兒童英語故事

① 兒童英語故事

Story 1 Three Good Friends One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can』t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can』t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant』s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
故事一 三個好朋友 一天，一隻猴子在河邊騎車。這時他看見樹下有一隻獅子，獅子向他跑來。他非常的害怕，掉進河裡。他不會游泳，大叫起來。兔子聽見了，跳進水裡，但他卻沒有辦法救猴子。幸運的是，一隻大象過來了。大象非常強壯，救出了兔子和猴子。他們來到大象的家，在那裡吃了一頓大餐。從此他們成了好朋友。
Story 2 A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy."
故事二 好孩子 小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。 「昨天給你的錢干什麼了？」 輕松酷學酷玩小學英語「北京名吃」用...愛有哪些方式？「我給了一個可憐的老太婆，」他回答說。 「你真是個好孩子，」媽媽驕傲地說。「再給你兩分錢。可你為什麼對那位老太太那麼感興趣呢？」 「她是個賣糖果的。」
Story 3 Spring in the Green Season Spring is coming. Spring is the first season of the year. In China, spring comes in February. It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer. The days get longer and longer. The leaves on the trees begin to turn green. Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground. Spring is also sowing time season.
故事三 春天來了，春天是每年的第一個季節。在中國，春天二月來臨，那時候還是很冷，但是會運來月暖和，白晝悅來越長。樹上的葉子開始變綠，沐浴著大地春風長出了嫩芽。春天也播種的季節。
Story 4 Look for a Friend Sam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn』t look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly. Sam is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. 「Hello! Would you like to be my friend?」 Sam answers: 「Of course! But you are round. I am flat.」 The round fish days: 「But we are both fishes.」 Sam thinks and says, 「You are right. Let』s be friends.」 They become good friends.
故事四： 找朋友 塞姆是一條小魚，他在海里。他生在海里。他很孤獨，想要找一個朋友，那個朋友看起來要想他。 塞姆看見一條墨魚。墨魚有8條腿，看上去不像塞姆。因此塞姆遊走了。塞姆遇見一條鯊魚。他想跟鯊魚問好。鯊魚張開大嘴，塞姆有迅速地逃走了。 塞姆又累又餓，他要休息一會兒。這時他看見一條圓魚，圓魚對他說：「你好！你願意做我的朋友嗎？」 塞姆回答：「好哇！可你是圓形的，我是扁的。」圓魚說：「但是我們倆都是魚啊！」 塞姆思考後說：「你講得對，讓我們做朋友吧。」他們就成為好朋友了。
Story 9 It』s Good to Walk A group of penguins at a zoo in Japan take a walk to lose weight. Every day, 15 king penguins there walk 500 meters twice. 「Just like human, penguins don』t exercise much ring winter. They become fat easily,」 says a zookeeper.
故事9 散步有益 在日本的一個動物園里一群企鵝在散步減肥。哪裡的15隻金企鵝媒體散步兩次，每次500米。 動物園工作人員說：「和人類一樣，企鵝冬天不怎麼運動，容易發胖。」

http://www.hjenglish.com/youer/story/這裡面也有很多

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② 兒童英語小故事

Magic change

神奇變化

Gaga is a little ck. He is small, dirty and ugly. His friends don』t like to play with him.

One day, Gaga walked behind his friends quietly(靜悄悄地).But his friends did not want him. Gaga was very sad and ran to the river and cried loudly(大聲地)。

Just then, a big beautiful bird heard(聽見)him crying and flew down(飛下來，落下來). She said, 「Please don』t cry. Tell me, what do you want? I can help you.」

Gaga told the truth(真相). The beautiful bird said, 「OK, I can help you to become a good-looking ck.」 Then she took out a blanket and put it on the ck』s body. She said something which the little ck didn』t understand. Then she took away the blanket. There stood (站立)a good-looking ck.

Gaga was very happy. He thanked the big bird and quickly went to play with his friends.

