马和驴寓言故事范例

一匹马对自己精美的马具感到自豪，他在一条小路上遇到了一头满载货物的驴。驴因货物太重，只能慢慢地走，而无法让马先过去。马不耐烦地说恨不得踢他一脚，让他快点走。驴默不作声，但是没有忘记马的傲慢无礼。不久，那匹马患了气喘病，被主人卖到了农场。有一天，当马正拉着粪车时，又遇到了驴，驴反而讥笑他说：“哈！你从没想到会来这里干这种活吧，不是吗，你那么傲慢！现在，你那华丽的`马具到哪里去了？”

　　【马和驴的英文版】

THE HORSE AND THE ASS

A Horse, proud of his fi ne harness, met an Ass on the high-road. As the Ass with his heavy burden moved slowly out of the way to let him pass, the Horse cried out impatiently that he could hardly resist kicking him to make him move faster. The Ass held his peace, but did not forget the other’s insolence. Not long afterwards the Horse became broken-winded, and was sold by his owner to a farmer. One day, as he was drawing a dung-cart, he met the Ass again, who in turn derided him and said, “Aha! you never thought to come to this, did you, you who were so proud! Where are all your gay trappings now?”