（完整版）非常适合儿童的英语简单的小故事大全

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非常适合儿童的英语简单的小故事大全(

共16篇)

英语故事：A French Traveler

英语故事：The Dog and His Shadow

英语故事：疯狂的万圣节

英语故事

少儿英语故事：金色的羊毛

英语故事《聪明的兔子》

英语故事：《乌鸦与狐狸》

英语故事：《狼来了》---伊索寓言

少儿英语故事—小金鱼

少儿英语故事：点金术

英语故事：四只老鼠

少儿英语故事:牙齿仙女

英语故事：小马过河

少儿英语故事：The Moon and The Well

英语故事：生金蛋的鹅

英语故事：井底之蛙

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英语故事：A French Traveler

这位法国人说的英语实在不敢恭维;但他能利用极之有限的几个单词，解脱了

困境，其急智与机巧令人叹服。

A Frenchman was once traveling in England . He could speak English quite

well but not perfectly. For one thing, his vocabulary was not large.

One day, he was having a meal in a small country hotel and wanted to order

some eggs. But he couldn't remember the word for eggs.

Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard. He

immediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English.

The waiter told him that it was called a rooster.

The Frenchman then asked what the rooster's wife was called.

The waiter told him that she was called a hen.

The Frenchman then asked what the hen's children were called.

The waiter told him that they were chickens.

The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were

born.

The waiter told him they were called eggs.

"Fine!" said the Frenchman. "Please bring me two eggs and a cup of coffee.

l.perfectly 熟练地

2. vocabulary 个人所使用的词汇量 (集合名词，单数概念.)

3. rooster 公鸡(美国英语，同cock.)

4bird 此处泛指禽类。

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英语故事：The Dog and His Shadow

少儿英语故事：

It happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to

eat at home. On his way home he met a river. As he looked down, he saw his shadow

in the water.

一只狗叼着肉打算回家去吃。在回家的路上他遇到一条河。他朝

河里望去，看见水中自己的影子。

"Just look!"said he to himself. "That dog down there has

some meat, too. If I could get it away from him, I would really eat well tonight!"

“看呐！”他自言自语道。“下面那条狗也衔着肉呢。如果我把

他的抢走，今晚上一定可以美餐一顿了！”

With this thought, he made a snap at the other dog's

meat. And as he did, his own meat fell into the water. So then he had nothing at

all.

这么想着，他就冲那只影子狗咬去，这时候他自己的肉掉进了水

里。当然他什么也没有得到。

Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat, too.

"That is as it should be!?thought he. "For I saw him trying to take my meat away

from me."

然后，他看到另一只狗的肉也没了。“活该！”他想，“因为我

看到他想从我这里抢走我的肉。”

By wanting to have everything, he has lost everything he

had!

什么都想要，却失去了原来所拥有的！

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英语故事：疯狂的万圣节

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英语故事

After the stealing of fire,Zeus became increasingly unkind to men.One day he

ordered his son Hephaestus to build an image of a beautiful maiden out of clay.He

then asked the gods and goddesses to award her with different kinds of gifts.A

charming young lady,she was the first woman that ever lived.Zeus called her

Pandora.Because she had received from each of the gods and goddesses a gift.The

gift was harmful to men.

偷窃天火之后，宙斯对人类的敌意与日俱增。一天，他令儿子赫菲斯托斯用泥塑一美女像，并

请众神赠予她不同的礼物。世上的第一个女人是位迷人女郎，因为她从每位神灵那里得到了一

样对男人有害的礼物，因此宙斯称她为潘多拉。

Zeus decided to send her down to men as a present.So Hermes them essenger brought

her to Epimetheus,brother of Prometheus.The greatness of her beauty touched the

hearts of all who looked upon her,and Epimetheus happily received her into his

house.He had quite forgotten Pometheus' warning:never to accept anything from

Zeus.

