scrap英语阅读100篇(100个小故事)英语知识学习的绝好资料

2021年1月21日发(作者：鱼杆)

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000
The Hen and the Little Girl
In a country home, a mother hen and her cute chicks were living happily. A little girl came to visit the country
home, but was very bored. One night, the girl went into the chicken house. As soon as she went in, there was
disorder.
Here and there cries of the chickens could be heard. The father, who was inside, woke up.

inside.
The girl went into the chicken house, again, the next day. There was a racket again, as the chickens were
frightened. The moon in the night sky was worried. This time, the little girl's father will not be forgiving.
Finally, the sleeping father woke up.
came out to the yard.

little girl saw her father's angry face, she began to cry.

chickens. I was going to hug the chickens.
When
the
father
heard
what
his
daughter
said,
a
smile
quickly
appeared
on
his
face.

are
truly
my
daughter.
moon in the sky gave a big laugh, too.

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The Mermaid Princess
In the deep, sea palace, there lived a mermaid princess. Whenever she sang a song with her beautiful voice,
everyone envied her. However, the mermaid princess wanted to go to the outside world.


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can go and see the life above the sea.
Finally, it was the mermaid princess' 15th birthday. She went up to the sea. The princess saw a great ship.
And she saw a handsome prince standing on the ship. The princess fell in love with him at first sight.
However, as thunder and lightning struck, the ship sank on its side. The prince lost his consciousness and fell
deep into the sea.
The princess saved the prince and laid him on the sand. The princess took care of him all night. When the
prince opened his eyes, the mermaid princess hid from him. She thought he might get scared by her tail. Just
then, a princess from a neighbor land came out to see the sea and she saw the prince.
The princess watched from a far the prince who always came out to the sea at night. The princess was very
sad. She wanted to become a human so that she could be with the prince.
She asked the witch.
prince marries someone else, you will become a water bubble. You must marry the prince.
On the sand, she drank the medicine that the witch had given her. With the big sudden pain, she turned into
a human. Just then, the prince who came out to the sea saw the princess.
The prince took the princess who could not speak, to his palace. Although she could not speak, she was
happy to be living near the prince. The prince was going to be married to a princess from a neighbor land.

not be heard.
At night, the mermaid princess' older sisters came up to the sea. They gave the mermaid princess a knife and
said,
water bubble.
On the night of the wedding, the mermaid princess was going to stab the sleeping prince with the knife. But,
she could not kill the loving prince.
mermaid turned into a water bubble and went up to heaven.


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002
The Naked King
Long, long time ago, there lived a very fancy king. The king changed his clothes 12 times a day. He really
liked to show off to his subjects.
One day, two tailors planned a trick.

He
doesn't even worry about his starving people.
The
two
men
went
to
see
the
king.

the
world's
most
marvelous
king!
We
have
brought
the
most
beautiful cloth in the whole world.
have bad hearts are not able to see this fine cloth.
After the king heard those words, he became very interested.
make clothes out of those cloths, my clothes will be the best in the whole world. Hurry and show me the
cloth.
The tailors pretended that the cloth was real, as they showed it to the king. The king and the fine-spoken
subjects could not see anything before them. But, none of them could show that they could not see it.
The king and his fine-spoken subjects just looked at each other. Then, the tailor quickly spoke in a arrogant
manner.
Among the subjects, one of them made a flattering comment out loud.
have seen such a wonderful cloth.
amazed with the beauty of the cloth, too.
The king gave the money and ordered them to make his clothes. For several days, the tailors pretended to
be making the clothes. The king became worried and told one of his subjects to go and see how the clothes
was coming along.
The subject could not say how much the clothes had been completed. As hard as he looked, he could not
see
it.
But,
he
could
not
say
that
he
was
unable
to
see
it.
Instead,
he
pretended
to
be
amazed
at
how
beautiful it was coming along.

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A few days later, the tailors came back with the King's clothes.
was not able to honestly say that he could not see the clothes. He, too, pretended to look over it.
One man said,
the same time.
The king walked out to the street very proudly and walked with pride. All the people in the land came out to
see the king's new clothes. They were all surprised, though.
Just then, a little girl shouted out,
The king now realized the truth. However, with only his undergarments on, he
still walked in a dignified
manner. Even though he was embarrassed, he could not stop walking. Why not? Because he was the king.
003
The Elf of the Rose
There once was a rose bush in full bloom in a big garden. An elf was living in the most beautiful rose in the
garden,
and
she
was
so
small
that
people
could
not
see
her.
She
had
long
blond
hair
to
her
toes
and
beautiful wings.
One day, it got dark before she got home. She had been dancing and flying around so she didn't have time
to get back to the rose bush. Suddenly, the weather got cold, evening dew started to fall, and a strong wind
began to blow. She could not stay in the other flowers because they were all closed up.

There was a twinkling light from the other side of the garden.
spend tonight there.
The elf flew to a pavilion on the other side of the garden in a hurry. But there were already two people in the
pavilion. A beautiful young lady and a handsome man were praying that they would never be apart from
each other. They were in love.

our marriage. Oh my bride, please wait for me until I come back to you!

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She pulled off a rose from the bush which was aside her and kissed it. Then she gave him the rose as a token
of her love. At that moment, the rose opened up. The elf went into the rose secretly.
At that moment, a horrible looking man entered the pavillion. He was the brother of the young lady.
You
want
to
marry
my
sister?
He
drew
his
sword
and
cut
the
young
man
and
buried
him
under
a
linden- tree.

is common to die during a trip, so nobody will suspect me of murdering him.
clothes and disappeared.
The elf woke up and found she was in the middle of a dark forest.
not a forest. It was the hair of the young lady's brother. She shivered with fear and anger.
When they got in the house, the young lady from the garden was crying. The man looked at his sister and
gave her a chilly smile, and went to bed.
sadly and fell asleep.
The elf sat down quietly spreading her wings and told the young lady what she saw that day.
trying to say now is not a dream. If you dig under the linden-tree in the garden, you will find your fiance. It is
your brother who killed him.
The beautiful young lady woke up. She secretly went out of her room and dug under the linden-tree as the
elf had said.
Her lover was lying in the ground, cold dead. She cried out sadly and killed herself right next to her fiance.
After some time passed, a flower called, 'Jasmine' came into bloom at the place where the two lovers had
died. The Jasmine had big white flowers on the branch and had a sweet smell.
Incidentally, the young lady's brother was walking down the road and he pulled off a branch of the jasmine
and put it near his bedside. When night fell, two bees with poison stingers came out of the jasmine flowers
and bit the brother's ears and mouth, and then they vanished.


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004
The Ugly Duckling
A mother duck was brooding on her eggs near the margin of a pond. A flock of lovely baby ducks was soon
born, making sweet peeping sounds when the eggs were broken. But one egg remained unbroken.
strange. Why has this egg not broken?
The mother duck continued her brooding. At last, the egg was broken and a baby duck was born. However
that baby duck was very ugly compared to the other baby ducks.
The mother duck was worried, but still she took the baby ducks near the water and taught them how to
swim. The ugly duckling also swam with his brothers and sisters, moving his legs eagerly.
That baby swims well.

the poor duckling.
live happily at another place.
The
baby
duck
heard
what
his
mother
said
and
dropped
tears
of
sorrow
saying,

I
will
leave.
Good-bye.
When he entered the forest, other birds were frightened by the baby duck and ran away.
away? Is it because I am so awful?
Near the water beside the field, two wild ducks were playing around.
fun of him.

What is this small bird?

with fear in the water.

hurts!
Ow!
The
baby
duck
spilled
a
jug
of
milk
while
running
away
from
the
cruel
hands
of
the
children. The dishes on the table were also broken. The angry hunter sent out the baby duck with a flourish

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of his broomstick. And so the after being cast out from the house of the hunter, the ugly duckling spent a
long and cold winter alone.
Finally spring came. The baby duck had a good stretch and flew up in the air vigorously.
Upon the lake, a flock of white and pretty swans were playing around while swimming.
pretty birds.
The baby duck tried to run away from the group of beautiful swans.

