还过得去英语经典小故事汇总

2021年1月11日发(作者：傅承义)
66篇英语小故事在线阅读
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
nor let me eat it
dog! He will neither eat the hay himself,
!” said the ox to himself.
Lion, The Bear And The Fox（獅子、熊與狐狸）
Long ago a lion and a bear saw a kid. They sprang upon
it at the same time. The lion said to the bear,
this kid first, and so this is mine.”
“I caught

so this is mine.
said the bear.“I found it earlier than you,
” 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,
nothing. That sly fox has got the kid away.
“We have fought for
”
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
throw stones at us.
the water and said,
”　
“We are only playing.” “I know
“Boys, please don’t
The boys said,
that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play
to you is death to us,
So
” said the old frog.
the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.
Two Travelers
Many
（兩個旅人）
together They years ago two men were traveling
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,
ax.”　
“Look here have found an
“Don't say I, but we have found the ax,”　said the
other “We are friends. We ought to share it between us.”　
“Ｉ found the ax, so “No,” said the first one,
it is mine.
Soon
”
after they heard someone running after them.
They looked back. They found He called out, “Stop, thieves!
Stop, thieves !”　
traveler said, “What shall we do? He is The first
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.
Ant And The Dove
One day a little
（螞蟻與鴿子）
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
of a tree over the stream and heard his cry of help.
poor ant!” said the dove.
The
“I will help the ant.”
on a branch
“Oh,
dove pulled off a leaf and dropped it near the
” said the dove. The ant. “Here is a leaf. Climb on it,
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 Imust 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
life,
friend. You have saved my
” and she could fly away happily.
6. The Cock And The Jewel（公雞與寶石）
One fine morning, a cock said to the hens and chickens,
“Come, let us go out to find some food. We have not had
our breakfast yet.”
Then the cock began to dig the soft earth. Suddenly
he cried, “Look, look! I have found something strange. I
wonder what it is. It is like a ball. But it is not a stone.
It may be an egg of some bird.
The
”　
hens heard his cry and came around him. One of
them said, “Dear me! This is not an egg, but a jewel.
Someone has lost it.”　A chicken asked, “Can we eat it?”　
“No,”　said the hen, “It is very precious to human beings,
but it is of no use to us; we cannot eat it. Throw it away
and try to find some worms. I want to have one worm than
all the jewels in the world.”
Wolf and the Goat（狼與山羊）
One day a wolf saw a goat on a high cliff. He was
jumping to and fro and was grazing.
The wolf wanted to eat him, but he could not climb
up there to catch him. So he said to the goat, “Good morning,
my good friend Goat! Come down here!
If you slip down the cliff, you will break your
neck. And the grass is short and dry up there. Come down!
The grass is long and tender here.”　
“Thank you, Mr. Wolf, but never mind. I am used
to playing here, and I like
rather eat dr
goat.
the grass here better. I would
y grass than be eaten by a wolf,” said the
Hare and the Tortoise（野兔與烏龜）
One day a hare met with a tortoise at the foot of
a hill.
“Hallo, little
short your legs are!
Tortoise! Where are you going? How
” said the hare.
I am a slow runner,
“All
”　
“　I am going over to the hill.
but I can run a race with you,” said the tortoise.
right. Let's run a race with you to the top of the hill,
said the hare.
The hare and the tortoise started. The hare ran
very fast. The hare said to himself,
than the tortoise, and I may have a lit
“ I can much faster
tle nap here.”
So the hare lay down under a tree and was fast
asleep. But the tortoise did not stop for a moment. He
walked on and on. At last he got to the top of the hill.
The hare woke up and looked around, but he could
not see the tortoise. He sprang up and ran as fast as he
could. When the hare got to the top of the hill, he found
the tortoise was resting there peacefully.
The tortoise said to the hare,
Which was the faster runner, you or I?
“Now, Mr. Hare!
”
Lion and the Mouse（獅子與老鼠）
mouse Once a great lion was sleeping in a wood. A little
happened to come and ran over his face. The lion
caught the little
awoke and
her. mouse in anger, and was going to kill
” Said the little mouse. “ Oh, dear kind Lion!
forgive me. I didn't mean to do you any harm. Let me go.
I shall return your kindness.
Ha, ha, ha,the lion. How can a little
thing like you help a great lion?
kind Lion! I hope I shall be able to do you a good return
some day,
Some time after this, the lion was caught in a trap.
Just then the little mouse came along. At once she ran up
to the lion, and said, You were very kind to me once. Now
I'll save your life, and repay you the kindness which you
showed me the other gnawed the ropes of the
trap with her sharp teeth, and the lion was happy to be free
again.
Thank you, little Mouse!the lion, and he
walked away.
Trees and the Ax（樹與斧頭）
Once upon a time a man came into a forest. He said
to the trees, “Will you give me a piece of hard wood ?
