经典童话故事范文英语 第1篇

When she heard the thorns if given the warmth of thorns be able to tell his mother holding a child to run the direction of death. Mother did not hesitate to put an icicle hanging from the thorns into the arms tightly hug, thorns, plunging to her chest, the outflow of the blood drop by drop, but she is only to save their children, and does not know the pain.

Ah! Mother, do you love your children, as long as the child happy, you would prefer to heat can be thorns.

Mother went to a lake, no boat on the lake there is no bridge, Lake said: ”If you put your eyes to me, I can take you to death of the greenhouse.“ Immediately burst into tears after listening to her mother and finally his eyes weeping come out to the lake.

How blind painful thing ah! Mother, but you can not hesitate to use both eyes for the road to find the child.

Greenhouse came to the door, an old lady mother, said: ”I can help you, but you take your black to me and took my white hair.“ Heard the mother hurried exchange with her hair.

Mother, mother, ah! You for their own children have lost their eyes, and now also with shortened life expectancy, in exchange for others to find their children help. You're a very loving child.

Mother of the world love their children are like this in my life, my mother has always surrounded me with love.

I remember once, my mother, I came home from school, suddenly a strong wind comes, my mother see me frozen straight tremble, rushed off his coat draped over my body, with her thin arm for me, blocking the whistling of the north wind. I Suzhebozi, eyes closed, feeling very warm. When I opened my eyes and found a strong wind is merciless beating his mother's back. I have frequently asked: ”Mom Are you cold?“ Mom smiled shaking his head, patrol, I quickly move forward.

In my life, bit by bit, the feelings of her mother's great maternal love is also accompanied by my growth.

经典童话故事范文英语 第2篇

童话 Fairy Tales-英语作文

Everybody grows up with fairy tales Fairy tales have great influence on many people’s career, especially the directors and writers These fictional world brings something positive to people In the imaginary world, children can find a lot things that they have never seen in the real life All of these provide the young people a wide vision of life, which gives them the passion and inspiration to create new things In the stories, family love and friendship are always the main themes They win in the end and grow up as the strong people.

童话故事最重要的意义在于给孩子们展示看世界的方式。在故事中，亲情和友谊总是主题。主人公对抗邪恶力量，最后在家人和朋友的帮助下取得胜利，成长为强大的人。这给孩子们展示了只要不放弃，成功就会到来。

经典童话故事范文英语 第3篇

童话故事是每一个小朋友都喜欢的，童话世界是美好的，是充满了想象的。用英语讲童话故事是不是很有创意呢？

Since I was a little baby, my parents read simple stories for me. They bought me many cartoon books with stories. They were my bedtime stories. Among all the interesting stories, I like fairy tales most, because they are often beautiful love stories between prince and princes or Cinderella. They are so moved and full of love. Besides, in fairy tales, no matter how much they suffer, they will always live a happy life in the end. The happy endings bring hope and satisfaction to people, making us hopeful to our own lives. Every time I read fairy tales, I put myself into the story, imagining I am one of them. That’s wonderful.

经典童话故事范文英语 第4篇

Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea, which should justify to the Lamb himself his right to eat him. He thus addressed him:;Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me.; ;Indeed,; bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, ;I was not then born.; Then said the Wolf, ;You feed in my pasture.;

;No, good sir,; replied the Lamb, ;I have not yet tasted grass.; Again said the Wolf, ;You drink of my well.; ;No,; exclaimed the Lamb, ;I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother′s milk is both food and drink to me.; On which the Wolf seized him, and ate him up, saying, ;Well! I won′t remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations.;The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

经典童话故事范文英语 第5篇

In the morning, the little animals played in the forest lawn, with ponies, hedgehogs, puppies, chickens, and calves, playing hide-and-seek.

The calf hid behind the tree, the chicken hid in the tree, the dog crouched behind the stone, and the hedgehog hid in the grass. Now, it's the pony's turn. Little ma east look for, the west to look for, yi, the little friends all hide where to go? Suddenly, the pony saw a tiger in the distance, and it was coming this way quietly. The little horse quickly shouted everyone out, the friends frightened, the chicken said: ^v^tiger come, everybody run!^v^ When he heard this, all of us were going to run, and at that moment the colt came forward and said, ^v^if we run this time, the next tiger will come, and we'll beat it... I'll be the bait... Let's do it this way -- ^v^the colt told his friends about his plan.

When the tiger came, he saw the ponies eating the grass leisurely, thinking: it seems that my plan to sneak attack will be successful! Then he lifted the tiger's paw and patted the ponies, while the colt leaped with dexterity, and the tiger jumped into the air. The tiger was very angry and went straight to the pony, and he ran to the back of the tree. Then the calf jumped out and turned the tiger upside down with its horns. The little horse turned round to give the tiger a hoof, the tiger one hatchet, the claw again was stabbed a hedgehog, the chicken jumped down from the tree, hard to catch the tiger's eyes. The little dog snapped at the tiger's tail while the tiger was crying.

Together, they attacked the tiger. The tiger was so hurt that he ran away. Then there was a blind tiger in the forest, whose tail was only half left.

经典童话故事范文英语 第6篇

A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. ‘That’s for me, as I am a Fox,’ said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. ‘Good-day, Mistress Crow,’ he cried.

‘How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds.’ The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. ‘That will do,’ said he. ‘That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future .’Do not trust flatterers.

经典童话故事范文英语 第7篇

The story is about two friends having an argument on the way across the desert. One friend slapped the other in the face. The one who was slapped in the face was hurt, but he didn't say anything.

It said: today, my best friend slapped me in the face. They went all the way to find an oasis. They decided to take a bath there.

The slapped person got stuck in the mire and began to drown A friend saved him, and he wrote on the stone: today, my best friend saved my life. A slap in the face saved his life. His best friend asked him, after I hurt you, you wrote on the sand.

Now, you write on the Stone why. The other friend replied: when someone hurts us, we should write it on the sand. The wind of forgiveness can erase it, but when Some people do good things for us.

We must engrave it in stone. The wind will never erase it. Learn to write your pain in sand and your interests in stone.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate him, and a day to love him. But to forget that he has to spend his whole life sending this sentence to someone you will never forget It's a short message to let them know that you'll never forget that they took the time to live.

中文翻译：

故事说的是两个朋友在穿越沙漠的途中发生了争执，一个朋友扇了另一个耳光，那个被扇耳光的人很受伤，但他什么也没说，在上面写着：今天我最好的朋友扇了我一耳光，他们一直走到找到一个绿洲，他们决定在那里洗个澡被扇耳光的人陷在泥潭里开始溺水，但朋友救了他，他在石头上写道：今天我最好的朋友救了我的命，一个扇了耳光救了他最好的朋友问他，我伤害了你之后，你写在沙子上，现在呢你在石头上写下为什么另一个朋友回答说：当有人伤害我们时，我们应该把它写在沙子上，宽恕之风可以把它抹去，但当有人为我们做了好事，我们必须把它刻在石头上，风永远不会抹去它学会把你的伤痛写在沙子上，把你的利益刻在石头上他们说找到一个特别的人需要一分钟，欣赏他需要一个小时，爱上他需要一天，但是要忘记他要用一生的时间把这句话送给你永远不会忘记的人这是一个简短的信息，让他们要知道你永远不会忘记他们花时间去生活。

经典童话故事范文英语 第8篇

It happened that the cat met Mr. Fox in the woods. She thought， ^v^He is intelligent and well experienced， and is highly regarded in the world，^v^ so she spoke to him in a friendly manner， ^v^Good-day， my dear Mr. Fox. How is it going? How are you? How are you getting by in these hard times?^v^

The fox， filled with arrogance， examined the cat from head to feet， and for a long time did not know whether he should give an answer. At last he said， ^v^Oh， you poor beard-licker， you speckled fool， you hungry mouse hunter， what are you thinking? Have you the nerve to ask how I am doing? What do you know? How many tricks do you understand?^v^

^v^I understand but one^v^ answered the cat， modestly.

^v^What kind of a trick is it?^v^ asked the fox.

^v^When the dogs are chasing me I can jump into a tree and save myself.^v^

^v^Is that all?^v^ said the fox. ^v^I am master of a hundred tricks， and in addition to that I have a sackful of cunning. I feel sorry for you. Come with me， and I will teach you how one escapes from the dogs.^v^

Just then a hunter came by with four dogs. The cat jumped nimbly up a tree， and sat down at its top， where the branches and foliage pletely hid her.

^v^Untie your sack， Mr. Fox， untie your sack，^v^ the cat shouted to him， but the dogs had already seized him， and were holding him fast.

^v^Oh， Mr. Fox，^v^ shouted the cat. ^v^You and your hundred tricks are left in the lurch. If you been able to climb like I can， you would not have lost your life.^v^

经典童话故事范文英语 第9篇

When they had walked for 2 hours, they came to a great stretch of water.

他们走了两个小时，来到了一条大河边。

^v^We cannot cross,^v^ said Hansel, ^v^I see no foot-plank, and no bridge.^v^

“我们过不去了，”韩赛尔说，“这儿既没有木栈，也没有桥。”

^v^And there is also no ferry,^v^ answered Gretel, ^v^but a white duck is swimming there. If I ask her, she will help us over.^v^ Then she cried –

“连渡船也没有，”格蕾特说道，“不过那儿有一只小白鸭，要是我求它，它一定会帮我们过河的。”于是她开始呼唤：

^v^little duck, little duck, dost thou see,^v^

“小鸭子，小鸭子，你看得到吗?”

^v^Hansel and Gretel are waiting for thee.^v^

“韩赛尔与格蕾特在等着你啊。”

^v^There's never a plank, or bridge in sight,^v^

“河上既没有木栈也没有桥，”

^v^take us across on thy back so white.^v^

“请把我们驮到对岸好不好?”

The duck came to them, and Hansel seated himself on its back, and told his sister to sit by him.

小鸭子游过来了。韩赛尔先坐上它的背，然后让妹妹也坐上来。

^v^No,^v^ replied Gretel, ^v^that will be too heavy for the little duck. She shall take us across, one after the other.^v^

“不，”格蕾特回答，“这对小鸭子来说太重了，还是让它一个一个地驮我们过去吧。”

The good little duck did so, and when they were once safely across and had walked for a short time, the forest seemed to be more and more familiar to them, and at length they saw from afar their father's house.

好心的小鸭子照做了。兄妹俩平安渡河后，再往前走了一会儿，开始觉得森林越来越熟悉。终于，他们远远地看到了父亲的房子。

Then they began to run, rushed into the parlor, and threw themselves round their father's neck.

他们激动地跑起来，一下子冲进房子，投入了父亲的怀抱。

The man had not known one happy hour since he had left the children in the forest. The woman, however, was dead.

自从把孩子遗弃在森林里，父亲就没有一刻快乐过，而他的妻子也过世了。

Gretel emptied her pinafore until pearls and precious stones ran about the room, and Hansel threw one handful after another out of his pocket to add to them. Then all anxiety was at an end, and they lived together in perfect happiness.

格蕾特抖了抖围裙，珍珠和宝石掉出来，在房间四处蹦，韩赛尔还从口袋中一把一把地掏出更多。所有的不幸都告一段落，从此一家人过上了幸福快乐的生活。

My tale is done, there runs a mouse, whosoever catches it, may make himself a big fur cap out of it.

我的故事讲完了，那边跑过去一只老鼠，谁要是逮到它，就可以做一顶大大的皮帽子。

……The End.

(完)

经典童话故事范文英语 第10篇

It happened that the cat met Mr。 Fox in the woods。 She thought， ^v^He is intelligent and well experienced， and is highly regarded in the world，^v^ so she spoke to him in a friendly manner， ^v^Good-day， my dear Mr。 Fox。 How is it going? How are you? How are you getting by in these hard times?^v^

The fox， filled with arrogance， examined the cat from head to feet， and for a long time did not know whether he should give an answer。 At last he said， ^v^Oh， you poor beard-licker， you speckled fool， you hungry mouse hunter， what are you thinking? Have you the nerve to ask how I am doing? What do you know? How many tricks do you understand?^v^

^v^I understand but one，^v^ answered the cat， modestly。

^v^What kind of a trick is it?^v^ asked the fox。

^v^When the dogs are chasing me， I can jump into a tree and save myself。^v^

^v^Is that all?^v^ said the fox。 ^v^I am master of a hundred tricks， and in addition to that I have a sackful of cunning。 I feel sorry for you。 Come with me， and I will teach you how one escapes from the dogs。^v^

Just then a hunter came by with four dogs。 The cat jumped nimbly up a tree， and sat down at its top， where the branches and foliage pletely hid her。

^v^Untie your sack， Mr。 Fox， untie your sack，^v^ the cat shouted to him， but the dogs had already seized him， and were holding him fast。

^v^Oh， Mr。 Fox，^v^ shouted the cat。 ^v^You and your hundred tricks are left in the lurch。 If you been able to climb like I can， you would not have lost your life。^v^

一只猫在森林里遇到一只狐狸，心想：“他又聪明，经验又丰富，挺受人尊重的。”於是它很友好地和狐狸打招呼：“日安，尊敬的狐狸先生，您好吗?这些日子挺艰难的，您过得怎样样?”

狐狸傲慢地将猫从头到脚地打量了一番，半天拿不定主意是不是该和它说话。最后它说：“哦，你这个倒霉的长着鬍子、满身花纹的傻瓜、饥肠辘辘地追赶老鼠的傢伙，你会啥?有甚么资格问我过得怎样样?你都学了点甚么本事?”

“我只有一种本领。”猫谦虚地说。

“甚么本领?”狐狸问。

“有人追我的时候，我会爬到树上去藏起来保护自我。”

“就这本事?”狐狸不屑地说，“我掌握了上百种本领，而且还有满口袋计谋。我真觉得你可怜，跟着我吧，我教你怎样从追捕中逃生。”

就在这时，猎人带着四条狗走近了。猫敏捷地窜到一棵树上，在树顶上蹲伏下来，茂密的树叶把它遮挡得严严实实。

“快打开你的计谋口袋，狐狸先生，快打开呀!”猫冲着狐狸喊道。但是猎狗已经将狐狸扑倒咬住了。“哎呀，狐狸先生，”猫喊道，“你的千百种本领就这么给扔掉了!假如你能像我一样爬树就不至於丢了性命了!”

经典童话故事范文英语 第11篇

A long time ago, there was a very beautiful country. Everywhere are red flowers, green grass, leafy trees. However, it is very hot here and every day seems to have a red sun. Many people get sick from heatstroke. Yunyun thought: the sun is in the sky everyday, so many partners are sick, I want to look for the sun, to comment on him. So the clouds set out. She walked a long way, sweating, thirsty and tired. After many hardships, yunyun finally found the sun.

The cloud said to the sun, ^v^you shall not burn the earth. We're all sunburned.^v^ The sun says: ^v^I am in the sky all day to serve for you, also enough tired, is looking for a blue sky mother to please a few days home!^v^ Yun yun returned to his hometown with satisfaction. But the sight of her home gave her a great fright: the flowers withered, the grass turned yellow, and the luxuriant trees became bare. It was only then that the sun's grandfather knew that if he did not shine, all life would be ruined. Yun yun hurried to seek the sun. This time, she said politely to the sun, ^v^I'm sorry, sun, I shouldn't have driven you away. Come back! Always shine upon the earth. ^v^The sun said happily,^v^ good boy, you can change my mind. I forgive you.^v^ With that, the sun went up into the sky. Soon, a white cloud slowly came down, yunyun flew back home in baiyun. The flowers were more beautiful there, and they seemed to be smiling at the clouds. The clouds passed through the green grass, and the grass was rustling in the grass, as if to welcome the clouds back. Clouds pass through the old willow tree, the branches of the willow are constantly shaking, as if to thank yunyun. Yunyun has an unspeakable happiness in her heart. She said to herself, ^v^the sun is so good!

经典童话故事范文英语 第12篇

We shall be much obliged to you, said the impostors, and then they named the different colors and described the pattern of the pretended stuff. The old minister listened attentively to their words, in order that he might repeat them to the Emperor; and then the knaves asked for more silk and gold, saying that it was necessary to complete what they had begun.

However, they put all that was given them into their knapsacks; and continued to work with as much apparent diligence as before at their empty looms.

The Emperor now sent another officer of his court to see how the men were getting on, and to ascertain whether the cloth would soon be ready. It was just the same with this gentleman as with the minister; he surveyed the looms on all sides, but could see nothing at all but the empty frames.

经典童话故事范文英语 第13篇

(Kangaroos and the Cage)

One day the staff members of a zoo called a meeting to discuss the problem--how to deal with the kangaroos that were found out of the cage. They came to the conclusion that the cage was placed too low and decided to raise it from one to two meters high. But the next day the kangaroos were still at large and they again raised the cage to three meters.

有一天，动物园的管理员们发现袋鼠从笼子里跑出来了， 于是开会讨论，一致认为是笼子的高度过低，所以他们决定将笼子的高度由原来的1米加高到2米。结果第二天他们发现，袋鼠还是跑到外面来，所以他们又决定再将高度加高到3米。

Quite beyond their expectation the next morning they saw the kangaroos still free to go about. They were alarmed and determined to go to all the length by raising the cage to the height of ten meters.

没想到隔天居然又看到袋鼠全跑到外面，于是管理 员们大为紧张，决定一不做二不休，将笼子的高度加高到10米。

Later a giraffe, while chatting with some kangaroos, asked them, “Do you think they will go on raising your cage?”

一天，长颈鹿和几只袋鼠在闲聊，“你们看，这些人 会不会再继续加高你们的笼子?”长颈鹿问。

“Hard to say,” said a kangaroo, “if they continue forgetting to fasten the cage door.”

“很难说。”袋鼠说，“如果他们再继续忘记关门的.话!”

经典童话故事范文英语 第14篇

As the legend goes, during ancient times, in the expansive open country of North China, there was a kind of birds called ^v^rocs^v^.

The roc was very huge, with its back like a big mountain, and its wings like a stretch of cloud which could cover the sky. When it spread its wings, it could break through a storm and soar at a height of 90,000 li (1/2 kilometre) in the sky towards the sea in the south.

