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儿童英语故事、小学生英语故事
寓言、成语故事（1-19页）幽默故事（19-25页）普通小故事（25-72页）
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儿童寓言故事
Story 1Three Good Friends
One day, a monkey rides his bike near theriver. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him.He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts.The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims tothe monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comesalong. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Threefriends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, threeof them become good friends.
故事一 三个好朋友
一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。他非常的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象非常强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。
Story 2 A GoodBoy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "Whatdid you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"
"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.
"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Hereare two cents more. But why are you so interested in the oldwoman?"
"She is the one who sells the candy."
故事二 好孩子
小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。
“昨天给你的钱干什么了？”
“我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。“你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？”
“她是个卖糖果的。”
Story 3 Spring in the Green Season
Spring is coming. Spring isthe first season of the year. In China, spring comes in February.It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer. The days getlonger and longer. The leaves on the trees begin to turn green.Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on theground.Spring is also sowing time season.
故事三
春天来了，春天是每年的第一个季节。在中国，春天二月来临，那时候还是很冷，但是会运来月暖和，白昼悦来越长。树上的叶子开始变绿，沐浴着大地春风长出了嫩芽。春天也播种的季节。
Story 4 Look for aFriend
Sam is a little fish. Helives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. Thefriend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eightlegs. He doesn’t look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets ashark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his bigmouth. Sam runs away quickly. Sam is tired and hungry. He wants tohave a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. “Hello!Would you like to be my friend?” Sam answers: “Ofcourse! But you are round. I am flat.” The round fish days: “But weare both fishes.”
Sam thinks and says, “You are right. Let’s befriends.” They become good friends.
故事四： 找朋友
塞姆是一条小鱼，他在海里。他生在海里。他很孤独，想要找一个朋友，那个朋友看起来要想他。塞姆看见一条墨鱼。墨鱼有8条腿，看上去不像塞姆。因此塞姆游走了。塞姆遇见一条鲨鱼。他想跟鲨鱼问好。鲨鱼张开大嘴，塞姆有迅速地逃走了。
塞姆又累又饿，他要休息一会儿。这时他看见一条圆鱼，圆鱼对他说：“你好！你愿意做我的朋友吗？”
塞姆回答：“好哇！可你是圆形的，我是扁的。”圆鱼说：“但是我们俩都是鱼啊！”
塞姆思考后说：“你讲得对，让我们做朋友吧。”他们就成为好朋友了。
Story 5The Hippo and I
A hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much. I often go tosee him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fineday. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me tomy house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and otherfood. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. Heis as quite as a rabbit.
In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me.My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back tothe zoo. My mum lets me see him every week.
故事5 我与河马
河马住在动物园里，我很喜欢他。他经常去看它，他也经常想我。
今天是星期日，是个好天气，我又一次去看望它。在我离开动物园之后，他跟随到我的家。我给他莴苣、生菜、香蕉、苹果和其他食物。他都吃了。
当我唱歌是，它待在水池里，像兔子一样安静。
晚上，他跳到床上同我睡觉在一起睡。
妈妈要它回家。它不得不背起包回到动物园。妈妈允许我每周去看它。
Story 6 What Animals are the sea?
There are all kinds of animals in the sea.Look!
They are coming.
This is an octopus. The octopus is sprayingink.
This is a shark. The shark has sharpteeth.
This is a whale. The whale shoots water intothe air.
This is a sea turtle. The sea turtle has ahard shell.
These are starfishes. The starfishes havefive legs.
These are angelfishes. The angelfishes havebeautiful colors.
This is a lobster. The lobster has strongclaws.
This is a jellyfish. The jellyfish has a softbody.
They are different. But all of them live inthe sea.
故事6 海里有什么动物
在海洋里有各种各样的动物。
看！他们过来了。
这时一条章鱼，章鱼在喷墨。
这是一条鲨鱼，鲨鱼有锐利的牙齿。
这是一只鲸鱼，鲸把水喷射到空中。
这时一直海龟，海龟有坚硬的壳。
这些是海星，海星有五条腿。
这些是扁蛟鱼，扁姣鱼有美丽的花纹。
这是一只龙虾，龙虾有强壮的爪子。
这是一个水母，水母有一个柔软的身体。
他们各不相同，但他们都居住在海洋里。
Story 7 naughty Monkey
It’s very hot.. An old man is asleep on thechair. A fly comes and sits on the end of the man’s nose.
The old man has a naughty monkey. He chases the fly.
The fly comes back again and sits on the oldman’s nose again. The monkey chases it away again and again.
This happens five or six times. The monkey isvery angry. He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a largestone.
When the fly sits on the old man’s noseagain, the monkey hits it hard with the stone.
He kills the fly and breaks the old man’snose.
故事7 调皮的猴子
天气很热。一位老人在椅子上睡着了。
一只苍蝇飞来落在老人的鼻子上。
老人有一只顽皮的猴子。猴子在追打苍蝇。
苍蝇再次飞落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打苍蝇。
这样往返了五六次，猴子很生气。
他跳着跑到花园，捡起一块大石头。
当苍蝇再次落在老人的鼻子上时，猴子用石头击中老人的鼻子上的苍蝇。
他砸死了苍蝇也打破了老人的鼻子。
Story 8 A Beautiful Doll
Tina is a lovely girl. She has a lot ofdolls. One of these dolls is very beautiful. She has long blondhair and wears a white dress. The little girl likes her very much.She called her “Sandy”. You would forget all the sad things andbecome happy when you see her.
Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but shefailed. When she is free, Tina always made clothed for her. Whenshe is unhappy or met with some difficulties, Tina talked to her,because they are close friends. What a lovely girl she is！
Do you like it, too？
故事8 漂亮的洋娃娃
缇娜是一个可爱的女孩， 她有许多洋娃娃。其中有个是很没得：她有着金色的长发，穿着一件白色的连衣裙。小女孩非常喜欢它，因此，小女孩叫她“桑迪”。当你看到它的时候就会高兴，会忘记所有不开心的事。
缇娜试着教桑迪说话，可她失败了。当缇娜空闲时，她时常会桑迪缝衣服。当她遇到不快乐的事或碰倒困难的时候，缇娜中哦你对它倾述，因为他们是亲密的朋友。多么可爱的一个女孩啊！
你也喜欢它吗？
Story 9 It’s Good toWalk
A group of penguins at a zoo in Japan take awalk to lose weight. Every day, 15 king penguins there walk 500meters twice. “Just like human, penguins don’t exercise much duringwinter. They become fat easily,” says a zookeeper.
故事9 散步有益
在日本的一个动物园里一群企鹅在散步减肥。哪里的15只金企鹅媒体散步两次，每次500米。动物园工作人员说：“和人类一样，企鹅冬天不怎么运动，容易发胖。”
Story 10 The Panda in China
A panda looks like a little bear. It has blackand white fur. It lives only in China, so it is called the nationaltreasure of China and protected by the law.
We all see panda on TV or in the zoo. Theylook stupid and walk slowly, but they are lovely and everyone likesthem.
A panda is lucky animal. We Chinese like it,and people of the world like it, too. Now there are China’s pandasin many other countries, such as Japan and the USA…
A panda isn’t a common animal, it is bridgeof friendship.