Come and
play around with us!
his own appearance reflected to the lake. There was one more beautiful swan gliding gracefully across the
water.
The ugly duckling who overcame all suffering had finally become a beautiful swan. And so he lived happily
ever after.

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Nightingale
A long time ago in China there lived an emperor. The emperor loved to read books. One day, in the book he
was reading, it wrote,
The emperor had never seen or heard of nightingale.
of it.
The emperor was very curious as to what nightingale was.
were worried by the emperor's command. They looked here and there.
One day a little girl said that she knew of nightingale. She said that the bird she had was nightingale. It was a
small cute bird. At once nightingale was brought to the emperor.
The emperor was very happy.
beautiful voice and was impressed and deeply moved.

Everyday Nightingale sang for the emperor.

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Emperor was happy every time he heard Nightingale sing. He was so proud of Nightingale that he allowed
the
servants
to
hear
it
too.
However,
Nightingale
was
not
happy.
Nightingale
felt
trapped
and
had
no
freedom.
One day the neighboring country sent a gift to the emperor. It was a nightingale doll made of jewels and
gold. Every time the doll was wound up it sang beautifully. Furthermore, the emperor if wanted could hear it
everyday.

decided to leave. It flew off into the forest of freedom.
The Nightingale doll kept on singing. One day the doll broke. No body was able to fix it. The emperor was
heart broken.
The emperor became ill. He just laid there waiting to die. Just then, from the window, a beautiful song came
flowing in. Everyone looked.
Sitting by the window, Nightingale began singing. Shortly after, the emperor became better. Nightingale
was happy. Soon, the emperor's face was filled with happiness once again.

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The Wild Swans
Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, there were eleven Princes and a single Princess, by the name of
Elisa. One day, their mother died of a disease.
Eventually the King married again. The new Queen hated the twelve children.
She said craftily,
was grateful to the Queen, as she seemed to care for the health of his daughter. Therefore, the Princess was
sent off to the remotest corner of the country.
The Queen then changed the eleven Princes into swans through her magic power, and sent them away from
the royal palace. The Princes flew away crying sadly.
After some time, the King missed Princess Elisa and sent for her. The Queen had Princess Elisa wear a dirty

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and worn-out dress. The King was very surprised to see the dirty Princess Elisa.
yourself?
furious and sent the Princess away from him.

The
man
said,

have
not
seen
eleven
Princes
but
I
have
seen
eleven
swans.
Strangely
the
swans
wore
golden crowns. You may find them near the river.
Princess Elisa waited for her brothers near the river hoping to find them. At night, eleven swans swooped
down
to
the
ground
and
were
turned
into
the
form
of
Princes.

brothers!

They
cried
and
embraced each other.
The brothers were trapped under the spell of the wicked Queen, and were forced to become swans and fly
around to look for something to eat during the day. Elisa prayed earnestly,
magic curse from my brothers.
brothers
with
hemp
and
have
them
wear
the
mantles.
However,
you
should
not
speak
at
all
until
those
mantles are made completely.
The Princes thought that Elisa, who did not speak and merely kept knitting, had become strange. One day, a
Prince from a neighboring kingdom saw the knitting Princess when he was out hunting. The Prince took Elisa
to his palace saying to himself,
But Elisa did not say anything, and only kept knitting eagerly. At nightfall of the next day, the hemp was all
used up. Elisa picked some more hemp near a grave but was caught by the Prince. The Prince said,
dared to go to a grave at night? You must be a witch. T
ake this witch and burn her at the stake!
Princess
Elisa
was
unable
to
say
anything
and
was
imprisoned.
Princess
Elisa
continued
knitting
without
taking rest even in the prison. Princess Elisa was finally knitting the eleventh mantle, while being carried on a
cart going to the burning place. The villagers threw stones at her while shouting,
Burn her at the stake!

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At that precise moment, the eleven swans flew in. Princess Elisa threw the finished mantles to the swans.
Only then, Princess Elisa opened her mouth.
They donned the knitted hoods they were turned back into Princes. The Princess told the Prince what had
happened up to that time. Thereafter, the Prince and Princess Elisa lived happily together in their kingdom.

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The Unwise Hans
In the countryside, there lived three brothers. The first and second brothers were very wise. But the third was
not very wise. People called him unwise Hans. All three of the brothers wanted to marry the princess. The
princess had said that she wanted to marry the wisest man on the land.
So in order to marry the princess, they hurried off on their way. The father of the three brothers gave horses
to only two of the sons. The first brother got a brown horse and the second brother got a white horse. But,
no horse was given to Hans. The unwise Hans left on a goat, instead of a horse.
The older brothers laughed at Hans. Still, Hans left with his brothers. After sometime, Hans picked up a dead
crow on the road.
princess.
As Hans was going along the road, besides the crow, he picked up an old wooden clog and good quality
mud. The older brothers no longer paid attention to Hans' strange behavior and hurried off on their horses
reaching the castle before Hans.
In front of the castle there stood the princess and many people who wanted to marry her. However, all the
people
who
went
inside
of
the
princess' room
came
out
stuttering
and
muttering
quietly
to themselves.
Finally the first brother went in.
The first brother had forgotten everything that he had memorized. So, he could not say one word. Next the
second brother went in. The princess told him to leave, as well. The second brother could not understand the
princess
’

question. Hans was the last person to go in.


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There is no plate.
Hans showed the old wooden clog that he had hidden. The princess made a smile on her face.
can we get the sauce?
Hans showed her the mud that he had picked up on the road, too.
The unwise Hans gave the princess the wisest answers. That's how the princess and the unwise Hans got
married. The unwise Hans became the king of that land.
008
Thumbelina
Once upon a time, there lived a woman who had no children. The woman went to a sorcerer and begged,
want to raise a pretty baby.
tulip blossomed forth. From the floral leaf, a lovely baby girl who was as short as a thumb was born.

voice.
The
woman
was very
happy
and
wanted
to
give
her
a
pretty
name.

baby
who
is as short as a
thumb...I will name her as Thumbelina.
Thumbelina led a happy life sailing her ship across a pond filled with flowers. But one night, there appeared
a horrible-looking toad when Thumbelina was asleep.
bride.
morning, and was so surprised that she could do nothing but weep silently.
She thought that she would rather die than become the wife of a toad. The fish who saw this unhappy event
were sympathetic towards the poor girl, and said,
of
a
lotus
flower
on
which
Thumbelina
was
riding,
so
that
she
could
run
away
from
the
toad.
She
was
roaming around the riverside riding on the leaf of a lotus flower. At that time, a beetle came flying about and
spied the top of the head of Thumbelina.

flew into the forest.

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to his other beetle friends, but they all thought that she was an odd creature.
but has no wings like we do. It is really strange.
With his friends making fun of him, the beetle began to dislike Thumbelina. He went away with his friends,
leaving the girl alone in the branches. She spent many lonely days eating tree fruits and flowers.
please send me to my mother.
After some time, it began to snow. Thumbelina was looking for a place to take shelter when she finally saw a
twinkling
light.

am
Thumbelina.
Please
allow
me
to
take
a
rest
in
your
house.
A
field
mouse
woman
greeted the girl warmly saying,
The field mouse woman loved Thumbelina as if she were her own daughter. One day, a rich mole from a
neighboring burrow came to the house for a holiday. He said,
she became the wife of my son.
Thumbelina
did
not
like
that
haughty
fellow.
Yet
she
was
unable
to
reject
what
the
field
mouse
woman
wanted.
Thumbelina was taking a walk sadly in an underground passage, which was actually the house of the mole.
At
that
time,
she
found
a
swallow
that
had
fallen
on
the
ground.

poor
swallow.
Please
gain
your
strength.
and was about to leave the underground passage. He said,
country where there is nothing but sun and flowers.
She agreed and rode on the back of the swallow to the flower land, where the Prince of the country greeted
her saying,
girl. The Prince said,
country?
She said,
she said,

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very happy life in the flower country.

