日期:2014-12-11 Tomatoes were first grown in Central and South America. They were unknown to the rest of the world until the 16th century. In the beginning, many people in Europe refused to eat tomatoes because they thought the fruit was dangerous. Tomatoes first b... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-12-03 A pig found his way into a meadow where a flock of sheep were grazing. The shepherd caught him, and was proceeding to carry him off to the butcher's when he set up a loud squealing and struggled to get free. The sheep rebuked him for making such a t... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-12-03 A lion fell deeply in love with the daughter of a cottager and wanted to marry her; but her father was unwilling to give her to so fearsome a husband, and yet didn't want to offend the Lion, so he hit upon the following expedient. He went to the Lio... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-12-03 A dog was lying in the sun before a farmyard gate when a wolf pounced upon him and was just going to eat him up; but he begged for his life and said, You see how thin I am and what a wretched meal I should make you now: but if you will only wait a f... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-27 A frog living in a shallow well told merrily its own happiness and well being of life to a big turtle that lives in the East Sea and warmly invited the turtle to come to its home. The East Sea turtle could not enter the small abode of the frog, but... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-27 Wan zhou, phoenix's sister, flew from South sea from North Sea directly. On its way, it would not perch a tree other than a parasol tree, and would not eat anything other than the fruit of bamboo, and would not drink anything other than sweet spring... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-27 Yi Dai is a kind of talentless bird over the East Sea. They fly slowly and lowly and have to be led by other birds while flying. They always hide among the others while resting, dare not fly ahead while proceeding, dare not be left behind while retr... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-12 A wasp settled on the head of a snake, and not only stung him several times, but clung obstinately to the head of his victim. Maddened with pain the snake tried every means he could think of to get rid of the creature, but without success. At last h... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-12 Male peacocks are very proud of their beautiful tails. Although tamed for a long time, whenever they see young people wearing flowery clothes it will go up enviously and peck them to pieces. When they live in the mountains, they always find a place... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-12 A big snake passed by under a spider wet. And it wanted to eat the spider in the web. But because it was not high enough to reach the web, it had to give up. When the spider saw the snake leaving, it came down from the web hanging with a thread. The... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-12 The centipede waits by the hole of the earthworm, wants to eat it when thee is an opportunity. But the earthworm hiding in the hole suddenly sticks out its head and breaks one of the centipede's legs when the centipede is not alert. Angered by this,... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-12 When a gecko meets with a scorpion, the gecko will always provoke the scorpion that has no eyesight with its tail. Angered by the provocation, the scorpion will sting the gecko with the poisonous sting of its tail. The tail of the gecko is very smoo... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-05 It was a fine day. The trees were green, the flowers were red and yellow. A white lamb was playing in the fields. At that time, a wolf came and caught it. The wolf wanted to eat the lamb. The lamb said, I'm thin now, please come to eat me next time.... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-05 The mountains in the south of Yunnan teemed with precious stones. Since the mountains were high and steep. People could not climb up directly. In order to get the precious stones, the native people kept shooting at the monkeys, which were at the top... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-05 Falling down from heaven, the dragon landed at a remote village. It wanted to find water in the villagers' houses, so as to fly to the heaven again. But he was driven out by the villagers who were beating drums and detonating firecrackers. The drago... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-05 Two sisters were playing games on the bank of a river. They were playing happily. One of them was named Janny, the other was Rose. While they there running to the foot of a hill, they saw a big brown bear standing before them. They were very frighte... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-05 The joss in the temple hated the big tree and the bines and vines clinging to it, which had occupied the vastly space in front of the joss house, because he thought they had usurped its role, and ha has always wanted to get rid of them. One day, the... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-11-05 Although an eagle had changed into a cushat, it forgot all this while it was flying. Seeing a flock of birds in the woods, it could not help diving down, tweeting like an eagle. On hearing the sound of an eagle, and the birds were so scared that the... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-10-28 A fowler was setting his nets for little birds when a lark came up to him and asked him what he was doing. I am engaged in founding a city, said he, and with that he withdrew to a short distance and concealed himself. The lark examined the nets with... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-10-28 A fisherman who could play the flute went down one day to the sea-shore with his nets and his lute; and, taking his stand on a projecting rock; began to play a tune, thinking that the music would bring the fish jumping out of the sea. He went on pla... 阅读全文>> |
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