2008-03-16 所属栏目:英语故事

The strange adventures related in the story of the Beetle and the Silken Thread took place in the town of Allahabad, "the City of God," so called because it is situated near the point of

2008-03-16 所属栏目:英语故事

In the branches of a great tree, in a forest in India, lived a wise old crow in a very comfortable, well-built nest. His wife was dead, and all his children were getting their own living; so he had

2008-03-16 所属栏目:英语故事

In one of the smaller cities of India called Sravasti the people gathered together on a very hot day to stare at and talk about a stranger, who had come in to the town, looking very weary and walki

2008-03-16 所属栏目:英语故事

Far, far away in a town of India called Chinchini, where in days long gone by the ancient gods in whom the people believed are said sometimes to have appeared to those who called upon them for help

2008-03-16 所属栏目:英语故事

When the rainy season began and the chief was arranging the gardening program, he called the animals and asked what each would sow. One chose maize and another millet. One promised to grow kassava

2008-03-16 所属栏目:英语故事

It was not often that the tortoise and the eagle met, for the one spent his days in the clouds and the other in the under a bush. However, when the eagle heard what a warm-hearted little fellow the

2008-03-15 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...in the immense Russian steppe, lay a little village where nearly all the inhabitants bred horses. It was the month of October, when a big livestock market was held yearly in the

2008-03-15 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time a Jackal and a Pea-hen swore eternal friendship. Every day they had their meals together, and spent hours in pleasant conversation.Now, one day, the Pea-hen had juicy plums for din

2008-03-15 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time a poor Brahman was walking along a dusty road, when he saw something sparkling on the ground. On picking it up, it turned out to be a small red stone, so, thinking it somewhat curi

2008-03-15 所属栏目:英语故事

One moonlight night, a miserable, half-starved jackal, skulking through the village, found a worn-out pair of shoes in the gutter. They were too tough for him to eat, so, determined to make some us

2008-03-15 所属栏目:英语故事

A Jackal and a Partridge swore eternal friendship; but the Jackal was very exacting and jealous. "You don't do half as much for me as I do for you," he used to say, "and yet you talk

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

One day when Coyote was fishing in a stream he saw Bear. Bear was very angry, a bee had stung him on the nose!He said to Coyote "I am very hungry, the bees did not give me any honey. I will ea

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

One day Mr. and Mrs. Zebra were going to a party with all there other Jungle friends. Mr. and Mrs. Zebra both wanted to look very special, but in a different kind of way. Mr. Zebra painted the fron

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

One day a mother rabbit was having a baby rabbit. The other rabbits were very fast and could jump very high. When the little rabbit was 4 months old, it started to talk. The very first thing he sai

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

Long ago the Rhinoceros didn't have a horn. Just a long, gray head. Now the Rhinoceros wanted to be different. He thought of every thing. A mane, but the lion and horse already had that. Speed, but

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

One day Rabbit took his bow and arrow and went hunting. He left the house where he lived with his grandmother and hopped through the forest, happy
to be out and about. Suddenly he saw huge footpri

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

Coyote was out walking one day when he saw an old woman hurrying towards him."Turn back! If you keep going that way the giant will get you" she cried."Giants don't scare me" sa

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

A long long time ago most of the animals on earth looked very different from how they look now. Some were thinner, some were taller and some had more legs than they have today.The Rhinoceros and th

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

A long time ago when the world was first born, it was always dark in the north where the Inuit people lived. They thought it was dark all over the world until an old crow told the them about daylig

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

Many years ago there was a great war between the birds and the animals.
No-one knows why. It just happened.The creatures with wings flew to the battle site and made their camp. Those who had legs,

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

Not many animals liked Coyote. Some thought he was foolish and others thought he was boastful. The
mice didn't like him because he was mean to them.One day when he was out walking, Coyote saw the

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

Many years ago the world had two parts.Animals lived in the lower part, which was was completely covered in water and had no land or soil. Above was the Sky World, where the sky people lived.The Sk

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

A long time ago a Pawnee hunter was returning home after a day's hunting when he saw a baby bear all alone in the forest.The bear cub looked very frightened and was crying for its mother.Feeling so

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

A long time ago a monkey lived in a great fig tree on the riverbank of the river Ganges at the foot of the Himalaya Mountains. Life was good for him. He grew big and strong eating the tree's fruit.

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语故事

"Joey! Where are you?" called Mother Kangaroo, searching for her son. "Come here now". Mother Kangaroo looked around, under all the bushes, but couldn't see her Joey. "That