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日期：2014-04-16 on a stormy day, the crab went strolling along the beach. he was surprised to see the lobster preparing to set sail in his boat. lobster, said the crab, it is foolhardy（有勇无谋的） to venture out on a day like this. perhaps so, said the lobster, b... 日期：2014-04-16 one bright sunny morning. mr. turtle gets bored in the water. he plans to go out on the shore. i am tired of swimming all day. i'll go out on the shore today. good morning, mr. turtle. where are you going so early? well, i'm going out of the water.... 日期：2014-04-16 a thirsty fox looks for water. it's so hot today. and i'm so thirsty. there's no water anywhere. the fox keeps looking. far away, he sees something. wait ! what's that? i think it's a well. i'm saved! there must be water there. the fox runs towards... 日期：2014-04-16 the city mouse comes to visit his old friend, the country mouse, who lives in the country, they have't met for a long time, so they are very happy to see each other. the city mouse gets off the city bus. welcome, my old friend! i am so happy to see... 日期：2014-04-16 a penny-pinching farmer didn't want his hired hand to stop working. one morning, he told the farmhand（农场工人） , it's such a nuisance（讨厌，麻烦） to come in from the field, wash up for lunch and take time to eat. why don't we save time and eat... 日期：2014-04-15 there was once a stonecutter, who was dissatisfied with himself and with his position in life. one day, he passed a wealthy merchant's house, and through the open gateway, saw many fine possessions and important visitors. how powerful that merchant... 日期：2014-03-19 in old times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. close by the king's castl... 日期：2014-03-19 a certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse agreed that they should live and keep house together. but we must make a provision for win... 日期：2014-03-19 hard by a great forest dwelt a wood-cutter with his wife, who had an only child, a little girl three years old. they were so poor, however, that they no longer had daily bread, and did not know how to get food for her. one morning the wood-cutter we... 日期：2014-03-19 a dog and a cock were good friends and they were traveling together. when night came on, the cock flew up to a tree and slept there, and the dog found a hollow in the same tree and slept in it. when the morning came, the cock woke up and began to cr... 日期：2014-03-19 long, long ago, there was a good and honest man, whose name was yohyo. he lived in a small village and worked as a woodcutter. one cold day in winter, when deep snow lay on the ground, yohyo was returning home from his work in the forest. over his s... 日期：2014-03-10 jack was a farmer's boy. once he drove his cart to market. he had butter and eggs to sell. he met a woman on the way. she gave him a piece of silver for a little butter. then he met a boy. the boy gave him a piece of silver for six eggs. soon jack h... 日期：2014-03-10 one afternoon ben was playing in the back yard. a big black cat jumped over the fence and lay down among his mother's plants. ben crept up to the cat. he caught it by the tail and dropped it into a tub of water. his mother looked out of the window a... 日期：2014-03-10 one day tony old a lie to his mother. that night felt very unhappy. he did not want to play with the children. he sat on the doorstep alone. he looked up in the sky and saw the big round moon. he thought that it was looking down upon him, because it... 日期：2014-03-10 a man and his wife were always wishing for luck. one night a fairy came to them and said, you may have three wishes. in the morning the woman went to a neighbor's house to get some bread. she saw a nice pudding there. when she came back, she said, i... 日期：2014-03-10 long ago there was a little princess named ellen. she lived with her mother, the queen in a great castle by the sea. she had three brothers. one day, as they were playing ball, one of her brothers threw the ball over the castle. ellen ran to get it,... 日期：2014-03-10 once there was a dog in a village. he stole a piece of meat from a butcher's shop and ran off with it. he wanted to eat it at home. on his way home he came to a narrow bridge over a stream. as he was crossing the bridge, he looked down and saw his o... 日期：2014-02-28 in china, people believe that, at the beginning, they were very intimate friends, and the cat was even much smarter than the tiger. the cat learned the physical skills quickly, and the tiger was always behind, gradually, the tiger had to learn from... 日期：2014-02-28 one day, a chinese man rode a black donkey passing by an unknown small town at the foot of a high mountain. the man was tired and hungry, after fastening the donkey to a post, he went into a restaurant to eat. the people in the town had never seen a... 日期：2014-02-28 seeing how a bee was busying itself about a flower, an eagle said to it, with disdain: how i pity thee, poor thing, with all thy toil（辛苦） and skill! all through the summer, thousands of thy fellows are moulding honeycomb in the hive. but who wil... |
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