英文故事小短文篇一：英語短文故事

一

One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,"This is my breakfast.''He came up to the cock and said,"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to

sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away.The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''The cock said to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.''The fox opened his mouth and said,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree.

一天早上，一只狐貍看到了一只公雞。他想：這是我的早餐。他朝公雞走來，對他說：“我知道，你能唱得非常好聽，你能唱給我聽么？”公雞很高興。他閉上眼睛開始唱歌。狐貍看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。在田地里的人們看到了狐貍。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐貍抓住公雞逃走了。”公雞對狐貍說：“狐貍先生，你能理解么？人們認(rèn)為你叼走了公雞。告訴他們這是你的，不是他們的�！焙�貍張開她的嘴說：“公雞是我的，不是你們的�！本驮谀菚r(shí)，公雞逃離了狐貍的嘴巴，跑到了樹底下。

二

Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."

從前，有兩只老鼠，它們是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在鄉(xiāng)村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，鄉(xiāng)下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它說：“你一定要來我鄉(xiāng)下的家看看�！庇谑�，城里老鼠就去了。鄉(xiāng)下老鼠領(lǐng)著它到了一塊田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城里老鼠。城里老鼠說：“這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你應(yīng)該搬到城里去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，還會(huì)吃上美味佳肴，你應(yīng)該到我城里的家看看�！编l(xiāng)下老

鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了。可是正當(dāng)他們要開始吃的時(shí)候，聽見很大的一陣響聲，城里的老鼠叫喊起來：“快跑！快跑！貓來了！”他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。過了一會(huì)兒，他們出來了。當(dāng)他們出來時(shí)，鄉(xiāng)下老鼠說：“我不喜歡住在城里，我喜歡住在田野我的洞里。因?yàn)檫@樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過著提心吊膽的生活來說，要好些�！�

三

Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter ????A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast. ????For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide. Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion. ????In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture. As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain. There was no sign of the lion. ????"What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?" asked the chief. ????"Forget the damn lion!" he howled. "Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?" ????偉大的獵手Jonesie ????有個(gè)小村莊正為一只吃人的獅子而煩惱。于是，村長派人去請偉大的獵手Jonesie來殺死這只野獸。 ????獵手躺著等了幾個(gè)晚上，但獅子一直沒有出現(xiàn)。最后，他要求村長殺只羊然后把頭皮給他。把羊皮披在身上后，獵人到草原上去等獅子。 ????半夜，村民被從草原傳來的聲嘶力竭的尖叫聲驚醒。他們小心地靠近后，看到獵手正躺在草地上痛苦地呻吟。沒有獅子出沒的蛛絲馬跡。 ????“Jonesie，怎么了？獅子在哪？”村長問。 ????“哪有獅子！”獵人怒吼道，“哪個(gè)傻瓜把公牛放出來了？” ??

四

Weather Predict ????A film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow rain." The next day it rained. ????A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow storm." The next day there was a hailstorm. ????"This Indian is incredible," said the director. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather. ????However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks. ????Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and I'm depending on you. What will the weather be like?" ????The Indian shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know," he said. "Radio is broken.&

quot; ????天氣預(yù)報(bào) ????一個(gè)電影攝制組在沙漠深處工作.一天,一個(gè)印度老人

到導(dǎo)演跟前告訴導(dǎo)演說"明天下雨."第二天果然下雨了. ????一周后,印度人又來告訴導(dǎo)演說,"明天有風(fēng)暴."果然,第二天下了雹暴. ????"印度人真神,"導(dǎo)演說.他告訴秘書雇傭該印度人來預(yù)報(bào)天氣. ????幾次預(yù)報(bào)都很成功.然后,接下來的兩周,印度人不見了. ????最后,導(dǎo)演派人去把他叫來了."我明天必須拍一個(gè)很大的場景,"導(dǎo)演說,"這得靠你了.明天天氣如何啊?" ????印度人聳了聳肩."我不知道,"印度人說,"收音機(jī)壞了." ??

五

It doesn't matter where you are coming from.All that matters is where you are going.

Your decision to be,have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well.Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

You cannot control what happens to you,but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you,and in that,you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

The more you seek security ,the less of it you have.But the more you seek opportunity,the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.Unsuccessful people are always asking,"What's in it for me?"

All successful people,men and women,are big dreamers.They imagine what their future could be,ideal in every respect,and then they work every day toward their distant vision,that goal or purpose.

六

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.

He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."

