英文短文故事

以下是我为大家整理的英语小故事短文，希望能帮助大家提高英语水平。 一 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." 从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢?你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑!快跑!猫来了!”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。 过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。” 二 One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,"This is my breakfast.'' He came up to the cock and said,"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away. The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.'' The cock said to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.'' The fox opened his mouth and said,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree. 一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。 他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得非常好听，你能唱给我听么?”公鸡很高兴。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。狐狸看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。 在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：“看，看!狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么?人们认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是你的，不是他们的。” 狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，公鸡逃离了狐狸的嘴巴，跑到了树底下。 三 Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast. For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide. Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion. In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture. As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain. There was no sign of the lion. "What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?" asked the chief. "Forget the damn lion!" he howled. "Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?" 伟大的猎手Jonesie 有个小村庄正为一只吃人的狮子而烦恼。于是，村长派人去请伟大的猎手Jonesie来杀死这只野兽。 猎手躺着等了几个晚上，但狮子一直没有出现。最后，他要求村长杀只羊然后把头皮给他。把羊皮披在身上后，猎人到草原上去等狮子。 半夜，村民被从草原传来的声嘶力竭的尖叫声惊醒。他们小心地靠近后，看到猎手正躺在草地上痛苦地呻吟。没有狮子出没的蛛丝马迹。 “Jonesie，怎么了?狮子在哪?”村长问。 “哪有狮子!”猎人怒吼道，“哪个傻瓜把公牛放出来了?” 四 Weather Predict A film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow rain." The next day it rained. A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow storm." The next day there was a hailstorm. "This Indian is incredible," said the director. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather. However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks. Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and I'm depending on you. What will the weather be like?" The Indian shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know," he said. "Radio is broken." 天气预报 一个电影摄制组在沙漠深处工作.一天,一个印度老人到导演跟前告诉导演说"明天下雨."第二天果然下雨了. 一周后,印度人又来告诉导演说,"明天有风暴."果然,第二天下了雹暴. "印度人真神,"导演说.他告诉秘书雇佣该印度人来预报天气. 几次预报都很成功.然后,接下来的两周,印度人不见了. 最后,导演派人去把他叫来了."我明天必须拍一个很大的场景,"导演说,"这得靠你了.明天天气如何啊?" 印度人耸了耸肩."我不知道,"印度人说,"收音机坏了." 五 It doesn't matter where you are coming from.All that matters is where you are going. Your decision to be,have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well.Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else. You cannot control what happens to you,but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you,and in that,you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future. The more you seek security ,the less of it you have.But the more you seek opportunity,the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire. Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.Unsuccessful people are always asking,"What's in it for me?" All successful people,men and women,are big dreamers.They imagine what their future could be,ideal in every respect,and then they work every day toward their distant vision,that goal or purpose. 六 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 dust. 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 dust and eat them. Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time. 【译文】 一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。 他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。” 他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。 不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。 