兩篇古典英文版成語(yǔ)故事亡羊補(bǔ)牢

亡羊補(bǔ)牢NeverTooLateToMendtheFoldOnceuponatime,

amanraisedmanygoats.

Duringtheday,hedrovethegoats

out.Atdusk,heputthembackinthefold.

Hislifewassimpleandhappy.Hisgoatswereneithermoreandnorless.Everymorning,hedrovethegoatsoutofthefoldonebyone.Everydusk,heputthegoatsbackinthefoldonebyone.Onemorning,hefoundaholeinthefold.Hethought,I'llfixitwhenIcomebackintheevening."Atdusk,

hesawtheholeagain.

Hethought,

"It'sgettingdarknow.

Letmefixitdaybreak!"Atnight,hedrovethegoatbacktothefoldsadly.Theneighborsawhimandasked,"Youlookunhappy.

What's

thematter?""I'velostagoat."hesaid.Heshookhisheadandsaidindistress,"Onegoathasbeenlost.Why

shouldIrepairthefold?"Whentheneighborsawaholeinhisfoldandadvisedhim,"Repairthefoldandfilltheholesoon."Thenextmorning,hefoundanothergoatmissing.Takingacloserlook,hefoundtheholeinthefoldwasbigger.Attheedgeofthehole,thereweresomewolfhairsandwool.Herealizedthatthewolfgotintothefoldatnightandtook

thegoataway.Heregrettednottakinghisneighbor'sadviceyesterday.Thatday,whileherdinggoat,helookedforstrongsticks.Beforethesunwentdown,hedrovethegoatshomeandfixedthefoldverywell.Onthemorningofthefourthday,hefoundsomewolfhairsscatteredoutsidethefold.Butthefoldwasstillingoodcondition.Thenumberofthegoatswasalsoright.Sincethen,hisgoatshadneverbeenlost.百鳥(niǎo)朝鳳BirdsPlayingHomagetothePhoenixOnceuponatime,inaforest,therewasabigtree.Everyday,thebirds

flewtothistreetoshowtheirbeautynoisily.Eachbirdthoughtshewasthemostbeautiful."Whatbeautifulfeatherstheyhave!"

ThePhoenixwasaveryinconspicuousbird.Shewasbiggerthananyotherbird.Butthecolorofherfeatherswasdarkerthanthatofotherbirds.ThePhoenixwasnotbeautiful,butshewasveryindustrious.Shelewaroundallday,storingfoodinsidetheholeofhertree.ThefoodwasenoughforthePhoenixtoeatforawholeyear,butshestillwentoutearlyandcamebacklatetoworkeveryday.Sheflewtotheeastandwest.lookingfornuts.grassseedlandplantseeds,andcrriedthembackbitbybittothetreehole.Unconsciously,thefoodinthetreeholehadbeen

enoughforthePhoenixtoeatforthreeyears.ThePhoenixalsocouldn'tfindfoodforseveraldays,to.Althoughshewasnotinshortoffod,shewasveryworriedaboutotherbirdsAtthistime,itwasnorainintheforestforalongtime.Thebirdscouldn'tfindfoodformanydays,sotheywerehungry.Thebeautifullittlebirdsweresohungrythattheyhadnostrengthtocompetitivebeauty.ThePhoenixsaidtoeveryone,""Thereisalotoffoodinmytreehole.Let'stideoverthedifficultiestogether!"Thesunstillscorchedtheforest,andalltheplant

withered,butthebirdsneverstarvedagain.TheycametothePhoenix'streeholeeveryday,sharedthePhoenix'sfood,andsangaroundthePhoenix.InordertothankthePhoenixforsavingtheirlives,allthebirdschosethemostbeautifulfeatherfromthemselvesandmadeadressforthePhoenix.

Thiswasa-hundred-birdfeatherdress.Puttingonthisdress,thePhoenixthenbecamethemostbeautifulbirdintheforest.Sincethen,everyyearthisday,birdsinalldirectionswouldflytothetre