爱心故事英语作文【优秀20篇】

The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree. Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, For the world was intent on dragging me down.

And if that weren‘t enough to ruin my day, A young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted down And said with great excitement, "Look what I found!"

In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight, With its petals all worn - not enough rain, or too little light. Wanting him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I faked a small smile and then shifted away.

But instead of retreating he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with surprise, "It sure smells pretty and it‘s beautiful, too. That‘s why I picked it; here, it‘s for you."

The weed before me was dying or dead. Not vibrant of colors, orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need."

But instead of him placing the flower in my hand, He held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then that I noticed for the very first time, that weed-toting boy could not see: he was blind.

I heard my voice quiver, tears shone like the sun. As I thanked him for picking the very best one. "You‘re welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, Unaware of the impact he‘d had on my day.

I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my self-indulged plight? Perhaps from his heart, he‘d been blessed with true sight.

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see beauty, and appreciate every second that‘s mine.

And then I held that wilted flower up to my nose and breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose And smiled as that young boy, another weed in his hand About to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.

导语：他将整个人生都献给了孤儿，为贫民的教育呕心沥血，这种无私的精神是高尚，伟大的。

裴斯泰洛齐(Johan Heinrich Pestalozzi，1746--1827)是19世纪瑞士著名的民主主义教育家。他热爱教育事业的奉献精神，对教育革新的执着追求，在教育理论上许多独创的论述，不仅为世界教育发展作出了重要贡献，而且为一切教育工作者树立了一个令人十分崇敬的形象。

早年受卢梭教育思想的影响，放弃神学研究，38岁开始从事一项教育贫苦儿童的计划，让学童一面纺织一面学习，以培养他们的自立能力。他深信每个人都有与生俱来的发展机能和受教育的平等权利。这项计划最后终于失败了，只是取得了一些宝贵的经验。由于自己的理想无法实现，他就转而从事写作。

1798的，瑞士爆发了资产阶级革命，建立了海尔维第(瑞士)共和国。在斯坦兹城，由于贵族和天主教教士的煽动，爆发了农民暴动，政府从法国借兵进行镇压，受到顽强抵抗。法军大肆烧杀，祸及无辜，斯坦兹城遭到了空前的浩劫，留下了111个老人和169个孤儿，还有237个儿童无家可归。

新政府决定在斯坦兹成立孤儿院，裴斯泰洛齐谢绝了友人所荐的高官厚禄，于12月5日毅然接受了政府的委托，负责孤儿院工作。当时他很兴奋，说道：“我为实现我一生的梦想，不惜牺牲一切，我的热情达到了那样的程度，几乎可以说：只要让我开始工作，即使在阿尔卑斯山的最高峰上，没有火、没有水的地方，都是可以的。”

裴斯泰洛齐到斯坦兹以后，把修道院改成孤儿院，收容了80个(此数由政府规定)孤儿，这些孤儿“大部分患有严重的疥癣，无法行走，头上长满溃烂的脓疮，身上穿着生满虱子的破烂衣服。个个面黄肌瘦，牙齿暴露，深锁愁眉，并以猜疑的目光望着人。头额上的皱纹充分表现了他们饱经忧患与疑虑的生涯。有的养成虚伪等恶习，难以纠正;有的受悲惨环境的折磨，虽然表面意志坚定，却猜疑、冷酷、胆怯……;懂得ABC的，十个中无法找到一个。”面对贫儿的这般境况，一般人早就会望而却步;裴斯泰洛齐却迎难而上，一心扑在了工作上。

除雇用一名妇女做饭以外，裴斯泰洛齐承担了孤儿院的一切工作。象慈父一样，他以极大的耐心和高度的责任感，把整个心灵献给了孤儿。他说;“从早到晚我一直生活在他们中间……，我的手牵着他们的手，我的眼睛注视着他们的眼睛，我随着他们流泪而流泪，随着他们微笑而微笑，他们不知有世界、有斯坦兹，只知道跟我形影不离。他们的饮食就是我的饮食。我没有家园、没有朋友、没有仆人，只有他们……，晚上我最后一个就寝，睡在他们中间，陪他们祈祷、读书，一直到他们睡着;早上我最早起床，替他们换洗脏衣服，并给他们洗涤身上的污垢。”

这位慈父以孤儿院为家，视孤儿们为亲儿子，在这个大家庭里，他充分发扬民主，培养孤儿们的道德习惯，并提高他们读、写、算的能力。

战乱再次降临了。1799年6月8日孤儿院被迫关闭(被法军征为野战医院)。裴斯泰洛齐为此声泪俱下，但无济于事。他因伤心与劳累过度，以致吐血。

裴斯泰洛齐在功成名就、成为世界名人之时，竟不顾高官厚禄的诱惑，以其崇高的品质，把整个心灵和爱心都献给了孤儿，为贫民的教育事业呕心沥血，这种无私的情怀，这种伟大的精神是常人无法理解的。

When a couple gets married, it is natural for them to receive wishes from

relatives and friends. Recently, a young couple showed the message of their

coming wedding, but the public criticized the man, because they believed he was

committing crime as he fell in love with a girl when she was 8 years old.

The man and the little girl’s story seems to be romantic. But thinking of

the girl’s young age when they met, and she was just a little girl, it is

unbelievable. Though now she is almost 18, their story worries so many parents.

They are so afraid of the negative information releases to the young children,

when they don’t know the concept of love. From 8 to 18, the girl’s growing

period is accompanied by this man who is much older than her, while I don’t

favor of this way.

