日期：2014-02-10 In a certain country there was once great lamentation（悲叹） over a wild boar that laid waste the farmer's fields, killed the cattle, and ripped up people's bodies with his tusks. The King promised a large reward to anyone who would free the land f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-08 There was once a poor peasant who sat in the evening by the hearth and poked the fire, and his wife sat and span. Then said he, How sad it is that we have no children! With us all is so quiet, and in other houses it is noisy and lively. Yes, replied... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-08 There was once a girl who was idle and would not spin, and let her mother say what she would, she could not bring her to it. At last the mother was once so overcome with anger and impatience, that she beat her, on which the girl began to weep loudly... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-08 Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Grethel. He had little to bite and to break, and once when great scarcity fell on the land, he could no longer procure daily b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-08 There was once on a time a Fisherman who lived with his wife in a miserable hovel（小屋，茅舍） close by the sea, and every day he went out fishing. And once as he was sitting with his rod, looking at the clear water, his line suddenly went down, fa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-08 There was once a poor woman who gave birth to a little son; and as he came into the world with a caul（胎膜） on, it was predicted that in his fourteenth year he would have the King's daughter for his wife. It happened that soon afterwards the King... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-26 An aged count once lived in Switzerland, who had an only son, but he was stupid, and could learn nothing. Then said the father, Hark thee, my son, I can get nothing into thy head, let me try as I will. Thou must go from hence, I will give thee into... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-26 One very fine day it came to pass that the good God wished to enjoy himself in the heavenly garden, and took all the apostles and saints with him, so that no one stayed in heaven but Saint Peter. The Lord had commanded him to let no one in during hi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-26 One summer's morning a little tailor was sitting on his table by the window; he was in good spirits, and sewed with all his might. Then came a peasant woman down the street crying, Good jams, cheap! Good jams, cheap! This rang pleasantly in the tail... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-18 There was once a widow who had two daughters -- one of whom was pretty and industrious（勤勉的） , whilst the other was ugly and idle. But she was much fonder of the ugly and idle one, because she was her own daughter; and the other, who was a step-... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-18 There was once a man who had seven sons, and still he had no daughter, however much he wished for one. At length his wife again gave him hope of a child, and when it came into the world it was a girl. The joy was great, but the child was sickly and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-18 There was once a man who had a daughter who was called Clever Elsie. And when she had grown up her father said, We will get her married. Yes, said the mother; if only any one would come who would have her. At length a man came from a distance and wo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-18 A poor man had so many children that he had already asked every one in the world to be godfather, and when still another child was born, no one else was left whom he could invite. He knew not what to do, and, in his perplexity（困惑） , he lay down... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-18 There was once a wizard who used to take the form of a poor man, and went to houses and begged, and caught pretty girls. No one knew whither he carried them, for they were never seen more. One day he appeared before the door of a man who had three p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-05 In order to suppress those who were against her, Wu Zetian, the empress of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), appointed a few merciless（残忍的） persons to be judges. Two of them were extremely brutal; one was called Zhou Xing and the other was called Lai... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-29 In the years around 480 B.C., China was in the last phase of the Spring and Autumn Period. Fu Chai, King of the State of Wu, conquered the states of Yue, Lu and Chi one after another. Then Fu Chai, overweeningly ambitious, led his army marching into... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-29 Once upon a time there was a princess who was ever so proud: if any man came to woo（求爱，追求） her she would set him a riddle, and if he couldn't guess it he was laughed to scorn and sent packing. She also had it made known that whoever did guess... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-29 Though Monkey was versatile（多才多艺的） and boasted supernatural powers, Great Sage Sun as he was called, was fooled into coming up to heaven by the Great White Planet. The Jade Emperor conferred upon Monkey the title of Protector of the Horses. W... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-29 The Tang Priest (San zang) and his three disciples were on their way to the Western Heaven to obtain Buddhist scriptures. One day they were traveling in a high mountain. When Monkey (Wukong) saw it was cloudy and misting in the valley, he knew this... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-29 A long time ago and far away, there lived a merchant and his three daughters. The older girls were proud, while the youngest girl was generous and kind. One day, the merchant heard that all his ships had been lost in a storm. He was penniless（贫穷... 阅读全文>>