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日期：2020-05-11 once upon a time, there was a peaceful kingdom. the king heard rumors that barbarians were going to attack his castle soon. so he called his two favorite pets - the huge grey goose and gander. my dear goose and gander, our kingdom is in danger. take... 阅读全文>> 日期：2020-05-11 georgie porgie was a cheeky little boy. he liked to tease people especially little girls. one afternoon, he went to the park near his house. he found a little girl and tried to kiss her. the girl cried and sobbed because she did not like georgie. th... 阅读全文>> 日期：2020-05-09 one fine morning, a hunter was getting ready to go hunting. before departing, he went to see his little baby. his baby was awake in a baby crib. he looked at his babys blanket and thought the blanket might not be thick enough for the coming winter.... 阅读全文>> 日期：2020-05-09 one day, betty botter wanted to bake a cake. she bought some cheap butter to bake it. but something was wrong with the butter. this butter is bitter, said betty botter as she tasted the butter. if i put it in my cake batter, it will make the batter... 阅读全文>> 日期：2020-05-07 there was a grocery shop in a town. plenty of mice lived in that grocery shop. food was in plenty for them. they ate everything and spoiled all the bags. they also wasted the bread, biscuits and fruits of the shop. the grocer got really worried. so,... 阅读全文>> 日期：2020-05-07 one afternoon, a little boy had lost his puppy. he looked under his bed. he looked all over his house. but still there was no puppy. finally, he looked for his puppy in the garden. after a few hours, he still could not find the puppy. the little boy... 阅读全文>> 日期：2020-05-07 there lived a black sheep in a nearby village. every spring, he shaved his black wool and sold it to the villagers. the villagers made sweaters and socks from his black wool. one day, the black sheep noticed that he had some more wool left. he thoug... 阅读全文>> 日期：2020-04-26 在一棵橡树上住着一只老猫头鹰。他看见了很多事情的发生经过。他多听少说，变得越来越明智。 there was an old owl that lived in an oak. everyday he saw incidents happening around him. yesterday he saw a boy helping an old man to carry a heavy basket. toda... 阅读全文>> 日期：2020-04-26 有一个皇帝总是习惯问他的臣民一些奇怪难解的问题。有一点他问道：这个城市有多少只乌鸦？。 emperor akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his courtiers. he often asked questions which were strange and witty. it took much wisdom to answ... 阅读全文>> 日期：2020-04-16 food handed out in contempt嗟来之食 one year during the spring and autumn period (春秋时期,770-476 bc), there was a the qi state (齐国) was severely strickend by a famine. 春秋时代，有一年齐国发生大饥荒。 qian ao (qin o 黔敖), a very rich but arroga... 阅读全文>> 日期：2020-03-09 once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest. one day after a heavy meal. it was sleeping under a tree. after a while, there came a mouse and it started to play on the lion. suddenly the lion got up with anger and looked for those who disturbed i... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-08-17 one morning a countryman went to his gooses nest, and saw a yellow and glittering egg there. he took the egg home. to his delight, he found that it was an egg of pure gold. every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling hi... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-08-17 a woodman came into a forest to ask the trees to give him a handle for ax. it seemed so modest a request that the principal tree at once agreed to it, and it was settled among them that the plain, homely ash should furnish what was wanted. no sooner... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-01-05 once a man planned to build a terrace. he worked very hard and spent a lot of time digging and carrying earth. when the mound was almost completed and only one more basket of earth was needed, the man gave up. the terrace was never completed. this i... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-01-05 in the countryside, there is a cottage with a thatched roof. there is a shock's nest on the eaves. the wall slopes and there are flowers in the window. they have a pot-bellied stove. in this cottage live an old couple -- a peasant and his wife. even... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-01-05 a blind man is good at touching all the things. no matter whatever the thing is he can distinguish it as soon as he touches it a man brings a young wolf and lets him touch it. having touched the animal, he says, this is a fox or a wolf, i am not sur... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-01-05 a man carves an idol and takes it to the fair. no one buys it, so he begins to shout in order to canvass the customer. he says that this idol can bring in wealth and good luck. one man says to the seller, hello, my friend, if this is so, you should... 阅读全文>> 日期：2016-01-05 a snake, having made his hole close to the door of a cottage, inflicted a sever bite on the cottager's little son. so the child died. this caused much sorrow to his parents. the father decided to kill the snake. the next day, on its coming out of it... 阅读全文>> 日期：2015-12-11 one day, confucius led his disciples to the state of chu. when crossing a stretch of forest, they saw a hunchbacked old man standing under a tree, catching cicadas with a bamboo stick. with each stroke he caught one cicada, just as easily as picking... 阅读全文>> 日期：2015-12-11 according to legend, there was a kind of birds called dais (swallow) on the east china sea. the yidais were slow in reaction. they could not fly very high and seemed clumsy and incapable. but when they moved about, they always moved in groups, depen... 阅读全文>> |
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