I was puzzled! Why was this old woman making such a fuss about an old copse（杂树林，灌木丛） which was of no use to anybody? She had written letters to the local paper, even to a national, protesting about a projected by-pass to her village...
In the Warring States Period, a man in the State of Chu was offering a sacri fice（祭祀，供奉） to his ancestors. After the ceremony, the man gave a beaker（烧杯，大口杯） of wine to his servants. The servants thought that there was no...
Right in the middle of Japan, high in the mountain, an old man lived in his little house. He found in one corner of the room an old iron kettle. He decided to use it to boil water. To his surprise, the kettle became a strange creature when it was on...
Two (1) would-be robbers left a (2) convenience store (3) empty-handed after getting into an argument about the (4) contents of a note they (5) handed to (6) the clerk. The two men entered the convenience store in a small town early Tuesday morning....
Meaghan looked through the long glass window to where the cocoons lay sleeping. Hundreds of cocoons rested or hung along rocks, grass, laurels, poplars and leaves. The silk coverings shielded the butterflies ready to burst out. Sprawling trees create...
Of all the activities in Kindergarten, Hannah liked 'making things' the best. Last Tuesday, while the children were busy at the work table making boats, Hannah was making something different, something special, something that was really quite wonderf...
One warm spring day, in the quiet little frog village of Ribbitt Ridge, on the edge of Green Forest, a young frog named Christopher Webtoe woke from a good night's sleep. He saw that the day was perfect for an adventure and decided to make the most o...
In Puerto Rico many years ago near the Condado Lagoon, there lived a poor fisherman. He lived alone in a hut（小屋） . His only companion was his dog. The fisherman and his dog were devoted to each other. They might be seen strolling（散步）...
Once Upon A Time in a bedroom not unlike yours and mine, full of knick knacks, brick bracks o the r snacks, ..there lived a monster named Giles... .....With a boy under his bed. Each night when the clock struck ten the boy crawled out and danced abou...
Mamma Miller told Fay and Lonnie that the y might have a party, so they tried to get ready for it. But the party was very different to what they expected. It always happens so about everything, if we pay no regard to one another's wishes. Mrs. Miller...