The girl was misled by the wrong conception. Someone told her when she was

18, they would be married. As she is young and innocent, even she is 18, she

doesn’t have much chance to see the variety of the world. The way she sees the

world is misled by this elder man.

A child’s growing up should be natural and led by the right value.

我的记忆长河中，有许多事情我已经淡忘了，但是，有一件事却深深地记在我的心上，每当我想起，就不由得被其感动。

那是发生在暑假的事。妈妈带我去电业局交电费，这时，一位盲人老奶奶拄着拐杖一步一步地向服务员走来。她颤抖地从身上摸出一个小布包，慢慢打开，轻轻递给服务员说：“我想在家门口装一盏路灯。”“装路灯?可是你……”服务员看出这是一位盲人奶奶。“我是盲人，不需要什么路灯。可是，我坐在屋里听见外面有人走路摔倒，心就一阵阵的痛。所以我想在家门口装一个路灯。同志，这是我所有的积蓄，你看够不够。”

现场的人都被老奶奶的行为感动了，连空气都好像凝固了。等大家回过神来，老奶奶早已悄悄地离去了。

这位肓人奶奶看不到光明，却有满心阳光，她把阳光变成路灯，照亮我们。

Once upon a time there was a miser. He hid his gold under a tree. Every week he used to dig it up.

One night a robber stole all the gold. When the miser came again, he found nothing but an empty hole.

He was surprised, and then burst into tears.All the neighbors gathered around him. He told them how he used to come and visit his gold.

"Did you ever take any of it out?" asked one of them. "No," he said, "I only came to look at it." "Then come again and look at the hole," said the neighbor, "it will be the same as looking at the gold."

从前，有个守财奴将他的金块埋到一棵树下，每周他都去把他挖出来看看。

一天晚上，一个小偷挖走了所有的金块。 守财奴再来查看时，发现除了一个空洞什么都没有了。

守财奴便捶胸痛哭。哭声引来了邻居，他告诉他们这里原来有他的金块。

问明了原因后，一个邻居问："你使用过这些金块吗?" "没用过，" 他说，"我只是时常来看看。""那么，以后再来看这个洞，"邻居说，"就像以前有金块时一样。"

雄鹰

A boy found an eagles egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains.

"Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken replied, "Dont give it another thought. Thats the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!" And the eagle didnt give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!

一个小男孩发现了一只老鹰下的蛋，把它放进了一只山鸡的窝里。鹰被孵出来了，但他以为自己是一只山鸡。渐渐的他长大了，却做着山鸡所做的事---从泥土里寻找食物，做短距离的飞翔，翅膀还啪啪作响。生活非常沉闷，渐渐地鹰长大了，也越来越苦恼。有一天，他和他的山鸡朋友看见一只美丽的鸟在天空翱翔，飞的比山还高。

“哦，我要能飞的那么高该多好啊！”鹰说。山鸡回答说，“不要想了，那是凶猛无比的鹰，鸟中之王---你不可能像他一样！”于是鹰放弃了那个念头。他继续咯咯地叫，不停的抱怨生活。最后他死了，依然认为自己是一只山鸡。朋友们，你们天生就是雄鹰。造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鹰，所以不要听信山鸡的话！

所谓爱心，不过是人性的一种体现，换个姿态，平视爱心，发现爱心，爱心是可以相互传递的。

爱心的故事发生在一辆公交车上和一位老爷爷身上。有一天，我睡午觉醒来时，发现已经中午1点42分，心想，惨了，学英语的时间是下午2点，现在只有18分钟的时间就要上课了，我急急忙忙地背起书包，穿上鞋子，锁好门，飞奔向到公交车站。正好开来了一辆公交车，，车上人爆满，好不容易挤上去，却听到司机对我和一位老爷爷说：“你们当中有一个必须下去等下一班车，人太多，超载了。”老爷爷问：“小妹妹，背个书包到哪儿去?”“我要学英语，快要迟到了。”我焦急地说。老爷爷笑着说：“小妹妹，那你就先走，我下去等下班车吧。小妹妹要学英语不能迟到，我只是去逛街，早到晚到都一样。”老爷爷下车了，我对着老爷爷的背影感激地说：“谢谢你，老爷爷。”虽然老爷爷下车了，但他的那份爱心传递在车上和我的心里，那暖流瞬间在我的心里涌动。

爱心是一团火，它照亮别人的时候，也会温暖自己，一个人要是心中有爱，做什么事都会更理智地考虑，会想到这事对自己和对别人的影响，老爷爷用自己的行动温暖着我，感染着我，我默默地想我也会像老爷爷一样，将他的爱心传递下去。

[四年级作文：爱心的故事

记得是十五年前，读高中时，家里特穷，我在县城读书。从家里带的菜，只管到星期二，夏天管的时间更短。没有青菜吃，更不用说吃肉了。在这期间，我领略了贫穷的滋味。可就在这期间，我也发现了人间的温情。我的一个叔叔住在县城里，但家庭条件也不好。可是，他家却为我提供了一个较好的条件，就是我从家里带菜，像土豆、萝卜、黄瓜、白菜等。当我吃完了从家里带的菜后，他家就给我炒菜吃，三年，我几乎每个星期都能吃到青菜，有时，叔叔还会留我在他家吃一顿肉，让我度过了那些艰难的日子，后来，一想起这段日子，就觉得温馨无比，让我深深体会到：爱会给人留下的美好回忆。

教师节那天，一大群孩子争着给他送来了鲜花，卡片，千纸鹤……一张张小脸蛋洋溢着快乐，好像过节的不是老师倒是他们。

一张用硬纸做成的礼物很特别，硬纸板上画着一双鞋。看得出纸是自己剪的——周边很粗糙，图是自己画的——图形很不规则，颜色是自己涂的——花花绿绿的，老师能穿这么花的鞋吗?

