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英文寓言小故事带翻译 夫人属牛 In the past, an official celebrated his birthday. 从前，有个官员过生日。 A small official under him heard that he was born in the year of “the rat”. 他手下的一个小官听说他属“鼠”， To curry the official’s favour, he had a gold rat cast as a birthday present and went to theofficial’s house to congratulate him on his birthday. 为了巴结他，铸了一只金鼠作为寿礼，登门祝寿。 The official was very pleased at the sight of the gold rat and said: 这个官员一见金鼠，很是高兴，说: “Do you know? In a few days my wife will celebrate her birthday too. She was born in the yearof the ‘ox’.” “你们知道吗?过几天，我的夫人也要过生日了，她是属‘牛’。” 蝙蝠强辩 One day, the phoenix celebrated its birthday and all the birds came to congratulate it exceptthe bat. 一天，凤凰做寿，百鸟都来庆贺，只有蝙蝠没有来。 The phoenix was very angry and blamed the bat: 凤凰非常恼火，谴责蝙蝠说: “I am the king of birds, and you are my subordinate. Why are you so arrogant and impolite?” “我是鸟中之王，你是我的属下，你为什么这样傲慢而没有礼貌?” The bat replied:“I have four legs and belong to the beast family.I am not yoursubordinate.Why should I go to congratulate you?” 蝙蝠回答说:“我有四只脚，属于兽类，我不是你的属下。我为什么要朝贺你呢?” On another day,the unicorn celebrated its birthday,and the bat didn’t go to congratulate iteither. 又有一天，麒麟过生日，蝙蝠也没有去庆贺。 The unicorn was angry too and cursed the bat roundly. 麒麟也非常恼火，大骂蝙蝠。 The bat argued lamely:“I have wings and belong to the bird family, while you belong to thebeast family. Why should I go to congratulate you?” 蝙蝠强辩说:“我有翅膀，属于禽类，而你属于兽类，我为什么要朝贺你呢?” 贪得无厌 One day a man walking on the road met a celestial, who happened to be an old friend of his. 一天，有个人走在路上遇到一个神仙。原来，这个神仙还是他的老朋友呢。 Seeing that his life was hard, the celestial pointed with his finger at a brick on the roadside,which turned into a gold brick at once. 神仙看到他生活很困难，就用手指朝路边的一块砖头一指，砖头立即变成了金砖。 And he gave it to the man. 神仙把金砖送给了他。 But the man was not satisfied. The celestial pointed again with his finger at a large stone lion atthe gate, wh