篇一：101个儿童英语故事024 The Shower and the Buckwheat
101个儿童英语故事024
The Shower and the Buckwheat
A long time ago, there was a big field in a village. The Barely and wheat were planted in that field. The buckwheat was also in the field.
The grains grew very well in summer with mild sunshine. "I am so beautiful. There is no comparison between me and barely or wheat. My flowers are as beautiful and white as those of apple trees!" The buckwheat boasted about herself. She paid no attention to any of the barely, wheat, trees or flowers of the riverside.
Right at that moment, "Grrrrrr, Boom boom! Flash flash!" It thundered with a rumbling sound, the lightning flashed. "Pitter patter, pitter patter!" And it showered heavily. Heavy raindrops came down with frightening speed.
"Oh, it's a shower!" "Lower your head, quickly!" Barely and wheat who were taking in the sun were astonished and shouted. Everyone lowered their heads, shut their buds and waited for the shower to pass by, but the buckwheat did not.
"Hum, what a fuss! It's only a shower." Rather, she raised her head arrogantly. "Buckwheat, lower your head quickly." Barely was surprised to see Buckwheat was raising her head and said.
"Why do I have to lower my head?" "Look at that heavy rain. You will get wounds from that beating rain all over your body. Besides, if your eyes are struck by the lightning, you'll be blind forever. God is inside of the lightning. We cannot look at him directly." Barely said impatiently.
"Is he really in the lightning? Well, I will look at him directly!" Buckwheat leaned backwards much more arrogantly than before. 'Flash!' At that moment, a very big lightning flashed. It looked like the whole world was on fire. "Oh my God!" All the grains shouted simultaneously and closed their eyes.
After a while, the shower stopped, and the sun shone gloriously. A beautiful rainbow appeared from the opposite side of the mountain. The grains slowly and carefully raised their heads after crouching themselves. They raised their moistly wet bodies and looked at the beautiful rainbow.
"Wow, what a beautiful rainbow!" "Yes, you're right. It is such a beautiful rainbow!" Rainbows after showers were always beautiful. Everyone felt cool and fresh, but buckwheat did not.
"Boo-hoo!" She lowered her head and was sobbing at one side. Buckwheat did not lower her head, so she got a big scar on her face from the heavy rains. On top of that, because she lost her sight from the lightning, she could never look at a rainbow again.
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篇二：100个有趣的英文小故事之The Brave Tin Soldier
The Brave Tin Soldier
by Hans Christian Andersen
THERE were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers, who were all brothers, for they had been made out of the same old tin spoon. They shouldered arms and looked straight before them, and wore a
splendid uniform, red and blue. The first thing in the world they ever heard were the words, "Tin soldiers!" uttered by a little boy, who clapped his hands with delight when the lid of the box, in which they lay, was taken off. They were given him for a birthday present, and he stood at the table to set them up. The soldiers were all exactly alike, excepting one, who had only one leg; he had been left to the last, and then there was not enough of the melted tin to finish him, so they made him to stand firmly on one leg, and this caused him to be very remarkable.
The table on which the tin soldiers stood, was covered with other playthings, but the most attractive to the eye was a pretty little paper castle. Through the small windows the rooms could be seen. In front of the castle a number of little trees surrounded a piece of
looking-glass, which was intended to represent a transparent lake. Swans, made of wax, swam on the lake, and were reflected in it. All this was very pretty, but the prettiest of all was a tiny little lady, who stood at the open door of the castle; she, also, was made of paper, and she wore a dress of clear muslin, with a narrow blue ribbon over her shoulders just like a scarf. In front of these was fixed a glittering tinsel rose, as large as her whole face. The little lady was a dancer, and she stretched out both her arms, and raised one of her legs so
high, that the tin soldier could not see it at all, and he thought that she, like himself, had only one leg. "That is the wife for me," he thought; "but she is too grand, and lives in a castle, while I have only a box to live in, five-and-twenty of us altogether, that is no place for her. Still I must try and make her acquaintance." Then he laid himself at full length on the table behind a snuff-box that stood upon it, so that he could peep at the little delicate lady, who continued to stand on one leg without losing her balance. When evening came, the other tin soldiers were all placed in the box, and the people of the house went to bed. Then the playthings began to have their own games together, to pay visits, to have sham fights, and to give balls. The tin soldiers rattled in their box; they wanted to get out and join the amusements, but they could not open the lid. The nut-crackers played at leap-frog, and the pencil jumped about the table. There was such a noise that the canary woke up and began to talk, and in poetry too. Only the tin soldier and the dancer remained in their places. She stood on tiptoe, with her legs stretched out, as firmly as he did on his one leg. He never took his eyes from her for even a moment. The clock struck twelve, and, with a bounce, up sprang the lid of the snuff-box; but, instead of snuff, there jumped up a little black goblin; for the snuff-box was a toy puzzle.
"Tin soldier," said the goblin, "don't wish for what does not belong to you.
