Ah me! If only I had a dear little child who had skin as white as the snow, lips as rosy as the blood, and hair as black as the ebony window-frame. and she was therefore called Little Snow-White. Mirror, mirror upon the wall, Who is the fai...
May I come in, Master Browny? I want to see your beautiful new house. Who are you? I am a great friend come to call on you, No, no, replied Browny, I dont believe you are a friend. You are the wicked fox, against whom our mother had warned u...
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Bat falling upon the ground was caught by a Weasel, ofwhom he earnestly besought his life. The Weasel refused,saying, that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. TheBat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, andthus saved his lif...
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 h...
Wolf, having a bone stuck in his throat, hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his throat, and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone, and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his te...
Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on, to give them such beautiful ***s. They replied, The dew. The Ass resolved that...
Wolf meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea, which should justify to the Lamb himself his right to eat him. He thus addressed him:Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me....
THELIONANDTHEMOUSE LionwasawakenedfromsleepbyaMouserunningoverhisface.Risingupinanger,hecaughthimandwasabouttokillhim,whentheMousepiteously entreated,saying:Ifyouwouldonlysparemylife,Iwouldbesuretorepayyourkindness.TheLionlaughedandlethim...
Children' Day in Turkey is very special. 在儿童节这天,土耳其的孩子可以当总统! The kid helps to run the government for a whole day. 孩子们还可以担任政府的其他重要职务。 They hold meetings to talk about ch...
Pirate's Treasure--Written by Carol Moore Ten steps from the porch and twenty steps from the rose bushes, growled Bluebeard in Jimmy's dream one night. There be treasure there! Aawrgh. So the next day Jimmy began to dig. He dug until the ho...
下雨了,外面黑黑的,做什么呢? 芭比的故事时间开始了 It is a dark and rainy night. Barbie is reading in her bed. Kelly and Stacie run in. Tell us a story, Barbie, says Stacie. Barbie looks around. She sees a bunn...
兔子的耳朵很长,除了听声音,这对长耳朵还有没有别的用处呢?Jacky is not sure about the answer. So he decides to ask the rabbits themselves. 说兔子,兔子到!大耳朵兔Mr. Ears过来了,我们去打个招...
An Archer, hunting in the woods, was so successful with his arrows that he killed many of the wild animals. This frightened the rest so much that they ran into the densest part of the bushes to hide. At last the Tiger stood up, and pretendi...
An Indian farmer and his child were toiling in the fields. It was almost dark by the time they had finished their work and the farmer said to the child, Wow! It's getting dark! Quickly pack up the tools and run. Let's run quickly! 有一个印...
愚公移山 (How Yu Gong Moved Away Two High Mountains) There were two high mountains between Jizhou in the south and Heyang in the north. One was called Taihang Mountain and the other Wangwu Mountain. Both of the mountains were very hi...
The vixen and the lioness One morning when a vixen was taking her babies out of the lair, she saw a lioness and her cub. Why do you have only one child, dear dame? asked the vixen. Look at my healthy and numerous children here, and imagine,...
My Home Town My home town is a beautiful place. It stands beside a wide river and is rich in fish and rice. But in the old days it was a poor and backward little town. Many people had no work. They lived a hard life. In 1949 my hometown was...
The Willful Child Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Once upon a time there was a child who was willful and did not do what his mother wanted. For this reason God was displeased with him and caused him to become ill, and no doctor could help him, and...
So long as you have put a GREat deal of effort, you can grind an iron rod into a needle-Perseverance spells success This legend is about Li Bai, a GREat poet in Tang Dynasty. Li Bai was naughty and disliked study when he was a child. One day...
Skill comes from practice During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a skilled archer. One day he drew a big crowd while he was practicing on the drill ground. He shot so accurately that the on-lookers cheered with excitement. He became ver...
Ten steps from the porch and twenty steps from the rose bushes,growled Bluebeard in Jimmy's dream one night. There be treasure there! Aawrgh. So the next day Jimmy began to dig. He dug until the hole was deep and the dirt pile was high. He k...
Once upon a time there was a hen who wanted to grow carrots. So she planted some carrot seeds on her garden. The carrot seeds GREw and grew. They grew and grew and grew. One day the hen went out to check her carrots. She could not believe he...
HOST: Nick` s at Theo` s new house. Theo` s unpacking boxes. And Nick` s helping Theo. NICK: Hey, Theo, where` s the clock? THEO: Uhit` s in that boxover there. Put the clock on the night table, next to the bed, please. NICK:...
Peter Cottontail and the Great Mitten Hunt It was the day before Easter and Peter Cottontail was very busy.As the Chief Easter Bunny,it was his job to hide all the eggs for all the Easter egg hunts around the world. 时间是复活节之前,...
One day, a little m is playing by the well. 一天,有只小猴子在井边玩儿。 He looks in the well and shouts : 它往井里一瞧,高喊道: Oh !My god! The moon has fallen into the well! 噢!我的天!月亮掉到井里头啦...
In ancient China, most people were very superstitious. They didnt visit a doctor but went for a necromancer when they were sick. At that time the doctors couldnt treat mania and withdrawal but the necromancer did. So, people preferred the ne...
Little Bear woke and the world was white. Where have all the colors gone?he cried,for he had never seen such a white and wintry world before. But the wind only answered with silence. Then out of the snow came Lynx. He held orange leaves in h...