③ 少兒英語故事

風和太陽(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.」 「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. (有一天風跟太陽說: 「看看那個沿著路上走的人.我可以比你快讓他把披風脫下來.) (「我們等著看吧,」太陽說, 「我讓你先試.) (因此風嘗試讓那個人把披風脫下來.他用力地吹,可是那個人把披風拉得更緊.) (「我放棄了,」風最後說, 「我無法讓他把披風脫下來.」然後由太陽試試看.他盡可能地曬他.不久,那個人很熱就把披風脫下來了.)the lion and the fox the lion once said that he was sick on his death bed. So he asked all the animals to come and listen to his last wishes. the goat came to the lion』s cave. He stood there and listened for a long time. then a sheep went in. Before she came out, a rabbit entered to hear the last wishes of the king of beasts. But soon the lion seemed to recover, and went to the mouth of his cave. He saw a fox waiting outside. 「Why don』t you come in?「 asked the lion to the fox. 「I beg Your Majesty』s pardon,「 said the fox, 「I have seen many animals enter your cave, but none of them come out. Till they come out again, I prefer to wait outside.「
老獅子與狐狸 一頭年老的獅子聲稱自己病得要死了，他告訴所有的動物來聽他的臨終遺言。 一隻山羊進入獅子的洞穴，並一直留在那裡，接著一隻綿羊也進去了。之前，一隻兔子也曾進去聽這獸中之王的臨終遺言。 但是不久，獅子好像康復了，能走到洞口了，他看到狐狸站在洞口，就問：「你為什麼不進來呢？」 「尊敬的殿下，」狐狸回答說，「如果我沒發現只有進去的腳印，沒有一個出來的腳印，我也許會進洞去。」
回答人的補充 2009-05-09 07:08
The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
老貓 一位老婦有隻貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發現一隻老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。 於是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：「不要打你的老僕人，我已經為你服務了很多年，而且還願意為你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。」 回答人的補充 2009-05-09 07:12
A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the st.He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river." He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the st and eat them. Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.
一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去，當他沿著路走時，在路的一邊他發現一箱好蘋果，他說：「我不打算吃那些蘋果，因為富人會給我更多的食物，他會給我很好吃的東西。」然後他拿起蘋果，一把扔到土裡去。他繼續走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會兒，然後他說：「今天我去不了富人家了，因為我不能渡過河。」 他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。
IF YOU WANT DOING NOHTING YOU MUST BE SITTING VERY HIGH UPThe crow was sitting on the tree doing nothing all a day.A small rabbit saw the crow,and asked him:"Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" the crow answered:"sure ,why not?" So the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow,and rested.All of a sudden. A fox appeared,jumped on the rabbit and ate it .moral of the story is :To be sitting and doing nothing ,you must be sitting very very high up!如果你想什麼都不做，你就必須做得很高。有一隻烏鴉整天坐在樹上什麼事也不做。一隻小兔子看見了，就問它：「我能像你一樣整天坐著什麼事也不做嗎？」這只烏鴉回答道：「當然可以。為什麼不呢？」於是小兔子坐在樹底下開始休息。突然一隻狐狸出現，跳起抓住小兔子就把它給吃了。這個故事的寓意是：如果你想什麼也不做，就必須坐得很高。
The wolf in sheep''s clothingA wolf wanted to eat the sheep, but he was afraid of the vigilant shepherd and his dogs. One day the wolf found the skin of a sheep. He put it on and walked among the sheep. A lamb thought that the wolf was its mother because his skin looked like hers. So it followed the wolf. Soon after they had left the dogs, the wolf came at the lamb and ate it up. For some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals. 參考譯文：披著羊皮的狼狼想吃羊，但是他害怕警惕的牧羊人和牧羊犬。 有一天狼發現了一塊羊皮，便披著它混入羊群。 一隻小羊羔把這只披著羊皮的狼誤認為自己的媽媽，被領出了羊群。 狼成功地欺騙了羊群，吃掉了小羊羔。 寓意：事物的外表有時候會掩蓋它的本質，所以我們不能只憑表面現象就作判斷。
Park There is a park near my home.There are a lot of beautiful trees,flowers and birds in the park.So many people go to the park to enjoy their weekends.They like walking or having a picnic in the park.But I like flying a kite with my sisiter there. 我家附近有一個公園。哪裡有很多美麗的樹、花和小鳥。所以很多人都喜歡到那裡去度周末。他們喜歡在公園里散步或是野餐.但是我喜歡和我姐姐在那裡放風箏。
Bedroom I have a small bedroom.There are only a small bed,a small desk and a small chair in the room.And there is a beautiful doll on my blue bed.Everyday I do my homework,read books and play games with the doll in my bedroom.It is small,but it gives me much happiness. 我有一間小小的卧室。那裡有一張小小的床、小小桌子和一把小小的椅子。而且還有一個漂亮的娃娃在我那張藍色的小床上。我每天都在房間里寫作業，看書和與我的娃娃玩。雖然房間很小，但是他給了我很多歡樂。
My father My father is a tall and handsome man.He is a policeman. Everyday he comes back home very late,because he must help the others.He doesn't have time to examine my homework and take me to the park.But I like my father,because he is a good policeman. 我的爸爸是一個高大帥氣的男人。他是一個警察。他每天都很晚才回家，因為他要幫助其他的人。他沒有時間給我檢查作業和帶我去公園。但是我仍然很喜歡我的爸爸，因為他是一個好警察。