009
The T
errible King
A long time ago, there lived a terrible king. The terrible king's wish was that all the people would shake in
fear at the sound of his name. The terrible king made the lives of the people in the neighbor land horrible.

ake everything!
The T
errible King
The
terrible
king
viciously
took
away
all
the
belongings
of
the
neighbor
land.
He
even
scared
the
poor
women and children. The king was not even sorry to the children and women. The terrible king bothered the
people of the neighbor land worse and worse everyday. The palace became more and more magnificent.

there. However, the ministers could not do that.
The terrible king was becoming angry. It was because he thought that he was the greatest in the whole
world. Then the king was angry.
In
a
loud
voice,
the
terrible
king
said
that
he
would
win
against
God.
That's
why
he
ordered
that
a
magnificent ship be built in order to go to the heaven. He said he would ride the ship to go and defeat God.
The terrible king rode the ship up to heaven.
From
the
sky,
an
angel
was
sent.
However,
the
terrible
king
shot
over
a
thousand
bullets
at
the
angel.

blood was so heavy that the king's ship sank.

The terrible king became angry, again.
so he ordered all the workers in his kingdom to build it.
The terrible king went up to heaven, once more. God sent mosquitoes to the terrible king. The terrible king
just laughed at the mosquitoes.

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The
king
made
another
command.
He
thought
that
if
he
wrapped
the
carpet
around
his
body
the
mosquitoes would not be able to bite him. But one mosquito went inside of the carpet. Because of that one
mosquito,
the
terrible king
was
rolling
around screaming.
The
terrible king
that
couldn't
even
catch
one
mosquito was a laughingstock for his troops.

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Last Dream for an Old Oak Tree
Once upon a time, there was a large oak tree in the forest. This oak tree was very old. One day during the hot
summer, a mayfly flew by and alighted on a leaf of the oak tree.

Mayfly asked,
The mayfly nodded and asked,
tree.
Then the mayfly smiled and said,
You get to live much longer than I do, but we are both happy, aren't we?
on talking to each other.
Eventually, the mayfly leaned on the oak tree and fell asleep.
mayfly did not respond.
It had died.
Many weeks then passed. Spring, summer and fall went by, and winter came. Finally, the long-awaited day of
Christmas came. The oak tree wanted to rest now.
The oak tree had a dream on Christmas day. In it, pretty flowers were abundant and butterflies were flying in
a green forest. In this dream, the oak tree met the mayfly. The mayfly said,

happy place.
While the oak tree was sleeping, its roots were cut. It was time for the oak tree to die. The oak tree went to a
happy world, dreaming.


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011
The Happy Couple
A long time ago, there was a happy prince and princess in a country. They took care of and loved each other
very much, and their country was happy, too. Therefore they didn't envy anything else. There was one thing
they worried about. They wanted to make sure they could live happily forever like this
One day, one of the subjects found out the couple's worry and told them,
magic charm, and it can protect you from any unfortunate event. If you always carry the magic charm with
you, your fear and worry will disappear.

and he knows about everything. You can ask him.
The couple visited the old man, and asked for help with their worries and fears. The old man nodded his
head as if he knew everything and said,
couple, ask them to cut a piece of their underwear. If you keep the piece of the underwear, your fear and
worry will go away.
The couple appreciated the old man's kindness and set out on the journey. The couple wandered around
everywhere and heard about a happy knight and his wife of one town. They went to visit the knight.
really happy like the rumor?
problem is that we didn't have any children.
They had to find an absolutely happy couple, so they continued their journey. They visited a happy couple
who were famous for their happiness in the next town. And they asked the couple if they were really happy.
The couple answered.
never has a peaceful day. We worry too much about our children.
They could not get a magic charm this time too, and kept going on their trip. It was very hard to find the
happiest couple in the world. One day, the prince couple met a shepherd and his wife in a big field.
The shepherd was playing a flute and driving a herd of sheep, and his wife took their two children to him. As

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soon as the shepherd saw his family, he ran to them directly. He kissed and embraced each of them by turns.
They sat in a circle and had lunch after the wife had prepared it.
The prince couple watched for a while and approached them.
smiled and said,
The prince couple thought that they finally found what they were looking for.
please cut a piece of your underwear for us?
couple felt confused and said,
In the end, the couple set out on their journey again with nothing. Finally they came back to their home
because they were so tired, and because they couldn't find the magic charm too. As soon as they came back
to their country, they visited the old man.
The prince told their story to the old man and asked him.
a charm which doesn't even exist?
vain effort? Think about it carefully. While you were traveling around, you learned many things about how
other people live, didn't you?
The prince thought to himself for a while and said,
up
to
yourself.
The
prince's
wife
smiled
and
nodded
her
head.
The
happy
couple
held
their
hands
and
looked in each other's eyes.
The old man said as he watched them.
Keep it carefully from now on. Then, you'll never be unhappy with whatever comes your way.

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The Cripple Hans
There once was a rich feudal lord. He and his wife had a big farm. They wished everyone else would live as
happily as they did. On one Christmas Eve, a beautifully decorated Christmas tree stood in their big hall, and
firewood was burning vigorously. The couple invited all the poor children and their parents of the country to
their house.

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Traditional
Christmas
meals
were
served
to
everyone,
and
people
went
back
to
their
homes
and
talked
about the dinner and the gifts. Kersten and Ole, who were working in a garden, received the gifts for their
children
and
went
back
home.

masters
are
very
kind,
but
that's
because
they
are
rich.
They
are
enjoying themselves.

cripple, so they forgot him.
because of his weak legs.
thick fairy tale book had a lot to read and to think about deeply.
Kersten
and
Ole
were
always
complaining
because
they
were
always
busy.

people
have
both
happiness and wealth at the same time, but for other people, the only thing they have is poverty. Why do we
have to suffer so much because of Adam and Eve? If we were Adam and Eve, we would not behave like
them.

did
the
book
say?
Hans
read
a
story
to
his
parents
loudly.
'One
woodcutter
couple
always
complained that their unhappiness began because of Adam and Eve. At that time, a King was riding a horse
and heard them and said,
kinds of wonderful dishes and deserts at every meal.

peaceful and luxurious life will be over.
became curious what was on the plate under the lid. After a while, they uncovered the lid of the plate.

amount of curiosity as they did, and besides you cannot appreciate God's grace and gifts.
were surprised by the story about the woodcutter couple, and they told Hans to read the same story every
night.
One night, Hans read his parents a story about a man who does not know both sadness and dissatisfaction.

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'A long time ago, a King became ill, and there was only one cure the underwear of a man who never knew
both sadness and dissatisfaction. His subjects visited every king and nobleman of the world searching for
the cure, but they could not find it.'
One
day,
a
swineherd
was
sitting
next
to
a
ditch
said,

don't
know
anything
about
sadness
and
dissatisfaction. I have always have been living my life happily.
half of our kingdom in exchange for that.
did not have underwear to give to the subject of the King. Hans' parents laughed loudly as if they had not
laughed for a long time.

man who does not know about sadness and dissatisfaction. He is too poor to have any underwear. Try to
imagine him! Everyone has his own burden to carry by himself. But if you listen to other people's stories, you
will feel your burden of life is much lighter than before.

time, we wanted to have underwear as a gift rather than a book. But this book is like magic. It gives us the
answers to what we always were curious about.
stays in his bed in the afternoons, gave him a lot of knowledge that children at school could learn.
The schoolmaster got invited to the feudal lord's mansion and had a meal with them. In the middle of dinner,
he told them the book that they had given to Hans was such a blessed gift for the family. The mistress gave
some silver coins to the schoolmaster, and asked him to give them to Hans. Hans' parents were very happy
to get the silver coins.
A few days later, the mistress herself visited Hans with a basket of delicious bread, fruit and juice, and a cage
with a black bird. Hans was so happy for the gift, but his parents were not.
cannot take care of the bird, we have to do the troublesome work. In the end, a cat will eat the bird anyway.
A cat often visited the room, but it seemed that it was not interested in the black bird. One afternoon, when

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Hans was reading the book, the cat was staring at the bird in the cage above a dresser. The cat jumped up to
the window frame next to the cage in a breath. Hans worried about the bird, and he tried to throw his fairy
tale book at the cat, but it did not reach the cat.
Hans wielded a bedcover, but it was a vain effort. The cat jumped up to the dresser and dropped the cage to
the
ground.
At
the
same
time,
Hans
suddenly
leaped
to
his
feet
from
his
bed,
picked
up
the
cage
and
shooed the cat away. Hans saw himself holding the cage in his hand. He realized what happened to him and
ran out to the road.

happy as if their own son could walk again.
school in Copenhagen because he was so smart, and he could understand so well what he read. His parents
were sad that they could not live with their son, but they were very happy whenever they got a letter with
happy news from him.

a miracle. Is it like one of the stories which Hans used to tell us?
looked at each other piously.

