儿童英语小故事（1）

It’s a sunny A little mouse wants to go out and

这是一个晴朗的一天。一只小老鼠想要去外面玩

But he is afraid of the cat . so he peeks and

但是它害怕猫。所以左看看右看看

He peeks to the left and peeks to the

它看了左边又看右边

Suddenly, the mummy mouse

突然，老鼠妈妈叫道：

“watch out! Watch out! The cat is here , the cat is ”

“小心!小心!猫在这里，猫在这里”

儿童英语小故事（2）

It’s dark outside, the cat doesn’t want to

外面已经天黑了，可是小猫不想睡觉

“rabbits,rabbits! Let’s play!”

“兔子，兔子!让我们一起玩吧”

“no,we are ”

“不，我们要睡觉”

“birds,birds! Let’s play!”

“小鸟，小鸟!让我们一起玩”

“no, we are ”

“不，我们要睡觉”

“bears, Let’s play!”

“小熊，小熊，让我们一起玩吧”

“no, we are ”

“不，我们要睡觉”

No one wants to The cat has to go home and sleep

没有人想要玩。小猫只要回家去睡了。

儿童英语小故事（3）

Three competing store owners rented adjoining shops in a Observers waited for mayhem to 三个互相争生意的商店老板在一条商业街上租用了毗邻的店铺。旁观者等着瞧好戏。 The retailer on the right put up huge signs saying, "Gigantic Sale!" and "Super Bargains!" 右边的零售商挂起了巨大的招牌，上书：“大减价!”“特便宜!” The store on the left raised bigger signs proclaiming, "Prices Slashed!" and "Fantastic Discounts!" 左边的商店挂出了更大的招牌，声称：“大砍价!”“大折扣!” The owner in the middle then prepared a large sign that simply stated, "ENTRANCE". 中间的商人随后准备了一个大招牌，上面只简单地写着：“入口处”。

儿童英语小故事（4）

On a business trip to India, a colleague of mine arrived at the airport in He took a taxi to his hotel, where he was greeted by his hospitable Indian The cab driver requested the equivalent of eight dollars for the fare, which seemed reasonable, so my friend handed him the

But the host grabbed the bills and initiated a verbal assault upon the cabby, calling him a worthless parasite and a disgrace to their country for trying to overcharge The host threw half the amount at the driver and told him never to

As the taxi sped off, the host gave the remaining bills to my colleague and asked him how his trip had "Fine," the business- man replied, "until you chased the cab away with my luggage in the "

儿童英语小故事（5）

the lion once said that he was sick on his death So he asked all the animals to come and listen to his last the goat came to the lion's He stood there and listened for a long then a sheep went Before she came out, a rabbit entered to hear the last wishes of the king of But soon the lion seemed to recover, and went to the mouth of his He saw a fox waiting “Why don't you come in?” asked the lion to the “I beg Your Majesty's pardon,” said the fox, “I have seen many animals enter your cave, but none of them come Till they come out again, I prefer to wait ”

儿童英语小故事（6）

亚历山大的战马

Alexander the Great acquired his warhorse Bucephalus when he was in his The story is that a horse dealer brought the horse to Alexander's father, King Philip of The horse was spirited but totally However, Alexander argued that he could tame

He took hold of the bridle, and turned the horse directly towards the sun, having observed that he was disturbed at the motion of his own He stroked the horse gently when he began to grow Then, with one nimble leap, he securely mounted Presently, when he found the horse free from all rebelliousness, he let him go at full speed without striking or spurring

亚历山大大帝的战马比塞弗勒斯，是他十多岁时获得的。据说，有马商把比塞弗勒斯带到亚历山大的父亲、马其顿国王菲力浦跟前。这匹马十分神骏，但完全不受控制。可是，亚历山大说自己可以降得住牠。他抓住络头，把马牵向正正朝太阳的位置，因为他发觉比塞弗勒斯看到本身影子移动，会情绪不安。他见比塞弗勒斯开始变得暴躁，就用手温柔抚慰，然后轻轻一跃，稳稳坐在马上，不久，见比塞弗勒斯完全驯服，就纵马全速奔驰，不鞭不打，也不用马刺。

