100个儿童英语故事阅读：你的车怎么了
Something Is Wrong with Your Cars
Robert was a clever young man and got on well with his clamates .They all liked him and played with him though he often boasted .He was strong and often had sports .He hoped to join the army when he left the middle school .Bad luck !His leg was hurt in a traffic accident and he couldn’t walk .He had to go to his home village and help his father to manage the farm .He read a lot of books on farming and did well in it .He got much money and bought a few farms next to hs and ten years later he became the richest farmer in his village .
Once Robert net several friends in the capital .Some of them were famous in their country .They knew nothing about their lame friend .It made him unhappy and he asked them to visit his farm .They agreed and went there with him .They saw a beautiful house with a big garden when they got there .They found he had a lot of sheep ,pigs and cows .Robert and his family warmly received the guests from London .The next morning he took them to his farm .It was so large that they couldn’t see the other end and it surprised them all .
“It’ll take you two days to reach the other end of my farm by car !”Robert said happily .
“I think something is wrong with your cars !”one of the guests said with a smile .100个儿童英语故事阅读：愚蠢的小鸡
A Foolish Chicken
Christmas was coming .Mr Smith had no money to buy any presents for his children .His wife was ill and he spent a lot of money on her medicine .And the harvest was bad and all his family were going go be hungry the next spring .He was quite worried about it .
“We had only a cock ,”said Mrs Smith one day .“You’d better take it to the town .Sell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our children .”
“It’s a good idea !”the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put it into a box .It was difficult to walk on the road covered with thick snow .Two hours later he was very tied and wanted to have a rest .He put the box to the ground and sat down .
“The air in the box must be close ,”the man said to himself .“I’d better let the cock walk outside for a while ,or it’ll die .”
So he put the cock to the ground .When he started again ,he couldn’t catch it any longer .
“How foolish you are !”Mr Smith called out angrily .“You can herald the break of day at night but you cann’t find the way to the town in the daytime !”
100个儿童英语故事阅读：牛和狗
The Ox and the Dog
An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer.One day the dog arrogantly says: “How grand I am! In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows; at night, I guard the house.But you„” “Me? How about me ?” the ox says
“You can only plough or draw a cart,” the dog slightly says.“Yes.It’s true,” the ox says.“But if I don’t plough, what do you guard?”
一头牛和一只狗同时为一个农夫工作。
狗骄傲地说着;‘我是多么重要啊!白天我在牧场看护家群，晚上我看家。而你呢„..?” “我?我怎么啦?“ 牛反问。“你只会犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地说。“是的。你说得没有错，”牛回答道。“但是如果没有我犁地，你看护什么呢?”
100个儿童英语故事阅读：聪明的熊猫
A Clever Panda
A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home.But the pumpkin is too big.The panda can’t take it home.
Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her.She watches the bike.“I know! I have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily, “I can roll a pumpkin.It’s like a wheel.”
So she rolls the pumpkin to her home.When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly, “I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and says，“What a clever girl! Use you heard to do something,”
100个儿童英语故事阅读：聪明的熊猫
一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。
突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了!我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。
于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊!这么食的南瓜!你是怎么把它带回家来的?”小熊猫自豪地说;“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊!”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊!记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。
100个儿童英语故事阅读：聪明的熊猫
A Clever Panda
A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home.But the pumpkin is too big.The panda can’t take it home.
Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her.She watches the bike.“I know! I have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily, “I can roll a pumpkin.It’s like a wheel.”
So she rolls the pumpkin to her home.When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly, “I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and says，“What a clever girl! Use you heard to do something,”
100个儿童英语故事阅读：聪明的熊猫
一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。
突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了!我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。
于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊!这么食的南瓜!你是怎么把它带回家来的?”小熊猫自豪地说;“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊!”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊!记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。
100个儿童英语故事阅读：风和太阳
The wind and the sun
The wind and the sun were disputing who was the stronger.
Suddenly they saw a traveler coming down the road.The sun said, \"Whoever can make the traveler take off his coat will be the stronger.\"
So the sun hid behind a cloud, and the wind began to blow as hard as it could.As the wind blew harder, the traveler wrapped his coat more closely around himself.
Then the sun came out.He shone on the traveler.The traveler soon felt quite hot, and took off his coat.
100个儿童英语故事阅读：风和太阳
风和太阳两方为谁的能量大相互争论不休。
突然，他们看到一个行人走在路上，太阳说：“谁能使行人脱下衣服，谁就更强大。”
太阳藏在乌云后面，风开始拼命地吹，风刮得越猛烈，行人越是裹紧自己的衣服。
太阳出来了，暖暖地晒着行人，行人感到很热，很快就把外套脱了下来。
寓意: 劝说往往比强迫更为有效。
100个儿童英语故事阅读：母鸡和小女孩The Hen and the Little Girl
In a country home, a mother hen and her cute chicks were living happily.A little girl came to visit the country home, but was very bored.One night, the girl went into the chicken house.As soon as she went in, there was disorder.
Here and there cries of the chickens could be heard.The father, who was inside, woke up.
\"What\'s going on? Why are you bothering the chickens?\" \"Because I\'m bored.\" \"You have to sleep now, go inside.\"
The girl went into the chicken house, again, the next day.There was a racket again, as the chickens were frightened.The moon in the night sky was worried.This time, the little girl\'s father will not be forgiving.
