A Little Tale

A Little Tale

The Bear and the Travellers Two men were travelling together when one of them saw a bear suddenly charging towards them.Without warning his friend he quickly climbed into a tree and hid himself in the branches.The other, realizing the danger too late, fell flat on the ground and pretended to be dead as well as he could.The bear come up and prodded him with his snout, sniffing him all over.The man held his breath and soon the bear ambled away, for it is said that they will not touch a dead body.When the other man was quite sure that the animal dad gone, he climbed down from the tree and walking over to his friend, asked him “Tell me, what did the bear whisper in your ear, my friend?”“Well, he gave me this advice never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger.” Vocabulary travel = เดินทาง warning = การเตือน branch = กิ่งไม้ realize = รู้ตัว pretend = แกล้ง whisper = กระซิบ advice = คำแนะนำ desert = ในที่นี้ แปลว่าละทิ้ง Moral of the story: Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends

The Fox and the Stork At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms and seemed very good friends.So the Fox invited the Stork to dinner, and for a joke put nothing before her but some soup in a very shallow dish.This the Fox could easily lap up, but the Stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it, and left the meal as hungry as when she began.“I am sorry the soup is not to your liking”, said the Fox.“Please do not apologize,” said the Stork. “I hope you will return this visit, and come and dine with me soon.”So a day was appointed when the Fox should visit the Stork; but when they were seated at table all that was for their dinner was contained in a very long-necked jar with a narrow mouth, in which the Fox could not insert his snout, so all he could manage to do was to lick the outside of the jar.“I will not apologize for the dinner,” said the Stork Vocabulary joke = มุขตลก shallow = ตื้น bill = ในที่นี้ แปลว่าปากของนก กระสา apologize = ขอโทษ narrow = แคบ Moral of the story: One bad turn deserves another.

The Fox Without a Tail It so happened that a Fox caught its tail in a trap, and in struggling to release himself lost all of it but the stump.At first he was ashamed to show himself among his fellow foxes. But at last he determined to put a bolder face upon his misfortune, and summoned all the foxes to a general meeting to consider a proposal which he had to place before themWhen they had assembled together the Fox proposed that they should all do away with their tails.He pointed out how inconvenient a tail was when they were pursued by their enemies, the dogs; how much it was in the way when they desired to sit down and hold a friendly conversation with one anotherHis friends failed to see any advantage in carrying about such a useless encumbrance.That is all very well, said one of the older foxes; but I do not think you would have recommended us to dispense with our chief ornament if you had not happened to lose it yourself. Vocabulary 1.struggling ดิ้นรน 2.ashamed ละอายใจ 3.misfortune โชคร้าย 4.proposed เสนอ 5.inconvenient ไม่สะดวก Moral of the story: Distrust interested advice.

The Lion and the Hare There was a lion that woke up in one evening feeling hungry. He went to look for food in the jungle.He was so hungry that he wanted to catch anything he found. Suddenly, he saw a hare running about.The lion ran after the hare. Soon he caught that little hare. As he was going to eat the hare, he saw a deer.He was greedy. He thought he should eat the big deer instead of the hare. So he left the hare and turned to chase the deer.The deer ran as fast as he could for fear of the lion. The deer ran very fast that the lion could not catch him. Finally he stopped running because he was too tired.He said to himself, I had better go back to eat the hare. He hurried back to the hare. But when he was at the place, the hare had gone.The lion was so sorry. He was greedy and now he had nothing to eat even a little hare. Vocabulary hare = กระต่ายป่า greedy = โลภมาก chase = ไล่ fear = หวาดกลัว hurry = เร่งรีบ Moral of the story: Be satisfied with what you have.

The Lion in Love A Lion once fell in love with a beautiful girl, so he went to her parents and asked them to marry her to him.The old people did not know what to say. They did not like the idea of giving their daughter to the Lion, but they did not want to enrage the King of Beasts.At last the father said, “We are glad to marry our daughter to you, but we fear that you might possibly hurt her. So if you remove your claws and teeth, we will give her to you.”The Lion loved the girl very much, so he trimmed his claws and took out his big teeth.When he came to the parents again, they simply laughed in his face, and beat him out of their house. vocabulary 1.daughter ลูกสาว 2.King of Beasts เจ้าป่า 3.possibly อาจจะ 4.trimmed ตัดแต่ง 5.laughed หัวเราะ Moral of the story: Love can tame even the wildest