故事10 中国熊猫
熊猫看起来好像一只小熊。它的皮毛是黑白相间。它只居住在中国，因此，它是中国的国宝，受到国家法律的保护。
我们在电视上或在动物园里能看到熊猫。他们看起来显得很笨的样子，走起来很缓慢，但很可爱，大家都很喜欢它们。
熊猫是个吉祥的动物。中国人民喜欢它，世界人民也喜欢它。现在许多国家都有中国的熊猫，如，日本、美国……
熊猫不是一种普通的动物，而是一座友谊的桥梁。
Story 11 My “Cock” Clock
Hello! My name is Dongdong. Do you know Ihave a nice clock? It is a beautiful clock. It is in my bedroom. Inmfact it is an alarm clock. The big and round body is made ofplastics and the clock is set in it. There is a red comb on itshead. When you want to adjust time, you just need to press thecomb. Then “clock” will wake up on time. At that time the “clock”will say: “WO! WO! WO!” It’s time for you to get up! And its eyescan also give out light at the same time. It is a very beautifuland useful clock, so I like it very much.
故事11 我的“公鸡”闹钟
你好！我的名字叫东东。我知道我有一台好看的闹钟。它是一台漂亮的钟。钟的上部有红色的冠子。当你想要调整时间时，按下头上的红冠子就可以调节时间。那时“钟”将按时醒来。到时候“公鸡”就会“喔、喔、喔”地叫，该起床了。而且叫是眼睛还会发光。
它是一只好看又有用的钟，我很喜欢它。
Story12 A Clever Farmer
Uncle Sam doesn’t like farmer. He thinks theyare very foolish and only know work on the farm.
One winter morning, the sun is shining. UncleSam sits on the step of his house. At that moment, a farmer with amap in his hand comes to him.
Farmer：Excuse me, Uncle. Can you tell me knowto get to the hospital, please?
Uncle Sam: Lie down in the middle of thestreet and you’ll soon be at a hospital.
Farmer Please set an example to me.
Uncle Sam: I think you come to our city atthe first time. It’s much more beautiful than the field. Is thatright?
Farmer: Yes, uncle. But it is built on thefield.
Uncle Sam’s face turns red.
故事12 聪明的农民
山姆大叔不喜欢农民。他认为他们很愚蠢只会在农场干活。一个冬天的早晨，阳光明媚，山姆大叔坐在门前的石阶上。这时，一个农民手拿地图向他走来。
农民：请问，大叔，去医院的路怎么走？
山姆大叔:你躺在街当中，很快就会在医院的。
农民：请你做一个示范。
山姆大叔：我想你是第一次进城吧，城市比你那块地漂亮多了，是吧？
农民：是的，大叔，但城市是建在地之上的。
山姆大叔脸红了。
Story 13 Where Is the Hat?
Jack is a little goose. He has a lovely hat.He likes wearing it very much. But when he sits, his hat can’t stayon his head.
He puts his hat down and begins to play gamewith the hat. When he gets tired of the game, things are not thesame.
He can’t find his hat. Where is it? Jackthinks hard. He looks up and down, and walks here and there. Hecan’t find his hat yet.
At this time, his mother comes in. As soon asshe sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear! Don’t be foolish. Your hatis on your head.”
Jack feels very foolish. He doesn’t want towear his hat on his head.
故事13 帽子在哪里？
杰克是一只小鹅。它有一顶可爱的帽子，他非常喜欢戴它。当它坐着时，他的帽子总是戴着头上。
它脱下它的帽子并开始用帽子玩游戏。当它玩累时，事情就不是那样了。
它没有找到他的帽子。它在哪里？杰克仔细想。
它上下看了看，到处找了找，还是没有找到它的帽子。
这时，它的母亲走进来，当她看到杰克就喊道：“啊！亲爱的，你真笨，帽子在你的头上。”
杰克感到自己很愚蠢。它不像戴那顶帽子了。
Story 14 Two dogs
A man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. Hetrains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watchthe house. When he returns home after a day’s hunt, he always givesthe house-dog some meat. The hound feels very angry. He saysunhappily to the housedog, “Where I work very hard outside, youshare my food.” “Don’t blame me, my friend. You should blame themaster. He doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,”the housedog answers.
Don’t blame children for the mistakes of theirparent
故事14 两只狗
有一个人养了两条狗：一条是猎犬，一条是看家狗。他训练猎狗帮他打猎，教看家狗守家。当猎人打了一天猎回家后，总要分给看家狗一些肉，猎狗对此很生气。它不高兴地对看家狗说道：“我在外边追捕猎物十分辛苦，而你在家什么都不做，但你却分享我的食物。”看家狗回答道：“不要责怪我，我的朋友。你应该去责备主人。他不教我打猎，却只教我分享别人的食物。”
不要因为父母的错误而去责备孩子。
Story 15 The Sports Meetingin the Forest
There are many animals in the forest. Todayis a fine day. Animals are having a sport meeting.
Monkey, Fox, Panda, Rabbit and Bear arerunning. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and Monkey are the second.Bear is the third. The other animals are shouting, “Bear! Come on!Bear! Come on!” And look there, Duck and Pig are doing high jump.Pig is too fat, he can’t jump very high. So Duck is the champion.Here! Cat and Squirrel are climbing a tree. Cat is ill. So he isthe last, but he does his best.
This sports meeting is wonderful. The animalsare very happy!
故事 15 森林运动会
森林里有很多动物。
今天天气晴朗，小动物要举行运动会。小猴子，狐狸，兔子和小熊在赛跑。看！小兔子得了第一，狐狸和猴子得了第二，小熊得了第三。小动物们都在叫喊：“小熊，加油！小熊，加油！”看那儿，小鸭和小猪在比赛跳高。小猪太胖了，成绩不太理想，所有小鸭得了冠军。看这里！小猫和小松鼠在比赛爬树，小猫生病了，没能拿冠军，但它全力以赴了。
运动会可真棒，小动物们多开心啊！
Story 16 Big Ben
Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is aname of the clock. It is in London. London is the capital city ofEngland. The big clock has four faces. So no matter where youstand, you can read the face of the clock. The hands are about fourmeter long.
If you go to London, you may want to visitthe house of the Parliament. In that place you will find Big Bensits at the top of the clock tower in the House of the Parliament.The big clock makes a very loud noise. “Ding dong. Ding dong”- theclock strikes every quarter of an hour.
故事16 大本钟
大本钟不是一个人的名字，它是钟的名字，它在伦敦。伦敦是英国的首都。大本钟有四个面，因此无论站在什么方面，你都能见到钟面。大本钟的指南针大约4米长。
如果你去伦敦，你可能想要参观以后大厦。在那个地方你会找到坐落在英国议会大厦钟楼的大本钟。大本钟的声音很大，“叮咚，叮咚”，每15分钟敲一次。
Story 17 The Bathing Boy
One day, Tom is bathing in a river. He doesn’tswim well and will be drown. He calls out loud for help. A man isjust passing by. He doesn’t help the boy, but stands by and says tohim. “How imprudent you are! It is dangerous to bath in the river.”“Oh, yes sir,” cries the boy, “ Please help me out and scold meafterward.”
Counsel without help is useless.
故事17 洗澡的男孩
有一天，汤姆在河里洗澡。他不太会游泳。眼看就要被淹死，他大声呼喊救命。有个人正好从旁边经过，他没有帮助小男孩，却是站在旁边对小孩子说道：“你怎么这么草率！在河里洗澡很危险。”“哦，先生，”小男孩喊叫：“ 请你还是先把我救起来后再责备我吧。”
只有忠告而不给予帮助是无济于事的。
Story 18 Who Pours Ink on My Chair?
Donny is a seven year oldboy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. Sohe goes there on foot and comes back home on time. But today, he islate. His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster’soffice?”