宙斯决定把她作为礼物送给世间的男子。于是信使赫耳墨斯将她带给普罗米修斯的弟弟厄庇墨

透斯。她姿容绝美，见者无不为之倾心。厄庇墨透斯兴高采烈地把她迎入屋内。普罗米修斯警

告过他不得接受宙斯的任何馈赠，而他已将之忘于脑后。这一对夫妻有过一段幸福的生活，但

不久灾难却降临人间。

When he was busy with teaching men the art of living,Prometheus had left a bigcask

in the care of Epimetheus.He had warned his brother not to open the lid.Pandora

was a curious woman.She had been feeling very disappointed that her husband did

not allow her to take a look at the contents of the cask.One day,when Epimetheus

was out,she lifted the lid and out it came unrest and war,Plague and

sickness,theft and violence,grief,sorrow,and all the other evils.The human world

was hence to experience these evils.Only hope stayed within the mouth of the jar

and never flew out.So men always have hope within their hearts.

当普罗米修斯忙于教授人们生存之道的时候，他把一个桶托付给厄庇墨透斯。他警告过他的弟

弟不要打开桶盖。潘多拉好奇心强。她的丈夫不允许她看桶中之物，这使她感到十分懊恼。一

天乘厄庇墨透斯出门在外，她打开桶盖，从桶里跑出的是不和与战争，瘟疫与疾病，偷窃与暴

力，悲哀与忧虑，以及其他一些人类从此要遭受的不幸。只有希望被关在桶口，永远飞不出

来，因此人们常常把希望藏于心中。

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少儿英语故事：金色的羊毛

The Golden Fleece

king athamus of northern GREece had two children， phrixus and helle．after he

left his first wife and mar ried ino，a wicked woman，the two children received

all the cruel treatment that a stepmother could devise ，at one timethe kingdom

was ruined by a famine．ino persuaded her credulous husband into believing that

his son，phrixus，was the actual cause of the disaster，and should be sacrificed

to zeus to endit．the poor boy was then placed on the altar and was about tobe

knifed when a ram with golden fleece was sent down by thegods and carried off the

two children on its back．as they flew over the strait that divides asia from

europe，helle，faint at the vast expanse of water below ，fell into the sea and

was drowned．thus the sea of helle，hellespont，became the ancient name of the

strip of water．her brother kept on and arrived in colchis on the eastern shore of

the black sea．there he sacrificed the ram to zeus and gave its golden fleece to

king aeetes，who nailed it on a sacred tree and put a sleepless dragon in charge

．

希腊北部国王阿塔玛斯有两个孩子，法瑞克斯和赫勒。当国王离开第一个妻子和一个名叫伊诺

的坏女人结婚后，两个孩子受到后母残忍虐待，整个王国也受到毁灭性瘟疫的侵袭。伊诺在爱

轻信的丈夫耳边进谗言，终于使国王相信：他的儿子法瑞克斯是这次灾害的罪魁祸首，并要将

他献给宙斯以结束瘟疫。可怜的孩子被推上了祭坛，将要被处死。正在此时，上帝派了一只浑

身上下长着金色羊毛的公羊来将两个孩子驮在背上带走了。当他们飞过隔开欧洲和亚洲的海峡

时，赫勒由于看到浩瀚的海洋而头晕目眩，最终掉进大海淹死了。这片海洋古时候的名称叫赫

勒之海，赫勒拉旁海峡便由此而来。金色公羊驮着法瑞克斯继续向前飞去，来到了黑海东岸的

科尔契斯。在那里，法瑞克斯将公羊献给了宙斯；而将金羊毛送给了埃厄忒斯国王。国王将羊

毛钉在一棵圣树上，并派了一条不睡觉的龙负责看护。

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英语故事《聪明的兔子》

这篇英语故事《聪明的兔子》告诉我们：不要被假象迷惑，凡事多多求证才能

防患于未然。

The wolf and the fox wanted to eat the rabbit, but it wasn't easy to

catch him.