A small bird called the quail1 bounced on the ground, free and happy. It looked up at the roc soaring in the sky and couldn't help laughing: ^v^Hey, see how cocky you are! Look at me, one jump can take me over 10 chi. How delightful2! Every day I come and go amid these weeds and thickets3 and fly freely. Don't I fly quite well too? But, where can you fly to anyway?^v^

传说，古时候中国北方的原野上有一种鸟，它的名字叫“鹏”。

鹏长得很大，背脊像一座大山，翅膀像一大片云，能把天空遮住。它张开翅膀能冲破风暴，在九万里高的天空中飞翔，一直飞向南方的大海。

有一只叫鹦雀的小鸟，在地上蹦蹦跳跳，自由自在，非常快活。它望着天空中展翅飞翔的大鹏，忍不住发笑，说：“咳，看你神气活现的!我呀，一蹦一跳，就有十几尺，多么痛快啊!我每天在这些杂草和树丛里，来来去去，自由飞翔，不也飞得挺好吗?可是，你又能飞到哪里去呢?”

经典童话故事范文英语 第15篇

A hound, roaming in the forest, spied a lion. He thought the lion might be a good prey1 and chased, thinking he would make a fine quarry2. Presently the lion perceived that he was being pursued, so, stopping short, he rounded on his pursuer and gave a loud roar. The hound immediately turned tail and fled. A fox, seeing him running away, jeered3 at him and said, ^v^Ho! Ho! There goes the coward who chased a lion and ran away the moment the roared!^v^

One fine day in winter some ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had got rather damp during a long spell of rain. Presently1 up came a grasshopper2 and begged them to spare her a few grains, ^v^For,^v^ she said, ^v^I'm simply starving.^v^ The ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles. ^v^May we ask,^v^ said they, ^v^what you were doing with yourself all last summer? Why didn't you collect a store of food for the winter?^v^ ^v^The fact is,^v^ replied the grasshopper, ^v^I was so busy singing that I hadn't the time.^v^ ^v^If you spent the summer singing,^v^ replied the ants, ^v^you can't do better than spend the winter dancing.^v^ And they chuckled3 and went on with their work.

经典童话故事范文英语 第16篇

It was a dark winter day in London. A cab was going through the thick fog. There was a seven-year-old girl in the cab with her father. Sara and Captain Crewe had just finished their long trip from India. ”Here we are. Let's get out of the cab, Sara,' said Captain Crewe. They went up the stairs and rang the bell. Sara and Captain Crewe went into the drawing room. When they took a seat, a tall lady came in. “I'm Miss Minchin. You're Captain Crewe and this is Sara?” she said. “Yes. I have heard a lot about your school,” said Captain Crewe. Miss Minchin knew that he was very rich.

这是寒冷的一天，伦敦还灰蒙蒙的. 一辆马车开了过来还带着滚滚浓烟. 在马车里是一个七岁的'小女孩和她的父亲. 莎拉和克鲁上校刚从印度远道而来. “我们到了.我们下车吧,莎拉.”克鲁上校说. 他们走上台阶并绕过大钟. 莎拉和鲁上校走进画室. 当他们坐下后,一个高个女士进来了. “我是闵钦小姐,你是克鲁上校,这位是莎拉?”她问道. “是的,我对你的学校早有耳闻了.”克鲁上校说. 闵钦小姐知道他非常有钱.

经典童话故事范文英语 第17篇

A shepherd had a faithful dog， called Sultan， who was grown very old， and had lost all his teeth. And one day when the shepherd and his wife were standing together before the house the shepherd said， I will shoot old Sultan tomorrow morning， for he is of no use now. But his wife said， Pray let the poor faithful creature live; he has served us well a great many years， and we ought to give him a livelihood for the rest of his what can we do with him? said the shepherd， he has not a tooth in his head， and the thieves dont care for him at all; to be sure he has served us， but then he did it to earn his livelihood; tomorrow shall be his last day， depend upon it.

Poor Sultan， who was lying close by them， heard all that the shepherd and his wife said to one another， and was very much frightened to think tomorrow would be his last day; so in the evening he went to his good friend the wolf， who lived in the wood， and told him all his sorrows， and how his master meant to kill him in the morning. Make yourself easy， said the wolf， I will give you some good advice. Your master， you know， goes out every morning very early with his wife into the field; and they take their little child with them， and lay it down behind the hedge in the shade while they are at work. Now do you lie down close by the child， and pretend to be watching it， and I will come out of the wood and run away with it; you must run after me as fast as you can， and I will let it drop; then you may carry it back， and they will think you have saved their child， and will be so thankful to you that they will take care of you as long as you live. The dog liked this plan very well; and accordingly so it was managed. The wolf ran with the child a little way; the shepherd and his wife screamed out; but Sultan soon overtook him， and carried the poor little thing back to his master and mistress. Then the shepherd patted him on the head， and said， Old Sultan has saved our child from the wolf， and therefore he shall live and be well taken care of， and have plenty to eat. Wife， go home， and give him a good dinner， and let him have my old cushion to sleep on as long as he lives. So from this time forward Sultan had all that he could wish for.

经典童话故事范文英语 第18篇

Once upon a time...

In the days when the fairies lived, there was a king who had three daughters, who were all young, and clever, and beautiful; but the youngest of the three, who was called Miranda, was the prettiest and the most beloved.

The King, her father, gave her more dresses and jewels in a month than he gave the others in a year; but she was so generous that she shared everything with her sisters, and they were all as happy and as fond of one another as they could be.

Now, the King had some quarrelsome neighbours, who, tired of leaving him in peace, began to make war upon him so fiercely that he feared he would be altogether beaten if he did not make an effort to defend himself. So he collected a great army and set off to fight them, leaving the Princesses with their governess in a castle where news of the war was brought every day--sometimes that the King had taken a town, or won a battle, and, at last, that he had altogether overcome his enemies and chased them out of his kingdom, and was coming back to the castle as quickly as possible, to see his dear little Miranda whom he loved so much.

The three Princesses put on dresses of satin, which they had had made on purpose for this great occasion, one green, one blue, and the third white; their jewels were the same colours. The eldest wore emeralds, the second turquoises, and the youngest diamonds, and thus adorned they went to meet the King, singing verses which they had composed about his victories.

When he saw them all so beautiful and so gay he embraced them tenderly, but gave Miranda more kisses than either of the others.

Presently a splendid banquet was served, and the King and his daughters sat down to it, and as he always thought that there was some special meaning in everything, he said to the eldest:

”Tell me why you have chosen a green dress.“

”Sire,“ she answered, ”having heard of your victories I thought that green would signify my joy and the hope of your speedy return.“

”That is a very good answer,“ said the King; ”and you, my daughter,“ he continued, ”why did you take a blue dress?“

”Sire,“ said the Princess, ”to show that we constantly hoped for your success, and that the sight of you is as welcome to me as the sky with its most beautiful stars.“

”Why,“ said the King, ”your wise answers astonish me, and you, Miranda. What made you dress yourself all in white?

“Because, sire,” she answered, “white suits me better than anything else.”

“What!” said the King angrily, “was that all you thought of, vain child?”

“I thought you would be pleased with me,” said the Princess; “that was all.”

The King, who loved her, was satisfied with this, and even

pretended to be pleased that she had not told him all her reasons at first.

“And now,” said he, “as I have supped well, and it is not time yet to go to bed, tell me what you dreamed last night.”

The eldest said she had dreamed that he brought her a dress, and the precious stones and gold embroidery on it were brighter than the sun.

The dream of the second was that the King had brought her a spinning wheel and a distaff, that she might spin him some shirts.

But the youngest said: “I dreamed that my second sister was to be married, and on her wedding-day, you, father, held a golden ewer and said: `Come, Miranda, and I will hold the water that you may dip your hands in it.'”

The King was very angry indeed when he heard this dream, and frowned horribly; indeed, he made such an ugly face that everyone knew how angry he was, and he got up and went off to bed in a great hurry; but he could not forget his daughter's dream.

“Does the proud girl wish to make me her slave?” he said to himself. “I am not surprised at her choosing to dress herself in white satin without a thought of me. She does not think me worthy of her consideration! But I will soon put an end to her pretensions!”

He rose in a fury, and although it was not yet daylight, he sent for the Captain of his Bodyguard, and said to him:

“You have heard the Princess Miranda's dream? I consider that it means strange things against me, therefore I order you to take her away into the forest and kill her, and, that I may be sure it is done, you must bring me her heart and her tongue. If you attempt to deceive me you shall be put to death!”

The Captain of the Guard was very much astonished when he heard this barbarous order, but he did not dare to contradict the King for fear of making him still more angry, or causing him to send someone else, so he answered that he would fetch the Princess and do as the King had said. When he went to her room they would hardly let him in, it was so early, but he said that the King had sent for Miranda, and she got up quickly and came out; a little black girl called Patypata held up her train, and her pet monkey and her little dog ran after her. The monkey was called Grabugeon, and the little dog Tintin.

The Captain of the Guard begged Miranda to come down into the garden where the King was enjoying the fresh air, and when they got there, he pretended to search for him, but as he was not to be found, he said:

“No doubt his Majesty has strolled into the forest,” and he opened the little door that led to it and they went through.

By this time the daylight had begun to appear, and the Princess, looking at her conductor, saw that he had tears in his eyes and seemed too sad to speak.

“What is the matter?” she said in the kindest way. “You seem very sor

rowful.”

“Alas! Princess,” he answered, “who would not be sorrowful who was ordered to do such a terrible thing as I am? The King has commanded me to kill you here, and carry your heart and your tongue to him, and if I disobey I shall lose my life.”

The poor Princess was terrified, she grew very pale and began to cry softly.

Looking up at the Captain of the Guard with her beautiful eyes, she said gently:

Will you really have the heart to kill me? I have never done you any harm, and have always spoken well of you to the King. If I had deserved my father's anger I would suffer without a murmur, but, alas! he is unjust to complain of me, when I have always treated him with love and respect.“

”Fear nothing, Princess,“ said the Captain of the Guard. ”I would far rather die myself than hurt you; but even if I am killed you will not be safe: we must find some way of making the King believe that you are dead.“

”What can we do?“ said Miranda; ”unless you take him my heart and my tongue he will never believe you.“

The Princess and the Captain of the Guard were talking so earnestly that they did not think of Patypata, but she had overheard all they said, and now came and threw herself at Miranda's feet

”Madam,“ she said, ”I offer you my life; let me be killed, I shall be only too happy to die for such a kind mistress.“

”Why, Patypata,“ cried the Princess, kissing her, ”that would never do; your life is as precious to me as my own, especially after such a proof of your affection as you have just given me.“

”You are right, Princess,“ said Grabugeon, coming forward, ”to love such a faithful slave as Patypata; she is of more use to you than I am, I offer you my tongue and my heart most willingly, especially as I wish to make a great name for myself in Goblin Land.“

”No, no, my little Grabugeon,“ replied Miranda, ”I cannot bear the thought of taking your life.“

”Such a good little dog as I am,“ cried Tintin, could not think of letting either of you die for his mistress. If anyone is to die for her it must be me.”

And then began a great dispute between Patypata, Grabugeon, and Tintin, and they came to high words, until at last Grabugeon, who was quicker than the others, ran up to the very top of the nearest tree, and let herself fall, head first, to the ground, and there she lay--quite dead!

The Princess was very sorry, but as Grabugeon was really dead, she allowed the Captain of the Guard to take her tongue; but, alas! it was such a little one--not bigger than the Princess's thumb that they decided sorrowfully that it was of no use at all: the King would not have been taken in by it for a moment!

“Alas! my little monkey,” cried

the Princess, “I have lost you, and yet I am no better off than I was before.”

“The honor of saving your life is to be mine,” interrupted Patypata, and, before they could prevent her, she had picked up a knife and cut her head off in an instant.

But when the Captain of the Guard would have taken her tongue it turned out to be quite black, so that would not have deceived the King either.

“Am I not unlucky?” cried the poor Princess; “I lose everything I love, and am none the better for it.”

“If you had accepted my offer,” said Tintin, “you would only have had me to regret, and I should have had all your gratitude.”

Miranda kissed her little dog, crying so bitterly, that at last she could bear it no longer, and turned away into the forest. When she looked back the Captain of the Guard was gone, and she was alone, except for Patypata, Grabugeon, and Tintin, who lay upon the ground. She could not leave the place until she had buried them in a pretty little mossy grave at the foot of a tree, and she wrote their names upon the bark of the tree, and how they had all died to save her life. And then she began to think where she could go for safety--for this forest was so close to her father's castle that she might be seen and recognized by the first passer-by, and, besides that, it was full of lions and wolves, who would have snapped up a princess just as soon as a stray chicken. So she began to walk as fast as she could, but the forest was so large and the sun was so hot that she nearly died of heat and terror and fatigue; look which way she would there seemed to be no end to the forest, and she was so frightened that she fancied every minute that she heard the King running after her to kill her. You may imagine how miserable she was, and how she cried as she went on, not knowing which path to follow, and with the thorny bushes scratching her dreadfully and tearing her pretty frock to pieces.

At last she heard the bleating of a sheep, and said to herself:

“No doubt there are shepherds here with their flocks; they will show me the way to some village where I can live disguised as a peasant girl. Alas! it is not always kings and princes who are the happiest people in the world. Who could have believed that I should ever be obliged to run away and hide because the King, for no reason at all, wishes to kill me?”

So saying she advanced toward the place where she heard the bleating, but what was her surprise when, in a lovely little glade quite surrounded by trees, she saw a large sheep; its wool was as white as snow, and its horns shone like gold; it had a garland of flowers round its neck, and strings of great pearls about its legs, and a collar of diamonds; it lay upon a bank of orange-flowers, under a canopy of cloth of gold which protected it from the heat of the sun. Nearly a hundred other sheep were

scattered about, not eating the grass, but some drinking coffee, lemonade, or sherbet, others eating ices, strawberries and cream, or sweetmeats, while others, again, were playing games. Many of them wore golden collars with jewels, flowers, and ribbons.

Miranda stopped short in amazement at this unexpected sight, and was looking in all directions for the shepherd of this surprising flock, when the beautiful sheep came bounding toward her.

“Approach, lovely Princess,” he cried; “have no fear of such gentle and peaceable animals as we are.”

“What a marvel!” cried the Princess, starting back a little. “Here is a sheep that can talk.”

“Your monkey and your dog could talk, madam,” said he; “are you more astonished at us than at them?”

“A fairy gave them the power to speak,” replied Miranda. “So I was used to them.”

“Perhaps the same thing has happened to us,” he said, smiling sheepishly. “But, Princess, what can have led you here?”

“A thousand misfortunes, Sir Sheep,” she answered.

“I am the unhappiest princess in the world, and I am seeking a shelter against my father's anger.”

“Come with me, madam,” said the Sheep; “I offer you a hiding-place which you only will know of, and where you will be mistress of everything you see.”

“I really cannot follow you,” said Miranda, “for I am too tired to walk another step.”

The Sheep with the golden horns ordered that his chariot should be fetched, and a moment after appeared six goats, harnessed to a pumpkin, which was so big that two people could quite well sit in it, and was all lined with cushions of velvet and down. The Princess stepped into it, much amused at such a new kind of carriage, the King of the Sheep took his place beside her, and the goats ran away with them at full speed, and only stopped when they reached a cavern, the entrance to which was blocked by a great stone. This the King touched with his foot, and immediately it fell down, and he invited the Princess to enter without fear. Now, if she had not been so alarmed by everything that had happened, nothing could have induced her to go into this frightful cave, but she was so afraid of what might be behind her that she would have thrown herself even down a well at this moment. So, without hesitation, she followed the Sheep, who went before her, down, down, down, until she thought they must come out at the other side of the world indeed, she was not sure that he wasn't leading her into Fairyland. At last she saw before her a great plain, quite covered with all sorts of flowers, the scent of which seemed to her nicer than anything she had ever smelled before; a broad river of orange-flower water flowed round it and fountains of wine of every kind ran in all directions a

nd made the prettiest little cascades and brooks. The plain was covered with the strangest trees, there were whole avenues where partridges, ready roasted, hung from every branch, or, if you preferred pheasants, quails, turkeys, or rabbits, you had only to turn to the right hand or to the left and you were sure to find them. In places the air was darkened by showers of lobster-patties, white puddings, sausages, tarts, and all sorts of sweetmeats, or with pieces of gold and silver, diamonds and pearls. This unusual kind of rain, and the pleasantness of the whole place, would, no doubt, have attracted numbers of people to it, if the King of the Sheep had been of a more sociable disposition, but from all accounts it is evident that he was as grave as a judge.

As it was quite the nicest time of the year when Miranda arrived in this delightful land the only palace she saw was a long row of orange trees, jasmines, honeysuckles, and musk-roses, and their interlacing branches made the prettiest rooms possible, which were hung with gold and silver gauze, and had great mirrors and candlesticks, and most beautiful pictures. The Wonderful Sheep begged that the Princess would consider herself queen over all that she saw, and assured her that, though for some years he had been very sad and in great trouble, she had it in her power to make him forget all his grief.

“You are so kind and generous, noble Sheep,” said the Princess, “that I cannot thank you enough, but I must confess that all I see here seems to me so extraordinary that I don't know what to think of it.”

As she spoke a band of lovely fairies came up and offered her amber baskets full of fruit, but when she held out her hands to them they glided away, and she could feel nothing when she tried to touch them.

“Oh!” she cried, “what can they be? Whom am I with?” and she began to cry.

At this instant the King of the Sheep came back to her, and was so distracted to find her in tears that he could have torn his wool.

“What is the matter, lovely Princess?” he cried. “Has anyone failed to treat you with due respect?”

“Oh! no,” said Miranda; “only I am not used to living with sprites and with sheep that talk, and everything here frightens me. It was very kind of you to bring me to this place, but I shall be even more grateful to you if you will take me up into the world again.”

“Do not be afraid,” said the Wonderful Sheep; “I entreat you to have patience, and listen to the story of my misfortunes. I was once a king, and my kingdom was the most splendid in the world. My subjects loved me, my neighbours envied and feared me. I was respected by everyone, and it was said that no king ever deserved it more.