He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust

and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

【譯文】

一個(gè)人正朝著一個(gè)富人的房子走去，當(dāng)他沿著路走時(shí)，在路的一邊他發(fā)現(xiàn)一箱好蘋果，他說：“我不打算吃那些蘋果，因?yàn)楦蝗藭?huì)給我更多的食物，他會(huì)給我很好吃的東西�！比缓笏�拿起蘋果，一把扔到土里去。

他繼續(xù)走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會(huì)兒，然后他說：“今天我去不了富人家了，因?yàn)槲也荒芏蛇^河。”

他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。

不要把好東西扔掉，換個(gè)時(shí)候你會(huì)覺得它們大有用處。

七

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive（橄欖樹） orchard（果園） . He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised（輕視，看不起） the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.

When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, "My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it."

The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more.

After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.

They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering（漫游，閑逛）in his wits. The three sons were

bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing.

The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.

And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, "There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it."

從前有一個(gè)農(nóng)民，他有一座漂亮的橄欖園。他非常勤勞，而且農(nóng)場在他的照管下蒸蒸日上。可他知道自己的三個(gè)兒子瞧不起農(nóng)活，都迫不及待的想通過冒險(xiǎn)發(fā)家致富。

這個(gè)農(nóng)民上了年歲，感到死期快要來臨時(shí)，將三個(gè)兒子叫到身邊說：“兒子們，橄欖園里藏有一罐金子。你們想要，就去挖吧。”

兒子們想讓父親告訴他們金子藏在果園的那一塊地方，可他什么也沒再給他們說。

那個(gè)農(nóng)民死后，三個(gè)兒子就開始挖地，想找到那罐金子；因?yàn)樗麄儾恢�道金子藏在什么地方，所以他們一致同意排成一行從果園的一頭開始挖起，知道其中一人挖到金子為止.

他們挖啊挖，從果園的一頭一直挖到了另一頭，果樹周圍和果樹之間也都挖到了，可還是沒有找到那罐金子�？磥硪欢ㄊ怯腥艘呀�(jīng)把那罐金子頭走了，要么就是他們的父親一直在異想天開。三個(gè)兒子對他們白干了一場，感到大失所望。 到了第二年的橄欖季節(jié)，果園里的橄欖樹接出的果子比以往的都多；賣完果子后，三個(gè)兒子賺了整整一罐金子。

他們從果園里得到這么多錢后，突然明白了聰明的父親所說的“果園里藏有金子，想要就去挖吧”這句話的含義。

八

A young shoemaker left his village. Along the way, he found some ants,

英文故事小短文篇二：英語經(jīng)典小故事匯總

66篇英語小故事在線閱讀

1. The Dog In The Manger（牛槽裡的狗）

Once a dog was taking a nap in the manger of an ox. It was full of hay. But soon the ox came back from his work to the manger. He wanted to eat his own hay. Then the dog awoke, stood up and barked at the ox. The ox said to the dog, “Do you want to eat this hay, too?”

“Of course not,” said the dog.

“Then, go away and let me eat my own hay.”

“Oh, no. You go away and let me sleep.”

“What a selfish dog! He will neither eat the hay himself, nor let me eat it !” said the ox to himself.

有一次一只狗正在打盹在馬槽里的牛。它裝滿了干草。但是很快的牛回來,從他的作品占著茅坑不拉屎。他想要吃他的干草。然后狗醒了,站起來,沖著牛,牛對狗說:“你想要吃草嗎?”

“當(dāng)然不,”小狗回答。

“那么,離開,讓我吃自己的干草上�！�

“噢,不。你走了,讓我睡的�！�

“一個(gè)自私的狗!他既不會(huì)吃干草自己,也不讓我吃它!牛說:“自言自語。

2.The Lion, The Bear And The Fox（獅子、熊與狐貍）

Long ago a lion and a bear saw a kid. They sprang upon it at the same time. The lion said to the bear, “I caught this kid first, and so this is mine.”

"No, no," said the bear.“I found it earlier than you, so this is mine.” And they fought long and fiercely. At last both of them got very tired and could no longer fight.

A fox who hid himself behind a tree not far away and was watching the fight between the lion and the bear, came out and walked in between them, and ran off with the kid.

The lion and the bear both saw the fox, but they could not even catch the fox.

The lion said to the bear, “We have fought for nothing. That sly fox has got the kid away.”