狼和狐狸想要吃掉兔子，但是这只兔子太难抓到了。

One day the wolf said to the fox, "You go home and lie in bed. I'll

tell the rabbit that you are dead. When he comes to look at you, you can jump up

and catch him." That's a good idea," said the fox.

一天，狼对狐狸说：“你回家假装躺在床上。我去告诉兔子你已经死了。当他

来看你的时候，你就可以跳起来抓住他了。”“真是个好主意！”狐狸说。

He went home at once. The wolf went to the rabbit's house and knocked

at the door. "Who is it?" asked the rabbit. "It's the wolf. I've come to tell you

that the fox is dead." Then the wolf went away.

于是他立刻回到家。狼去兔子的房前敲了敲门，“是谁啊？”兔子问道。“狼，

我是来告诉你狐狸已经死了。”说完狼就走开了。

The rabbit went to the fox's house. He looked in through the window and

saw the fox lying in bed with his eyes closed. He thought, "Is the fox really dead

or is he pretending to be dead? If he's not dead, he'll catch me when I go near

him." so he said, "The wolf says that the fox is dead. But he doesn't look like a

dead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always open." When the fox heard this, he

thought, "I'll show him that I'm dead." So he opened his mouth.

兔子去狐狸家看情况。他通过狐狸家的窗户看到闭着眼睛的狐狸躺在床上。他

想，狐狸是真的死了，还是在假装呢？如果他没有死，那么我走近他就会被他抓住。于是他

说：“狼说狐狸死了。但是他看起来并不像死掉了呀。死去的狐狸通常都是张着嘴的。”狐狸

听到这些话就想：我得证明自己是真的死了。于是他张开了嘴巴。

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The rabbit knew that the fox wasn't dead, and he ran as quickly as he

could.

这时兔子知道狐狸并没有死，他就以最快的速度跑开啦。

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英语故事：《乌鸦与狐狸》

适当的赞美，确实是促进人际关系和谐的润滑剂，但那些令人听了肉麻的阿庾奉承，则

只会迅速地暴露出一个人的不良企图，我们要谨慎对待无端恭维自己的人，看清他们的真面

目。

English story：《The fox and crow》

One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the

meat in his mouth. At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed

and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said to

the crow, the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s

beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon as

the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.

有一天,一只乌鸦嘴里叼着一片肉，非常高兴的站在树枝上自己的窝旁。这时候，一只

狐狸看见了，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐

狸。最后，狐狸便赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美，并请求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸的奉承

话得意极了，就真的唱起歌来。没想到，它一开口肉就掉了下来，狐狸叼起肉钻回了自己的

洞。

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英语故事：《狼来了》---伊索寓言

伊索寓言-《狼来了》

说谎是一种不好的行为，它既不尊重别人，也会失去别人对自己的信任。

我们应该培养诚恳待人的良好品质。你听过《狼来了》的故事吗？

Long long ago, there was a shepherd boy who grazed sheep on a hill everyday.

One day the boy felt a little lonely and wanted to make fun of the farmers

laboring at the foot of the hill. So he climbed up a big stone, and shouted:

"wolves have come! wolves have come!" In a minute, the farmers came only to find

there were no wolves at all. Seeing the farmers were taken in, the boy laughed and

said, ‘I am just joking, Don't take it seriously.’ Then the farmers shook their

head and left.A few days later, the farmers heard the boy shout again. So they ran

up the hill and found that they were cheated again. Another day, several wolves

really came. The boy was frightened and cried out: ‘ help! Wolves have come!”

But this time, no one came.

从前，有个放羊娃，每天都去山上放羊。

一天，他觉得十分无聊，就想了个捉弄大家寻开心的主意。他向着山下正在种田的农夫们大声

喊：“狼来了！狼来了！救命啊！”农夫们听到喊声急忙拿着锄头和镰刀往山上跑，他们边跑

边喊：“不要怕，孩子，我们来帮你打恶狼！”

农夫们气喘吁吁地赶到山上一看，连狼的影子也没有！放羊娃哈哈大笑：“真有意思，你们上

当了！”农夫们生气地走了。

第二天，放羊娃故伎重演，善良的农夫们又冲上来帮他打狼，可还是没有见到狼的影子。

放羊娃笑得直不起腰：“哈哈！你们又上当了！哈哈！”

大伙儿对放羊娃一而再再而三地说谎十分生气，从此再也不相信他的话了。

过了几天，狼真的来了，一下子闯进了羊群。放羊娃害怕极了，拼命地向农夫们喊：“狼来

了！狼来了！快救命呀！狼真的来了！”

农夫们听到他的喊声，以为他又在说谎，大家都不理睬他，没有人去帮他，结果放羊娃的许多

羊都被狼咬死了。

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少儿英语故事—小金鱼

I have nine little goldfish .Eight goldfish are all orange and one is

black .I like the black one best. We call it Xiao Hei .Its body is black .It has

two big and round eyes, a small mouth ,and a big tail. Though it＇s very small ,it

swims fast .

I often feed them and change water for them. We are good friends .

我有九条小金鱼。八条金鱼都是桔黄色的，只有一条是黑的。我最喜欢那条黑的。我们

叫它小黑。它全身都是黑色的。它有两只又大又圆的眼睛，一张小嘴和一条大尾巴。尽管它非

常小，但它却游得很快。我常常去喂它们，给它们换水。我们是好朋友。

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少儿英语故事：点金术

Midas，son of the GREat goddess of ida，by a hero whosename is not

remembered ，was a pleasureloving king of macedonian bromium，where he ruled over

the brigians and planted his famous rose gardens．

弥达斯是伊达山大女神和一位姓名不详的英雄的儿子。他是马其顿勃洛弥恩的好

寻欢作乐的国王。他统治勃里癸亚人民，种植闻名遐迩的玫瑰花。

One day，the old hero silenus，dionysus' former teacher，happened to

straggle from the main body of the dionysian army as it marched out of thrace into