013
The Shadow
A scholar who used to live in a cold region took a trip to a place of tropical weather. He stayed in the house
all day because it was too hot to go out.
At night, people came out from their houses to get fresh air. The scholar also went out of his house and
looked around here and there.
across the street is so quiet?

living in that house.


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was talking to his own shadow.
Suddenly, his shadow on the house went into the inside the house. The scholar was shocked. Then, the next
day.
What am I going to do now?
In a tropical region, everything grew really fast. Fortunately, the scholar's shadow grew a lot in a week.
Then,
one
evening.
Someone
visited
the
scholar.

is
it?
Please
come
in.
A
well-dressed
gentleman
came into his house.
me? Well, I guess you've never imagined that I would show up in front of you with this kind of look. I have
been enjoying my own life very much since I left you.


used to be your shadow.

with her. Then, she allowed me to live my own life all by myself. Sometimes I gave severe punishments to bad
people. People always welcomed me wherever I was. They just loved me.
this happen?
A few years later, the shadow visited the scholar again. The scholar was writing a book, but he was so sad
because no one read his book. He felt tired of writing.
my book.
shadow.
the scholar decided to go on the trip and be a shadow.
There were lots of people in the spa, and a princess was one of them. The princess saw the shadow and
thought,
She met the shadow. She liked him very much because he knew everything.
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scholar and said,
smart.
The princess decided to get married to the shadow.
The shadow met the scholar and said,
with us. But you have to be my shadow and have to live under my feet forever.
sense. You are MY shadow.
The shadow put the scholar in prison, and then he told the princess.
insisting that I am his shadow. There seems to be no chance of his recovery. I will help him to disappear
quietly.
The princess and the shadow finally got married. But the scholar died in prison. don't forget to keep your self- esteem.

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The Rotten Apples and the Wife
There was a poor farmer in the country. He had a wife with a warm heart. The only things they had were a
small piece of rice field, a farm and a horse.
One day, the farmer said to his wife.
market.
with him.
The next day, the farmer went to the market riding on horseback. He found a good cow while he was looking
around the market. 'Mm. That cow will be good. We will be able to drink fresh milk everyday.' The farmer
smiled and went close to the cow.

look at the horse for a while. He felt strange because the horse was much more expensive than the cow. The
horse looked healthy on the whole. The owner of the cow laughed loudly and agreed to the deal.
The farmer was very happy, too. 'Everything's okay. Now I have to go back to my house.' As he walked not a

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long
distance
with the cow,
he
saw a
plump,
soft-haired
goat. Suddenly
he
wanted
to
have the
goat. 'It
would be much easier to raise a goat than a cow. And goat's milk tastes good.'

opportunity, after he heard the farmer.
cow with the goat.
'Today is my lucky day.' The farmer even hummed to himself. After a while, he saw a young man holding a
goose tightly with his two hands. 'That goose looks very healthy. Its hair is rich. It would be nice if we could
raise such a great goose in our depression.' The farmer wanted to have the goose, so he exchanged his goat
with the goose.
After
a
short
time,
he
met
a
guy
who
was
holding
a
cute
hen
in
his
arms.
'Cock-a-doodle-do,
cock-a-doodle-do!' The hen's voice sounded very healthy. 'What a nice hen!' This time, he also wanted to
have the hen. The farmer approached the guy and asked him to exchange his goose with the hen. Of course
the owner of the hen agreed to his suggestion.
It was already late afternoon when he exchanged his animals several times. 'Oh, I am hungry! I am going to
have lunch in a restaurant.' The farmer held his hen and headed to a restaurant. A young man was carrying a
heavy bag on his shoulder in front of the restaurant.

apples.
'Rotten apples? We had only one apple from our apple trees last year. That's amazing that he has such a lot
of
apples.
If
we
use
those
rotten
apples
as
fertilizer,
our
trees
will
bear
lots
of
apples,
too.'
The
farmer
exchanged his hen with the rotten apples.
Then, he went into the restaurant and had lunch. And he told his story how he happened to exchange one
thing and another, and finally he got the rotten apples. An rich old man listened to the farmer's story and
said,

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My wife has never been angry at me.
give you a package of gold coins.
After that, the farmer went back to his house with the old rich man. And he told his wife the whole story
about how he came back with the rotten apples. Then, his wife said,
apples as those rotten apples.
In the end, the old rich man had to give them a package of gold coins. Therefore the farmer became very
rich.
015
The Anemone
It was winter with cold air and strong wind. A seed was still lying down in the bulb under the ground covered
with snow. One day, it was raining, and the raindrops that soaked into the thick ground, touched the bulb
and told stories of the world above the ground. Soon, the sunlight passed through, shone on the frozen
ground and tickled the bulb

sunlight said.
question, but summer was still too far away. There was snow on the ground, and the well was frozen hard at
night.

seed stretched in the bulb, the thin skin of the bulb was split. It was where the sunlight reached before.
Green stems, a flower bud and leaves began to grow through the ground under the snow. There was still
snow
on
the
ground,
but
the
flower
could
come
out
because
the
sunlight
already
passed
through
the
ground.

and saw the bright world. As the sunlight touched and kissed the bud, it started to open. It was a flower
white as snow with thin green stripes. The flower lowered her head with a pleasant look and with modesty.

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As soon as they saw the flower, the rays of sunlight said,
and pure. You are the first flower. Soon, snow will melt away, and the cold wind will stop. When we have
control here, the whole world will turn green. And you will find your friends soon.
The flower was so fragile and delicate that it seemed to be easy to break her down, but she was dazzlingly
beautiful and kept singing for the coming summer.
But still it was far away from summer. The cloud hid the sun, and the strong wind blew hard. The cloud and
the wind shouted to the flower.
decorate yourself and walk around.
deceived
by
the
temptation
of
the
sun
and
bloomed
too
early.
You
are
such
a
fool
of
summer
which
bloomed in winter.
It got colder, and there was not a single ray of sunlight in the dark sky even though many days had passed.
She could freeze and die. But her faith that summer would come soon grew stronger and stronger. Even
when cold snowflakes came down heavily, and ice-cold winds blew hard, she just lowered her head, and
stood there in her white dress.
Then, children came out and shouted when they found the Anemone.
not strange what they said. 'Anemone' means 'a fool of summer' in Danish.



One girl picked up and kissed the flower. She brought it to her house and put it in a vase. Anemone had the
illusion that summer came because the air was so fresh and warm.
There was a custom that young people used to give and take their poems with the first Anemone of the year.
The girl's boyfriend was staying in a big city for his studying. Inside of the envelope it was as dark as inside of
the bulb. The letter set out for the journey in a mail bag, and the Anemone got to the final destination in the
end after several times of being squeezed and squashed.

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The boy who received the letter was so happy, kissed the Anemone and put her in a drawer of his desk with
the letter. There were many letters in the drawer, but only one letter had the Anemone. The Anemone was
veut happy. She stayed in the drawer even after summer and long winter passed by.
When summer came again, the boy took out the letter again. This time, he crumpled it harshly and threw it
away on the floor of his room. The Anemone fell down to the floor from the impact. That's because the girl
had another boyfriend. Even though the flower was dry and faded, she felt sad when she was treated that
way.
The next morning, the sunlight came through the window and shone on the faded the 'fool of summer'.
Then, a maid came into the room and found the flower. She put it in one of the books in the desk. The flower
stayed
inside
the
book with
poems
again,
but those
poems
were
much
greater
and
more
valuable
than
before.
Many years passed, and the book sometimes was taken out from the bookcase and read by someone. It was
the
book
of
a
famous
Danish
poet.
One
day,
a
man
was
reading
the
book
and
shouted.

is
this
an
anemone,
a
fool
of
summer?
This
poet
was
also
a
fool
of
summer
who
was
ahead
of
his
own
age.

