A Woodman came into a forest to ask the Trees to give him a handle for Ax. It seemed so modest a request that the principal tree at once agreed to it,...
One morning a countryman went to his goose's nest, and saw a yellow and glittering egg there.He took the egg home. To his delight, he found that i...
Once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest. One day after a heavy meal. It was sleeping under a tree. After a while, there came a mouse and it st...
food handed out in contempt嗟来之食One year during the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋时期,770-476 BC), there was a the Qi State (齐国) was severely strickend by...
有一个皇帝总是习惯问他的臣民一些奇怪难解的问题。有一点他问道：这个城市有多少只乌鸦？”。Emperor Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his courtiers. He often asked quest...
在一棵橡树上住着一只老猫头鹰。他看见了很多事情的发生经过。他多听少说，变得越来越明智。There was an old owl that lived in an oak. Everyday he saw incidents happening around him. Yesterday he saw...
There lived a black sheep in a nearby village. Every spring, he shaved his black wool and sold it to the villagers. The villagers made sweaters and so...
One afternoon, a little boy had lost his puppy. He looked under his bed. He looked all over his house. But still there was no puppy. Finally, he looke...
There was a grocery shop in a town. Plenty of mice lived in that grocery shop. Food was in plenty for them. They ate everything and spoiled all the ba...
One day, Betty Botter wanted to bake a cake. She bought some cheap butter to bake it. But something was wrong with the butter.This butter is bitter,&q...