King Philip kissed his son as he came down from the horse, saying, "O my son, look thee out a kingdom worthy of thyself, for Macedonia is too little for "

亚历山大下马时，菲力浦国王亲吻他，并说：“孩子，去找一个配得上你的王国吧，马其顿对你来说未免太小了。”

儿童英语小故事（7）

狼和人

Once upon a time the fox was talking to the wolf about the strength of man, how no animal could withstand him, and how all were obliged to employ cunning in order to protect themselves from

The wolf answered, "If I could see a man just once, I would attack him "

"I can help you to do that," said the "Come to me early tomorrow morning, and I will show you "

The wolf arrived on time, and the fox took him out to the path which the huntsman used every First an old discharged soldier came

"Is that a man?" asked the

"No," answered the "He has been "

Afterwards came a little boy on his way to

"Is that a man?"

"No, he will yet become "

Finally a huntsman came by with his double-barreled gun on his back, and a sword at his

The fox said to the wolf, "Look, there comes a He is the one you must attack, but I am going back to my "

The wolf then charged at the

When the huntsman saw him he said, "Too bad that I have not loaded with a " Then he aimed and fired a load of shot into his

The wolf pulled an awful face, but did not let himself be frightened, and attacked him again, on which the huntsman gave him the second The wolf swallowed his pain and charged at the huntsman again, who in turn drew out his naked sword, and ggave him a few blows with it left and right, so that, bleeding all over, he ran howling back to the

"Well," Brother Wolf, said the fox, "how did you get along with man?"

"Oh," replied the wolf, "I never imagined the strength of man to be what it First, he took a stick from his shoulder, and blew into it, and then something flew into my face which tickled me Then he breathed once more into the stick, and it flew up my nose like lightning and Then when I got next to him, he drew a naked rib out of his body, and he beat me so with it that he almost killed "

"See what a braggart you are," said the "You throw your hatchet so far that you cannot get it back "

从前有只狐狸向狼谈起人的力量，说没有动物能抵挡得了，所以他认为所有动物都必须施展计谋才能保护自己。可狼回答说：“假如我有机会碰到一个人，我就扑上去让他无法抵挡。”狐狸说：“我可以帮你碰到人啊。明早你早点来我家，我把他指给你看。”

第二天，狼很早就来了，狐狸带它来到猎人每天的必经之路。

他们碰到的第一个人是个退役老兵，狼问：“那是个人吗?”

“不是，”狐狸回答，“他以前是。”

接着他们遇到一个去上学的小男孩。“那是个人吗?”狼又问。“不是。”

狐狸回答说，“他将来是。”最后一个猎人朝它们走来，他肩上扛着双筒猎鎗，腰间还插着一把猎刀，狐狸对狼说：“那个就是人，你该朝他扑过去，我可是要回我洞里去了。”

於是狼朝猎人冲了过去。猎人一看说：“真可惜我没装上子弹，而是散弹。”他瞄准狼的脸开了一枪。狼疼得一阵痉挛，可还是没被吓倒，又朝猎人冲了 过去。猎人又开了一枪。狼忍着巨痛扑向猎人，没想到猎人抽出猎刀左右开弓地在狼身上划了几道口子。狼鲜血四溅，嚎叫着逃到狐狸那里去了。

“狼兄弟，”狐狸说，“和人相处怎么样?”“哈!”狼回答说，“我从没想到人的力量会这么大!他先是从肩上取下一根棍子，朝里面吹了一口气，就 有甚么东西飞到我脸上，痒得我要命;接着他又吹了一次，就有东西飞到我鼻子周围，像下了一阵雹子。当我靠近他时，他从身上抽出一根白得发亮的肋骨狠狠地打 我，几乎把我打死在那里。”