”I was very fond of hunting, and one day, while chasing a stag, I left my attendants far behind; suddenly I saw t

he animal leap into a pool of water, and I rashly urged my horse to follow it, but before we had gone many steps I felt an extraordinary heat, instead of the coolness of the water; the pond dried up, a great gulf opened before me, out of which flames of fire shot up, and I fell helplessly to the bottom of a precipice.

“I gave myself up for lost, but presently a voice said: `Ungrateful Prince, even this fire is hardly enough to warm your cold heart!'

”`Who complains of my coldness in this dismal place?' I cried.

“`An unhappy being who loves you hopelessly,' replied the voice, and at the same moment the flames began to flicker and cease to burn, and I saw a fairy, whom I had known as long as I could remember, and whose ugliness had always horrified me. She was leaning upon the arm of a most beautiful young girl, who wore chains of gold on her wrists and was evidently her slave.

”`Why, Ragotte,' I said, for that was the fairy's name, `what is the meaning of all this? Is it by your orders that I am here?'

“`And whose fault is it,' she answered, `that you have never understood me until now? Must a powerful fairy like myself condescend to explain her doings to you who are no better than an ant by comparison, though you think yourself a great king?'

”`Call me what you like,' I said impatiently; `but what is it that you want--my crown, or my cities, or my treasures?'

“`Treasures!' said the fairy, disdainfully. `If I chose I could make any one of my scullions richer and more powerful than you. I do not want your treasures, but,' she added softly, `if you will give me your heart if you will marry me I will add twenty kingdoms to the one you have already; you shall have a hundred castles full of gold and five hundred full of silver, and, in short, anything you like to ask me for.'

”`Madam Ragotte,' said I, `when one is at the bottom of a pit where one has fully expected to be roasted alive, it is impossible to think of asking such a charming per- son as you are to marry one! I beg that you will set me at liberty, and then I shall hope to answer you fittingly.'

“`Ah!' said she, `if you really loved me you would not care where you were--a cave, a wood, a fox-hole, a desert, would please you equally well. Do not think that you can deceive me; you fancy you are going to escape, but I assure you that you are going to stay here and the first thing I shall give you to do will be to keep my sheep--they are very good company and speak quite as well as you do.

”As she spoke she advanced, and led me to this plain where we now stand, and showed me her flock, but I paid little attention to it or to her.

“To tell the truth, I was so lost in admiration of her beautiful slave that I forgot everything else, and the cruel Ragotte, perceiving this, turned upon her so furious and terrible a look that she

fell lifeless to the ground.

”At this dreadful sight I drew my sword and rushed at Ragotte, and should certainly have cut off her head had she not by her magic arts chained me to the spot on which I stood; all my efforts to move were useless, and at last, when I threw myself down on the ground in despair, she said to me, with a scornful smile:

“`I intend to make you feel my power. It seems that you are a lion at present, I mean you to be a sheep.'

”So saying, she touched me with her wand, and I became what you see. I did not lose the power of speech, or of feeling the misery of my present state.

“`For five years,' she said, `you shall be a sheep, and lord of this pleasant land, while I, no longer able to see your face, which I loved so much, shall be better able to hate you as you deserve to be hated.'

”She disappeared as she finished speaking, and if I had not been too unhappy to care about anything I should have been glad that she was gone.

“The talking sheep received me as their king, and told me that they, too, were unfortunate princes who had, in different ways, offended the revengeful fairy, and had been added to her flock for a certain number of years; some more, some less. From time to time, indeed, one regains his own proper form and goes back again to his place in the upper world; but the other beings whom you saw are the rivals or the enemies of Ragotte, whom she has imprisoned for a hundred years or so; though even they will go back at last. The young slave of whom I told you about is one of these; I have seen her often, and it has been a great pleasure to me. She never speaks to me, and if I were nearer to her I know I should find her only a shadow, which would be very annoying. However, I noticed that one of my companions in misfortune was also very attentive to this little sprite, and I found out that he had been her lover, whom the cruel Ragotte had taken away from her long before; since then I have cared for, and thought of, nothing but how I might regain my freedom. I have often been in the forest; that is where I have seen you, lovely Princess, sometimes driving your chariot, which you did with all the grace and skill in the world; sometimes riding to the chase on so spirited a horse that it seemed as if no one but yourself could have managed it, and sometimes running races on the plain with the Princesses of your Court--running so lightly that it was you always who won the prize. Oh! Princess, I have loved you so long, and yet how dare I tell you of my love! what hope can there be for an unhappy sheep like myself?”

Miranda was so surprised and confused by all that she had heard that she hardly knew what answer to give to the King of the Sheep, but she managed to make some kind of little speech, which certainly did not forbid him to hope, and said that she should not be afraid of the shadows now she knew that they wo

uld some day come to life again. “Alas!” she continued, “if my poor Patypata, my dear Grabugeon, and pretty little Tintin, who all died for my sake, were equally well off, I should have nothing left to wish for here!”

Prisoner though he was, the King of the Sheep had still some powers and privileges.

“Go,” said he to his Master of the Horse, “go and seek the shadows of the little black girl, the monkey, and the dog: they will amuse our Princess.”

And an instant afterward Miranda saw them coming toward her, and their presence gave her the greatest pleasure, though they did not come near enough for her to touch them.

The King of the Sheep was so kind and amusing, and loved Miranda so dearly, that at last she began to love him too. Such a handsome sheep, who was so polite and considerate, could hardly fail to please, especially if one knew that he was really a king, and that his strange imprisonment would soon come to an end. So the Princess's days passed very gaily while she waited for the happy time to come. The King of the Sheep, with the help of all the flock, got up balls, concerts, and hunting parties, and even the shadows joined in all the fun, and came, making believe to be their own real selves.

One evening, when the couriers arrived (for the King sent most carefully for news and they always brought the very best kinds), it was announced that the sister of the Princess Miranda was going to be married to a great Prince, and that nothing could be more splendid than all the preparations for the wedding.

“Ah!” cried the young Princess, “how unlucky I am to miss the sight of so many pretty things! Here am I imprisoned under the earth, with no company but sheep and shadows, while my sister is to be adorned like a queen and surrounded by all who love and admire her, and everyone but myself can go to wish her joy!”

“Why do you complain, Princess?” said the King of the Sheep. “Did I say that you were not to go to the wedding? Set out as soon as you please; only promise me that you will come back, for I love you too much to be able to live without you.”

Miranda was very grateful to him, and promised faithfully that nothing in the world should keep her from coming back. The King caused an escort suitable to her rank to be got ready for her, and she dressed herself splendidly, not forgetting anything that could make her more beautiful. Her chariot was of mother-of-pearl, drawn by six dun-collared griffins just brought from the other side of the world, and she was attended by a number of guards in splendid uniforms, who were all at least eight feet high and had come from far and near to ride in the Princess's train.

Miranda reached her father's palace just as the wedding ceremony began, and everyone, as soon as she came in, was struck with surprise at her beauty and the splendo

ur of her jewels. She heard exclamations of admiration on all sides; and the King her father looked at her so attentively that she was afraid he must recognize her; but he was so sure that she was dead that the idea never occurred to him.

However, the fear of not getting away made her leave before the marriage was over. She went out hastily, leaving behind her a little coral casket set with emeralds. On it was written in diamond letters: “Jewels for the Bride,” and when they opened it, which they did as soon as it was found, there seemed to be no end to the pretty things it contained. The King, who had hoped to join the unknown Princess and find out who she was, was dreadfully disappointed when she disappeared so suddenly, and gave orders that if she ever came again the doors were to be shut that she might not get away so easily. Short as Miranda's absence had been, it had seemed like a hundred years to the King of the Sheep. He was waiting for her by a fountain in the thickest part of the forest, and the ground was strewn with splendid presents which he had prepared for her to show his joy and gratitude at her coming back.

As soon as she was in sight he rushed to meet her, leaping and bounding like a real sheep. He caressed her tenderly, throwing himself at her feet and kissing her hands, and told her how uneasy he had been in her absence, and how impatient for her return, with an eloquence which charmed her.

After some time came the news that the King's second daughter was going to be married. When Miranda heard it she begged the King of the Sheep to allow her to go and see the wedding as before. This request made him feel very sad, as if some misfortune must surely come of it, but his love for the Princess being stronger than anything else he did not like to refuse her.

“You wish to leave me, Princess,” said he; “it is my unhappy fate you are not to blame. I consent to your going, but, believe me, I can give you no stronger proof of my love than by so doing.”

The Princess assured him that she would only stay a very short time, as she had done before, and begged him not to be uneasy, as she would be quite as much grieved if anything detained her as he could possibly be.

So, with the same escort, she set out, and reached the palace as the marriage ceremony began. Everybody was delighted to see her; she was so pretty that they thought she must be some fairy princess, and the Princes who were there could not take their eyes off her.

The King was more glad than anyone else that she had come again, and gave orders that the doors should all be shut and bolted that very minute. When the wedding was all but over the Princess got up quickly, hoping to slip away unnoticed among the crowd, but, to her great dismay, she found every door fastened.

She felt more at ease when the King came up to her, and with the greatest respect begged her no

t to run away so soon, but at least to honor him by staying for the splendid feast which was prepared for the Princes and Princesses. He led her into a magnificent hall, where all the Court was assembled, and himself taking up the golden bowl full of water, he offered it to her that she might dip her pretty fingers into it.

At this the Princess could no longer contain herself; throwing herself at the King's feet, she cried out:

“My dream has come true after all--you have offered me water to wash my hands on my sister's wedding day, and it has not vexed you to do it.”

The King recognized her at once--indeed, he had already thought several times how much like his poor little Miranda she was.

“Oh! my dear daughter,” he cried, kissing her, “can you ever forget my cruelty? I ordered you to be put to death because I thought your dream portended the loss of my crown. And so it did,” he added, “for now your sisters are both married and have kingdoms of their own--and mine shall be for you.” So saying he put his crown on the Princess's head and cried:

“Long live Queen Miranda!”

All the Court cried: “Long live Queen Miranda!” after him, and the young Queen's two sisters came running up, and threw their arms round her neck, and kissed her a thousand times, and then there was such a laughing and crying, talking and kissing, all at once, and Miranda thanked her father, and began to ask after everyone particularly the Captain of the Guard, to whom she owed so much; but, to her great sorrow, she heard that he was dead. Presently they sat down to the banquet, and the King asked Miranda to tell them all that had happened to her since the terrible morning when he had sent the Captain of the Guard to fetch her. This she did with so much spirit that all the guests listened with breathless interest. But while she was thus enjoying herself with the King and her sisters, the King of the Sheep was waiting impatiently for the time of her return, and when it came and went, and no Princess appeared, his anxiety became so great that he could bear it no longer.

“She is not coming back any more,” he cried. “My miserable sheep's face displeases her, and without Miranda what is left to me, wretched creature that I am! Oh! cruel Ragotte; my punishment is complete.”

For a long time he bewailed his sad fate like this, and then, seeing that it was growing dark, and that still there was no sign of the Princess, he set out as fast as he could in the direction of the town. When he reached the palace he asked for Miranda, but by this time everyone had heard the story of her adventures, and did not want her to go back again to the King of the Sheep, so they refused sternly to let him see her. In vain he begged and prayed them to let him in; though his entreaties might have melted hearts of stone they did not move the guar

ds of the palace, and at last, quite broken-hearted, he fell dead at their feet.

In the meantime the King, who had not the least idea of the sad thing that was happening outside the gate of his palace, proposed to Miranda that she should be driven in her chariot all round the town, which was to be illuminated with thousands and thousands of torches, placed in windows and balconies, and in all the grand squares. But what a sight met her eyes at the very entrance of the palace! There lay her dear, kind sheep, silent and motionless, upon the pavement!

She threw herself out of the chariot and ran to him, crying bitterly, for she realized that her broken promise had cost him his life, and for a long, long time she was so unhappy that they thought she would have died too.

So you see that even a princess is not always happy especially if she forgets to keep her word; and the greatest misfortunes often happen to people just as they think they have obtained their heart's desires

经典童话故事范文英语 第19篇

One afternoon, panda mom is busy, it fear of panda disrupted it, let it go to play in the park, wait for when you eat, my mother will come to take it home to eat in the park, but can not run, and mom gave him a little pocket money, let him tired will come back to buy some fruit to eat, after the panda doll understand, followed the panda mom came to the car before, ready to drive.

Panda mom drove the car, the panda doll back to the park to play, panda said goodbye with my mother, went to the park to play for a while, very tired, you came to the fruit stand in front of the park bought some bananas, it went to the park under the brand of the cool, it took a banana, skinning opened immediately, and began to exhaled eating it, sweet and delicious banana, went the panda doll is finished, the panda doll saw next to a trash can, but it is very lazy, so it is readily throw banana skin to the green grass, the sun grandfather see, very angry, but panda didn't know it, but feel very happy, panda sat enough, it is going to the park to play, but it sat for a long time, for a long time to climb up, ah... Panda doll finally stood up, but it is a step, just fell down, at that time, mother just finished cooking dinner, he saw a panda baby crying, the in the mind very worried, immediately got out of the car, it's a look at the panda at the foot of the banana skin, just understand, the panda say: ^v^you hurry up and pick up the banana skin, or others to slip in, that what to do,^v^ such as the red panda after losing, mother will bring it to see the doctor.

Children, this story tells us, can not litter, or will be like a panda, wrestling.

经典童话故事范文英语 第20篇

Once upon a time, there was a very lazy pig who only knew how to eat and sleep, and seldom did anything for others. One day, when mother pig came home, she was so tired that she asked the pig to buy food. After hearing the pig, he twisted his fat ass and said, ^v^I don't want to go. I don't want to go.^v^ Pig mother listen to pig, say to it: ^v^you this lazy insect, if you go, I give you chocolate to eat.^v^ Hearing this, the pig got up reluctantly, took a basket and slowly walked out of the house. Along the way, he played while he walked, smelling and smelling. Suddenly, the pig smelt a fragrance, so, the pig thought: there must be a lot of delicious food, ha ha. He walked along the scent, and at last came under a big tree. He saw many delicious food, and he jumped on it and ate. When he was eating, he had no idea that a ferocious Wolf was hiding in the grass behind him. In a few moments, the pig finished eating those things. Lying on the grass, he felt his round belly and said, ^v^it's delicious. It's delicious.^v^ All of a sudden, the Wolf came out of the grass, and the two green eyes were looking at the pig. Piggy saw the Wolf and wanted to run away, but because the piggy didn't like to exercise, he ate so many things just now, he couldn't run, so he shouted for help. The Wolf got closer and closer, and the dog at the bottom of the mountain heard the cry of the piggy. He shouted to his companion, and he rushed at full speed to the mountain. Luckily, the dog ran up the mountain in time. The Wolf saw so many dogs, and was so angry that he ran away.

When the pig came home, he told the whole story, and the mother said, ^v^my child! You should take this as a deep lesson and stop being lazy.

From then on, the pig got up very early every day and worked out, becoming a lovely and healthy pig.

经典童话故事范文英语 第21篇

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. ^v^What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?^v^

^v^I gave it to a poor old woman,^v^ he answered.

^v^You're a good boy,^v^ said the mother proudly. ^v^Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?^v^

^v^She is the one who sells the candy.^v^

经典童话故事范文英语 第22篇

Towards the end of the Age of Bronze the human world became very cruel.

Men grew hungry,impolite and rightn or law was respected any longer,and the rule of hospitality was up in human form,Zeus visited Arcadia andThessaly,and disliked the deadly wrongs of men .He decidedto clear the earth of them hesitation he released therainy south wind and called upon the heartless Poseidon to the whole world sank in a vast ocean, and the entire humanrace disappeared in the unheard of flood,all but two poor Thessalians .

These were an old childless couple,kind and faithful and contented with man was called Deucalion and his wife of Prometheus,Deucalion had been warned beforehand by his father of the coming flood and made himself a the roaring flood came the couple hid themselves init and floated for nine days until it touched land again on Mt Parnassus.

The once active world presented a frightening was all death and lonely and unsafe,the old coupleprayed to the gods for sage instructed them to cast the bones of their mother about .The son of the wise Titan, havingguessed the true meaning of the mysterious command, started throwing stones behind him. A miracle occurred. The stonesthat the man cast became men;the stones that the woman threwturned into then,people appeared on the land Heroic Age had begun.

到了青铜期末代,人类世界变得非常残忍,人类也变得贪婪、粗鲁且不虔诚。公理与法律不再受到尊重。殷勤好客的风俗被遗忘。宙斯装扮成凡人的样子查看了阿卡迪亚和色萨利两地。他不喜欢凡人极度的罪恶,决心将他们从地球上铲除。他毫不犹豫地释放了夹雨的南风,并召来冷酷无情的波塞冬协助他。很快整个人类世界被淹没在一片汪洋之中。除了两名恭顺的色萨利人幸免于难外,人类被史无前例的洪水吞噬。

这对老夫妻没有孩子。他们善良、虔诚、对生活心满意足。丈夫是普罗米修斯的儿子,名叫丢卡利翁,妻子名为皮拉。丢卡利翁的父亲事先就警告他会爆发洪水,因此,他制了个巨大的箱子。当咆哮的洪水涌来时,夫妻俩就躲藏在箱中,这样漂泊了九天,最终漂到了帕那萨斯山。

曾经生机勃勃的大地呈现出恐怖的`景象。死亡与毁灭四处可见。老夫妻深感孤独和危险。他们就向上帝祈祷,乞求帮助。一位圣人指示他们把母亲的遗骨掷向四周。这位聪明的泰坦的后代,马上悟出了这个神秘指示所隐含的意义。他们开始将石头抛向身后。奇迹出现了。男人抛出的石头变成成了男人,女人抛的则变成了女人。从此人类再次在陆地上出现,英雄时代来临。

经典童话故事范文英语 第23篇

One day the wind said to the sun, “Look at that man walking along the road. I can get his cloak off more quickly than you can.”

“We will see about that,” said the sun. “I will let you try first.”

So the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak. He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself.

“I give up,” said the wind at last. “I cannot get his cloak off.” Then the sun tried. He shone as hard as he could. The man soon became hot and took off his cloak.