Yesterday it was Fathers'Day.I didn't go to school, I went shopping with my friend.I used my pocket money to bought a nice gift for my father .As soon as I got home,I cleaned the house and did some housework.When my father came back home,he saw the house was clean.He felt very happy. 昨天是父親節,我沒有去上學,我和我的朋友們一起去購物,我用我的零花錢給我爸爸買了一份漂亮的禮物,我一回家,我就打掃房間和做家務.當我爸爸回到家的時候,他看見屋子很乾凈,他感到非常開心.
on June 15, Sunday, I went to play football with my friends in the afternoon. We went to the playground where we usually went. We were playing happily. Suddenly, I fell over and my leg hurt. My best friend, Li Hua, took me to a hospital. The doctor looked over my leg for a while. At the end, there aren't any big problems on my leg and my friends went home with me in case i would fall down again. 6月15號,星期天下午,我和我的朋友們去踢足球,我們去我們去過的操場玩,我們玩得很開心,突然,我摔倒了,腳也受傷了,我最好的朋友李華,送我去醫院,醫生看了我的腳一會兒,最後,醫生說我腳沒有什麼大問題,然後我的朋友就送我回家,

Everybody Knows: You can't be all things to all people. You can't do all things at once. You can't do all things equally well. You can't do all things better than everyone else. Your humanity is showing just like everyone else's. 每個人都知道： 你無法為每個人辦到每件事。 你無法立刻完成所有的事。 你無法把所有的事都做的盡善盡美。 你無法把每件事都做的比別人好， 你只是和其他人一樣。

Q: What's the difference between a monkey and a flea? A: A monkey can have fleas, but a flea can't have monkeys. 猴子會和跳蚤有什麼不同呢？你可能會直接的想到它們倆是一大一小。但除此之外呢，那就是猴子身上可以長跳蚤，而跳蚤身上卻不能有猴子。這個答案很有意思吧？ Q: How can you most irritate a farmer? A: By treading on his corn? 如果你踩了農夫的玉米或是穀物，他肯定會生氣的；而如果你踩了農夫腳底的雞眼，他會更生氣。Corn既可以表示「玉米/穀物」，也有「雞眼」的意思。 Q: Which is the strongest creature in the world? A: The snail. It carries its house on its back. 因為snail（蝸牛）的後背上總是背著一所房子，所以說蝸牛是世界上最強壯的生物是不足為奇的。你說呢？ Q: What do people do in a clock factory? A: They make faces all day. 一看到make faces這個短語，你可千萬別以為是在鍾表廠工作的人整天都做鬼臉呀！因為除了這個意思以外，它還可以從字面上解釋為製造鍾面。 Q: How do you stop a sleepwalker from walking in his sleep? A: Keep him awake. 怎樣才能不讓夢游者（sleepwalker）夢游（walk in his sleep）呢？最簡單的方法就是不讓他睡覺。雖然這不是治療方法，但如果讓夢游者醒著呢，他的確就不會去夢遊了。
He is really somebody -- My uncle has 1000 men under him. -- He is really somebody. What does he do? -- A maintenance man in a cemetery. 他真是一個大人物 -- 我叔叔下面有1000個人。 -- 他真是一個大人物。干什麼的？ -- 墓地守墓人。
） Not long after an old Chinese woman came back to China from her visit to her daughter in the States, she went to a city bank to deposit the US dollars her daughter gave her. At the bank counter, the clerk checked each note carefully to see if the money was real. It made the old lady out of patience. At last she could not hold any more, uttering. "Trust me, Sir, and trust the money. They are real US dollars. They are directly from America." 它們是從美國直接帶來的 一位中國老婦人在美國看望女兒回來不久，到一家市銀行存女兒送給她的美元。在銀行櫃台，銀行職員認真檢查了每一張鈔票，看是否有假。 這種做法讓老婦人很不耐煩，最後實在忍耐不住說：「相信我，先生，也請你相信這些鈔票。這都是真正的美元，它們是從美國直接帶來的。」
my little dog can't read Mrs. Brown: Oh, my dear, I have lost my precious little dog! Mrs. Smith: But you must put an advertisement in the papers! Mrs. Brown: It's no use, my little dog can't read.
我的狗不識字 布朗夫人：哦， 親愛的，我把珍愛的小狗給丟了！ 史密斯夫人：可是你該在報紙上登廣告啊！ 布朗夫人：沒有用的，我的小狗不認識字。」

