小学英语寓言故事素材

1、ppt1：The spendthrift and the swallowA spendthrift, who had wasted his fortune, and had nothing left but the clothes in which he stood, saw a swallow one fine day in early spring. Thinking that summer had come, and that he could now do without his coat, he went and sold it for what it would fetch. A

2、change, however, took place in the weather, and there came a sharp frost which killed the unfortunate swallow. When the spendthrift saw its dead body he cried, Miserable bird! Thanks to you I amperishing of cold myself.ppt2:The blind and the cubThere was once a blind man who had so fine a sense of t

3、ouch that, when any animal was put into his hands, he could tell what it was merely by the feel of it. One day the cub of a wolf was put into his hands, and he was asked what it was. He felt it for some time, and then said, Indeed, I am not sure whether it is a wolfs cub or a foxs: but this I know -

4、 it would never do to trust it in a sheepfold.Evil tendencies are early shown.ppt3:The fir-tree and the brambleA fir-tree was boasting to a bramble, and said, somewhat contemptuously, You poor creature, you are of no use whatever.Now, look at me: I am useful for all sorts of things, particularly whe

5、n men build houses; they cant do without me then. But the bramble replied,Ah, thats all very well: but you wait till theycome with axesandsaws to cut you down, and then youll wish you were aBramble andnota fir.Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.ppt4：Old Man andDonkey

6、There was an old man, a boy and a donkey.They were going totownand it was decided that the boy should ride.As they went alongtheypassed some people who thought that it was ashame for the boy torideand the old man to walk.The man and boy decided that maybe the critics were right so they changed posit

7、ions. Later, they passed some more people who that it was a real shame for that man to make such asmall boy walk. The two decided that maybe they both should walk.Soon they passed some more people who thought that it was to walk when they had a donkey to ride. The man and the boy decided maybe the c

8、ritics were right so they decided that they both should They soon passed other people who thought that it was a shame to put such a load on a poor little animal. The old man and the boy decided that maybe the critics were right so they decided to carry the donkey.As they crossed a bridge they lost t

9、heir grip on the animal and it fell into the river and drowned.The moral of the story is.if you try to please everyone, you will eventually lose your ass.ppt5：A Bramble and CormorantA bat, a bramble and a cormorant entered into covenants with articles, to join stocks, and trade in partnership togeth

10、er. The bats adventure was ready money that he took up at interest; the brambles wasin cloths; and the cormorants in brass. They put tosea, andit so fellout ,that ship and goods were both lost by stress ofweather:but thethree merchants byprovidence got safe to land. Sincethe timeof thismiscarriage, the bat never stirs abroad till night, for fear of his creditors. The bramble lays hold of all the deaths he can come at in hope to light upon his own again: