What foreign fables are there?

Fable stories contain profound philosophy and have certain educational functions, which can cultivate many good qualities of mentally retarded students. What foreign fables are there? The following is the information of foreign fables, welcome to read.

Classic Story of Foreign Fables: Sailor

Several people went out to sea by boat. The climate of the ocean changes greatly. No sooner had the ship sailed into the sea than it was hit by strong winds and waves, and the ship was almost swallowed up by the waves. A man tore his clothes, cried loudly and sadly, prayed for God's protection, and vowed that if he could be saved, he would repay him. Soon after, the storm passed and the sea was calm again. Everyone prayed for each other to survive, dance and be very happy. The honest helmsman said to them, friends, it is indeed worth celebrating to live. But we must also bravely face the storm that may come again. ? This story warns people that when the weather is unpredictable and calm, they should be alert to the stormy waves that may come at any time.

The rich and the mourning women

The rich man had two daughters, one of whom died, so he invited some sad women to mourn for his daughter. Another daughter said to her mother, What a pity! We have a funeral, but we don't know how to mourn, but these people who have no relatives and no reason can cry so sadly. ? Mom replied:? Good boy, don't make a fuss. They cried like this, not out of inner sadness, but for money. ? This story is about people who take advantage of other people's misfortunes to make profits.

Donkeys and frogs

The donkey carried the wood across the pond, slipped and fell into the water, and burst into tears. The frog in the pond heard his cry and said, hey, friend, you are so sad when you fall; What should we do if we live here for so long? The story is like this, some people have not suffered much, and a little frustration is unbearable.

Little crab and mother crab

The mother crab said to the little crab, Don't climb sideways, why don't you walk straight? He replied:? Mom, please teach me how to walk straight, and I will follow your example. ? But the mother crab can't walk straight at all, and the little crab says she is stupid. In other words, educators themselves must live and walk honestly in order to teach others.

Camel and Zeus

Camels envy cows for showing off their beautiful horns, and they want to grow two horns themselves. So he asked Zeus for a diagonal line. Zeus was very angry, because the camel was not satisfied with its huge body and great strength, but wanted more things. Not only did he have no horns, but he also cut off his ears. This story shows that many people are jealous when they see other people's things because they are insatiable, and unconsciously lose what they already have.

The fox and the grapes

The hungry fox saw a string of crystal clear grapes hanging on the grape rack, and his mouth watered. He wants to pick it and eat it, but he can't. After watching it for a while, he left helplessly. As he walked, he comforted himself that the grape was not ripe and must be sour. ?

In other words, some people are weak and can't do anything, so the time is not ripe.

Fox and goat fell into the well.

A fox slipped and fell into a well. No matter how hard he struggled, he still couldn't climb up and had to stay there. The goat was so thirsty that he came to the well and saw a fox in it. He asked him if the well water was good. The fox felt that the opportunity had come, and his heart exulted. He immediately calmed down and praised the well water, saying it was the first spring in the world, sweet and refreshing, and advised the goat to come down and drink with him quickly. The goat who just wanted to drink water jumped down without thinking. After drinking, he had to consult with the fox about the way to the well. The fox is ready. He said slyly. I have an idea. You step on the wall with your front foot, then straighten the corner. I will jump into the well from behind you and pull you up. We are all saved. ? The goat agreed to his proposal, and the fox stepped on its hind foot, jumped on its back, and then jumped out of the wellhead with a strong jump from the corner. After the fox went up, he was ready to escape alone. The goat accused the fox of breaking his promise. The fox turned to the goat and said, hey, friend, if your mind is as perfect as your beard, you won't jump blindly before you see the exit clearly. ?

This story shows that a wise man should think clearly about the result of something before doing it.

West Western jackdaw lived in vain.

Zeus wanted to make a king for the birds, set a date and ask all the birds to attend on time, so as to choose the most beautiful one as king. All the birds ran to the river to freshen up. Western Western jackdaw knew that he was not beautiful, so he came to the river, picked up feathers from birds, carefully inserted them all on himself, and then glued them on, wishing the appointed date came and all the birds came to Zeus together. Zeus saw the colorful western Western jackdaw at a glance, especially beautiful among the birds, and was ready to make him king. These birds are very angry. They plucked their feathers from Western jackdaw in the west. As a result, western Western jackdaw lost all its beautiful feathers and became an ugly western Western jackdaw.

The story is that you can get a beautiful illusion with the help of other people's things, but when something that doesn't belong to you is peeled off, it will reveal its true colors.