经典童话故事范文英语 第24篇

I recently heard a story from Stephen Glenn about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. What set him so far apart from others?

He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor - a veritable(名副其实的) sea of milk!

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said, ^v^Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge puddle(水坑，泥潭) of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?^v^

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, ^v^You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?^v^ He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.

His mother then said, ^v^You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it.^v^ The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!

This renowned scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment ^v^doesn't work,^v^ we usually learn something valuable from it.

Wouldn't it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert's mother responded to him?

经典童话故事范文英语 第25篇

An old cock and a foxIt is old cock is sitting in a fox es to the tree and looks up at the cock.^v^Hello，Mr Cock，I have good news for you，^v^says the fox.^v^Oh^v^says thecock，^v^What good news for me?^v^^v^All the animals are friends now.^v^says the fox.^v^Fine!^v^says the cock.^v^I'm very glad to know that.^v^Then he looks up.

^v^Look!A dog ia ing this way.^v^^v^What?A dog?^v^says the fox.^v^Well…well，I must go ，Mr Cock!^v^^v^Wait，Mr Fox，Don't you like dogs?^v^Don't you like playing with the dog?Dogs are our friends now.^v^^v^But，…but they may not know the news yet.^v^Then he runs away.^v^I see，I see，^v^says the smiles and goes to sleep.

经典童话故事范文英语 第26篇

(The Wind And The Sun)

One day the wind said to the sun, “Look at that man walking along the road. I can get his cloak off more quickly than you can.”

(有一天风跟太阳说: “看看那个沿着路上走的人.我可以比你快让他把披风脱下来.)

“We will see about that,” said the sun. “I will let you try first.”

(“我们等着看吧,”太阳说, “我让你先试.)

So the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak. He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself.

(因此风尝试让那个人把披风脱下来.他用力地吹,可是那个人把披风拉得更紧.)

“I give up,” said the wind at last. “I cannot get his cloak off.” Then the sun tried. He shone as hard as he could. The man soon became hot and took off his cloak.

(“我放弃了,”风最后说, “我无法让他把披风脱下来.”然后由太阳试试看.他尽可能地晒他.不久,那个人很热就把披风脱下来了.)

经典童话故事范文英语 第27篇

A one - off in the mud, it is long, long, grew up and became watermelon seedlings, see will bear and round big watermelon, but it grew to aphids, aphids bit watermelon seedlings very ache, kind bird saw, he said to the watermelon seedling: ^v^I help you call the doctor!^v^ The bird first invited the woodpecker to see a doctor, the woodpecker shook his head and said: ^v^sorry, watermelon seedling brother, I only catch the insects in the tree, not catch the aphids!^v^ The watermelon seedlings were disappointed. ^v^Don't worry,^v^ said the bird. ^v^I will help you find the right doctor.^v^ The bird set off again. ^v^I will only catch the insects in the rice fields,^v^ said the frog. ^v^I will not catch aphids.^v^ ^v^It seems that no one can cure me. I have two dollars here, bird. Can you buy me a bottle of pesticide?^v^ ^v^Okay^v^ the bird agreed. On the way, the bird came across his good friend, the seven - star ladybird, and the bird told the whole story. The seven - star ladybird said excitedly to the bird, ^v^I can cure the watermelon seedling disease! And pesticides are harmful to plants, don't abuse them! The bird was so happy that she carried the seven - star ladybird back to her body as soon as she could. When the bird came back, the watermelon was happy and asked, ^v^did you get the pesticide?^v^ ^v^The little bird said,^v^ I didn't buy the pesticide, but I have a seven-star ladybug doctor who eats aphids, and I give you two yuan.^v^ Then the bird returned the two yuan to the watermelon seedling. The seven-star ladybug quickly cured the watermelon seedling, the watermelon seedling recovered to health, and produced a large round watermelon.

经典童话故事范文英语 第28篇

In the past, an official celebrated1 his birthday.

A small official under him heard that he was born in the year of “the rat”. To curry2 the official's favour, he had a gold rat cast as a birthday present and went to the official's house to congratulate him on his birthday.

The official was very pleased at the sight of the gold rat and said: “Do you know? In a few days my wife will celebrate her birthday too. She was born in the year of 'the ox'”.

从前，有个官员过生日。

他手下的一个小官听说他属“鼠”，为了巴结他，铸了一只金鼠作为寿礼，登门祝寿。

这个官员一见金鼠，很是高兴，说：“你们知道吗?过几天，我的夫人也要过生日了，她是属‘牛’”。

经典童话故事范文英语 第29篇

Monkeys are known as the ^v^banana king^v^, while some small animals also like bananas, but banana trees are occupied by monkeys. If someone eats a little banana, the banana king will go crazy with you, and everyone is afraid to eat bananas. The banana king is very proud of it.

One day, a banana appeared in the banana forest. Everyone is very rare, warm welcome. The name of the elephant was cut and it was decided that it was directed at the banana. It is true that it is more mad than a monkey to eat a banana. It's hilarious! Sure enough, after a while, the banana elephant is hungry, then go to look for a banana, walk to walk, suddenly see a bright -- a banana forest! He was so mad that he ran and ran, shaking the ground, which frightened the monkeys who were eating bananas. Some are scared silly, flabbergasted, some creaks, scattered to flee, and also is the British army, jump to the prewar. The Monkey King said, ^v^shoot, kill --^v^ the monkeys swarms. Oh, the elephant is so big, the monkeys run to the elephant's feet and run away. Only the Monkey King is there.

The elephant looks very calm and gulps the banana, the monkeys are angry and helpless. At last the king of the monkey said, ^v^hey, you giant lunatic, why eat our bananas?^v^ ^v^Well, yours? Ah -- ha, I'm sorry. However, this banana other animal also likes to eat, that I ask you, other animals can't eat, you monopolize, this good?^v^ The monkeys looked at each other and lowered their heads to reflect on their selfishness.

So the monkeys ^v^liberated^v^ the banana forest, and the banana forest was filled with joy. The monkeys were so happy for the first time.

Soon the banana was coming home, the monkeys were reluctant to give up, and the monkey said to the elephant, ^v^thank you for letting us know that it is truly happy to be happy with everyone.^v^

经典童话故事范文英语 第30篇

An old cock and a foxIt is evening。An old cock is sitting in a tree。A fox es to the tree and looks up at the cock。^v^Hello，Mr Cock，I have good news for you，^v^says the fox。^v^Oh^v^says thecock，^v^What good news for me?^v^^v^All the animals are friends now。^v^says the fox。^v^Fine!^v^says the cock。^v^I'm very glad to know that。^v^Then he looks up、

^v^Look!A dog ia ing this way。^v^^v^What?A dog?^v^says the fox。^v^Well。。。。well，I must go now。Goodbye，Mr Cock!^v^^v^Wait，Mr Fox，Don't you like dogs?^v^Don't you like playing with the dog?Dogs are our friends now。^v^^v^But，。。。but they may not know the news yet。^v^Then he runs away。^v^I see，I see，^v^says the cock。He smiles and goes to sleep

一只老公鸡和一只狐狸是夜。一只老公鸡呆在树上。一只狐狸走向大树要拜访公鸡。^v^你好，公鸡先生，我有一个关于你的好消息。^v^狐狸说。^v^噢，^v^公鸡说，^v^是什么关于我的好消息?^v^^v^所有动物此刻都是朋友了。^v^狐狸说。^v^好，^v^公鸡说，^v^我听到那十分高兴!^v^然后他看到了。

^v^看，一只狗正在往这边来。^v^^v^什么?一只狗?^v^狐狸问。^v^好的好的，此刻我该走了，再见，公鸡先生!^v^^v^等等，狐狸先生，你难道不喜欢狗吗?难道你不喜欢和狗玩么?狗此刻是我们的朋友。^v^^v^但是，但是它们此刻可能还不明白。^v^然后他跑走了。^v^我明白了，我明白了，^v^公鸡说。他微笑着然后去睡觉了。

经典童话故事范文英语 第31篇

一捆树枝

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

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

^v^Can you break that?^v^he asked the youngest boy put his knee on the bundle but though he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend 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 sticks.

^v^Now try,^v^he boys broke the sticks easily in their hands.

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

United we stand;divided we fall.

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。

^v^你能折断这个吗?^v^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。

^v^试试吧。^v^他说。四个小伙子用手轻轻一撅，树枝就断了。

^v^你们明白我的意思了吗?^v^父亲问，^v^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。^v^

合则存，分则败。

经典童话故事范文英语 第32篇

This summer holiday, I read a book called Andersen Fairy Tale. The book has many interesting stories. I can't forget one of the story of this book, ugly little duck. It is very ugly, who has been bullied. It was alone, no animals would play with it. In the cold winter , it almost froze to death in the forest. However, it finally frying by its own efforts. It turned into a beautiful swan. It is not an ugly duck anymore. This story tells us: in the face of injustice, it is only through their own efforts, as have happiness and joy.

这个暑假，我读了一本叫《安徒生童话的书》。书里有许多有趣的故事。让我无法忘记的就是《丑小鸭》这个故事。它很丑，从小就一直被欺负。它很孤独，没有人或是动物愿意陪它玩耍。在寒冷的冬天，它在森林里差点冻死。但是，它最后终于靠着自己的努力飞了起来。它变成了美丽的.天鹅。它不再是一只丑陋的小鸭子。这个故事告诉我们：面对生活的种种不公平，只有通过自己的努力，一样能拥有幸福和快乐。

经典童话故事范文英语 第33篇

小学英语童话小作文-英语

Eros（Cupid）eros was the god of love，better known by hislatin name of aphrodite by ares，he took his place among the small gods of olympus.

he was represented asa little naked boy，with sparkling wings，and he carried his bowand arrows wherever he his thrilling arrows in evils，he inspired the passion of love and provided all nature with life and power of reproduction.

the lovely，naughty god had two kinds of arrows：the gold tipped arrows used to quicken the pulse of love and the lead tipped ones to palsy it.

besides，he had a torch to light hearts with. though sometimes he was blindfolded，no man nor god，zeus himself included，was safe from his evils.

at one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and such burning love was awakened in him for the human maiden psyche that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg zeus for justice.

another famous story where eros played an important part was the argonautic ，daughter of king aeetes，was wounded by eros'' arrows，took jason''s part in recovering the golden fleece and eventually became the hero''s wife.

译文：

厄洛斯（丘比特）厄洛斯是爱神，它的拉丁名称丘比特更为人熟知。他是阿瑞斯和阿芙罗狄蒂的儿子，是一位小奥林波斯山神。

他的形象是一个裸体的小男孩，有一对闪闪发光的'翅膀。他带着弓箭漫游。他恶作剧地射出令人震颤的神箭，唤起爱的激情。给自然界带来生机，授予万物繁衍的能力。

这位可爱而又淘气的小精灵有两种神箭：加快爱情产生的金头神箭和中止爱情的铅头神箭。

另外，他还有一束照亮心灵的火炬。尽管有时他被蒙着眼睛，但没有任何人或神，包括宙斯在内，能逃避他的恶作剧。

有一次这位淘气的精灵被自己的箭射中。对人间少女普赛克炽热的爱在他心中复苏，以致于他不顾他母亲的干预，鼓起勇气让宙斯给予公正评判。

厄洛斯起了重大作用的另一个著名的故事是亚尔古英雄的远征。美狄亚，国王埃厄忒斯的女儿，被厄洛斯的神箭射中，和伊阿宋一起寻觅金羊毛，最后成为这位英雄的妻子。

经典童话故事范文英语 第34篇

An old cock and a foxIt is old cock is sitting in a fox comes to the tree and looks up at the cock.“Hello,Mr Cock,I have good news for you,”says the fox.“Oh”says thecock,“What good news for me?”“All the animals are friends now.”says the fox.“Fine!”says the cock.“I'm very glad to know that.”Then he looks up、

“Look!A dog ia coming this way.”“What?A dog?”says the fox.“Well....well,I must go Cock!”“Wait,Mr Fox,Don't you like dogs?”Don't you like playing with the dog?Dogs are our friends now.“”But,...but they may not know the news yet.“Then he runs away.”I see,I see,“says the smiles and goes to sleep

.翻译：一只老公鸡和一只狐狸是夜。一只老公鸡呆在树上。一只狐狸走向大树要拜访公鸡。”你好，公鸡先生，我有一个关于你的好消息。“狐狸说。”噢，“公鸡说，”是什么关于我的好消息?“”所有动物现在都是朋友了。“狐狸说。”好，“公鸡说，”我听到那非常高兴!“然后他看到了。

”看，一只狗正在往这边来。“”什么?一只狗?“狐狸问。”好的好的，现在我该走了，再见，公鸡先生!“”等等，狐狸先生，你难道不喜欢狗吗?难道你不喜欢和狗玩么?狗现在是我们的朋友。“”但是，但是它们现在可能还不知道。“然后他跑走了。”我知道了，我知道了，“公鸡说。他微笑着然后去睡觉了。

经典童话故事范文英语 第35篇

Long ago in a small,faraway village,there was a place known as the House of 1000 small,happy little dog learned of this place and decided to he arrived,he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it his great surprise,he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as smiled a great smile,and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and he left the House,he thought to himself,“This is a wonderful will come back and visit it often.”In this same village,another little dog,who was not quite as happy as the first one,decided to visit the slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him,he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at he left,he thought to himself,“That is a horrible place,and I will never go back there again.”All the faces in the world are kinds of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

经典童话故事范文英语 第36篇

Once upon a time, there lived a very strong in the mountain forests of the devil, eat a chicken every day, every two days to eat a sheep, every three days to eat a cow, and a little unhappy, pull the tree destroyed houses and people around the stockade now dare to anger can't speak.

A brave ant was determined to exhale for the people. He found the devil and said carefully, ^v^you are very powerful, but not necessarily my opponent! Don't believe us make a bet!

Little ants dare to challenge themselves! Ha ha, the demon guffaw a sound, say: ^v^bet bet, bet what you say!^v^

The little ant said, ^v^I asked you to step on me with your foot. If you don't kill me, you will leave the mountain forest. If I die, I won't have to pay you.

The demon listen to think ridiculous, thought: I can knock down a big tree, one foot kick to turn over a house, a fist smashing an elephant, how can not overcome a small ant? Just say yes.

The next day, the gambling game officially began, the animals in the mountain forest and people all came to see the lively, all for the little ant pinched a sweat.

The demon held out a huge paw, grabbed the little ant and slammed into the ground. The little ant was not only safe, but he continued to climb on the ground happily.

The devil was angry, and he raised his hairy feet and stepped on the little ant. He stepped on it, two or three, and stepped on more than 100. The demon thought that the little ant must be dead, and looked down, and found the little ant crawling out of his broad feet.

The little ant won, and the devil left the mountain obediently.

经典童话故事范文英语 第37篇

老鼠和公牛

A mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay bull jumped up in a rage and,with his head low to the ground,chased the mouse right across the mouse was too quick for him,however,and slipped easily into a hole in the wall.

The bull charged the wall furiously again and again,but although he bruised his head and chipped his horns,the mouse stayed safely inside his a time the bull gave up and sank down to rest again.

As soon as the bull was asleep,the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole,pattered across the yard,bit the bull again--this time on the nose--and rushed back to the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked:

^v^It's not always the big people who come off the small ones win,you know.^v^

有一次，公牛躺着打盹，一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴。公牛怒气冲冲地跳起来，低着头追老鼠，一直追过院子。然而，老鼠跑得比他快多了，从容地钻到墙洞里去了。

公牛一次又一次地猛撞墙壁，尽管头撞肿了，角撞裂了，老鼠却安然待在洞里。过了一会儿，公牛不撞了，倒下歇着。

公牛刚睡着，小老鼠就爬到洞口，嗒嗒地跑过院子，又咬了公牛一口??这回咬了鼻子??又跑回安全的地方去。当公牛毫无办法地吼叫时，老鼠吱吱叫道：

^v^大人物并不总占上风。有时小人物也会取胜。^v^

经典童话故事范文英语 第38篇

Long ago in a small， faraway village， there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small， happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived， he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise， he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile， and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and firendly. As he left the House， he thought to himself， ^v^This is a wonderful place. I will e back and visit it often.^v^

In this same village， another little dog， who was not quite as happy as the first one， decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him， he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left， he thought to himself， ^v^That is a horrible place， and I will never go back there again.^v^

All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

经典童话故事范文英语 第39篇

In the forest， there is a bear and his mother.

One day， mother bear said to the bear， ^v^son， you have grown up. You should go to the city to see what the house looks like in the city.^v^

On the second day， the bear got up early and set off after breakfast.

When bear walked along the road， he raised his head high. ^v^Oh！ No， no！ ^v^ The bear could not help crying. Originally， cubs found that the houses in the city were too many， colorful， and shapes were various.

^v^Why， where is the white cross on the roof？^v^ Walking along， the bear came to the door of a black house. The sika deer hung a camera on its chest and warmly invited the bear to take a picture. Little bear was afraid to run and run， and muttered in his mouth： ^v^the dark house is so scared.^v^

The little bear is tired and wants to rest. He saw a green house in front of him. He thought， ^v^this is probably the park. I'll go in and sit down for a while.^v^ As soon as the bear came into the door， he saw that the elephant in green clothes was busy receiving customers. He would knock on the postmark， hit the computer for a while， and write later.

The bear grasped the hair strangely. ^v^Where have I been？^v^

Little boy， can you tell the bear where it has been in the city and where it has been？

经典童话故事范文英语 第40篇

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse

Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, ^v^Do come and see me at my house in the country.^v^ So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, ^v^This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city.^v^

The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, ^v^ Run! Run! The cat is coming!^v^ They ran away quickly and hid.

After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, ^v^I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.^v^

经典童话故事范文英语 第41篇

A wolf almost died of starvation. A dog saw it and asked, ^v^my friend, your irregular life will soon destroy you.^v^ why don't you work steadily like me and get your food regularly? I have no objection, ^v^said the wolf,^v^ if I can get a place ^v^^v^ I will help you, ^v^the dog said,^v^ come with me to my , you should share my work. ^v^So on the way to town with the wolf and the dog, the wolf saw that there was no hair on the dog's neck.