Everybody used to laugh at him long ago, but he is the best poet of Denmark now. You look nice with this
book!
The Anemone was put in the book again. She was happy and proud of herself about how she was kept in
that book of the poet. He was also a fool of summer who was standing firmly in the middle of cold winter
dreaming summer just like the Anemone.

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The Feather Pen and the Inkstand
There was an inkstand on the desk in a poet's room. Some strange sounds came out of the bottle.
amazing! Anything can come out of that inkstand.
The inkstand was proud of herself when she heard that.
feather pen and other writing materials.

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of me is enough to fill half a piece of paper.
The inkstand had no idea what was inside of her. But she thought she had everything.
yourself at all? If you had a chance to think abort who you really are, you would have found out that the only
thing that you can do is drop ink.
The feather pen said that he was the one who wrote on the paper. The inkstand and the feather pen had an
argument.
thing the inkstand can do is give him ink. They kept arguing.

little bird feather.
At that moment, the poet came back from a concert. He opened the inkstand to write a poem. He started to
write about the fantastic violin performance of that night.
people think it is easy to play the violin.
The
poet
had
a
different
opinion
from
those
of
other
people.
He
wrote
that
the
wonderful
violin
performance was because of the player's ability. Neither the inkstand nor the feather pen could recognize
that their abilities were all precious until then. They are a gift from God.

017
The Candles
Once, there were two candles. One candle was made from beeswax and the other was made from animals'
fat.
on a silver candle holder.
fat envied the beeswax candle. 'The beeswax candle must live a great and splendid life.'
One day, there was a party in this house.
if she was the hostess of the party.
Then, a master came in.
party must be wonderful!

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At that time, one little boy appeared with his torn basket at the kitchen door. In the basket, there were five or
six potatoes and one apple. A mistress of the house gave them to this poor boy.
too.
back to his house.
'Where am I going?' The candle finally arrived at a poor and small hut. Three children and a mother were
living in that small room with a low-ceiling. The candle stood on an iron candlestick.

is
too
much!
The
candle
grumbled
to
himself
regretting
for
his
miserable
situation.
'The
beeswax
candle, went to the party, she must be standing on a great silver candle holder at this time.' The Candle
made from animals' fat envied the beeswax candle very much.
The mother prepared dinner by boiling potatoes and peeling the apple. The three children and the mother
had dinner happily. The animal fat candle shone their table brightly.

peaceful and happy family. The animal fat candle felt happy as he enjoyed shining brightly for this family.

018
Little Ida's Flowers
A long time ago, there was a kid named 'Ida'. She liked flowers very much. One day, her flowers were all
faded away.
to her.

what he said.

party.
flowers quietly that they have a party tonight. Then, one flower will tell the news to the others.

their body language. Have you seen the flowers shake their leaves when the wind blows?

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interesting.
Then, a legal expert with no sense of humor listened to the conversation between the man and Ida.
those unreasonable and fake stories to a little kid? Tusk, tusk!
rest before the party begins.
Ida laid down the flowers and covered them with a blanket. After a while, the sound of a piano came out of
her room. Ida went into the room.
The moonlight was bright, and the flowers were dancing to the melody. They danced with a teddy bear and
the flowers asked the teddy bear.
bury us next to the grave of the canary? Then, we will wake up in summer again.
At that moment, the door opened, and the very beautiful flowers came into the room dancing. Ida thought
to herself, 'They are so beautiful! They must be from the castle. 'Two roses with crowns and other flowers
exchanged greetings and danced. After a while, they said good-bye to each other.
The next morning, Ida thought,
there. Only they look more depressed than yesterday.
message the flowers want you to give me?
with those flowers, but you forgot the flowers' favor?
Ida came close to the dry flowers.
beautifully,
won't
you?
Ida
buried
the
flowers
with
her
cousins.
She
dug
a
small
grave
and
buried
the
flowers' casket in the ground.

019
The Little Match-Girl
It was a Christmas Eve with heavy snow. A little girl was selling matches on the street.
But no one looked at her. She had lost her parents a few days ago, and she was selling matches without a
coat in the cold weather. She didn't even sell one box. The girl was so hungry that she couldn't even open her
mouth.

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Then, a carriage came close to her. Trying to keep away from the carriage, she slipped and fell on the ice, and
she lost her shoes. She had to walk on the snowy street with bare feet.
Over a window, she saw a family gathered under a warm and bright light. They seemed so happy. The snow
began to fall more heavily.
Even though she was hungry and felt pain in her feet, she couldn't go back home because she couldn't sell
any
matches.

you
want
some
matches?
The
people
walking
on
the
street
looked
very
happy
holding each other's arms. But no one bought the girl's matches.

cold today? I have to skip my meal today because I couldn't sell any of these matches.
She lit a match to warm up her body. Even though it was a small light, it made her a little warmer. She felt as
if she was sitting right next to a fireplace.
Suddenly, a table full of delicious food came up in front of her.
As she lit another match, a Christmas tree appeared.
She
lit
the
last
match.
Then,
her
grandmother
appeared.

come
to
Heaven
with
me.
The
girl's
grandmother held her tight in her arms and rose up to the sky.
The next day, she was dead and found in the street.
matches. Tut, tut.

020
The Woodcutter and Hermes
A woodcutter was cutting trees next to a pond. Suddenly, he dropped his ax into the pond. He just sat down
and cried because he couldn't get it out.
Then, Hermes, the guardian God of the town, showed up.
answered.
Hermes took pity on the woodcutter.
with a splash. After a little while, he brought out a gold ax.

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he brought out a silver ax.
pond with a splash again.
He brought out an old and worn-out ax this time.
Hermes like his honesty, so he gave all three axes to the woodcutter.
The woodcutter told his story to his friends. One of his friends went to the pond and dropped his ax on
purpose into the water.
Then, Hermes appeared. Hermes listened to his story and jumped into the pond.
He came out with a gold ax.
saw the gold ax.
But Hermes already knew that he was lying. Hermes did not give him back not only the gold ax but also his
own.

021
Big Klaus and Little Klaus
A long time ago, two farmers of the same name,
the other had only one horse. So, people in the village called the first Klaus with four horses 'Big Klaus' and
the second Klaus with one horse 'Little Klaus'.
The two Klauses lent each other their horses to plow the soil. The little Klaus lent his one horse for six days to
the big Klaus, but the big Klaus lent his four horses to the little Klaus just for one the diligent and
warm-hearted little Klaus did not complain. The little Klaus shouted to the horses courageously.
cheer up, my horses!
However, the big Klaus heard this sound and got angry.
you call them yours again, I will kill your horse.
horses' while he was joyfully working. The big Klaus killed the little Klaus' horse as he said he would.
The little Klaus felt sad and removed the horse's skin. He carried it to the market to sell it. While he was

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heading to the market, it got dark. The little Klaus knocked on a door of a farmer's house near by.
you please let me stay in your house for tonight?
my house, because my husband is not here.
He
crawled
into
the
barn
secretly.
The
little
Klaus
was
surprised.
He
could
look
into
the
farmer's
house
through a small window. There were wine and roasted meat on the table, and the wife of the farmer and a
priest were having dinner happily.
In fact, the owner of the house hated the priest so much that the farmer's wife invited and served food to the
priest
secretly
while
her
husband
went
out.
But
then,
the
farmer
came
back
to
his
house
suddenly.
The
surprised farmer's wife hid the priest in a box in a corner of the room, and she hid the food in the fireplace.
When the farmer came into the barn to tie his horses, he found the little Klaus in his barn.
are you doing here?
in this barn because it was dark outside.
house.
The wife of the farmer served a cup of soup and pretended that nothing had happened. The little Klaus
could not stop thinking about the delicious food that he saw before. 'I wish I could eat the delicious food.'
He stepped on the bag with the horse's skin under his feet while he was thinking like this.

little juggler in my bag asked us to look in the fireplace.
out loudly,
After having the delicious food and wine with the little Klaus, the farmer said,
don't you ask the juggler?
with the appearance of a priest in that box.
The farmer was surprised when he opened the box as the small Klaus had told him to do.
that there is a devil with the appearance of a priest in the box!