“Because the teacher asks us a question inclass and nobody can answer it, but I can.” “It’s good to answerthe teacher’s question.” “But the question is ‘Who pours ink on mychair?’”
故事18 谁把墨水倒在我椅子了？
唐尼是个7岁孩子，每天他都上学。学校在他的家附近。
因为，他不行去上学并按时回家。但是今天他回来迟了。
他的母亲问他：“你为什么去校长的办公室？”
“因为老师在上课时老师问我们一个问题，没有人能回答他，而我能。”
“回答老师的问题是好事。”
“但那个问题 ‘谁把墨水倒在我的椅子上了？’”
Story19 Smart Robot
Look, this robot carries boxes to buildblocks! The new smart robot, Sorry, is 60 centimeters high. Itweighs 7.5 kilogram. It has a camera “eye” on its head. It canrecognize colors and human faces.
故事19 聪明的机器人
瞧！这个机器人在搬盒子搭积木呢？索尼公司新设计的这个聪明的机器人有60里面7.5千克重。它额头上有一只相机“眼睛”，能够辨认颜色和人脸。
Story 20 Bananas for Lunch
A fat monkey likes eating bananas very much.He had bananas for lunch. He peeled one and ate one more and then,one more one banana, two bananas, three bananas, four… He ate andate, but he wanted more, he peeled and he ate, peeled and he ate,five bananas, six bananas, seven bananas, eight … He peeled twomore and continued two more. He ate whole bunch of bananas andcan’t sleep.
故事20香蕉午餐
一只小胖猴子很喜欢吃香蕉。他拿香蕉做午餐，他剥一个香蕉，用力地吃着，吃着，吃着，吃了1个香蕉，2个香蕉，3个香蕉，4个……他不停地吃，但是他还想要更多！他边吃，边剥，5个香蕉，6个香蕉，7个香蕉，8个……他又剥了两个，继续撑着吃。他吃了一整串香蕉以致不能躺下睡觉了。
Story21I Will Not Take a Bath
I will not take a bath, I won’t get in tub, Ihas bath last week. I don’t need another scrub. I would need myrubber ducky, a bucket and a boat, my toy whale, a submarine, arubber ball. No, I can not take a bath. The tub is too small. It’sall filled up with toy. There’s no room for me.
故事21 我不能愿意洗澡
我不愿意洗澡，我不愿意进到浴缸里。上个星期我洗澡了，我不需要再洗澡。我想要我的橡皮鸭子，一个水桶和一只船，我的玩具鲸鱼，一艘潜水艇，一个橡皮球。现在我不能洗澡了。浴缸太小了，它被玩具塞满了，没有我的地方了。
Story 22Outside Games
There are many outside game like running,skating, swimming, horse-racing, hunting, flying kites,walking-races. Of course, football is an out game. Basketball,badminton and so on are also outside game. Some people like outsidegames, but others like indoor games. They like playing billiard,chess, cards, table tennis..
Outdoor games invoke more and fastermovement. Some active people like them. Indoor games are quiet andinvolve less movement.
Do you like outside games or indoor game?
故事22 户外运动
户外运动有许多，跑步、溜冰、赛马、射击、放风筝、竞走。当然，足球也是一种户外运动，篮球、羽毛球等也是户外运动。一些人喜欢户外运动，而另外一些人喜欢室内运动。他们喜欢打台球、下象棋、打牌、打乒乓球……..
户外运动包括更多和更快的运动，有些人喜欢户外运动；室内运动比较安静、运动量较小。你喜欢户外运动还是室内运动呢？
Story 23Two Little Monkeys
The monkey mother has two little monkeys. Shelikes the younger, not the other.
One day, they were playing in a forest when awolf came running at them. The monkey ran away with the youngermonkey in a hurry and left the older alone. She climbed up a treeand held the younger in her arms.
After some time, the wolf went away slowly.The monkey took the baby out of her arms. She was surprised to seethat the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly.Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby.The older baby was hiding in a wood. So he saved himself.
故事23 两只猴子
猴妈妈生了两个猴子。她喜欢小猴子而不喜欢打的。
一天，他们正在森林里玩的时候，一只狼来了并向他们扑去。猴子匆忙带着小猴子跑了，单独留下打猴子。她跑着小猴子爬到树上。
过些时候，狼慢慢地离开了。母猴从他的怀里放下小猴子。她吃惊的发现猴宝宝已经死了，因为小猴子在她的怀里被搂地太紧了。过了很长时间，她才想起去寻找那只大猴子。大猴子藏在一个大洞里，他救了自己。
Story 24 The King and His Stories
Once there was a king. He likes to writestories, but his stories were not good. As people were afraid ofhim, they all said his stories were good.
One day the king showed his stories to afamous writer. He waited the writer to praise these stories. Butthe writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw theminto fire. The king got very angry with him and sent him toprison.
After some time, the king set him free. Againhe showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought ofthem.
After reading them, the writer at once turnedto the soldiers and said: “ Take me back to prison, please.”
故事24 国王和他的故事
从前有一个国王，他喜欢写故事，但是他写的故事很不好。人们怕他，都说他的故事好。有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看，他想要作家赞扬他的这些故事，而作家说他的故事是如此的差以至于该扔进火里。国王很生气，把他送到监狱。
过了些日子，国王给了作家自由。国王重新将自己的一些新故事给作家看并问他感觉怎么样。
作家看了之后立刻转身对士兵说着；“请把我送回监狱吧。“
Story25Which Skirt to Wear?
Time is 8 years old, and follows her ownideas. When her parents tell her to do something, she alwaysdoesn’t do it.
Today, she will go to a friend’s birthdayparty. She is now choosing skirt to wear. She has three skirts: ablue skirt, a white one and a yellow one.
She asks her father, “Which one is the best?”her father says, “I think the blue one is the best.” Then she asksher mother, “Which one do you think is the best?” Her motheranswers, “ The white one , of course!” Tina says, “Thank you.”
Then she puts on the yellow shirt and goesout.
故事25 穿哪条裙子？
缇娜8岁了， 她又自己的主意。当她的父母要她做事时，她总是不去做。
今天，她将去参加一位朋友的生日聚会。她在选择穿哪一条裙子.她又三条裙子：一条是蓝裙子，一条白裙子和一条黄裙子。她问她的父亲：“哪条裙子是最好的？”她的父亲说：“我认为蓝色是最好的。”她问她的母亲：“你认为哪条裙子是最好的？”她的母亲回答：“当然是白色的了。”缇娜说：“谢谢。”她穿上黄色的裙子出去了。
Story26Three Foxes
Once there were three foxes, they workedtogether. They lived a happy life. Little by little, the youngestfox became lazy, and often quarreled with the other foxes. Theeldest had to leave, and the second fox was driven off, too.Looking at the warm house with a lot of good food in it, theyoungest fox smiled. The eldest fox opened a new hill again. Thesecond eldest fox dug a pool. Two of them because rich soon. Theyoungest fox ate up the food left by the other two foxes. In theend it felt so cold and hungry that it could not stand up.
故事26 三只狐狸
从前有三只狐狸，他们愉快地工作和居住在一起。最小的狐狸又懒又坏，经常同其他的两只狐狸争吵，气走了它的大哥和二哥。最小的狐狸得意地住在温暖的房子里享受着丰富的食品。老大重新开了一块小山坡种地。老二挖了池塘，不久他们过上了富裕的生活。最小的狐狸吃完了那些狐狸留下的所有食物，最后又冷又饿连站也站不起来。
Story 27 Two Holes for the Dogs
My uncle has two dogs. Oneis big and the other is small. He likes them very much.