He was surprised and asked why he was like this.^v^ Oh, nothing, ^v^said the dog,^v^ my gives it to me every night Put on your collar and tie me up, and you'll soon get used to it. ^v^Is that right? The only reason is^v^ wolf says, ^v^so goodbye, my friend. I'd rather be free:.

中文翻译：

一只狼几乎饿死了一只狗看见它，问道：“朋友，你不规律的生活很快就会毁了你”你为什么不像我一样稳定地工作，定期得到你的食物？我不反对，”狼说，“如果我能得到一个地方”“我会帮助你的，”狗说，“跟我去见我的主人，你应该分享我的工作“所以狼和狗一起去镇上的路上，狼看到狗的脖子上没有毛，他感到很惊讶，问他为什么会这样“哦，没什么，”狗说，“每天晚上我的主人给我戴上项圈，把我拴起来，你很快就会习惯的”是这样吗唯一的理由是“狼说”那么再见你，我的朋友我宁愿自由：。

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经典童话故事范文英语 第42篇

英语童话：各得其所

IT is more than a hundred years ago! At the border of the wood， near a large lake， stood the old mansion： deep ditches surrounded it on every side， in which reeds and bulrushes grew. Close by the drawbridge， near the gate， there was an old willow tree， which bent over the reeds.

From the narrow pass came the sound of bugles and the trampling of horses’ feet; therefore a little girl who was watching the geese hastened to drive them away from the bridge， before the whole hunting party came galloping up; they came， however， so quickly， that the girl， in order to avoid being run over， placed herself on one of the high corner-stones of the bridge. She was still half a child and very delicately built; she had bright blue eyes， and a gentle， sweet expression. But such things the baron did not notice; while he was riding past the little goose-girl， he reversed his hunting crop， and in rough play gave her such a push with it that she fell backward into the ditch.

“Everything in the right place!” he cried. “Into the ditch with you.”

Then he burst out laughing， for that he called fun; the others joined in—the whole party shouted and cried， while the hounds barked.

While the poor girl was falling she happily caught one of the branches of the willow tree， by the help of which she held herself over the water， and as soon as the baron with his company and the dogs had disappeared through the gate， the girl endeavoured to scramble up， but the branch broke off， and she would have fallen backward among the rushes， had not a strong hand from above seized her at this moment. It was the hand of a pedlar; he had witnessed what had happened from a short distance， and now hastened to assist her.

“Everything in the right place，” he said， imitating the noble baron， and pulling the little maid up to the dry ground. He wished to put the branch back in the place it had been broken off， but it is not possible to put everything in the right place; therefore he stuck the branch into the soft ground.

“Grow and thrive if you can， and produce a good flute for them yonder at the mansion，” he said; it would have given him great pleasure to see the noble baron and his companions well thrashed. Then he entered the castle—but not the banqueting hall; he was too humble for that. No; he went to the servants’ hall. The men-servants and maids looked over his stock of articles and bargained with him; loud crying and screaming were heard from the master’s table above： they called it singing—indeed， they did their best. Laughter and the howls of dogs were heard through the open windows： there they were feasting and revelling; wine and strong old ale were foaming in the glasses and jugs; the favourite dogs ate with their masters; now and then the squires kissed one of these animals， after having wiped its mouth first with the tablecloth. They ordered the pedlar to come up， but only to make fun of him. The wine had got into their heads， and reason had left them. They poured beer into a stocking that he could drink with them， but quick. That’s what they called fun， and it made them laugh. Then meadows， peasants， and farmyards were staked on one card and lost.

“Everything in the right place!” the pedlar said when he had at last safely got out of Sodom and Gomorrah， as he called it. “The open high road is my right place; up there I did not feel at ease.”

The little maid， who was still watching the geese， nodded kindly to him as he passed through the gate.

Days and weeks passed， and it was seen that the broken willow-branch which the peddlar had stuck into the ground near the ditch remained fresh and green—nay， it even put forth fresh twigs; the little goose-girl saw that the branch had taken root， and was very pleased; the tree， so she said， was now her tree. While the tree was advancing， everything else at the castle was going backward， through feasting and gambling， for these are two rollers upon which nobody stands safely. Less than six years afterwards the baron passed out of his castle-gate a poor beggar， while the baronial seat had been bought by a rich tradesman. He was the very pedlar they had made fun of and poured beer into a stocking for him to drink; but honesty and industry bring one forward， and now the pedlar was the possessor of the baronial estate. From that time forward no card-playing was permitted there.

“That’s a bad pastime，” he said; “when the devil saw the Bible for the first time he wanted to produce a caricature in opposition to it， and invented card-playing.”

The new proprietor of the estate took a wife， and whom did he take?—The little goose-girl， who had always remained good and kind， and who looked as beautiful in her new clothes as if she had been a lady of high birth. And how did all this come about? That would be too long a tale to tell in our busy time， but it really happened， and the most important events have yet to be told.

It was pleasant and cheerful to live in the old place now： the mother superintended the household， and the father looked after things out-of-doors， and they were indeed very prosperous.

Where honesty leads the way， prosperity is sure to follow. The old mansion was repaired and painted， the ditches were cleaned and fruit-trees planted; all was homely and pleasant， and the floors were as white and shining as a pasteboard. In the long winter evenings the mistress and her maids sat at the spinning-wheel in the large hall; every Sunday the counsellor—this title the pedlar had obtained， although only in his old days—read aloud a portion from the Bible. The children (for they had children) all received the best education， but they were not all equally clever， as is the case in all families.

In the meantime the willow tree near the drawbridge had grown up into a splendid tree， and stood there， free， and was never clipped. “It is our genealogical tree，” said the old people to their children， “and therefore it must be honoured.”

A hundred years had elapsed. It was in our own days; the lake had been transformed into marsh land; the whole baronial seat had， as it were， disappeared. A pool of water near some ruined walls was the only remainder of the deep ditches; and here stood a magnificent old tree with overhanging branches—that was the genealogical tree. Here it stood， and showed how beautiful a willow can look if one does not interfere with it. The trunk， it is true， was cleft in the middle from the root to the crown; the storms had bent it a little， but it still stood there， and out of every crevice and cleft， in which wind and weather had carried mould， blades of grass and flowers sprang forth. Especially above， where the large boughs parted， there was quite a hanging garden， in which wild raspberries and hart’s-tongue ferns throve， and even a little mistletoe had taken root， and grew gracefully in the old willow branches， which were reflected in the dark water beneath when the wind blew the chickweed into the corner of the pool. A footpath which led across the fields passed close by the old tree. High up， on the woody hillside， stood the new mansion. It had a splendid view， and was large and magnificent; its window panes were so clear that one might have thought there were none there at all. The large flight of steps which led to the entrance looked like a bower covered with roses and broad-leaved plants. The lawn was as green as if each blade of grass was cleaned separately morning and evening. Inside， in the hall， valuable oil paintings were hanging on the walls. Here stood chairs and sofas covered with silk and velvet， which could be easily rolled about on castors; there were tables with polished marble tops， and books bound in morocco with gilt edges. Indeed， well-to-do and distinguished people lived here; it was the dwelling of the baron and his family. Each article was in keeping with its surroundings. “Everything in the right place” was the motto according to which they also acted here， and therefore all the paintings which had once been the honour and glory of the old mansion were now hung up in the passage which led to the servants’ rooms. It was all old lumber， especially two portraits—one representing a man in a scarlet coat with a wig， and the other a lady with powdered and curled hair holding a rose in her hand， each of them being surrounded by a large wreath of willow branches. Both portraits had many holes in them， because the baron’s sons used the two old people as targets for their crossbows. They represented the counsellor and his wife， from whom the whole family descended. “But they did not properly belong to our family，” said one of the boys; “he was a pedlar and she kept the geese. They were not like papa and mamma.” The portraits were old lumber， and “everything in its right place.” That was why the great-grandparents had been hung up in the passage leading to the servants’ rooms.

The son of the village pastor was tutor at the mansion. One day he went for a walk across the fields with his young pupils and their elder sister， who had lately been confirmed. They walked along the road which passed by the old willow tree， and while they were on the road she picked a bunch of field-flowers. “Everything in the right place，” and indeed the bunch looked very beautiful. At the same time she listened to all that was said， and she very much liked to hear the pastor’s son speak about the elements and of the great men and women in history. She had a healthy mind， noble in thought and deed， and with a heart full of love for everything that God had created. They stopped at the old willow tree， as the youngest of the baron’s sons wished very much to have a flute from it， such as had been cut for him from other willow trees; the pastor’s son broke a branch off. “Oh， pray do not do it!” said the young lady; but it was already done. “That is our famous old tree. I love it very much. They often laugh at me at home about it， but that does not matter. There is a story attached to this tree.” And now she told him all that we already know about the tree—the old mansion， the pedlar and the goose-girl who had met there for the first time， and had become the ancestors of the noble family to which the young lady belonged.

“They did not like to be knighted， the good old people，” she said; “their motto was ’everything in the right place，’ and it would not be right， they thought， to purchase a title for money. My grandfather， the first baron， was their son. They say he was a very learned man， a great favourite with the princes and princesses， and was invited to all court festivities. The others at home love him best; but， I do not know why， there seemed to me to be something about the old couple that attracts my heart! How homely， how patriarchal， it must have been in the old mansion， where the mistress sat at the spinning-wheel with her maids， while her husband read aloud out of the Bible!”

“They must have been excellent， sensible people，” said the pastor’s son. And with this the conversation turned naturally to noblemen and commoners; from the manner in which the tutor spoke about the significance of being noble， it seemed almost as if he did not belong to a commoner’s family.

“It is good fortune to be of a family who have distinguished themselves， and to possess as it were a spur in oneself to advance to all that is good. It is a splendid thing to belong to a noble family， whose name serves as a card of admission to the highest circles. Nobility is a distinction; it is a gold coin that bears the stamp of its own value. It is the fallacy of the time， and many poets express it， to say that all that is noble is bad and stupid， and that， on the contrary， the lower one goes among the poor， the more brilliant virtues one finds. I do not share this opinion， for it is wrong. In the upper classes one sees many touchingly beautiful traits; my own mother has told me of such， and I could mention several. One day she was visiting a nobleman’s house in town; my grandmother， I believe， had been the lady’s nurse when she was a child. My mother and the nobleman were alone in the room， when he suddenly noticed an old woman on crutches come limping into the courtyard; she came every Sunday to carry a gift away with her.

“’There is the poor old woman，’ said the nobleman; ’it is so difficult for her to walk.’

“My mother had hardly understood what he said before he disappeared from the room， and went downstairs， in order to save her the troublesome walk for the gift she came to fetch. Of course this is only a little incident， but it has its good sound like the poor widow’s two mites in the Bible， the sound which echoes in the depth of every human heart; and this is what the poet ought to show and point out—more especially in our own time he ought to sing of this; it does good， it mitigates and reconciles! But when a man， simply because he is of noble birth and possesses a genealogy， stands on his hind legs and neighs in the street like an Arabian horse， and says when a commoner has been in a room： ’Some people from the street have been here，’ there nobility is decaying; it has become a mask of the kind that Thespis created， and it is amusing when such a person is exposed in satire.”

Such was the tutor’s speech; it was a little long， but while he delivered it he had finished cutting the flute.

There was a large party at the mansion; many guests from the neighbourhood and from the capital had arrived. There were ladies with tasteful and with tasteless dresses; the big hall was quite crowded with people. The clergymen stood humbly together in a corner， and looked as if they were preparing for a funeral， but it was a festival—only the amusement had not yet begun. A great concert was to take place， and that is why the baron’s young son had brought his willow flute with him; but he could not make it sound， nor could his father， and therefore the flute was good for nothing.

There was music and songs of the kind which delight most those that perform them; otherwise quite charming!

“Are you an artist?” said a cavalier， the son of his father; “you play on the flute， you have made it yourself; it is genius that rules—the place of honour is due to you.”

“Certainly not! I only advance with the time， and that of course one can’t help.”

“I hope you will delight us all with the little instrument—will you not?” Thus saying he handed to the tutor the flute which had been cut from the willow tree by the pool; and then announced in a loud voice that the tutor wished to perform a solo on the flute. They wished to tease him—that was evident， and therefore the tutor declined to play， although he could do so very well. They urged and requested him， however， so long， that at last he took up the flute and placed it to his lips.

That was a marvellous flute! Its sound was as thrilling as the whistle of a steam engine; in fact it was much stronger， for it sounded and was heard in the yard， in the garden， in the wood， and many miles round in the country; at the same time a storm rose and roared; “Everything in the right place.” And with this the baron， as if carried by the wind， flew out of the hall straight into the shepherd’s cottage， and the shepherd flew—not into the hall， thither he could not come—but into the servants’ hall， among the smart footmen who were striding about in silk stockings; these haughty menials looked horror-struck that such a person ventured to sit at table with them. But in the hall the baron’s daughter flew to the place of honour at the end of the table—she was worthy to sit there; the pastor’s son had the seat next to her; the two sat there as if they were a bridal pair. An old Count， belonging to one of the oldest families of the country， remained untouched in his place of honour; the flute was just， and it is one’s duty to be so. The sharp-tongued cavalier who had caused the flute to be played， and who was the child of his parents， flew headlong into the fowl-house， but not he alone.

The flute was heard at the distance of a mile， and strange events took place. A rich banker’s family， who were driving in a coach and four， were blown out of it， and could not even find room behind it with their footmen. Two rich farmers who had in our days shot up higher than their own corn-fields， were flung into the ditch; it was a dangerous flute. Fortunately it burst at the first sound， and that was a good thing， for then it was put back into its owner’s pocket—“its right place.”

The next day， nobody spoke a word about what had taken place; thus originated the phrase， “to pocket the flute.” Everything was again in its usual order， except that the two old pictures of the peddlar and the goose-girl were hanging in the banqueting-hall. There they were on the wall as if blown up there; and as a real expert said that they were painted by a master’s hand， they remained there and were restored. “Everything in the right place，” and to this it will come. Eternity is long， much longer indeed than this story.

经典童话故事范文英语 第43篇

In china,people believe that,at the beginning,the tiger and the cat were friends,and the cat was much smarter than the tiger .The cat learned the physical skills quickly,and the tiger was always tiger had to learn from the cat,and the cat was patient to teach the after day,month after month,finally,the tiger could also run,jump,roll,grasp,tear,and strike as well as the cat.

One summer afternoon,the cat was taking a nap as the tiger sitting at the cat,the tiger suddenly thought,why should he keep befriending with such a small animal since he had already learnt all the skills from the cat?The evil tiger decided to kill the sleeping cat as a before dinner tiger stood up and approached the cat as this moment,the cat woke up her eyes,the smart cat immediately realized what the tiger was trying to do and swiftly jumped onto a nearby tall tree and climbed to the top branch.

The tiger thought he had already learned every skill from the cat .But he never knew that the cat had hidden the tree climbing from him.

“I kept the last technique of the tree climbing from you just because I suspected you might be can ungrateful friend.” The cat loudly told the tiger who watched under the tree helplessly.

经典童话故事范文英语 第44篇

Once upon a time...

Long, long ago, there were two brothers, the one rich and the other poor. When Christmas Eve came, the poor one had not a bite in the house, either of meat or bread; so he went to his brother, and begged him, in God's name, to give him something for Christmas Day. It was by no means the first time that the brother had been forced to give something to him, and he was not better pleased at being asked now than he generally was.

“If you will do what I ask you, you shall have a whole ham,” said he. The poor one immediately thanked him, and promised this.

“Well, here is the ham, and now you must go straight to Dead Man's Hall,” said the rich brother, throwing the ham to him.

“Well, I will do what I have promised,” said the other, and he took the ham and set off. He went on and on for the livelong day, and at nightfall he came to a place where there was a bright light.

“I have no doubt this is the place,” thought the man with the ham.

An old man with a long white beard was standing in the outhouse, chopping Yule logs.

“Good-evening,” said the man with the ham.

“Good-evening to you. Where are you going at this late hour?” said the man.

“I am going to Dead Man's Hall, if only I am on the right track,” answered the poor man.

“Oh! yes, you are right enough, for it is here,” said the old man. “When you get inside they will all want to buy your ham, for they don't get much meat to eat there; but you must not sell it unless you can get the hand-mill which stands behind the door for it. When you come out again I will teach you how to stop the hand-mill, which is useful for almost everything.”

So the man with the ham thanked the other for his good advice, and rapped at the door.

When he got in, everything happened just as the old man had said it would: all the people, great and small, came round him like ants on an ant-hill, and each tried to outbid the other for the ham.

“By rights my old woman and I ought to have it for our Christmas dinner, but, since you have set your hearts upon it, I must just give it up to you,” said the man. “But, if I sell it, I will have the hand-mill which is standing there behind the door.”

At first they would not hear to this, and haggled and bargained with the man, but he stuck to what he had said, and the people were forced to give him the hand-mill. When the man came out again into the yard, he asked the old wood-cutter how he was to stop the hand-mill, and when he had learned that, he thanked him and set off home with all the speed he could, but did not get there until after the clock had struck twelve on Christmas Eve.

“Where in the world have you been?” said the old woman. “Here I have sat waiting hour

after hour, and have not even two sticks to lay across each other under the Christmas porridge-pot.”

“Oh! I could not come before; I had something of importance to see about, and a long way to go, too; but now you shall just see!” said the man, and then he set the hand-mill on the table, and bade it first grind light, then a table-cloth, and then meat, and beer, and everything else that was good for a Christmas Eve's supper; and the mill ground all that he ordered. “Bless me!” said the old woman as one thing after another appeared; and she wanted to know where her husband had got the mill from, but he would not tell her that.

“Never mind where I got it; you can see that it is a good one, and the water that turns it will never freeze,” said the man. So he ground meat and drink, and all kinds of good things, to last all Christmas-tide, and on the third day he invited all his friends to come to a feast.

Now when the rich brother saw all that there was at the banquet and in the house, he was both vexed and angry, for he grudged everything his brother had. “On Christmas Eve he was so poor that he came to me and begged for a trifle, for God's sake, and now he gives a feast as if he were both a count and a king!” thought he. “But, for heaven's sake, tell me where you got your riches from,” said he to his brother.