“Yes, we'll give you a good price
”　
The tree said,
of hard wood.”　
He was very glad to get a good piece of wood. He
hurried home with it. At once he made a new handle of his
ax.
Then he went to the forest again and began to cut
down all the best trees in the forest.
The trees were very sad. They said to one another,
”“We suffer for our own foolishness.
Fox and the Grapes
Early in the fall,
（狐狸與葡萄）
a fox saw ripe grapes in a garden.
He wanted to eat them.
He said to himself, “How lucky I am! I've found
some nice grapes.” He crept into the garden, and came to
the grapes. He jumped up at the grapes, but he could not
reach them. He jumped again and again, but in vain.
At last he gave it up, and said to himself,
grapes are sour. I don't want sour grapes.
away.
“The
” And he went
Dog, the Cock and the Fox（狗、公雞和狐狸）
A dog and a cock were good friends and they were
traveling together.
When night came on, the cock flew up to a tree and
slept there, and the god found a hollow in the same tree
and slept in it. When the morning came, the cock woke up
and began to crow.
A hungry fox heard this crow and wanted to get the
“What cock for his dinner. Then the fox said to the cock,
a beautiful morning this is! I want to talk to you. You have
’t you come down and have a chat a very sweet voice. Won
with me?”　
“Thank you, Mr. Fox. But how about your coming up
here? It is very nice and cool here,
“All right, I will.
” replied the cock.
But how can I get up?”　asked the fox.
“Just go round the trunk below me, and wake my servant in
a hollow. He will open the door for you,” said the cock.
The fox came near the hollow. And the dog rushed out, sprang
upon the fox and killed it at once.
Wolf and the Crane（狼與鶴）
One day a wolf was eating his dinner hastily and
swallowed a bone. It stuck in his throat. He tried to get
it out, but he could not.
Just then a crane flew down to him. “　Dear Crane!”　
said the wolf to the crane. “I'm in trouble. A bone has
stuck in my throat. Will you put your head into my throat
and pull it out? You have a very long neck and I'm sure you
can reach it. I will pay you well for it.
“All right. I'll
”　
help you. Open your mouth as wide
and put his head into the as you can,” said the crane,
wolf’s mouth and pulled out the bone. “Thank you very much,
my friend,” said the wolf.
work,” said the crane.
“Well,” said the wolf. “You put your head into
“Now I must be paid for the
my throat, but I did not bite off your head. Isn't that
enough for you? Go along and don't talk about rewards.”
man, his Son and their Donkey
他們的驢子）
（一個人和他的兒子與
A man and his son were driving their donkey along
a country road. They saw some girls drawing water at a well.
One of the girls said, “oh, look! How silly they
are! A man and a boy are walking along beside their donkey,
and nobody is riding it.”
“You had The man heard this and said to his son,
better ride our donkey. You are light,
our donkey.”　In a little
of them said,
so you will not tire
while they met three old men. One
“see here! The boy is riding a donkey and
his old father is walking by his side. The young boy does
of take care of his old father.”　
And the man got on the donkey and his son walked
along beside it. Now they were very happy. But soon
afterward they met three women. Fastened it to a pole. They
lifted it to their shoulders and carried it along to the
town. When they came to a bridge, everyone laughed at them.
And the donkey did not like the noise and began to kick.
It broke the rope, fell into the water and was drowned. So
the old man had to take his son and go home. The man said
to his son, “He who tries to please everybody pleases
”nobody after all.
Ants and the Grasshopper（螞蟻與蚱蜢）
One fine winter day some ants were working in the
field. They were drying their food in the sun, and were very
busy. Just then a grasshopper passed by. He was very hungry.
“Good day, kind Ants,”　said the grasshopper. “I
am very hungry. Won't you lend me a little food? I have
nothing to eat. I will pay you before the next fall.
“Have you no food of your own? Why did you not gather any
food during the summer? You know there was much food in the
field last summer. What were you doing then?”　asked an old
ant.
The grasshopper replied; “I was singing all day
”　
and night during the summer. And so I had no time to gather
any food. Please lend me some food.”　“Well, then,”　said
dance the ant. “As you sang all the summer, you had better
all the winter. You only played and did not work during the
summer. We'll never lend you any food.”　And the ants went
on working.
and the Robber
Jack
（傑克與強盜）
was a farmer's boy. Once he drove his cart to
market. He had butter and eggs to sell.
He met a woman on the way. She gave him a piece of
silver for a little butter. Then he met a boy. The boy gave
him a piece of silver for six eggs.
Soon Jack had plenty of silver in his pocket. As
Jack went along, a man came up to him, and said, “Stop!”
So Jack stopped on the way again. The man gave him
some wine. Jack drank it, and fell asleep on the roadside.
When Jack woke up, his silver
all gone.