上面歪歪扭扭地写着：“老师，这双皮鞋送给你穿。”看着署名像是一个女孩——这个班级他刚接手，一切都还不是很熟，从开学到教师节，也就是十天。

他把“鞋”认真地收起来，“礼轻情义重”啊!

节日很快就过去了，一天他在批改作文的时候，看到了这个女同学送给他的这双“鞋”的理由。

“别人都穿着皮鞋，老师穿的是布鞋，老师肯定很穷，我做了一双很漂亮的鞋子给他，不过那鞋不能穿，是画在纸上的，我希望将来老师能穿上真正的皮鞋。我没有钱，我有钱一定会买一双真皮鞋给老师穿的。”

这是一个不足十岁的小姑娘的心愿，他的心为之一动。但是，她怎么知道穿布鞋是穷人的标志?

他想问问她。

这是一个很明净的女孩子，一双眼睛清澈得没有任何杂质。当她站到他面前的时候，他似乎找到了答案。

他看见了她正穿着一双方口布鞋，鞋的周边开了花，这双布鞋显然与他脚上的这双布鞋不一样。

于是有了下面的问话。

爸爸在哪里上班?

爸爸在家，下岗了。

妈妈呢?

不知道……走了。

他再一次看了她脚上的布鞋，那一双开了花的布鞋。

他从抽屉里拿出那双“鞋”来。这时他感受出这双鞋的分量。

她问，老师你家里也穷吗?他说，老师家里不穷。你家里也不穷。

同学都说我家里穷。她说。

他说，你家里不穷，你很富有，你知道关心别人，送了那么好的礼物给老师。老师很高兴，你高兴吗?

她笑了。

和老师穿一样的鞋子，高兴吗?

她用力地点点头。

他带着她来到教室，他问大家老师为什么穿布鞋呢?有的同学说，好看。有的说，透气，因为自己的奶奶也穿布鞋。有的同学说健身，因为自己的爷爷打拳的时候都穿布鞋。很奇怪没有人说他穷。他说穿布鞋是一种风格，透气，舒适，有益健康。

后来这位老师告诉同学们，脚上穿着布鞋心里却装着别人，是最让老师感到幸福的!只有富有的人才能给予别人，才能给予别人幸福，能给予就不贫穷。

能给予就不贫穷，这句话一直让我回味。

在这个世界上，每个人都不缺少爱，只要有一双会发现的眼睛，其实爱就在我们的身边。这种爱有来自于父母的疼爱，有来自于老师的严爱，有来自于社会的关爱……

在我的家庭中，爱是无处不在的：脏了的衣服有人为我洗;美味的早餐有人为我做;上学的书包有人为我拿;雨中的折伞有人为我打……这个人就是我的妈妈。干渴时有人为我热牛奶;气馁时有人为我加油鼓励;委屈时有人为我擦泪;快乐时有人与我分享……这个人就是我的爸爸。每天，我都是这样享受着来自于父母的爱。

在学校里，老师的爱体现在对我们学习上的教导和成长道路上的引导，日复一日，年复一年，三尺讲台，是老师的谆谆教诲引领我们在知识的海洋里不断向前，有时会为我们照亮学习上坎坷不平的路;有时会让我们打开心灵的窗户;有时会让我们拥有精神的支柱;有时会给我们无穷的鼓励;有时会为我们的失败而显露的操心。而我们则以加倍的努力，来回报老师的关爱。

在社会这个大家庭里，简直就是一个爱的信息发布会。“爱心一日捐”、“中华骨髓库”、“希望工程”、“西部支援”……“爱”的信息如潮水般向我们涌来。就像一首歌中唱道：只要人人都献出一点爱，世界将变成美好的明天。

爱其实就像我们身边的阳光、空气和水一样，无处不在!让我们一起努力吧，让世界充满爱!

The Father and His Son

Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.

He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."

一位父亲有几个孩子，这些孩子时常发生口角。他丝毫没有办法来劝阻他们，只好让他们看看不合群所带来害处的例子。为了达到这个目的，有一天他叫他们替他拿一捆细柴来。当他们把柴带来时，他便先后地将那捆柴放在每一个孩子的手中，吩咐他们弄断这捆柴。他们一个个尽力去试，总是不能成功。

然后他解开那捆柴，一根根地放在他们手里，如此一来，他们便毫不费力地折断了。于是他就告诉他们说：「孩子们!如果你们大家团结一致，互相帮助，你们就像这捆柴一样，不能被你们的敌人折断;但如果你们自行，你们就将和这些散柴一般，不堪一折了。

我并不是一个十全十美的男孩，不过，我是个有爱心的少先队员。

说我有爱心，那可不是吹出来的。我不仅对人有爱心，乐意帮助需要帮助的人，我也对花花草草很有“怜香惜玉”之情哦。

我们家阳台上种有许多植物，芦荟、仙人掌、蟹爪兰……但是，我最喜欢的还是那株小小的含羞草。

它生来就十分害羞。你轻轻碰它一下，它就会立刻害羞地耷下枝条，收起舒展的叶子，活像个低着头的腼腆的小姑娘。我每天都不会忘记给它浇水，放学回家都会轻声向它问好，非常小心地看着它在傍晚的霞光中开心自如的样子，就连呼吸时我也会小心地不让我呼出来的气吓着它。

可是，有一次，邻居的一个小朋友来我家玩。他竟然不停的扯掉我的含羞草的叶子，我见到后，急了：这顽皮的孩子!

