牌，翻過來在上面重新寫了一句標語，然後把標牌放回瞎子的腳下，離開了。 那天下午晚些時候，這位廣告員回到了這個身旁，他發現帽子里幾乎裝滿了紙鈔和硬幣。瞎子聽出了他的腳步聲，問他是否是那個改標牌的人？他也想知道這位男士在上面寫了什麼。
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寓意:
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有時候，輕微地改變說話方式就能產生很大不同的效果。
5，Once upon there was a child who was willful and did not do what his mother wanted. For this reason God was displeased with him and caused him to become ill, and no doctor could help him, and in a short time he lay on his deathbed.
He was lowered into a grave and covered with earth, but his little arm suddenly came forth and reached up, and it didn't help when they put it back in and put fresh earth over it, for the little arm always came out again. So the mother herself had to go to the grave and beat the little arm with a switch, and as soon as she had done that, it withdrew, and the child finally came to rest beneath the earth.
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小故事寓意很多，從每個人的角度看有不同的寓意。 =========================================
譯文：
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從前有個非常任性的小孩,從不聽母親的話,上帝對此很不高興,讓他得了醫生誰也治不好的病,很快他就踏上了黃泉之路。
人們把他的屍體放入了墓穴,然後向他身上撒泥土,但突然他的一隻手臂伸了出來,向上舉著。人們把他的手臂又塞了進去,繼續撒泥土,但他的手臂又伸了出來。對此他母親也無計可施,只得走下墓穴,用棍子在那手臂上敲了一下,它這才縮了進去,這樣壞小孩總算在地下安靜地長眠了。
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本性是很難改變的。
Ⅳ 六年級英語小故事
Giving the Seeding a Hand
Long long ago, in ancient China, there lived a farmer .He was worried about his seeding growing too slowly .
One day ,he went to the farmland and pulled up the seeding one by one .When he returned home ,he was very exhausted."I am tired out today，」he said to his family ,"I helped the seeding to grow."
His son was surprised . He hurried to the fields to see what had happened .It turned out that all the seeding had shriveled up.
拔苗助長
從前，有一個農民總是擔心自己種的秧苗長得太慢。
一天，他到田裡把秧苗一個一個地拔了起來，當他回到家時，十分興奮，「我今天很累，」他對家人說到，「我再幫秧苗長大。」
他的兒子很奇怪就跑去田裡看到地發生了什麼。一看所有的秧苗都枯萎了。
Ⅵ 小學生六年級英語小故事
On the holiday, we went to Huangsang mountain (黃山）。
That place is very beautiful, because we saw a lot of high and strange trees.
Huangshang is so great, it's really high that people can touch the cloud. It seems you are flying when you are on the top of it.
This tour is really great! I would like to go again.
在假期里，我們去了黃山。
那個地方真是好美啊，有很多很高很奇怪的樹。
黃山太宏偉了， 它真是很高啊，高到就像能碰到雲。 好像你在飛一樣，如果你站在它的頂部。
這次旅遊太好玩了。我下次還想去去。
=。= 放心使用吧（本人現居悉尼）
Ⅶ 一個適合六年級小學生背誦的英語小故事
The hare and the tortoise
The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never been beaten," he said, "when I run at full speed, no one is faster than me."
The tortoise said quietly, "I will race with you." "That is a good joke," said the hare. "I could dance around you the whole way."
The race started. The hare darted almost out of sight at once. He soon stopped and lay down to have a nap.
The tortoise plodded on and on. When the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise was near the finish line, and that he had lost the race.
兔子向動物們誇耀他的速度，「我從來沒有失敗過，」他說，「當我奔跑時，沒有人比我更快。」
烏龜平靜地說：「我要與你比賽。」「真是笑話，我可以邊玩邊和你賽跑。」兔子說。
比賽開始了，一眨眼工夫，兔子已經跑得不見了蹤影，但是他覺得自己跑得快，對比賽掉以輕心，躺在路邊睡著了。
烏龜慢騰騰地卻持續不停地走，當兔子一覺醒來，他看到烏龜已經快到終點線了。兔子輸了比賽。
（小朋友都比較熟悉的故事，而且學兔子說話跟烏龜說話可以用不同語氣，顯得比較生動可愛。）
Ⅷ 六年級簡短英語小故事，附有中文意思
The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
【譯文】
老貓
一位老婦有隻貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發現一隻老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。
於是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：「不要打你的老僕人，我已經為你服務了很多年，而且還願意為你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。」
Ⅸ 六年級英語小故事100字，帶翻譯，易懂一點兒
Giving the Seeding a Hand
Long long ago, in ancient China, there lived a farmer .He was worried about his seeding growing too slowly .