）Bring me the winner -- Waiter, this lobster has only one claw. -- I'm sorry, sir. It must have been in a fight. -- Well, bring me the winner then. 給我那個打贏的吧 -- 服務員， 這個龍蝦只有一隻爪。 -- 對不起，先生，這只肯定打過架了。 -- 哦， 那給我那個打贏的吧。

④ 兒童英語小故事有哪些（帶翻譯）

給你三篇,你選一篇吧.
The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."

【譯文】

老貓

一位老婦有隻貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發現一隻老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。

於是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：「不要打你的老僕人，我已經為你服務了很多年，而且還願意為你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。」

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the st.

He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."

He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the st and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

【譯文】

一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去，當他沿著路走時，在路的一邊他發現一箱好蘋果，他說：「我不打算吃那些蘋果，因為富人會給我更多的食物，他會給我很好吃的東西。」然後他拿起蘋果，一把扔到土裡去。

他繼續走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會兒，然後他說：「今天我去不了富人家了，因為我不能渡過河。」

他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。

不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。

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, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "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."

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, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.

After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "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."

【譯文】

城裡老鼠和鄉下老鼠

從前，有兩只老鼠，它們是好朋友。一隻老鼠居住在鄉村，另一隻住在城裡。很多年以後，鄉下老鼠碰到城裡老鼠，它說：「你一定要來我鄉下的家看看。」於是，城裡老鼠就去了。鄉下老鼠領著它到了一塊田地上它自己的家裡。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城裡老鼠。城裡老鼠說：「這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為什麼住在田野的地洞里呢？你應該搬到城裡去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，還會吃上美味佳餚，你應該到我城裡的家看看。」

鄉下老鼠就到城裡老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了。可是正當他們要開始吃的時候，聽見很大的一陣響聲，城裡的老鼠叫喊起來：「快跑！快跑！貓來了！」他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。

過了一會兒，他們出來了。當他們出來時，鄉下老鼠說：「我不喜歡住在城裡，我喜歡住在田野我的洞里。因為這樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過著提心吊膽的生活來說，要好些。」

⑤ 兒童英文故事

A Little Horse Crossing the River
There are an old horse and a little horse on a farm. One day the old horse asks the little horse to send the wheat to the mill. The little horse is very happy. He carries the wheat and runs toward the mill. But there is a river in front of the little horse. He stops and does not know what to do next. Just then Aunt Cow is passing by.

The little horse asks, 「Aunt Cow, please tell me. Can I cross the river 」

Aunt Cow answers, 「It is not deep, you can cross it.」

When the little horse begins to cross the river, a little squirrel shouts at him, 「Little horse, don't cross it, you will be drowned. Yesterday one of my friends was drowned in this river.」

The little horse is very afraid. Finally he decides to go home and ask his mother.