“From behind the door,” said he who owned the mill, for he did not choose to satisfy his brother on that point; but later in the evening, when he had taken a drop too much, he could not refrain from telling how he had come by the hand-mill. “There you see what has brought me all my wealth!” said he, and brought out the mill, and made it grind first one thing and then another. When the brother saw that, he insisted on having the mill, and after a great deal of persuasion got it; but he had to give three hundred dollars for it, and the poor brother was to keep it till the haymaking was over, for he thought: “If I keep it as long as that, I can make it grind meat and drink that will last many a long year.” During that time you may imagine that the mill did not grow rusty, and when hay- harvest came the rich brother got it, but the other had taken good care not to teach him how to stop it. It was evening when the rich man got the mill home, and in the morning he bade the old woman go out and spread the hay after the mowers, and he would attend to the house himself that day, he said.

So, when dinner-time drew near, he set the mill on the kitchen-table, and said: “Grind herrings and milk pottage, and do it both quickly and well.”

So the mill began to grind herrings and milk pottage, and first all the dishes and tubs were filled, and then it came out all over the kitchen-floor. The man twisted and turned it, and did all he could to make the mill stop, but, howsoever he turned it and screwed it

, the mill went on grinding, and in a short time the pottage rose so high that the man was like to be drowned. So he threw open the parlour door, but it was not long before the mill had ground the parlour full too, and it was with difficulty and danger that the man could go through the stream of pottage and get hold of the door-latch. When he got the door open, he did not stay long in the room, but ran out, and the herrings and pottage came after him, and it streamed out over both farm and field. Now the old woman, who was out spreading the hay, began to think dinner was long in coming, and said to the women and the mowers: “Though the master does not call us home, we may as well go. It may be that he finds he is not good at making pottage and I should do well to help him.” So they began to straggle homeward, but when they had got a little way up the hill they met the herrings and pottage and bread, all pouring forth and winding about one over the other, and the man himself in front of the flood. “Would to heaven that each of you had a hundred stomachs! Take care that you are not drowned in the pottage!” he cried as he went by them as if Mischief were at his heels, down to where his brother dwelt. Then he begged him, for God's sake, to take the mill back again, and that in an instant, for, said he: “If it grind one hour more the whole district will be destroyed by herrings and pottage.” But the brother would not take it until the other paid him three hundred dollars, and that he was obliged to do. Now the poor brother had both the money and the mill again. So it was not long before he had a farmhouse much finer than that in which his brother lived, but the mill ground him so much money that he covered it with plates of gold; and the farmhouse lay close by the sea-shore, so it shone and glittered far out to sea. Everyone who sailed by there now had to be put in to visit the rich man in the gold farmhouse, and everyone wanted to see the wonderful mill, for the report of it spread far and wide, and there was no one who had not heard tell of it.

After a long, long time came also a skipper who wished to see the mill. He asked if it could make salt. “Yes, it could make salt,” said he who owned it, and when the skipper heard that, he wished with all his might and main to have the mill, let it cost what it might, for, he thought, if he had it, he would get off having to sail far away over the perilous sea for freights of salt. At first the man would not hear of parting with it, but the skipper begged and prayed, and at last the man sold it to him, and got many, many thousand dollars for it. When the skipper had got the mill on his back he did not stay there long, for he was so afraid that the man would change his mind, and he had no time to ask how he was to stop it grinding, but got on board his ship as fast as he could.

When he had gone a little way out to sea he took the mill on deck. “

;Grind salt, and grind both quickly and well,” said the skipper. So the mill began to grind salt, till it spouted out like water, and when the skipper had got the ship filled he wanted to stop the mill, but whatsoever way he turned it, and how much soever he tried, it went on grinding, and the heap of salt grew higher and higher, until at last the ship sank. There lies the mill at the bottom of the sea, and still, day by day, it grinds on; and that is why the sea is salt.

童话英语故事2:The Wonderful Sheep

Once upon a time...

In the days when the fairies lived, there was a king who had three daughters, who were all young, and clever, and beautiful; but the youngest of the three, who was called Miranda, was the prettiest and the most beloved.

The King, her father, gave her more dresses and jewels in a month than he gave the others in a year; but she was so generous that she shared everything with her sisters, and they were all as happy and as fond of one another as they could be.

Now, the King had some quarrelsome neighbours, who, tired of leaving him in peace, began to make war upon him so fiercely that he feared he would be altogether beaten if he did not make an effort to defend himself. So he collected a great army and set off to fight them, leaving the Princesses with their governess in a castle where news of the war was brought every day--sometimes that the King had taken a town, or won a battle, and, at last, that he had altogether overcome his enemies and chased them out of his kingdom, and was coming back to the castle as quickly as possible, to see his dear little Miranda whom he loved so much.

The three Princesses put on dresses of satin, which they had had made on purpose for this great occasion, one green, one blue, and the third white; their jewels were the same colours. The eldest wore emeralds, the second turquoises, and the youngest diamonds, and thus adorned they went to meet the King, singing verses which they had composed about his victories.

When he saw them all so beautiful and so gay he embraced them tenderly, but gave Miranda more kisses than either of the others.

Presently a splendid banquet was served, and the King and his daughters sat down to it, and as he always thought that there was some special meaning in everything, he said to the eldest:

“Tell me why you have chosen a green dress.”

“Sire,” she answered, “having heard of your victories I thought that green would signify my joy and the hope of your speedy return.”

“That is a very good answer,” said the King; “and you, my daughter,” he continued, “why did you take a blue dress?”

“Sire,” said the Princess, “to show that we constantly hoped for your success, and that the sight of you is as welcome to me as the sky with its most beautiful stars.”

“Why,” said the King, “your wise answers astonish me, and you, Miranda. What made you dress yourself all in white?

”Because, sire,“ she answered, ”white suits me better than anything else.“

”What!“ said the King angrily, ”was that all you thought of, vain child?“

”I thought you would be pleased with me,“ said the Princess; ”that was all.“

The King, who loved her, was satisfied with this, and even

pretended to be pleased that she had not told him all her reasons at first.

”And now,“ said he, ”as I have supped well, and it is not time yet to go to bed, tell me what you dreamed last night.“

The eldest said she had dreamed that he brought her a dress, and the precious stones and gold embroidery on it were brighter than the sun.

The dream of the second was that the King had brought her a spinning wheel and a distaff, that she might spin him some shirts.

But the youngest said: ”I dreamed that my second sister was to be married, and on her wedding-day, you, father, held a golden ewer and said: `Come, Miranda, and I will hold the water that you may dip your hands in it.'“

The King was very angry indeed when he heard this dream, and frowned horribly; indeed, he made such an ugly face that everyone knew how angry he was, and he got up and went off to bed in a great hurry; but he could not forget his daughter's dream.

”Does the proud girl wish to make me her slave?“ he said to himself. ”I am not surprised at her choosing to dress herself in white satin without a thought of me. She does not think me worthy of her consideration! But I will soon put an end to her pretensions!“

He rose in a fury, and although it was not yet daylight, he sent for the Captain of his Bodyguard, and said to him:

”You have heard the Princess Miranda's dream? I consider that it means strange things against me, therefore I order you to take her away into the forest and kill her, and, that I may be sure it is done, you must bring me her heart and her tongue. If you attempt to deceive me you shall be put to death!“

The Captain of the Guard was very much astonished when he heard this barbarous order, but he did not dare to contradict the King for fear of making him still more angry, or causing him to send someone else, so he answered that he would fetch the Princess and do as the King had said. When he went to her room they would hardly let him in, it was so early, but he said that the King had sent for Miranda, and she got up quickly and came out; a little black girl called Patypata held up her train, and her pet monkey and her little dog ran after her. The monkey was called Grabugeon, and the little dog Tintin.

The Captain of the Guard begged Miranda to come down into the garden where the King was enjoying the fresh air, and when they got there, he pretended to search for him, but as he was not to be found, he said:

”No doubt his Majesty has strolled into the forest,“ and he opened the little door that led to it and they went through.

By this time the daylight had begun to appear, and the Princess, looking at her conductor, saw that he had tears in his eyes and seemed too sad to speak.

”What is the matter?“ she said in the kindest way. ”You seem very sor

rowful.“

”Alas! Princess,“ he answered, ”who would not be sorrowful who was ordered to do such a terrible thing as I am? The King has commanded me to kill you here, and carry your heart and your tongue to him, and if I disobey I shall lose my life.“

The poor Princess was terrified, she grew very pale and began to cry softly.

Looking up at the Captain of the Guard with her beautiful eyes, she said gently:

Will you really have the heart to kill me? I have never done you any harm, and have always spoken well of you to the King. If I had deserved my father's anger I would suffer without a murmur, but, alas! he is unjust to complain of me, when I have always treated him with love and respect.”

“Fear nothing, Princess,” said the Captain of the Guard. “I would far rather die myself than hurt you; but even if I am killed you will not be safe: we must find some way of making the King believe that you are dead.”

“What can we do?” said Miranda; “unless you take him my heart and my tongue he will never believe you.”

The Princess and the Captain of the Guard were talking so earnestly that they did not think of Patypata, but she had overheard all they said, and now came and threw herself at Miranda's feet

“Madam,” she said, “I offer you my life; let me be killed, I shall be only too happy to die for such a kind mistress.”

“Why, Patypata,” cried the Princess, kissing her, “that would never do; your life is as precious to me as my own, especially after such a proof of your affection as you have just given me.”

“You are right, Princess,” said Grabugeon, coming forward, “to love such a faithful slave as Patypata; she is of more use to you than I am, I offer you my tongue and my heart most willingly, especially as I wish to make a great name for myself in Goblin Land.”

“No, no, my little Grabugeon,” replied Miranda, “I cannot bear the thought of taking your life.”

“Such a good little dog as I am,” cried Tintin, could not think of letting either of you die for his mistress. If anyone is to die for her it must be me.“

And then began a great dispute between Patypata, Grabugeon, and Tintin, and they came to high words, until at last Grabugeon, who was quicker than the others, ran up to the very top of the nearest tree, and let herself fall, head first, to the ground, and there she lay--quite dead!

The Princess was very sorry, but as Grabugeon was really dead, she allowed the Captain of the Guard to take her tongue; but, alas! it was such a little one--not bigger than the Princess's thumb that they decided sorrowfully that it was of no use at all: the King would not have been taken in by it for a moment!

”Alas! my little monkey,“ cried

the Princess, ”I have lost you, and yet I am no better off than I was before.“

”The honor of saving your life is to be mine,“ interrupted Patypata, and, before they could prevent her, she had picked up a knife and cut her head off in an instant.

But when the Captain of the Guard would have taken her tongue it turned out to be quite black, so that would not have deceived the King either.

”Am I not unlucky?“ cried the poor Princess; ”I lose everything I love, and am none the better for it.“

”If you had accepted my offer,“ said Tintin, ”you would only have had me to regret, and I should have had all your gratitude.“

Miranda kissed her little dog, crying so bitterly, that at last she could bear it no longer, and turned away into the forest. When she looked back the Captain of the Guard was gone, and she was alone, except for Patypata, Grabugeon, and Tintin, who lay upon the ground. She could not leave the place until she had buried them in a pretty little mossy grave at the foot of a tree, and she wrote their names upon the bark of the tree, and how they had all died to save her life. And then she began to think where she could go for safety--for this forest was so close to her father's castle that she might be seen and recognized by the first passer-by, and, besides that, it was full of lions and wolves, who would have snapped up a princess just as soon as a stray chicken. So she began to walk as fast as she could, but the forest was so large and the sun was so hot that she nearly died of heat and terror and fatigue; look which way she would there seemed to be no end to the forest, and she was so frightened that she fancied every minute that she heard the King running after her to kill her. You may imagine how miserable she was, and how she cried as she went on, not knowing which path to follow, and with the thorny bushes scratching her dreadfully and tearing her pretty frock to pieces.

At last she heard the bleating of a sheep, and said to herself:

”No doubt there are shepherds here with their flocks; they will show me the way to some village where I can live disguised as a peasant girl. Alas! it is not always kings and princes who are the happiest people in the world. Who could have believed that I should ever be obliged to run away and hide because the King, for no reason at all, wishes to kill me?“

So saying she advanced toward the place where she heard the bleating, but what was her surprise when, in a lovely little glade quite surrounded by trees, she saw a large sheep; its wool was as white as snow, and its horns shone like gold; it had a garland of flowers round its neck, and strings of great pearls about its legs, and a collar of diamonds; it lay upon a bank of orange-flowers, under a canopy of cloth of gold which protected it from the heat of the sun. Nearly a hundred other sheep were

scattered about, not eating the grass, but some drinking coffee, lemonade, or sherbet, others eating ices, strawberries and cream, or sweetmeats, while others, again, were playing games. Many of them wore golden collars with jewels, flowers, and ribbons.

Miranda stopped short in amazement at this unexpected sight, and was looking in all directions for the shepherd of this surprising flock, when the beautiful sheep came bounding toward her.

”Approach, lovely Princess,“ he cried; ”have no fear of such gentle and peaceable animals as we are.“

”What a marvel!“ cried the Princess, starting back a little. ”Here is a sheep that can talk.“

”Your monkey and your dog could talk, madam,“ said he; ”are you more astonished at us than at them?“

”A fairy gave them the power to speak,“ replied Miranda. ”So I was used to them.“

”Perhaps the same thing has happened to us,“ he said, smiling sheepishly. ”But, Princess, what can have led you here?“

”A thousand misfortunes, Sir Sheep,“ she answered.

”I am the unhappiest princess in the world, and I am seeking a shelter against my father's anger.“

”Come with me, madam,“ said the Sheep; ”I offer you a hiding-place which you only will know of, and where you will be mistress of everything you see.“

”I really cannot follow you,“ said Miranda, ”for I am too tired to walk another step.“

The Sheep with the golden horns ordered that his chariot should be fetched, and a moment after appeared six goats, harnessed to a pumpkin, which was so big that two people could quite well sit in it, and was all lined with cushions of velvet and down. The Princess stepped into it, much amused at such a new kind of carriage, the King of the Sheep took his place beside her, and the goats ran away with them at full speed, and only stopped when they reached a cavern, the entrance to which was blocked by a great stone. This the King touched with his foot, and immediately it fell down, and he invited the Princess to enter without fear. Now, if she had not been so alarmed by everything that had happened, nothing could have induced her to go into this frightful cave, but she was so afraid of what might be behind her that she would have thrown herself even down a well at this moment. So, without hesitation, she followed the Sheep, who went before her, down, down, down, until she thought they must come out at the other side of the world indeed, she was not sure that he wasn't leading her into Fairyland. At last she saw before her a great plain, quite covered with all sorts of flowers, the scent of which seemed to her nicer than anything she had ever smelled before; a broad river of orange-flower water flowed round it and fountains of wine of every kind ran in all directions a

nd made the prettiest little cascades and brooks. The plain was covered with the strangest trees, there were whole avenues where partridges, ready roasted, hung from every branch, or, if you preferred pheasants, quails, turkeys, or rabbits, you had only to turn to the right hand or to the left and you were sure to find them. In places the air was darkened by showers of lobster-patties, white puddings, sausages, tarts, and all sorts of sweetmeats, or with pieces of gold and silver, diamonds and pearls. This unusual kind of rain, and the pleasantness of the whole place, would, no doubt, have attracted numbers of people to it, if the King of the Sheep had been of a more sociable disposition, but from all accounts it is evident that he was as grave as a judge.

As it was quite the nicest time of the year when Miranda arrived in this delightful land the only palace she saw was a long row of orange trees, jasmines, honeysuckles, and musk-roses, and their interlacing branches made the prettiest rooms possible, which were hung with gold and silver gauze, and had great mirrors and candlesticks, and most beautiful pictures. The Wonderful Sheep begged that the Princess would consider herself queen over all that she saw, and assured her that, though for some years he had been very sad and in great trouble, she had it in her power to make him forget all his grief.

”You are so kind and generous, noble Sheep,“ said the Princess, ”that I cannot thank you enough, but I must confess that all I see here seems to me so extraordinary that I don't know what to think of it.“

As she spoke a band of lovely fairies came up and offered her amber baskets full of fruit, but when she held out her hands to them they glided away, and she could feel nothing when she tried to touch them.

”Oh!“ she cried, ”what can they be? Whom am I with?“ and she began to cry.

At this instant the King of the Sheep came back to her, and was so distracted to find her in tears that he could have torn his wool.

”What is the matter, lovely Princess?“ he cried. ”Has anyone failed to treat you with due respect?“

”Oh! no,“ said Miranda; ”only I am not used to living with sprites and with sheep that talk, and everything here frightens me. It was very kind of you to bring me to this place, but I shall be even more grateful to you if you will take me up into the world again.“

”Do not be afraid,“ said the Wonderful Sheep; ”I entreat you to have patience, and listen to the story of my misfortunes. I was once a king, and my kingdom was the most splendid in the world. My subjects loved me, my neighbours envied and feared me. I was respected by everyone, and it was said that no king ever deserved it more.

“I was very fond of hunting, and one day, while chasing a stag, I left my attendants far behind; suddenly I saw t

he animal leap into a pool of water, and I rashly urged my horse to follow it, but before we had gone many steps I felt an extraordinary heat, instead of the coolness of the water; the pond dried up, a great gulf opened before me, out of which flames of fire shot up, and I fell helplessly to the bottom of a precipice.

”I gave myself up for lost, but presently a voice said: `Ungrateful Prince, even this fire is hardly enough to warm your cold heart!'

“`Who complains of my coldness in this dismal place?' I cried.

”`An unhappy being who loves you hopelessly,' replied the voice, and at the same moment the flames began to flicker and cease to burn, and I saw a fairy, whom I had known as long as I could remember, and whose ugliness had always horrified me. She was leaning upon the arm of a most beautiful young girl, who wore chains of gold on her wrists and was evidently her slave.

“`Why, Ragotte,' I said, for that was the fairy's name, `what is the meaning of all this? Is it by your orders that I am here?'

”`And whose fault is it,' she answered, `that you have never understood me until now? Must a powerful fairy like myself condescend to explain her doings to you who are no better than an ant by comparison, though you think yourself a great king?'

