日期:2014-08-19 After a heavy lunch, a little monkey took a nap between the branches on the top of a tall tree. Suddenly, he was awakened by a kind of desperate cry for help. Opening up his eyes, the monkey found a stout mantis tightly holding a delicate branch wit... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-08-07 I am now going to begin my story (said the old man), so please attend. This hind that you see with me is my wife. We have no children of our own, therefore I adopted the son of a favorite slave, and determined to make him my heir. My wife, however,... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-08-07 Great prince of the genii(鬼,魔仆) , you must know that we are three brothers-- these two black dogs and myself. Our father died, leaving us each a thousand sequins(亮片) . With this sum we all three took up the same profession, and became merc... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-08-07 Sire, there was once upon a time a fisherman so old and so poor that he could scarcely manage to support his wife and three children. He went every day to fish very early, and each day he made a rule not to throw his nets more than four times. He st... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-08-07 In the country of Zouman, in Persia, there lived a Greek king. This king was a leper(麻风病患者) , and all his doctors had been unable to cure him, when a very clever physician came to his court. He was very learned in all languages, and knew a gr... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-08-07 A good man had a beautiful wife, whom he loved passionately, and never left if possible. One day, when he was obliged by important business to go away from her, he went to a place where all kinds of birds are sold and bought a parrot. This parrot no... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-08-07 In the night he went to the lake, cast his nets, and on drawing them in found four fish, which were like the others, each of a different colour. He went back at once and carried them to the grand-vizir as he had promised. He then took them to the ki... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-08-07 Turn over a few more pages, answered the head. The king went on turning, still putting his finger in his mouth, till the poison in which each page was dipped took effect. His sight failed him, and he fell at the foot of his throne. When the physicia... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-08-07 There was once upon a time a king who had a son who was very fond of hunting. He often allowed him to indulge in(沉溺于) this pastime, but he had ordered his grand-vizir always to go with him, and never to lose sight of him. One day the huntsman r... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-08-07 You must know, sire, that my father was Mahmoud, the king of this country, the Black Isles, so called from the four little mountains which were once islands, while the capital was the place where now the great lake lies. My story will tell you how t... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-07-21 A self-important lion in the jungle tried to make his mastery clear to all. He was so confident that he paid no attention to the smaller animals and went right up to a bear. He asked the bear, Who is the king of the jungle? The bear replied, Of cour... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-06-24 A fox, seeing a fish cart coming, lay down and pretended to be dead. The cart man, tempted by the idea of making some extra money by selling the fox's fur, picked up the animal by its tail and threw it into the back of the cart among the fish. Then... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-05-30 Fish lives in water. One day, a group of fish was stranded when the spring dried up. They disgorged(吐出) moisture for each other to breathe and spat foam to moisten(弄湿) each other. Now they were never like the way they were in rivers and spri... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-05-30 Legends hold that Shu was the king of the south sea. Hu was the king of the North Sea, and Hun Dun was the king of the center. Shu and Hu often visited Hun Dun's kingdom, and Hun Dun always gave them a feast. Shu and Hu decided to r eciprocate(报答... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-05-20 A person who lived by the sea loved seagulls very much. Every morning he would go to the seaside to play with the seagulls, and more than a hundred seagulls would fly to him one by one continuously. This person's father said to him, I hear that the... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-04-16 This happened many many summers ago. There was a young flower in the desert where all was dry and sad looking. It was growing by itself, enjoying every day. She asked the sun When shall I be grown up? And the sun would say Be patient. Each time I to... 阅读全文>> 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... 阅读全文>> 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.... 阅读全文>> 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... 阅读全文>> 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... 阅读全文>> |
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