The man was a robber, and poor Jack went home
sadly.
was not in his pocket. It was
m Lincoln（亞伯拉罕?林肯）
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S father and mother were very
poor and the family lived in a log cabin in the wood.
Abraham had to walk about five miles to school, as
there was no school near his eleven years old, he had to
leave school and work He loved to study and after working
hard all day, he user to study to study by the firelight.
He grew to be a wise and good man. He was elected President
of the United States.
At that time there was a war between the North and
the South. The people of the South wanted to own slaves,
but those of the North thought that it was wrong to own
slaves.
Then the South and the North fought for four years
and at last the North won and the slaves were set free.
18.A Bad Dream（一個惡夢）
One afternoon Ben was playing in the back yard, A
big black cat jumped over
mother's plants. Ben
the fence and lay down among his
crept up to the cat. He caught it by
the tail and dropped it into a tub of water.
His mother looked out of the window and saw him.
She called him into the house and scolded him for such a
cruelty. Then she told him that he must go to bed and stay
there till evening.
Before long Ben fell asleep. He dreamed that he
grew very small A very very big cat seized him in its mouth
and ran away with him He kicked and screamed, but he could
not get away, At last the cat dropped him and he fell into
a big pond. He sand down, down into the cold water. Then
he woke up.
Alfred and the Cakes（阿佛列王與糕餅）
King ALFRED O f England once led his army
to fight with another army and was beaten. So he had to run
away through the woods and swamps to save his life.
One evening he came to a woodcutter’s hut. He was
very tired and hungry, so he begged the woodcutter’s wife
to give him something to eat and a place to sleep in. He
was ragged and dirty and she did not know that he was the
king. She felt so sorry for him that she told him to come
in and gave hem a seat near the fire.
She was baking some cakes. She said to King Alfred,
“ I must go and milk the cow. Watch the cakes and do not
let them burn.
kept thinking
“ The king was willing to do this, but he
about his army and soon forgot all about the
cakes. In a few minutes the woman came back and found the
cakes burning. She was so angry that she struck the king
with a stick and cried, “　You lazy fellow!
but you do not want to work.”
You want to eat,
's Lie（湯尼的謊言）
One day Tony was a very bad boy. He told a lie to
his mother. That night felt very unhappy. He did not want
to play with the children.
He sat on the doorstep alone. He looked up in the
sky and saw the big round moon. He thought that it was
looking down upon him, because it knew about the lie. He
ran down the street to get away from it, but it kept
following him. Then he crept into the house and went to bed,
but the moon looked at him through the window. He pulled
the sheet over his head, but he could not sleep. Then he
crawled under the bed and lay there in the dark. He thought
and thought about the lie.
At last he decided to tell his mother all about it.
He told her the truth and she forgave him. He promised never
to tell a lie again.
He went back to bed and was soon fast asleep. He
dreamed that the moon smiled down upon him.
and the Beanstalk
(Part 1)
（傑克和豌豆）
Once upon a time there was a poor widow who had an only son
named Jack. All that they had was the house they lived in
and a cow. At last they became too poor to keep the cow.
The widow said to Jack one day, “Take this cow to the market
and sell her. Then we’ll be able to buy bread. Try to get
as much money as you can.” Jack, who was a good, but
thoughtless boy, started for the market with his cow. On
his may to t he market he met a man who had a pig with him.
“Good morning,”　said the man. “Good morning,”　answered
Jack. “Won’t you give me your old cow for this fat
pig?” said the man. Jack thought it a good idea. So he
ax- changed his old cow for the young pig He walked on
happily until he met another man who had some fine beans.
“These are magic beans,” said the man. “I’ll give you
young
one of them, if you give me that pig.” Jack thought it
wonderful to have a magic bean. So he consented to it and
carried the bean proudly back home. He showed the bean to
his mother. “Is this all that you have got for that cow?”　
she said. “Now, we have on cow to give us milk. All we have
is this bean.”　She got angry. She threw it out of the window.
The bean fall in their garden. During that night is sprouted
and grew in a wonderful way. When jack and his mother woke
the next morning, they saw that the beanstalk had grown so
high that they could not see the top Jack made up his mind
to climb to the top of the beanstalk. Higher and higher up
he climbed until he found himself near a window of an old
castle. Looking in, Jack saw a giant eating his, dinner.
The giant finished his dinner and ordered his servant to
bring his chief treasures, a hen and a harp. Lay eggs,
said the giant to the hen. The hen began to lay eggs. They
were eggs of gold. “Play,” said the giant to the harp.
played on and
”　
The harp began to play sweet music. The harp
on until the giant grew tired and fell asleep.
