ALittleHorseCrossingtheRiver小马过河 　　Thereareanoldhorseandalittlehorseonafarm.Onedaytheoldhorseasksthelittlehorsetosendthewheattothemill.Thelittlehorseisveryhappy.Hecarriesthewheatandrunstowardthemill.Butthereisariverinfrontofthelittlehorse.Hestopsanddoesnotknowwhattodonext.JustthenAuntCowispassingby. 　　Thelittlehorseasks,“AuntCow,pleasetellme.CanIcrosstheriver” 　　AuntCowanswers,“Itisnotdeep,youcancrossit.” 　　Whenthelittlehorsebeginstocrosstheriver,alittlesquirrelshoutsathim,“Littlehorse,don'tcrossit,youwillbedrowned.Yesterdayoneofmyfriendswasdrownedinthisriver.” 　　Thelittlehorseisveryafraid.Finallyhedecidestogohomeandaskhismother. 　　Theoldhorseasks,“WhydoyoutakethewheatbackWhat'swrongwithyouMychild.” 　　Thelittlehorseanswerssadly,“Thereisariverinfrontofme.AuntCowsaiditwasnotdeep.Butthelittlesquirrelsaiditwasdeep.WhatshallIdo” 　　Theoldhorsesays,“Mychild,youshouldtrytocrosstheriverbyyourself.Ifyoudonottry,howdoyouknowtheriverisdeepornot” 　　Thelittlehorsecarriesthewheatandreturnstotheriverside.Atlast,hesucceedsincrossingtheriver.Now,Heknowshowdeeptheriveris. 　　小马过河 　　农场里有一只老马和一只小马,一天老马叫小马把麦子送到磨房.小马很开心,扛起了小麦就跑向了磨房.可有一条河挡住了去路,他停了下来不知如何是好,正在这时,奶牛大婶过来了. 　　小马问：“奶牛大婶,请告诉我,我能趟过这条河吗?” 　　奶牛大婶答道：“不深,你能过去.” 　　正当小马开始过河时,一只小松鼠朝他大喊：“小马,不要过河,你会淹死的.昨天我的一位朋友就在这河淹死了.” 　　小马非常害怕,最后决定回家问问妈妈. 　　老马问：“你为什么又把小麦扛回来了?你怎么了?我的孩子.” 　　小松鼠委屈地回答：“有一条河挡住我的去路.奶牛大婶说它不深,可小松鼠说它深.我该听谁的呀?” 　　老马说：“孩子,你应该自己试试,如果不试,你怎么知道河的深浅?” 　　小马驮着小麦又回到了河边.最后,他成功地渡过了河.他终于知道河有多深了. 　　TheThirstyPigeon口渴的鸽子 　　APIGEON,oppressedbyexcessivethirst,sawagobletofwater 　　paintedonasignboard.Notsupposingittobeonlyapicture, 　　sheflewtowardsitwithaloudwhirandunwittinglydashed 　　againstthesignboard,jarringherselfterribly.Havingbroken 　　herwingsbytheblow,shefelltotheground,andwascaughtby 　　oneofthebystanders. 　　Zealshouldnotoutrundiscretion. 　　有只鸽子口渴得很难受,看见画板上画着一个水瓶,以为是真的.他立刻呼呼地猛飞过去,不料一头碰撞在画板上,折断了翅膀,摔在地上,被人轻易地捉住了. 　　这是说,有些人想急于得到所需的东西,一时冲动,草率从事,就会身遭不幸. 　　TheRavenandtheSwan乌鸦和天鹅 　　ARAVENsawaSwananddesiredtosecureforhimselfthesame 　　beautifulplumage.SupposingthattheSwan'ssplendidwhite 　　colorarosefromhiswashinginthewaterinwhichheswam,the 　　Ravenleftthealtarsintheneighborhoodwherehepickeduphis 　　living,andtookupresidenceinthelakesandpools.But 　　cleansinghisfeathersasoftenashewould,hecouldnotchange 　　theircolor,whilethroughwantoffoodheperished. 　　ChangeofhabitcannotalterNature. 　　乌鸦非常羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛.他猜想天鹅一定是经常洗澡,羽毛才变得如此洁白无瑕.于是,他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛,来到江湖边.他天天洗刷自己的羽毛,不但一点都没洗白,反而因缺少食物饥饿而死. 　　这故事是说,人的本性不会随着生活方式的改变而改变. 　　TheGoatandtheGoatherd山羊与牧羊人 　　AGOATHERDhadsoughttobringbackastraygoattohisflock. 　　Hewhistledandsoundedhishorninvain;thestragglerpaidno 　　attentiontothesummons.AtlasttheGoatherdthrewastone, 　　andbreakingitshorn,begge