Finally, the sleeping father woke up.\"Why are the chickens crying? By chance\" The father was angry and came out to the yard.
\"What\'s wrong with you? Is it okay to bother animals that can\'t talk? You need to be punished.\" When the little girl saw her father\'s angry face, she began to cry.
\"It is true that I bothered the chickens, but I was bored yesterday.But today I went in to apologize to the chickens.I was going to hug the chickens.\" When the father heard what his daughter said, a smile quickly appeared on his face.\"You are truly my daughter.\" The father praised his daughter.He was proud of his daughter that knew how to apologize.The moon in the sky gave a big laugh, too.100个儿童英语故事阅读：人鱼公主The Mermaid Prince
In the deep, sea palace, there lived a mermaid prince.Whenever she sang a song with her beautiful voice, everyone envied her.However, the mermaid prince wanted to go to the outside world.
\"I would like to hear the beautiful sound of birds.\"The king promised her.\"When you turn 15 years old, you can go and see the life above the sea.\" \"Oh, I can\'t wait!
Finally, it was the mermaid prince\' 15th birthday.She went up to the sea.The prince saw a great ship.And she saw a handsome prince standing on the ship.The prince fell in love with him at first sight.
However, as thunder and lightning struck, the ship sank on its side.The prince lost his consciousne and fell deep into the sea.\"Oh, no! The prince fell into the water.Let me hurry and save him.\"
The prince saved the prince and laid him on the sand.The prince took care of him all night.When the prince opened his eyes, the mermaid prince hid from him.She thought he might get scared by her tail.Just then, a prince from a neighbor land came out to see the sea and she saw the prince.
The prince watched from a far the prince who always came out to the sea at night.The prince was very sad.She wanted to become a human so that she could be with the prince.
She asked the witch.\"Okay, I will make you into a human, but you must give me your beautiful voice.If the prince marries someone else, you will become a water bubble.You must marry the prince.\"
On the sand, she drank the medicine that the witch had given her.With the big sudden pain, she turned into a human.Just then, the prince who came out to the sea saw the prince.
The prince took the prince who could not speak, to his palace.Although she could not speak, she was happy to be living near the prince.The prince was going to be married to a prince from a neighbor land.
\"I will be marrying the prince that saved my life.\" \'I am the one that saved your life.\' But, her voice could not be heard.
At night, the mermaid prince\' older sisters came up to the sea.They gave the mermaid prince a knife and said, \"If you stab the prince with this knife, you can be a mermaid again.If you don\'t, you will become a water bubble.\"
On the night of the wedding, the mermaid prince was going to stab the sleeping prince with the knife.But, she could not kill the loving prince.\"It\'s best that I just turn into a water bubble.\"When morning came, the mermaid turned into a water bubble and went up to heaven.100个儿童英语故事阅读：皇帝的新装The Naked King
Long, long time ago, there lived a very fancy king.The king changed his clothes 12 times a day.He really liked to show off to his subjects.\"My clothes are the best in the world.\"
One day, two tailors planned a trick.\"Why don\'t we teach that stupid and extravagant king a leon.He doesn\'t even worry about his starving people.\" \"That\'s right! He thinks he\'s the best.\"
The two men went to see the king.\"Oh, the world\'s most marvelous king! We have brought the most beautiful cloth in the whole world.\" \"However, not everyone is able to see the cloth.Those that tell lies and have bad hearts are not able to see this fine cloth.\"
After the king heard those words, he became very interested.\"Could there really be such a cloth? If I can make clothes out of those cloths, my clothes will be the best in the whole world.Hurry and show me the cloth.\" The king began to get more and more greedy.
The tailors pretended that the cloth was real, as they showed it to the king.The king and the fine-spoken subjects could not see anything before them.But, none of them could show that they could not see it.
The king and his fine-spoken subjects just looked at each other.Then, the tailor quickly spoke in a arrogant manner.\"Well, is there no honest man here? How can you look at this beautiful cloth and not praise it.\"
Among the subjects, one of them made a flattering comment out loud.\"Wow! This is the first time that I have seen such a wonderful cloth.\" All the subjects tried to be the first to praise the cloth.Then, the king was amazed with the beauty of the cloth, too.
The king gave the money and ordered them to make his clothes.For several days, the tailors pretended to be making the clothes.The king became worried and told one of his subjects to go and see how the clothes was coming along.
The subject could not say how much the clothes had been completed.As hard as he looked, he could not see it.But, he could not say that he was unable to see it.Instead, he pretended to be amazed at how beautiful it was coming along.
A few days later, the tailors came back with the King\'s clothes.\"Here you are, try on this clothes.\" The king was not able to honestly say that he could not see the clothes.He, too, pretended to look over it.
One man said, \"Your majesty, lets go and show off this finest clothes in the world.\" The subjects all agreed at the same time.\"Yes, that is a good idea.\"
The king walked out to the street very proudly and walked with pride.All the people in the land came out to see the king\'s new clothes.They were all surprised, though.
Just then, a little girl shouted out, \"Our king is naked!\" Then everyone said,\"He\'s naked, he\'s naked!\"
The king now realized the truth.However, with only his undergarments on, he still walked in a dignified manner.Even though he was embarraed, he could not stop walking.Why not? Because he was the king.100个儿童英语故事阅读：玫瑰小精灵The Elf of the Rose
There once was a rose bush in full bloom in a big garden.An elf was living in the most beautiful rose in the garden, and she was so small that people could not see her.She had long blond hair to her toes and beautiful wings.
