Once upon a time, there was a poor fisherman who always dreamed of becoming rich. He wished to become a millionaire, and so did his wife. He had heard from some old men before, that several ships loaded with diamonds and gold had once sunk in the nearby seashore. Because of this, for a long time he kept searching that whole area for this treasure.

　　One day, while he was sitting on the boat daydreaming, he suddenly felt that the fishing rod was being weighed down by a heavy object. He excitedly pulled hard at it, and what he saw made him exclaim, "Wow! A big, shiny gold chain!" He pulled hard at the gold chain to get it into the boat, but there seemed to be no end to it. His boat started to get over-loaded and the sea water filled his boat.

　　However, he had begun dreaming of a big house, a big piece of land and buying horses and cows...He kept pulling in the chain though the boat kept sinking. The boat was finally submerged and he struggled to stay afloat. Unfortunately his feet were entangled in the gold chain and he drowned.

　　有一天，他出海捕魚，當他坐在船上想入非非時，忽然感到釣線被非常沉重的東西拖住了。他一下興奮起來，使勁地往上拉魚線，當魚線拖出水面時，他不禁大聲尖叫起來：“譁!金光閃閃的長金鍊!”他喜出望外，拼命地把金鍊往船上拖，可是金鍊很長，似乎沒有盡頭。由於金鍊很重，小船嚴重超載，海水灌進了船內。

　　然而，他卻依舊做著沒完沒了的黃粱美夢：“我可以買一幢大房子，置一大片稻田，再買下幾頭牛、幾匹馬…”儘管小船一直往下沉，他卻依然貪心地拖著金鍊。最後，小船終於沉下去了。他在水中拼命掙扎想游出水面，然而不幸的是，他的雙腳被金鍊纏住了，結果他被淹死了。

【篇二】簡短寓言故事英文版及翻譯

　　Standing on the roof of a small goat and the Wolf

　　Kid standing on the roof and saw the Wolf walked through the bottom and then abuse him, and laughed at him. The Wolf said, "oh, buddy, scold me is not you, but your terrain. "

　　This story to illustrate, dili and cat often give a person the courage to fight against the strong.

　　翻譯：站在屋頂的小山羊與狼

　　小山羊站在屋頂上，看見狼從底下走過，便謾罵他，嘲笑他。狼說道：“啊，夥計，罵我的不是你，而是你所處的地勢。”

　　這故事說明，地利與天機常常給人勇氣去與強者抗爭。