日期：2013-11-25 Jed got to the top of the mountain and sat down to rest. The July sun had made him hot. It had been a long walk to the top and he was tired. He knew the horse he was trying to capture could not be too far away. He looked at the mountain and the vall... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-25 Marcus Osborne sat on his office chair with his feet propped（支撑） atop his desk. He reflected, if any one came into my office at this moment he would think I was the epitome（缩影，摘要） of the happy and able private detective? and he wouldn't b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-25 There were once three brothers who had fallen deeper and deeper into poverty, and at last their need was so great that they had to endure hunger, and had nothing to eat or drink. Then said they, We cannot go on thus, we had better go into the world... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-25 Once there was a miller who was poor, but who had a beautiful daughter. Now it happened that he had to go and speak to the King, and in order to make himself appear important he said to him, I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold. The King s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-25 There was once on a time a woman who was a real witch and had two daughters, one ugly and wicked, and this one she loved because she was her own daughter, and one beautiful and good, and this one she hated, because she was her step-daughter. The ste... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-25 In the olden time there was a king, who had behind his palace a beautiful pleasure-garden in which there was a tree that bore golden apples. When the apples were getting ripe they were counted, but on the very next morning one was missing. This was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-21 There was once on a time a man who was called Frederick and a woman called Catherine, who had married each other and lived together as young married folks. One day Frederick said, I will now go and plough, Catherine; when I come back, there must be... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-21 In Puerto Rico many years ago near the Condado Lagoon, there lived a poor fisherman. He lived alone in a hut. His only companion was his dog. The fisherman and his dog were devoted to each other. They might be seen strolling on the white sandy beach... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-21 There was a certain village wherein no one lived but really rich peasants, and just one poor one, whom they called the little peasant. He had not even so much as a cow, and still less money to buy one, and yet he and his wife did so wish to have one... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-20 There was once an old castle in the midst of a large and thick forest, and in it an old woman who was a witch dwelt all alone. In the day-time she changed herself into a cat or a screech-owl, but in the evening she took her proper shape again as a h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-20 A father once called his three sons before him, and he gave to the first a cock, to the second a scythe（镰刀） , and to the third a cat. I am already aged, said he, My death is nigh, and I have wished to take thought for you before my end; money I... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-20 There was once a man who understood all kinds of arts; he served in war, and behaved well and bravely, but when the war was over he received his dismissal（解雇） , and three farthings for his expenses on the way. Stop, said he, I shall not be conte... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-20 There was once on a time a Queen to whom God had given no children. Every morning she went into the garden and prayed to God in heaven to bestow on her a son or a daughter. Then an angel from heaven came to her and said, Be at rest, thou shalt have... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-18 There was once a very old man, whose eyes had become dim, his ears dull of hearing, his knees trembled, and when he sat at table he could hardly hold the spoon, and spilt the broth（肉汤） upon the table-cloth or let it run out of his mouth. His son... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-18 There was one on a time a great war, and when it came to an end, many soldiers were discharged. Then Brother Lustig also received his dismissal（解雇，免职） , and besides that, nothing but a small loaf of contract-bread, and four kreuzers in money,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-13 A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to have a lecture at a university to a large group of students. As most of them could not understand spoken English, he had to have an interpreter. During his lecture he told an amusing story which... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-13 This is a story about the well-known millionaire, John D. Rockefeller, and was told by a friend of his. This friend said that though Rockefeller gave away millions, he was very mean about small sums of money. One day he went to stay at a hotel in Ne... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-07 There was once on a time a man who was about to set out on a long journey, and on parting he asked his three daughters what he should bring back with him for them. Whereupon the eldest wished for pearls, the second wished for diamonds, but the third... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-07 During the Han dynasty, about two thousand years ago, to the north of Huayin Mountain, there lived a family called Yang. They were farmers, and had only one child, who was so precious to him that they named him Treasure Pao. Yang Pao was not only cl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-24 During the Southern and Northern Dynasties Period (420-589), there was a Chinese painter called Zhang Sengyao. Once, he visited a temple and painted four dragons on the wall, but he gave none of them eyes. Onlookers thought this odd, and asked why h... 阅读全文>>