狐狸说：“你这个吹牛大王，谁让你把话说得太大了，自己连退路都没有了呢。”

儿童英语小故事（8）

Bellingthecat

Longago,

,

Atlastayoungmousegotup,

",wecanhearthesoundofthebell,"

Everyoneapprovedofthisproposal,butanoldwisemousegotupandsaid,"Thatisallverywell,butwhowilltiethebelltothecat?"Themicelookedateachother,

老鼠开会

从前，一所房子里面有一只大猫，他抓住了很多偷东西的老鼠。

一天，老鼠在一起开会商量如何对付他们共同的敌人。会上大家各有各的主张，最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。

“我们可以在猫的脖子上绑一个铃铛，那么如果他来到附近，我们听到铃声就可以马上逃跑。”

大家都赞同这个建议，这时一只聪明的老耗子站出来说：“这的确是个绝妙的主意，但是谁来给猫的脖子上绑铃铛呢?”老鼠们面面相觑，谁也没有说话。

寓意:有些事情说起来容易，做起来却很难。

儿童英语小故事（9）

Once upon a time the fox was talking to the wolf about the strength of man, how no animal could withstand him, and how all were obliged to employ cunning in order to protect themselves from

The wolf answered, "If I could see a man just once, I would attack him "

"I can help you to do that," said the "Come to me early tomorrow morning, and I will show you "

The wolf arrived on time, and the fox took him out to the path which the huntsman used every First an old discharged soldier came "Is that a man?" asked the

"No," answered the "He has been "

Afterwards came a little boy on his way to

"Is that a man?"

"No, he will yet become "

Finally a huntsman came by with his double-barreled gun on his back, and a sword at his

The fox said to the wolf, "Look, there comes a He is the one you must attack, but I am going back to my "

The wolf then charged at the

When the huntsman saw him he said, "Too bad that I have not loaded with a " Then he aimed and fired a load of shot into his

The wolf pulled an awful face, but did not let himself be frightened, and attacked him again, on which the huntsman gave him the second The wolf swallowed his pain and charged at the huntsman again, who in turn drew out his naked sword, and ggave him a few blows with it left and right, so that, bleeding all over, he ran howling back to the

"Well," Brother Wolf, said the fox, "how did you get along with man?"

"Oh," replied the wolf, "I never imagined the strength of man to be what it First, he took a stick from his shoulder, and blew into it, and then something flew into my face which tickled me Then he breathed once more into the stick, and it flew up my nose like lightning and Then when I got next to him, he drew a naked rib out of his body, and he beat me so with it that he almost killed "

"See what a braggart you are," said the "You throw your hatchet so far that you cannot get it back "

从前有只狐狸向狼谈起人的力量，说没有动物能抵挡得了，所以他认为所有动物都必须施展计谋才能保护自己。可狼回答说：“假如我有机会碰到一个人，我就扑上去让他无法抵挡。”狐狸说：“我可以帮你碰到人啊。明早你早点来我家，我把他指给你看。”

第二天，狼很早就来了，狐狸带它来到猎人每天的必经之路。

他们碰到的第一个人是个退役老兵，狼问：“那是个人吗?”

“不是，”狐狸回答，“他以前是。”

接着他们遇到一个去上学的小男孩。“那是个人吗?”狼又问。“不是。”

狐狸回答说，“他将来是。”最后一个猎人朝它们走来，他肩上扛着双筒猎鎗，腰间还插着一把猎刀，狐狸对狼说：“那个就是人，你该朝他扑过去，我可是要回我洞里去了。”

於是狼朝猎人冲了过去。猎人一看说：“真可惜我没装上子弹，而是散弹。”他瞄准狼的脸开了一枪。狼疼得一阵痉挛，可还是没被吓倒，又朝猎人冲了 过去。猎人又开了一枪。狼忍着巨痛扑向猎人，没想到猎人抽出猎刀左右开弓地在狼身上划了几道口子。狼鲜血四溅，嚎叫着逃到狐狸那里去了。