The old horse asks, 「Why do you take the wheat back What's wrong with you My child.」

The little horse answers sadly, 「There is a river in front of me. Aunt Cow said it was not deep. But the little squirrel said it was deep. What shall I do 」

The old horse says, 「My child, you should try to cross the river by yourself. If you do not try, how do you know the river is deep or not 」

The little horse carries the wheat and returns to the riverside. At last, he succeeds in crossing the river. Now, He knows how deep the river is.

小馬過河

農場里有一隻老馬和一隻小馬，一天老馬叫小馬把麥子送到磨房。小馬很開心，扛起了小麥就跑向了磨房。可有一條河擋住了去路，他停了下來不知如何是好，正在這時，奶牛大嬸過來了。

小馬問：「奶牛大嬸，請告訴我，我能趟過這條河嗎？」

奶牛大嬸答道：「不深，你能過去。」

正當小馬開始過河時，一隻小松鼠朝他大喊：「小馬，不要過河，你會淹死的。昨天我的一位朋友就在這河淹死了。」

小馬非常害怕，最後決定回家問問媽媽。

老馬問：「你為什麼又把小麥扛回來了？你怎麼了？我的孩子。」

小松鼠委屈地回答：「有一條河擋住我的去路。奶牛大嬸說它不深，可小松鼠說它深。我該聽誰的呀？」

老馬說：「孩子，你應該自己試試，如果不試，你怎麼知道河的深淺？」

小馬馱著小麥又回到了河邊。最後，他成功地渡過了河。他終於知道河有多深了。

⑥ 常用兒童英語睡前小故事都有哪些

兒童英語睡前小故事：兩只公雞的故事
There is a beautiful hen, around the young cock for her beauty and mping, are very fond of her. 有一隻漂亮的母雞，身邊的年輕公雞都為她的美貌而傾倒，都非常喜歡她。

A beautiful hen wants to choose a suitable object among them. 漂亮的母雞想從他們中間為自己選擇一個合適的對象。

Pullet felt strong and brave Rooster can bring their own sense of security, so she to pursue her cock were announced: "you held a match it! Who will win, and I will marry who!" in order to compete for beautiful hen two roosters rally. 母雞覺得強壯、勇敢的公雞能給自己帶來安全感，所以，她就對追求她的公雞們宣布：「你們舉行一場比賽吧!誰能獲勝，我就嫁給誰!」為了爭搶漂亮的母雞，兩只公雞對打了起來。

⑦ 求一篇兒童英語童話故事，

Thumb Girl 拇指姑娘

(flower pot 花罐)

Once upon a time a woman planted a seed in a flower pot.

Soon, a red flower comes out.

The woman says: "How beautiful it is."

(pick 啃，啄)

So, she picks the flower.

(extend 伸展，綿延)

Suddenly, the flower extends and its blossom stretches out to reveal a girl sitting in it. She looks young and fair with big eyes.

(innocent 純潔)

She is so innocent! Because she is only as big as half a thumb. Everyone calls her "Thumb girl".

(walnut shell 胡桃殼)

The woman puts her into a walnut shell with a violet cushion and a quilt made of rose petals. Thumb girl lies there fragrantly and comfortably(拇指姑娘睡在裡面又香又舒服。).

One night when Thumb girl is sleeping an ugly toad comes in through the window sees her and says:

"This girl is so pretty she is the one to be my wife."

then it snatches up the girl, jumps out of the window and goes home. The toad's son is as ugly as his father and upon seeing the girl, it cries out:

"Croak Croak Croak".

Thumb girl bursts into tears.

(lilypad 睡蓮)

The second day the toad's son and his father put thumb girl on a lilypad and then get the new house ready. The fish in the river feel unhappy when they feel a pretty will merry a toad. They bite through the stalk together so the leaf floats down the river like a ship without an anchor. Thumb girl also floats with it to a place where the toad can't find her.