One day, it got dark before she got home.She had been dancing and flying around so she didn\'t have time to get back to the rose bush.Suddenly, the weather got cold, evening dew started to fall, and a strong wind began to blow.She could not stay in the other flowers because they were all closed up.
\"What am I going to do now? It\'s too cold.\" She got scared because she had never stayed outside at night.There was a twinkling light from the other side of the garden.\"It\'s too cold, and I am scared.Maybe I should spend tonight there.\"
The elf flew to a pavilion on the other side of the garden in a hurry.But there were already two people in the pavilion.A beautiful young lady and a handsome man were praying that they would never be apart from each other.They were in love.
\"But we must go far away from each other soon.\" \"Your brother is sending me away because he does not like our marriage.Oh my bride, please wait for me until I come back to you!\" She sobbed and nodded her head.
She pulled off a rose from the bush which was aside her and kied it.Then she gave him the rose as a token of her love.At that moment, the rose opened up.The elf went into the rose secretly.
At that moment, a horrible looking man entered the pavillion.He was the brother of the young lady.\"What? You want to marry my sister?\" He drew his sword and cut the young man and buried him under a linden-tree.
\"He is gone forever now, and he will forget my sister.How dare the poor little boy want to marry my sister? It is common to die during a trip, so nobody will suspect me of murdering him.\" The brother brushed up his clothes and disappeared.
The elf woke up and found she was in the middle of a dark forest.\"Oh my! The forest is moving!\" But it was not a forest.It was the hair of the young lady\'s brother.She shivered with fear and anger.
When they got in the house, the young lady from the garden was crying.The man looked at his sister and gave her a chilly smile, and went to bed.\"Oh my lover, my dear fiance, please come back safely.\" She sobbed sadly and fell asleep.
The elf sat down quietly spreading her wings and told the young lady what she saw that day.\"What I am trying to say now is not a dream.If you dig under the linden-tree in the garden, you will find your fiance.It is your brother who killed him.\"
The beautiful young lady woke up.She secretly went out of her room and dug under the linden-tree as the elf had said.
Her lover was lying in the ground, cold dead.She cried out sadly and killed herself right next to her fiance.After some time paed, a flower called, \'Jasmine\' came into bloom at the place where the two lovers had died.The Jasmine had big white flowers on the branch and had a sweet smell.
Incidentally, the young lady\'s brother was walking down the road and he pulled off a branch of the jasmine and put it near his bedside.When night fell, two bees with poison stingers came out of the jasmine flowers and bit the brother\'s ears and mouth, and then they vanished.100个儿童英语故事阅读：丑小鸭The Ugly Duckling
A mother duck was brooding on her eggs near the margin of a pond.A flock of lovely baby ducks was soon born, making sweet peeping sounds when the eggs were broken.But one egg remained unbroken.\"It is strange.Why has this egg not broken?\"
The mother duck continued her brooding.At last, the egg was broken and a baby duck was born.However that baby duck was very ugly compared to the other baby ducks.
The mother duck was worried, but still she took the baby ducks near the water and taught them how to swim.The ugly duckling also swam with his brothers and sisters, moving his legs eagerly.\"It is lucky though.That baby swims well.\" Still his brothers pecked at the ugly duckling with their bills.
\"How hideous this baby duck is.We don\'t want to see you.Go to a cat.\" His brothers gave a very hard time to the poor duckling.\"Stop it, don\'t do that!\" The mother duck sighed and said, \"Ah! I wish that this baby could live happily at another place.\"
The baby duck heard what his mother said and dropped tears of sorrow saying, \"Mom, I will leave.Good-bye.\" The ugly duckling left his nest beyond the pond.
When he entered the forest, other birds were frightened by the baby duck and ran away.\"Why do they run away? Is it because I am so awful?\" The baby duck became sadder and plodded along the field.
Near the water beside the field, two wild ducks were playing around.\"Yah, what is that ugly duck? Let\'s make fun of him.\" The two wild ducks flew up in the air and threw stones at the baby duck.
\"Bang! Bang!\" At that time, a hunter shot his gun.The two wild ducks fell down dead to the ground.\"Uh? What is this small bird?\" The hunter took home the awkward little baby duck along with the two wild ducks.
\"Dad, what is this poor-looking bird?\" \"I took it with me in order to give it to you, my son.It was trembling with fear in the water.\" The children gave a hard time to the baby duck by pulling its wings and tail.
\"That hurts! Ow!\" The baby duck spilled a jug of milk while running away from the cruel hands of the children.The dishes on the table were also broken.The angry hunter sent out the baby duck with a flourish of his broomstick.And so the after being cast out from the house of the hunter, the ugly duckling spent a long and cold winter alone.
Finally spring came.The baby duck had a good stretch and flew up in the air vigorously.\"Uh! I am flying!\"
Upon the lake, a flock of white and pretty swans were playing around while swimming.\"They are indeed pretty birds.\" The baby duck became sad.\"Those birds may not like me as I am so ugly.\"
The baby duck tried to run away from the group of beautiful swans.\"Hi! Where are you going? Come and play around with us!\" The baby duck approached the swans hesitatingly.At that moment, the baby duck saw his own appearance reflected to the lake.There was one more beautiful swan gliding gracefully acro the water.