我连忙制止他：“你为什么要扯掉它的叶子!”

他漫不经心地说：“我只是觉得无聊，想看看扯掉它的叶子，它还能不能害羞。如此而已。”

“它也是有生命的呀，你这样就等于残害它的生命呀!”我气得发抖。

“你敢说你不吃动物的肉，不吃青菜?”他很不服气地无理取闹。

我一本正经，义正词严地说：“我也许说不过你，但是，我希望你能够爱护自然界那些微小的生命，做个有爱心的人。”

他最终还是似懂非懂的点头答应了。

从小做个有爱心的人，多好。

“霍！”身边的人说，“这人真老。”“老成啥样了，司机竟然还准上车，真是……”后面一串话没听见，因为我被这老人的年龄震住了。

他苍颜白发，佝偻着腰。神那，最起码都890十了呀，还准上车，我对这司机无语了。真是个活宝呀。啥都敢放上车，真牛。我服了。实现转到那个老人身上。他在那站着，对此我那时也没啥想法，为什么呢，就因为他比我迟上了20分钟。这就是规矩，没道德的人车上的规矩。只见他扶着扶手，慢慢“挪”到一个貌似是军人的身边（因为他穿着军服，所以我认为这就是军人了。）说了句：“请问可以为我这个老头让一下座位吗，走了十里路了，困了，想歇一下，请问可以吗？”那个男的没说什么，把头撞向窗外，默默的看着远方白茫茫的大雪。老人被无视了。

站了一会，一个小女孩走过来拉了拉老人的衣角“爷爷，坐我那吧。”“谢谢。”说着又瞪了那个男人一眼，转身走了我突然想到了一句名词“风萧萧兮易水寒，老人一去不复还，想了想，哈哈笑起来。身边的人都是一副看神经病的眼神看着我，我脸上的笑容冻结了。无奈，空悲切。

很快车到站了，是第一站。那个一直看着窗外的男子起来了。人们都看着他，小声的议论着。他刚走了两步，忽然一阵冷风袭面，我打了个颤，又停了一下那个男的走出去了人们一直看着他的背影。嗯？他的背咋看着这莫湿呢？转头看着他刚坐的座位，我呆住了。

只见那个玻璃烂了一个超大的洞，几乎就烂完了。我的眼睛湿润了，原来他一直是用身体为车上的人挡住寒冷啊。

有一个人上来了，我起身让她坐在那，然后就默默的站在一边，人们夸奖我的话也没听见去，因为那个人挡住的不是为了别人的夸奖，甚至可以忍受那样的眼神，我自认为我对不起那几声感谢……

陕西西安户县蒋村中学初三:一点印象

[以身边的爱心故事命题的作文

他是家喻户晓的主持人，他主持风格幽默风趣，他为人也特别爱帮助别人，他就是崔永元。

2007年8月10日，央视著名主持人崔永元随中国青少年发展基金会来到宁夏永宁县望远镇政权村，主持“共享一份爱，同圆一个梦”大型公益活动，来自宁夏的35名贫困大学生是《圆梦行动》节目的特别嘉宾。崔永元18年前去过宁夏，对今天的宁夏已经很陌生了，这次有机会去那里，他想都没想就答应了。离开北京时，他想不能空着手去，所以随身带上了1万元爱心款。

在主持节目中，崔永元和每一位一上台讲话的贫困学子拥抱。第一家企业捐款后，崔永元拿出一个信封，“这是我背着爱人攒的1万元钱，我也要捐给青基会，圆贫困大学生的梦。”他转过身以其惯有的幽默方式说道：“你们可别告诉我爱人啊。”他的话逗乐了全场的人。

虽然是一句幽默的调侃，但恰恰反映了崔永元低调而不愿张扬的处世态度。据敬一丹等主持人透露，这些年来，崔永元给慈善机构捐过不少钱，还先后资助了20多名学生，而在2007年年初结束的大型电视活动《我的长征》中，也是一路行走，一路行善。有这样一串数字：一路上节目组筹集慈善捐款1500万元，帮助了230所学校，新建了20所小学，慰问了360多位老红军，修复了多个无名烈士墓。每次捐款，崔永元都只有一个要求，就是不要宣传。在面对记者的探询时，他也总是说：“我很少做善事的，非常少。”崔永元这样理解慈善的意义：做慈善是帮助别人，也是拯救自己。在他看来，对做慈善的人，不要一个劲儿地夸他们，相信他们也从中得到了很多，比如乐观的心态、宽容的心境、不屈的意志，这些都是帮助别人时所收获的珍贵礼物。正是抱着这种真诚而平和的心态，在捐款资助贫困学生时，崔永元总是极力维护对方的自尊心，减轻对方的心理负担。

1988年的一天，当时还在中央人民广播电台《午间半小时》工作的崔水元正在拆看群众来信，一封信里隽永的字体吸引了他。那是一封高中学生的来信，信中说他马上要参加高考了，但是家里很穷，即使考上大学，也没钱读。他写信来，就是想在回乡前和他所喜欢的电台节目告个别。

看了这封信，崔永元想，这孩子的字写得这么好，学习成绩也应该很好吧，如果就因为缺钱上不了大学，太可惜了。他马上拿起电话按学生所留的地址和学校联系，核实情况后，崔水元决定资助这个学生。后来那位学生考上了黑龙江大学，崔水元先后资助他学费生活费共3000多元，直到他大学毕业。

