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儿童寓言英语小故事中英对照 儿童寓言故事：老板最大 There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot. There werethree parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another one, $10,000; and the third one, $30,000. The customer asked the owner, “How come this guy is $5,000? That’s so expensive for this kindof parrot.” The owner said, “Because I have trained him and he can talk.” So the customer asked him, “How about this guy? What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner said, “Well, apart from talking, he can also do some amusing actions,like dancing and so on. That’s why he’s so expensive.” Then the customer said, “How about the third one? What canhe do that makes him so expensive?” The owner of the shopsaid, “I don’t know. Normally, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him ‘The Boss.’” 有个人到一间商店买鹦鹉。店里有三只鹦鹉，其中一只卖五千元，另一只卖一万元，还有一只卖三万元。顾客问老板：「为什么这只要卖五千元?这个价钱对这种鹦鹉来说太贵了!」老板说：「因为我有训练他讲话。」顾客又问：「那这只呢?他会做什么?为什么要卖这么贵?」老板说：「他除了会说话之外，还会表演一些有趣的动作，好比说跳舞等等，所以才卖这么贵。」顾客接着又问：「那第三只呢?他会做什么?为什么要卖这么贵?」老板说：「我不知道。我从没听过他讲话、吹口哨或唱歌，也没看过他跳舞，什么都没有!不过另外两只叫他：『老板!』」 儿童寓言故事：蚊子和公牛 the gnat and the bull蚊子和公牛 a gnat settled on the horn of a bull, and sat there a long time. just as he was about to fly off, he made a buzzing noise, and inquired of the bull if he would like him to go. the bull replied, i did not know you had come, and i shall not miss you when you go away. 译 文 有只蚊子落到一只公牛的角上，停留了好久。要走的时候，他嗡嗡地边飞边问公牛是否愿意他离开。公牛回答说：“我不知道你什么时候来的，你走了以后，我也不会想念你。” 寓 意 some men are of more consequence in their own eyes than in the eyes of their neighbors. 有些人总是觉得自己很重要，但是他人却不以为然。 儿童寓言故事：乌鸦喝水 A crow, ready to die with thirst, flew with joy to a pitcher which he saw at a distance. But when he came up to it, he found the water so low that with all his stooping and straining he was unable to reach it. Thereupon he tried to bread the pitcher, then to overturn it, seeing some small pebbles at