(Part 2)
Jack had crawled into the room by this time. When the giant
was asleep, a servant beckoned to Jack. “Look here. These
are the treasures which the giant stole from your father
before you were born,” said he. “Take them back to your
” Jack mother, if you like. But, be quiet. He may wake.
thanked him, and picked up the hen and the harp very
carefully. When he was climbing down the beanstalk, the
harp happened to make a loud noise. The giant woke. Jack
climbed down the beanstalk, with the hen and the harp under
his arms. The giant ran down after Jack, but Jack ran faster
than the giant. When he was near his home, he called out
to his mother, “Mother, bring an ax.”　His mother brought
an ax. She saw her son climbing down the beanstalk. As soon
as he got down to the ground, he chopped down the beanstalk.
Down fell the giant with the beanstalk. He broke his neck,
and was dead. Jack and his mother were rich all the rest
of their lives and lived happily ever after.
Happy Shoemaker（快樂的鞋匠）
(1)
Once there lived a rich merchant and a poor shoemaker in
the same house. The merchant occupied in the same house.
The merchant occupied the second floor, but the shoemaker
lived and worked in a small room on the first floor. The
shoemaker was one of the happiest persons on earth. He
worked from morning till night, singing merrily. His heart
was filled with joy, whenever he looked at the boots and
shoes to be repaired. Now the merchant upstairs was so rich
that he hardly knew how much wealth he had. He was always
counting over his gold and silver coins far into the night.
Even in bed his uneasiness about his riches kept him awake
when at last he had been asleep for an hour or two, up came
the song of the happy shoemaker, who was an early riser.
It continued all day and was a trouble to the merchant day
by day the merchant grew more and more tired through want
of sleep he asked a wise friend of his how he could put an
end to the shoemaker's song. “Well, if I were you, I would
give the shoemaker a hundred pounds,”　answered his friend.
“You are rich enough to do that, I suppose. Ask for nothing
in return. Simply give the money.
followed the advice.
(2)
When the shoemaker opened the bag that had been sent by the
merchant, he was amazed to find shining coins. “I must hide
this from the eyes of my neighbors. If they see it, they
will think that I have stolen it,” he thought. “I will
”The merchant readily
keep it away even from my wife.”　So he hid the bag of money
under the floor. From then on he avoided his neighbors as
much as he could. His wife who had been the best companion
to him, became troublesome now his mind was too much set
on the money bag to attend to his work with diligence. He
could not sing merrily now. Whenever he thought of the money
bag, he became uneasy and unhappy. At length one day his
wife said to him in tears, ---“dear husband, what makes
you so sad and uneasy? All our neighbors say you have
changed. I wish you were as good and gentle as before.
He was so sorry for her that he told her everything.
were happy before the merchant gave us the money,
”　
“We
” said
his wife, when she heard the story. “We have good health.
We have plenty of work to do. What more do we need? Send
the money back to the merchant, and the happy life that was
once ours will return to us.”　The shoemaker agreed and went
to the merchant to return the bag of money. “Sir”　he said,
“let me return this to you. By giving this to me, you have
spoiled my happy and easy life. So I want to have it back
by returning your present.”　Merry song was again heard all
over the house. He was as happy as he had ever been.
Three Wishes三個願望
always wishing for luck. One night A man and his wife were
a fairy came to them and said, “You may have three
’s wishes.” In the morning the woman went to a neighbor
house to get some bread. She saw a nice pudding there. When
she came back, she said, “I wish I had a pudding like that!
She did not think of the three wishes, but there was a
pudding beside her. “Silly!”　cried the man, you have lost
one of your wishes, and we have only a pudding. I wish it
were on your nose!”　At that, the pudding jumped up and grew
fast to her nose. “Silly, yourself!” cried the woman,
“you have lost another wish. We have only one wish more.”　
“What shall it be?
pudding off,
” asked the man. “We must wish this
” said the woman. “I can’t have it on my
nose.” So they wished it would go away, and away it went.
They had had their three wishes, but they were on better
off than when the fairy came to them.
Rowland恰德羅蘭
(1)Long ago there was a little princess named Ellen. She
lived with her mother, the queen in a great castle by the
sea. She had three brothers. One day. As they were playing
ball, one of her brothers threw the ball over the castle.
Ellen ran to get it, and did not come back. The three
brothers looked for her. They looked and looked, but they
could not find her. Day after day went by. At last the oldest
brother went to a wise man and asked that man. The wise man
told him as he had told the oldest brother. Then the next
brother set out to find the dark tower. The youngest brother
waited. He waited long, but no one came back. Now the
youngest brother was called childe Rowland. At last childe
Rowland went to his mother, the queen, and said, “mother,
let me go and find the dark tower and bring home Ellen and
my brothers. “I cannot let you go. You are all that I have
now,” said the queen. But childe Rowland asked again and
again, until at last the queen said,
she gave him his father
“go, my boy. ”then
’s sword, and he set out. He went
to the wise man and asked the way. The wise man told him
and said: “I will tell you two things: one thing is for
“the thing you to do, and one thing is for you not to do.
to do is this: when you get to the country of the elves,
hold your father’s sword, pull it out quickly, and cut off
the head of anyone who speaks to you, until you find the
princess Ellen. “the thing not to do is this: bite no bit
and drink no drop until you come back. Go hungry and thirsty
while you are in the country of the elves.”　Childe Rowland
said the two things over and over, lest he should forget.