转眼，10年过去了，崔水元从幕后走到了台前，成了人们喜爱的主持人，而他也把做过的这件好事忘得差不多了。1998年，当他到黑龙江为自己的新书《不过如此》作签售时，一位老人突然跪在他面前，接着便哭了起来。后来才知道，这位老人正是他资助的那位学生的父亲。他特意赶过来，就是要当面感谢这个改变他儿子命运的人。

后来，崔永元每次到黑龙江，那位受过他资助的年轻人都会买贵重的礼物去看他。崔永元看出来了，年轻人这样做是在不断地还债，他总觉得自己欠崔永元的，一直背负着感恩与还债的双重心理负担。

崔水元说：“挣钱了吗?挣钱了就把钱还我吧。”年轻人立即从兜里掏出了3000元，交给崔永元。“两清了，你不再欠我什么，以后我们都放下包袱，各自过好自己的生活。”说完这些话，崔永元没再与他联系过。

Bob Richards, the former pole-vault champion, shares a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart.

Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere. At all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played.

This teenager lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. Even though the son was always On the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game. This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to encourage him but also made it very clear that he did not have to play football if he didn‘t want to.

But the young man loved football and decided to hang in there He was determined to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he‘d get to play when he became a senior. All through high school he never missed a practice nor a game but remained a bench-warmer all four years. His faithful father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him. When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a "walk-on." Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did.

The coach admitted that he kept him on the roster because he always puts his heart and soul to every practice, and at the same time, provided the other members with the spirit and hustle they badly needed.

The news that he had survived the cut thrilled him so much that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his father. His father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games. This persistent young athlete never missed practice during his four years at college, but he never got to play in a game.

It was the end of his senior football season, and as he trotted onto the practice field shortly before the big playoff game, the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and he became deathly silent. Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, "My father died this morning. Is it all right if I miss practice today?" The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, "Take the rest of the week off, son. And don‘t even plan to come back to the game on Saturday."

Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. In the third quarter,when the team was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly slipped into the empty locker room and put on his football gear. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were astounded to see their faithful teammate back so soon. "Coach, please let me play. I‘ve just got to play today," said the young man. The coach pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted his worst player in this close playoff game. But the young man persisted, and finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in. "All right," he said."You can go in." Before long, the coach, the players and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes. This little unknown, who had never played before was doing everything right. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, he passed, blocked, and tackled like a star. His team began to triumph. The score was soon tied. In the closing seconds of the game, this kid intercepted a pass and ran all the way for the winning touchdown. The fans broke loose. His teammates hoisted him onto their shoulders. Such cheering you never heard.

Finally, after the stands had emptied and the team had showered and left the locker room, the coach noticed that this young man was sitting quietly in the corner all alone The coach came to him and said, " Kid, I can‘t believe it. You were fantastic! Tell me what got into you? How did you do it?"

He looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind?" The young man swallowed hard and forced a smile, "Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!"

Like the athlete‘s father, God is always there cheering for us. He‘s always reminding us to go on. He‘s even offering us His hand for He knows what is best, and is willing to give us what we need and not simply what we want. GOD has never missed a single game. What a joy to know that life is meaningful if lived for the Highest. Live for HIM for He‘s watching us in the game of life!

以下是少儿英语频道为大家整理的《100字伊索寓言英语小故事：替猫戴上铃铛》，供大家参考。更多内容请看本站少儿英语频道。

Kitty the Cat is eating all the mice. The mice are afraid to come out of their mouseholes.

猫咪凯蒂几乎吃光了所有的老鼠。老鼠们都非常害怕，不敢踏出鼠洞半步。

Kitty: Meow… I got you, little mouse.

凯蒂：喵呜……我抓住你了，小老鼠。

Little Joe: Oh, please, Kitty! Let me go. I am too small to eat.

小乔伊：哦，求求你了，凯蒂!放我走吧。我太小了，不够你吃的。

Kitty: I don’t mind. I am very hungry right now. (gulp!)

凯蒂：没关系。我现在太饿了。(一口吞下小老鼠!)

Kitty the Cat eats poor Little Joe and looks around for another mouse.

猫咪凯蒂吃掉了可怜的小乔伊。又继续四处寻找其他的老鼠。

Kitty: That was delicious. But I’m still not full. I need another one. Meow…

凯蒂：味道真不错。可是我还是没饱，我得再找一只。喵呜……

Lenny and Theodore are also mice. They see everything.

伦尼和西奥多也是老鼠，他们目睹了这一切。

Lenny: Did you see that, Theodore?

伦尼:你看到了吗，西奥多?

Theodore: I sure did, Lenny. It was terrible.

西奥多:我看到了，伦尼。太可怕了。

Lenny: Kitty is getting fatter and fatter every day. She is eating more and more.

伦尼:凯蒂一天比一天胖。她越吃越多。

Theodore: Soon she will eat all of us. We need to do something.

西奥多:很快她就会把我们都吃光。我们必须采取行动。

Lenny: You’re right. But what can we do?

伦尼:你说得对。但是我们该怎么做呢?

Theodore: Let’s have a meeting first. Tell all the mice to come to my house tonight.

西奥多:我们先开个会。告诉所有的老鼠今晚到我家来。

Lenny: Don’t worry. I’ll tell everyone to come. We’ll all be there.

伦尼:你放心吧。我去叫所有的人来。我们大家都会到。

Helen Keller once wrote about these early days.