Two pockets

Prometheus created human beings, and hung two pockets around their necks, one for others' shortcomings and the other for himself. He hung the bag containing other people's shortcomings on his chest and the other on his back. Therefore, people can always see the shortcomings of others quickly, but they can't see their own.

This story shows that people tend to find fault with others, but ignore their own shortcomings. The farmer and the snake In winter, the farmer found a snake frozen stiff. He felt sorry for it and held it in his arms. The snake woke up after warming up, recovered its nature, and bit the benefactor, causing fatal injury. Before he died, the farmer said, I deserve to die. I pity the wicked and deserve it. ?

This story shows that even if the wicked are extremely kind, their evil-evil nature will not change.

Selected foreign fables: sailors.

Several people went out to sea by boat. The climate of the ocean changes greatly. No sooner had the ship sailed into the sea than it was hit by strong winds and waves, and the ship was almost swallowed up by the waves. A man tore his clothes, cried loudly and sadly, prayed for God's protection, and vowed that if he could be saved, he would repay him. Soon after, the storm passed and the sea was calm again. Everyone prayed for each other to survive, dance and be very happy. The honest helmsman said to them, friends, it is indeed worth celebrating to live. But we must also bravely face the storm that may come again. ? This story warns people that when the weather is unpredictable and calm, they should be alert to the stormy waves that may come at any time.

The rich and the mourning women

The rich man had two daughters, one of whom died, so he invited some sad women to mourn for his daughter. Another daughter said to her mother, What a pity! We have a funeral, but we don't know how to mourn, but these people who have no relatives and no reason can cry so sadly. ? Mom replied:? Good boy, don't make a fuss. They cried like this, not out of inner sadness, but for money. ? This story is about people who take advantage of other people's misfortunes to make profits.

Donkeys and frogs

The donkey carried the wood across the pond, slipped and fell into the water, and burst into tears. The frog in the pond heard his cry and said, hey, friend, you are so sad when you fall; What should we do if we live here for so long? The story is like this, some people have not suffered much, and a little frustration is unbearable.

Little crab and mother crab

The mother crab said to the little crab, Don't climb sideways, why don't you walk straight? He replied:? Mom, please teach me how to walk straight, and I will follow your example. ? But the mother crab can't walk straight at all, and the little crab says she is stupid. In other words, educators themselves must live and walk honestly in order to teach others.

Camel and Zeus

Camels envy cows for showing off their beautiful horns, and they want to grow two horns themselves. So he asked Zeus for a diagonal line. Zeus was very angry, because the camel was not satisfied with its huge body and great strength, but wanted more things. Not only did he have no horns, but he also cut off his ears. This story shows that many people are jealous when they see other people's things because they are insatiable, and unconsciously lose what they already have.

Foreign fables 1, ivory tower

From19th century French poet and literary critic Saint Pevi Charles Augustine's envelope "To veerman". Augustine criticized the pessimism in the works of Winnie the Pooh, a contemporary French writer, and advocated that the writer should break away from the vulgar bourgeois reality and enter an artistic world of subjective fantasy? Ivory tower The ivory tower is used as a metaphor for isolated dreams.

2. Noah's Ark

From the Bible, God was very sad about the crimes committed by mankind and decided to destroy mankind with floods. Noah was an upright man, and God told him to build a boat to avoid disaster. After 40 days and nights of floods, all other creatures except Noah's family and some animals were swallowed up by the floods. Noah's ark was later used as a metaphor for a refuge or savior in a disaster.

3. Eden

According to the Bible, God opened a garden in the fertile plain of the East, where there were fruit trees and all kinds of birds and animals. God asked Adam to look after the garden. In order to alleviate his loneliness, God took a rib from Adam and made a woman? Eve? Stay with him. They live a carefree life. People use the Garden of Eden as a metaphor for a paradise on earth.

4.dominoes

It is a western game, with many rectangular dominoes arranged vertically in a row. When the card 1 is gently pushed down, other dominoes will fall down one after another. Domino effect often refers to a series of chain reactions, that is, pulling one hair and moving the whole body.

5. Muse, the goddess of literature, art, music and art.

Muse is the general name of nine goddesses of literature and science in Greek mythology. They are all daughters of God and the goddess of memory. Headed by Apollo, the god of music and poetry, they are in charge of history, tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, dance, epic, love poetry, ode and astronomy respectively. Poets and singers in ancient Greece called the muse for inspiration. Later, people often used the muse as a metaphor for literature, writing and inspiration.