七 There was once a farmer who had a fine olive(橄榄树) orchard(果园) . He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised(轻视，看不起) the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure. When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, "My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it." The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more. After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money. They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering(漫游，闲逛)in his wits. The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing. The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold. And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, "There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it." 从前有一个农民，他有一座漂亮的橄榄园。他非常勤劳，而且农场在他的照管下蒸蒸日上。可他知道自己的三个儿子瞧不起农活，都迫不及待的想通过冒险发家致富。 这个农民上了年岁，感到死期快要来临时，将三个儿子叫到身边说：“儿子们，橄榄园里藏有一罐金子。你们想要，就去挖吧。” 儿子们想让父亲告诉他们金子藏在果园的那一块地方，可他什么也没再给他们说。 那个农民死后，三个儿子就开始挖地，想找到那罐金子;因为他们不知道金子藏在什么地方，所以他们一致同意排成一行从果园的一头开始挖起，知道其中一人挖到金子为止. 他们挖啊挖，从果园的一头一直挖到了另一头，果树周围和果树之间也都挖到了，可还是没有找到那罐金子。看来一定是有人已经把那罐金子头走了，要么就是他们的父亲一直在异想天开。三个儿子对他们白干了一场，感到大失所望。 到了第二年的橄榄季节，果园里的橄榄树接出的果子比以往的都多;卖完果子后，三个儿子赚了整整一罐金子。 他们从果园里得到这么多钱后，突然明白了聪明的父亲所说的“果园里藏有金子，想要就去挖吧”这句话的含义。 八 The Young Thief and His Mother Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house. She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor. One day, her son stole his friend's bag. "Mom, what do you think of this bag?" His mother praised her son rather than scolding him. "It looks great!" The next time, he stole an overcoat. She praised him again when he stole it. A few years later, he grew up to be a young man. He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother. "How beautiful!" This time, she did not scold her son again. Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things. One day, the police caught him. Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother. They took him to his mother. As soon as he saw his mother, he bit her earlobe. "Ouch! What's the matter with you?" She finally scolded him. Her son answered. "If you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief." She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison. "If I only could turn back time, I would scold him severely." She regretted that she always praised him, whatever he did. 小偷和他的年轻妈妈 很久以前，有一个母亲和儿子住在一所房子。她每天都努力工作，但他们始终贫困。 有一天，她的儿子偷了他朋友的袋子。 “妈，你怎么看这个包的?”他的母亲受表扬而不是骂他，她的儿子。 “这看起来很棒!” 下一次，他偷了一件大衣。他儿子偷这个的时候，她又表扬了他。 几年后，他成长为一名年轻男子。他偷了珠宝，交给他母亲。 “真漂亮!”这一次，她并没有骂她的儿子。 然后，因为他认为他的母亲高兴，他开始偷更昂贵的东西。有一天，警察抓到他。他将在监狱前，他恳求警察，见一下他的母亲。他们把他带到他母亲面前。 当他看到他的母亲，他咬了她耳垂。 “哎哟!怎么回事呀?”她终于骂他。她的儿子回答说。 “如果你在我偷第一个包的时候这样责骂我的话，我就不会成为一个小偷了。” 当她看到她的儿子走进监狱的时候，她内心崩溃了。 “如果真的可以时光倒流，我会严厉责骂他。”她感到遗憾的是她总是称赞他，无论他做了什么。 九 A young shoemaker left his village. Along the way, he found some ants, who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their anthill(蚁冢，人群密集的地方) . The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor. The shoemaker followed his way and found some bees with the same problem as the ants. The young man also helped them, and the bees promised to help him in the future. Further along, the shoemaker learned that the king’s daughter was in the castle of a witch(巫婆，女巫) . The young man decided to rescue her. But the witch locked him up in a stinking(发恶臭的，非常讨厌的)dunge on with a sack of sand mixed with poppy(罂粟) seeds and told him that if he wasn’t able to separate the two, she would cut off his head at dawn. The young man thought about his death. But his friends the ants came and helped him pass the test. The witch was astounded. Then she took him to a room where there were thirteen maidens with their faces covered: the shoemaker had to discover which one was the princess. The young man became discouraged but he saw a bee that landed on... the sweetest one, the true princess. When the shoemaker uncovered her face, the witch was changd into a crow(乌鸦) . The young people fell in love and lived surrounded by animals and poppies. 一个年轻鞋匠离开他所在的村子。沿途中看到一些蚂蚁，蚂蚁们很伤心，因为熊破坏了他们的家。于是这个鞋匠帮助它们重修了蚁丘，蚂蚁们说将来会回报他的帮助。 鞋匠上路继续前行，发现一些蜜蜂遭遇到和蚂蚁一样的状况。于是这个年轻人也帮助了蜜蜂们，蜜蜂承诺将来也会帮助这位年轻人。 又走了很远，鞋匠听说国王的女儿困在女巫的城堡里，年轻人决定去营救她。但女巫把他锁在恶臭的粪土堆旁，还扔给他一麻袋混合在一起的沙子和罂粟种子。告诉他如果不能够在黎明前把这些区分开来，就要在黎明时砍掉他的脑袋。 年轻人想着他要死了。这时他的朋友蚂蚁来了，帮助他通过了这个考验。女巫大吃一惊，接着她把年轻人带到了一个房间，里面有蒙着面纱的是三个少女：鞋匠必须从中找出真正的王妃。 年轻人有些灰心了，但这时他看到了一只蜜蜂降落在一个人身上……那人就是真正的王妃。当鞋匠揭开她的面纱，于是女巫变成了一只乌鸦。年轻人跟公主坠入爱河，动物们和罂粟花都围绕着他们。

