题目

求英语小故事（动物类的）
最好是简短,幽默,又能启发人的,不要太长!
最好是伊索寓言里的。

提问时间：2020-07-18

答案

The Dog and the Shadow（狗和影子）
It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace.Now,on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook.As he crossed,he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath.Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat,he made up his mind to have that also.So he made a snap at the shadow in the water,but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out,dropped into the water and was never seen more.
一只狗嘴里衔着一块肉,走过一条河上面的桥,看见他自己在水里的影子,以为是另一只狗,那时狗衔着的肉,比他自己的还要大一倍.因此他仍掉自己的那一块,狠狠地扑向那只狗,想夺到那一块较大的肉.结果两头都落了空,因为他想要抓取在水中的那一块,只不过是一个影子,而原来的那一块,也被水冲走了.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
谨记,切莫因追逐幻影而丢失已有的东西.
A hare jeered at a tortoise for the slowness of his pace .But he laughed ,and said that he would run against her and beat her any day she would name .“Come on ,“ said the hare ,“you will soon see what my feet are made of .“So it was aGREed that they should start at once .The tortoise went off jogging along ,without a moment‘s stopping ,at his usual steady pace .The hare treating the whole matter very lightly ,said he would first take a little nap ,and that she should soon overtake the tortoise .Meanwhile ,the tortoise plodded on ,and the hare ,oversleeping herself ,arrived at the goal ,only to see that the tortoise had got in before her .
Slow and steady wins the race.
兔子嘲笑乌龟的步子爬的慢,但是他笑了,说总有一天他会和她赛跑,并且赢他.“快点“,兔子说,“你很快会看到我是跑的多么的快.“他们打算马上就开始比赛.乌龟拼命的爬,一刻都不停止,兔子认为比赛太轻松了,他说他先打个盹,然后很快的可以追上乌龟.同时乌龟坚持爬行,当兔子醒来跑到的时候只能看着乌龟在他前面到达终点.
稳扎稳打终能胜利.