“狼兄弟，”狐狸说，“和人相处怎么样?”“哈!”狼回答说，“我从没想到人的力量会这么大!他先是从肩上取下一根棍子，朝里面吹了一口气，就 有甚么东西飞到我脸上，痒得我要命;接着他又吹了一次，就有东西飞到我鼻子周围，像下了一阵雹子。当我靠近他时，他从身上抽出一根白得发亮的肋骨狠狠地打 我，几乎把我打死在那里。”

狐狸说：“你这个吹牛大王，谁让你把话说得太大了，自己连退路都没有了呢。”

儿童英语小故事（10）

Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It 画蛇添足

Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, "Who has ever seen a snake with feet?" The story of "Draw a snake and add feet to " tells us going too far is as bad as not going far

古时几个人分一壶酒。他们都想独自喝完那壶酒，所以就定了一个规矩：每人在地上画一条蛇，谁画得最快，这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正打算喝这壶酒时，看见别人都还在忙着画，就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果，他的蛇脚还没加完，另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人一下把酒壶夺了过去，说："有谁见过长脚的蛇?"。这个故事告诉我们这样的道理：做得过分和做得不够都是不对的。

儿童英语小故事（11）

Long ago, there was a big cat in the He caught many mice while they were stealing

One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common Some said this, and some said

At last a young mouse got up, and said that he had a good

"We could tie a bell around the neck of the Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound of the bell, and run "

Everyone approved of this proposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well, but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, but nobody

从前，一所房子里面有一只大猫，他抓住了很多偷东西的老鼠。

一天，老鼠在一起开会商量如何对付他们共同的敌人。会上大家各有各的主张，最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。

“我们可以在猫的脖子上绑一个铃铛，那么如果他来到附近，我们听到铃声就可以马上逃跑。”

大家都赞同这个建议，这时一只聪明的老耗子站出来说：“这的确是个绝妙的主意，但是谁来给猫的脖子上绑铃铛呢?”老鼠们面面相觑，谁也没有说话。

寓意: 有些事情说起来容易，做起来却很难.

儿童英语小故事（12）

The wolf in sheep''s clothingA wolf wanted to eat the sheep, but he was afraid of the vigilant shepherd and his day the wolf found the skin of a He put it on and walked among the A lamb thought that the wolf was its mother because his skin looked like So it followed the Soon after they had left the dogs, the wolf came at the lamb and ate it For some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty

披着羊皮的狼狼想吃羊，但是他害怕警惕的牧羊人和牧羊犬。有一天狼发现了一块羊皮，便披着它混入羊群。一只小羊羔把这只披着羊皮的狼误认为自己的妈妈，被领出了羊群。狼成功地欺骗了羊群，吃掉了小羊羔。

儿童英语小故事（13）

The Frog and the Cow

Baby frogs went on a picnic in the Getting out of the pond for the first time, they sang

Then, they found a cow grazing in a "Oh, my! What is that?" "It is huge!" All of them wondered what kind of animal it "Let's ask "

They returned home in a hurry and shouted, "Daddy, we saw a strange " "What kind of animal was it?"

"It had large horns on its head and its body was way bigger than Even if we all add up our power, we can not defeat that "

The father was curious what the animal looked "Really? Was it bigger than my stomach?" " Much bigger than that!"

