基督教（包括《新约》）和犹太教的正典经书。除个别段落外，都是西元前1200～西元前100年期间用希伯来文写成。分为三大部分∶1.律法书或摩西五经，内容有叙事、规条和训诲；2.先知书，记载希伯来重要历史人物事迹及规劝以色列人复归上帝的诸先知事迹；3.圣录，包括诗歌、神学著作及戏剧。希伯来正典总计为二十...
The little match-seller IT was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the old year, and the snow was falling fast. In the cold and the d...
The little match-seller Lights were shining from every window, and there was a savory smell of roast goose, for it was New-year's eve- yes, she re...
Daphne Daphne was a lovely blooming fairy maiden．As she was playing merrily in the woods one day she saw Apollo the sun-god staring at her with more t...
Narcissus Narcissus had a twin sister whom he loved better than anyone else in the world．This sister died when she was young and very beautiful．Narcis...
Endymion End ymion was a handsome young shepherd who kept his flocks of sheep on Mt Latmos，Asia Minor ．Living in aquiet，lovely valley，he lived a perfe...
Lotus Eaters On the tenth day after leaving Troy，Odysseus and his men came to an island，where the people only took lotus fruit and flowers as their fo...
The Golden Fleece King Athamus of northern Greece had two children， Phrixus and Helle．After he left his first wife and mar ried Ino，a wicked woman，the...
Pygmalion Pygmalion，King of Cyprus，was a famous sculptor．He made an ivory image of a woman so lovely that he fell in love with it．Every day he tried t...
A lion once fell in love with a beautiful girl, so he went to her parents and asked them to marry her to him. The old parents did not know what to say...