本书为“世界寓言精选”（英汉读本）中的一本。寓言是当今文学作品中最不可思议的一种体裁。它往往是利用一个饶有趣味的故事，来说明深刻的道理：它在激情中闪烁着理性的智慧光芒，在讽喻中又不乏幽默和情趣。通过这些寓意深长的故事，它能让你多侧面、多视角地去认识世界，认识社会，认识人生……本书，异彩缤纷的寓言故事，就会像流云一样，把你带到那精彩而又生动的故事世界里去。书中的每一个故事都附有插图，逼真生动，可谓图文并茂。对青少年而言具有启迪思维，体会人生哲理与丰富学识的积极作用。

《世界寓言经典丛书》概括了世界各国著名的寓言故事，其中有些寓言甚至可追溯到2500年前。

丛书中的寓言故事蕴涵着丰富的人生哲理与深刻的生活经验。这些故事都闪烁着璀璨的智慧光芒。它们有助于启迪思维、激发创造潜能，同时对认识人生世相、明辨是非及体认人性的尊严与生命的真谛，也能发挥启发性的积极作用。

本丛书共l0本，总共收录了来自50多个国家及地区的逾500个精彩的寓言故事。每个故事都寄寓着不朽的道德价值与生活理念。

1 The Roar Of the MOUnfain

 山的声音

2 The Fake Frog Docto r

 冒充医生的青蛙

3 The Lark’S House-moving

 百灵鸟搬家．

4 The Donkey and the Lapdog

 驴子和哈巴狗

5 The G rinder，the Son and the Donkey

 磨工、儿子和驴子

6 The Dog in the Stable

 马棚里的狗

7 The Miser

 守财奴

8 The Oak Tree and the Reed

 橡树和芦苇

9 The Ha re cind the To rtoise

 龟兔赛跑

10 The Crow and the Water Jug

 乌鸦喝水

11 The Bee and the Dove

 蜜蜂和鸽子

12 The Dog and His Reflection

狗和自己的倒影

13 The Hunter and the Snake

 捕乌人与蛇

14 The Fox and the Stork

 狐狸请客

15 The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf

狼来了

16 The Mouse and the Lion

 老鼠救狮子

17 The Donkey and the Sack Of Salt

 驮盐的驴

18 The Monkey and the Dolphin

 猴子和海豚．

19 Two Soldiers and a Robber

兵士和强盗

20 The Boy in a Whi rlpool

洗澡的小孩．

21 The Prince and the Lion Painting

 王子和画狮

22 The Stork and His Friends

 农夫和白鹳

23 The Stubborn Goats

 互不相让的山羊

24 The Grear Jumper

自夸的旅人

25 The MiIkmaid

 挤牛奶的女工

26 The Rooster and the Diamond

 公鸡和钻石

27 The CameI That Danced

 骆驼跳舞

28 The Cat and the Rooster

花猫无理取闹

29 The Travellers and the Bea r

两个好朋友和大熊

30 The Two Sacks

 两个袋子

31 The Fox and the Wolf

狐狸和狼

32 The Monkey and the Fisherman

猴子和渔夫

33 The Fox and the Woodcutter

 狐狸和樵夫

34 The Donkey and the Wolf

 聪明的驴子

35 The Wolfwith CI G rudge

 狼的下场

36 Brother and Sister

 兄和妹

37 Who W…Bell the Cat?

谁将铃系在猫的颈上？

38 The City Mouse a nd the Cou ntry Mouse

乡下老鼠人城记

39 The Lion and the BullS

 狮子挑拨离间

40 The Goose That Laid Golden Eggs

 杀鹅取卵

41 The Farmer and His Sons

 三兄弟寻宝藏

42 The Mosquito and the Lion

 狮子和蚊子

43 The Sick Lion

 狮子生病了

44 The Clown and the Country Folk

 小丑和乡下人

The Roar of the Mountain山的声音

Once upon a time，there was a big and beautifulmountain in a remote village．The mountain was covered with trees which for centuries had provided shadetO the villagers．Its surroundings were tranquil with occasional sounds of running water，rattling leaves andthe cry of the peddlers．The villagers lived a simple yetcarefree life．

 One day，the mountain suddenly shuddered．A roaring sound was heard from afar．It plunged the villageinto chaos．Many people put their work aside and gathered around to find out what happened．

Then another roaring sound was heard from the mountain．This time it was more deafening．Some men predicted the coming of an ea~hquake．The women argued that there was a gi ant struggling tO free himselffrom the cave．

The mountain kept on roaring，and people from miles away waited anxiously and feared some possible disaster．Suddenly a little mouse ran out of the cave．Atthe sight of the large audience，it fled in panic into the shrubs．

The mountain was silent nOW．After some time，the crowd dispersed．

The roar of the mountai n remained a mystery tothe whole village．Nobody realised that it was only anecho created by a little cave mouse!

很久以前，在遥远的一个乡下地方，有一座高大美丽的山。山的斜坡上都是树林。过去数百年来，这座山一直都供村民遮荫，周围一片宁静。在这里能听到山林间传来的淙淙流水声、树叶被大风吹动的声音，还有小贩叫卖的声音。人们的生活简单而自在。

一直到有一天，这座山忽然受了大震动，山谷里出现了回声，人们听到山发出呻吟和喧哗。许多人放下手中的东西和工作从四方八面跑来，纷纷讨论着到底发生了什么事情!

