Amouseoncetookabiteoutofabull'stailashelaydozing。Thebulljumpedupinarageand，withhisheadlowtotheground，chasedthemouserightacrosstheyard。Themousewastooquickforhim，however，andslippedeasilyintoaholeinthewall。
Thebullchargedthewallfuriouslyagainandagain，butalthoughhebruisedhisheadandchippedhishorns，themousestayedsafelyinsidehishole。Afteratimethebullgaveupandsankdowntorestagain。
Assoonasthebullwasasleep，thelittlemousecrepttothemouthofthehole，patteredacrosstheyard，bitthebullagain--thistimeonthenose--andrushedbacktosafety。Asthebullroaredhelplesslythemousesqueaked:
"It'snotalwaysthebigpeoplewhoeoffbest。Sometimesthesmalloneswin，youknow。"
老鼠和公牛
有一次，公牛躺着打盹，一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴。公牛怒气冲冲地跳起来，低着头追老鼠，一向追过院子。然而，老鼠跑得比他快多了，从容地钻到墙洞里去了。
公牛一次又一次地猛撞墙壁，尽管头撞肿了，角撞裂了，老鼠却安然待在洞里。过了一会儿，公牛不撞了，倒下歇着。
公牛刚睡着，小老鼠就爬到洞口，嗒嗒地跑过院子，又咬了公牛一口??这回咬了鼻子??又跑回安全的地方去。当公牛毫无办法地吼叫时，老鼠吱吱叫道：
"大人物并不总占上风。有时小人物也会取胜。"
IntheWarringStatesPeriod,DukeWeiofQineglectedstateaffairs,forthefirstthreeyearsofhisreign,givinghimselfovertodissipation.Oneofhisministers,ChunYukunwhohadagoodsenseofhumour,saidtohim:'Thereisabigbirdwhichhasneithertakenwingnorsungforthreeyears.'Thedukeanswered,'Oncethatbirdstartstoflyandsing,itwillastonishtheworld.'Thedukethereupondevotedhimselftohisdutiesandbuilthisstateupintoapowerfulone.
战国时代，齐威王即位后做了三年国君，只顾享乐，不理政事。有个善于说笑话的人叫淳于髡，一天对齐威王说：“城里有一只大鸟，三年不飞也不叫，你知道这是什么道理?”齐威王说：“这鸟不飞则罢，一飞就冲天;不鸣则罢，一鸣就惊人。”在淳于髡的激发下，齐威王开始治理国家，取得很大成绩，齐国的声威一直保持了几十年。
AWolfinsheep'sclothing
Awolfwantedtoeatthesheep,buthewasafraidofthevigilantshepherdandhisdogs.
Onedaythewolffoundtheskinofasheep.Heputitonandwalkedamongthesheep.
Alambthoughtthatthewolfwasitsmotherbecausehisskinlookedlikehers.Soitfollowedthewolf.
Soonaftertheyhadleftthedogs,thewolfcameatthelambandateitup.
Forsometimehesucceededindeceivingthesheep,andenjoyingheartymeals.
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披着羊皮的狼
一只狼想吃羊，但是他害怕警惕的牧羊人和他的狗。
有一天狼发现了一块羊皮，便披着它混入羊群。
一只小羊羔把这只披着羊皮的狼误认为自己的妈妈，因此跟着狼。
狼带着小羊羔骗过了狗离开了羊群，吃掉了小羊羔。
寓意：事物的外表有时候会掩盖它的本质，所以我们不能只凭表面现象就作判断。