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earnestly.
really want it. Ok, I will.
The little Klaus took the box away and left for his town. The little Klaus said loudly on purpose,
too heavy. I will throw this box into a river.
out.

gave him a package filled with gold coins. When the little Klaus came back to town with packages of gold
coins, the big Klaus was astonished.
sold my horse skin.
As soon as the big Klaus heard the little Klaus, he killed his four horses and removed their skin. He went to
the market to sell them, but no one wanted to buy his horse skin at an expensive price. The big Klaus was
very angry when he found out that he was fooled and came back to town.

it up tightly.
he found a church.
went in.
Then, a very old man fell over the bag when he was passing by the church with a number of cows.
am still young, but I have to go to Heaven now.
sadness when he heard the little Klaus.
here.

I will do it delightfully.
a favor.
back to his house with the herd of cows.

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After a while, the big Klaus went out of the church and went to the river with the bag. He had no idea what
was in the bag and threw it into the river as hard as he could. The big Klaus felt happy and went back to his
house, but he saw the little Klaus driving a herd of cattle.
The
big
Klaus
was
astonished
and
said,

What
happened?
The
little
Klaus
smiled
and
answered.

the river.
As soon as the big Klaus heard the story, he asked the little Klaus to throw him into the river.
cows, that will be your last day.
bottom of the river as fast as possible.

The bag dived with a splash and sank down in the river. At last, the greedy and stupid big Klaus could never
go back to his house.

022
Grand mother
Grandmother is very old. Her face is crumpled, and her hair is white as snow. But her eyes are twinkling like
two stars. When she looks at us with her generous and gentle face, we feel very happy. She tells us many
good old stories. She has a lot of knowledge because she began her life even before my father and mother.
Grandmother often reads a hymnbook with a sliver clamper in her spare time. A dry rose is put between the
leaves of the book. The rose is not as beautiful as a rose in a glass vase, but she sometimes smiles and cries
quietly when she looks at the rose.
When her tears fall down on the dry rose, it comes to life again, and its' peaceful and beautiful scent fill the
whole room. The walls turn into a green forest, and the sunlight of summer shines through thick leaves of
the trees, she changes into a beautiful girl with rose-colored and full cheeks and curly blond hair. A tall and

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healthy young man sits beside her and gives a rose to the girl. Then, she smiles beautifully.
The girl became a Grandmother and could not smile that beautifully, but she can smile graciously while she
is recollecting her memories of the past. The handsome young man is gone, and the rose
is dry and put
between the leaves of the book. The girl became an old lady looking at the dry rose.
The Grandmother is passed away now. She fell asleep leaning her head on a chair. Her breath became quiet,
and her face was full of happiness and peace. It seemed as if a ray of sunlight was shining on her face.
In a black casket, and in a white cloth, she was closing her eyes, but her wrinkles were gone so that she
looked much younger. Her hair was shining, and she was smiling peacefully. The hymnbook with the dry rose
was put beside her head. Then, she was buried.
People
planted
a
rose
tree
on
her
grave
next
to
the
fence
of
a
church.
Moonlight
was
shining
on
the
grandmother's grave. She was not in her grave. However, the dead people know much more than the living.
They know that if they suddenly come up in front of us, we should be very terrified.
Dead people live a better life than we do. That's why they never come back. The leaves of the hymnbook,
and the rose all returned to dust with her old memories. But the new roses come to bloom every year on her
grave, nightingales sing beautiful songs, and an organ plays beautiful tunes.
The memory of the grandmother looking young, and having soft and generous eyes will remain forever.
Someday, we may meet our warm- hearted grandmother. Even though she now became a pile of dust, we
will always remember grandmother as a young and beautiful lady when she kissed the red and fresh roses.

023
Ingel who Trod on the Loaf
Once, there was a little baby girl. Her name was Ingel. Ingel's family was very poor, so her parents adopted
her out to a rich family.
Fortunately, the mistress loved and treated Ingel like her own daughter. Ingel grew up not only beautifully
but also she had too much vanity.
One year later after Ingel came to the house, the mistress called Ingel and spoke to her in a soft voice.

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go and visit your own mother and father in your old house.
and left her house.
She put on
her
best
clothes and
best shoes. She
who
had prettied beyond
recognition
wanted
to
boast
herself. When Ingel reached the entrance to the village, a woman who bore firewood was taking a rest sitting
on a rock by a roadside. She was Ingel's mother. 'I can't believe that woman with such a shabby outfit is my
mother.' Ingel passed by the woman turning her head to another side and pretended as if she did not see
her.
A mud puddle came in sight after walking further.
Oh, I have a good idea.
the mistress to give her parents. She thought that she could pass the puddle by stepping on the bread,
keeping her shoes clean.
When she stepped one foot on the bread and lifted the other foot, the bread sank in the puddle.
me!
After sinking for a long time, she arrived at the bottom of the deep swamp. There was an old evil lady in the
swamp. When the old evil lady saw Ingel, she giggled creepily and said,
favorite, ha, ha, ha.
The old evil lady forced Ingel to help her in her work. The old evil lady worked for the destruction of mankind.
She was making shoes, which if one wore them, one soon wanted to steal something. Hats, which when one
put it on, one wanted to be cruel to other people, and vests which made one lie once one wore them.
Ingel was hungry, but the old evil lady did not give food to Ingel at all. On the bottom of her shoe, some of
the bread was still stuck on it. Ingel stretched out her hands and tried to grab the bread on the bottom of her
shoe. But her body was hard as rock, and she could not reach there.
It was painful, so she shed tears.
that she did not know her own mother and tried to step on the bread. She regretted her silly behavior for the

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first time.
When her warm tears began to fall down to the bread under her shoe, the bread came off from it like magic.
Ingel took the hard bread off and she lived barely by eating the bread little by little everyday. Ingel was
determined to stop the old evil lady's work at any cost.
At that time, a ray of light appeared from somewhere and shone through the dark swamp.
light shone on Ingel's head, she turned into a bird and flew up to the sky in the twinkling of an eye. Even the
old evil lady could not stop her.
Ingel who became a bird now, flew in the sky happily and sang merry songs. Ingel flew around the house of
her mother and father. She did not go anywhere but just stayed there.

024
The Shower and the Buckwheat
A
long
time
ago, there was
a
big field
in a village.
The
Barely and
wheat
were
planted
in that
field.
The
buckwheat was also in the field.
The grains grew very well in summer with mild sunshine.
me and barely or wheat. My flowers are as beautiful and white as those of apple trees!
boasted about herself. She paid no attention to any of the barely, wheat, trees or flowers of the riverside.
Right at that moment,
flashed.
speed.

it's
a
shower!

your
head,
quickly!
Barely
and
wheat
who
were
taking
in
the
sun
were
astonished and shouted. Everyone lowered their heads, shut their buds and waited for the shower to pass by,
but the buckwheat did not.

quickly.


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over your body. Besides, if your eyes are struck by the lightning, you'll be blind forever. God is inside of the
lightning. We cannot look at him directly.

he
really
in
the
lightning?
Well,
I
will
look
at
him
directly!
Buckwheat
leaned
backwards much
more
arrogantly than before. 'Flash!' At that moment, a very big lightning flashed. It looked like the whole world
was on fire.
After a while, the shower stopped, and the sun shone gloriously. A beautiful rainbow appeared from the
opposite side of the mountain. The grains slowly and carefully raised their heads after crouching themselves.
They raised their moistly wet bodies and looked at the beautiful rainbow.

were always beautiful. Everyone felt cool and fresh, but buckwheat did not.

got a big scar on her face from the heavy rains. On top of that, because she lost her sight from the lightning,
she could never look at a rainbow again.