The father frog blew up his stomach largely, "Well, now, I'm as big as the animal, right?" "No, you are as big as the animal's " The father puffed himself up deeply and blew up his stomach

"How about now? Am I as big as the animal, huh?" "No, not " Thinking he could not be outdone, the father frog puffed up his stomach even

The father frog's stomach was blown up as big as he could Right at that very moment, the father frog's stomach burst with a

儿童英语小故事（14）

The Hippo and I

A hippo lives in the I like him very I often go to see He often thinks of me, Today is It is fine I go to see him After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other He eats them When I sing songs, he stays in the He is as quiet as a

In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with My mum tells him to go He has to pack his bag and go back to the My mum lets me see him every

儿童英语小故事（15）

"That's good!" The little ant shook his antennae and looked left and right。 He climbed up the leaves and began to work hard。

"Haha， I have a new house!" Under the leaves， a happy voice came out。

"The cave is not good? Why do you want to live here? " A grasshopper skipped over。

"The cave is too crowded。 Look at how spacious it is!" The little ant whistled。

The warm sunlight fell down like a golden belt and shone on the leaves。 The little ant lay down and fell asleep。

"It is it!" The big Mantis came and circled around the leaves。 He's going to find a leaf and make a broom。

The big Mantis carries the leaves and leaves happily。 The small ant slept in the golden sun。。。

儿童英语小故事（16）

There was a farmer in the Song Kingdom in ancient He worked in his field day after In good harvest years, he could only have enough food to eat and enough clothing to If the field failed to produce enough crops, he had to go This farmer wanted to improve his But he was too lazy and too He always dreamed of having unexpected

A miracle took place at One day, when he worked in the field, some people were hunting They shouted loudly one after Some little animals were running Suddenly, a hare dashed itself headlong against the stump of a dead tree in his field and

That day, he had a good

From that day on, he no longer worked in his From morning till night, he stayed by that miraculous stump, waiting for another Will the miracle happen again?

People often use the set phrase “staying by a stump waiting for more hares to come and dash themselves against it" to refer to persons dreaming to reap without

在战国时代的宋国，有一个农民，每天都很辛苦地在田地里干活.遇到好年景，也不过刚刚吃饱穿暖;要是遇到灾荒，他就得忍饥挨饿了.他很想能过上好一点的.日子，可是他太懒，胆子又特小，干什么都是又懒又怕的，总是想着能碰到送上门来的意外之财就好了。

奇迹终于发生了。一天，他正在田里干活，一群打猎的人靠近了。吆喝之声四处起伏，受惊的小动物们没命地奔跑。突然， 有一只兔子，不偏不倚，一头撞死在他田边的树根上。

这天，他美美地饱餐了一顿。

从此，他就不再种地了，一天到晚守着那个神奇的树根，等着奇迹再次出现。

人们后来就常用“守株待兔”这个成语来形容那些老梦想着不耕种就会有收获的人。

儿童英语小故事（17）

A man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling with one He was always telling them how much easier life would be if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of One day he decided to show them what he

He called all the sons together and put a tightly tied bundle of sticks on the floor in front of

"Can you break that ? " he asked the youngest The boy put his knee on the bundle but though he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the The father asked each son in turn to try to break the bundle, but none of them could do it .

Then he untied the string and scattered the

" Now try, " he said . The boys broke the sticks easily in their

"Do you see what I mean ?" asked the "if only you stand together no one can hurt you . If you all disagree the whole time and insist on going your separate ways, the first enemy you meet will be able to destroy "

United we stand ; divided we

从前有一个人，他有四个儿子。儿子们不断地争吵。他一再告诫他们说，如果他们一起干活儿，生活会舒适得多，但他们丝毫不理会他的意见。有一天，他决定通过示范把自己的意思告诉他们。

他把四个儿子都叫来，又把一捆扎得很紧的细树枝放在他们面前的地上。

"你能折断这个吗?"他问最小的儿子。小伙子用膝盖顶住，两只手又压又拉，都不能把那捆树枝弄弯。父亲让别的儿子挨个儿试试，看他们是否能把那捆树枝折断，但谁也做不到。

然后，他解开绳子，把树枝撒开。

"试试吧。"他说。四个小伙子用手轻轻一撅，树枝就断了。

"你们明白我的意思了吗?"父亲问，"只要你们联合起来，谁也不能伤害你们。如果你们老吵架，一定要各行其是，那么你们一遇到敌人，就会被打败。"

合则存，分则败。

儿童英语小故事（18）

There is a He lives in a well and he never goes out of the He thinks the sky is as big as the mouth of the

One day a crow comes to the He sees the frog and says, "Frog, let's have a " Then the frog asks, "Where are you from?" "I fly from the sky," the crow The frog feels surprised and says, "The sky is only as big as the mouth of the How do you fly from the sky?"

