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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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,... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

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... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-28 A sheep was once forced to submit to much harm from the other animals. He therefore appeared before Jupiter, and begged him to lessen（减少） his misery. Jupiter appeared willing, and said to the sheep, I see plainly, my pious（虔诚的） creature, th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-28 The feathers of a goose put the newly-fallen snow to the blush. Proud of this dazzling（耀眼的） gift of nature, she considered herself intended for a swan, rather than for that which she was. Accordingly, separating herself from her companions, she... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-28 An olive tree and a fig tree（无花果树） were talking one winter day. I feel sorry for you, said the olive tree, Every year you lose all your leaves and have to shiver through the winter with bare branches. But I stay green and beautiful all the yea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-28 A blind ass, which had undertaken a long journey, wandered from the road into a forest. As the night came on, our foolish fellow went so far into the thicket（灌木丛） that it couldn't move either backward or forward; and even one who had eyes would... 阅读全文>>