20个英文哲理小故事

2021年1月22日发(作者：溥心畲)
(1)
One day, the lion king announced that he was going to get married, and
he invited all the animals to attend the wedding ceremony. So the tortoise
thought,
“
I am an animal. I shall attend it as well.
”
Then he set out on the
journey.

On his way, he met other animals. They were stunned for a few seconds
and
then
began
to
laugh
at
the
tortoise,
saying,
“
How
silly
you
are!
The
ceremony is starting. Can you make it as you walk so lowly? I
’
m afraid you
still
can
’
t
be
there
after
the
baby
lion
king
is
born,
or
grow
up
or
even
after he gets married.
”
But the tortoise had made his mind to go.
Many years passed, and he finally got to the entrance of the lion king
’
s
cave. No wonder that the lion king
’
s wedding had already been finished a
long
time
ago.
However,
the
tortoise
found
that
the
cave
was
so
well-
decorated and all varieties of animals were there. They told the tortoise,
“
Today, the son of the old lion king is going to get married.
”


How could the tortoise attend the little lion king
’
s wedding party if he
had stopped half- way?

(2)
After a heavy rain, a spider was climbing hard towards his broken net
on
the
wall.
Because
the
wall
was
too
wet,
the
spider
fell
down
after
reaching
a
certain
height.
But
he
continuously
climbed
up
and
fell
down
again and again.

The first man saw it, sighed heavily and said to himself,
“
My life is just
like
that
spider
’
s;
busy
all
the
time
but
getting
nothing?
”

He
became
increasingly depressed.

The second man saw it and said,
“
What a stupid spider. Why doesn
’
t it
make a detour to a drier place? I
’
d never be that stupid.
”
So he became
smarter.

The third man saw it. He was quite moved by the spider
’
s perseverance
and
said
to
himself,
“
I
won’t
let
a
little
spider

be
stronger
and
more
persistent than me. I
’ll learn from his example and become stronger,”
and
he did.

(3)

There
was
a
young
flower
in
the
desert
where
all
was
dry
and
sad
looking. It was growing by itself, enjoying every day and saying to the sun,
“
When shall I be grown up?
”
And the sun would say,
“Be patient
! Each time
I
touch
you,
and
you
will
grow
a little.
”

She
was so
pleased
because
she
would have a chance to bring beauty to this corner of sand. And this is all
she wanted to do ---- bring a little bit of beauty to this world.
But one day a hunter came by and stepped on the flower. She was going
to die and
she
felt so
sad.
Not because
she
was dying,
but because
she
would never have a chance to bring a little bit of beauty to this corner of
the desert.
The
Great
Spirit
saw
her,
thinking
that
she
should
be
living.
So
he
reached down and touched her---- and gave her a second life.
Finally she grew up to be a beautiful flower. And
this
corner
of
the
desert also became so beautiful because of the small flower.

(4)
Soon after her little brother was born, Sachi began to ask her parents
to
leave
her
alone
with
the
new
baby.
They
worried
that
like
most
four- year-olds, she might feel jealous and want to hurt (hit or shake) him,
so they said no. But she tried every effort to show she wouldn
’
t hurt him.
(But they found her have no sign of jealousy.) She treated the baby with
kindness,
and
her
pleas
to
be
left
alone
with
him
became
more
urgent.
After a long time of observation, her parents finally allowed it.
Elated, she went into the baby
’
s room and shut the door, but it opened
a crack---- enough for her curious parents to peek in and listen. They saw
little Sachi walk quietly up to her baby brother, put her face close to his
and say quietly,
“
Baby, tell me what God feels like. I
’
m starting to forget.
”


(5)
There are three brothers who all have doctor degrees and work for
NASA. One day after finishing dinner in their mother
’
s home, again they
started discussing the project of landing on the moon and establishing the
space station.
One of the daughters- in-law washing dishes in the kitchen complained,
“
They three discuss those unimaginable things all the time, which makes us
foolish compared with them.
”

But the mother said,
“
I used to think that I was foolish. However, I
changed my mind remembering that they three spent the whole afternoon
fixing all the screen windows around the house last autumn.
”


(6)
A customer having lunch in a restaurant asked a waiter,
“
What will be
the weather like tomorrow?
”

The waiter answered full of certainty,
“
It will be the weather I like.
”

Puzzled, the customer asked,
“
How can you know it will be the weather
you like?”