The crow says, "The sky is very You always stay in the well, so you don't know the world is "

The frog says, "I don't " But the crow says, "You can come out and have a look by "

So the frog comes out from the He is very How big the world is!

在一口废弃的井里，居住着一只青蛙。这只小青蛙对自己生活的小天地可满意啦，一有机会就要吹嘘一番。

有一天，它吃饱喝足后，蹲在井栏上闲得无聊，忽然瞧见不远处有一只大海鳖在散步。青蛙赶紧扯开嗓门喊起话来：“喂，海鳖兄，快过来，快过来啊!”于是，海鳖来到枯井旁边。青蛙立刻打开了话匣子：“今天算你运气了，我让你开开眼界，参观一下我的住处。那简直是一座天堂!你大概从来也没有见过这样宽敞的住所吧?”海鳖探头往井里一瞧，只见浅浅的井底积了一汪长满绿苔的泥水，还闻到一股刺鼻的怪味儿。

海鳖皱了皱眉头，赶紧缩回了脑袋。青蛙根本没有注意海鳖的表情，挺着大肚子继续对海鳖夸口说：“你看，我住在这里多么惬意呀!我要高兴，就在井边跳跃游玩，累了就到井壁石洞里休息。有时把身子舒服地泡在水里，有时愉快地在稀泥中散散步。你看旁边的那些小昆虫、螃蟹和蝌蚪，它们谁能比我过得快乐呢!我独自一人占据这口废井，自由无比!海鳖兄，为什么不进到井中观赏游玩一下呢?”

海鳖听了青蛙的一番高谈阔论，感到盛情难却，便走向井口，可是左腿还没能全部伸进去，右腿的膝盖就被井栏卡住了。海鳖只好慢慢地退了回去，反问青蛙：“你见过大海吗?”青蛙摇摆头。海鳖接着说：“海的广阔，岂止千里;海的深度，何止千丈。古时候，十个年头里就有九年闹水灾，海水并不因此增多;八个年头里就有七年闹旱灾，海水也不因此而减少。大海不受旱涝影响，住在广阔无垠的大海里才是真正的享受快乐呢!”

青蛙听傻了，鼓着眼睛，半天合不拢嘴。

据此，后人演绎出了两个意思相近的成语：“井底之蛙”和“坐井观天”。

儿童英语小故事（19）

An oak got talking with a reed one day: "you certainly have cause of nature to complain; why even a sparrow's weight for you is quite a At even the slightest breeze that makes the ripples1 play, you quake as if you're touched with blight2; you bend and bow so desolate3, indeed you are a sorry "

"Now I, like Caucasus in all his pride and state 'Tis little that the rage of Phoebus I abate4; Laughing at hurricanes; beneath thunder's roar at ease, I stand as strong and straight, as though I bore a shield of peace For you each breath's a storm, for me the storm's a For you each breath's a storm, for me the storm's a If only you were growing somewhere close, then in the depths of shade that my broad boughs6 could lend you form stress of weather I could easily defend that nature for your dwelling8 chose the banks of a Eolus, the stormy realm of air; No doubt, for such as you she found no time to 'You are full of charity,' the reed replied with scorn; 'But do not be distressed9! My lot can well be borne! If storms I fear, it is not for my "

"Though bend I must I shall not break; Tis little harm they do to Methinks, for you yourself more danger there may be Tis true that up till now, beneath the fiercest blast Your sturdy from stands firm and fast; from all its angry blows you face you never hide; but wait and see the end!"