(flying beetle 金龜子)

Then a flying beetle finds the girl so it flies down and takes her up onto a tree. In a while other beetles come to look at Thumb girl because they had heard of her beauty. The beetles talk about her: "Oh, she is so ugly with only two feet!" "She has no antenna!" "Look at her. Her waist is too thin like a string." The beetle who has taken her back hears that and then changes its mind. So it also is not willing to stay with thumb girl and flies away.

(huddle up 縮成一團)

The summer passes and winter comes. Thumb girl is so hungry and she feels so cold. She huddles up in a leaf. She has no warm house, no quilt, no a piece of cloth. Soon Thumb girl will freeze to

death. Thumb girl tries to find her a warm place.

(miserable 可憐的，不幸的)

One day she comes across the door of a field mouse's house, she begs it to give her some food

because she has been hungry for several days. The warm-hearted mouse sees poor sad Thumb girl and

lets her come into its warm house and gives her food and water. The field mouse says:

"You are so miserable. You may live here with me."

So Thumb girl settles in the house.

(loud and proud 驕傲又神氣)

After few days, the field mouse's neighbor, mole, comes to visit. He is loud and proud with a nice black velvet suit. The field mouse says to Thumb girl:

"the mole has many more houses than I. If you marry him you'll be happy."

But Thumb girl is not interested.

(weave 編制)

(consciousness 意識)

She doesn't like the mole and doesn't want to marry him. The mole likes her very much and invites her to comein his tunnel. In the tunnun she sees a frozen swallow, lying there still. She feels sad because she likes birds. At night Thumb girl misses the swallow and can't sleep so she gets up weaves a soft warm blanket. Then she goes and covers it with the blanket. She is surprised

to find that the bird's heart is still beating. It is not dead, it just lost consciousness as it was frozen. Now it feels warm and recovers.

Thumb Girl is very glad and hurries to fetch some water. After it has a drink, the swallow says:

"Thank you very much! You have saved me."

The swallow tells thumb girl that it was wounded by someone and couldn't fly properly so it fell onto the ground. It doesn't remember what happened after that.

(recover 恢復體力)

The swallow lives there for the winter. Thumb girl comes to see and take care of it each day. It recovers. The field mouse don't know about it. When the spring comes, the sun shines warmly. The swallow is going to leave.

It asks if Thumb girl wants to go with it. Thumb girl feels she can not. If she did she would miss the field mouse because he is kind. Then the swallow leaves Thumb girl and flies away.

(propose 求婚)

The mole proposes to Thumb girl and the field mouse also supports him. So he urges Thumb girl to

make some new clothes. Thumb Girl cries. She tells the mouse that she doesn't want to be the mole's wife. But the field mouse insistes that she marry the mole. Thumb girl feels that the field mouse hs changed a lot and is not as kind to her as he was before.

The wedding is arranged. Thumb girl walks out of the the field mouse's house. She wants to enjoy

the su shine again. Then she hears a sound. The swallow that Thumb girl saved flies down to her.

Thumb girl says:

"I don't want to be the mole's wife. Take me away from here!"

Then they fly away.

Thumb girl riding on the swallow's back, they fly on and on until they reach a warm country and the swallow sets Thumb girl down onto the most beautiful flower.

(crown 王冠)

(transparent 透明的)

"Oh, who are you?"

Thumb girl cries out. In fact a handsome man is sitting there. He is a little taller than Thumb girl. He is the flower prince with a golden crown on his head and a pair of transparent wings on his shoulders.

The flower prince is glad to see her. He takes off his crown and puts it on her head. H asks her to marry him. Thumb girl feels the flower prince i s her own true love so she says:

"I will."

From then on Thumb girl becomes the beautiful flower queen but her name is not thumb girl" anymore. She has a new name. All the flowers call her "the most beautiful Maria".

⑧ 兒童簡短英語小故事

ne day, he was having a meal in a small country hotel and wanted to order some eggs. But he couldn't remember the word for eggs.
Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard. He immediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English. The waiter told him that it was called a rooster.
The Frenchman then asked what the rooster's wife was called. The waiter told him that she was called a hen.
The Frenchman then asked what the hen's children were called. The waiter told him that they were chickens.
The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were born.
The waiter told him they were called eggs.
"Fine!" said the Frenchman. "Please bring me two eggs and a cup of coffee.