Aesop's fables about cleverness and bravery:
1. The Clever Little Sheep
The hunter's family had a lot of little sheep, and during the day the hunter took them to graze on the hillside, and then drove them back to the folds at night. One day, the hunter went to the town to catch the market, and bought back a bell for each little sheep and hung it around their necks. The lambs were very happy and used to dance happily on the hillside to the sound of the bells.
One day, the sheep were leisurely eating fresh grass on the hillside as usual. One of them, a mischievous little sheep, took advantage of the group's inattention and quietly left the flock, wanting to run to the other side of the mountain to play. The sheep ran to the river, where the water was so clear that he couldn't help but drink some of it.
When he bent down to drink, he spotted the reflection of the Big Bad Wolf, and was so frightened that he ran away. But the Big Bad Wolf grabbed him and said with a smile, "Hey, hey, you can't escape, be my lunch!" The little sheep was remorseful, but now it was too late to think of a good way to get away. The little sheep calmed down and said to the big bad wolf, "Mr. Wolf, my meat now is bitter and sour, you will definitely lose your appetite after eating it!"
The big bad wolf was very puzzled, so he asked the little sheep: "Why is your meat sour and bitter? Tell me the truth, don't play tricks on me!" Seeing that the big bad wolf was trapped, the little sheep went on to say, "Because I have just eaten fresh grass and have not yet digested it, the meat is definitely not good. Tell you what, I'll offer you a dance, and after the dance my meat will be very tasty!"
The Big Bad Wolf was happy to hear this and urged the little sheep to dance. At that moment, the hunter was counting the sheep when he heard the familiar sound of bells in the distance. He immediately rushed to the river with his sheepdogs and shot down the big gray wolf with his shotgun. In the end, the little sheep saved himself with his wit and bravery.
2. The Dog, the Rooster, and the Fox
One day, the weather was especially fine, and the dog and the rooster, a pair of good friends, talked about going to play together.
The scenery on the way was so beautiful that they were happy to see it, and they talked and laughed together as they came into the forest.
Without realizing it was getting dark, they decided to spend the night in the forest.
It was a quiet night in the forest, and they were so tired from their long walk that they fell asleep under the moonlight.
The rooster was sleeping in a big tree, and his good friend the dog slept in a hole in that tree.
The next morning, the rooster woke up from his sleep as usual, and sang from the tree: ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, and the sound was simply loud and clear.
The sound traveled far and wide, and was discovered by a cunning fox, who heard the sound and came looking for the rooster, and saw him standing in the tree, and wanted to eat the delicious rooster for breakfast.
So it came and stood in front of the tree, and with a big smile on its face, it pretended to be very sincere, and said to the rooster, "Oh, whose voice is this that is so beautiful? I really want to be friends with the owner of such a wonderful voice!
When the rooster heard this, he did not fall for it; he thought for a while, and his plan came to him. It said, "Well, I am the owner of the voice, and it is easy for you to recognize me. But you'll have to do me a favor to do it! You'll have to go to the hole in the tree and wake up my dear friend to do it, because it will open the door for you and let you in.
When the fox heard the rooster say this, he really believed it, and when he thought of a delicious breakfast to eat, he lost all his defenses, and only wanted to open the door quickly, so that he could eat the big rooster.
It went straight to the hole in the tree, and just then the dog, who had been waiting in the hole, heard their conversation, and jumped out and caught the fox, and ate him in his stomach.
3. A Crow Drinking Water
A crow was thirsty, and it circled low in the sky looking for water to drink. After searching for a long time, it realized that there was a water bottle not far away, so it flew over happily and stopped steadily at the mouth of the bottle, ready to drink water. However, the water in the bottle was too little, the mouth of the bottle was small, and the neck of the bottle was long, so the crow's beak couldn't reach the water no matter what. The crow's beak could not reach the water.
The crow thought that it could drink the water by knocking the bottle over. So it charged down from a great height and slammed the water bottle. But the water bottle was so heavy that the crow used all its strength, but the water bottle still didn't move.
In a fit of rage, the crow took a stone from a short distance away and smashed it down on the water bottle. It wanted to break the bottle and drink from it, but the stone fell into the bottle with a thud.
The crow flew down and saw that the bottle was not broken at all. The crow noticed that the stone had sunk to the bottom of the bottle, and the water inside seemed to be a little higher than before.
"There's a way, now I can drink the water." The crow was so happy that he cried out and began to act. He took many stones and threw them into the water bottle, one by one. As the stones increased, the water in the water bottle slowly rose, bit by bit?
Finally, the water in the bottle was almost at the top, and the crow could drink at last. He stood at the mouth of the water bottle and drank the sweet and delicious water, and his heart was so painful and soothing.
4. The Fox and the Goat Who Fell into a Well
A fox fell into a well, and no matter how hard he struggled, he could not climb up, so he stayed there. The male goat, feeling thirsty, came to the well and saw the fox at the bottom, so he asked him if the water was good. The fox felt that the opportunity had come, his heart secretly happy, immediately calm down, praised the well water is good, said the water is the world's first spring, sweet and refreshing, and urged the goat to quickly down, and he drank with him.
All I want to do is drink the water to believe that the goat, they do not think about jumping down, when he gulped and gulped after drinking, it had to be with the fox **** business on the way to the well. The fox was prepared for this, and said cunningly, "I have a way. You pick yourself up with your front feet on the wall of the well, and then straighten your horns, and I will jump up the well from your back, and then pull you up, and we shall both be saved."
The male goat agreed to his proposal, and the fox stepped on his hind feet and jumped on his back before leaping out of the well with a hard jump from his horns. When the fox got up there, he prepared to flee alone.
The male goat accused the fox of not keeping his word. The fox turned back to the male goat and said, "Hey friend, if your mind was as perfect as your whiskers, you wouldn't have jumped blindly before you could see the exit."
5. "The Lark and Her Children"
Once upon a time there was a lark who built a nest in a field of wheat. When the wheat began to ripen, she became anxious about her children, for if the wheat cutters came along, they would seize them and kill them. So every day when she went out to forage for food, she instructed the birds to pay attention to what people were saying so that she would know when it was time to move them to their new home.
One day, when she was not at home, the farmer came and saw that the wheat was ripe, and said, "It is time to gather these crops. I must go and ask the neighbors to help." The little birds were so excited at these words that they told their mother. "We need not be alarmed," she said, "if he has to wait a long time for the neighbors to come and help him."
The next day the farmer came again. "This wheat is ripe enough," he said, "we must do it, son, and go and speak to our relatives and ask them to come and help us with the harvest." "Surely we must move now?" The birds asked. "Their relatives have wheat to cut themselves," replied the larks, "and we don't need to move away yet."
On the third day the farmer came again, and saw that the wheat was so ripe that even the kernels had fallen off. "We can wait no longer," he said, "Son, go and hire some mowers, and we will begin work tomorrow." The lark said, "Now we must move away."