初中生必读的趣味英语故事大全

1. The Dog In The Manger(牛槽裡的狗)

初中生必读的趣味英语故事大全

Once a dog was taking a nap in the manger of an was full of soon the ox came back from his work to the wanted to eat his own the dog awoke,stood up and barked at the ox said to the dog,“Do you want to eat this hay,too?”

“Of course not,”said the dog.“Then,go away and let me eat my own hay.”

“Oh, go away and let me sleep.”“What a selfish dog!He will neither eat the hay himself,nor let me eat it!”said the ox to himself.

Lion,The Bear And The Fox(獅子、熊與狐狸)

Long ago a lion and a bear saw a sprang upon it at the same lion said to the bear,“I caught this kid first,and so this is mine.”

"No,no,"said the bear.“I found it earlier than you,so this is mine.”And they fought long and last both of them got very tired and could no longer fight.A fox who hid himself behind a tree not far away and was watching the fight between the lion and the bear,came out and walked in between them,and ran off with the kid.

The lion and the bear both saw the fox,but they could not even catch the fox.

The lion said to the bear,“We have fought for sly fox has got the kid away.”

Boys And The Frogs(男孩青蛙

One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a began to throw stones into the the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys,for the stones hurt some of the last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said,“Boys,please don’t throw stones at us.”

The boys said,“We are only playing.”“I know that,but please stop throwing stones,my is play to you is death to us,”said the old frog.

So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.

Two Travelers(兩個旅人

Many years ago two men were traveling together They were walking along a road in the wood.

Then they found a beautiful ax on the of them picked it up and said,“Look here have found an ax.”

“Don't say I,but we have found the ax,”said the other“We are ought to share it between us.”

“No,”said the first one,“I found the ax,so it is mine.”

Soon after they heard someone running after looked found He called out,“Stop,thieves!Stop,thieves!”

The first traveler said,“What shall we do?He is running after shall be caught by him.”“Don't say we,but I shall be found the ax,and you say it is yours,”said the other,and left him alone.

The first traveler tried to hide the ax,but he did not know where to hide at last he was caught by the owner of the ax.

Ant And The Dove(螞蟻與鴿子)

One day a little ant was walking along the bank of a foot slipped and he fell into the water.“Oh,help,help!”cried the ant.A dove was sitting on a branch of a tree over the stream and heard his cry of help.“Oh,poor ant!”said the dove.“I will help the ant.”

The dove pulled off a leaf and dropped it near the ant.“Here is a b on it,”said the ant climbed on it at once and floated to the bank.

A few days after this a hunter found the dove and was going to shoot then the ant passed by and said to himself,“This time I must help the dove.”The ant ran to the hunter and bit his foot hunter sprang up and missed to shoot the dove said to the ant,“Thank you very much,my little have saved my life,”and she could fly away Cock And The Jewel(公雞與寶石)

One fine morning,a cock said to the hens and chickens,“Come,let us go out to find some have not had our breakfast yet.”

Then the cock began to dig the soft enly he cried,“Look,look!I have found something strange.I wonder what it is like a it is not a may be an egg of some bird.”

The hens heard his cry and came around of them said,“Dear me!This is not an egg,but a one has lost it.”A chicken asked,“Can we eat it?”“No,”said the hen,“It is very precious to human beings,but it is of no use to us;we cannot eat w it away and try to find some worms.I want to have one worm than all the jewels in the world.”

Wolf and the Dove(狼與山羊)

One day a wolf saw a goat on a high was jumping to and fro and was grazing.

The wolf wanted to eat him,but he could not climb up there to catch he said to the goat,“Good morning,my good friend Goat!Come down here!

If you slip down the cliff,you will break your the grass is short and dry up down!The grass is long and tender here.”

“Thank you,,but never mind.I am used to playing here,and I like the grass here better.I would rather eat day grass than be eaten by a wolf,”said the goat.

Hare and the Tortoise(野兔與烏龜)

One day a hare met with a tortoise at the foot of a hill.

“Hallo,little Tortoise!Where are you going?How short your legs are!”said the hare.

“I am going over to the hill.I am a slow runner,but I can run a race with you,”said the tortoise.“All 's run a race with you to the top of the hill,”said the hare.

The hare and the tortoise hare ran very hare said to himself,“I can much faster than the tortoise,and I may have a little nap here.”

So the hare lay down under a tree and was fast the tortoise did not stop for a walked on and last he got to the top of the hill.

The hare woke up and looked around,but he could not see the sprang up and ran as fast as he the hare got to the top of the hill,he found the tortoise was resting there peacefully.

The tortoise said to the hare,“Now,!Which was the faster runner,you or I?”

Lion and the Mouse(獅子與老鼠)

Once a great lion was sleeping in a wood.A little mouse happened to come and ran over his lion awoke and caught the little mouse in anger,and was going to kill her.“Oh,dear kind Lion!”Said the little mouse."Please forgive me.I didn't mean to do you any me go.I shall return your kindness.""Ha,ha,ha,"laughed the lion."How can a little thing like you help a great lion?""Thank you very much,kind Lion!I hope I shall be able to do you a good return some day,"said the little mouse.

Some time after this,the lion was caught in a then the little mouse came once she ran up to the lion,and said,"You were very kind to me I'll save your life,and repay you the kindness which you showed me the other day."Soon she gnawed the ropes of the trap with her sharp teeth,and the lion was happy to be free again.

"Thank you,little Mouse!"said the lion,and he walked away.

Trees and the Ax(樹與斧頭

Once upon a time a man came into a said to the trees,“Will you give me a piece of hard wood?”

The tree said,“Yes,we'll give you a good price of hard wood.”

He was very glad to get a good piece of hurried home with once he made a new handle of his ax.

Then he went to the forest again and began to cut down all the best trees in the forest.

The trees were very said to one another,“We suffer for our own foolishness.”