儿童英语故事

① 儿童英语故事

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 三个好朋友 一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。他非常的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象非常强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。
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 小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。 “昨天给你的钱干什么了？” 轻松酷学酷玩小学英语“北京名吃”用...爱有哪些方式？“我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？” “她是个卖糖果的。”
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 春天来了，春天是每年的第一个季节。在中国，春天二月来临，那时候还是很冷，但是会运来月暖和，白昼悦来越长。树上的叶子开始变绿，沐浴着大地春风长出了嫩芽。春天也播种的季节。
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 塞姆是一条小鱼，他在海里。他生在海里。他很孤独，想要找一个朋友，那个朋友看起来要想他。 塞姆看见一条墨鱼。墨鱼有8条腿，看上去不像塞姆。因此塞姆游走了。塞姆遇见一条鲨鱼。他想跟鲨鱼问好。鲨鱼张开大嘴，塞姆有迅速地逃走了。 塞姆又累又饿，他要休息一会儿。这时他看见一条圆鱼，圆鱼对他说：“你好！你愿意做我的朋友吗？” 塞姆回答：“好哇！可你是圆形的，我是扁的。”圆鱼说：“但是我们俩都是鱼啊！” 塞姆思考后说：“你讲得对，让我们做朋友吧。”他们就成为好朋友了。
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 在日本的一个动物园里一群企鹅在散步减肥。哪里的15只金企鹅媒体散步两次，每次500米。 动物园工作人员说：“和人类一样，企鹅冬天不怎么运动，容易发胖。”

http://www.hjenglish.com/youer/story/这里面也有很多

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② 儿童英语小故事

Magic change

神奇变化

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(静悄悄地).But his friends did not want him. Gaga was very sad and ran to the river and cried loudly(大声地)。

Just then, a big beautiful bird heard(听见)him crying and flew down(飞下来，落下来). 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 少儿英语故事

风和太阳(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. (有一天风跟太阳说: “看看那个沿着路上走的人.我可以比你快让他把披风脱下来.) (“我们等着看吧,”太阳说, “我让你先试.) (因此风尝试让那个人把披风脱下来.他用力地吹,可是那个人把披风拉得更紧.) (“我放弃了,”风最后说, “我无法让他把披风脱下来.”然后由太阳试试看.他尽可能地晒他.不久,那个人很热就把披风脱下来了.)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.“
老狮子与狐狸 一头年老的狮子声称自己病得要死了，他告诉所有的动物来听他的临终遗言。 一只山羊进入狮子的洞穴，并一直留在那里，接着一只绵羊也进去了。之前，一只兔子也曾进去听这兽中之王的临终遗言。 但是不久，狮子好像康复了，能走到洞口了，他看到狐狸站在洞口，就问：“你为什么不进来呢？” “尊敬的殿下，”狐狸回答说，“如果我没发现只有进去的脚印，没有一个出来的脚印，我也许会进洞去。”
回答人的补充 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."
老猫 一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。 于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。” 回答人的补充 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.
一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。” 他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。
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!如果你想什么都不做，你就必须做得很高。有一只乌鸦整天坐在树上什么事也不做。一只小兔子看见了，就问它：“我能像你一样整天坐着什么事也不做吗？”这只乌鸦回答道：“当然可以。为什么不呢？”于是小兔子坐在树底下开始休息。突然一只狐狸出现，跳起抓住小兔子就把它给吃了。这个故事的寓意是：如果你想什么也不做，就必须坐得很高。
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. 参考译文：披着羊皮的狼狼想吃羊，但是他害怕警惕的牧羊人和牧羊犬。 有一天狼发现了一块羊皮，便披着它混入羊群。 一只小羊羔把这只披着羊皮的狼误认为自己的妈妈，被领出了羊群。 狼成功地欺骗了羊群，吃掉了小羊羔。 寓意：事物的外表有时候会掩盖它的本质，所以我们不能只凭表面现象就作判断。
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. 我家附近有一个公园。哪里有很多美丽的树、花和小鸟。所以很多人都喜欢到那里去度周末。他们喜欢在公园里散步或是野餐.但是我喜欢和我姐姐在那里放风筝。
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. 我有一间小小的卧室。那里有一张小小的床、小小桌子和一把小小的椅子。而且还有一个漂亮的娃娃在我那张蓝色的小床上。我每天都在房间里写作业，看书和与我的娃娃玩。虽然房间很小，但是他给了我很多欢乐。
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. 我的爸爸是一个高大帅气的男人。他是一个警察。他每天都很晚才回家，因为他要帮助其他的人。他没有时间给我检查作业和带我去公园。但是我仍然很喜欢我的爸爸，因为他是一个好警察。

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. 昨天是父亲节,我没有去上学,我和我的朋友们一起去购物,我用我的零花钱给我爸爸买了一份漂亮的礼物,我一回家,我就打扫房间和做家务.当我爸爸回到家的时候,他看见屋子很干净,他感到非常开心.
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号,星期天下午,我和我的朋友们去踢足球,我们去我们去过的操场玩,我们玩得很开心,突然,我摔倒了,脚也受伤了,我最好的朋友李华,送我去医院,医生看了我的脚一会儿,最后,医生说我脚没有什么大问题,然后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. 每个人都知道： 你无法为每个人办到每件事。 你无法立刻完成所有的事。 你无法把所有的事都做的尽善尽美。 你无法把每件事都做的比别人好， 你只是和其他人一样。