6. Pandora's box

Pandora is the first earth woman in Greek mythology. After Prometheus stole skyfire from the world, Zeus ordered God to make a beautiful young girl out of clay, which means a woman with all talents. She was given a gift box and betrothed to Prometheus' brother Epimetheus. Epimetheus took the gift box regardless of taboos, and Pandora took the opportunity to open it, so all kinds of bad habits, disasters and diseases immediately flew out from it. There is only one beautiful thing left in the box: hope. But before hope flew out, Pandora closed the box forever. Pandora's box is used as a metaphor for the root of disaster.

7. judas kiss

Judas is one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ in the Bible. Although Jesus preached a new road and won the support of the people, it aroused the hatred of Jewish elders and priests. They bought Judas with 30 silver coins and asked him to help identify Jesus. When they went to Kimani Garden to catch Jesus, Judas pretended to meet him, hug him and kiss him. Jesus was immediately arrested and later crucified. People use Judas' kiss as a metaphor for shameful betrayal.

8. forbidden fruit

According to the Bible, Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden. God allows them to eat the fruit of the garden, but they know that the fruit of the tree of good and evil cannot be eaten. The cunning snake lured them to eat the forbidden fruit. From then on, they learned good and evil, distinguished between true and false, and felt ashamed. Therefore, God expelled them from the Garden of Eden. Forbidden fruit is a metaphor for what is forbidden and desired.

9. The Mystery of the Sphinx

The Sphinx is a monster that hurts people with hidden mysteries in Greek mythology. It was the largest Sphinx before pyramid of khufu in Egypt. The question he asked Oedipus was: What walks on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon and three feet at night? Oedipus replied that it was human. In the morning of life, he was a child, crawling on two legs and two hands; At the noon of his life, he became a mature man, walking only on two legs; In his later years, he was old and weak and had to walk with crutches, so he was called three feet. Oedipus was right. The sphinx fell off the cliff in shame and died. The mystery of the Sphinx is often used to describe complex, mysterious and incomprehensible problems.

10, Damocles sword

Damocles was a favorite of Dionysus, a tyrant in Greek mythology. He often said that the emperor was blessed to please them. On one occasion, Dionysus Hughes asked him to sit on the emperor's throne, with a sword tied with only a horse's hair on his head, and told him that although he boarded the throne, the sword might fall at any time. The emperor was not blessed, but he always had something on his mind. People often use this allusion to describe a potential crisis that may occur at any time.

Waterloo 1 1

18 15 years, in Waterloo, Belgium, Napoleon led the French army to wage a fierce battle with the British and Prussian Coalition forces, and the French army was defeated. Subsequently, Napoleon ended his political career by abdicating. Waterloo is used as a metaphor for painful failure.

12, Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam is a nickname of the United States, which was born in 18 12 during the American-British War. An honest and capable meat packer in New York State is affectionately known as Uncle Sam. He worked as a quartermaster inspector in New York and New Jersey, and was responsible for stamping beef barrels and wine barrels supplied to the army. It was found that the beef barrel in this factory was originally covered with the mark of E.A.-U.S., where E.A. is the name of an arms contractor and U.S. is the abbreviation of America. As it happens, the abbreviation of Uncle Sam in Sam is the same as that of U.S. in America, so people call America Uncle Sam. Americans regard Uncle Sam's honesty, reliability, diligence and patriotism as the pride and quality of their own nation. 196 1 year, the US Congress officially recognized Uncle Sam as the national symbol of the United States.

13, Utopia

In his book Utopia, British utopian socialist Moore described a beautiful society he yearned for. All the means of production are owned by the whole people, and the necessities of life are distributed according to work. Everyone is engaged in productive labor and has a lot of time for scientific research and entertainment. There are no hotels, brothels, depravity and sin here. Utopia is used to describe an unattainable ideal or utopian society.

14, crocodile tears

According to western legends, crocodiles will devour their prey greedily and shed crocodile tears. Metaphor refers to false tears and disguised sympathy. It also extends to people who are insidious, hurt others and pretend to be merciful.

15, Pygmalion

Pygmalion is the king of Cyprus in Greek mythology. He hates women and decides never to get married. He carved a beautiful ivory statue with magical skills and fell in love with her. He caressed her like a wife, dressed her and begged God to let her be his wife. Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was moved by him, gave life to the statues and married them. Pygmalion effect was later used in educational psychology, also known as expectation effect and Rosenthal effect. This is a metaphor. Teachers have different expectations for students, and students are influenced by different methods.