The ugly duckling who overcame all suffering had finally become a beautiful swan.And so he lived happily ever after.100个儿童英语故事阅读：Nightingale 夜莺
A long time ago in China there lived an emperor.The emperor loved to read books.One day, in the book he was reading, it wrote, \"The most beautiful precious treasure is the bird nightingale.\"
The emperor had never seen or heard of nightingale.\"What is nightingale?\" No one has ever seen or heard of it.
The emperor was very curious as to what nightingale was.\"Bring nightingale to me at once\".The servants were worried by the emperor\'s command.They looked here and there.
One day a little girl said that she knew of nightingale.She said that the bird she had was nightingale.It was a small cute bird.At once nightingale was brought to the emperor.
The emperor was very happy.\"Ah ~ is this bird called nightingale?\" For the first time in his life, he heard the beautiful voice and was impreed and deeply moved.
\"Please give me nightingale and I will reward you handsomely.\" So nightingale came to live in the palace.Everyday Nightingale sang for the emperor.
Emperor was happy every time he heard Nightingale sing.He was so proud of Nightingale that he allowed the servants to hear it too.However, Nightingale was not happy.Nightingale felt trapped and had no freedom.
One day the neighboring country sent a gift to the emperor.It was a nightingale doll made of jewels and gold.Every time the doll was wound up it sang beautifully.Furthermore, the emperor if wanted could hear it everyday.
\"It\'s really amazing.It\'s beauty is the finest in the world.\" The real Nightingale was sad.The real Nightingale decided to leave.It flew off into the forest of freedom.
The Nightingale doll kept on singing.One day the doll broke.No body was able to fix it.The emperor was heart broken.
The emperor became ill.He just laid there waiting to die.Just then, from the window, a beautiful song came flowing in.Everyone looked.
Sitting by the window, Nightingale began singing.Shortly after, the emperor became better.Nightingale was happy.Soon, the emperor\'s face was filled with happine once again.100个儿童英语故事阅读：The Unwise Hans 愚蠢的汉斯
In the countryside, there lived three brothers.The first and second brothers were very wise.But the third was not very wise.People called him unwise Hans.All three of the brothers wanted to marry the prince.The prince had said that she wanted to marry the wisest man on the land.\"We only have one week.\"
So in order to marry the prince, they hurried off on their way.The father of the three brothers gave horses to only two of the sons.The first brother got a brown horse and the second brother got a white horse.But, no horse was given to Hans.The unwise Hans left on a goat, instead of a horse.
The older brothers laughed at Hans.Still, Hans left with his brothers.After sometime, Hans picked up a dead crow on the road.\"Brothers, look at this.\" \"What are you going to do with that?\" \"I\'m going to give it to the prince.\" The brothers continued to laugh at Hans.
As Hans was going along the road, besides the crow, he picked up an old wooden clog and good quality mud.The older brothers no longer paid attention to Hans\' strange behavior and hurried off on their horses reaching the castle before Hans.
In front of the castle there stood the prince and many people who wanted to marry her.However, all the people who went inside of the prince\' room came out stuttering and muttering quietly to themselves.Finally the first brother went in.\"You\'re not right.Please go.\"
The first brother had forgotten everything that he had memorized.So, he could not say one word.Next the second brother went in.The prince told him to leave, as well.The second brother could not understand the prince\' question.Hans was the last person to go in.
\"The room is hot.\" \"The rooster is being roasted.\" \"Then roast my crow, as well, please.\" \"What should we do? There is no plate.\" \"Here it is.\"
Hans showed the old wooden clog that he had hidden.The prince made a smile on her face.\"Then where can we get the sauce?\"
Hans showed her the mud that he had picked up on the road, too.\"Ha, Ha, Ha- this is really fun.\"
The unwise Hans gave the prince the wisest answers.That\'s how the prince and the unwise Hans got married.The unwise Hans became the king of that land.100个儿童英语故事阅读：Thumbelina 拇指姑娘
Once upon a time, there lived a woman who had no children.The woman went to a sorcerer and begged, \"I want to raise a pretty baby.\" The sorcerer then gave her a flower seed.As soon as the seed was planted, a tulip bloomed forth.From the floral leaf, a lovely baby girl who was as short as a thumb was born.
\"Mother, how are you?\" The baby girl who came out from the flower said hello to her mother with a beautiful voice.The woman was very happy and wanted to give her a pretty name.\"A baby who is as short as a thumb...I will name her as Thumbelina.\"
Thumbelina led a happy life sailing her ship acro a pond filled with flowers.But one night, there appeared a horrible-looking toad when Thumbelina was asleep.\"She is really a pretty girl.I am going to make her my bride.\" The toad carried the sleeping girl on his warty back and went to his pond.Thumbelina woke up in the morning, and was so surprised that she could do nothing but weep silently.
She thought that she would rather die than become the wife of a toad.The fish who saw this unhappy event were sympathetic towards the poor girl, and said, \"Thumbelina is pitiful.Let\'s help her.\" The fish cut the leaf of a lotus flower on which Thumbelina was riding, so that she could run away from the toad.She was roaming around the riverside riding on the leaf of a lotus flower.At that time, a beetle came flying about and spied the top of the head of Thumbelina.