boeotia，and was found sleeping and drunken in the rose gardens．the gardeners

tied him and ledhim before midas，to whom he told wonderful tales of a big

continent lying beyond the ocean''s stream ——altogether separatefrom the united

mass of europe，asia，or africa——where gigantic，happy，and longlived people

lived in splendid cities，enjoying a wonderful law system．midas，delighted with

silenus'' fictions，entertained him for five days and nights，and then ordered a

guide to lead him to dionysus'' headquarters．

一天，狄俄尼索斯酒神和追随者从色雷斯出发去维奥蒂亚。狄俄尼索斯以前的

老师森林之神老西勒诺斯不巧跟队伍走散了。他喝得醉醺醺的，躺在弥达斯的花园里酣然大

睡。园丁发现了他，把他捆起来领去见弥达斯。他给弥达斯讲述有关大洋河彼岸的、与连成一

片的欧罗巴、亚细亚或阿非利加完全脱离的一个大洲的奇妙的故事。大洲上座落着神奇的城

市，居住着身材高大、幸福而长寿的人民，拥有值得赞颂的法律制度。西勒诺斯的故事使弥达

斯听得欣喜若狂。他盛情款待老山神五天五夜，然后派向导护送他回到狄俄尼索斯的大本营。

Dionysus，who had been worrying about silenus，sent toask how midas

wished to be rewarded．he replied without hesitation：‘please turn all i touch

into gold．'' however，not onlystones，flowers，and the furnishings of his house

turned to gold but，when he sat down to table，so did the food he ate and the

water he drank ．midas soon begged to be freed from his wish，because he was fast

dying of hunger and thirst．highlyamused ，dionysus told him to visit the source

of the river pactolus and there wash himself．he obeyed，and was at oncefreed from

the golden touch，but the sands of the river pactolusare bright with gold to this

day．

狄俄尼索斯一直在为西勒诺斯担心。现在，他派人问弥达斯有什么要求，他应

该怎样报答他。弥达斯毫不迟疑地回答说，“请恩准使我摸到的一切都变成金子。”然而，变

成金子的不仅仅是石块、花朵和屋内的陈设。他坐下吃饭时，他吃的食物和喝的水也都变成金

子。过了不久，弥达斯恳求狄俄尼索斯使他从他那愿望中解脱开来，因为他饥渴交加，快死

了。狄俄尼索斯逗弄弥达斯，开心得很。他叫弥达斯前往帕克托罗斯河的源头，在河里洗个

澡。弥达斯依法行事，立即解除了点金术，但帕克托罗斯河的沙子至今因含金而闪闪发光。

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英语故事：四只老鼠

英语故事：

Once upon a time, there were four mice that lived in a wall in the

field.

很久以前，在田野中的一筑围墙里住着四只老鼠。

Summer was coming, and so the mice came out of the wall to collect

berries, nuts, corn and straw. Everyone was working very hard, day and night.

Everyone was working very hard, except, Frederick.

夏天来了，老鼠们走出墙外去收集浆果、坚果、玉米粒和稻草。他们从早到晚玩

努力工作，除了弗雷德里克。

“Why aren’t you working, Frederick?” his friends asked him. “oh,

but I am.” Frederick told them. “I’m collecting the sunshine for the cold, dark

winter.”

“弗雷德里克，你为什么不工作？”他的朋友们问他。“我在工作吖。”弗雷德

里克说,"我在为寒冷的深冬收集阳光呢。”

A few days later his friends asked him again “why aren’t you working,

Frederick?” “Oh, but I am.” Frederick told them. “I’m collecting colors for

the long, grey winter.”

几天过后，他的朋友们再一次问道，“弗雷德里克，你为什么不工作？”他的朋

友们问他。“我在工作吖。”弗雷德里克说,"我在为漫长的灰白色冬天收集色彩呢。”

A few days later his friends asked him again “why aren’t you working,

Frederick?” “Oh, but I am.” Frederick told them. “I’m collecting words for

the long, quiet winter.”

几天过后，他的朋友们再一次问道，“弗雷德里克，你为什么不工作？”他的朋

友们问他。“我在工作吖。”弗雷德里克说,"我在为漫长寂静的冬天收集言语呢。”

Soon, the first snow came, and the four mice went back into the wall.

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They ate their berries and they ate their nuts and they ate their corn and they

ate their straw. But time passed, and time passed, and soon there were no more

berries, and soon there were no more nuts and soon there were no more corn and

soon there were no more straw.

很快，第一场雪就到了，四只老鼠回到了洞中。他们吃着浆果、坚果、玉米粒和

稻草。但是随着时间的推移，他们没有浆果、坚果、玉米粒和稻草这些吃的东西了。

Now the winter was cold and dark, long and quiet. The mice were sad and

hungry. Then they remembered Frederick.

现在冬天又冷又黑暗，漫长又寂静。老鼠们饥肠辘辘。这时候他们想起了弗雷德

里克。

“Hey, Frederick, can you show us what you collected for the

winter.”

“嘿，弗雷德里克，能给我们看看你为冬天收集的东西吗？”

“Ok,” said Frederick, “close your eyes. Here is my sunshine for the

cold, dark winter.” And Frederick began to tell his friends some stories, and the

mice to feel warmer and warmer.

"好的,"弗雷德里克说，“闭上你们的眼睛。这里有我为寒冷冬天收集的阳光。”

接着弗雷德里克为他的朋友们讲故事，小老鼠们感觉越来越温暖起来。

“Great, Frederick! How about the colors and the words?”

“ 很好，弗雷德里克！那么色彩和语言呢？”

“Ok,” said Frederick, “close your eyes” and he told them about the

blue skies, and he told them about the red poppies, and he told them about the

green grass, and he told them about the purple berries, and he told them about the

yellow corn of summer.

