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日期：2014-02-28 a man from the state of chu was crossing a river. in the boat, his sword fell into the water by his carelessness. immediately he made a mark on the boat. this is where my sword fell off, he said. when the boat stopped, he jumped into the water to lo... 日期：2014-02-24 two men travelling through a forest together promised to help each other whatever danger threated them. they had not gone far when a bear rushed at them from some bushes. one man was a good climber, and quickly climbed a nearby tree, but the other,... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-02-24 bat falling upon the ground was caught by a weasel, of whom he earnestly besought his life. the weasel refused, saying, that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. the bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus saved his life. s... 日期：2014-02-24 on a cold, frosty day an ant was dragging out some of the corn which he had laid up in the summertime, to dry it. a grasshopper, half perished with hunger, besought the ant to give him a morsel of to preserve his life. what were you doing, said the... 日期：2014-01-24 a long time ago, there was a young man called wang qi. when he heard that there were many immortals in mount lao, he went there at once. 从前，有一个年轻人名叫王七，听说崂山上有很多仙人，就前往崂山访道。 there was a daoist who still looked young alt... 日期：2014-01-24 a clam swam to the bank and opened its shell in the sun. 一天，河里的蚌游到岸边，把蚌壳张开晒太阳。 a snipe flew over and saw a piece of red meat on the ground, so it dived to the ground and pecked at the clam. before the snipe drew back its beak, i... 日期：2014-01-24 a rich man in the qi kingdom had two silly sons, but the rich man loved his sons very much and thought them as the apples of his eyes. 齐国有一个富翁，他有两个儿子，一个比一个愚笨。可是富翁还是把两个儿子视为掌上明珠。 one day, a man named ai zi said... 日期：2013-12-18 an ill-natured, jealous peasant saw his neighbor's getting a very good harvest. as he was unable to be glad of his neighbor's blessing from god, he devised the way how to destroy his neighbor's happiness. to attain his purpose he caught a fox, tied... 日期：2013-12-18 dolly the milkmaid having been a good girl, and careful in her work, her mistress gave her a pail（桶） of fresh milk for herself. with the pail upon her head, dolly tripped gaily（欢乐地） along on her way to the town, where she was going to sell h... 日期：2013-12-12 a kid was perched up on the top of a horse, and looking down saw a wolf passing under him. immediately he began to revile and attack his enemy. murderer and thief, he cried what do you do here near honest folks, horses? how dare you make an appearan... 日期：2013-12-05 a very stingy（吝啬的） man who had no pleasure but that of making money sold his all, namely, his place and fields, and forged all the money he received into a mass of gold, and buried it in the ground. every day he visited the spot, which was one... 日期：2013-12-05 long long ago, there was a clam（蛤） raiser who wanted to make the biggest pearl in the world. he went to seaside to select sand grains. he asked the sand grains whether they wanted to turn into pearls , but in vain. clam raiser despaired. finally... 阅读全文>> 日期：2013-11-29 a man and a satyr having struck up an acquaintance, sat down together to eat. the day being wintry and cold, the man put his fingers to his mouth and blew opon them. what's that for, my friend? asked the satyr. my hands are so cold, said the man, i... 阅读全文>> 日期：2013-11-29 a shepherd-boy, who tended his flock not far from a village, used to amuse himself at times in crying out wolf! wolf! twice or thrice his trick succeeded. the whole village came running out to his assistance when all the return they got was to be la... 阅读全文>> 日期：2013-11-29 an ox, grazing in a swampy（沼泽的） meadow, chanced to set his foot among a parcel of young frogs, and crushed nearly the whole brood to death. one that escaped ran off to his mother with the dreadful news. oh, mother! said he ,it was a beast - suc... 日期：2013-11-13 a fisherman cast his net into the sea, and when he drew it up again it contained nothing but a single sprat that begged to be put back into the water. i'm only a little fish now, it said, but i shall grow big one day, and then if you come and catch... 日期：2013-11-13 a man once went abroad on his travels, and when he came home he had wonderful tales to tell of the things he had done in foreign countries. among other things, he said he had taken part in a jumping-match at rhodes, and had done a wonderful jump whi... 日期：2013-11-13 an old crab said to her son, why do you walk sideways like that, my son? you ought to walk straight. the young crab replied, show me how, dear mother, and i'll follow your example. the old crab tried, but tried in vain, and then saw how foolish she... 日期：2013-10-30 mrs wen had two children, janmes and william. the boys were always fighting, both at home and at school. one day, they fought again at school. their teacher called mrs wen and told her about the fighting. oh, i have had enough! said mrs wen after sh... 日期：2013-10-30 a pair of oxen were drawing a heavily loaded wagon along the highway, and, as they tugged（用力拉） and strained at（紧拖） the yoke, the axletrees（轮轴） creaked and groaned terribly. this was too much for the oxen, who turned round indignantly（... |
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