文章列表
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1.苏秦刺股
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Once upon a time there was a scholar named Suqin. He was utterly destitute(穷困的) from the time he was young with no money to study with. In order ...
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2.映雪囊萤
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In the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Che Yin who was fond of learning but because of his family's destitute(赤贫的,缺乏的) conditions, his fat...
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3.The Young Giant
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Once on a time a countryman had a son who was as big as a thumb, and did not become any bigger, and during several years did not grow one hair's bread...
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4.The Elves
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There was once upon a time a rich King who had three daughters, who daily went to walk in the palace garden, and the King was a great lover of all kin...
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5.The King of the Golden Mountain
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There was a certain merchant who had two children, a boy and a girl; they were both young, and could not walk. And two richly-laden ships of his saile...
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6.The Peasant's Wise Daughter
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There was once a poor peasant who had no land, but only a small house, and one daughter. Then said the daughter, We ought to ask our lord the King for...
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7.Old Hildebrand
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Once upon a time lived a peasant and his wife, and the parson of the village had a fancy for the wife, and had wished for a long while to spend a whol...
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8.The Three Little Birds
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About a thousand or more years ago, there were in this country nothing but small kings, and one of them who lived on the Keuterberg was very fond of h...
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9.The Water of Life
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There was once a King who had an illness, and no one believed that he would come out of it with his life. He had three sons who were much distressed a...
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10.Doctor Knowall
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There was once on a time a poor peasant called Crabb, who drove with two oxen a load of wood to the town, and sold it to a doctor for two thalers. Whe...