Q: What's the difference between a monkey and a flea? A: A monkey can have fleas, but a flea can't have monkeys. 猴子会和跳蚤有什么不同呢？你可能会直接的想到它们俩是一大一小。但除此之外呢，那就是猴子身上可以长跳蚤，而跳蚤身上却不能有猴子。这个答案很有意思吧？ Q: How can you most irritate a farmer? A: By treading on his corn? 如果你踩了农夫的玉米或是谷物，他肯定会生气的；而如果你踩了农夫脚底的鸡眼，他会更生气。Corn既可以表示“玉米/谷物”，也有“鸡眼”的意思。 Q: Which is the strongest creature in the world? A: The snail. It carries its house on its back. 因为snail（蜗牛）的后背上总是背着一所房子，所以说蜗牛是世界上最强壮的生物是不足为奇的。你说呢？ Q: What do people do in a clock factory? A: They make faces all day. 一看到make faces这个短语，你可千万别以为是在钟表厂工作的人整天都做鬼脸呀！因为除了这个意思以外，它还可以从字面上解释为制造钟面。 Q: How do you stop a sleepwalker from walking in his sleep? A: Keep him awake. 怎样才能不让梦游者（sleepwalker）梦游（walk in his sleep）呢？最简单的方法就是不让他睡觉。虽然这不是治疗方法，但如果让梦游者醒着呢，他的确就不会去梦游了。
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. 他真是一个大人物 -- 我叔叔下面有1000个人。 -- 他真是一个大人物。干什么的？ -- 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." 它们是从美国直接带来的 一位中国老妇人在美国看望女儿回来不久，到一家市银行存女儿送给她的美元。在银行柜台，银行职员认真检查了每一张钞票，看是否有假。 这种做法让老妇人很不耐烦，最后实在忍耐不住说：“相信我，先生，也请你相信这些钞票。这都是真正的美元，它们是从美国直接带来的。”
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.
我的狗不识字 布朗夫人：哦， 亲爱的，我把珍爱的小狗给丢了！ 史密斯夫人：可是你该在报纸上登广告啊！ 布朗夫人：没有用的，我的小狗不认识字。”

）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. 给我那个打赢的吧 -- 服务员， 这个龙虾只有一只爪。 -- 对不起，先生，这只肯定打过架了。 -- 哦， 那给我那个打赢的吧。

④ 儿童英语小故事有哪些（带翻译）

给你三篇,你选一篇吧.
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."

【译文】

老猫

一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。

于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”

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.

【译文】

一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。

他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。”

他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。

不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。

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."

【译文】

城里老鼠和乡下老鼠

从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。”

乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。

过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。”

⑤ 儿童英文故事

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.

小马过河

农场里有一只老马和一只小马，一天老马叫小马把麦子送到磨房。小马很开心，扛起了小麦就跑向了磨房。可有一条河挡住了去路，他停了下来不知如何是好，正在这时，奶牛大婶过来了。

小马问：“奶牛大婶，请告诉我，我能趟过这条河吗？”

奶牛大婶答道：“不深，你能过去。”

正当小马开始过河时，一只小松鼠朝他大喊：“小马，不要过河，你会淹死的。昨天我的一位朋友就在这河淹死了。”

小马非常害怕，最后决定回家问问妈妈。

老马问：“你为什么又把小麦扛回来了？你怎么了？我的孩子。”

小松鼠委屈地回答：“有一条河挡住我的去路。奶牛大婶说它不深，可小松鼠说它深。我该听谁的呀？”

老马说：“孩子，你应该自己试试，如果不试，你怎么知道河的深浅？”

小马驮着小麦又回到了河边。最后，他成功地渡过了河。他终于知道河有多深了。

⑥ 常用儿童英语睡前小故事都有哪些

儿童英语睡前小故事：两只公鸡的故事
There is a beautiful hen, around the young cock for her beauty and mping, are very fond of her. 有一只漂亮的母鸡，身边的年轻公鸡都为她的美貌而倾倒，都非常喜欢她。

A beautiful hen wants to choose a suitable object among them. 漂亮的母鸡想从他们中间为自己选择一个合适的对象。

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. 母鸡觉得强壮、勇敢的公鸡能给自己带来安全感，所以，她就对追求她的公鸡们宣布：“你们举行一场比赛吧!谁能获胜，我就嫁给谁!”为了争抢漂亮的母鸡，两只公鸡对打了起来。

⑦ 求一篇儿童英语童话故事，

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，绵延)

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 纯洁)

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

(walnut shell 胡桃壳)

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(拇指姑娘睡在里面又香又舒服。).

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 睡莲)

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 金龟子)

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 缩成一团)

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 可怜的，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 骄傲又神气)

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 编制)

(consciousness 意识)

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 恢复体力)

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 儿童简短英语小故事

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.