One day, Mr. Smith came tovisit him. When the friend saw two holes in the door, a large holeand a small hole, he was surprised and said, “My dear friend, whyare there two holes in your door?” “Let my dogs come in and comeout, of course,” Mr. Smith asked. “But why are there two holes? Oneis enough!” “But how can the big dog go through the small hole?” myuncle said.
Sometimes a clever man maymake such mistakes.
故事27 两个狗洞
我的叔叔有两条狗。一只是大的，另一只是小狗的。他很喜欢它们。
有一天，史密斯先生来看他。当这个朋友看见门口上有连个洞，一个是大洞和一个小洞时，他感到吃惊并说，“我亲爱的朋友，为什么你的门上有连个洞？”我的叔叔回答说：“当然是让我的两条狗进出了。” 史密斯先生问到：“ 为什么门上要两个洞呢？一个就足够了。” 我叔叔说：“大狗怎能走小洞呢？”
有时聪明的人可能会犯这样的错误。
Story 28 Naughty Brother
Donny is my little brother. He is a naughtyboy.
On Sunday morning Donny went into the yardand played with a dog. Sometimes a bird would come down to stay onthe top’s of the dog’s house. Then Donny threw a stone at it.Suddenly the little boy began crying. Mother ran to Donny and askedhim what was wrong. He said, “I’ve broken sister’s plate. She hasbeaten me.” “Why?” “I threw it at a bird, and it went straight tothe plate.”
Such was my naught brother.
故事28 顽皮的弟弟
东尼是我的小弟弟，他是个调皮的孩子。
星期天早晨，东尼跑到院子里跟小狗玩。恰巧，一直小鸟落在狗舍上，东尼就用石头砸它。突然，这个小男孩哭了起来。妈妈跑过去问出了什么事。他哭着说：“我姐姐盘子摔碎了，她打了我！”“为什么？”“我拿石头砸一直小年，但是却打碎了姐姐的盘子。”
哎，这是我淘气的弟弟。
Story29 A Boy and a Monkey
Mike is a little boy. He is only five yearsold. He is too small to go to school. So he can not read andwrite.
One day he stood at my desk with a pencil inhis hand. There was a big piece of paper on the desk. He wanted todraw a picture of himself. He drew lines and cleared them out, thendrew more and cleared them out again. When I looked at the picture,he wasn’t happy. “Well,” he said at last to me, “I’ll put a tail onit and make it a monkey.”
He began to add the tail. I began tolaugh.
故事29 男孩和猴子
迈克是一个小男孩，他只有5岁。他太小还没有上学，因此也不会读和写。
一天，他手里拿着一支铅笔站在我的桌子前。桌子上放着一张大纸，他要画自画像。他画了几笔就擦掉了，再画几笔，有擦掉了。当我看一幅画时，他很不高兴。“好吧，”他最后和我说，“我就再加一条尾巴，把他画成一只猴子吧！”
他开始加上小尾巴，我大笑起来。
Story30Mike and the Pot
One day, Mike’s mother needed a pot. Sheasked Mike to borrow one from her friend. So Mike went to thefriend’s house. She gave him a big pot. On the way home Mike put itdown on the road and looked at it. It was made of clay and hadthree legs.
Then he said to the pot, “You have three legsand I have only two. You can carry me for a few minutes.” Then Mikesat down inside the pot. But the pot didn’t move.
Mike got angry and broke it then carried thebroke pot home. His mother was angry. “You are stupid.” She said.But Mike thought, “I’m not stupid. Only a stupid person carriedsomething with three legs.”
故事30 迈克和锅
一天，迈克的妈妈需要一口锅，她让迈克向她朋友借一口锅。于是，迈克去了她的朋友家，她的朋友借个他一口大锅。在回家的路上，迈克把锅放在路上看了看它，它是一口粘土制成的三条腿的锅。
然后他对锅说：“你有三条腿而我只有两条腿。你应该背我一会儿。”然后，迈克坐在锅里，但是锅一动也不动。
迈克很生气地把锅打破了，但后拿着破锅向家里走去。到家后他的妈妈很生气地说：“你真笨。”但迈克认为：“我不笨，只有愚蠢的人才会带回三条腿的锅。”
Story 31 The Broom Seller and the Barber
A man who sold brooms went into a barber’sshop to get shaved. The barber brought one of his brooms. After hehad shaved him, he asked for the price of the brooms.
“Two pence,” said the man.
“No, no,” said the barber. “I will give you apenny, and if you don’t think that is enough, you may take yourbroom back!”
The man took it and asked what he had to payhis shave.
“A penny,” said the barber.
“I will give you a half penny, and if that isnot enough, you may put my beard on again.”
故事31 卖扫帚的人和理发师
一个卖扫帚的人去理发店修面。理发师从他那里买了一把扫帚。当理发师给他修面后，问一下他扫帚的价格。
买扫帚的人说：“两个便士。”
“不，不。”理发师说：“ 我只出一个便士，如果你认为不狗的话，可以把扫帚拿回去。”
卖扫帚的人拿回了扫帚，随后问修面要付多少钱。
“一便士。”理发师说。
卖扫帚的人说：“我给你半个便士，如果不狗的话，请把我的胡子还给我。”
Story 32Sun the Ice
Once a simpleton’s wife told him to buy someice.
Two hours later, he didn’t come back. Shewanted to know why he didn’t come back and went out to have a look.She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the icemelting.
“What’s the matter?” She asked him. “Why don’tyou bring it in?”
“I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid thatyou would scold me so I’m running it dry.” The simpletonanswered.
故事32 晒冰
从前有一个笨人的妻子让她的丈夫买几块冰。
两个小时后，他还没回来。
她想知道他为什么没回来，就出去看了看，发现她的丈夫在门口站着，在太阳下晒冰，看着冰融化。
她问他：“怎么啦？你为什么不把它拿进来？”
“我看见冰是湿的，恐怕你会训斥我，因此，我正在把它晒干。”笨人回答道。
Story 33 Animals
There are many kinds of animals in the world.People don’t know the exact numbers. In the zoo, people can seemany kinds of animals. For example, lions, tigers, they are scary.Monkey, foxes are intelligent. People usually think pandas; koalabears are so cute and smart. Some animals live in the water, suchas dolphins. They need a lot of water for their home. And elephantswith long nose are very strange. They can sing and dance. Thegiraffes are quite tall because of their long necks. So they canreach the top of the trees.
故事 33 动物
世界上有许多钟动物，人们不知道它们确切的数目。在动物园里人们可以看到很多种类的动物，如：狮子、老虎，它们都令人害怕；猴子和狐狸是狡猾的；人们认为熊猫，考拉熊是如此伶俐和聪明。有些动物居住在水里，如海豚，它们的家需要很多的水。大象长有奇特的长鼻子，它们会唱歌和跳舞。长颈鹿长着非常长的脖子，因为他们可以够到数的顶部。
Story 34 A Silly Man
Fred was going to school. When he passed apark, he saw a man sawing a big branch from a tree. The man was ona ladder and the ladder was against the big branch he was sawing.“Hi, it is dangerous.” Fred shouted. “After you cut off the branch,you will fall, too.” But the man didn’t believe him, and saidangrily, “Go away, you little thing. It’s none of yourbusiness.”
Fred could do nothing, so he left. He didn’tgo far before he heard something crashed. He rushed back and foundthe man lying on the ground.
Fred asked some men for help. They carriedthe man to the hospital.