Then he went on his way. He went on and on and on, until
he came to some horses with eyes of fire. Then he knew he
was in the country of the elves. A man was with the horses.
“where is the dark tower?
cannot tell.
” asked childe Rowland. “I
Ask the woman that keeps the hens,”said the
man. Childe Rowland took the sword and off went the man’s
head. Then he went on and on, until he came to some hens
with eyes of fire. An old woman was with them.
the dark tower?
a hill,
” asked childe Rowland.
“where is
“go and look for
” said the old woman. “go around the hill three
times. Each time you go around say: “open, door! Open, door!
Let me come in. “when you have gone three times around,
” “when you have gone three times
”
door will open. Go in.
around, door will open. Go in.
(2)Childe Rowland did not like to cut off the head of the
old woman, but he thought of what the wise man had told him.
So he took hold of the sword, and off went her head. After
this he went on and on and on, until at last he came to a
hill. He went three times around it, and each time he said:
“open, door! Open, door! Let me come in.”　when he had gone
three times around, a door opened. In he went. The door shut
after him, and he was in the dark. Soon he began to see a
dim light. It seemed to come from the walls. He went down
a long way, and at last he came to another door. All at once
it flew open, and he found himself in a great hall. The walls
were of gold and silver, and were hung with diamonds. How
the diamonds shone! And there sat the princess Ellen in a
big chair of gold, with diamonds all about her head. When
she saw childe Rowland, she came to him and said: “brother,
why are you here? If the king of the elves comes, it will
be a sad ay for you.” But this did not frighten childe
Rowland. He sat down and told her all that he had done. She
told him that the two brothers were in the tower. The king
of the elves had turned them into stone. Soon childe Rowland
began to be very hungry, and asked for something to eat.
All at once he thought of what the wise man had said. So
he threw the bowl down upon the floor, and said:
bit will I bite, Not a drop will I drink, till Ellen is
“Not a
free.”　Then they heard a great noise outside, and someone
cried out:---” fee-fi-fo- fum! I smell the blood of an
the hall flew open and the king Englishman!” the door of
of the elves came in. childe Rowland took his sword. They
fought and they fought. At last childe Rowland beat the king
of the elves down to the ground. “stop!” cried the king
of the elves. “I have had enough.”　“I will stop when you
set free the princess Ellen and my brothers,”　said childe
Rowland. “I will set them free,” said the king. He went
at once to a cupboard and took out a blood-red bottle. Out
of this bottle he let a drop or tow fall upon the eyes of
the two brothers, and up they jumped. Childe Rowland took
the hand of his sister Ellen and went out of the hall, and
up the long way. The two brothers went after them. And they
all came out from the hill and found their way back to their
own home. How glad their mother was!
Monkey and the Turtle猴子與海龜
One day a monkey who was very hungry met with a turtle
creeping along the road.
find anything to eat for me?
“My dear Slow Foot, can
” said the monkey.
’t you
“O yes,
Sly Head, I can,”　said the turtle. “　Come this way;there
is a banana-plant just over there.”　Soon they came to the
banana- plant bearing lot of ripe fruit. The monkey climbed
the plant, but before he could pick some bananas, the turtle
cried, “Run, Sly Head, run! Here comes a man!”　Instantly
he came down and ran in a hurry. But the turtle could not
run, but she caught the monkey’s tail in her mouth and the
monkey pulled her away. When they were safe, the monkey said,
“Slow Foot, that man did not catch you because I pulled
you away.”　“O no, Sly Head, on!”　the turtle
were not pulling me. I was pushing you.”
said, “you
s and His Cat狄更斯與他的貓
wrote a great Charles Dickens, the famous English novelist,
many books. He had a cat of which he was very fond. She was
a fine Persian cat with pure white fur. One evening, as he
was absorbed in reading one of his favorite books by a
candle-light, the candle suddenly went out. He was
surprised, but took a match, struck it, and lighted the and
lighted the candle again, and once more sat down to read.
You can imagine his astonishment when he again found
himself in complete darkness. He looked around the room,
lighted the candle again, and began to read once more. After
a while he stopped and looked up. He saw that his cat was
trying to put out the light with her paw. The cat’s
intentions were quite clear to him-she wanted him to stop
reading and play with her a while. Of course he did this,
and besides he gave her some milk. The cat was quite
contented. She went over and curled herself into a ball on
the sofa to take a nap. Then Dickens continued to read, and
this time pussy did not interrupt him again.
g to a Fish與魚交談
One day a negro went to a fish shop to buy some fish for
his dinner. He picked up a fresh fish,
it carefully,
and after examining
he held it up to his nose and smelled it. “Hey!
