A young shoemaker left his village. Along the way, he found some ants, who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their anthill(蚁冢,人群密集的地方) . The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor....
Once upon a time... There was once a man who had a son who was very clever at reading, and took great delight in it. He went out into the world to seek service somewhere, and as he was walking between some mounds he met a man, who asked him where he...
In past times there were a king and a queen, who said every day, Oh, if only we had a child! but they never received one.以前,有个国王和王后一直没有孩子,他们为此非常伤心苦恼。 Then it happened one day while the queen was sitting in her bath, that a...
Here were once five peas in one shell, they were green, the shell was green, and so they believed that the whole world must be green also, which was a very natural conclusion. The shell grew, and the peas grew, they accommodated themselves to their...
The Patient and the Ship Owner This incident occurred one morning outside Albert Sch-weitzer's hospital in the African jungle.A patient had gone fishing in another man's boat.The owner of the boat thought he should be given all the fish that were ca...
A Roc's flight of ten thousand li-A bright future In the Chinese classic 《Chuangtze》, there is a legend like this: Once upon a time, a gigantic fish named Kun lived in the northern sea. No one knew how large it actually was. This fish could change...
HERE was once a butterfly who wished for a bride, and, as may be supposed, he wanted to choose a very pretty one from among the flowers. He glanced, with a very critical eye, at all the flower-beds, and found that the flowers were seated quietly and...
A little boy asked his mother:Why are you crying? Because I am a woman.She told him. I don't understandhe said. His mum just hugged him and said:And you never will. Later the little boy asked his father:Why does mother seem to cry for no reason? All...
HERE was once a fine gentleman who possessed among other things a boot-jack and a hair-brush; but he had also the finest shirt-collar in the world, and of this collar we are about to hear a story. The collar had become so old that he began to think...
The Cock and the Jewel(公鸡和宝石) A cock, scratching in the farmyard for food for the hens, turned up a precious stone that shone and sparked in the sun. "Well," said the Cock, "I don’t kn...