And scarce the reed had thus replied when see, all sudden from the The boisterous10 aquilo with hail and rain broke The oak stood firm; the reed down to the earth must On raged the storm still fiercer than before Till, roaring, from his root it tore, The tree that close to heaven his towering summit flaunted12 and in the realm of shade his sturdy foot had

一天，一棵橡胶树和芦苇交谈。橡树说：“你的确有权抱怨老天，不是吗?即使是一只麻雀，你也会觉得沉重不堪。即使是引起涟漪的微风，你也会颤抖地像遇到灾难，你摇摇摆摆，俯首低头，十分凄凉，看着真让人悲哀心痛。”

“而我却像高加索山脉一样威严自豪……太阳的威严，对我只是小事一桩，狂风大作，我敢嗤之以鼻，雷声咆哮，我仍然安然自在，我矗立得笔直直遒劲，仿佛握着弓不破的和平之盾。对于你，清风拂过就是风暴，对于我，一场风暴只是徐徐和风。只要你生长在我的周围，我宽广的枝叶就可以借给你浓荫，遇到险厄的.天气，我就可以庇护你。可惜老天为你选择的住所是风神的河岸，是狂风暴雨的国土。无疑，像你这样，老天来不及照顾。”

芦苇鄙夷地说：“你真是一片好心，可你不用担心，我的的命令自能安然无恙!即使我害怕风暴，也不是因为我自己，虽然我要俯首弯腰，但是不会折断，暴风雨对我的损害并不大。我认为，你自己的危险倒可能更大，的确，到现在为止，再猛烈的风暴中，你茁壮的身体屹立不动，你也从未躲避过狂风暴雨的正面打击，可是，还是看看最后得结果吧!”

芦苇刚刚这样说完，突然之间，呼啸的北风夹带着冰雹，还有暴雨从北方袭来。橡树屹立不动，而芦苇必须俯倒在地，风雨更加狂暴了，那树尖钻入云霄、炫耀夸口的橡树，那跟深入浓荫下土壤内，茁壮的橡树，最终被呼啸的风连根拔起来了。

儿童英语小故事（20）

One day, a clam proudly opened its shells to sun itself on the river A snipe passed by the clam and stretched its bill to peck at the clam's

一天，一只河蚌得意洋洋地张开壳，在河滩上晒太阳。有一只鹬鸟，从河蚌身边走过，就伸出嚎去啄河蚌的肉。

The clam hurriedly closed its shells and tightly grasped the snipe's bill between Despite all its efforts, the snipe could not extricate its

这时候，河蚌急忙把壳合上，紧紧地夹住了鹬鸟的咏。鹬鸟用尽

力气，也拔不出它的嚎来。

The clam could not get itself free to return to the river

河蚌也脱不了身，不能回到河里去了。

Then the clam and the snipe began to

河蚌和鹬鸟就争吵了起来。

The snipe said angrily:

鹬鸟气呼呼地说:

"If it doesn't rain for one or two days, there will be no And you can't return to the river, then surely you will die "

“一天不下雨，两天不下雨，没有了水，你回不了河，总是要死的。”

The clam also said angrily:

鹬河蚌也气呼呼地说:

"If I don't let go of you for one or two days, you won't be able to pull out your Don't hope that you can "

“一天不放你，两天不放你，你的咏拔不出来，也别想活。”

Neither the clam nor the snipe would give in, and they kept on At this moment, a fisherman came along the riverside with a fishing He was very glad to see the snipe and the clam at a Without the least effort, he caught them both, put them into his fish basket and carried them

河蚌和鹬鸟谁也不让谁，争吵个不停。这时候，有个捕鱼的人，提着鱼网，沿着河边走来。看见鹬鸟和河蚌相持不下，他非常高兴，毫不费力地把它们两个一齐捉住，塞进鱼篓里，带回家去了。