But the tin soldier pretended not to hear.
"Very well; wait till to-morrow, then," said the goblin.
When the children came in the next morning, they placed the tin
soldier in the window. Now, whether it was the goblin who did it, or the draught, is not known, but the window flew open, and out fell the tin soldier, heels over head, from the third story, into the street beneath.
It was a terrible fall; for he came head downwards, his helmet and his bayonet stuck in between the flagstones, and his one leg up in the air. The servant maid and the little boy went down stairs directly to look for him; but he was nowhere to be seen, although once they nearly trod upon him. If he had called out, "Here I am," it would have been all right, but he was too proud to cry out for help while he wore a uniform.
Presently it began to rain, and the drops fell faster and faster, till there was a heavy shower. When it was over, two boys happened to pass by, and one of them said, "Look, there is a tin soldier. He ought to have a boat to sail in."
So they made a boat out of a newspaper, and placed the tin soldier in it, and sent him sailing down the gutter, while the two boys ran by the side of it, and clapped their hands. Good gracious, what large waves arose in that gutter! and how fast the stream rolled on! for the rain had been very heavy. The paper boat rocked up and down, and turned itself round sometimes so quickly that the tin soldier trembled; yet he remained firm; his countenance did not change; he looked straight before him, and shouldered his musket. Suddenly the boat shot under a bridge which formed a part of a drain, and then it was as dark as the tin soldier's box.
"Where am I going now?" thought he. "This is the black goblin's fault, I am sure. Ah, well, if the little lady were only here with me in the boat, I should not care for any darkness."
Suddenly there appeared a great water-rat, who lived in the drain. "Have you a passport?" asked the rat, "give it to me at once." But the tin soldier remained silent and held his musket tighter than ever. The boat sailed on and the rat followed it. How he did gnash his teeth and cry out to the bits of wood and straw, "Stop him, stop him; he has not paid toll, and has not shown his pass." But the stream rushed on
stronger and stronger. The tin soldier could already see daylight shining where the arch ended. Then he heard a roaring sound quite terrible enough to frighten the bravest man. At the end of the tunnel the drain fell into a large canal over a steep place, which made it as dangerous for him as a waterfall would be to us. He was too close to it to stop, so the boat rushed on, and the poor tin soldier could only hold himself as stiffly as possible, without moving an eyelid, to show that he was not afraid. The boat whirled round three or four times, and then filled with water to the very edge; nothing could save it from sinking. He now stood up to his neck in water, while deeper and deeper sank the boat, and the paper became soft and loose with the wet, till at last the water closed over the soldier's head. He thought of the elegant little dancer whom he should never see again, and the words of the song sounded in his ears- -
"Farewell, warrior! ever brave,
Drifting onward to thy grave." -
Then the paper boat fell to pieces, and the soldier sank into the water and immediately afterwards was swallowed up by a great fish. Oh how dark it was inside the fish! A great deal darker than in the tunnel, and narrower too, but the tin soldier continued firm, and lay at full length shouldering his musket. The fish swam to and fro, making the most wonderful movements, but at last he became quite still. After a while, a flash of lightning seemed to pass through him, and then the daylight approached, and a voice cried out, "I declare here is the tin soldier." The fish had been caught, taken to the market and sold to the cook, who took him into the kitchen and cut him open with a large knife. She picked up the soldier and held him by the waist between her finger and thumb, and carried him into the room. They were all anxious to see this wonderful soldier who had travelled about inside a fish; but he was not at all proud. They placed him on the table, and-
how many curious things do happen in the world!- there he was in the very same room from the window of which he had fallen, there were the same children, the same playthings, standing on the table, and the pretty castle with the elegant little dancer at the door; she still
balanced herself on one leg, and held up the other, so she was as firm as himself. It touched the tin soldier so much to see her that he almost wept tin tears, but he kept them back. He only looked at her and they both remained silent. Presently one of the little boys took up the tin soldier, and threw him into the stove. He had no reason for doing so, therefore it must have been the fault of the black goblin who lived in the snuff-box. The flames lighted up the tin soldier, as he stood, the heat was very terrible, but whether it proceeded from the real fire or from the fire of love he could not tell. Then he could see that the bright colors were faded from his uniform, but whether they had been
washed off during his journey or from the effects of his sorrow, no one could say. He looked at the little lady, and she looked at him. He felt himself melting away, but he still remained firm with his gun on his shoulder. Suddenly the door of the room flew open and the draught of air caught up the little dancer, she fluttered like a sylph right into the stove by the side of the tin soldier, and was instantly in flames and was gone. The tin soldier melted down into a lump, and the next
morning, when the maid servant took the ashes out of the stove, she found him in the shape of a little tin heart. But of the little dancer nothing remained but the tinsel rose, which was burnt black as a cinder. - -
THE END
篇三：爱学习英文故事Cinderella
Cinderella
Once upon a time lived a beautiful girl,called Cinderella.