故事34 一个愚蠢的人
弗雷德走在上学的路上。路过一个公园时，他看见一个人在锯一棵大树的树枝。“嗨，你这么做很危险的。”费雷得喊道：“你锯了那树枝后，你会摔下来的。”而那个人不相信他，愤怒地说：“快走开，小东西，没有你的事。”
费雷德没趣地离开了。他没有走多远就听见一声响，他急忙跑回去，发现那个人躺在地上。
英语幽默故事
There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot. Therewerethree parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another one,$10,000; and the third one, $30,000. The customer asked the owner,“How come this guy is $5,000? That’s so expensive for this kindofparrot.” The owner said, “Because I have trained him and he cantalk.” So the customer asked him, “How about this guy? What can hedo that makes him so expensive?” The owner said, “Well, apart fromtalking, he can also do some amusing actions,like dancing and soon. That’s why he’s so expensive.” Then the customer said, “Howabout the third one? What canhe do that makes him so expensive?”The owner of the shopsaid, “I don’t know. Normally, I have neverheard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing, nothing at all!But the other two call him ‘The Boss.’”
老板最大有个人到一间商店买鹦鹉。店里有三只鹦鹉，其中一只卖五千元，另一只卖一万元，还有一只卖三万元。顾客问老板：「为什么这只要卖五千元？这个价钱对这种鹦鹉来说太贵了！」老板说：「因为我有训练他讲话。」顾客又问：「那这只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？」老板说：「他除了会说话之外，还会表演一些有趣的动作，好比说跳舞等等，所以才卖这么贵。」顾客接着又问：「那第三只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？」老板说：「我不知道。我从没听过他讲话、吹口哨或唱歌，也没看过他跳舞，什么都没有！不过另外两只叫他：『老板！』」
Where is the egg?
Teacher:Can you make a sentence with the word "egg"?
Student:Yes.I ate a piece of cake yesterday.
Teacher:Then where is the “egg"?
Student:In the cake,Sir.
鸡蛋在哪里？
老师：你能用“鸡蛋”一词造句吗？
学生：可以。我昨天吃了一块蛋糕。
老师：“鸡蛋”在哪？
学生：在蛋糕里，先生
Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. Once hegoes to a cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He buysa ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out,and buys the second ticket and goes in again. After a few minuteshe comes out again and buys the third ticket. Two or three minutesafter that he comes out and asks for another ticket. But a girlasks him,“Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do youmeet?” “No, I have no friends here, but a big woman always stops meat the door and cuts up my ticket.”
汤姆是个小孩， 他才7岁。 当他去电影院的时候。那时他第一次去。他买了张票进去了。但没过两三分钟他就出来了，然后买了第二张票又进去了。 几分钟后他又出来买了第三张票。 接着两三分钟后他又出来买票。一个女的问她，“你为什么要买那么多票啊? 你见到了几个朋友？" "没有， 我里面没朋友，但是每当我进门的时候一位大的女人老把我的票给剪了"
Child:My uncle has 1000 men under him.
Man:He is really somebody.What does do?
Child:A maintenance man in a cemetery
他真是一个大人物
小孩：我叔叔下面有1000个人。
男人：他真是一个大人物。他是干什么的？
小孩：墓地守墓人。
Teacher: Would Shakespeare be a great man if he were still alivetoday?
Student: Of course. He must be a great man, for so far nobodyhas lived to over 400 years.
一名伟人
老师：如果莎士比亚还活着，他会是一名伟人吗？
学生：当然。因为到目前为止，还没有人活到400多岁。
Mr. Smith: Waiter, there's a dead fly in my soup.
Waiter: Yes, sir, I know---it's the heat that kills it.
史密斯先生：服务员，我的汤里有一只死苍蝇．
服务员：是的，先生，我知道了，它是被烫死的．
Son: Dad, give me a dime.
Father: Son, don't you think you're getting too big to beforever begging for dimes?
Son: I guess you're right, Dad, Give me a dollar, will you?
儿子：爸爸，给我一角钱。
父亲：儿子，你不认为你已经长大了，不该再老是一角一角地要钱了(该自立了)，不是吗？
儿子：爸爸，我想你是对的，那给我一块钱行吗？
A little kid fell in love with another little kid, a schoolmate.
Sometimes the kids think they fall in love when they have
a crush on someone else in the class, when they’re eight
or ten years old or something like that. So theeight-year-old
kid came back home and asked his father, “Father, is it
expensive to be married?” And the father said, “Yes, son,
it is very expensive.” So the son asked, “How much does it
cost?” And the father said, “I don’t know, son. I’m stillpaying.”
有个小孩爱上了另一个小孩，对方是学校的同学。八岁或十岁左右的孩子有时会迷恋班上某个人，然后就以为自己恋爱了。因此这个八岁的小孩回家问他爸爸：「爸爸，结婚很花钱吗？」爸爸说：「是啊，儿子，非常花钱。」儿子又问：「要花多少钱呢？」爸爸说：「我不知道，儿子，我到现在还一直在付钱啊！」
"Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear? Is it infected?""No, sir, but you said yesterday that everything you told me wentin one ear and out the other , so I am trying to stop it."
“孩子，你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵？它感染了吗？”
“没有，老师。可是你昨天说你告诉我的知识都是一个耳朵里进，一个耳朵里出，所以我要把它堵在里面。”
“I'm sorry ，Madam ，but I shall have to charge you twenty dollarsfor pulling your boy's tooth .”
“Twenty d ollars! Why ，I understand you to say that you chargedonly four dollars for such work!”
“Yes，but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared fourother patients out of the office .”
“对不起，夫人，为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”
“20美元！为什么？不是说好只要4美元。”
“是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四个病人吓跑了。”
TWO： Teacher：We all know that beat causes an object to expand ancold cauese it to contract. Now，can anyone give me a goodexample?
John：Well ，in the summer the days are long，and in the winter thedays are short.
老师：我们都知道热胀冷缩的道理。现在，谁给我举个例子？
约翰：嗯，在夏天天都长，在冬天天都短。
The lecturer on evolution had been going on for nearly twohours. then he started again, and said he:"Let me ask theevolutionist a question --- if we had tails like a baboon, whereare they?"
"I'll venture an answer, " said an old lady. "We have worn themoff sitting here so long.".
教进化论的老师已经滔滔不绝地讲了快两个小时，他的话题又来了：“让我向进化论者提个问题——如果我们曾经像狒狒那样长着尾巴，那么现在尾巴到哪里去了？”
“我来试试看，”一位老太太说。
“该是我们在这里坐这么久把它们磨掉了吧。”
A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he wentalong the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of theroad. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich manwill give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat."Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust. He wenton and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he couldnot go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot goto the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river." Hebegan to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to wantfood. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out ofthe dust and eat them. Do not throw good things away; you may beglad to have them at some other time.
【译文】一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。”他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。
A Good Boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you dowith the money I gave you yesterday?"
"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.
"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are twocents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"
"She is the one who sells the candy."
好孩子
小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。
“昨天给你的钱干什么了？”
“我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。“你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？”
“她是个卖糖果的。”
Drunk
One day, a father and his little son were going home. At thisage, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was alwaysasking questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his father replied, "look, there arestanding two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four thenI am drunk."
"But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman!"
醉酒
一天，父亲与小儿子一块儿回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年龄，老是有提不完的问题。他向父亲发问道：“爸爸，‘醉’字是什么意思？”“唔，孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸，”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀！”
Sleeping Pills
Bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night. He went to seehis doctor, who prescribed some extra-strong sleeping pills.