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The Old House
There was a very old house in a street. A boy liked this house very much. An old man was living in that house.
The old man always looked out of the window. That's why they made a friendship with each other. The next
Sunday morning, the boy visited the old house, and he talked to the old man.

thank you for giving me such a nice gift and visiting me.
The old man and the boy were so happy together. But the toy soldier started to complain.

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house any more. I am too lonely and bored in this house.
it?

you understand that?
nobody could find him.

boy went back to his house. When the winter came, the old man died. A few days later after the old man's
death, the old house was cleared away and a new house was built in that place. After many years, the little
boy grew into a young man, and he married. He moved to the old man's house with a beautiful garden.

guess what it was? It was the toy soldier that he and the old man had been searching for.
The boy, now a grown-up, looked at the toy soldier carefully and smiled.

026
The T
eapot
There was a teapot made of china, and she liked to boast about herself. She had one beautiful long mouth
and a large grip on her front and rear, and she was particularly proud of them. But she hushed up about her
ugly lid that was broken, cracked and glued loosely.
Teacups, a cream pitcher and a sugar bowl teased the teapot about her broken and scarred lid all the time.
Whenever she listened to their teasing while she was boasting about herself, she suddenly felt depressed.
On all such occasions, she comforted herself by saying this,
has not only his own weakness but also an excellent talent at the same time. The teacup has his grip, and the
sugar bowl has his cover, but I have both. Besides, I have even a mouth that they don't have. Even if sugar
bowl and cream pitcher stimulate people's appetite, I am the one who bestows favors on thirsty people. I am
the Queen of a tea table!
One day, a very beautiful and elegant hand picked up the teapot. But by mistake, the hand dropped the

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teapot to the floor. Her mouth and grip, which the teapot used to be proud of, and her lid were all broken
into pieces, and people made such a fuss as they cleaned up the hot boiling water.
The teapot began to be treated as old and useless from that moment. She was shocked by the fact that
everyone laughed at her instead of at the careless hand which dropped the teapot. The people gave her
away to a beggar.
Even though the teapot had never imagined before, her new and different life began. One day, the teapot
got filled with soil. She got another shock from it on that day, but someone planted a flower seed in her. The
seed took root in the teapot and began to grow.
The
teapot
felt
the
seed
as
her
heart.
She
came
to
life
and
breathed.
While
her
heart
was
beating
energetically, the seed pushed out new buds, and they bloomed. The teapot could forget her past, troubles
and worries as she watched the flowers.
But the flowers did not even say thank you to the teapot. They seemed as if they didn't know that the teapot
even existed. Whoever looked at the flowers were all impressed by their beauty. The teapot just felt happy
by watching them.
One day, someone moved the flowers from the teapot to a better flowerpot. The teapot was broken in two
pieces and thrown away in the corner of a garden, but the teapot lived her life keeping her memories to
herself.

027
The Jumper
A long time ago, there were a flea, a grasshopper and a paper doll.
flea said arrogantly.
dancing paper doll smiled without saying a word.
The flea and the grasshopper decided to compete with each other for the highest jump. They invited other

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people to their game. Even the king came to see their contest.
my daughter.
First, the flea introduced himself like a gentleman.
anyone else in the world.
The grasshopper with his green cape stepped to the front and greeted the people.
for high jumping. My brothers are all wearing green capes and we can sing beautiful songs as well.
grasshopper sang a song in front of the audience. The people enjoyed his song very much and clapped.
Finally, the paper doll came to the front. He was so shy that he didn't say a word and just bowed.

let's
start
the
match!
The
flea
took
a
deep
breath
and
leaped
up
high.
But
something
strange
happened. The flea was too small for the audience to watch how high he jumped.
not?
The grasshopper was next. He put all of his strength in his hind legs and jumped up. When he came down,
he landed on the king's face.
that rude grasshopper in jail!
The paper doll got ready for the last turn. The king said to the paper doll in a loud voice.
jumping, and that rude grasshopper dared to land on my face. If you make a fool of me like your two friends,
you shall no longer live!
The audience worried about the paper doll and said,
die.
The paper doll rose up in the air with the breeze.
paper doll. When he landed on the ground safely, the king was pleased with the paper doll very much and
allowed him to marry his princess as he promised.


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028
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.
rather than scolding him.
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.
beautiful!
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.
him. Her son answered.
become a thief.
She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison.
severely.

029
The Intimate Couple
There once was a top and a small ball in a big toy box. The top said to the ball.
box together, so why don't you marry me?
The next day, the owner showed up. He painted the top with red and yellow colors and drove an iron nail
into it.
nice.


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couple. You can jump up and down, and I can dance.
But the ball with the great leather jacket ignored him again.
jacket. There is no comparison between you and me.
him.


The next day, the owner brought the ball outside. The ball jumped very high and down. But this time, the ball
didn
’
t come down after she jumped up. The owner searched everywhere, but he couldn't find the ball. The
top sighed and said,
But the top could never forget her. A few years passed. The top was all painted with a golden color. When he
spun powerfully with a buzz, he looked wonderful.
One day, he spun so hard and fast that he flew away. The top landed on the roof. The roof was full of all sorts
of things.

the ball with the leather jacket.
before.

didn't allow me to marry you.

030
The Beauty of a Shabby Little Dandelion
Spring has come for the flowers and trees, in the forest and fields. Spring has also come on the wild flowers
under the fence and on a small apple tree. There were red bursting flower buds hanging on the fresh apple
tree branches.
The
apple
Tree
Branches
were
proud
of
themselves
knowing
that
they
were
very
beautiful.
A
Countess
admired the branches, so she broke one of them off, held it in her hand, and she went back to her splendid

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castle in her wonderful carriage. The Countess put the branch among the fresh and green beech trees, and
she smiled with satisfaction.
The apple Tree Branch held up his head and looked at many kinds of people who came in and out. They all
showed different reactions to the Apple Tree Branch. All the people reacted differently when they saw the
Apple Tree branch. Some were expressionless without a word, some overpraised the beauty of the Apple
Tree Branch, and others gazed at him with a satisfied look.
Seeing
these
various
reactions
from
people,
the
Apple
Tree
Branch
realized
that
people
have
as
diverse
personalities as plants and flowers do and that they are all different. The Apple Tree branch looked at the
fields and a garden through the open window. There were shabby flowers and plants as well as beautiful
ones in the garden.
'Those
grasses
are
so
pathetic.
It's
not
their
fault
they
have
such
ugly
and
squalid
names.
However,
everything
is
different
in
this
world.'
The
apple
Tree
Branch
sympathized and
looked
at the
little flowers
blooming next to the fields and streams.
At that time, the Sun kissed the Apple Tree Branch, a dandelion in the field, the abundant beautiful flowers,
and the shabby flowers and said,
and look ahead with a broad point of view. What do you think the poorest plant is?
not use it even for a bouquet, and it is so common that people trample it down carelessly. It is not different
from a weed at all.
At that time, children ran across the field, rolled about on the lawn, and picked and kissed the dandelions.
They
made
necklaces
and
garlands
of
them.
They
looked
wonderful
with
the
golden
flowers
and
green
stems.
The
seeds
stuck
to
the stalks
of the dandelions,
and
they
were
as
beautiful
as
white feathers. When the
children blew out with a puff, the seeds of the dandelions fluttered away as if they had wings.


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give
us?
The
Sun
said
to
the
Apple
Tree
Branch.

are
only
for
children.
The
Apple
Tree
Branch
answered.
At that time, an old lady dug in the ground of the field and picked the roots of the dandelions. She will make
tea, take it to the doctor who makes medicine, and earn money with the roots of the dandelions.

every plant can be the same, just as people can't be the same.
Later some people came into the room. The Countess who brought the Apple Tree Branch to the castle was
one of them. She brought a stalk of dandelion seeds much more carefully than when she brought the Apple
Tree Branch.

says that the apple tree branch is more beautiful, but this humble dandelion has a different kind of beauty.
Even though the apple tree branch and the dandelion look different from each other, they are all beautiful.
The Countess said filled with admiration.
The Sun smiled and kissed the shabby dandelion and the Apple Tree Branch. The Apple Tree Branch blushed
his own petals with shame.