One beautiful spring morning I was alone in my room, reading. Suddenly a wonderful smell in the air made me get up and put out my hands . The spirit of spring seemed to be passing in my room. "What is it?"I asked. The next minute I knew it was coming from mimosa tree outside. I walked outside to the edge of the garden, toward the tree. There it was, shaking in the warm sunshine. Its long branches, so heavy with flowers, almost touched the ground. I walked through the flowers to the tree itself and then just stood silent. Then I put my foot on the tree and pulled myself up into it. I climbed higher and higher until I reached a little seat. Long ago someone had put it there. I sat for a long time... Nothing in all the world was like this.

Later Helen learned that nature could be cruel as well as beautiful. Strangely enough she discovery this in a different kind of tree.

One day my teacher and I were returning from a long walk. It was a fine morning but it started to get warm and heavy. We stopped to rest two or three times. Our last stop was under a cherry tree, a short way from our house. The shade was nice and the tree was easy to climb. Miss Sullivan climbed with me. It was so coot up in the tree, we decided to have lunch there. I promised to sit still until she went to the house for some food. Suddenly a change came over the tree. I knew the sky was black because all the heat which meant light to me had died out of the air. A strange odor came up to me from the earth . I knew it. It was the odor which always comes before a thunder storm. I felt alone, cut off from friends, high above the firm earth. I was frightened and wanted my teacher. wanted to get down from that tree quickly, but I was no help to myself. There was a moment of terrible silence. Then a sudden and violent wind began to shake the tree and its leaves kept coming down all around me. I almost fell. I wanted to jump, but was afraid to do so. I tried to make myself small in the tree as the branches rubbed against me. Just us I thought that both the tree and I were going to fall, a hand touched me . It was my teacher. I held her with all my strength, then shook with joy to feel the solid earth under my feet.

Miss Sullivan stayed with Helen for many year. She taught Helen how to read, how to write and how to speak. She helped her to get ready for school and college. More than anything, Helen wanted to do what others did, and do it just as well. In time Helen did go to college and completed her studies with high honors. But it was a hard struggle. Few of the books she needed were written in the Braille language that the blind could read by touching pages. Miss Sullivan and others had to teach her what was in these books by forming words in her hands. The study of geometry and physics was especially difficult. Helen could only learn about squares, triangles and other geometrical forms by making them with wires. She kept feeling the different shapes of these wires until she could see them in her mind.

During her second year college Miss Keller wrote the story of her life and what a college meant to her. This is what she wrote.

My first day at Radcliffe college was of great interest. Some powerful force inside me made me test my mind. I wanted to learn if it was as good as that of others. I learned many things at college. One thing I slowly learned was that knowledge does not just mean power, as some people say. Knowledge leads to happiness because to have it is to know what is true and real. To know what great man of the past had thought, said, and done is to feel the heartbeat of humanity down through the ages.

All of Helen Kellers knowledge reached her mind through her sense of touch and smell, and of course her feelings. To know a flower was to touch it, feel it and smell it. This sense of touch became greatly developed as she got older. She once said that hands speak almost as loudly as words. She said the touch of some hands frightened her. The people seemed so empty of joy that when she touched their cold fingers it is as if she were shaking bands with a storm. She found the hands of others full of sunshine and warmth. Strangely enough Helen Keller learned to love things she could not hear, music for example. She did this through her sense of touch. When waves of air beat against her, she felt them. Sometimes she put her hand to a singers throat. She often stood for hours with her hands on a piano while it was played. Once she listened to an organ. Its powerful songs made her moved her body in rhythm with the music. She also liked to go to museums. She thought she understood sculptures as well as others. Her fingers told her the true size and the feel of the material.

What did Helen Keller think of herself, what did she think about the tragic lost of her sight and hearing. This is what she wrote as a young girl.

Sometimes a sense of loneliness covers me like a cold mist. I sit alone, and wait at life s shut-door. Beyond there is light and music and sweet friendship. But I may not enter. Silence sits heavy upon my soul. Then comes hope with a sweet smile and said

softly " There is joy in forgetting oneself And so I tried to make the light in others eyes my sun, the music in others ears my symphony, the smile on others lips my happiness.

Helen Keller was tall and strong. When she spoke, her face looked very alive. It helped to give meaning to her words. She often felt the faces of close friends when she was talking to them to discover their feelings. She and Miss Sullivan both were known for their sense of humor. They enjoyed jokes and laughing at funny things that happened to themselves or others. Helen Keller had to work hard to support herself after she finished college. She spoke to many groups around the country. She wrote several books and she made one movie based on her life. Her main goal was to increase public interest in the difficulties of people with physical problems. The work Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan did has been written and talked about for many years. Their success showed how people can conquer great difficulties. Anne Sullivan died in 1936, blind herself. Before Miss Sullivan died, Helen wrote and said many kind things about her.

It was the genius of my teacher, her sympathy, her love which made my first years of education so beautiful. My teacher is so near to me that I do not think of myself as a part from her. All the best of me belongs to her. Everything I am today was awakened by her loving touch .

Helen Keller died on June 1st, 1968. She was 87 year old. Her message of courage and hope remains.

The Wolf and the Lamb故事

真的小猛士：美国9岁男孩徒手斗鳄鱼

A brave 9-year-old is recovering in hospital after he wrestled a 9-foot, 400lb alligator off him with his bare hands - and he now plans to make a necklace from a tooth doctors found embedded in a wound on his back.

