The Dog In The Manger

Long long ago, a dog is taking a nap in the manger. It is full of hay. But soon the ox comes back. He wants to eat his own hay. Then the dog awakes, stands up and barkeds at the ox. The ox says to the dog, “Do you want to eat this hay, too?” “Of course not,” says the dog.

“Then, go away and let me eat my own hay.” “Oh, no. You go away and let me sleep.” “What a selfish dog! !” said the ox to himself.

The Boys And The Frogs（男孩与青蛙）

One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a

pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond there were many frogs and they were very afraid of the boys.Because the stones hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog jumped out of the water and said, “Boys, please don’t throw stones at us.”

The boys said, “We are only playing.” “I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play to you is death to us,” said the old frog.

So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.

The Wolf and the Goat（狼与山羊）

One day a wolf saw a goat on a high cliff. He was jumping again and again.

The wolf wanted to eat him, but he could not climb up there to catch him. So he said to the goat, “Good morning, my good friend Goat! Come down here! Come down! The grass is long and tasty here.”

“Thank you, Mr. Wolf, but never mind. I am used to playing here, and I like the grass here better. I would rather eat grass than be eaten by a wolf,” said the goat.

The Trees and the Ax（树与斧头）

Once upon a time a man came into a forest. He said to the trees, “Will you give me a piece of hard wood ?”

The tree said, “Yes, we'll give you a good price of hard wood.” He was very glad to get a good piece of wood. He hurried home with it. At once he made a new handle of his ax.

Then he went to the forest again and began to cut down all the best trees in the forest.

The trees were very sad. They said to themselves, “We suffer for our own foolishness.”

The Fox and the Grapes（狐狸与葡萄）

Early in the fall, a fox saw ripe grapes in a garden. He wanted to eat them.

He said to himself, “How lucky I am! I've found some nice grapes.” He crept into the garden, and came to the grapes. He jumped up at the grapes, but he could not reach them.He jumped again and again, but in vain.

At last he gave it up, and said to himself, “The grapes are sour. I don't want sour grapes.” And he went away.