適合小學生的寓言故事

1.鼬鼠和獅子

有一次，一隻鼬鼠和—頭獅子相遇。

鼬鼠向獅子挑戰，要同它一決高低。獅子想也不想，就果斷地拒絕了。 “怎麼?”鼬鼠輕蔑地説， “你害怕了嗎?”

“非常害怕!”獅子説，“如果我就這麼答應你，你就可以獲得曾與獅子比武的殊榮。雖然，你可能會死;但我呢，以後所有大動物、小動物都會來恥笑我，恥笑我竟然和弱小的鼬鼠打架，弄得自己無地自容。那不是一件可笑的事嗎?”説完，它頭也不回地向樹林深處走去。

你認為強大的獅子應該接受鼬鼠的挑戰嗎?我覺得獅子的選擇是明智的。

如果獅子接受挑戰，它一定會贏，但這只不過是短暫而無意義的快樂，不久便會滿城風雨，所有動物都會反感獅子，都會恥笑它，事情將會弄得—發不可收拾。俗話説:“潑出去的水收不回來。”獅子如果落到這地步，到那時，就後悔莫及了。

如果拒絕，一切風平浪靜。獅子還是森林之王，還是像原來一樣威風凜凜。

就像人一樣，如果與—個實力與自己不是同一等級的人爭執不休，就會浪費許多的資源，如口舌、精力。這還是小事，最重要的是浪費時間。同樣的，一個人對瑣事的興趣越大，對大事的興趣就會越小。曾經有位哲人説過： “明智的藝術就是清醒地知道該忽略什麼的.藝術。”不要把精力過多地放在不重要的事和人上，因為成功的祕訣就是抓住既定的目標不放。

2.井底之蛙

The Frog in the Shallow Well

Have you not heard of the frog that lived in a shallow well? It said to a turtle that lived in the East Sea, "I am so happy! When I go out, I jump about on the railing beside the mouth of the well. When I come home, I rest in the holes on the broken wall of the well. If I jump into the water, it comes up to my armpits and holds up my cheeks. If I walk in the mud, it covers up my feet. I look around at the wriggly worms, crabs and tadpoles, and none of them can compare with me. Moreover, I am lord of this trough of water and I stand up tall in this shallow well. My happiness is full. My dear sir, why don't you come often and look around my place?"

Before the turtle from the East Sea could get its left foot in the well, its right knee got stuck. It hesitated and retreated. The turtle told the frog about the East Sea.

"Even a distance of a thousand li cannot give you an idea of the sea's width; even a height of a thousand ren cannot give you an idea of its depth. In the time of King Yu of the Xia dynasty, there were floods nine years out of ten, but the waters in the sea did not increase. ln the time of King Tang of the Shang dynasty there were droughts seven years out of eight, but the waters in the sea did not decrease. The sea does not change along with the passage of time and its level does not rise or fall according to the amount of rain that falls. The greatest happiness is to live in the East Sea."

After listening to these words, the frog of the shallow well was shocked into realization of his own insignificance and became very ill at ease.

一口廢井裏住着一隻青蛙。有一天，青蛙在井邊碰上了一隻從海里來的大龜。 青蛙就對海龜誇口説：“你看，我住在這裏多快樂!有時高興了，就在井欄邊跳躍一陣;疲倦了，就回到井裏，睡在磚洞邊一回。或者只留出頭和嘴巴，安安靜靜地把全身泡在水裏：或者在軟綿綿的泥漿裏散一回步，也很舒適。看看那些蝦和蝌蝦，誰也此不上我。而且，我是這個井裏的主人，在這井裏極自由自在，你為什麼不常到井裏來遊賞呢!” 那海龜聽了青蛙的話，倒真想進去看看。但它的左腳還沒有整個伸進去，右腳就已經絆住了。它連忙後退了兩步，把大海的情形告訴青蛙説：“你看過海嗎?海的廣大，哪止千里;海的深度，哪隻千來丈。古時候，十年有九年大水，海里的水，並不漲了多少;後來，八年裏有七年大早，海里的水，也不見得淺了多少。可見大海是不受旱澇影響的。住在那樣的大海里，才是真的快樂呢!” 井蛙聽了海龜的一番話，吃驚地呆在那裏，再沒有話可説了。

寓意：宇宙無終極，學識無窮盡。這則寓言告誡人們，千萬不要因一孔之見，便洋洋自得，不要因一得之功，便沾沾自喜。

3.扁鵲的醫術

魏文王問名醫扁鵲説：“你們家兄弟三人，都精於醫術，到底哪一位最好呢?

扁鵲答：“長兄最好，中兄次之，我最差。

文王再問：“那麼為什麼你最出名呢?

扁鵲答：“長兄治病，是治病於病情發作之前。由於一般人不知道他事先能剷除病因，所以他的名氣無法傳出去;中兄治病，是治病於病情初起時。一般人以為他只能治輕微的小病，所以他的名氣只及本鄉里。而我是治病於病情嚴重之時。一般人都看到我在經脈上穿針管放血、在皮膚上敷藥等大手術，所以以為我的醫術高明，名氣因此響遍全國。

【心得】：事後控制不如事中控制，事中控制不如事前控制。