英語的短文故事一般都有幽默的情節，而又保持了完整地故事性。

　　英語故事短文篇一

　　尷尬的新鄰居

　　New friends

　　新朋友

　　When my wife，Diana, and I met a new couple at church one Sunday, we stopped to introduce ourselves and to exchange pleasantries. We described the friendly neighborhood we lived in，and listened sympathetically as they lamented that theirs was just the opposite.

　　一個星期天，我和妻子戴安娜去教堂時，碰到了一對新婚的夫婦。于是，我們停下車，向他們做了自我介紹，我們之間還表達了相互認識的喜悅之情。我們的話題開始談到了鄰居，我們說我們的鄧居如何如何的好。當他們說到他們的鄰居恰恰相反時，我們表示了對他們的同情。

　　Saying our good-byes, we got in our cars and drove home. As we approached our house，we were horrified to see that our new-found friends were pulling into the driveway next to ours.

　　后來，我們向他們道了別，開車回到了家。當我們把車子開到家門口時，我們驚奇地發現我們的新結識的那對新婚夫婦把車停在了隔璧的停車道上。

　　英語故事短文篇二

　　Flying turtle

　　Deep within a forest a little turtle began to climb a tree. After hours of effort he reached the top, jumped into the air waving his front legs and crashed to the ground. After recovering, he slowly climbed the tree again, jumped, and fell to the ground. The turtle tried again and again while a couple of birds sitting on a branch watched his sad efforts.

　　Finally, the female bird turned to her mate.

　　"Dear," she chirped, "I think it's time to tell him he's adopted."

　　森林的深處，一只小烏龜正在往樹上爬。幾個小時后，它到達了頂端，然后跳了下去，揮舞著前腿，然后撞到了地上。恢復好了以后，它慢慢地再次開始爬樹，跳下，然后跌到地上。小烏龜一次又一次地嘗試，有兩只小鳥坐在樹枝上看著它這悲劇式的嘗試。

　　終于，雌性小鳥轉向她的伴侶。

　　“親愛的，”她說，“我認為是時候告訴他他是領養來的了。”

　　英語故事短文篇三

　　Talking parrot

　　One day a man went to an auction. While there, he bid on a parrot. He really wanted this bird, so he got caught up in the bidding. He kept on bidding, but kept getting outbid, so he bid higher and higher and higher.

　　一天一個人去參加拍賣。他相中了一只鸚鵡，他真的很想要這只鳥兒，于是他在競價中緊緊跟著。他一直出價，出得比別人都高，最終，價格一路水漲船高。

　　Finally, after he bid way more than he intended, he won the bid - the parrot was his at last!

　　在出到比預想要高得多得的價格后，他贏了這次競價，鸚鵡終于是他的了!

　　As he was paying for the parrot, he said to the Auctioneer, "I sure hope this parrot can talk. I would hate to have paid this much for it, only to find out that he can't talk!"

　　他去付錢時對拍賣人說，“我希望這只鸚鵡一定要會說話。如果出了這么高的價，它還不能說話的話，我肯定會很難過的。”

　　"Don't worry." said the Auctioneer, "He can talk. Who do you think kept bidding against you?"

　　“不要擔心。”拍賣人說，“它可以說話的。你以為時誰在競價時一直跟你對著干?”

　　英語故事短文篇四

　　The lion and the mouse

　　When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him. This soon wakened the lion. He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.

　　"Forgive me, please." cried the little mouse. "I may be able to help you someday." The lion was tickled at these words.

　　He thought, "How could this little mouse help me?" However he lifted up his paws and let him go.

　　A few days later, the lion was caught in a trap.

　　The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, so they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.

　　Just then the little mouse passed by, and saw the sad lion.

　　He went up to him, and soon gnawed away the ropes. "Was I not right?" asked the little mouse.

　　獅子與報恩的老鼠

　　獅子睡著了，有只老鼠在他的周圍爬上爬下，很快吵醒了獅子，獅子很生氣，一把抓住了老鼠。

　　“饒了我吧，”老鼠請求說，“也許有一天我能幫上你的忙呢。”獅子覺得很好笑，他想：“這只小老鼠怎么能幫上我的忙?”但他還是抬起爪子放他走了。

　　不久，獅子被陷阱困住了。獵人們想將活獅子獻給國王，就把他捆在一棵大樹上，然后去找馬車。

　　這時，老鼠路過這里，看到了絕望中的獅子。他走過去，很快啃斷了繩索，說：“我雖小，可是我也能幫上你的忙。”

　　寓意: 有些朋友也許平時看似微不足道，但卻有可能在我們身處困境的時候提供巨大的幫助。