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日期:2014-11-05 the joss in the temple hated the big tree and the bines and vines clinging to it, which had occupied the vastly space in front of the joss house, because he thought they had usurped its role, and ha has always wanted to get rid of them. one day, the...

日期:2014-11-05 although an eagle had changed into a cushat, it forgot all this while it was flying. seeing a flock of birds in the woods, it could not help diving down, tweeting like an eagle. on hearing the sound of an eagle, and the birds were so scared that the...

日期:2014-10-28 a fowler was setting his nets for little birds when a lark came up to him and asked him what he was doing. i am engaged in founding a city, said he, and with that he withdrew to a short distance and concealed himself. the lark examined the nets with...

日期:2014-10-28 a fisherman who could play the flute went down one day to the sea-shore with his nets and his lute; and, taking his stand on a projecting rock; began to play a tune, thinking that the music would bring the fish jumping out of the sea. he went on pla... 阅读全文>>

日期:2014-10-28 a man once caught a weasel, which was always sneaking about the house, and was just going to drown it in a tub of water, when it begged hard for its life, and said to him, surely you haven't the heart to put me to death? think how useful i have been... 阅读全文>>

日期:2014-10-28 a ploughman yoked his ox and his ass together, and set to work to plough his field. it was a poor makeshift of a team, but it was the best he could do, as he had but a single ox, at the end of the day, when the beasts were loosed from the yoke, the... 阅读全文>>

日期:2014-10-17 a nightingale was sitting on a bough of an oak and singing, as her custom was. a hungry hawk presently spied her, and darting to the spot seized her in his talons. he was just about to tear her in pieces when she begged him to spare her life: i'm no... 阅读全文>>

日期:2014-10-17 the swan is said to sing but once in its life-when it knows that it is about to die. a certain man, who had heard of the song of the swan, one day saw one of these birds for sale in the market, and bought it and took it home. a few days later, he in... 阅读全文>>

日期:2014-10-17 the wolves sent a deputation to the sheep with proposals for a lasting peace between them, on condition of their giving up the sheepdogs to instant death. the foolish sheep agreed to the terms, but an old ram, whose years had brought him wisdom, int... 阅读全文>>

日期:2014-10-17 a snake suffered a good deal from being constantly trodden upon by man and beast, owing partly to the length of his body and partly to his being unable to raise himself above the surface of the ground: so he went and complained to jupiter about the... 阅读全文>>

日期:2014-10-17 a wolf, who was roaming about on plain when the sun was getting low in the sky, was much impressed by the size of his shadow, and said to himself, i had no idea i was so big. fancy my being afraid of a lion! why, i, not be, ought to be king of the b... 阅读全文>>

日期:2014-10-13 this happened many summers ago. there was a young flower in a desert where was always dried and sad-looking. it was growing by itself, enjoying everyday and saying to the sun when shall i be grown up? and the sun would say be patient. each time i to...

日期:2014-10-08 a ploughman loosed his oxen from the plough, and led them away to the water to drink. while he was absent a half-starved wolf appeared on the scene, and went up to the plough and began chewing the leather straps attached to the yoke. as he gnawed aw...

日期:2014-10-08 a man once saw a ship go down with all its crew, and commented severely on the injustice of the gods. they care nothing for a man's character, said he, but let the good and the bad go to their deaths together, there was an ant-heap close by where he...

日期:2014-09-26 richard wagner was an undersized little man, with a head too big for his body -- a sickly little man. his nerves were bad. and he had delusions of grandeur. he was a monster of conceit. never for one minute did helook at the world or at people, exce...

日期:2014-09-10 the phoenix was a very colorful and very beautiful bird. the phoenix lived in a desert. there were no trees and flowers, there were no birds and fish either. the phoenix had no friends, no father and mother. no sisters and brothers. people didn't kn...

日期:2014-09-03 there was a big river. in the big river there was a big fish. the big fish was very bad. it wanted to eat a boy or a girl every year. so the people there had to send a boy or a girl to the big fish every year. if not, the big fish would drown them,...

日期:2014-08-27 on the tenth day after leaving troy, odysseus and his men came to an island, where the people only took lotus fruit and flowers as their food. this plant had such a magic effect on its eaters that it could make them forget their past and produce a d... 阅读全文>>

日期:2014-08-27 daphne was a lovely blooming fairy maiden. as she was playing merrily in the woods one day she saw apollo the sun-god staring at her with more than amazement and admiration in his eyes. the beaming face of the sun put her to flight. the eager apollo...

日期:2014-08-26 three women die together in an accident and go to heaven. when they get there, st. peter says, we only have one rule here in heaven. don't step on the ducks. so they entered heaven, and sure enough, there are ducks all over the place. it is almost i...

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