Sunday night Bob took the pills, slept well and was awake beforehe heard the alarm. He took his time getting to the office,strolled in and said to his boss: "I didn't have a bit of troublegetting up this morning."
"That's fine," roared the boss, "but where were you Monday andTuesday?"
安眠药
鲍勃晚上失眠。他去看医生，医生给他开了一些强力安眠药。
星期天晚上鲍勃吃了药，睡得很好，在闹钟响之前就醒了过来。他到了办公室，遛达进去，对老板说：“我今天早上起床一点麻烦都没有。”
“好啊!”老板吼道，“那你星期一和星期二到哪儿去了？”
普通英语故事
Story 1 I Don’t Like Her
Bob goes to a new school.
One day he comes back, “Bob, do you like yournew teacher?” his mother asks.
“I don’t like her, Mother. Because first shesays that three and three is six, and then she says that two andfour is six, too.”
故事1 我不喜欢她
鲍勃的去了所新学校。
一天，他回到家，他妈妈问他：“你喜欢你的新老师吗？”
“不，我不喜欢她，妈妈。因为她先说3加3等于6，然后她又说2加4等于6.”
Story 2 Ten Candies
Mother asks her son, “Jim, if you have tencandies, and you eat four, then how many candles do you have?”
“Ten.” Jim says.
“Then,” Mother asks.
“Yes, Mum. Four candles are in my stomach andsix candies are out of my stomach. Four and six is ten, isn’t itright?”
故事2 十块糖
妈妈问儿子：“吉姆， 如果你有10块糖，吃了4块，那你还有几块糖？”
“10块。”吉姆说。
“10块？”妈妈问。
“是的，妈妈。因为4块在我的肚子里面，6块在肚子外面，4加6等于10，不对吗？”
Story 3 Count Tomorrow Morning
It’s a right. John is looking at the sky.
Tom is John’s younger brother. He asks John“What are you doing?”
John says, “I’m countingstars.”
Tom laughs and says, “It’s really dark now.Why not count them tomorrow morning?”
故事3 明天早上数
这是一个晚上。约翰抬头看着天空。
汤姆是约翰的弟弟。他问约翰：“你在干什么？”
约翰说：“我在数星星。”
汤姆笑着说：“现在天空太黑了。你为什么不等到明天早上再数呢？”
Story 4Are Flies Yummy?
Tony and his father are eating dinner.
Suddenly Tony asks his father, “Dad, areflies yummy?”
Dad frowns and says, “No, I think it’s yucky.Why do you ask me this question? It’s a silly question.”
But Tony says, “ There was one fly in yourplate.”
故事4 苍蝇好吃吗？
托尼正和他爸爸一起吃晚餐。
突然，托尼问他的爸爸：“爸爸，苍蝇好吃吗？”
爸爸皱眉说：“我想不好吃。你怎么会问这个问题？这可是一个愚蠢的问题。”
可是托尼说：“刚才你盘子里有一只苍蝇。”
Story 5 I Don’t Want to Walk Home
Tom is a very old man. After dinner, he likeswalking in the street. And he goes to bed at seven o’clock.
But tonight, a car stopped at his house. Apoliceman helps him get out. He tells Tom’s wife, “The old mancouldn’t find his way in the street. He asked me to take him in thecar.”
After the policeman leaves there, his wifeasks, “Tom, you go to the street every night. But tonight you can’tfind the way, what’s the matter?”
The old man smiles like a child and says, “Icouldn’t find my way? I didn’t want to walk home.”
故事5 我不想走回家
汤姆是一位老人，他喜欢在晚饭后到大街上散步，在7点回来睡觉。
但是，今天晚上一辆小汽车停在他家门前，汤姆在一位警察的帮助下走下汽车。警察告诉汤姆的妻子：“这位老人在街上迷路了，他让我用汽车送他回来。”
警察走后：“汤姆，你每天都到那条街上散步，但是今天你迷路了，你怎么了？”
这位老人像孩子般的笑道：“我迷路了？我是不想走路回家。”
Story 6 It Must Be Crowded
A teacher is telling his students, “The moonis very large. Several millions people can live there.”
And a boy laughs and says, “It must getcrowded when it’s a crescent moon.”
故事6 一定很拥挤
一位告诉学生：“月亮非常大，上面能住几百人。”
一个男孩笑着说：“当月亮变成月牙的时候，住在上面的人该多拥挤啊！”
Story 7 It’s Good to Admit a Fault
John is not a “good” student. He always sleepsin the class. Today he sleeps again.
“John!” Teacher says angrily.
“What? What’s wrong?” John is awaken.
“Why do you make a face? It’s classroom. Look!Everyone is laughing.” Teacher says.
“No one is laughing.” Teacher says.
“No, it’s not me. I was not making a face. Iwas sleeping.” John fells upset.
“Um. Not bad. You can admit your fault. You are still a goodboy.” Teacher is satisfied with it.
故事 7 认错
约翰并不是个“好”学生。他总是在上课的时候睡觉。今天他又睡着了。
“约翰！”老师生气地喊他。
“什么？出什么事了？”约翰醒了。
“你为什么要做鬼脸？这是教室！看看！同学们都在笑！”老师生气地说。
“没有人在笑呀。”其他同学笑声地嘀咕。
“不，不是我。我没有做鬼脸。刚才我睡着了。”约翰感到不安。
“嗯，还不错。你承认自己的错误，还是给好孩子”老师为此感到满意。
Story 8Adding Feet to a Snake
One day, Mr. Lion holds a party. Many animalscome and drink a lot of wine. At last there is a pot of wine. Whocan drink it? They drink out an idea and decide to have amatch-Draw a snake. If you finish first, you can get it.
Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing. “Yeah, I’vefinished. I’m No.1,” he says. But he draws again and says, “Oh, letme add feet and my snake.” At the time, Mr. Gorilla also finishes.He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, “That isn’ta snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.”
故事8 画蛇添足
一天，狮子先生举行一场聚会，许多动物都来了，他们喝很多酒。最后只剩一壶酒了。让谁喝呢？它们想了想，有个主意。它们比赛画蛇，谁最快画好，谁就喝这壶酒。
不一会，狼先生画好了。“哈，我画好了，我是第一个。”它说。可是它又画了起来，它还说：“再给它加几只脚吧。”这是猩猩先生也画好了。它拿起那酒壶喝起来。一边喝一边说：“那不是蛇，蛇是没有脚的，我赢了这壶酒。”
Story 9 Covering One’s EarsWhile Stealing a Bell
Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he alwaysdoes foolish things.
One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top ofa door. “Oh! How nice! I will take it home.” He thinks, “What can Ido?” After a while he has a “good” idea. “Aha! I have an idea now.I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take offthe bell.”
Then he does so. But as soon as he takes offthe bell, the owner opens the door. “What ate you doing?” the ownersays angrily.
故事9 掩耳盗铃
王先生总以为自己很聪明，实际上他总干傻事。
一天，他看见一户人家的门头有个很漂亮的铃铛。“啊，真漂亮啊！我要把它拿回家去。”他自言自语道：“我该怎么做呢？”过了一会儿他想到了一个“好”主意。“啊哈！我有办法了！我把耳朵堵上，拿铃铛的时候就听不见铃声了。”
于是他就这样做了。可是他刚拿下铃铛，屋子的主人就打开门，怒气冲冲地说：“你在干什么？”
Story 10Adding Eyes to a Dragon
Mr. Li is a good painter. One day he draws a beautiful dragonwithout eyes.