1、The fox and the grapesHungry fox saw the vine hanging from a string of crystal clear grapes, slobber DC, want to eat off, but alsoCan't reach. At the moment, feel helpless to go, he said while walking his own comfort:" this has not cooked grape, sureAre sour."That is to say, some capacity is small, do not a thing, on the pretext that premature.狐狸和葡萄 饥饿的狐狸看见葡萄架上挂着一串串晶莹剔透的葡萄，口水直流，想要摘下来吃，但又 摘不到。看了一会儿，无可奈何地走了，他边走边自己安慰自己说：“这葡萄没有熟，肯定 是酸的。” 这就是说，有些人能力小，做不成事，就借口说时机未成熟。2、The little boy and the ScorpionThere is a child in the front wall to catch the grasshopper, while to catch a lot. Suddenly he saw a scorpion, he thought that is the grasshopper,Then two go to catch him. The scorpion his sting, said: "come, if you really dare to do like this, even you catch a grasshopperGrasshopper will completely lose."This story warns people, to distinguish good and bad, to treat them differently.小男孩与蝎子 有个小孩在城墙前捉蚱蜢，一会儿就捉了许多。忽然看见一只蝎子，他以为也是蚱蜢， 便着两手去捕捉他。蝎子举起他的毒刺，说道：“来吧，如果你真敢这样做，就连你捉的蚱 蜢也会统统失掉。” 这故事告诫人们，要分辨清好人和坏人，区别对待他们。 3、The wolf and the craneWolf mistakenly swallow a piece of bone, very hard, running around, looking for a doctor. He met the egret, stipulated fees to invite himBone removed, Lusi their head into the wolf's throat, and drew out the bone, so the wolf to be a good reward. The wolf answeredSay:" Hey, friend, you can wolf mouth all is well. Withdraws head, can not meet, how to speak reward?"This story illustrates, the bad guys do no reward, and be thankful if you say the essence of credit.狼与鹭鸶 狼误吞下了一块骨头，十分难受，四处奔走，寻访医生。他遇见了鹭鸶，谈定酬金请他 取出骨头，鹭鸶把自己的头伸进狼的喉咙里，叼出了骨头，便向狼要定好的酬金。狼回答 说：“喂，朋友，你能从狼嘴里平安无事地收回头来，难道还不满足，怎么还要讲报酬？” 这故事说明，对坏人行善的报酬，就是认识坏人不讲信用的本质。 4、The widow and the henA widow woman kept a hen, hen lays an egg every day. She thought some more chicken feed barley, a day will be twoEgg. Therefore, such a day to feed her, the result looks more and more fat hen, an egg a day is not even under the.This story explained that, some people because of greed, want more benefits, the results are even deprived of the existing.寡妇与母鸡 有个寡妇养着一只母鸡，母鸡每天下一个蛋。她以为多给鸡喂些大麦，就会每天下两个 蛋。于是，她就每天这样喂，结果母鸡长得越来越肥，每天连一个蛋也不下了。 这故事说明，有些人因为贪婪，想得到更多的利益，结果连现有的都失掉了。5、Standing on the roof of the goat and WolfThe little goats on the roof, saw a wolf from the pass underneath, and cursed him, laughing at him. The wolf said:" Oh, man, scoldI is not you, but you are in the ground."This story illustrates the advantages and the secret, often give a person with strong courage to fight.站在屋顶的小山羊与狼 小山羊站在屋顶上，看见狼从底下走过，便谩骂他，嘲笑他。狼说道：“啊，伙计，骂 我的不是你，而是你所处的地势。” 这故事说明，地利与天机常常给人勇气去与强者抗争。 6、Mountain EarthquakeOne time, a mountain happened a big earthquake, vibration sounds like a loud moan and shout. Many people gatheredAt the foot of the mountain to watch, do not know what had happened. While they were assembled in anxious, worried about seeing something bad omen, onlySaw a mouse running from the mountain.Don't make much ado about nothing.