\"Uh! She is a very pretty girl.Okay, I am going to make her my friend.\" The beetle grabbed Thumbelina and flew into the forest.\"How about that? She is my friend.Isn\'t she very pretty?\" The beetle bragged about her to his other beetle friends, but they all thought that she was an odd creature.\"What? She only has two legs but has no wings like we do.It is really strange.\"
With his friends making fun of him, the beetle began to dislike Thumbelina.He went away with his friends, leaving the girl alone in the branches.She spent many lonely days eating tree fruits and flowers.\"Dear God, please send me to my mother.\" Thumbelina wandered around the forest shivering from cold and hunger.
After some time, it began to snow.Thumbelina was looking for a place to take shelter when she finally saw a twinkling light.\"I am Thumbelina.Please allow me to take a rest in your house.\" A field mouse woman greeted the girl warmly saying, \"Oh my dear, please come in.\"
The field mouse woman loved Thumbelina as if she were her own daughter.One day, a rich mole from a neighboring burrow came to the house for a holiday.He said, \"She is a really pretty girl.It would be good if she became the wife of my son.\" The field mouse woman was very happy about what the rich mole said.But Thumbelina did not like that haughty fellow.Yet she was unable to reject what the field mouse woman wanted.
Thumbelina was taking a walk sadly in an underground paage, which was actually the house of the mole.At that time, she found a swallow that had fallen on the ground.\"Ah, poor swallow.Please gain your strength.\" Thumbelina nursed the swallow earnestly.Finally, spring came, and the swallow gained strength and was about to leave the underground paage.He said, \"Dear Thumbelina, come with me to the flower country where there is nothing but sun and flowers.\"
She agreed and rode on the back of the swallow to the flower land, where the Prince of the country greeted her saying, \"Welcome, Thumbelina! I was waiting for you.\" There began a great party to welcome the happy girl.The Prince said, \"Dear Thumbelina, would you please marry me and become the Queen of the flower country?\"
She said, \"Yes, I will!\" The Prince then gave his royal crown and wings to Thumbelina.To her bird companion she said, \"Dear swallow, please deliver this news to my mother.\" Thereafter, the Prince and Thumbelina led a very happy life in the flower country.100个儿童英语故事阅读：The Terrible King 可怕的国王
A long time ago, there lived a terrible king.The terrible king\'s wish was that all the people would shake in fear at the sound of his name.The terrible king made the lives of the people in the neighbor land horrible.\"Here! Take everything!\"
The Terrible King
The terrible king viciously took away all the belongings of the neighbor land.He even scared the poor women and children.The king was not even sorry to the children and women.The terrible king bothered the people of the neighbor land worse and worse everyday.The palace became more and more magnificent.
\"Put up a statue in the church!\" Now the terrible king was ordering the church to place a statue of himself there.However, the ministers could not do that.\" Your majesty may be great, but God is even greater.\"
The terrible king was becoming angry.It was because he thought that he was the greatest in the whole world.Then the king was angry.\"What! He is greater? Then I will defeat God.\"
In a loud voice, the terrible king said that he would win against God.That\'s why he ordered that a magnificent ship be built in order to go to the heaven.He said he would ride the ship to go and defeat God.The terrible king rode the ship up to heaven.
From the sky, an angel was sent.However, the terrible king shot over a thousand bullets at the angel.\"Ahhhhhh\" Being shot, the angel was bleeding.The blood dropped unto the terrible king\'s ship.The angel\'s blood was so heavy that the king\'s ship sank.
The terrible king became angry, again.\"Build a more stronger ship.\" The terrible king wanted a better ship, so he ordered all the workers in his kingdom to build it.\"I will defeat God for sure!\"
The terrible king went up to heaven, once more.God sent mosquitoes to the terrible king.The terrible king just laughed at the mosquitoes.\"Go and bring me the best carpet.\" The king made another command.He thought that if he wrapped the carpet around his body the mosquitoes would not be able to bite him.But one mosquito went inside of the carpet.Because of that one mosquito, the terrible king was rolling around screaming.The terrible king that couldn\'t even catch one mosquito was a laughingstock for his troops.100个儿童英语故事阅读：The Wild Swans 野天鹅
Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, there were eleven Princes and a single Prince, by the name of Elisa.One day, their mother died of a disease.
Eventually the King married again.The new Queen hated the twelve children.
She said craftily, \"Elisa is weak, and it would be good for her to go to the country for recuperation.\" The King was grateful to the Queen, as she seemed to care for the health of his daughter.Therefore, the Prince was sent off to the remotest corner of the country.
The Queen then changed the eleven Princes into swans through her magic power, and sent them away from the royal palace.The Princes flew away crying sadly.\"Oh! I feel good.It is my world now.\"
After some time, the King mied Prince Elisa and sent for her.The Queen had Prince Elisa wear a dirty and worn-out dre.The King was very surprised to see the dirty Prince Elisa.\"Elisa, how do you dre yourself?\" Then the Queen said quickly, \"Dear Lord, it seems that Prince Elisa has gone mad.\" The King was furious and sent the Prince away from him.
\"Ah! Where are my brothers?\" The Prince asked a man paing by, \"Have you ever seen eleven Princes?\" The man said, \"I have not seen eleven Princes but I have seen eleven swans.Strangely the swans wore golden crowns.You may find them near the river.\"
Prince Elisa waited for her brothers near the river hoping to find them.At night, eleven swans swooped down to the ground and were turned into the form of Princes.\"My brothers!\" \"Elisa!\" They cried and embraced each other.