What’s this?”　cried the master of the shop. “Why do you
smell that fish, do you think it,” answered the negro.
“Then what were you doing with your face so close to the
fish?” asked the master.
I was only talking to it,
to it!
“I wasn’t smelling the fish;
” answered the negro. “Talking
you
“Well,
” said the shopkeeper, why, what on earth did
there was any negro. say to it?” “I asked him if
and what did the fish say to that?”　asked the shopkeeper.
“He said he didn’t know the latest news, because he had
”been away from the sea or more than three weeks.
Pan彼得潘
Once there lived in England a little girl whose name was
Wendy Darling She had two brothers john Darling and Michael
Darling. Their house was small house made of brick, and they
kept big dog called Nana, and Nana acted as nurse to the
three children.
Nana was very clever, and she always took care that the
children would put on pajamas after warming them at the fire
Sometimes the children would not go to bed, but Nana always
made them do as they were always made them do as they told.
Mrs. Darling loved Nana and she had very good reason for
keeping Nana as the children’s nurse One night, when she
went into the nursery, she saw a strange Shape flying to
and fro in the dim light.
When this Shape saw Mrs. Darling, it rushed to the window
after it, just as ran out into the night, Mrs. Darling
suddenly closed the window. And Mrs. Darling rushed to the
window after it ran out into the night, Mrs. Darling
suddenly closed the window. The Shape fled; but something
fell on the floor at Mrs. Darling’s feet. It was the shadow
of this strange flying Shape. Mrs. Darling picked up the
shadow and put it in a drawer; but she felt very anxious
about the safety of her children. She was afraid that the
Shape might come back and hurt them, but she hoped that Nana
would come to the nursery and protect them from all danger.
But some days after that Nana was led to the yard to sleep
in her kennel. That night the window was pushed open and
the strange Shape slipped into the room and began to dance
about.
“Where is my shadow?” it cried. Nana barked furiously
outside. “I can’t be happy without my shadow. Tinker Bell,
Tinker Bell, where is my dear little shadow?” cried the
Shape. At that a tiny Ball of fire flew into the room, and
sprang round the room. Wherever it went it made a tinkling
sound like a little silver bell. Now this little ball of
fire was really a fairy girl. She told the Shape where the
shadow was. Soon the drawer was opened, the shadow was
pulled out, and the Shape danced round the room with delight.
The Shape could find its shadow, it was true; but it could
never put it on again. And so all the delight
shape was so unhappy that tears filled
down its cheeks. Just at that
went, and the
its eyes and rolled
time, Wendy woke up. She was
not afraid, but asked the little Shape why it was crying.
Then she asked it its name, and the shape told her that it
was Peter Pan. Wend got a needle and some thread and sewed
the shadow on to Peter Pan, and then Peter Pan danced with
joy, for wherever he went the shadow followed him on the
floor. Peter Pan then told Wendy the story of his life. He
with said that he lived in a place called never-Never- Land,
a lot of little boys who had all been dropped out of their
baby carriages by careless nurses. He also said that they
lived with fairies ever would remain happy boys in this
enchanting Never-Never-Land. He then told her that when the
first baby laughed, the laughter broke into little
piece became a fairy,
pieces,
and each little and went dancing about
the world. But whenever a child said that it did not believe
in fairies, then one of the fairies died. Peter Pan said
that it was a dreadful and wicked thing for a child to say
that it did not believe in fairies. There was only one thing
that made them sad, he sad, and that was the want of a mother;
all the boys in Never-Never-Land wanted to have a mother
very much indeed. Wendy asked if there was any little girl
among them who could pretend to be their mother; but Peter
Pan shook his head and answered that girls never dropped
out of their baby-carriages; they were far too clever. This
pleased Wendy, and she loved Peter Pan. “Oh, wend,”　cried
Peter, “come and live with us and be our mother!”　Wendy’　
s brothers woke up. Peter Pan said he would teach them all
to fly if Wendy would only come and be their mother. When
the children heard that they could learn to fly, they were
quite excited, and at once began to jump up into the air.
But every time they jumped they fell onto the ground, “Look
and fly as I do,” cried Peter; and so saying, he flew
gracefully high up into the air, and sailed noiselessly
round the room. Soon the children learned, and all began
to fly round the room with cries of delight. Then the
windows were opened wide, and tinker bell led the way into
the night. Peter held Wendy’　s hand andthey floated away
into the starry night. Very soon Mrs. Darling, who had just
come home from the theater, rushed into the nursery with
Nana at her heels. But it was too late. The children had
already left for never- never-land.
