日期:2011-06-22 There was a village where all the peasants were rich except for just one poor one, whom they called the little peasant. He did not own a single cow, and had even less money to buy one with, but he and his wife would have liked to have one ever so mu... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-06-22 Once upon a time there was a miller who was poor, but who had a beautiful daughter. Now it happened that he got into a conversation with the king, and to make an impression on him he said, I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold. The king sai... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-06-22 A king had a daughter who was beautiful beyond all measure, but at the same time so proud and arrogant that no suitor was good enough for her. She rejected one after the other, ridiculing them as well. Once the king sponsored a great feast and invit... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-06-22 Once upon a time there was a forester(林务官,护林员) . He went into the woods to hunt, and after entering the woods he heard a sound of crying, as though it were a little child. Following the sound, he finally came to a tall tree, at the top of w... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-06-15 In past times there were a king and a queen, who said every day, Oh, if only we had a child! but they never received one. Then it happened one day while the queen was sitting in her bath, that a frog crept out of the water onto the ground and said t... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-06-01 Wanda, the neighborhood witch, was a good witch and had been one for about 221 years. Her fondest dream was to become a fairy godmother. She had been going to the Fairy Godmother Academy for 103 years, learning fairy godmother magic: how to turn pum... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-04-06 Before the dawn of time, all the animals looked the same. Normally this was fine, but some of the cheekier animals likes to play tricks on Mother Earth and pretend to be other animals. Since they looked exactly the same, even Mother Earth who had cr... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-03-30 Once upon a time the fox was talking to the wolf about the strength of man, how no animal could withstand him, and how all were obliged to employ cunning(狡猾的) in order to protect themselves from him. The wolf answered, If I could see a man just... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-03-29 McDull is a male pig who can be distinguished by a birthmark(胎痣) on his right eye. He has a heart of gold, but he isn't very smart and ordinary in every way; nevertheless, he has many dreams. However, every time he tries, he fails; he is disappo... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-03-29 The cats from the cat village went to the river for a picnic. A cat found a corn stalk(玉米杆) . What can the cats do with the corn stalk? He must be hungry.He is eating the kernels of corn. Oh,look!He stopped eating. Meow made a new tooth from a... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-03-24 Long ago and far away there lived a King. He was very proud of his eleven sons and one daughter. All of his children were good, kind and wise, even young Eliza who was still only a baby. The Queen had sadly died and after a while, feeling that his c... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-03-24 Long ago, in a land far away, there lived a beautiful young girl. She was very sad. Her mother had died and her father had married again. His new wife had two ugly daughters, Esmerelda and Griselda. Soon after, her father also died and life immediat... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-03-23 Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her parents in a cottage on the edge of the forest. Her father was a woodcutter. He worked all day long in the forest, chopping down(砍下) trees with his huge axe. Right in the middle of the... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-03-09 A long time ago and far away there lived a King and a Queen. They were very happy, for their first child, a girl, had been born. We must have a grand christening(洗礼) for her, said the King , who was delighted to have a daughter. We must invite a... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-02-12 Long ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy liked to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadowhe loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went bythe little boy h... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-12-17 Right in the middle of Japan, high in the mountain, an old man lived in his little house. He found in one corner of the room an old iron kettle. He decided to use it to boil water. To his surprise, the kettle became a strange creature when it was on... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-09-03 Once upon a time, there were two very good friends who lived together in the shade of a rock. Strange as it may seem, one was a lion and one was a tiger. They had met when they were too young to know the difference between lions and tigers. So they... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-08-24 Before the time of this story, people in Asia used to say that there would never be a time when an elephant and a dog would be friends. Elephants simply did not like dogs, and dogs were afraid of elephants. When dogs are frightened by those who are... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-06-23 Snow-white awoke, and saw the seven Little Men with their big beards standing near her bed. She was afraid. The Little men said, Do not be afraid. We are your friends. Tell us how you came here. Snow-white said, I will tell you. Then she told them h... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-06-23 Once there was a Queen. She was sitting at the window. There was snow outside in the garden-snow on the hill and in the lane, snow on the hunts and on the trees: all things were white with snow. The Queen was making a coat for a little child. She sa... 阅读全文>> |
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