The brothers were trapped under the spell of the wicked Queen, and were forced to become swans and fly around to look for something to eat during the day.Elisa prayed earnestly, \"Dear God, please release the magic curse from my brothers.\" In her dreams that night, a fairy appeared and said, \"Make mantles for your brothers with hemp and have them wear the mantles.However, you should not speak at all until those mantles are made completely.\"
The Princes thought that Elisa, who did not speak and merely kept knitting, had become strange.One day, a Prince from a neighboring kingdom saw the knitting Prince when he was out hunting.The Prince took Elisa to his palace saying to himself, \"She is a really beautiful lady.I am going to make her happy.\"
But Elisa did not say anything, and only kept knitting eagerly.At nightfall of the next day, the hemp was all used up.Elisa picked some more hemp near a grave but was caught by the Prince.The Prince said, \"You dared to go to a grave at night? You must be a witch.Take this witch and burn her at the stake!\"
Prince Elisa was unable to say anything and was imprisoned.Prince Elisa continued knitting without taking rest even in the prison.Prince Elisa was finally knitting the eleventh mantle, while being carried on a cart going to the burning place.The villagers threw stones at her while shouting, \"That witch is still knitting.Burn her at the stake!\"
At that precise moment, the eleven swans flew in.Prince Elisa threw the finished mantles to the swans.Only then, Prince Elisa opened her mouth.\"I now can speak.I am not a witch.\" They donned the knitted hoods they were turned back into Princes.The Prince told the Prince what had happened up to that time.Thereafter, the Prince and Prince Elisa lived happily together in their kingdom.100个儿童英语故事阅读：Last Dream for an Old Oak Tree
Once upon a time, there was a large oak tree in the forest.This oak tree was very old.One day during the hot summer, a mayfly flew by and alighted on a leaf of the oak tree.
\"Mayfly, you must be so sad.\" \"Why?\" \"You get to live only one day.\" The oak tree felt sorry for the mayfly.Mayfly asked, \"Don\'t you live for one day?\" \"No.I live much longer than you do.\"
The mayfly nodded and asked, \"Really? Then, are you happy now?\" \"Yes, I am very happy,\" replied the oak tree.
Then the mayfly smiled and said, \"I am very happy, too.Although I get to live only one day, it doesn\'t matter.You get to live much longer than I do, but we are both happy, aren\'t we?\" The oak tree and the mayfly kept on talking to each other.
Eventually, the mayfly leaned on the oak tree and fell asleep.\"Mayfly!\" The oak tree called the mayfly, but the mayfly did not respond.
It had died.\"Mayfly, have a happy dream.\" The oak tree bleed the mayfly for the last time.
Many weeks then paed.Spring, summer and fall went by, and winter came.Finally, the long-awaited day of Christmas came.The oak tree wanted to rest now.
The oak tree had a dream on Christmas day.In it, pretty flowers were abundant and butterflies were flying in a green forest.In this dream, the oak tree met the mayfly.The mayfly said, \"Come play here.It is such a happy place.\" The oak tree was very pleased indeed to see the mayfly.
While the oak tree was sleeping, its roots were cut.It was time for the oak tree to die.The oak tree went to a happy world, dreaming.100个儿童英语故事阅读：快乐的夫妇
The Happy Couple
A long time ago, there was a happy prince and prince in a country.They took care of and loved each other very much, and their country was happy, too.Therefore they didn\'t envy anything else.There was one thing they worried about.They wanted to make sure they could live happily forever like this
One day, one of the subjects found out the couple\'s worry and told them, \"Prince, I heard that there is a magic charm, and it can protect you from any unfortunate event.If you always carry the magic charm with you, your fear and worry will disappear.\"
\"Is it true? Where can I find that charm?\" The prince asked him joyfully.\"There is an old man in the forest, and he knows about everything.You can ask him.\"
The couple visited the old man, and asked for help with their worries and fears.The old man nodded his head as if he knew everything and said, \"Travel all around the world.Then, when you meet a very happy couple, ask them to cut a piece of their underwear.If you keep the piece of the underwear, your fear and worry will go away.\"
The couple appreciated the old man\'s kindne and set out on the journey.The couple wandered around everywhere and heard about a happy knight and his wife of one town.They went to visit the knight.\"Are you really happy like the rumor?\" Then the knight answered.\"Of course, we are, Prince.But our only worry and problem is that we didn\'t have any children.\"
They had to find an absolutely happy couple, so they continued their journey.They visited a happy couple who were famous for their happine in the next town.And they asked the couple if they were really happy.The couple answered.\"Yes, we are very happy.But we have too many children.A mother with a large brood never has a peaceful day.We worry too much about our children.\"
They could not get a magic charm this time too, and kept going on their trip.It was very hard to find the happiest couple in the world.One day, the prince couple met a shepherd and his wife in a big field.
The shepherd was playing a flute and driving a herd of sheep, and his wife took their two children to him.As soon as the shepherd saw his family, he ran to them directly.He kied and embraced each of them by turns.They sat in a circle and had lunch after the wife had prepared it.
The prince couple watched for a while and approached them.\"Excuse me.You look so happy!\" The shepherd smiled and said, \"Sure, any king or queen can never be happier than we are.\"
The prince couple thought that they finally found what they were looking for.\"I am sorry, but could you please cut a piece of your underwear for us?\" The prince couple asked them very politely, but the shepherd couple felt confused and said, \"Of course we would like to help you, but we don\'t wear any underwear.\"
In the end, the couple set out on their journey again with nothing.Finally they came back to their home because they were so tired, and because they couldn\'t find the magic charm too.As soon as they came back to their country, they visited the old man.
