英语故事或寓言 （100个单词以上）

短篇英语寓言故事:守财奴
The miser and his gold
Once upon a time there as a miser. He hidhis gold under a tree. Every eek he used to dig it up.
One night a robber stole all the gold. Whenthe miser came again, he found nothing but an empty hole.
He as surprised, and then burst intotears.All the neighbors gathered around him.
He told them ho he used to e and visithis gold.
Did you ever take any of itout? asked one of them. No, he said, I only came tolook at it. Then e again and look at the hole, said theneighbor, it ill be the same as looking at the gold.
　　守财奴
●从前，有个守财奴将他的金块埋到一棵树下，每周他都去把他挖出来看看。
●一天晚上，一个小偷挖走了所有的金块。守财奴再来查看时，发现除了一个空洞什么都没有了。
●守财奴便捶胸痛哭。哭声引来了邻居，他告诉他们这里原来有他的金块。
●问明了原因后，一个邻居问“你使用过这些金块吗？” “没用过，” 他说，“我只是时常来看看。”“那么，以后再来看这个洞，”邻居说，“就像以前有金块时一样。”
　　寓意: 即使是再珍贵的东西，如果不善加使用，也不会带来任何好处。