在人们议论纷纷的当儿，山再次发出呻吟声，比之前那一次更大声。一些男人猜测是地震的预兆；一些女人则猜测有个巨人困在山洞里，挣扎着要出来。

山一次又一次地呻吟，吸引了数哩以外好奇的人们到来观看。正当人们屏着气息等着看什么可怕灾变的发生时，有一只小老鼠从山洞里跑了出来。它一看见人潮，就吓得逃进草丛里去!

人们仍然站在那里，可是山已安静下来了。等了好久，依然没有什么动静，人潮也就逐渐散去，一个个回家去了。

到最后没有人知道山为何要作弄他们一个早上；也没有人知道山的声音只不过是小老鼠在山洞里所发出的回声!Moral故事哲理：

 Sometimes a simple little thing can caus great confusion and panic．

这则寓言嘲笑了人类无聊的好奇心。人类时常为了一些芝麻小事而好奇心大起，像一听到消防车的声音，就群聚观看：有人在高楼上徘徊，也停下来围观……P1-4

PREFACE

A fable is an interesting short story intended to impart a philosophy of life or to tell a moral lesson. Since time immemorial, most fables from around the world have animals as their main characters sharing humanly mind and sentiment. They speak the human language and are as emotional as you and I.

Around the sixth century B.C. in India, a Sanskrit version of Panchatantra was believed to be the earliest fables in our entire planet. Later, fables from Aesop, La Fontaine, Lessing and Kriloff were made known to the public in Greece, France, Germany and Russia respectively. In the meantime, a myriad of fabulous stories were rife in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn period, and the period of the Warring States. These fables were mostly published in the works of various scholars. The more famous ones include Zhuang Zhou, Meng Ke, Han Fei and so on. Many postHan dynaSty fabulists hadalso come out with fantastic stories which serve as a link between the past and the future.

Despite their imaginative features, these ancient and modern fables from around the world boast of being "the language of human wisdom" as the storylines are practically true-to-life. The fabulists often gain various experiences and les sons from our everyday life, pick up the moist typical ones, polish them up and turn them into fabulous stories through personification, exaggeration, bsymbolization, simile, metaphor and other literary skills, providing the general audience with well-intentioned guidance and practical advice. They serve to help us gain a better understanding and management of everyday life, including our words and deeds.

As an effort to share various brilliant fabulous masterpieces from around the world with our gen eral audience, Penerbit Arowana Sdn Bhd hascompiled and published a series of books entitled "World's Great Fables". Some of the most interesting fables were painstakingly selected, rewritten in a simple style, and enhanced with lively and attractive illustrations.

"World's Great Fables" is a set of readers which can be enjoyed by both the young and the old.

                   Heng Kay Song

                   Lecturer

            Department of Chinese Studies

            University of Malaya

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寓言，是通过一个生动、有趣的小故事，来阐发人生的哲理和寄托道德的教训。古今中外，绝大多数的寓言都是以飞禽走兽作为故事的“主人公”，但是它们的思想感情却是人的思想感情，它们也说人所说的话，拥有人的七情六欲，因此这些飞禽走兽实际上就是“人的化身”。

大约在公元前六世纪左右，印度出现了梵文本的《五卷书》，它可能是世上最早的寓言故事。后来，在希腊出现了《伊索寓言》，在法国出现了《拉封丹寓言》、 在德国出现了《莱辛寓言》，在俄国出现了《克雷洛夫寓言诗》等等。至于口国，早在几乎同个时候的春秋战国时代，也涌现了大量的寓言故事。这些寓言故事大多散布在诸子的著作里。其中尤以，《庄子》、《孟子》、《韩非子》等子书上的寓言，最为脍炙人口。汉代以后的寓言家也扮演承先启后的角色，撰写了许多非常精彩的寓言故事。

这些古今中外的寓言故事，虽具有虚构、幻想的特点，可是它们的虚构与幻想却是扎根于人类生活的现实基础上，可说是“人类智慧的语言”。寓言的作者们，从人类生活的实践中积累了各种各样的经验与教训，从中选择最有代表性的某一些，加以提炼，并通过“拟人”、“夸张”、“象征”、“譬喻”等表现手法，写成了寓言故事，为广大的读者提供善意的指导与警诫性的规劝。它们既能帮助我们认识生活，也能帮助我们驾驭生活，指导日常的言与行。

金龙鱼出版社为了让广大的读者分享来自世界各国寓言家的智慧结晶品，特编撰了一套《世界寓言精选》，精心选择最有代表性、最精彩的寓言故事，以浅白流畅的文字配以生动优美的插图，图文并茂地呈现给读者。更难能可贵的是在每一则寓言的末尾，编者还提纲挈领地指出寓言所蕴含的人生哲理。

我认为这一套《世界寓言精选》是一套益智的健康读物，不仅适合儿童阅读，同时也适合青少年，甚至成年人阅读，可谓“老少咸宜”。

马来西亚大学中文系

王介英讲师