• The wolves, the sheep and Ram

    14-10-17 The wolves sent a deputation to the sheep with proposals for a lasting peace between them, on condition of their giving up the sheepdogs to instant death. The foolish sheep agreed to the terms, but an old Ram, whose years had brought him wisdom, int...

  • The fox who served a lion

    14-10-08 A lion had a fox to attend on him, and whenever they went hunting the fox found the prey and the lion fell upon it and killed it, and then they divided it between them in certain proportions. But the lion always got a very large share, and the fox a...

  • 牧羊犬放牧的两个简单规则

    14-08-28 The relationship between a shepherd and his sheepdog has always seemed almost magical, but scientists now say it can be explained by two simple rules. 牧羊人与牧羊犬的关系一直以来似乎都很神奇,但是科学家们称这种关系可以用两条简单的规则解释。 Researc...

  • The remaining sheep 剩下的羊

    14-07-09 The teacher said: If the shepherd put twenty sheep out to feed on the grass in a field, five of them jumped a fence, how many sheep would be left? None, called out little Mac. The teacher said: I am surprised that you can't count correctly. I know t...

  • 臧谷亡羊

    14-05-30 Once Zang and Gu shepherded together and they both lost their sheep. Zang said he lost his sheep while he was reading. Gu said he was playing chess. Although reading is more elegant than playing chess, they both did something they should not have do...

  • 大角羊灭绝于蒂布龙某荒岛

    14-03-20 Using ancient DNA analysis and other techniques, a research team led by conservation biologists at the University of California, Riverside has determined that bighorn sheep, so named for their massive spiral horns, became extinct on Tiburn Island, a...

  • Jupiter and the Sheep

    14-02-28 A sheep was once forced to submit to much harm from the other animals. He therefore appeared before Jupiter, and begged him to lessen(减少) his misery. Jupiter appeared willing, and said to the sheep, I see plainly, my pious(虔诚的) creature, th...

  • Narcissus

    13-12-05 Long, long ago there lived in Greece a young boy named Narcissus. All day long he tended his sheep on the hills, and drove them from place to place to find the very best pasture. One day he came to a little stream and wanted to drink from it. The wa...

  • All We like Sheep

    13-10-11 All We like Sheep David R. Slavitt No sheep would ever say, or, all right, think The shepherd is our Lord. They are not good with metaphors but, stupid as they may be, they know that the shepherd sooner or later will come with his curved knife and t...

  • The Sheep,The Wolf and The Stag

    13-09-25 A stag(牡鹿) once asked a sheep to lend him a measure of wheat, saying that his friend the wolf would be his surety(担保人) . The sheep, however, was afraid that they meant to cheat her; so she excused herself, saying, The wolf is in the habit o...