The prince told their story to the old man and asked him.\"Why did you make us suffer from the long trip for a charm which doesn\'t even exist?\" The old man smiled and said, \"Well, do you really think your trip was a vain effort? Think about it carefully.While you were traveling around, you learned many things about how other people live, didn\'t you?\"
The prince thought to himself for a while and said, \"Ah, now I understand.You mean that true happine is up to yourself.\" The prince\'s wife smiled and nodded her head.The happy couple held their hands and looked in each other\'s eyes.
The old man said as he watched them.\"The true magic charm that you are searching for is in your mind.Keep it carefully from now on.Then, you\'ll never be unhappy with whatever comes your way.\" 100个儿童英语故事阅读：跛子汉斯The Cripple Hans
There once was a rich feudal lord.He and his wife had a big farm.They wished everyone else would live as happily as they did.On one Christmas Eve, a beautifully decorated Christmas tree stood in their big hall, and firewood was burning vigorously.The couple invited all the poor children and their parents of the country to their house.
Traditional Christmas meals were served to everyone, and people went back to their homes and talked about the dinner and the gifts.Kersten and Ole, who were working in a garden, received the gifts for their children and went back home.\"Both masters are very kind, but that\'s because they are rich.They are enjoying themselves.\"
\"We have only four suits of clothes.Why didn\'t they give anything to Hans? Maybe it\'s because Hans is a cripple, so they forgot him.\" Hans was a very active and smart boy, but he had to stay in bed for five years because of his weak legs.\"Oh, but I received a book for Hans\" Hans was so happy because of the book.The thick fairy tale book had a lot to read and to think about deeply.
Kersten and Ole were always complaining because they were always busy.\"Some people have both happine and wealth at the same time, but for other people, the only thing they have is poverty.Why do we have to suffer so much because of Adam and Eve? If we were Adam and Eve, we would not behave like them.\" \"You would do same as they did.This book can tell you why.\"
\"What did the book say?\" Hans read a story to his parents loudly.\'One woodcutter couple always complained that their unhappine began because of Adam and Eve.At that time, a King was riding a horse and heard them and said, \"Come to my palace with me.You can live as luxuriously as I can.You have seven kinds of wonderful dishes and deserts at every meal.\"
\"Never touch the plate covered with a lid in the middle of the table.As soon as you touch the plate, your peaceful and luxurious life will be over.\" The woodcutter couple lived luxuriously after that, but soon they became curious what was on the plate under the lid.After a while, they uncovered the lid of the plate.
\"That\'s it.Now go back where you came from.Do not blame Adam and Eve any more.You have the same amount of curiosity as they did, and besides you cannot appreciate God\'s grace and gifts.\" Hans\' parents were surprised by the story about the woodcutter couple, and they told Hans to read the same story every night.
One night, Hans read his parents a story about a man who does not know both sadne and diatisfaction.\'A long time ago, a King became ill, and there was only one cure the underwear of a man who never knew both sadne and diatisfaction.His subjects visited every king and nobleman of the world searching for the cure, but they could not find it.\'
One day, a swineherd was sitting next to a ditch said, \"I don\'t know anything about sadne and diatisfaction.I have always have been living my life happily.\" \"Give me your underwear.We will give you half of our kingdom in exchange for that.\" Even though the subjects tried to persuade him, the swineherd did not have underwear to give to the subject of the King.Hans\' parents laughed loudly as if they had not laughed for a long time.
\"What are you so happy about? It\'s been a long time since I saw you smiling.\" \"Hans read a story about a man who does not know about sadne and diatisfaction.He is too poor to have any underwear.Try to imagine him! Everyone has his own burden to carry by himself.But if you listen to other people\'s stories, you will feel your burden of life is much lighter than before.\"
\"Where did you get this book?\" \"One year ago at the Christmas party, the mistre gave us as a gift.At that time, we wanted to have underwear as a gift rather than a book.But this book is like magic.It gives us the answers to what we always were curious about.\" After that day, the schoolmaster visited Hans, who always stays in his bed in the afternoons, gave him a lot of knowledge that children at school could learn.
The schoolmaster got invited to the feudal lord\'s mansion and had a meal with them.In the middle of dinner, he told them the book that they had given to Hans was such a bleed gift for the family.The mistre gave some silver coins to the schoolmaster, and asked him to give them to Hans.Hans\' parents were very happy to get the silver coins.\"Crippled Hans brings us bleings.\"
A few days later, the mistre herself visited Hans with a basket of delicious bread, fruit and juice, and a cage with a black bird.Hans was so happy for the gift, but his parents were not.\"Rich people cannot think.If Hans cannot take care of the bird, we have to do the troublesome work.In the end, a cat will eat the bird anyway.\"
A cat often visited the room, but it seemed that it was not interested in the black bird.One afternoon, when Hans was reading the book, the cat was staring at the bird in the cage above a dreer.The cat jumped up to the window frame next to the cage in a breath.Hans worried about the bird, and he tried to throw his fairy tale book at the cat, but it did not reach the cat.
Hans wielded a bedcover, but it was a vain effort.The cat jumped up to the dreer and dropped the cage to the ground.At the same time, Hans suddenly leaped to his feet from his bed, picked up the cage and shooed the cat away.Hans saw himself holding the cage in his hand.He realized what happened to him and ran out to the road.