“`Call me what you like,' I said impatiently; `but what is it that you want--my crown, or my cities, or my treasures?'

”`Treasures!' said the fairy, disdainfully. `If I chose I could make any one of my scullions richer and more powerful than you. I do not want your treasures, but,' she added softly, `if you will give me your heart if you will marry me I will add twenty kingdoms to the one you have already; you shall have a hundred castles full of gold and five hundred full of silver, and, in short, anything you like to ask me for.'

“`Madam Ragotte,' said I, `when one is at the bottom of a pit where one has fully expected to be roasted alive, it is impossible to think of asking such a charming per- son as you are to marry one! I beg that you will set me at liberty, and then I shall hope to answer you fittingly.'

”`Ah!' said she, `if you really loved me you would not care where you were--a cave, a wood, a fox-hole, a desert, would please you equally well. Do not think that you can deceive me; you fancy you are going to escape, but I assure you that you are going to stay here and the first thing I shall give you to do will be to keep my sheep--they are very good company and speak quite as well as you do.

“As she spoke she advanced, and led me to this plain where we now stand, and showed me her flock, but I paid little attention to it or to her.

”To tell the truth, I was so lost in admiration of her beautiful slave that I forgot everything else, and the cruel Ragotte, perceiving this, turned upon her so furious and terrible a look that she

fell lifeless to the ground.

“At this dreadful sight I drew my sword and rushed at Ragotte, and should certainly have cut off her head had she not by her magic arts chained me to the spot on which I stood; all my efforts to move were useless, and at last, when I threw myself down on the ground in despair, she said to me, with a scornful smile:

”`I intend to make you feel my power. It seems that you are a lion at present, I mean you to be a sheep.'

“So saying, she touched me with her wand, and I became what you see. I did not lose the power of speech, or of feeling the misery of my present state.

”`For five years,' she said, `you shall be a sheep, and lord of this pleasant land, while I, no longer able to see your face, which I loved so much, shall be better able to hate you as you deserve to be hated.'

“She disappeared as she finished speaking, and if I had not been too unhappy to care about anything I should have been glad that she was gone.

”The talking sheep received me as their king, and told me that they, too, were unfortunate princes who had, in different ways, offended the revengeful fairy, and had been added to her flock for a certain number of years; some more, some less. From time to time, indeed, one regains his own proper form and goes back again to his place in the upper world; but the other beings whom you saw are the rivals or the enemies of Ragotte, whom she has imprisoned for a hundred years or so; though even they will go back at last. The young slave of whom I told you about is one of these; I have seen her often, and it has been a great pleasure to me. She never speaks to me, and if I were nearer to her I know I should find her only a shadow, which would be very annoying. However, I noticed that one of my companions in misfortune was also very attentive to this little sprite, and I found out that he had been her lover, whom the cruel Ragotte had taken away from her long before; since then I have cared for, and thought of, nothing but how I might regain my freedom. I have often been in the forest; that is where I have seen you, lovely Princess, sometimes driving your chariot, which you did with all the grace and skill in the world; sometimes riding to the chase on so spirited a horse that it seemed as if no one but yourself could have managed it, and sometimes running races on the plain with the Princesses of your Court--running so lightly that it was you always who won the prize. Oh! Princess, I have loved you so long, and yet how dare I tell you of my love! what hope can there be for an unhappy sheep like myself?“

Miranda was so surprised and confused by all that she had heard that she hardly knew what answer to give to the King of the Sheep, but she managed to make some kind of little speech, which certainly did not forbid him to hope, and said that she should not be afraid of the shadows now she knew that they wo

uld some day come to life again. ”Alas!“ she continued, ”if my poor Patypata, my dear Grabugeon, and pretty little Tintin, who all died for my sake, were equally well off, I should have nothing left to wish for here!“

Prisoner though he was, the King of the Sheep had still some powers and privileges.

”Go,“ said he to his Master of the Horse, ”go and seek the shadows of the little black girl, the monkey, and the dog: they will amuse our Princess.“

And an instant afterward Miranda saw them coming toward her, and their presence gave her the greatest pleasure, though they did not come near enough for her to touch them.

The King of the Sheep was so kind and amusing, and loved Miranda so dearly, that at last she began to love him too. Such a handsome sheep, who was so polite and considerate, could hardly fail to please, especially if one knew that he was really a king, and that his strange imprisonment would soon come to an end. So the Princess's days passed very gaily while she waited for the happy time to come. The King of the Sheep, with the help of all the flock, got up balls, concerts, and hunting parties, and even the shadows joined in all the fun, and came, making believe to be their own real selves.

One evening, when the couriers arrived (for the King sent most carefully for news and they always brought the very best kinds), it was announced that the sister of the Princess Miranda was going to be married to a great Prince, and that nothing could be more splendid than all the preparations for the wedding.

”Ah!“ cried the young Princess, ”how unlucky I am to miss the sight of so many pretty things! Here am I imprisoned under the earth, with no company but sheep and shadows, while my sister is to be adorned like a queen and surrounded by all who love and admire her, and everyone but myself can go to wish her joy!“

”Why do you complain, Princess?“ said the King of the Sheep. ”Did I say that you were not to go to the wedding? Set out as soon as you please; only promise me that you will come back, for I love you too much to be able to live without you.“

Miranda was very grateful to him, and promised faithfully that nothing in the world should keep her from coming back. The King caused an escort suitable to her rank to be got ready for her, and she dressed herself splendidly, not forgetting anything that could make her more beautiful. Her chariot was of mother-of-pearl, drawn by six dun-collared griffins just brought from the other side of the world, and she was attended by a number of guards in splendid uniforms, who were all at least eight feet high and had come from far and near to ride in the Princess's train.

Miranda reached her father's palace just as the wedding ceremony began, and everyone, as soon as she came in, was struck with surprise at her beauty and the splendo

ur of her jewels. She heard exclamations of admiration on all sides; and the King her father looked at her so attentively that she was afraid he must recognize her; but he was so sure that she was dead that the idea never occurred to him.

However, the fear of not getting away made her leave before the marriage was over. She went out hastily, leaving behind her a little coral casket set with emeralds. On it was written in diamond letters: ”Jewels for the Bride,“ and when they opened it, which they did as soon as it was found, there seemed to be no end to the pretty things it contained. The King, who had hoped to join the unknown Princess and find out who she was, was dreadfully disappointed when she disappeared so suddenly, and gave orders that if she ever came again the doors were to be shut that she might not get away so easily. Short as Miranda's absence had been, it had seemed like a hundred years to the King of the Sheep. He was waiting for her by a fountain in the thickest part of the forest, and the ground was strewn with splendid presents which he had prepared for her to show his joy and gratitude at her coming back.

As soon as she was in sight he rushed to meet her, leaping and bounding like a real sheep. He caressed her tenderly, throwing himself at her feet and kissing her hands, and told her how uneasy he had been in her absence, and how impatient for her return, with an eloquence which charmed her.

After some time came the news that the King's second daughter was going to be married. When Miranda heard it she begged the King of the Sheep to allow her to go and see the wedding as before. This request made him feel very sad, as if some misfortune must surely come of it, but his love for the Princess being stronger than anything else he did not like to refuse her.

”You wish to leave me, Princess,“ said he; ”it is my unhappy fate you are not to blame. I consent to your going, but, believe me, I can give you no stronger proof of my love than by so doing.“

The Princess assured him that she would only stay a very short time, as she had done before, and begged him not to be uneasy, as she would be quite as much grieved if anything detained her as he could possibly be.

So, with the same escort, she set out, and reached the palace as the marriage ceremony began. Everybody was delighted to see her; she was so pretty that they thought she must be some fairy princess, and the Princes who were there could not take their eyes off her.

The King was more glad than anyone else that she had come again, and gave orders that the doors should all be shut and bolted that very minute. When the wedding was all but over the Princess got up quickly, hoping to slip away unnoticed among the crowd, but, to her great dismay, she found every door fastened.

She felt more at ease when the King came up to her, and with the greatest respect begged her no

t to run away so soon, but at least to honor him by staying for the splendid feast which was prepared for the Princes and Princesses. He led her into a magnificent hall, where all the Court was assembled, and himself taking up the golden bowl full of water, he offered it to her that she might dip her pretty fingers into it.

At this the Princess could no longer contain herself; throwing herself at the King's feet, she cried out:

”My dream has come true after all--you have offered me water to wash my hands on my sister's wedding day, and it has not vexed you to do it.“

The King recognized her at once--indeed, he had already thought several times how much like his poor little Miranda she was.

”Oh! my dear daughter,“ he cried, kissing her, ”can you ever forget my cruelty? I ordered you to be put to death because I thought your dream portended the loss of my crown. And so it did,“ he added, ”for now your sisters are both married and have kingdoms of their own--and mine shall be for you.“ So saying he put his crown on the Princess's head and cried:

”Long live Queen Miranda!“

All the Court cried: ”Long live Queen Miranda!“ after him, and the young Queen's two sisters came running up, and threw their arms round her neck, and kissed her a thousand times, and then there was such a laughing and crying, talking and kissing, all at once, and Miranda thanked her father, and began to ask after everyone particularly the Captain of the Guard, to whom she owed so much; but, to her great sorrow, she heard that he was dead. Presently they sat down to the banquet, and the King asked Miranda to tell them all that had happened to her since the terrible morning when he had sent the Captain of the Guard to fetch her. This she did with so much spirit that all the guests listened with breathless interest. But while she was thus enjoying herself with the King and her sisters, the King of the Sheep was waiting impatiently for the time of her return, and when it came and went, and no Princess appeared, his anxiety became so great that he could bear it no longer.

”She is not coming back any more,“ he cried. ”My miserable sheep's face displeases her, and without Miranda what is left to me, wretched creature that I am! Oh! cruel Ragotte; my punishment is complete.“

For a long time he bewailed his sad fate like this, and then, seeing that it was growing dark, and that still there was no sign of the Princess, he set out as fast as he could in the direction of the town. When he reached the palace he asked for Miranda, but by this time everyone had heard the story of her adventures, and did not want her to go back again to the King of the Sheep, so they refused sternly to let him see her. In vain he begged and prayed them to let him in; though his entreaties might have melted hearts of stone they did not move the guar

ds of the palace, and at last, quite broken-hearted, he fell dead at their feet.

In the meantime the King, who had not the least idea of the sad thing that was happening outside the gate of his palace, proposed to Miranda that she should be driven in her chariot all round the town, which was to be illuminated with thousands and thousands of torches, placed in windows and balconies, and in all the grand squares. But what a sight met her eyes at the very entrance of the palace! There lay her dear, kind sheep, silent and motionless, upon the pavement!

She threw herself out of the chariot and ran to him, crying bitterly, for she realized that her broken promise had cost him his life, and for a long, long time she was so unhappy that they thought she would have died too.

So you see that even a princess is not always happy especially if she forgets to keep her word; and the greatest misfortunes often happen to people just as they think they have obtained their heart's desires

经典童话故事范文英语 第45篇

We are a group of happy rabbits, living in the forest.

In our family, the other members are all grey, only me, all white, very beautiful, so everyone is very fond of me, and affectionately call me ^v^little white^v^.

My friends were so envious that I was so beautiful that I liked to play with me. It made me feel very happy and proud. Naturally, this beautiful white hair became my favorite.

One day, mom asked us to practice running. I ran for a while, feeling a sweat, and found that the white fur was covered with dust and dirt and dirt. I wrinkled my brows in pain and said to my mother, ^v^mom, I'm tired, can I have a rest?^v^ Mother lovingly said to me, ^v^son, you go to rest! But remember to come back and practice!^v^ I was relieved, ran home, jumped into the tub, took a shower with my heart...

From then on, every time I practiced running, I slowly and carefully, for fear that I would get dirty with white and beautiful hair.

The days passed by. One day, I was playing outside with my good friend David and xiao jia. Suddenly a big gray Wolf came, and we scattered and ran for our lives. Becks and xiao jiayi had run out of sight, but I could not run fast, so in a hurry, I had to hide in the grass. But the Wolf found me at once, and he flung himself on the ground with his paw. In fear, I asked the Wolf in disbelief, ^v^why am I hiding here, and will you find out?^v^ The Wolf laughed and said, ^v^ha ha, it is your white fur that has exposed you!^v^ So...

Beauty brought me glory, but it also cost me my life. I can't bear to regret that a big mouth of blood is closing in on me.

经典童话故事范文英语 第46篇

动物童话作文英语

A goat is the grass grass to eat with appetite. Suddenly, a lion rushed over, with sharp teeth,hungry eyes scared Stigmata goat, goat. But the goat is very smart, very flexible, it will soon calmdown. It wants to turn on the lion said: “I have eaten ten elephants, thirty tigers, the taste is not to my liking. Do not know how the water. ” Lion heard run, running all the way.

Along the way she met a wolf, the wolf asked: “lion brother, in such a hurry to go to you?” The lion says: “escape ah!” The wolf was very surprised and asked: “Hey, you usually are chasing others,what was changed when other people chasing you?” The lion said: “there is a super creepy goat, it ate ten elephants and thirty tigers, now have to eat me. You are the best, quickly escape it,otherwise it will come to eat you.” After listening to the wolf, smiled, said: “the eldest brother, you took it when! It is ah, didn't you say so dramatically. The goat is not carnivorous animal, otherwise, itdid eat those very unpalatable grass? Usually the wolf to eat it. It even we have to beat, you can winthe lion? Well, you think that is impossible! ” Lion half-believe in, asked: “really?” Wolf replied: “is true, I won't lie to you. Do not believe, we'll see a goat. ”

The wolf walked in front of the lion, tightly behind the wolf, afraid of wolves cheat it. The goat goatsaw there, two of them, unhurried said: “wolf, I told you to bring thirty lions, you stupid, light one, not enough for my teeth.” Oh, I was a lion, you are the only the cunning wolf to cheat. It immediately jumped on the wolves to eat.

A few days later, the lion came to the trouble of goat. It can be thought of a goat said, did not dare to annoy the goat, hiding in the side secretly observe the goat. Unexpectedly, clever goat ready, itearly in their own surroundings quietly dug a pit, there are many. Goat eyes turn, had an idea, itautomatic speaking said: “this day my body hurt, my hands are tiger bite, the lion can never come.”A lion was delighted, suddenly jumped out from behind the rock, “ha ha, you may be dead!” Lion attacked make threatening gestures to goats. Only to hear “the head” of a sound, just fell into thetrap of goats. The mighty lion was stabbed to death.

Since then, goats are having a pleasant time together.

经典童话故事范文英语 第47篇

A bird was confined in a cage outside a window. She often sang at night when all other birds were asleep.

One night a bat came. He asked the bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night.

The bird answered， “Last year when I was singing in the daytime， a bird catcher heard my voice and caught me in his then I have never sung by day.”

The bat replied， ^v^But it is useless to do this now that you have bee a prisoner.^v^ Then he flew away.

经典童话故事范文英语 第48篇

One day, a colt(小马，生手) carried a bag of wheat to the mill.

As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river. Water went gurgling(作汩汩声) on. The colt could not decide whether he could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing1 nearby. He asked, ”Uncle 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 to his knees.

The colt was crossing the river when a squirrel2 jumped down a tree and stopped him. The squirrel shouted, ”Colt, stop! You'll be drowned! One of my friends was drowned yesterday just in the river.“ Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mom.

He told his mom 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.“

Just at the river, the squirrel stopped the colt again. ”Little horse, it's too dangerous!“ ”No, I want to have a try by myself“, answered the colt. Then he crossed the river carefully. On the other side of the river, the colt realized that the river was neither as shallow as the cow said nor as as deep as the squirrel told him.

经典童话故事范文英语 第49篇

Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers; nor did he care to go either to the theatre or the chase, except for the opportunities then afforded him for displaying his new clothes.

He had a different suit for each hour of the day; and as of any other king or emperor, one is accustomed to say, ^v^he is sitting in council,^v^it was always said of him, ^v^The Emperor is sitting in his wardrobe.^v^

Time passed merrily in the large town which was his capital; strangers arrived every day at the court. One day, two rogues, calling themselves weavers, made their appearance. They gave out that they knew how to weave stuffs of the most beautiful colors and elaborate patterns, the clothes manufactured from which should have the wonderful property of remaining invisible to everyone who was unfit for the office he held, or who was extraordinarily simple in character.

经典童话故事范文英语 第50篇

Once upon a time a wolf was lapping at a stream. When he looked up, he saw a lamb drinking a little lower down.

^v^There’s my supper,^v^ he thought. ^v^I will find some excuse to catch it.^v^ Then he called out to the lamb, ^v^How dare you muddle the water?^v^ ^v^No, master,^v^ said the lamb. ^v^I cannot muddle your water because it runs down from you to me.^v^

^v^Well, then,^v^ said the wolf. ^v^Why did you call me bad names this time last year?^v^ ^v^It was impossible,^v^ said the lamb. ^v^I am only six months old.^v^

^v^I don’t care,^v^ shouted the wolf. ^v^If it was not you, it must be your father.^v^ After that he rushed at the poor little lamb and ate it up.

经典童话故事范文英语 第51篇

Once upon a time, there was a bird-catcher who liked to cast1 a net to catch birds.

One day, seeing that birds would fly past, he immediately cast his net and waited patiently.

After a while, a bird came as expected, and was caught by him at once.

The bird-catcher drew in the net and found that the bird had been caught in one mesh2. He thought that, such being the case, one mesh would be enough. Therefore, he especially made a net with only one mesh, cast it in the same place and waited in high spirits.

However, he never caught another bird thereafter3.

一会儿，鸟儿果然飞来了，一下子就被他捕获了。

然而，从此以后，他再也没有捕到过一只鸟。

经典童话故事范文英语 第52篇

英语童话： The Flood 洪水

The Flood

Towards the end of the Age of Bronze the human world became very cruel.

Men grew hungry,impolite and rightn or law was respected any longer,and the rule of hospitality was up in human form,Zeus visited Arcadia andThessaly,and disliked the deadly wrongs of men .He decidedto clear the earth of them hesitation he released therainy south wind and called upon the heartless Poseidon to the whole world sank in a vast ocean, and the entire humanrace disappeared in the unheard of flood,all but two poor Thessalians .

