寓言有所隱含的語言.文學作品的一種體裁.常帶有諷刺或勸戒的性質，用假托的故事或擬人手法說明某個道理或教訓.“寓”有“道理”的意思.將深刻的道理揭示。

　　我與河馬

　　A hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much. I often go to see him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fine day. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quite as a rabbit.

　　In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me. My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo. My mum lets me see him every week.

　　河馬住在動物園里，我很喜歡他。他經常去看它，他也經常想我。

　　今天是星期日，是個好天氣，我又一次去看望它。在我離開動物園之后，他跟隨到我的家。我給他萵苣、生菜、香蕉、蘋果和其他食物。他都吃了。

　　當我唱歌是，它待在水池里，像兔子一樣安靜。

　　晚上，他跳到床上同我睡覺在一起睡。

　　媽媽要它回家。它不得不背起包回到動物園。媽媽允許我每周去看它。

　　好孩子

　　Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"

　　"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.

　　"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"

　　"She is the one who sells the candy."

　　小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。

　　“昨天給你的錢干什么了?”

　　“我給了一個可憐的老太婆，”他回答說。 “你真是個好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說。“再給你兩分錢。可你為什么對那位老太太那么感興趣呢?”

　　“她是個賣糖果的。”

　　人與賽特

　　A Man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance, sat down together to eat. The day being wintry and cold, the Man put his fingers to his mouse and blew opon them. "What's that for, my friend?" asked the Satyr. " My hands are so cold," said the Man, "I do it to warm them." In a little while some hot food was placed before them, and the Man, raising the dish to his mouse, again blew opon it. "And what's the meaning of that, now?" said the Satyr. "Oh," replied the Man, "my porridge is so hot, I do it to cool it." "Nay, then," said the Satyr, "from this moment I renounce your friendship, for I will have nothing to do with one who blows hot and cold with the same mouse."

　　一個人與賽特偶然相識，坐在一起吃東西。正值冬季，天氣很冷，那人把手放在嘴邊哈氣。賽特問道“我的朋友，那是干嗎?”這人說“我的手太冷了，這是為了取暖”。過了一會兒，熱騰騰的食物端上來了，那人把碟子舉到嘴邊又吹了起來，賽特問“這又是干嗎?”，那人說“哦，我的粥太燙了，我把他吹涼些”。賽特說“從現在起，我要與你絕交，因為我不想和一個反復無常的人做朋友”。