日期：2008-07-26 Once upon a time, a tiger was caught in a trap. He tried in vain to get out through the bars, and rolled and bit with rage and grief when he failed. By chance a poor Brahman came by. Let me out of this cage, oh pious one! cried the tiger. Nay, my fr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 A merchant started his son in life with three hundred rupees, and bade him go to another country and try his luck in trade. The son took the money and departed. He had not gone far before he came across some herdsmen quarrelling over a dog, that som... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 One day a farmer went with his bullocks to plough his field. He had just turned the first furrow, when a tiger walked up to him and said, Peace be with you, friend! How are you this fine morning? The same to you, my lord, and I am pretty well, thank... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 One moonlight night, a miserable, half-starved jackal, skulking through the village, found a worn-out pair of shoes in the gutter. They were too tough for him to eat, so, determined to make some use of them, he strung them to his ears like earrings,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 A Jackal and a Partridge swore eternal friendship; but the Jackal was very exacting and jealous. You don't do half as much for me as I do for you, he used to say, and yet you talk a great deal of your friendship. Now my idea of a friend is one who i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 Once upon a time a Jackal and a Pea-hen swore eternal friendship. Every day they had their meals together, and spent hours in pleasant conversation. Now, one day, the Pea-hen had juicy plums for dinner, and the Jackal, for his part, had as juicy a y... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 Once upon a time a poor Brahman was walking along a dusty road, when he saw something sparkling on the ground. On picking it up, it turned out to be a small red stone, so, thinking it somewhat curious, the Brahman put it into his pocket and went on... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 There are good people in the world and some who are not so good. There are also people who are shameless in their wickedness. Wee Little Havroshechka had the bad luck to fall in with such as these. She was an orphan and these people took her in and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 Once upon a time there lived a peasant. His wife died and left him three daughters. The old man wanted to hire a servant-girl to help about the house, but his youngest daughter Maryushka said: Don't hire a servant, Father, I shall keep house alone.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 In days gone by there was a King who had three sons. When his sons came of age the King called them to him and said, My dear lads, I want you to get married so that I may see your little ones, my grand-children, before I die. And his sons replied, V... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 Once upon a time there was a King named Berendei. He had three sons. The youngest was called Ivan. And the King had a beautiful garden with an apple-tree in it that bore golden apples. One day the King found that somebody was stealing his golden app... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 the tornado's path. The loss of crops would make things more difficult, but they felt blessed to be alive. They also felt divine intervention had come in the form of a little yellow bird. The woman stood in the door of the attic and sighed. Gray and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 It was a day like the day before and the day after. The wind wrapped itself around the sod cabin in gusting moans as the pioneer family within carried out their tasks pretending not to hear. They heard the wind, however. It had been their constant c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 tantly wriggled out. With one stroke he smote the ogre neck-deep into the ground, and, without waiting for him to free himself, he swiftly unsheathed his dagger and thrust the blade deep into the ogre's pate. Ku-nan thus ended the Tiger King's life.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-07-26 The Tiger Kings Skin Cloak Long, long ago there lived in the Land of the Khans a poor Alad [a serf or a herdsman in the days of feudalism]. His wife bore three children, but unfortunately they all died. No further children were born to the couple an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-04-30 Why the Fish Laughed As a fisherwoman passed by the palace hawking her fish, the queen appeared at one of the windows and beckoned her to come near and show her what she had. At that moment a very big fish jumped about in the bottom of the basket. I... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-04-30 OLD MOTHER GOOSE lived in a cottage with her son Jack. Jack was a very good lad, and although he was not handsome, he was good-tempered and industrious, and this made him better looking than half the other boys. Old Mother Goose carried a long stick... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-04-30 OLD MOTHER GOOSE lived in a cottage with her son Jack. Jack was a very good lad, and although he was not handsome, he was good-tempered and industrious, and this made him better looking than half the other boys. Old Mother Goose carried a long stick... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-04-30 The Story of Blue Beard A LONG time ago, there lived a man who was very rich. He owned vast tracts of land, and lived in a splendid castle, that stood upon a high, steep hill, from whence he could see for miles around. But this man had the misfortun... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-04-30 How the Bear Lost his Tail This is the story of Bear's tail. I've heard it told in Germany, and in North America by the Iroquois Indians. A long time ago, Bear had a beautiful, long, furry tail. He thought it was really cool. He laid it out behind h... 阅读全文>>