英语故事贪婪的老鼠

THE GREEDY MOUSE

A greedy mouse saw a basket full of corn. He wanted to eat it. So he made a small hole in the basket. He squeezed in through thehole. He ate a lot of corn. He felt full and very happy.

Now he wanted to come out. He tried to come out through the small hole. He could not. His belly was full. He tried again. But it was of no use. The mouse started crying. A rabbit was passing by. lt heard the mouse’s cry and asked, ’Why are you crying, my friend?’ The mouse explained, l made a small hole and came into the basket to eat the corn. Now I am not able to get out through that hole.The rabbit said. It is because you ate too much.Wait till your belly shrinks. The rabbit laughed and went away.

Mouse fell asleep in the basket. The next morning his belly had shrunk. But he wanted to eat some more corn. He forgot all about getting out of the basket. So he ate the corn and his belly was really big again. After eating, the mouse remembered that he had to escape, But obviously, he could not. So he thought, ’Oh!Now l will go out tomorrow.The cat was the next passerby. He smelt the mouse in the basket. He lifted its lid and ate the mouse.

MORAL : Too much of greed is harmful

一只贪婪的老鼠看到了装满玉米的篮子。他想吃它。于是他在篮子上钻了一个小洞。他从洞里挤了进去。他吃了很多玉米。他感到很充实，也很幸福。

现在他想出来。他试图从小洞里钻出来。他不能。他的肚子已经饱了。他又试了一次。但没有用。老鼠开始哭了。一只兔子路过。它听到老鼠的叫声，问道：“我的朋友，你为什么哭？”老鼠解释说，我钻了一个小洞，进篮子里吃玉米。现在我已经无法从那个洞出去了。兔子说。那是因为你吃太多了。等你肚子缩小了。兔子笑了，就走了。

老鼠在篮子里睡着了。第二天早上，他的肚子缩小了。但他想再吃一些玉米。他忘记了从篮子里出来的事。于是他吃了玉米，肚子又大了。吃完饭后，老鼠想起他必须逃跑，但显然，他不能。于是他想，“哦！现在我明天要出去了。那只猫是下一个路人。他闻到了篮子里老鼠的味道。他掀开篮子的盖子，吃了老鼠。

道德：太多的贪婪是有害的