JUST SO STORIES 《原来如此》

 

Just So Stories, collection of children's animal fables¹ linked by poems by Rudyard Kipling, was published in 1902. In the stories, Kipling parodied² the subject matter and style of several traditional works, such as The Thousand and One Nights.

《原来如此》，由拉迪亚德·吉卜林的诗歌组成的儿童寓言集，出版于1902年。在小说中，吉卜林模仿了《一千零一夜》等传统作品的题材和风格。

 

I USED TO BE A FISH 《我曾经是一条鱼》

 

In I Used to Be a Fish, a boy is inspired by a pet fish and fueled by imagination to tell a whimsical version of his own life story, which mirrors the process of human evolution.

在《我曾经是一条鱼》这本书中，小男孩受到一条宠物鱼的启发，在想象力的推动下讲述了一个异想天开的关于自己的生活故事，从中反映出了人类进化的过程。

 

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS³ 《柳林风声》

 

The Wind in the Willows, book of linked animal tales by British writer Kenneth Grahame that began as a series of bedtime stories for his son, was published in 1908. The beautifully written work, with its evocative descriptions of the countryside interspersed⁴ with exciting adventures, became a classic of English children's literature.

《柳林风声》是英国作家肯尼斯·格雷厄姆的一部动物故事连载书，最初是为他的儿子写的一系列睡前故事，于1908年出版。这部文笔优美的作品，有着对乡村的生动描述，其中穿插令人兴奋的冒险经历，是英国儿童文学的经典之作。

 

CHARLOTTE'S WEB 《夏洛的网》

 

The widely read tale takes place on a farm and concerns a pig named Wilbur and his devoted⁵ friend Charlotte, the spider who manages to save his life by writing about him in her web.

这个广为流传的故事发生在一个农场，讲述了一只名叫威尔伯的小猪和他的挚友夏洛的故事。蜘蛛夏洛通过在自己织的网里写出威尔伯的故事，成功地拯救了威尔伯的生命。

 

TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA 《海底两万里》

The novel is noted⁶ for its exotic situations, the technological⁷ innovations it describes, and the tense interplay of the three captives and Nemo (who reappears in Verne's The Mysterious Island).

这部小说以其奇妙景观，所描述的科技创新，以及三个俘虏与尼摩船长（在凡尔纳的《神秘岛》中再次出现）之间紧张的互动而闻名。

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