031
The Happy Family
There was a butterbur leaf in a country of the south. A lot of butterbur trees with big leaves looked very nice.
A snail was living on a back of a butterbur leaf. The snail ate the butterbur leaves and lived peacefully moving
from one leaf or stem to another.
Two snails were living on a back of the butterbur leaves. These two had never been out of the butterbur
wood, but they knew that there was a different world out of the forest.
Birds always felt impatient when they saw the snails.
the birds complained, one snail said,


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food here.
sky. But the snails did not envy the bird that could fly everywhere freely.

up, how can she hide her head and legs?
They were just lonely because they were only two. One day, they found a little snail crying on the back of a
butterbur leaf.
the crying little snail.
The little snail cried and said he was searching for his dad, mom and his brothers for a few days.
Stop crying. I will be your dad.
butterbur leaf where they were always living.
A few days later, the little young snail ate delicious food and recovered slowly. Even his mom and dad were
surprised that the baby snail could crawl very quickly and play far away from the leaf.
need to crawl very fast. Always walk slowly.
When it rained, funny sounds came from the splashing raindrop on the butterbur leaf.
sounds like a drum, doesn't it?
funny.
The baby snail is old enough to marry now. His Mom and Dad searched for his bride crawling from one
butterbur leaf to another. A ladybug heard it and visited them.
Mom and dad snails were happy to hear that and asked.
has her own wonderful castle with

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hallways. She is the queen ant.

snail rejected the ladybug's kindness. After a while, a fly taught them there was a young woman snail right

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next to her.
The snail family decided the woman snail would be the baby snail's bride. The night of the wedding, six
fireflies shone beautiful bluish light on the ceremony. The snail family lived together happily and peacefully
ever after.

032
A Piggy Bank
Once there were lots of toys in a room. There was a saving box on the dresser, and it was a small piggy bank.
The piggy bank was full of bronze, gold and silver coins.
The piggy bank knew that he had many coins inside of him. That's why he was always proud of himself in
front of his friends.
down from the top of the dresser and said this proudly. Then, the other toys looked up the piggy bank with
envious eyes.
One night, the beautiful moonlight poured into the room through a window. The toys in the room were so
happy.

gentlemen,
let's
play
together
on
this
beautiful
night.
A
baby
doll
with
a
red
velvet
ribbon said.
toys shouted for joy.
Everyone except the piggy bank joined the party.
ceiling and pretended that he was not interested in the party. He thought it would make him less valuable to
join in such an unimportant party.

but the piggy bank ignored their invitation. Therefore, the other toys enjoyed their party without the piggy
bank.
A rocking horse put on a knitting ball tail and danced. A rubber ball rolled over, and a toy car drove round

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everywhere in the room. Everyone seemed so happy.
The piggy bank looked down at them playing and watched with an askance look. Then, the playing was over
and the tea party began. The piggy bank couldn't stand not eating when he saw the food, and he came
closer step by step to the edge of the dresser.
He smelled delicious cookies. He suddenly stuck his head towards the toys gathered.

silver coins inside of him scattered noisily.
The other toys were surprised at the piggy bank's fall while they were enjoying the tea party. Everybody
looked at the piggy bank with surprise.
so sad. He could not even enjoy the party.

033
The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweeper
There was a very old cupboard in a living room. Various patterns were carved on the cupboard, one of them
in the middle, was a man with a strange look; he had goat's legs, a small horn on his head and a long beard
on his chin. The children who used to come in and out the room called him 'Goat Leg Billy'.
Goat Leg Billy was always looking down at a desk under a mirror. There was a lovely shepherdess made of
china on the desk. The Shepherdess was holding a stick and wearing gold shoes and a skirt with red rose
ornaments. She was also wearing a pretty golden hat. She was very beautiful.
Right next to her, there was a Chimney Sweeper made of china with a cute and flushed face, and he was
holding
a
ladder.
They
were
engaged
because
both
were
close
to
each
other,
made
of
china
and
they
matched each other very well as a good couple.
There was another doll made of china, and this big old Chinese guy was three times bigger than the others.
He could nod his head up and down, and he insisted that only he had the right to make decisions about the
Shepherdess. One day, Goat Leg Billy asked him to be allowed to get married with the Shepherdess, the
Chinese doll nodded his head and said yes.

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Tonight, when the old cupboard makes a creaking sound, you two have to get married.
said this to the Shepherdess and fell asleep.
The
Shepherdess
cried
and
looked
at
her
beloved
Chimney
Sweeper.

don't
want
to
go
to
the
dark
cupboard. Let's go to the outside world with me!
I have a job, so I can take care of you.

her china legs and they used a ladder to step down on the ground and looked up to the old cupboard. The
patterns
of
the
cupboard
and
Goat
Leg
Billy
were
shouting
at
them.

are
sneaking
away!
They
are
sneaking away!
The
Shepherdess
and
the
Chimney
Sweeper
were
astounded
to
hear
their
voices.
The
old
Chinese
doll
already woke up and was shaking his body with anger. He fell down to the ground.
is coming after us.

outside world with me? Do you know how really big the outside world is? We may never be able to come
back here again.

world up there. We will use that hole to go out.
gate in the fireplace.
the fireplace with the Chimney Sweeper.
Even though it was steep and long, the Chimney Sweeper pulled and pushed her. When they finally reached
the end of the chimney, they got tired and sat down. They could see the sky of twinkling stars over their
heads and the huge outside world. The Shepherdess never imagined that the outside world would be this
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the mirror.
Goat Leg Billy were following them, but it did not work. They had to crawl down through the chimney and
go back to the fireplace.
From the dark fireplace, they looked up at the room. It was very quiet, and the old Chinese guy was lying
down in the middle of the floor. He was broken into three pieces when he tried to chase them and fell down
from the table. His back and head came off from his body.
now?

and
went
back
to
the
table
where
she
was
standing
before.

our
efforts
were
in
vain!
The
Chimney
Sweeper grumbled to himself.
After that, the old Chinese guy could move his body again as she wished. He looked like new when he was
fixed and nailed on his back. But he could not nod his head ever again.
Goat Leg Billy asked the old Chinese guy.
The Chimney Sweeper and the Shepherdess waited for his answer nervously. At last the China lovers could
stay together because the old Chinese guy could not nod his head any more, and he could not say
They loved each other and lived happily ever after until they were broken into pieces.

034
The Swineherd Prince
Long ago, there was a handsome prince in a country. He loved a princess of his neighboring country, but she
was haughty and stubborn.
The prince gave her a beautiful rose and a bird as a gift.
you with these things?
But the prince could not give her up. He tried to come up with a good idea for a long time.
have to disguise myself as a swineherd.

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The prince made a small and beautiful pot in front of the pigpen. The pot could even sing.
One day, when the princess passed by the pigpen, the pot began to sing a beautiful song. She really wanted
to have this pot.
She
hesitated
for
a
moment,
but
she
really
wanted
to
have
it,
and
answered.

right.
She
kissed
the
swineherd.
At that moment, the king saw them kissing.
her and the swineherd from his palace.
She was so sad.
the prince.
While she was walking with the swineherd, rain began to fall. The rain washed the dirty swineherd's face, and
he turned into the beautiful prince. She fell in love with him at first sight and said,
But the prince said no.
a pot.

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The Feather
It was a cold and dark night when the sun set in the west. All of the chickens in the hen house sat on perches,
closed their eyes and got ready to sleep.
other.
However, one hen was sitting up and pecking at her own feathers. This hen was quite famous for laying eggs
everyday. In addition, she sometimes made other chickens laugh with jokes.
As she pecked her feathers, one of her white feathers fell down to the ground suddenly.
off! But I don't have to feel sorry for it. That means I lost as much weight as one feather.
was nothing. All the other chickens were sleeping, so none of them could see it.