(2)Now, the boys in never-never- land were beginning to get
anxious about Peter Pan, who was their leader. He was away
for a long time, and they were afraid of wolves and pirates.
By and by they saw something that looked like a large white
bird in the sky. As they looked at it, tinker bell suddenly
shone on the trees, and told them that Peter Pan wanted them
to shoot this bird at once. So they ran and got bows and
arrows, and shot the bird. Suddenly down it fell
you think it was?----- poor Wendy fell
—what do
with an arrow in her
breast. But Wendy was not dead. Soon she felt well, and then
with her brothers round her, and Peter Pan holding her hand,
she promised all the boys to be their mother. Then they
began working and built Wendy funny little house, with
john’s silk-hat for a chimney; and every body was very,
very happy. But tinker bell was very jealous of Wendy.
Though they were so happy in their house, there were on the
lake near the forest some terrible pirates. The captain of
these terrible pirates was named James hook. All his crew
were afraid of him and trembled when they saw him. His long
black hair was fearful,
his eyes were fearful,
the wrinkles on his face was fearful,
and his voice was fearful. But, above
’t a common all, his right hand was most fearful. It wasn
hand at all;
this terrible
it was an iron hook. Peter pan had once driven
pirate into the sea, and a huge crocodile had
bitten off his hand and part of his wrist. The crocodile
followed the captain wherever he went, and wanted to have
another bite. It dreamed of the happy day when it could eat
him all up. The captain always knew when this fearful
was near, because on one occasion it had swallowed an
alarm-clock. It was so made that it would go for one century
enemy
without stopping. Now the ticking of this clock could
plainly be heard even through its thick skin. It ticked so
loudly that the captain could al-ways hear it coming, and
it was the signal for him to run! But the captain was afraid,
because he knew the clock would stop some day. Then the
crocodile would come up behind him and eat him up. So he
grew to hate Peter Pan, and wanted to kill him. The home
of the lost boys was in the forest by the lake. They lived
under the ground for fear of the pirates and the wolves.
Each boy had a special staircase hollowed in a tree-trunk;
so that they could easily run down among the roots of the
trees into their cave. Wendy, you must know, had become the
mother of these boys, and they all loved her, because it
was so delightful to have a mother after having lived so
long without one. Wendy gave each of the boys some medicine,
taught them how to behave nicely, and put them all in their
comfortable beds at night. Though she was only nine years
old, Wendy was quite a splendid mother. The lost boys were
protected by some friendly Indians. On this day, up came
the pirates, and suddenly there was a stamping overhead,
and a sound of people fighting and struggling here and there.
The pirates had attacked the red Indians by surprise. The
battle was very soon over. The Indians were beaten and ran
away, or crawled seriously wounded into the forest. The
pirates won a victory close above the children
Now, on this night, before the fight had started,
been telling the boys a story about her own father and
mother-a beautiful story which showed how her father and
mother must be crying for their lost children. As she was
finishing her story, John and Michael sprang up in their
beds and said, “Wendy, we must go back quickly!” “yes,
’s heads.
Wendy had
answered Wendy, “we must go back quickly”　You can imagine
how sad all the motherless boys were when they heard that
Wendy was going home. They cried so much that at last she
told them they might return with her and her brothers.
said they could live in there house, and have Mr. And Mr.
Darling for their father and mother. All the boys except
Peter Pan were very glad to hear that. Peter Pan said he
did not want to grow up. He did not want to live in a real
house and go to school. He wanted to live always in
Never-Never-Land. So they all said good-by to Peter Pan,
and climbed up the staircases in the tree-trunks which led
She
from their underground home to the forest. Wendy was the
last to go, and before she went she left some medicine for
Peter and mad him promise that he would take it when he woke
up in the morning. But the pirates were there on the ground
waiting for them to come out. The boys were caught as they
stepped on the ground; a rough hand was held over their
mouths to prevent them from crying out, and they were
carried away to the pirate ship with Wendy.
(3) Wendy and all the Lost Boys were now on board the pirate
ship. Peter Pan lay asleep in his underground bed. He was
alone. Captain hook was creeping down the stair-case above.
Now was the chance for the captain to kill Peter Pan. He
crept up to the door and peeped in. Peter Pan was fast asleep.
The captain tried to open the door and failed. Again and
again he tried to open the door with his hook, but without
captain success. Peter Pan was safe. But, no! the terrible
found the glass of medicine left by Wendy on a shelf; he
reached toward it, and then, taking a bottle of poison from
his pocket, poured the contents into the glass. Peter Pan
woke up. He remembered his promise to Wendy, and went to
drink the poison. At that moment tinker bell rushed in,
crying, “don’t drink! Don’t drink!”　but her warning was
useless. “I have promised Wendy,” answered Peter, and
walked toward the glass, stretching out his hand. Just as
Peter was about to drink, the little tinker bell flew into
the glass and drank all its deadly contents. Then its light
flamed weakly and went pale, and it fell toward the bed
dying. Peter Pan knew there was only way in which he could
possibly save tinker bell. “Do you believe in fairies?
please say you believe in fairies!
