The Dog and the Bone
A free B1-level English story for language learners, readable online in 7 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Crossing a bridge with a piece of meat in his mouth, a dog spots his own reflection in the water and mistakes it for another dog with a bigger prize.
A Dog was crossing a plank bridge over a stream with a piece of meat in his mouth, when he happened to see his own reflection in the water. He thought it was another dog with a piece of meat twice as big; so he let go his own, and flew at the other dog to get the larger piece. But, of course, all that happened was that he got neither; for one was only a shadow, and the other was carried away by the current.
一只狗嘴里叼着一块肉，正走过一座横跨小溪的木板桥，忽然看见了自己映在水中的影子。它以为那是另一只狗，嘴里叼着一块大一倍的肉，于是便松开自己嘴里的肉，扑向那只狗去抢那块更大的肉。可是结果当然是它两块都没得到，因为一块只是水中的影子，另一块则被水流冲走了。