These were an old childless couple,kind and faithful and contented with man was called Deucalion and his wife of Prometheus,Deucalion had been warned beforehand by his father of the coming flood and made himself a the roaring flood came the couple hid themselves init and floated for nine days until it touched land again on Mt Parnassus.

The once active world presented a frightening was all death and lonely and unsafe,the old coupleprayed to the gods for sage instructed them to cast the bones of their mother about .The son of the wise Titan, havingguessed the true meaning of the mysterious command, started throwing stones behind him. A miracle occurred. The stonesthat the man cast became men;the stones that the woman threwturned into then,people appeared on the land Heroic Age had begun.

到了青铜期末代,人类世界变得非常残忍,人类也变得贪婪、粗鲁且不虔诚.公理与法律不再受到尊重.殷勤好客的风俗被遗忘.宙斯装扮成凡人的样子查看了阿卡迪亚和色萨利两地.他不喜欢凡人极度的罪恶,决心将他们从地球上铲除.他毫不犹豫地释放了夹雨的南风,并召来冷酷无情的波塞冬协助他.很快整个人类世界被淹没在一片汪洋之中.除了两名恭顺的色萨利人幸免于难外,人类被史无前例的洪水吞噬.

这对老夫妻没有孩子.他们善良、虔诚、对生活心满意足.丈夫是普罗米修斯的儿子,名叫丢卡利翁,妻子名为皮拉.丢卡利翁的父亲事先就警告他会爆发洪水,因此,他制了个巨大的箱子.当咆哮的洪水涌来时,夫妻俩就躲藏在箱中,这样漂泊了九天,最终漂到了帕那萨斯山.

曾经生机勃勃的大地呈现出恐怖的景象.死亡与毁灭四处可见.老夫妻深感孤独和危险.他们就向上帝祈祷,乞求帮助.一位圣人指示他们把母亲的遗骨掷向四周.这位聪明的泰坦的后代,马上悟出了这个神秘指示所隐含的意义.他们开始将石头抛向身后.奇迹出现了.男人抛出的石头变成了男人,女人抛的则变成了女人.从此人类再次在陆地上出现,英雄时代来临.

英语童话： Palladium ^v^的神像

Palladium

When Ilus had first built his new seat,the city of Troy, he prayed Zeus to show some sign of blessing for it. His prayer was heard,and a wooden image of Pallas- A-thena fell from heaven to within the walls of the city. Known as the Palladium, the statue afforded the city safety and protection. At religious meetings of the goddess it was carried through the city streets amid joys and songs of praise.

After the flames of war had spread for ten years before the walls of Troy, a prophet foretold that Troy could never be expected to fall as long as the Palladium was treasured by its people .In order to steal it out,Odysseus and Diomedes slipped into the capital one night in disguise ,known to none but bad woman took out them to He cuba, the queen of Troy, at whose feet Odysseus immediately bowed down and asked queen granted their request,and with the help of Helen,they successfully brought the image back to the Greek camp at dawn.

Later it was said that Aeneas got hold of it and carried itwith him to his new land,where it was Preserved together with the goddess’ fire.

^v^的神像

当伊拉斯最初建造特洛伊城时,他祈求宙斯赐福于这座城市.宙斯听到祈求后,一尊木制的智慧^v^像从天堂落到了城墙里.人们将它称作^v^神像.这尊木像担任着保卫和看守城市的任务.在祭神的宗教仪式中,它在欢快的气氛和赞美的'歌声中被抬着走过城市的所有街道.

在特洛伊建成之前,战火已弥漫了十年.一位预言家说:只要^v^的神像受人民的爱戴,特洛伊城就永远不会衰灭.为了将神像偷出城,一天夜里奥德修斯和狄俄墨德斯乔装改扮潜入首都,这一切只有海伦知道.这个可恶的女人把他们介绍给特洛伊皇后赫克犹巴.奥德修斯立刻跪倒在她的面前乞求怜悯.皇后答应了他们的要求,在海伦的帮助下,他们在拂晓的时候成功地带着雕像回到希腊营地.

据说后来埃弥斯得到了雕像并带着它到了自己的新领地.木像和神火一起被保存在这块土地上.

经典童话故事范文英语 第53篇

Three lazy men a king had three sons, and he loved them as well. He did not know which of them he would appoint king after his death. When he was dying, he called them to bed and said to you, dear children, I have one thing in mind.

I want to tell you that the laziest one of you will become king after me, and the oldest one says father, then the kingdom belongs to me, because I am too lazy. Whenever I lie down to sleep, a tear falls into my eyes, I will not even close it The second said, ^v^father, the kingdom belongs to me, because I am too lazy. When I sit by the fire to warm myself, I would rather let my heel burn.

The third person pulled my leg back and said,^v^ father, the kingdom belongs to me, because I am too lazy. If I want to be hanged, I have already tied the rope around my neck. Someone put a sharp knife on my hand to cut the rope I'll let myself be hanged instead of when my father hears him say you took my hand to grab the rope.

It's the farthest and will be king.

中文翻译：

三个懒惰的人一个国王有三个儿子，他同样深爱着他们，他不知道在他死后，他把他们中的哪一个任命为国王。当他临死的时候，他把他们叫到床上，对你们说，亲爱的孩子们，我想到了一件事，我要告诉你们，你们中最懒的一个将在我之后成为国王最年长的一个说父亲，那么王国是属于我的，因为我太懒了，每当我躺下睡觉，一滴眼泪落在我的眼睛里，我甚至都不会闭上眼睛入睡；第二个说父亲，王国属于我，因为我太懒了，当我坐在炉火旁取暖时，我宁愿让我的脚后跟燃烧起来第三个人把我的腿往后拉，说父亲，王国是我的，因为我太懒了，如果我要被吊死，已经把绳子系在我脖子上，有人把一把锋利的刀放在我手上割断绳子，我就让自己被吊死，而不是当父亲听到他说你拿走了我的手去抓绳子它是最远的，将成为国王。

经典童话故事范文英语 第54篇

A peasant had a faithful horse which had grown old and could do no more work, so his master no longer wanted to give him anything to eat and said, ^v^I can certainly make no more use of you, but still I mean well by you, and if you prove yourself still strong enough to bring me a lion here, I will maintain you. But for now get out of my stable.^v^ And with that he chased him into the open field.

The horse was sad, and went to the forest to seek a little protection there from the weather. There the fox met him and said, ^v^Why do you hang your head so, and go about all alone?^v^

^v^Alas,^v^ replied the horse, ^v^greed and loyalty do not dwell together in one house. My master has forgotten what services I have performed for him for so many years, and because I can no longer plow well, he will give me no more food, and has driven me out.^v^

^v^Without giving you a chance?^v^ asked the fox.

^v^The chance was a bad one. He said, if I were still strong enough to bring him a lion, he would keep me, but he well knows that I cannot do that.^v^

The fox said, ^v^I will help you. Just lie down, stretch out as if you were dead, and do not stir.^v^

The horse did what the fox asked, and then the fox went to the lion, who had his den not far off, and said, ^v^A dead horse is lying out there. Just come with me, and you can have a rich meal.^v^

The lion went with him, and when they were both standing by the horse the fox said, ^v^After all, it is not very comfortable for you here —— I tell you what —— I will fasten it to you by the tail, and then you can drag it into your cave and eat it in peace.^v^

This advice pleased the lion. He positioned himself, and in order that the fox might tie the horse fast to him, he kept completely quiet. But the fox tied the lion's legs together with the horse's tail, and twisted and fastened everything so well and so strongly that no amount of strength could pull it loose. When he had finished his work, he tapped the horse on the shoulder and said, ^v^Pull, white horse, pull!^v^

Then up sprang the horse at once, and pulled the lion away with him. The lion began to roar so that all the birds in the forest flew up in terror, but the horse let him roar, and drew him and dragged him across the field to his master's door. When the master saw the lion, he was of a better mind, and said to the horse, ^v^You shall stay with me and fare well.^v^ And he gave him plenty to eat until he died.

经典童话故事范文英语 第55篇

There is a country mouse and a city mouse made good friends. One day the city mouse went to the country mouse and said, ^v^Goodafternoon, nicetomeetyou.^v^ ^v^What? What did you say? 'asked the country mouse in surprise. ^v^Ha-ha, I just learned an English spoken word, meaning: good afternoon, good to see you.^v^ ^v^Said the city mouse triumphantly. The country mouse said, ^v^I haven't learned English yet. My family has cereal, beans, sweet potato to treat you, also is my hometown's native produce, is the green food, please feel free to use.^v^ The two mice ate and talked, and soon ate up all the food on the table. The city mouse went on, ^v^I invite you to go to town to eat a lot of delicious food.^v^

The next day, the country mouse went to the city mouse's house. ^v^Ah! What a big house! What a beautiful piano! Good food: bread, cheese and steak are things I haven't seen before. ^v^Come, make yourself at home, help yourself! Said the city mouse. ^v^You look at yourself, you have a big belly, fat and fat, are you eating these foods? Haha, but I can eat a big meal.^v^ 'said the country mouse. ^v^I'll play the piano for you! Said the city mouse. ^v^It's good to live in the city. You can learn English and play the piano.^v^ 'said the country mouse. ^v^You still don't know the trouble in the city. You can learn English early, play the piano in the afternoon, play ball at night, and fill up all the places on Monday and Sunday. ^v^Replied the city mouse helplessly. Then the country mouse said, ^v^we have no one to teach.^v^ ^v^Our homework teacher arranges, the parents help, some also requests the tutor, the request is strict.^v^ The country mouse replied at once, ^v^I'll go back to the quiet country and eat my oats, beans, and sweet potatoes, and live a leisurely life.^v^

The story tells us that life in the country and in the city has its own good, and no one needs to envy anyone.

经典童话故事范文英语 第56篇

One day, the animal kingdom held a meeting. The theme of the meeting was ^v^let me live again^v^ and asked the animals to speak up and talk about their ideas.

Cat spoke first: if let me live once again, I want to be a rat. I ate my master a fish, is a half to death. The mouse, can dig out in the kitchen, eating and drinking, people think this is understandable.

The cat the words sound just fell and rat immediately stood up, took a white cat said: if let me live once again, I want to be a cat. Receive salaries, get the pay, from birth to death is director of the feed, from time to time and our similar to give you send fish shrimp, very comfortable??

When the rat finished, the pig said, ^v^if I were to live again, I would be a cow. I am tired but I have a good reputation, and we are just a fool, a symbol of the lazy worm. Even curses say ^v^stupid pig ^v^.

The cow listens, the head shakes like a rattle: if let me live again, I want to make a pig, I eat is grass, milking is milk, stem is the strength to live, but who gave me the praise work, the award? To be a pig, to be happy, to eat, to sleep, fat head, to be like a fairy.

When eagles also said: if let me live once again, I want to be a chicken. Water thirsty and hungry rice, living room, also protected by people. We, drifting in the outside, all the year round the wind rain, also alert for sniping at close, living well tired.

Can chicken said, if let me live once again, I want to be an eagle, flying the sky, a trap to catch the chicken. And we are in addition to the eggs SiChen, every day also scared, afraid of being caught was kill,.

They envy others, but despise themselves.

In fact, everyone is unique, must learn to love themselves well, do not need to envy others, the situation is the creation of oneself, happy or not, success or not, is created by oneself.

经典童话故事范文英语 第57篇

The monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other.

猴妈妈生了两个猴子。她喜欢年幼的小猴子而不喜欢年长的大猴子。

One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came，running at them. The monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone. She climbed up a tree and held the younger in her arms.

一天，他们正在森林里玩的时候，一只狼来了并向他们扑去。猴子匆忙带着小猴子跑了，单独留下大猴子。她跑着小猴子爬到树上。

After some time, the wolf went away slowly. The monkey took the baby out of her arms. She was surprised to see that the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly. Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby. The older baby was hiding in a wood. So he saved himself.

过些时候，狼慢慢地离开了。母猴从他的'怀里放下小猴子。她吃惊的发现猴宝宝已经死了，因为小猴子在她的怀里被搂地太紧了。过了很长时间，她才想起去寻找那只大猴子。大猴子藏在一个大洞里，他救了自己。

经典童话故事范文英语 第58篇

A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. But the pumpkin is too big. The panda can’t take it home.

一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。

Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her. She watches the bike. “I know! I have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily, “I can roll a pumpkin. It’s like a wheel.”

突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了！我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。

So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly, “I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and says，“What a clever girl!”

于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊！这么食的南瓜！你是怎么把它带回家来的？”小熊猫自豪地说；“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊！”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊！”

经典童话故事范文英语 第59篇

A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. ‘That’s for me, as I am a Fox,’ said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. ‘Good-day, Mistress Crow,’ he cried. ‘How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds.’ The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. ‘That will do,’ said he. ‘That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future .’Do not trust flatterers.

一次，一个狐狸看到一只乌鸦嘴里衔着一块奶酪飞过并停在了树枝上。“那是给我的，因为我是一只狐狸。”狐狸说道，然后便走到树脚边。“早安，乌鸦女主人,”他哭着说“你今天看上去很好，你的羽毛很有光泽，你的眼睛也闪着光芒，我相信你的歌喉一定比其他鸟儿都好，就像你的羽毛一样;请让我聆听你的歌声，仅仅一首，也许我会把你尊为鸟中之后。”乌鸦听了很高兴，于是就开始展现自己最棒的一面，但是正当她张开嘴，那块奶酪就落到了地上，没想到竟被狐狸抢走了。“行了,”他说道“那是我想要的。那就用这奶酪交换一条对你未来的建议吧。”不要相信奉承者。

经典童话故事范文英语 第60篇

The hares once gathered together and lamented1 the unhappiness of their lot, exposed as they were to dangers on all sides and lacking the strength and the courage to hold their own.

Men, dogs, birds and beasts of prey2 were all their enemies, and killed and devoured3them daily: and sooner than endure such persecution4 any longer, they one and alldetermined5 to end their miserable6 lives. Thus resolved and desperate, they rushed in a body towards a neighbouring pool, intending to drown themselves.

On the bank were sitting a number of frogs, who, when they heard the noise of the hares as they ran, with one accord leaped into the water and hid themselves in the depths.

Then one of the older hares who was wiser than the rest cried out to his companions, ”Stop, my friends, take heart; don't let us destroy ourselves after all: see, here are creatures who are afraid of us, and who must, therefore, be still more timid than ourselves.“

有一次，众多野兔聚集在一起，哀悼自己的不幸命运，方方面面都遭遇危险，而他们却缺乏勇气和力量去掌握自己的命运。

人、狗、鸟类和猛兽等都是他们的敌人，整日屠杀吞噬他们。一想到要忍受这样的迫害，他们都认为还不如一死了之呢。于是他们下定决心，不顾一切来到附近的池塘边，准备投水自尽。

有一群青蛙正围坐在池塘边，听到兔子们那急促的跑步声后，青蛙们立即纷纷跳入水中。

兔子中，有一只年长的兔子比同伴们聪明一些：“朋友们，快停下来，我们应该振作起来，不要再自寻短见了!你们看，这里还有一些害怕我们的动物呢，他们肯定比我们更胆小。”

经典童话故事范文英语 第61篇

The Little Girl Selling Matches

One Christmas night, it is very cold.

In the cold and darkness, a girl is walking bare footed in the snow and wind.

Her feet are pale and are some matches in the pocket of her apron.

“Buy buy matches!” The little girl cries in a faint voice which nobody hears as they hurry by.

She doesn't sell any matches and no one gives her a copper coin.

How poor the little girl is! She is cold and hungry and shivers onward with a pale face. Snowflakes fall onto her blond hair.

There are lights at all the windows. The smell of roast goose is in the street.

She bears the hunger and sits down in the corner of a wall, she curls herself up in the apron.

The wind is getting stronger, the snow becomes a storm, she feels colder.

However she dare not return home because she didn't sell one match, so she doesn't have a penny. If she goes back, her father will beat her. What't more, her house is also cold.

Her little hands are almost frozen stiff.

Oh! A matchstick is useful for her.

The little girl takes out a match and strikes it on the wall. The match gives out a flame. When she puts her hand over it, becomes a warm and bright flame. She seems to be sitting near a stove. The flame is so nice and warm. When she wants to stretch out her feet to warm them, the flame goes out... also the stove disappears and she sitts there with a matchstick.

She strikes another. The part of the wall lit up by the flame become transparent, like a thin veil. She seems to see a table cloth covering the table in a room, where there are exquisite bowls, plates and a fragrantly roasted goose. Look! The goose has a knife and fork in its back. The goose is staggering towards her. Just then, the flame goes out and the thick wall is back in front of her.

The little girl strikes the third match. Following the light, she seems to reach a Christmas tree, which is so big and nice. It is bigger and more beautiful than one she has seen in a rich man's house. The tree with thousands of candles and colorful pictures is blinking at her. She holds out her hands but the match gose out. The candle lights go up and become bright stars. One of them falls down and a red ray of light streaks across the sky.

“Now someone will pass away.” the little girl says. She still remembers what her grandma said when she was alive. She said:“A soul will go to the heaven when a star falls down from the sky!”

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小姑娘又擦亮一根火柴，它把四周都照亮了。光亮中，老祖母出现了。她是那么和蔼，那么慈祥。

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“Grandma!” the little girl says, “Please take me away. In a world, you are the only one who took good care of me. I know, you will disappear if the match goes out, just like the missing warm stove, fragrantly roasted goose and nice Christmas tree.”

She wants to stay with grandma and then she strikes the last matches which give off a blazing light. In the light, the grandma looks so loving and kind. She smiles at her and hugs hes and takes her away. They fly higher and higher to the place where there is no cold or hunger.

In the morning of the New Year, the girl with red cheeks smiles, sitting in the corner of the wall, but she is dead.

...

在圣诞的晚上冻死了。

...

The sun rises and shines on her little body. She is sitting there with some half-burnt matches. The people

stand around her and say: “How she wanted to be warmed!” But no one knows that she has seen such beautiful things. But she is happy in heaven with her grandma in the blessing of the New Year.