袋鼠与笼子是一个管理方面的寓言故事，富有深刻的哲理。动物园管理员为了不让袋鼠从笼子中逃出去，一味地加高笼子，却一直没有关上笼子的门。当局者清，旁观者迷，这篇寓言告诉我们做事要细心，思考要全面，而不能只经过片面的思考就得出结论。

类型

　　寓意故事、管理故事、哲理故事

原文

　　一天动物园管理员发现袋鼠从笼子里跑出来了，于是开会讨论，一致认为是笼子的高度过低。所以他们决定将笼子的高度由原来的10米加高到20米。结果第二天他们发现袋鼠还是跑到外面来，所以他们又决定再将高度加高到30米。

　　没想到隔天居然又看到袋鼠全跑到外面，于是管理员们大为紧张，决定一不做二不休，将笼子的高度加高到100米。一天长颈鹿和几只袋鼠们在闲聊，"你们看，这些人会不会再继续加高你们的笼子?"长颈鹿问。"很难说。"袋鼠说:"如果他们再继续忘记关门的话!"

　　英文翻译：

　　One day the staff members of a zoo called a meeting to discuss the problem--how to deal with the kangaroos that were found out of the cage. They came to the conclusion that the cage was placed too low and decided to raise it from one to two meters high. 

　　But the next day the kangaroos were still at large and they again raised the cage to three ***.quite beyond their expectation the next morning they saw the kangaroos still free to go about. 

　　They were alarmed and determined to go to all the length by raising the cage to the height of ten ***.later a giraffe, while chatting with some kangaroos, asked them, “Do you think they will go on raising your cage?”

　　“Hard to say,” said a kangaroo, “if they continue forgetting to fasten the cage door.”

寓意

　　启示:事有"本末"、"轻重"、"缓急"，关门是本，加高笼子是末，舍本而逐末，当然就不得要领了。管理是什么?管理就是先分析事情的主要矛盾和次要矛盾，认清事情的"本末"、"轻重"、"缓急"，然后从重要的方面下手。