第一篇：井底之蛙的故事
There was once a frog who made his home in a shallow well. One day he met a turtle from the East Sea.
从前有只青蛙，在浅井里居住。一天，它遇见一只从东海来的大鳖。
"I'm extremely happy!" the frog told the turtle. "When on the ground, I would leap up and down the railing of the well. When I'm tired, I would rest on the broken bricks."
井蛙对大鳖说:「我真是乐透了!高兴时，便在井栏上跳跃。疲倦时，就躺在破砖上休息。
"Back in the water, I would swim with only my head above the surface. When I walk in the mud, I would bury my feet. I look back at the worms, crabs, and tadpoles who share my well. They can't be as happy as I am."
回到水里，我只是露出我的头游泳。跳到泥里，我则埋没我的双腿。我回头看看井里的赤虫、蟹和蝌蚪。它们可不及我快乐呢!
"The pool of water belongs to me because the well is mine. This is the greatest pleasure!" the frog said proudly. "You should come visit me some time!"
井水是我，因为这口井属于我，这就是最大的喜乐啊!你有空不妨来探望我。」
The turtle went with the frog to the shallow well. Lifting his right foot, he tried to enter the well. But it got stuck even before he could extend his left one, so he leisurely retreated.
大鳖听了，就跟着井蛙入井里，怎知左脚还未伸进去，右脚已经绊住了，于是便从容地退了出来。
Rather amused, the turtle said, "I can't tell you how vast the East Sea is, for it is beyond measure. However, flood doesn't increase its depth the least bit, and drought can't make it lose an inch . Its depth does not change with time, nor does it change with the amount of rainfall. This is its greatest pleasure!"
大鳖给逗乐了，便对青蛙说:「东海的大，我无法给你描，因为那是无法测量的。水灾既不能增加它的深度，旱灾也不能减少它一吋。它的深度，是不会因时间的长短，或两量的多少而有所改变。这就是东海最大的喜乐啊!」
On hearing the turtle, the frog was dumbfounded.
井蛙听了，惊讶得呆一边。
【成语故事】
故事一
一口废井里住着一只青蛙。有一天，青蛙在井边碰上了一只从海里来的大龟。 青蛙就对海龟夸口说: “你看，我住在这里多快乐!有时高兴了，就在井栏边跳跃一阵;疲倦了，就回到井里，睡在砖洞边一会。或者只露出头和嘴巴，安安静静地把全身泡在水里:或者在软绵绵的泥浆里散一回步，也很舒适。看看那些虾和蝌蚪，谁也比不上我。而且，我是这个井里的主人，在这井里极自由自在，你为什么不常到井里来游赏呢!” 那海龟听了青蛙的话，倒真想进去看看。但它的左脚还没有整个伸进去，右脚就已经绊住了。它连忙后退了两步，把大海的情形告诉青蛙说: “你看过海吗?海的广大，哪止千里;海的深度，哪止千来丈。古时候，十年有九年大水，海里的水，并不涨了多少;后来，八年里有七年大旱，海里的水，也不见得浅了多少。可见大海是不受旱涝影响的。住在那样的大海里，才是真的快乐呢!” 井里的青蛙听了海龟的一番话，吃惊地呆在那里，再没有话可说了。
故事二
有一只青蛙长年住在一口枯井里。它对自己生活的小天地满意极了，一有机会就要当众吹嘘一番。有一天，它吃饱了饭，蹲在井栏上正闲得无聊，忽然看见不远处有一只大海鳖在散步。青蛙赶紧扯开嗓门喊了起来:“喂，海鳖兄，请过来，快请过来!”海鳖爬到枯井旁边。青蛙立刻打开了话匣子:“今天算你运气了，我让你开开眼界，参观一下我的居室。那简直是一座天堂。你大概从来也没有见过这样宽敞的住所吧?”海鳖探头往井里瞅瞅，只见浅浅的井底积了一摊长满绿苔的泥水，还闻到一股扑鼻的臭味。海鳖皱了皱眉头，赶紧缩回了脑袋。青蛙根本没有注意海鳖的表情，挺着大肚子继续吹嘘:“住在这儿，我舒服极了!傍晚可以跳到井栏上乘凉;深夜可以钻到井壁的窟窿里睡觉;泡在水里，让水浸着两腋，托住面颊，可以游泳;跳到泥里，让泥盖没脚背，埋住四足，可以打滚。那些小虫子、螃蟹、蝌蚪什么的，哪一个能比得上我呢!”青蛙唾沫星儿四溅，越说越得意:“瞧，这一坑水，这一口井，都属我一个人所有，我爱怎么样就怎么样。这样的乐趣可以算到顶了吧。海鳖兄，你不想进去观光观光吗?”海鳖感到盛情难却，便爬向井口，可是左腿还没能全部伸进去，右腿的就被井栏卡住了。海鳖只能退了回来，青蛙摇摆头。海鳖说:“大海水天茫茫，无边无际。用千里不能形容它的辽阔，用万丈不能表明它的深度。传说四千多年以前，大禹做国君的时候，十年九涝，海水没有加深;三千多年以前，商汤统治的年代，八年七旱，海水也不见减少。海是这样大，以至时间的长短、旱涝的变化都不能使它的水量发生明显的变化。青蛙弟，我就生活在大海中。你看，比起你这一眼枯井、一坑浅水来，哪个天地更开阔，哪个乐趣更大呢?”青蛙听傻了，鼓着眼睛，半天合不拢嘴。