One day ,he went to the farmland and pulled up the seeding one by one .When he returned home ,he was very exhausted."I am tired out today，」he said to his family ,"I helped the seeding to grow."
His son was surprised . He hurried to the fields to see what had happened .It turned out that all the seeding had shriveled up.
拔苗助長
從前，有一個農民總是擔心自己種的秧苗長得太慢。
一天，他到田裡把秧苗一個一個地拔了起來，當他回到家時，十分興奮，「我今天很累，」他對家人說到，「我再幫秧苗長大。」
他的兒子很奇怪就跑去田裡看到地發生了什麼。一看所有的秧苗都枯萎了。 回答者： 米菲夢娜The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鴿子
A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.
Zeal should not outrun discretion.
有隻鴿子口渴得很難受，看見畫板上畫著一個水瓶，以為是真的。他立刻呼呼地猛飛過 去，不料一頭碰撞在畫板上，折斷了翅膀，摔在地上，被人輕易地捉住了。
這是說，有些人想急於得到所需的東西，一時沖動，草率從事，就會身遭不幸。
The Raven and the Swan烏鴉和天鵝
A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished.
Change of habit cannot alter Nature.
烏鴉非常羨慕天鵝潔白的羽毛。他猜想天鵝一定是經常洗澡，羽毛才變得如此潔白無 瑕。於是，他毅然離開了他賴以生存的祭壇，來到江湖邊。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一 點都沒洗白，反而因缺少食物飢餓而死。
這故事是說，人的本性不會隨著生活方式的改變而改變。
The Goat and the Goatherd 山羊與牧羊人
A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the summons. At last the Goatherd threw a stone, and breaking its horn, begged the Goat not to tell his master. The Goat replied, "Why, you silly fellow, the horn will speak though I be silent."
Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hid.
很多山羊被牧羊人趕到羊圈裡。有一隻山羊不知在吃什麼好東西，單獨落在後面。牧羊 人拿起一塊石頭扔了過去，正巧打斷了山羊的一隻角。牧羊人嚇得請求山羊不要告訴主人， 山羊說：「即使我不說，又怎能隱瞞下去呢？我的角已斷了，這是十分明顯的事實。」
這故事說明，明顯的罪狀是無法隱瞞的。
The Miser守財奴
A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it. The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations. A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, "Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it."
有個守財奴變賣了他所有的家產，換回了金塊，並秘密地埋在一個地方。他每天走去看 看他的寶藏。有個在附近放羊的牧人留心觀察，知道了真情，趁他走後，挖出金塊拿走了。 守財奴再來時，發現洞中的金塊沒有了，便捶胸痛哭。有個人見他如此悲痛，問明原因後， 說道：「喂，朋友，別再難過了，那塊金子雖是你買來的，但並不是你真正擁有的。去拿一 塊石頭來，代替金塊放在洞里，只要你心裡想著那是塊金子，你就會很高興。這樣與你擁有 真正的金塊效果沒什麼不同。依我之見，你擁有那金塊時，也從沒用過。」
這故事說明，一切財物如不使用等於沒有。
Ⅹ 急需小學六年級英語小故事
Animals Need Protecting
Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history. Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States aloneare considered in danger.
Why should people care? Because we need animals, and because once they are gone, there will never be any more.Animals are more than just beautiful or interesting. They are more than just a source of food. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks, the farmers' stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice, with no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied quickly.
Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animal or planton the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing.中文:
動物需要保護
動物是自然資源，在整個歷史過程中，人類一直在糟蹋著這種資源。人們殺死動物，獲得它們的皮毛，把它們當作食物或運動方式，或者只是因為它們礙事。成千上萬種動物已經從這個地球上永遠地消失了。現在另外上百種動物也上了瀕危動物名單。僅莢國大概就有170種被認為處於危險當中。
為什麼人們應該感到擔憂呢?因為我們需要動物，因為它們一旦消失，就永遠不會再出現。動物不僅僅是漂亮或有趣。它們不僅僅是人類的食物來源。在維持自然平衡中，每種動物都有其作用。毀滅某種動物會導致許多問題。比如，農民們如果殺死為數眾多的鷹，他們穀物和糧食的倉庫就會受到老鼠和田鼠的破壞。 為什麼?因為鷹吃鼠類，沒有鷹控制它們的數量，鼠類就會迅速繁殖。
幸運的是，有些人正在努力幫助拯救這些動物。有些組織籌錢以便人們了解這一問題。他們也努力使政府通過保護瀕危動物的法律。很多國家已經通過了法律。這些法律禁止殺害瀕危名單上的動植物。某些瀕危動物的數目正在慢慢地不斷上升。