很久以前,有一只獅子和一只熊看到一個(gè)孩子。他們把在它在同一時(shí)間內(nèi)。獅子說到熊》,我抓住了這個(gè)孩子第一,因此這是我的了�！�

“不,不,”說這只熊。“我發(fā)現(xiàn)它比你早,所以這是我的名片�！昂退麄兇蜷L而加劇。最后他們兩個(gè)都很累了,不再能戰(zhàn)斗。

一只狐貍誰躲在樹后面不遠(yuǎn)之間的爭斗,注視著獅子和熊的爪,出來、走在他們中間,而在前面跑,你的孩子。

獅子和熊都錯(cuò)失了狐貍,但他們甚至不能抓住那只狐貍。

獅子說到熊》,我們奮斗的事情。那狡猾的狐貍有孩子走了�！�

3.The Boys And The Frogs（男孩與青蛙）

One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stones hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said, “Boys, please don’t throw stones at us.”

The boys said, “We are only playing.” “I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play to you is death to us,” said the old frog.

So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away. 春季的一天有些淘氣的男孩子在附近一個(gè)池塘。他們開始扔石頭跳入水中。在池塘里住著許多青蛙很怕男孩,因?yàn)槭�頭傷害一些青蛙。最后一只老青蛙抬起他的頭從水中跳出來,說:“弟兄們,請不要用石頭打我們�！�

男孩說:“我們只是玩。“我知道,但請你不要再扔石頭,我的男孩。什么是發(fā)揮你的只有死亡說:“對我們來說,舊的青蛙。

所以,孩子們停止了投擲石塊就走了。

4.The Two Travelers（兩個(gè)旅人）

Many years ago two men were traveling together They were walking along a road in the wood.

Then they found a beautiful ax on the ground. One of them picked it up and said, “Look here have found an ax.”

“Don't say I, but we have found the ax,” said the other “We are friends. We ought to share it between us.” “No,” said the first one, “I found the ax, so it is mine.”

Soon after they heard someone running after them. They looked back. They found He called out, “Stop, thieves! Stop, thieves !”

The first traveler said, “What shall we do? He is running after us. We shall be caught by him.” “Don't say we, but I shall be caught. You found the ax, and you say it is yours,” said the other, and left him alone.

The first traveler tried to hide the ax, but he did not know where to hide it. And at last he was caught by the owner of the ax.

許多年前兩人一同旅行走的路在森林里。

然后他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)非常漂亮的斧子在地面上。其中一個(gè)把它撿了起來,說:“你看這里發(fā)現(xiàn)手上拿著斧頭。”

“不要說我,但是我們已經(jīng)找到了斧,”另一個(gè)說“我們是朋友。我們應(yīng)該分享我們的關(guān)系�！�

“不,”第一個(gè)說,“我找到了斧頭,所以它是我的了�！�

不久他們聽到有人追趕他們。他們回頭。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他喊:“停下來,小偷!停止,小偷!”

第一個(gè)旅行者說,“我們怎么辦呢?他正在追趕我們。我們會(huì)遇到他�！安灰�說我們,但是我將被抓到的。你找到了斧子,你說,這是你的,”另一個(gè)說,把他單獨(dú)留下。

第一個(gè)旅行者試圖隱藏斧頭,但他不知道到哪兒去藏身。最后,他被斧頭的主人。

5.The Ant And The Dove（螞蟻與鴿子）

One day a little ant was walking along the bank of a stream. His foot slipped and he fell into the water. “Oh, help, help!” cried the ant. A dove was sitting on a branch of a tree over the stream and heard his cry of help. “Oh, poor ant!” said the dove. “I will help the ant.”

The dove pulled off a leaf and dropped it near the ant. “Here is a leaf. Climb on it,” said the dove. The ant climbed on it at once and floated to the bank.

A few days after this a hunter found the dove and was going to shoot her. Just then the ant passed by and said to himself, “This time I must help the dove.” The ant ran to the hunter and bit his foot hard. The hunter sprang up and missed to shoot the dove. The dove said to the ant, “Thank you very much, my little friend. You have saved my life,” and she could fly away happily.

一天,一只小螞蟻是沿著河岸散步的一條小溪。他的腳滑了一跤,他掉進(jìn)了水里�！芭�,救命啊!

英文故事小短文篇三：英語小短文故事 —純英文

一

Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."