山 震 有一次，一座大山发生了大震动，震动发出的声音就像大声的呻吟和喧闹。许多人云集 在山下观看，不知发生了什么事。当他们焦急地聚集在那里，担心看到什么不祥之兆时，仅 看见从山里跑出一只老鼠。 这是说庸人多自忧。 7、Good and evilWeak forces of good, evil away to heaven by. Asked Zeus is good at, how can we return to earth to. Zeus toldHe, you don't go, one of the world's visit. Evil and people very close, so continuously to find himAre. Good because down from the sky, on the very slow to very slow.That is to say, people is not easy to meet good, but every day of the injury or harm.善 与 恶 力量弱小的善，被恶赶走到了天上。善于是问宙斯，怎样才能回到人间去。宙斯告诉 他，大家不要一起去，一个一个的去访问人间吧。恶与人很相近，所以接连不断地去找他 们。善因为从天上下来，所以就来得很慢很慢。 这就是说，人很不容易遇到善，却每日为恶所伤害。 8、Two pocketsPrometheus created man, and in each of them hanging round her neck has two pockets, a pack the faults of others, the otherOf their own equipment. He put the loaded others faults pocket hanging in the chest, the other is hanging behind his back. Hence it is that men areQuick to see the faults of others, and their total however invisible.This story explained that people often like to find fault with others, but ignore their shortcomings.两只口袋 普罗米修斯创造了人，又在他们每人脖子上挂了两只口袋，一只装别人的缺点，另一只 装自己的。他把那只装别人缺点的口袋挂在胸前，另一只则挂在背后。因此人们总是能够很 快地看见别人的缺点，而自己的却总看不见。 这故事说明人们往往喜欢挑剔别人的缺点，却无视自身的缺点。9、The hunting dogAn old dog young and strong never yielded to any beast of the forest, the elderly, in a hunting, met aWild boar, he bravely rushed to bite pig ears. Because of his dental aging weakness, not snapped, wild boarRun away. Master came running greatly disappoint one's hopes, give him a meal. Old dogs raised his head and said:" master ah! This cannot beBlame me not. My brave spirit and the youth are the same, but I can't resist the natural law. I used to act byYour praise, it should not be your blame."That is to say, the birth and death is the inexorable law.老 猎 狗 一条老猎狗年轻力壮时从未向森林中任何野兽屈服过，年老后，在一次狩猎中，遇到一 头野猪，他勇敢地扑上去咬住野猪的耳朵。由于他的牙齿老化无力，不能牢牢地咬住，野猪 逃跑了。主人跑过来后大失所望，痛骂他一顿。年老的猎狗抬起头来说：“主人啊！这不能 怪我不行。我的勇敢精神和年轻时是一样的，但我不能抗拒自然规律。从前我的行为受到了 你的称赞，现在也不应受到你的责备。” 这是说，生老病死是不可抗拒的规律。10、The ants and beetlesSummer, other animal have a leisurely life, only the ants run around in the fields to collect, wheat and barley, give yourself aWinter food storage. Surprised todung beetle asked him why he was so diligent. Ant at the time said nothing.Winter came, a heavy rain washed cow dung, dung beetle hungry, where ant went begging, ants said to him:" hey,Buddy, if at the time when I work, you not criticize me, but also to work, we would not have the hungry."It is said that, despite the changing situation, the people can avoid disaster save.蚂蚁与屎壳郎 夏天，别的动物都悠闲地生活，只有蚂蚁在田里跑来跑去，搜集小麦和大麦，给自己贮 存冬季吃的食物。屎壳郎惊奇地问他为何这般勤劳。蚂蚁当时什么也没说。 冬天来了，大雨冲掉了牛粪，饥饿的屎壳郎，走到蚂蚁那里乞食，蚂蚁对他说：“喂， 伙计，如果当时在我劳动时，你不是批评我，而是也去做工，现在就不会忍饥挨饿了。” 这是说，尽管风云变化万千，未雨绸缪的人都能避免灾难。祝你学习进步 天天向上望采纳

