守株待兔

thousands of years ago,there was a farmer in China .He did the farm work every day ,very hard.However,he gains little.

the other day ,when he was on the farm,suddenly,a rabbit ran into a tree nearby,then,died.He got a rabbit for supper without any work.so he decided to wait for more and more rabbits to be died in accident.

Finally,he died because there were no rabbits any more.this story tells us that no pains ,no gains.one can not own fortune all the time,if you wanna get something ,you should pay your hard work.

急求两个简短一点的英语小故事，有英文和翻译，快啊，简短一点，英文的，两个！

While proudly showing off his new apartment to friends, a college student led the way into the den. What is the big brass gong and hammer for? one of his friends asked. That is the talking clock, the man replied. How's it work?
Watch, the man said and proceeded to give the gong an ear shattering pound with the hammer. Suddenly, someone screamed from the other side of the wall, Knock it off, you idiot! It's two o'clock in the morning!

一个学生带他朋友们参观他的新公寓，甚是得意。“那个大铜锣和锤子是干什么用的？”他的一个朋友问他。“那玩意儿厉害了，那是一个会说话的钟”，学生回答。“这钟怎么工作的”，他的朋友问。“看着，别眨眼了”，那学生走上前一把操起铜锣和锤子，拼命地敲了一下，声音震耳欲聋。突然，他们听到隔壁墙那边有人狂叫，“别敲了，你这白痴！现在是凌晨两点钟了！”

有哪些比较好的英语绘本故事？

英语绘本故事中《甜心英语》在英语启蒙方面做的比较好。《我的情绪小怪兽》（the color monster） 在给孩子学习情绪培养方面是比较成功的。根据自己情况选择吧。