"好的,"弗雷德里克说，“闭上你们的眼睛。他开始给他们 .夏天蓝色的天

空、红色的罂粟花、绿色的小草、紫色的浆果和黄色的玉米粒。

“That’s wonderful, Frederick, thank you.” Said the mice. “We’ve learned

something about you”, they told him.

“太棒了，弗雷德里克，谢谢你。”小老鼠们说道。“我们跟你学到了很多东

西。”

What do you think they learned?

你知道它们学到了什么吗？

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少儿英语故事:牙齿仙女

Primitive peoples believe that hair， nail clippings， and lost teeth remain

magically linked to the owner even after they have been disconnected from his

body. As any voodoo artist will tell you， if you want to grind someone into

powder， you don't need to touch him at all. It's quite enough to stamp on a

missing molar and let "contagious magic" do the rest. This is why peoples all over

the world traditionally hide lost body parts， lest they fall into the wrong

hands.

远古时期的人们认为毛发、剪下的指甲和脱落的牙齿即使离开了人的身体，仍与其主人保持着

神秘的联系。正如任何一个伏都教大师都会告诉你的，假如你想置某人于死地，根本用不着去

碰他，只需用脚踩碎那人脱落的一颗臼齿就够了，剩下的事就交给“无边的法力”去办。这就

是为什么全世界各个民族都习惯于把身体上脱落的东西藏起来，以免落入恶人之手。

American children's ritual of hiding lost teeth under their pillows probably

derives distantly from this practice. But there is an obvious difference， for

when Suzie conceals her baby milk-tooth， she fully expects it to be found， and

by a good magician， not an evil one. Moreover， she expects to be paid for having

surrendered it， and at the going rate. Nothing mare clearly suggests the blithe

commercial gusto of our culture than this transformation of a fearful superstition

into a cheery business transaction.

美国儿童把脱落的牙齿藏到枕头下的习惯做法很可能与这个习俗稍有联系。但两者又有明显的

差别，因为当小苏珊把她的乳牙藏起来时，她其实满心希望有个善良的，而不是邪恶的巫师能

发现她的牙齿。而且由于交出了牙齿，她还希望按现行价格得到报偿。我们把可怕的迷信变成

了愉快的商业交易，没有什么比这更明白地表明我们文化中的令人愉快的商业热情。

Because American children expect fair exchange for their lost teeth， it is likely

that the tooth fairy ritual derives more immediately from the European， and

particularly German， tradition of placing a lost tooth in a mouse or a rat hole.

The folk belief governing this practice is that when a new tooth grows in， it

will possess the dental qualities， not of the original， lost tooth， but of

whatever creature finds it， so the creatures of choice would be those world-class

champers， the rodents.

因为美国孩子希望用他们脱落的牙齿作公平交易，所以牙齿仙女的习俗可能更直接渊源于欧洲

风俗，尤其是德国风俗中把脱落的牙齿放在老鼠洞里的传统做法。这种习俗依据的民间观念认

为，新牙长出来时不具有原先脱落的牙齿的特质，哪种动物发现了掉下来的牙，新牙就具有那

种动物的牙的特质。因此，要选那些世界一流的擅长啃咬的动物，那些啮齿目动物。

Thus the optimistic， "fair exchange" principle most likely started in Germany and

was brought here by German immigrants. It was only left to America to replace the

beneficent “tooth rat” with the more agreeable fairy and to replace the

traditional hope of hard molars with our more characteristic hope of hard cash.

因此，这种乐观的“公平交易”原则很可能发源于德国，并由德国移民带到了这里。美国人只

是把好心的“牙齿老鼠”换成了更可亲的仙女，而传统上人们希望长出坚固的牙齿，到我们这

儿却变成了希望拿到现金，这就更具有我们的特色。

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英语故事：小马过河

How a Colt Crossed the River

One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill. As he was running with

the bag on his back, he came to a small river. The colt could not decide whether

he could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby. He asked, “Aunt

Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?” The cow told him that he could

and that the river was not very deep, just knee high.

