一匹曾經馱著主人馳騁沙場的戰馬，感到自己年事已高，便選擇離開戰場，到一個磨坊里去工作。他發現自己再也無法在聽到戰鼓雷鳴時昂頭挺胸地前進了，只能被迫埋頭于終日磨谷子的勞作之中。戰馬垂頭喪氣地哀嘆著自己的命運，有一天，他對磨坊主說：“唉，我曾經可是一匹光彩照人的戰馬，不僅披著華麗的戰袍，而且還有專門的馬倌照顧我。現如今，我這是什么下場呀！真希望我當初沒有離開戰場，為什么要到這個磨坊來呀。”磨坊主粗暴地回答說：“不必追悔過去，命運總會有所起伏，隨緣而安就好了。”

　　【戰馬和磨坊主的故事寓意】

　　通過閱讀戰馬和磨坊主這篇寓言故事，我懂得了，懷念過去是人之常情，畢竟回憶是美好的，深刻的，令人難忘。然而終日沉于回憶之中，就會失去“現在”，我們誰也不可能總過著一成不變的生活，一輩子起起落落很正常。時而榮華富貴，時而艱難困苦，不管境遇如何，都應以一種平和的心態去面對，要有隨遇而安的準備，否則只會讓自己更加痛苦。

　　【戰馬和磨坊主的英文版】

　　THE CHARGER AND THE MILLER

　　A Horse，who had been used to carry his rider Into battle，feIt himself growing old and chose to work in a mill instead.He now no longer found himself stepping out proudly to the beating of the drums，but was compelled to slave away all day grinding the corn.Bewailing his hard lot，he said one day to the Miller,“Ah me!I was once a splendid war-horse，gaily caparisoned，and attended by a groom whose sole duty was to see to my wants.How different is my present condition!i wish I had never given up the battlefield for the mill.”The Miller replied with asperity,“It’S no use your regretting the past.Fortune has many ups and downs：you must iust take them as they come.”