Mr. Zhou looks at the picture and says, “Thedragon has no eyes. It isn’t a good picture.”
But Mr. Li smiles and says, “If I add eyes tothe dragon, it will fly away.”
Mr. Zhou shakes head and says, “You areboasting. I don’t believe you.”
Mr. Li isn’t angry. He holds the paintbrushand adds eyes to the dragon. Woe! The dragon really flies.
故事 10 画龙点睛
李先生是位很好的画家。一天画了一条栩栩如生的龙，但是这只龙没有眼睛。
周先生见了说：“这条龙没有眼睛。这不算一张好画。”
可是李先生笑着说：“如果我给它加上眼睛，它就会飞走了。”
周先生摇头说：“你吹牛。我不相信。”
李先生也不生气，只是拿起笔给龙点上眼睛。哇！龙真的飞走了。
Story 11 Lord Ye’s Love ofthe Dragon
There is a young man, LordYe. He likes dragons vey much. He draws many dragons in his house.The house becomes a world of dragon.
A red dragon hears of Lord Ye, and is deeplymoved. He wants to visit Lord Ye and makes a friend with him.
“Hi, Mr.Ye! Nice to meet you,” the real dragon comes to visit Mr. Ye runsaway as fast he can. “Oh, my God! Help! Help!” he runs andshouts.”
故事11 叶公好龙
有个年轻人，姓叶，非常喜欢龙.他在屋里里面了许多许多龙。这屋子都快成了龙的世界。
一龙真龙听说了叶公的事，很受感动，就想去拜访叶公，和他交个朋友。
“嘿。叶先生！很高兴见到你。”这条真龙拜访叶先生了。可是叶先生飞快地逃了。忒边跑边喊：“啊，我的天啊！救命！救命！”
Story 12 IMade Granny Glad
A teacher is telling her students theimportance of making others glad. “Now, children,” she says“Did youmake someone else glad?”
“Please, teacher,” says a small boy, “I made someone gladyesterday.”
“Well done. Who was that?” The teacher says.
“My granny.” The boy says.
“Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad.” Theteacher says.
“I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for threehours. Then I said to her, ‘Granny, I’m going home.’ And she said,“well. I’m glad!”
故事12 我让奶奶高兴了
一位教师正在对学生将使人高兴的重要性。“听着，孩子们，”他说：“你们曾让别人高兴过吗？”
“我，老师，”一个男孩子说，“昨天我就使别人高兴过。”
“做得好。是谁呢？”老师说。
“我奶奶。”小男孩说。
“好孩子。现在告诉我们，你是怎样使你奶奶高兴的？”老师问道。
“是这样的，老师。昨天我去看她，在她那儿呆了3个小时。然后我对她说：“奶奶，我要回家了。”她说：“啊，我很高兴。”
Story 13 Look at the Sky from the Bottom of aWell
There is a frog. He lives in a well and henever goes out of the well. He thinks the sky is as big as themouth of the well.
One day a crow comes to the well. He sees the frog and says,“Frog, let’s have a talk.” Then the frog asks, “Where are youfrom?” “I fly from the sky,” the crow says. The frog feelssurprised and says, “The sky is only as big as the mouth of thewell. How do you fly from the sky?”
The crow says, “The sky is very big. Youalways stay in the well, so you don’t know the world is big.”
The frog says, “I don’t believe.” But thecrow says, “You can come out and have a look by yourself.”
So the frog comes out from the well. He isvery surprised. How big the world is!
故事13 坐井观天
有一只青蛙住在井底，他从来没有去过井外面。他以为天空就和井口一样大。
一天，一只乌鸦飞到井边，看见青蛙，就对它说：“青蛙，咱们聊聊吧。”青蛙就问他：“你从哪里来？”“我从天上上来。青蛙惊讶了，就说：“天空就只有这井口这么大，你怎么会从天上飞老呢？”
乌鸦说：“天空很大。只不过你一直呆在井里，所有不知道世界很大。”青蛙说：“我不相信。”乌鸦说：“你可以出来，自己看看嘛。”
于是青蛙来到井外。他十分惊讶，原来世界这么大！
Story 14 I can’t Cook It
It’s sunny day in spring. Miss Cat isfishing. Suddenly the fishing rod moves. “Great! Oh, it’s soheavy!” Miss Cat says happily.
The fish is plucked out of the river. “Oh, abig fish! How big the fish is!” She cheers. But she puts the fishinto the river and goes on fishing.
At the time Mr. House goes by and sees it.“What do you set it free?” He asks. “Because my pot is too small. Ican’t cook it,” Miss Cat says.
故事14 我没法煮它
这是春天里一个阳光明媚的日子，猫小姐在河边钓鱼。突然鱼竿动了动。“太棒了！哇，好重啊！”猫小姐高兴地喊着。
鱼被拉出来了。“啊！一条大鱼！这条大鱼可真大呀！”她欢呼道。但是她却把鱼放回河里，又继续钓鱼。
这时候马先生路过，看见这一切，就问她：“为什么你把鱼放了？”“因为我的锅太小。我没办法烧这么大的鱼。”猫小姐回答说。
Story 15 That Is Not MyDog!
A woman walks into a pet shop and sees a cutelittle dog. She asks the shopkeeper, “Does your dog bite?”
The shopkeeper says, “No, my dog does notbit.”
The woman tries to pet the dog and the dogbites her.
“Ouch!” She says, “I thought you said your dogdoes not bite!”
The shopkeeper replies, “That is not my dog!”
故事15 那不是我的狗
一个妇人走进一家宠物店，看见一只很可爱的小狗。她问店主：“你的狗咬人吗？”
店主说：“不，我的狗不咬人。”
于是这个妇人试着抚摸小狗，可是小狗却咬了她。
“哎哟！”妇人说，“我想你刚才还说你的狗不咬人。”
店主人回答说：“那不是我的狗。”
StoryWrong
Mark’s favorite cup is broken, and he feelsunhappy. Susan sees and asks him, “ You look sad. What’s thematter?”
Mark says, “There is something wrong with mycup.”
Susan says, “Don’t worry. I can repairit.”
Mark feels surprised and asks, “Repair? Youcan repair it? You?”
“Yes. Believe me! Where is it?” Susananswers.
“Here. My cup is broken. Are you sure you canrepair it?” Mark takes out his cuo.
故事16 误会
马克最喜欢的杯子了，他很不开心。苏珊看见了就问他：“你看上去不太开心。怎么了？”
苏珊说：“别担心。我会补好它的。”
马克听了感到奇怪，就问她：“补？你会补？真的吗？”
“没错。相信我。在哪里呢？”苏珊说。
“这儿。我的cup破了。你确信补好它吗？”马克拿出了杯子。
“cup？ 你以为是cap.”苏珊说道。说完他俩都笑了。
Story17My “Clever” Dog
Bobby is my dog. I love him. He can roll onthe floor. He can play balls with me. He can look after my housewhen I am out. Bobby is very clever. But sometimes he isn’t.
One day Bobby runs away. He is out for threedays. After he comes back, I tie him to a tree and give him somefood. Bobby begins to eat. But then he stops. He sees a fox. Thefox is looking at his food. Bobby barks and barks. He wants tocatch the fox. But he can’t. The fox runs round the tree. Bobbyruns after the fox. So the rope goes ground the tree. Of courseBobby can’t run. The doc can eat the food. Quickly she eats up thefood and runs away.