美国佛罗里达州一名9岁的小男孩，在湖中游泳时，遭到一条长9英尺(约2.7米长)、重400磅(约180多公斤)的短吻鳄袭击，赤手与其搏斗之后，小男孩身上多处受伤，目前正在医院治疗中。医生从他背部的伤口里取出一颗短吻鳄的牙齿，小男孩表示想把它做成项链。

James Barney Jr, spoke calmly and eloquently about his ordeal from hospital, where he was tucked up in bed with a teddy bear by his side. He was covered in some 30 teeth marks, doctors said.

小男孩名叫小詹姆斯·巴尼，他在医院里平静、生动地讲述了自己与短吻鳄搏斗的经历，在他床边还放有一只泰迪熊。医生说，小詹姆斯全身有30多处牙印。

The little boy described how it was a hot day so he had parked his bike and jumped into Lake Tohopekaliga - a lake that people are forbidden to swim in - when he felt something brush against his leg.

小詹姆斯说那天特别热，于是他就把自行车停在一旁自己跳进了托霍普卡莱加湖，这个湖是禁止人们在里面游泳的，刚一进去他就感觉有东西擦到他的腿了。

It really amazed me what happened. At first, I thought someone was just playing with me, and I didnt know what happened, he told ABC.

“后来发生的事情真的让我大吃一惊。但开始的时候，我以为是有人在跟我闹着玩，我并不知道发生了什么事情。”他告诉(ABC)的记者。

I reached down to grab it, and I felt its jaw, I felt its teeth, and I didnt know what to do, so I immediately reacted and hit it a couple times. And I had enough strength to pry its jaw open. The child pulled the powerful jaws open long enough to slide out and swim to shore.

[英语寓言故事之The Wolf and the Lamb

冬天。寒风凛冽。在公交车上。

公交车上的人先是寥寥无几，接着陆陆续续地人渐渐多了，不一会儿就满座了。窗户紧紧地闭着，外面的寒风无法再向我袭来，可我依旧感到冷冷的，似乎缺少了什么。

车缓缓地停了下来，一位老大爷迈着蹒跚的步子走了上来，他左顾右盼着，眼神中像在等待什么。他的眼神忽然定了下来，迈起了步子。我呆呆地望着，这老大爷要做什么呢?他在一个中年人面前停了下来，礼貌的说道：“先生，能不能让我这老头子坐坐，你看，人老了，站着不方便呀。”中年人斜着看了大爷一眼，接着便扭着头向窗外看去。老人被无视了。老大爷失望了，静静地呆在一旁。车里不一会儿就炸开了锅，都在议论那中年人的不是，可谁也没有起身让座。我见这番景象，不知怎的，好像更冷了。

“在公交车上要给老人让座”这是从小学开始众所皆知的，为何没有一人起身让座。

“老爷爷，过来过来，我这给你坐吧。”蓦然，一声童稚的声音在车内环绕，环绕在车内的每一个人心里。我寻声望去，一个扎着两个小辫子的小女孩正拉着老大爷的衣襟往她的座位走去。“老爷爷您坐着，我站这。”大家见这情景，都在称赞那个小女孩那么懂事，而那个中年人低着头，一声不语，陷入了沉思。

小女孩扶着座椅的后面，身子摇摇晃晃，那两跟小辫子更是调皮地左右扭动，是在夸赞小女孩。不久，中年人站了起来，默默地走向小女孩，轻轻把她抱了起来放在了他自己的座位上，自己站在了一旁。“谢谢”中年人获得了小女孩的感谢，他笑了，很灿烂。

渐渐地，心中充满了暖意，刚刚的寒冷已不见踪影。接着只要上来了有老人小孩，大家都争先恐后的起身让坐，变成了车里满座位上都是老人小孩，站着的都是中年人。望着，我不禁笑了，原来世界因爱而温暖。

无论天气多寒冷，只要爱心伴随身边，再寒冷的冬天也温暖。

父子二人经过五星级饭店门口，看到一辆十分豪华的进口轿车。

儿子不屑地对他的父亲说：「坐这种车的人，肚子里一定没有学问!」

父亲则轻描淡写地回答：说这种话的人，口袋里一定没有钱

(注：你对事情的看法，是不是也反映出你内心真正的态度?)

After his father five-star hotel door and saw a very luxury imported cars.

Son of disdain for his father, said: "The people who take such a vehicle, necessarily Moyouxuewen stomach!"

Father answered lightly: say such things, certainly no money pocket

(Note: Your view of things, is not it also reflects the real attitude of your heart?)

Let me take it down

An elephant said to a mouse ,"no doubt that you are the smallest znd most useless thing that Ihave e ver seen ."

"Pless ,say it again .Let me take it down ."the mouse said ."I will tell a flea what I know."

为我所用

一头大象对一只小老鼠说：“你无疑是我见过的最小、最没用的东西。”

“请再说一遍，让我把它记下来。”老鼠说。“我要讲给我认识的一只跳蚤听。

Teacher:Why are you late for school every morning?

Tom:Every time I come to the corner,a sign says,"School-Go slow".

老师:为什么你每天早晨都迟到?

汤姆:每当我经过学校的拐角处,僦看见一个牌子仩写着"学校----慢行".

(只为成功找方法，不为失败找理由)

The so-called Eight Immortals refers to the eight immortal, they are: torrent, Han Chung, Lan Tsai, Chang, old, Xiangu, Han Xiang, obviously drunk and Lu Tung-pin.

One day, the Queen Mother of the West Eight Immortals birthday celebration back from the clouds over the East China Sea through, I saw choppy sea, Bailangtaotian, it is truly spectacular. Thus, the Eight Immortals decided to go to the sea and play.