一天，一匹小马驮着麦子去磨坊。当它驮着口袋向前跑去时，突然发现一条小河

挡住了去路。小马为难了，这可怎么办呢？它向四周望了望，看见一头奶牛在河边吃草。小马

问道：“牛阿姨，请您告诉我，这条河我能趟过去吗？”奶牛回答说：“水很浅，刚到膝

盖。”

The colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down fron a tree

and stopped him. The squirrel shouted, “Colt, stop! You’ll drown! One of my

friends drowned just yesterday in the river.” Not knowing what to do, the colt

went home to consult his mum.

小马正准备过河，突然从树上跳下一只松鼠，拦住它大叫道：“小马，别过河！

你会被淹死的。昨天，我的一个伙伴就在这条河里淹死啦！”小马不知如何是好，于是决定回

家问问妈妈。

He told his mum his experience on the way. His mother said, “My child,

don’t always listen to others. You’d better go and try yourself. Then you’ll

know what to do.”

小马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。妈妈说：“孩子，光听别人说是不行的，你自己

亲自去试一试，就知道答案了。”

Later, at the river,the squirrel stopped the colt again. “Little

horse, it’s too dangerous!” “No, I want to try myself,” answered the colt.

Then he crossed the river carefully.

小马回到河边，刚要下水，松鼠又大叫起来：“小马，你不要命啦？”小马

说：“让我自己试试吧。”他一面回答一面下了河，小心地趟了过去。

Real knowledge comes from practice.

实践出真知。

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少儿英语故事：The Moon and The Well

国王把纳斯雷丁叫到他的身边说:"要是你能只穿一件衬衣在院子里度过这一夜,我就送给你一

百枚金币!"

One cold night the king called Nasreddin to him and said, "If you’re able to

spend this night in the courtyard with only your shirt on, I will give you one

hundred gold coins!"

纳斯雷丁在院子里看到一盘石磨,便开始推着石磨转,越转越快.当黎明来临时,他汗流浃背.

In the courtyard Nasreddin saw a stone mill. He began to push it around, faster

and faster. When dawn came, he was sweating all over himself.

国王起床后,看到纳斯雷丁精神抖擞,就吃了一惊.国王不愿意失去一百枚金币,就问:"昨晚有月

亮吗?"

The king got up and was surprised to see Nasreddin in high sprits. The king hated

to lose one hundred gold coins, so he asked, "Was there a moon last night?"

"有."

"Yes."

"那我们的交易无效,"国王说."要是有月亮,天就很暖和.在那种情况下,就是我也能在外面过

夜!"

"Then our bargain is off," said the king. "If there was a moon, it was warm. In

that case even I could have spent the night outside!"

几个月后,国王和他的随从们去打猎那是一个炎热的夏天,在沙漠的边缘,天热得像火炉一样.

国王和随从们渴得要死.

A few months later, the king and his men went hunting. It was hot summer and at

the edge of the desert it was like a furnace. The king and his men were dying of

thirst.

他们转身向纳斯雷丁家走去,希望搞点水喝.纳斯雷丁正坐在井沿上,突然听到国王的声音:"纳

斯雷丁,端些干净水!快来伺候我们!"

They turned toward Nasreddin’s house in the hope of getting some water. Nasreddin

was sitting in the edge of his well when he heard the voice of the king,

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"Nasreddin, bring some fresh water! Be quick and serve us!"

"请不要拘束,"纳斯雷丁说.

"Please make yourself at home," said Nasreddin.

"水在哪里?"国王叫道.

"Where is the water?" cried the king.

"陛下,就在这里,你看到了吧?"纳斯雷丁指着井说.

"Right here, Your Majesty, you see?" Nasreddin pointed to the well.

