英语寓言故事 The Frogs Desiring a King
TheFrogswerelivingashappyascouldbeinamarshyswampthatjustsuitedthem;theywentsplashingaboutcaringfornobodyandnobodytroublingwiththem.Butsomeofthemthoughtthatthiswasnotright,thattheyshouldhaveakingandapr...
TheFrogswerelivingashappyascouldbeinamarshyswampthatjustsuitedthem;theywentsplashingaboutcaringfornobodyandnobodytroublingwiththem.Butsomeofthemthoughtthatthiswasnotright,thattheyshouldhaveakingandapr...
ANASS,carryingaloadofwood,passedthroughapond.Ashewascrossingthroughthewaterhelosthisfooting,stumbledandfell,andnotbeingabletoriseonaccountofhisload,groanedheavily.SomeFrogsfrequentingthepoolheardhisla...
ONCEUPONATIME,whentheSunannouncedhisintentiontotakeawife,theFrogslifteduptheirvoicesinclamortothesky.Jupiter,disturbedbythenoiseoftheircroaking,inquiredthecauseoftheircomplaint.Oneofthemsaid,"TheSun,n...
TwoFrogslivedtogetherinamarsh.Butonehotsummerthemarshdriedup,andtheyleftittolookforanotherplacetolivein:forfrogslikedampplacesiftheycangetthem.Byandbytheycametoadeepwell,andoneofthemlookeddownintoit,a...
TheHaresweresopersecutedbytheotherbeasts,theydidnotknowwheretogo.Assoonastheysawasingleanimalapproachthem,offtheyusedtorun.OnedaytheysawatroopofwildHorsesstampedingabout,andinquiteapanicalltheHaresscu...
THEFROGS,grievedathavingnoestablishedRuler,sentambassadorstoJupiterentreatingforaKing.Perceivingtheirsimplicity,hecastdownahugelogintothelake.TheFrogswereterrifiedatthesplashoccasionedbyitsfallandhidt...
SOMEBOYS,playingnearapond,sawanumberofFrogsinthewaterandbegantopeltthemwithstones.Theykilledseveralofthem,whenoneoftheFrogs,liftinghisheadoutofthewater,criedout:"Praystop,myboys:whatissporttoyou,isdea...