小孩子学习英语最重要的就是兴趣的培养和习惯的养成，那么每天阅读一篇英语小故事既可以满足兴趣需求，又可以养成良好的学习英语的习惯，并且也能学习到一定的英语知识。下面就来为大家推荐几个短篇英语故事：

短篇英语故事推荐一《The wolf and the sheep》（狼和羊）

A wolf had been badly wounded by dogs. He lay sick and maimed in his lair.He felt very hungry and thirsty. When a sheep passed by, he asked him to fetch some water from the stream."If you bring me the water," he said, "I will find means to get some food.""Yes," said the sheep, "if I bring you the water, you would undoubtedly make me your food."翻译为：一只狼被狗咬伤了，他的伤势很严重，他痛苦地躺在巢穴里，不能外出觅食了。他感到又饿又渴，这个时候他看到了一只羊，于是请求他到附近的小河里为他取一点水来。“你给我一点水解解渴”，他说“我就可以自己去寻找食物了”。“是呀”羊回答道“如果我给你送水喝的话，那么我就会成为你的食物”。

这个短篇英语故事告诉我们的是谎言其实是经不起推敲的，因为它很容易被人们识破。

短篇英语故事推荐二《Fox and grapes》（狐狸和葡萄）

One hot summer day a fox was walking through an orchard. He stopped before a bunch of grapes. They were ripe and juicy."I'm just feeling thirsty," he thought. So he backed up a few paces, got a running start, jumped up, but could not reach the grapes.He walked back. One、two、three, he jumped up again, but still, he missed the grapes.The fox tried again and again, but never succeeded. At last he decided to give it up.He walked away with his nose in the air, and said“I am sure they are sour.翻译为：一个炎热的夏日一只狐狸走过了一个果园，他停在一大串熟透的多汁的葡萄前，狐狸想：我正口渴呢，于是他退后了几步，向前一冲就跳起来了，但是他还是没有办法够得到葡萄。狐狸退后又尝试了一次、两次、三次，但是他都没有得到葡萄。狐狸尝试了一次又一次都没有成功，最后他只能决定放弃，他昂起头一边走一边说：“葡萄还没有成熟，我敢肯定它是酸的”。

这个短篇英语故事告诉我们在经历很多次尝试，但是没有获得成功的时候，有些人就会故意轻视成功以追求心理上的安慰。