曾經(jīng)有兩只老鼠，他們是朋友。一直老鼠住在鄉(xiāng)下，另一直住在城里。許多年后鄉(xiāng)下的老鼠遇見了城里的老鼠，他說：“請來看看我在鄉(xiāng)下的房子�！背抢锏睦鲜缶腿チ�。城里的老鼠說：“吃的不好，住的也不好，為什么你住在田里的一個(gè)洞里？你應(yīng)該吃的好點(diǎn)，有必須過來看看我在城里的房子�！编l(xiāng)下的老鼠就去了城里老鼠的家。是一個(gè)非常好的房子。好吃的食物也為他們準(zhǔn)備好了。但是就在他們打算去吃的時(shí)候，他們聽到一個(gè)大的聲音，城里的老鼠哭著喊：“跑！跑！貓來了。他們迅速的跑掉和藏起來了。一段時(shí)間后他們跑出來了，當(dāng)他們跑出來后，鄉(xiāng)下的老鼠的說:“我不喜歡住在城里，我喜歡住在田里的洞了，窮點(diǎn)開心點(diǎn)，比富裕確害怕好點(diǎn)�！�

二

One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,"This is my breakfast.''He came up to the cock and said,"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away.The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''The cock said to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.''The fox opened his mouth and said,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree.

一天早上一只狐貍看見一只(公雞)。他想:“這是我的早餐”他走到公雞面前說：“我知道你唱歌非常好聽，你能為我唱一首嗎？”公雞很高興，閉上眼睛開始唱。狐貍看到這種情況，用嘴叼起他開始跑。在田里的人們看到這只狐貍，他們喊：“快看，快看，狐貍把烏鴉叼跑了”公雞對狐貍時(shí)候：“狐貍先生，你明白嗎？人們說你叼走了他們的公雞，告訴他們他是你的不是你的�！焙�貍張口他的嘴說：“公雞是我的，不是你們的”，然后烏鴉從狐貍面前跑到了樹底下。

三

Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter??

??A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast. ????For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide. Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion. ????In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture. As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain. There was no sign of the lion. ????"What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?" asked the chief. ????"Forget the damn lion!" he howled. "Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?" ????

偉大的獵獅手Jonesie.

有一個(gè)小村裝一直被一個(gè)吃人的獅子困擾著。所以他們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人就傳信給最偉大的獵人，Jonesie，來到村莊殺掉（）。連續(xù)幾個(gè)晚上，獵人躺在床上等候獅子，但是獅子一直沒出現(xiàn)。

四

Weather Predict ????A film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow rain." The next day it rained. ????A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow storm." The next day there was a hailstorm. ????"This Indian is incredible," said the director. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather. ????However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks. ????Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and I'm depending on you. What will the weather be like?" ????The Indian shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know," he said. "Radio is broken." ??

五

It doesn't matter where you are coming from.All that matters is where you are going.

Your decision to be,have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well.Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

You cannot control what happens to you,but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you,and in that,you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their

lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.The more you seek security ,the less of it you have.But the more you seek opportunity,the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.Unsuccessful people are always asking,"What's in it for me?"

All successful people,men and women,are big dreamers.They imagine what their future could be,ideal in every respect,and then they work every day toward their distant vision,that goal or purpose.

六

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust. He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."

He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

七

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive（橄欖樹） orchard（果園） . He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised（輕視，看不起） the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.

When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, "My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it."

The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more.

After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money. They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the

other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering（漫游，閑逛）in his wits. The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing.

The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.

And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, "There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it."

八

A young shoemaker left his village. Along the way, he found some ants, who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their anthill（蟻冢，人群密集的地方） . The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor.

The shoemaker followed his way and found some bees with the same problem as the ants. The young man also helped them, and the bees promised to help him in the future.

Further along, the shoemaker learned that the king’s daughter was in the castle of a witch（巫婆，女巫） . The young man decided to rescue her. But the witch locked him up in a stinking（發(fā)惡臭的，非常討厭的）dunge on with a sack of sand mixed with poppy（罌粟） seeds and told him that if he wasn’t able to separate the two, she would cut off his head at dawn.

The young man thought about his death. But his friends the ants came and helped him pass the test. The witch was astounded. Then she took him to a room where there were thirteen maidens with their faces covered: the shoemaker had to discover which one was the princess.

The young man became discouraged but he saw a bee that landed on... the

sweetest one, the true princess. When the shoemaker uncovered her face, the witch was changd into a crow（烏鴉） . The young people fell in love and lived surrounded by animals and poppies.

九

The Young Thief and His Mother

Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house. She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor.

One day, her son stole his friend's bag. "Mom, what do you think of this bag?" His mother praised her son rather than scolding him. "It looks great!"The next time, he stole an overcoat. She praised him again when he stole it.

A few years later, he grew up to be a young man. He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother. "How beautiful!" This time, she did not scold her son again.

Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things. One day, the police caught him. Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother. They took him to his mother.

As soon as he saw his mother, he bit her earlobe. "Ouch! What's the matter with you?" She finally scolded him. Her son answered. "If you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief."

She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison. "If I only could turn back time, I would scold him severely." She regretted that she always praised him, whatever he did.

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