The waiter said,
“I find that the surroundings can not always go with
my mind. So I learn to face everything that I encounter joyfully. Then the
weather tomorrow must be the one that I enjoy.”


(7)
Three criminals were sentenced to stay in prison for three years. The
warden agreed to satisfy each a request.
The
American
liked
to
smoke
cigars
so
he
asked
for
three
cases
of
cigars.
The Frenchman
was the
most romantic
among them
all.
He wanted
a
beautiful lady for companion.
The Jewish, however, would like to have a phone connecting the outside
society.
Three
years
later,
the
first
man
rushing
out
of
the
prison
was
the
American, with his nostrils full of cigars, shouting,
“
Give me fire! Give me
fire!
”
He turned out to forget to ask for fire.
Then
there
came
the
Frenchman.
He
was
seen
to
hold
a
child
in
his
arms.
The
beautiful
lady
was
followed
by
one
child,
too,
perceiving
the
third one.
The last coming one was the Jewish. He held the warden
’
s hand tightly
and said,
“
Thanks to the telephone. I have been keeping contact with the
outside
society
these
three
years.
My
business
didn
’
t
stop,
but
has
increased
by
200%.
So
I
’
ll
send
you
a
Rolls- Royce
as
a
gift
to
show
my
thankfulness.
”


(9)
There was a little mouse staying at home all day. It dared not to go out,
even at night.
“
The cat is such a terrible animal. He
’
ll eat me.
”
it always said,
with a shudder of horror.
God sympathized with the little mouse very much, so he turned it into a
cat.
But the cat which was previously a mouse turned out to be afraid of
dogs.
“
Dogs always appear fiendish. What can I do if I happen to encounter
him?
”

So God turned it into a dog. But it then began to be scared of tigers.
And trying his best, God turned it into a tiger.
To his surprise, again the tiger said with its legs shaking,
“
The hunter
’
s
gun can kill me at any time.
”

At last, God was so angry that he turned it back to a mouse. He said,
“
You
’
re a mouse after all. Even if I turned you into a hunter, you would be in
fear of mice. I can not help you because you only have a mouse
’
s gut.
”

(10) Suffering Is a Part of Life









































----By Kimberly Kirberger
One of the most difficult things to accept about life is the fact that
suffering
is
a
part
of
it.
People
die,
get
sick,
hurt
each
other
and
hurt
themselves. One of the most important lessons I have learned is that it is
very important to accept the bad with the good, the light with the dark
and the pain with the joy. I have learned that without pain I wouldn
’
t know
joy. I have learned that because of things like illness and death it is that
much more important to love and live life to the fullest. Great lessons are
learned from terrible tragedies, tremendous growth takes place when we
are
pushed
to
our
very
limits,
and
although
I
don
’
t
necessarily
like
the
“
tough stuff
”
I am learning to live with it.

(11)

A varying hare named Clara and his family lived in the northern part of
America where was snowy most of the time and was lack of food.
Clara
didn
’
t
want
to
live
this
kind
of
life
any
more.
So
although
his
relatives urged him to stay, he resolutely set off for immigration
After months of trek, the open grassland which grew all kinds of grass
finally appeared right before Clara. This definitely excited Clara. But right
at that time, Clara suddenly felt something wrong. He looked up alertly but
only found a shadow diving sharply toward him.
“
An eagle!
”
Clara shouted
out. But it was too late to escape. Clara was licked up by the eagle.

Actually, eagles are born to be the enemy of varying hares. But in the
northern
area,
varying
hares
’

fur
is
the
same
color
with
the
snow
surrounded. The eagles can
’
t find the hares despite of their sharp eyes.
However, white Clara was so outstanding in the green grassland.
Every
one
has
his
own
advantages.
But
these
advantages
are
not
implicit. Sometimes they may turn to disadvantages.

(12)
A
college
graduate
was
new
in
job
and
he
found
something
really
strange. One of his colleagues was a chair warmer. Most of the time, he
would play his digital camera, receive and send his private e-mails or listen
to the music. And more strangely, the boss never blamed him.
The graduate was quite curious. How come his colleague could laze away
while
the
competition
nowadays
was
so
fierce?
May
he
be
the
boss
’
s
relative?
One
day,
his
colleague
was
listening
to
the
music
leisurely
while
the
boss suddenly came and said seriously,
“
The host computer in the company
has something wrong.
”