She lived with her father,her stepmother and her two ugly stepsisters. Her stepmother and stepsisters were very horrid to Cinderella.
She even had to sleep in the dusty fireplace next to the cinders.
This is why they named her Cinderella.
Can you click on Cinderella?
Cinderella had to stay at home all day,tidying and scrubbing the house. Her only friend was her small black cat.
Stroke the cat to make it purr then click on the Cinderella.
One day a messenger arrived at Cinderella’s home with an invitation. “How wonderful!”exclaimed her stepmother.
“Prince Charming is having a ball to find his bride!”
“Am I invited to the ball?”asked Cinderella shyly.
Her wicked stepmother just laughed mockingly and told her
to stay at home in the cinders where she belonged.
Cinderella was very sad.
Click on Cinderella to see what happens.
Then,as soon as Cinderella was alone,something amazing
happened.A small twinking light appeared in the air.
Click on the light to see what it is.
Whoosh!All of a sudden a fairy appeared from out of the glowing light! “Oh,Cinderella,”smiled the fairy.”You shall go to the ball!”
“Just fetch me a pumpkin,four mice and your cat.”
First click on the cat.
Wonder of wonders!The cat had transformed into a very smart coachman. Cinderella was lost for words.
Now try clicking on the mice.
Cinderella was astonished as the mice changed into horses.
Now try clicking on the pumpkin.
Cinderella was amazed as the fairy turned the pumpkin into a magnificent golden coach.
But there was one problem.Cinderella was still wearing rags. “We’ll soon sort out your dress,my dear,”said the fairy
kindly and waved her wand again.
Click on Cinderella to see what happens.
Cinderella’s rags had disappeared and she was wearing the most beautiful dress she had ever seen and the daintiest
glass slippers!
“Remember,”warned the fairy.”You must leave the ball
before midnight,for at midnight the magic will end.
Click on the carriage to take Cinderella to the ball.
When Cinderella entered the ball a hush fell and everyone
stopped dancing.Never before had they seen someone so beautiful. The Prince himself thought that Cinderella was so beautiful that he danced with her all night long.
Click on the prince.
Cinderella was having such fun dancing with the handsome Prince that she forget all about the time.
Then,suddenly she noticed the clock.
Click on the clock to see the time.
The clock had begun to strike twelve.It was almost midnight. The Prince tried to chase after Cinderella but he lost sight of her. But then he glimpsed a shining object on the ground.
Click on the glass slipper.
The Prince went everywhere trying to find the girl whose foot would fit into the dainty glass slipper.
Finally.he came to Cinderella’s house.
The ugly stepsisters tried to squeeze the slipper on but no matter how hard they tried the slipper didn’t fit.
Cinderella watched as the Prince tried to fit the slipper onto her stepsister’s feet.”May I try the slipper?”she asked quietly. The slipper fitted Cinderella’s foot perfectly!
Click on the light see what it is?
Whoosh!In a flash,the good fairy appeared again.
“It was Cinderella who danced with the Prince,”she chuckled and waved her wand.
Click on the fairy to see what happens.
The fairy transformed Cinderella’s rags into a beautiful dress once again.
The Prince recognized her immediately and asked her then and there to be his bride,much to the horror of Cinderella’s ugly stepsisters!
灰姑娘
从前有一位漂亮的姑娘，叫灰姑娘。
她和她的父亲，继母还有两个丑陋的继姐妹。
她的继母和继姐妹对灰姑娘非常憎恶。
她甚至不得不睡在靠着煤灰的充满灰尘的壁炉边。
这就是为什么他们叫她灰姑娘。
你能点一下灰姑娘么？
灰姑娘不得不整天呆在家里，打扫收拾房子。
她仅有的朋友是她的小黑猫。
点击这个猫使它发声音，然后点灰姑娘。
一天，一个信使带着一份邀请到达了灰姑娘家。
“多么美妙！”她的继母惊叫道。
“白马王子要举办一个舞会来选他的新娘！”
“我被邀请参加舞会了么？”灰姑娘害羞的问。
她的刻度的继母只是取笑她，被告诉她
呆在家里面的煤灰中，她属于那里。
灰姑娘非常伤心。
点灰姑娘看看什么会发生。
在那时，只要灰姑娘独自一人，就会有令人惊诧的事情发生。
一处细微的闪烁的光芒出现在空中。
点光芒看看什么发生。
嗖！突然一位仙女从这处夺目的光芒中出现！
“哦，灰姑娘，”这位仙女笑道。“你应该去参加舞会！” “只需要带给我一个南瓜，四只老鼠和你的猫。”
首先点这个猫。
奇迹中的奇迹！这个猫变成了一位非常英俊的马车夫！ 灰姑娘（惊奇地）无法开口。
现在试着点这些老鼠。
当这些老鼠变成马匹的时候，灰姑娘感到吃惊。
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