"你只是让我看了水,却没有让我喝!"国王发怒说.

"You only show me the water but don’t give me a drink!" fumed the king.

"陛下,要是月亮的光线能给人温暖,那看看水也能解渴."

"Your Majesty, if the rays of the moon can warm a person, the sight of water can

satisfy his thirst."

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英语故事：生金蛋的鹅

人要懂得知足常乐的道理，如果贪得无厌杀鸡取卵，我们就会失去已经拥有的东西。

One morning a countryman went to his goose's nest, and saw a yellow and

glitteringegg there.He took the egg home. To his delight, he found that it was an

egg of pure gold.

一天早晨，农夫去他的鹅窝看见一只金灿灿的蛋，他带回家后发现这是一只纯金

蛋。

Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling

his eggs.

每天早晨同样的事情都会发生，他也靠卖金蛋逐渐变得富足起来。

The countryman became more and more greedy. He wanted to get all the gold

at once, so he killed the goose, when he looked inside, he found nothing in its

body.

农夫变得越来越贪婪，他想立刻得到鹅肚子中所有的金蛋。于是他杀死了鹅，但是，

在鹅肚中他什么也没找到。

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英语故事：井底之蛙

The Frog in the Shallow Well

井底之蛙

Have you not heard of the frog that lived in a shallow well?

你没有听说过井底之蛙的故事吗？

It said to a turtle that lived in the East Sea, "I am so happy! When I go

out, I jump about on the railing beside the mouth of the well. When I come home, I

rest in the holes on the broken wall of the well. If I jump into the water, it

comes up to my armpits and holds up my cheeks. If I walk in the mud, it covers up

my feet. I look around at the wriggly worms, crabs and tadpoles, and none of them

can compare with me. Moreover, I am lord of this trough of water and I stand up

tall in this shallow well. My happiness is full. My dear sir, why don't you come

often and look around my place?"

它对从东海中来的大鳖说：“我多么快乐啊！出去玩玩，就在井口的栏杆上蹦蹦跳

跳，回来休息就蹲在残破井壁的砖窟窿里休息休息；跳进水里，水刚好托着我的胳肢窝和面

颊；踩泥巴时，泥深只能淹没我的两脚，漫到我的脚背上。回头看一看那些赤虫、螃蟹与蝌蚪

一类的小虫吧，哪个能同我相比哪一天！并且，我独占一坑水，在井上想跳就跳，想停就停，

真是快乐极了！您为什么不常来我这里参观参观呢？”

Before the turtle from the East Sea could get its left foot in the

well, its right knee got stuck. It hesitated and retreated. The turtle told the

frog about the East Sea. "Even a distance of a thousand li cannot give you an idea

of the sea's width; even a height of a thousand ren cannot give you an idea of its

depth. In the time of King Yu of the Xia dynasty, there were floods nine years out

of ten, but the waters in the sea did not increase. ln the time of King Tang of

the Shang dynasty there were droughts seven years out of eight, but the waters in

the sea did not decrease. The sea does not change along with the passage of time

and its level does not rise or fall according to the amount of rain that falls.

The greatest happiness is to live in the East Sea."

海鳖左脚还没踏进井里，右腿已被井壁卡住了。于是，它在井边徘徊了一阵就退

回来了，把大海的景像告诉青蛙，说道：“千里的确很远，可是它不能够形容海的辽阔；千仞

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的确很高，可是它不能够控明海的深度。夏禹的时候，10年有9年水灾，可是海水并不显得增

多；商汤时，8年有7年天旱，可是海水也不显得减少。永恒的大海啊，不随时间的长短而改

变，也不因为雨量的多少而涨落。这才是住在东海里最大快乐啊！”

After listening to these words, the frog of the shallow well was

shocked into realization of his own insignificance and became very ill at ease.

浅井的青蛙听了这一番话，惶恐不安，两眼圆睁睁地好像失了神。深深感到自己

的渺小。

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