【拓展延伸】
【举例造句】:井底之蛙，所见不大;萤火之光，其亮不远。 明·许仲琳《封神演义》第二十五回
【拼音代码】: jdzw
【近义词】:一孔之见、坐井观天
【反义词】:见多识广、东海之鳖(比喻见多识广，知识渊博的人。)
【歇后语】: 井底的癞蛤蟆
【灯谜】: 最没见识的人
【用法】: 作主语、宾语、定语;指见识少
【英文】: a frog in a well
第二篇：井底之蛙的故事
It said to a turtle that lived in the East Sea, "I am so happy! When I go out, I jump about on the railing beside the mouth of the well. When I come home, I rest in the holes on the broken wall of the well. If I jump into the water, it comes up to my armpits and holds up my cheeks. If I walk in the mud, it covers up my feet. I look around at the wriggly worms, crabs and tadpoles, and none of them can compare with me. Moreover, I am lord of this trough of water and I stand up tall in this shallow well. My happiness is full. My dear sir, why don't you come often and look around my place?"
Before the turtle from the East Sea could get its left foot in the well, its right knee got stuck. It hesitated and retreated. The turtle told the frog about the East Sea. "Even a distance of a thousand li cannot give you an idea of the sea's width; even a height of a thousand ren cannot give you an idea of its depth. In the time of King Yu of the Xia dynasty, there were floods nine years out of ten, but the waters in the sea did not increase. ln the time of King Tang of the Shang dynasty there were droughts seven years out of eight, but the waters in the sea did not decrease. The sea does not change along with the passage of time and its level does not rise or fall according to the amount of rain that falls.
The greatest happiness is to live in the East Sea."
After listening to these words, the frog of the shallow well was shocked into realization of his own insignificance and became very ill at ease.
它对从东海中来的大鳖说:“我多么快乐啊!出去玩玩，就在井口的栏杆上蹦蹦跳跳，回来休息就蹲在残破井壁的砖窟窿里休息休息;跳进水里，水刚好托着我的胳肢窝和面颊;踩泥巴时，泥深只能淹没我的两脚，漫到我的脚背上。回头看一看那些赤虫、螃蟹与蝌蚪一类的小虫吧，哪个能同我相比哪一天!并且，我独占一坑水，在井上想跳就跳，想停就停，真是快乐极了!您为什么不常来我这里参观参观呢?”
海鳖左脚还没踏进井里，右腿已被井壁卡住了。于是，它在井边徘徊了一阵就退回来了，把大海的景像告诉青蛙，说道:“千里的确很远，可是它不能够形容海的辽阔;千仞的确很高，可是它不能够控明海的深度。夏禹的时候，10年有9年水灾，可是海水并不显得增多;商汤时，8年有7年天旱，可是海水也不显得减少。永恒的大海啊，不随时间的长短而改变，也不因为雨量的多少而涨落。这才是住在东海里最大快乐啊!”
浅井的青蛙听了这一番话，惶恐不安，两眼圆睁睁地好像失了神。深深感到自己的渺小。