故事17我“聪明“的狗
巴比是我的狗。我很爱他。他会在地板上打滚。他会和我玩球。他能在外出的时候帮我看家。巴比很聪明，可是有些时候他也不聪明。
一天，巴比跑了出去，3天没回家。他回来后，我把他拴在一棵树上，给他一些食物。巴比吃着食物，但是又停了下来。他看见一只狐狸。这只狐狸正盯着他的食物。巴比朝狐狸一个劲地叫。他想抓住狐狸。但是他办不到。狐狸喀什绕着树跑，巴比就追着它跑。于是绳子就绕在了数上。当然巴比就跑不开了。那只狐狸跑去吃他的食物。很快就吃光了所有食物，而后跑走了。
Story 18 Snow White
Snow White is born on acold winter day. She is as white as snow. Her eyes are very big,her hair very long and her voice is sweet. She is very kind andbeautiful. Everyone loves her. Her mummy, the Queen loves her, too.But she died.
A new Queen comes. She is beautiful, but bad.She doesn’t like Snow White, because Snow White is the mostbeautiful girl in the world.
“I will kill Snow White.” So she orders ahunter to kill Snow White. The hunter is an honest man. “You are agood girl; I don’t want to kill you.” So he lets Snow White go.
Snow White goes into a forest. She finds ahouse, and goes into the house. Seven dwarfs live there. They likeSnow White, and ask Snow White to live with them.
No sooner, the new Queen dies. Because sheisn’t the most beautiful woman in the world.
故事 18 白雪公主
白雪公主出生在一个寒冷的冬天，因此她像雪一样洁白无瑕。她又两只大眼晴，有漂亮的长头发和甜蜜的声音。她又善良又美丽。每个人都很喜欢她。她妈妈——皇后也爱她，但她死了。
一位新皇后来了，她很漂亮但很恶毒。她不喜欢白雪公主，因为白雪公主是世界上最美丽的女孩。
“我一定要杀死白雪公主。“因此，她命令一位猎人去杀白雪公主。这位猎人是一个诚实的人。“你是一个好姑娘，我不想杀你。”所有他放走了白雪公主。
白雪公主走进一片森林，她发现了一个房子，并且走进了房子。七个小矮人住在房子里。他们很喜欢白雪公主并留她一起住下来了。
不久，女皇死了，因为她不是世界上最美丽的人。
Story 19The Clever King Solomon
Long, long ago, there was aking. Solomon was his name. He was very clever.
In his country, there weretwo women. They lived in the same house and each had a child.
One night, one of the babies died. The deadbaby’s mother took the other woman’s baby, and put it in her ownbed.
The next morning , they had a quarrel.
“No, this is my baby!” The dead isyours!”
Each one wanted the living baby. So they went to see KingSolomon.
“Bring me a knife, cut the child into two and five each womanone half.” said the King.
“Oh. Your Majesty! Give her my baby. Please don’t kill mybaby!”
Then King Solomon pointed to the woman in teas and said, “Givethe baby to her. She is the mother.”
故事19 聪明的国王所罗门
很久很久之前，有一位国王，他的名字叫所罗门，他非常聪明。
在他的国家里，有两位妇女，她们住在同一间房子里。各有一个婴儿。
一天夜里，其中一个婴儿死了。他的妈妈抱另一位妇女的小孩，把他放在自己的床上。
第二天早上，他们发生了争吵。
“不，这是我的孩子！这个死的是你的！”
他们都想要这个活着的孩子，于是她们去见所罗门国王。
“给我拿把刀来，把这个孩子切成两半，没人一半。”国王判决道。
“哦，陛下，把我的孩子给她吧。请不要杀了我的孩子！”一位母亲哭喊道。
于是所罗门指着流泪的妇女说：“把孩子给她，她是真正的母亲。”
Story 20 Catching aThief
Witty Hare can run veryfast. One day when he gets home. He sees a rat. The rat is jumpingdown his window. “Oh. A thief!” Witty Hare shouted and catches therat, “You can’t run faster then me.” Soon Witty Hare catches upwith the rat, and the rat is left behind, “I must run away,’ therat says and laughs, “He is so silly.”
Witty Hare goes on running. A sheep sees himand asks him, “What a re you doing?” “I’m catching the thief.”Witty Hare says. “ Thief? Where’s the thief?” the sheep fellssurprised. “He’s behind me ,”Witty Hare says proudly.
故事20追贼
机灵的肚子跑得很快。一天，她回到家的时候看见一只老鼠。这只老师正从它家的窗户跳下去。“啊！贼！”机灵肚子喊着追过去。 “你跑不过我的！”不一会它追上了老鼠，还把老鼠丢在后面。“我得赶紧逃。”老鼠窃笑着说：“这家伙真笨。”
机灵兔子继续跑着。一只绵羊看到了就问塔：“你在干什么？”“我在追贼。”机灵兔子说。“贼？贼在哪里啊？”绵羊感到奇怪。“它在我后面呢。”机灵兔子自豪地说着。
Story 21 A Clever Panda
A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wantsto take it home. But the pumpkin is too big. The panda can’t takeit home.
Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike towardher. She watches the bike. “I know! I have a good idea.” she jumpsand shouts happily, “I can roll a pumpkin. It’s like a wheel.”
So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When hermother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How canyou carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly, “I can’t liftit, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and says，“What a clevergirl! Use you heard to do something,”
故事21 聪明的熊猫
一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。
突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了！我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。
于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊！这么食的南瓜！你是怎么把它带回家来的？”小熊猫自豪地说；“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊！”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊！记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。”
Story 22 The Ox and theDog
An ox and a dog serve for the samefarmer.
One day the dog arrogantly says: “How grand Iam! In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows; atnight, I guard the house. But you…”
“Me? How about me ?” the ox says
“You can only plough or draw a cart,” the dog slightly says.
“Yes. It’s true,” the ox says. “But if I don’t plough, what doyou guard?”
故事22 牛和狗
一头牛和一只狗同时为一个农夫工作。
一天，狗骄傲地说着；‘我是多么重要啊！白天我在牧场看护家群，晚上我看家。而你呢…..?”
“我？我怎么啦？“ 牛反问。
“你只会犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地说。
“是的。你说得没有错，”牛回答道。“但是如果没有我犁地，你看护什么呢？”
Story 23 Go to the Cinema
A lorry driver, David is driving 200 penguinsto London Zoo. But his lorry breaks down on the motorway, whenanother lorry driver, Robert stops in the front of him, David asksfor help, and explains that he is taking the penguins to the zoo.Robert says, “Ok. I can help you.”
Some hours later, Robert drivers back andpasses David. David is still on the lorry, and look happy.
“I thought I told you to take those penguinsto the zoo.” David says.
Robert replies, “I did, but I had some moneyleft, so I’m going to the cinema now.”
故事23去电影院
一个叫戴维的货车司机载着200只企鹅去伦敦动物园。可是他的车在高速公路上坏了。当一辆货车停在他面前的时候，戴维向司机罗珀特求救，并且解释自己要送这些企鹅去伦敦动物园。罗珀特说：“行，我帮你。”
几个小时过后，罗珀特又回来了，并经过戴维生病，戴维还等在高速公路上。那些企鹅也还在车上，特高兴的样子。
“我想我告诉过你吧这些企鹅送进动物园的。”戴维说。
罗珀特回答说：“是的，我去了。但是我的钱包丢在电影院了，所有我现在要回那里去。”
Story 24 Wolf Is Coming
There is a naughty boy in a village. He likestelling lies. One day he wants to make fun of the farmers. So heshouts, “Wolf! Wolf! Wolf is coming!” The kind farmers are workin