Lu Tung-pin, said: "Everyone threw their treasures on the sea, it is crossed by the sea, comparison and who is more supernatural powers, how?"

Tieguaili first welcomed the recommendation, high-spirited mood he said: "Well you look at me!!" Put the crutches toward the sea, crutches like a boat floating in the water, a torrent somersault, turned upright on crutches.

Han Chung then put his palm-leaf fan thrown into the sea, standing on the top jump.

Subsequently, several other fairy also recount, Chang, old riding a donkey down, marching Lu Tung-pin male and female sword, Xiao Han Xiangzi sitting, riding Xiangu flowers, blue and standing on the green light, obviously drunk stepping jade, are floating up in the sea.

Eight Immortals secure in the surging waves along the drift, which clouds feel different, do not have a new stimulus and atmosphere, we really played with pleasure.

In this case, obviously drunk suddenly points to the right hand, and shouted:

"We see ah! There seat mirage!"

We turned around and saw a gradually rising mountains from the sea, the mountains there are trees, there are buildings, while on the up in the air, the clouds slowly into the horizon, a flash, a cloud that has been scattered by the wind a.

Han Xiang said: "We do not really treat shallow sea dragon mirage gas is booed out of gas, a rare century ah!!"

Suddenly, the blue and disappeared from them. We wait and see far and near, while calling to find, but I could not see blue and traces of old Chang guess, he said:

"East China Sea Dragon King might be trouble, he did not welcome us his prowess at sea, the blue and caught underwater to go, we go together to the underwater dignitaries go!"

We came to the Dragon Palace, Dragon King politely request release. Dragon unreasonable, not only refused, but also sent his sons to lead the minor players to kill the Eight Immortals. Eight Immortals had to use magic to carry a weapon, resisting many small, after a fierce battle, two were the Eight Immortals Dragon Prince killed.

A dragon, his two sons were killed the Eight Immortals, really extreme grief, please South China Sea, West Sea, North Sea Dragon King to help. Dragon King ton of bricks, the Eight Immortals also riled. Torrent wine gourd sea water absorbance, and the remaining few will be immortal Tarzan moved over to fling the East China Sea, the East China Sea became an immediate high.

The two sides played incredibly hard, sun and the moon light, the Lao, and Avalokiteshvara Buddha also alarmed, they all came to mediation. The results of mediation is, by the blue and the East China Sea Dragon King sent two Jade, as compensation for killing two Prince Tarzan moved back by Kannon responsible place.

Because of a dispute, the Eight Immortals Jade Emperor was downgraded first-class. Since then, the Eight Immortals no longer afraid to stir up trouble to the outside.

所谓八仙是指八位仙人，他们分别是：铁拐李、汉钟离、蓝采和、张果老、何仙姑、韩湘子、曹国舅和吕洞宾。

有一天，八仙向西王母拜寿回来，腾云驾雾从东海上空经过，只见海上波涛汹涌，白浪滔天，煞是壮观。于是，八仙决定到海面上玩一玩。

吕洞宾说：“大家把自己的宝物扔到海面上，借着它渡过大海，比一比谁更有神通，怎么样？”

铁拐李首先对这一建议表示欢迎，他兴致昂扬地说：“好啊！大家先看我的！”便把拐杖投向海中，拐杖像一条小船漂浮在水面，铁拐李一个筋斗，翻立在拐杖上。

接着汉钟离把他的芭蕉扇丢到海上，跳下去站在上面。

接着，其他几位仙人也各显神通，张果老倒骑着毛驴，吕洞宾踏着雌雄宝剑，韩湘子坐着萧，何仙姑乘着花篮，蓝采和站在拍板上，曹国舅踩着玉版，都在海面上漂浮了起来。

八仙安稳地顺着汹涌的波浪漂去，这与腾云驾雾感觉大不相同，别有一番新的刺激和情调，大家玩得好不快意。

这时，曹国舅突然用手指向右边，并高声喊道：

“大家看啊！那里有座海市蜃楼！”

大家转头一看，只见一座仙山渐渐地从海里升起，山上有树木，有楼房，一会儿就升到半空中，慢慢地变成天边的浮云，一转眼，那浮云又被风吹散了。

韩湘子说：“我们真是眼福不浅！蜃气是海里蛟龙嘘出来的气体 ，百年难得一见啊！”

突然 ，蓝采和从他们当中消失了。大家远近观望，一边找一边喊，可就是不见蓝采和的踪迹，张果老猜说：

“可能是东海龙王作怪，他不欢迎我们在他的海上大显神通，把蓝采和抓到龙宫去了，走 我们一起到龙宫要人去！”

大家来到龙宫，婉言请求龙王放人。龙王蛮不讲理，不但不肯，还派自己的几个儿子带领虾兵蟹将追杀八仙。八仙只得用随身的法宝当武器，抵抗虾兵蟹将，经过一场激烈的战斗之后，龙王的两个太子被八仙杀死了。

龙王一听，自己的两个儿子被八仙杀了，真是悲愤至极，商请南海、西海、北海龙王来帮忙。龙王的不依不饶，把八仙也给惹火了。铁拐李用酒葫芦把海水吸光，其余几位仙人将泰山搬了过来，往东海一扔，东海立刻变成了一座高 。

双方打得天昏地暗，日月无光，把太上老君、如来佛和观世音也惊动了，他们全都赶来调解。调解的结果是，由蓝采和送东海龙王两片玉版，作为杀两位太子的补偿泰山则由观世音负责搬回原处。

因为这一场纠纷，八仙被玉皇大帝降级一等。从此，八仙再也不敢到外面惹是生非了。