The Rat and The Frog One day, a country rat wanted to go to town. He prepared himself and started his journey.It was hot on the way. So the rat was tired and thirsty. He then stopped near a big pond to drink water for refreshing himself. Near that pond, there lived a frog.When the rat saw the frog, he walked straight towards him. He forced the frog to take him to the other side of the pond, but the frog refused. The rat beat up the frog badly.So the frog had to give up and agreed to take him across the pond. The rat was afraid that the frog might leave him in the middle of the pond, so he tied his leg with the frogs leg.When they were in the middle of the pond, the frog stoped swimming, wanting the rat to drown. The rat tried to swim to save himself from drowning while the frog looked on with satisfaction. Meanwhile, there was a hawk flying by the pond and saw the two animals. The hawk grabbed both of them for his meal. Vocabulary prepare = เตรียมตัว journey = การเดินทาง force = บังคับ refuse = ปฏิเสธ give up = ยอมแพ้ drown = จมน้ำ satisfaction = พอใจ Moral of the story: Forcing and threatening others will cause sin to return to yourself.

The Stag at the River A Stag, very thirsty because of the heat, came to a river in a forest to drink some water.He saw his shadow reflected in the water, and greatly admired the size of his horns, but felt ashamed of his weak and thin legs.I wish my legs were as beautiful as my horns, he sobbed. While he was lost in these thoughts, a Lion appeared at the river.The Stag fled from the river in an instant, but his horns soon became entangled with the branches and he found himself stuck.The Lion quickly caught up with him and captured him.How wrong I was to despise my legs which could have saved me now, had it not been for my horns which I so admired! he cried. Vocabulary heat = ความร้อน shadow = เงา reflect = สะท้อน admire = ชื่นชม ashamed = อาย flee = หนี entangle = ติดพัน capture = จับ Moral of the story: The most valuable things are often disregarded.

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse A country mouse lives in the countryside. He likes to eat fruits. He is happy.One day, his cousin comes from the town. The country mouse gathers many fruits for the town mouse, but the town mouse does not like fruit.“This food is horrible!” he says. “Come to the town with me, life in town is much more fun.”So, the country mouse follows his cousin to the town. They come to a big house. They enter under the back door. The town mouse leads the country mouse to a dining room. The table is covered with food. They start to eat up the food. The country mouse is happy.“This food is delicious!” he says. Suddenly, there is a noise. The mice run to hide behind the food.“Keep very still,” says the town mouse. The country mouse is very afraid. A cat comes into the room. He looks around the room. The cat jumps up on the table.“Run!” cries the town mouse. The mice run into a mouse hole.“Good-bye, cousin” says the country mouse. “I am going back to the country. There, it is quiet and safe.” Vocabulary countryside = เขตชนบท cousin = ลูกพี่ลูกน้ อง horrible = แย่ dining room = ห้องอาหาร delicious = อร่อย still = นิ่ ง afraid = กลัว Moral of the story: It is better to live a simple, quiet life than a rich, dangerous one.

The Treasure in the Field There was a farmer who had three sons. All of his sons were very lazy, and no one helped his father to work in the field. No one cared to do any work. They only ate and slept. The farmer was very sad that his sons were lazy.One day the farmer became very ill. He called his three sons to tell them something.“I have a treasure for you but it is buried in the field. After I die you may dig it up,” the farmer said then and died.The three boys went to the field and dug the ground. They dug all day trying to find the treasure, but did not find anything.Next day they went to the field again and dug the ground more, but they did not find any treasure.The boys dug the field for many days. They did not find any treasure.Finally, the eldest son said, “Let us stop digging. We should grow corn in our field.”So they brought corn seeds and sowed them in the land they had been digging. After one month, the field was full of green corn seedlings. Three months later, the plants bore corn and when the corn was ripe, the whole field became bright yellow.“This is the treasure that father gave us,” they said happily. Vocabulary ill = ป่วย bury = ฝัง treasure = สมบัติ seed = เมล็ด sow = หว่านเมล็ด ripe = สุกงอม Moral of the story: Nothing can be gained without effort.

The Vixen and the Lioness One morning when a vixen was taking her babies out of the lair, she saw a lioness and her cub. “Why do you have only one child, dear?” asked the vixen. “Look at my healthy and numerous children here, and imagine, if you are able, how a proud mother should feel.”The lioness said calmly, “Yes, just look at that beautiful collection. What are they? Foxes! I’ve only one, but remember, that one is a lion.” Vocabulary lair = ที่หลบซ่อนของสัตว์ healthy = สุขภาพดี numerous = เป็นจำนวนมาก calm = ใจเย็น, นิ่ ง proud = ภาคภูมิใจ Moral of the story: Quality is better than quantity.

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