A little bird fly to south for the winter . It was very cold , almost frozen bird . Hence , fly to a large space , after a cow there , in a pile of cow dung upon the bird , frozen bird lying on the dunghill , feel very warm , gradually recovered , it is warm and comfortable lying , and soon began to sing songsWeak forces of good and evil was expelled to the sky . Asked Zeus is good at , how can we return to earth to . Zeus told him that we should not and go , one by one of the world to visit it .

我们的人生需要一些励志正能量的'故事来激励我们。下面我带来的是英语小短文励志故事，希望对你有帮助！

Young people are excited, young people are strong, young people work hard, and young people hope. In another Youth Day approaching, bless you, my dear friend, a young, promising career, young people, happy every day.

The youth should stand forward, the youth should fire departments, youth on confidence disclosure date, the youth should innumerable twists and turns into a hero Youth Day!, I wish you a beautiful demonstration, repeatedlyspectacular!

The youth is Chaoyang, charming, youth is a horse, the pace of flying, the youth is more than the Pentium, the river, the youth is pine, will become the pillars! Youth Day, may you young, positive youth, promising future!

Green Cuicui tree Changchun, one year people often red, deeply bless you: good life such as evergreen trees, like saffron Chang Yan, always in youth, often smiling happy youth day!

Youth, a life only once, although the youth have rebellion, impetuous, and also have mistakes, but more youth is enthusiasm, beauty and hope. Youth will have happiness after all, because it has the future! Happy youth day!

Behind every successful person, there will be efforts, and the efforts behind the inspirational, inspiring as a motive, so that it can be successful.

Some people say that he is a star, perhaps not, back when the road seems, spicy humor humorous playfulness that once bitter tears and heart, and it is obvious that unruly confrontation and fry a grassroots and the fate of the flash; he is a star, when he asked the passion on the fate of the split lock by force with the high spirited heart, in the name of the dream to pluck the stars on the occasion, what is he not a star?

He was a single show on the stage - Show Luo.

When I was a child, I liked Show Luo very much. He was very imposing on stage. So I wished to be a star when I was young, but my voice was thick and the dance was rotten. Its not a star material.

From then on, I thought of Show Luo. Even when he was young, he had no astrology. Even though he was despise and black and fat, he was scolded into a pig. Even though he wrote a letter to a schoolgirl for the first time, he was called back, "well, its up to you." Even after the debut has been ordered to minimize the occurrence of more sharply, producers expressed his doubts, "how can you be discovered as a singer?" You have to stay in the studio, I wont let the music go! "... Even if is full of sarcasm and ridicule, he was abruptly survived. But those who smile, helpless when Coptis meal, who can really understand!

In the future, we should take Show Luo as an idol and learn the spirit of him.

A dog is very thirsty. But he only sees some empty pails. There is no water in them. The dog goes on looking for water. He comes to a small house. There is a girl in it. The girl goes out with a pail. “She goes to a well,” the dog thinks and follows her. The dog is right. The girl comes to a well and puts down the pail, and the pail is full of water, there the girl goes back to her house.

“ Water! Great!” the dog says and runs to the well. He jumps into the well without thought.”

The water is good. The dog is happy and drinks much. But he can’t jump out of the well. He waits and waits. But no one comes. “I’m hungry now. I must go out,” he thinks.

At the time a thirsty goat comes to the well. He looks at the water and the dog. “Is the water good?” the goat asks. “ Of course. Come down,” the dog says. Then the goat jumps into the well, too. Then dog is happy. He jumps on the goat’s back and jumps out of the well.

The dog has a look at the goat and says, “Goodbye!” Then he leaves.

A young rich man to consult a success, but the rich man took three different sizes in front of a watermelon on the youth, "If each piece of watermelon on behalf of the interests of a certain extent, you choose that piece?"

"Of course is the biggest piece of!" Young did not hesitate to answer.

Rich man smiled: "Well, please now!" Rich people to the biggest piece of watermelon to the youth, while they eat the smallest piece.

Soon, rich on the finish, and then pick up the last piece of watermelon table proudly shook the face of the young, with big stuttering.

Young people immediately understand the meaning of the rich: the rich man does not eat the melon melon young people, and eat more than young people.

If each piece of watermelon on behalf of the interests of a certain degree, then the interests of rich natural possession of more than youth.

Eating watermelon, rich youth said: "To be successful, we must learn to give up, only to give up immediate interests in order to obtain long-term Italian, and this is my success."