\"I can walk.Now I can walk!\" On that day, Hans\' family had a big party.The feudal lord and his wife were happy as if their own son could walk again.\"You have a good mind, God ble you always.\" Hans went to a school in Copenhagen because he was so smart, and he could understand so well what he read.His parents were sad that they could not live with their son, but they were very happy whenever they got a letter with happy news from him.
\"What happened to Hans is proof that God does not forget poor children.\" \"What happened to Hans is such a miracle.Is it like one of the stories which Hans used to tell us?\" Hans\' parents held each other\'s hands and looked at each other piously.100个儿童英语故事阅读：影子The Shadow
A scholar who used to live in a cold region took a trip to a place of tropical weather.He stayed in the house all day because it was too hot to go out.\"Phew.It is so hot.I can\'t even go outside.\"
At night, people came out from their houses to get fresh air.The scholar also went out of his house and looked around here and there.\"There are a lot of people here.Now I feel better.But how come the house acro the street is so quiet?\"
\"Music flows from the house, and such beautiful flowers are in the house.There must be a pretty woman living in that house.\"Then, one evening.
\"That house is quiet again.The only thing that moves in the house is my shadow.\" The scholar acted as if he was talking to his own shadow.
Suddenly, his shadow on the house went into the inside the house.The scholar was shocked.Then, the next day.\"How can I lose my own shadow? People will laugh at me.Phew.What am I going to do? I feel awful.What am I going to do now?\"
In a tropical region, everything grew really fast.Fortunately, the scholar\'s shadow grew a lot in a week.
Then, one evening.Someone visited the scholar.\"Who is it? Please come in.\" A well-dreed gentleman came into his house.\"Excuse me, but have we meet before?\" The gentleman answered.\"Don\'t you recognize me? Well, I gue you\'ve never imagined that I would show up in front of you with this kind of look.I have been enjoying my own life very much since I left you.\" \"Then, you must be.\" \"That\'s right! I am your shadow.\" \"How amazing! How can this happen? And how are you doing?\"
\"I will tell you everything.But promise me one thing before I tell my story.Don\'t you ever tell anyone that I used to be your shadow.\" \"I promise!\"
\"I went into the house acro the street and met a Godde.I learned a lot of things while I was staying there with her.Then, she allowed me to live my own life all by myself.Sometimes I gave severe punishments to bad people.People always welcomed me wherever I was.They just loved me.\" \"Really? That\'s amazing! How can this happen?\" \"I\'ve to go now.See you next time.\"
A few years later, the shadow visited the scholar again.The scholar was writing a book, but he was so sad because no one read his book.He felt tired of writing.\"You look very exhausted.\" \"No one can understand my book.\" \"You have to take a rest.Let\'s go to a spa.I will pay for the trip for you.Instead, you should be my shadow.\" \"Oh god! Do I really have to be your shadow?\" After long thinking about the shadow\'s suggestion, the scholar decided to go on the trip and be a shadow.
There were lots of people in the spa, and a prince was one of them.The prince saw the shadow and thought, \"He is so nice.I want to go out with him.\"
She met the shadow.She liked him very much because he knew everything.The shadow pointed to the scholar and said, \"He is my shadow.If you want to know about something, please ask him.\" \"You look so smart.\"
The prince decided to get married to the shadow.
The shadow met the scholar and said, \"I am going to marry the prince.You can come to the castle and live with us.But you have to be my shadow and have to live under my feet forever.\" \"No, that doesn\'t make any sense.You are MY shadow.\"
The shadow put the scholar in prison, and then he told the prince.\"My shadow is out of his mind.He kept insisting that I am his shadow.There seems to be no chance of his recovery.I will help him to disappear quietly.\" \"Yes, you need to help him.\"
The prince and the shadow finally got married.But the scholar died in prison.100个儿童英语故事阅读：妻子和腐烂的苹果Last Dream for an Old Oak Tree
Once upon a time, there was a large oak tree in the forest.This oak tree was very old.One day during the hot summer, a mayfly flew by and alighted on a leaf of the oak tree.
\"Mayfly, you must be so sad.\" \"Why?\" \"You get to live only one day.\" The oak tree felt sorry for the mayfly.Mayfly asked, \"Don\'t you live for one day?\" \"No.I live much longer than you do.\"
The mayfly nodded and asked, \"Really? Then, are you happy now?\" \"Yes, I am very happy,\" replied the oak tree.
Then the mayfly smiled and said, \"I am very happy, too.Although I get to live only one day, it doesn\'t matter.You get to live much longer than I do, but we are both happy, aren\'t we?\" The oak tree and the mayfly kept on talking to each other.
Eventually, the mayfly leaned on the oak tree and fell asleep.\"Mayfly!\" The oak tree called the mayfly, but the mayfly did not respond.
It had died.\"Mayfly, have a happy dream.\" The oak tree bleed the mayfly for the last time.
Many weeks then paed.Spring, summer and fall went by, and winter came.Finally, the long-awaited day of Christmas came.The oak tree wanted to rest now.
The oak tree had a dream on Christmas day.In it, pretty flowers were abundant and butterflies were flying in a green forest.In this dream, the oak tree met the mayfly.The mayfly said, \"Come play here.It is such a happy place.\" The oak tree was very pleased indeed to see the mayfly.
While the oak tree was sleeping, its roots were cut.It was time for the oak tree to die.The oak tree went to a happy world, dreaming.
