童話是最具有象征涵義的文體類型，童話的象征隱喻之美幾乎是與生俱來的美學特質。

　　鸚雀笑鵬

　　As the legend goes, during ancient times, in the expansive open country of North China, there was a kind of birds called "rocs".

　　The roc was very huge, with its back like a big mountain, and its wings like a stretch of cloud which could cover the sky. When it spread its wings, it could break through a storm and soar at a height of 90,000 li (1/2 kilometre) in the sky towards the sea in the south.

　　A small bird called the quail1 bounced on the ground, free and happy. It looked up at the roc soaring in the sky and couldn't help laughing: "Hey, see how cocky you are! Look at me, one jump can take me over 10 chi. How delightful2! Every day I come and go amid these weeds and thickets3 and fly freely. Don't I fly quite well too? But, where can you fly to anyway?"

　　傳說，古時候中國北方的原野上有一種鳥，它的名字叫“鵬”。

　　鵬長得很大，背脊像一座大山，翅膀像一大片云，能把天空遮住。它張開翅膀能沖破風暴，在九萬里高的天空中飛翔，一直飛向南方的大海。

　　有一只叫鸚雀的小鳥，在地上蹦蹦跳跳，自由自在，非常快活。它望著天空中展翅飛翔的大鵬，忍不住發笑，說：“咳，看你神氣活現的!我呀，一蹦一跳，就有十幾尺，多么痛快啊!我每天在這些雜草和樹叢里，來來去去，自由飛翔，不也飛得挺好嗎?可是，你又能飛到哪里去呢?”

　　騙獵遭黑

　　The deer feared the leopard1 cat, the leopard cat feared the tiger, and the tiger the brown bear.

　　The brown bear resembled the fox but was bigger in size. It had long fur on its head, and could stand up like man. It had great strength and would devour2 man.

　　In the south of the State of Chu, there was a hunter good at ventriloquy. With a bamboo pipe he could imitate the cries of various kinds of wild animals.

　　Once, carrying his bow, arrows and firearms, he quietly went hunting in the mountain.

　　Up on the mountain, he first imitated the cries of the deer to lure3 the horde4 of deer to come over, so that he could shoot at them with the firearms. The leopard cat heard the cries of the deer and came running to devour the deer. The hunter was afraid of the leopard cat, so he hurriedly imitated the roar of the tiger to scare away the leopard cat. Hardly had the leopard cat been scared away when the tiger heard the roar and came. At this moment, the hunter was even more frightened, so he imitated the cries of the brown bear. As a result, the tiger was scared away like the leopard cat.

　　Then, when the brown bear heard the cries, it came to look for its companions. Seeing that it was a man, the brown bear at once struck him with its front paws, and tore him up with its teeth. In a short while, the hunter was torn to pieces and devoured5 by the brown bear.

　　鹿害怕驅，驅害怕老虎，老虎害怕黑。

　　黑像狐貍，但是體形比較大。它頭上披著長毛，能夠像人一樣站立起來，力氣很大，要要吃人。

　　楚國南方有一個獵人口技很好。他會用竹管來模仿各種野獸的叫聲。

　　有一次，他拿著弓箭和火器悄悄上山打獵。

　　上山以后，他先學鹿的叫聲，想引誘鹿群過來，再用火器射獵。驅一聽是鹿叫，就快步跑來想吃鹿。獵人害怕，急忙又學虎嘯來嚇走它。驅剛剛被虎嘯嚇跑，可是老虎卻聞聲趕到了。這時候，獵人更加害怕，于是就學黑叫。結果，老虎也像驅一樣逃跑了。

　　后來，黑聽見叫聲，就來尋找同伴。剛走到前面，它一看是一個人，就立刻用前爪打他，用牙齒撕他，不一會兒，把獵人撕成碎塊吃掉了。