Oh,
”　cried Peter Panto all
the children in the world. And back from the children
everywhere, who were so sorry for poor tinker bell, came
the answer, “We believe in fairies. So tinker bell got well
again and was saved. Then she told Peter Pan how the pirates
had carried off the Lost boys, with Wendy and her brothers,
to their ship, and that they were all in very great danger.
The poor children were all at once driven into the dark and
dirty hold. Captain Hook thought that at last he had them
in his power. “Are all the children chained so that they
cannot fly away?”　he asked. “YES, Captain,”　replied his
men. “Then bring them up, ”shouted the Captain. He seated
himself. On a chair on the deck, waiting while the boys were
dragged out of the hold and brought before him. Six of them,
he said, were to walk the plank at once, but he would save
any two of them who were willing to be cabin boys. The
children could not understand him well, but Hook soon
explained them the meaning by roaring out something like
a song; ”Yo ho! Yo ho! The j
so-----
olly plank, You walk along it
Till it goes down, and you go down To tooral looral
lo.”　Then he waved his hook to show them that when the plank
tipped they would be shot into the water and drowned! But
Peter Pan had already started out. He had an alarm-clock
in his pocket. It had begun ticking.
tick,
“Tick! Tick! Ter-ick,
tick!”　the captain heard, and at the dreaded sound,
Hide me! Hide me!” He rushed he shouted, “the crocodile!
into a corner of the ship, while his men crowded round him,
anxious to protect their captain from the terrible
crocodile. The boys, too, waited, breathless with horror.
At last, with sudden relief and joy, they saw, not the
crocodile, but their brave leader, peter Pan, appearing
over the ship’s side. In one hand he held the alarm-clock,
the ticking
crocodile
of which had made the captain believe that the
was coming to eat him. Peter Pan dashed into the
cabin unseen by the pirates, and closed the door. The
ticking stopped at once, and the captain’s terror
disappeared. Captain Hook again began to sing his song
“The Jolly Plank,” but the boys, filled with hope and
“Rule, Britannia, delight, drowned his voice by singing
Britannia Rules the waves.” And just as the captain was
about to force them to walk the plank, he was silenced by
a terrible shriek from the cabin. The captain ordered one
of his men to enter the cabin and find out what was the
matter. The man went, but did not return. Once more they
heard that dreadful shriek. The rest of the men were now
frightened. They refused to enter the cabin; one threw
himself into the sea.
the terror,
“Drive the boys in—let them fight
him. So much ”　cried the captain. “if they kill
the better; it he kills them, we’re none the worse.”　This,
of course, was just what the boys wanted, but, hiding their
delight, they allowed themselves to be driven into the
cabin. But as for the pirates, all of them were so terrified
the boys. that no one saw Peter Pan steal out, followed by
No one saw Peter Pan cut the ropes with which Wendy had been
bound, take her the brown cloak she had left, while Wendy
joined the boys.
never luck on a pirate ship with a girl on board;
men knew that their
and cried to
let's throw her into the sea!
captain was right, and one of them started up
the figure at the mast, nothing can save you now!

was thrown aside, and there stood Peter Pan.
and at them,the captain shouted, and the boys, armed with
the weapons Peter Pan had found and given them in the cabin,
rushed down upon the lower deck. A terrible
Some of the crew jumped into the sea; others
fight followed.
rushed at the
boys with their knives, while Captain Hook tried to escape
into the cabin, fighting for his life. away your knives,
boys; that man is mine!
Captain Hook. Hook's men jumped one by one into the sea and
were drowned. Peter Pan and Captain Hook appeared at the
cabin door, fighting violently. Step by step, Hook was
driven back to the side of the ship. At last, Peter Pan
pushed him into the sea, right into the mouth of the waiting
crocodile, which ate him up at last. The boys burst into
ringing cheers as they and Wendy crowded round their hero,
who stood like a victorious Napoleon while the pirate flag
was lowered. Then Wendy and all the boys went home, and you
can imagine how glad Mr. and Mrs. Darling and Nana were to
see their lost children again. Mrs. Darling had always kept
the window open, and used to sing
that the children might hear her and come back. But Peter
Pan, all alone in Never-Never- Land, longed for little Wendy;
and Mrs. Darling allowed Wendy to go every now and then to
visit Peter Pan, and see that his house was nice and tidy.
Peter Pan never wanted to grow up, and Wendy never forgot
the fairies.
--------by James Barrie(Easified)
Dog and His Shadow（狗和他的影子）