有声英语儿童童话故事 伊索寓言 狼来了

There was once a young ShepherdBoy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It wasrather lonely for him all day, so he thought upon a plan by which he could geta little company and some excitement. He rushed down towards the villagecalling out “Wolf, Wolf,” and the villagers came out to meet him, and some ofthem stopped with him for a considerable time. This pleased the boy so muchthat a few days afterwards he tried the same trick, and again the villagerscame to his help.

But shortly after this a Wolfactually did come out from the forest, and began to worry the sheep, and theboy of course cried out “Wolf, Wolf,” still louder than before. But this timethe villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy was againdeceiving them, and nobody stirred to come to his help. So the Wolf made a goodmeal off the boy’s flock, and when the boy complained, the wise man of thevillage said:

“A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”

有声英语儿童童话故事 伊索寓言 狐狸和乌鸦

A Fox once saw a Crow fly offwith a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. “That’sfor me, as I am a Fox,” said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot ofthe tree. “Good-day, Mistress Crow,” he cried. “How well you are lookingto-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voicemust surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but onesong from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds.”

The Crow lifted up her head andbegan to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheesefell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. “That will do,” saidhe. “That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a pieceof advice for the future:

“Do not trust flatterers.”

有声英语儿童童话故事 伊索寓言 蚂蚁和蚱蜢

The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil a head of wheat he was taking to the nest.
“Why not come and chat with me,” said the Grasshopper, “instead of toiling and moiling in that way?”
“I am helping to lay up food for the winter,” said the Ant, “and recommend you to do the same.”
“Why bother about winter?” said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present.” But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself cold and very hungry, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

英语有声儿童童话故事 伊索寓言 龟兔赛跑

The Hare and the Tortoise

The Hare was onceboasting of his speed before the other animals. “I have never yet been beaten,”said he, “when I put forth my full speed. I challenge any one here to race withme.”

The Tortoise saidquietly, “I accept your challenge.”

“That is a goodjoke,” said the Hare; “I could dance around you all the way.”

“Keep yourboasting till you’ve beaten,” answered the Tortoise. “Shall we race?”

So a course wasfixed and a start was made. The Hare darted almost out of sight at once, butsoon stopped and, believing that the Tortoise could never catch him, lay downby the wayside to have a nap. The Tortoise never for a moment stopped, but wenton with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course.

When the Hareawoke from his nap, he saw the Tortoise just near the winning-post. The Hareran as fast as he could, but it was too late. He saw the Tortoise had reachedthe goal. Then said the Tortoise:

“Slow and steadywins the race.”

有声英语儿童童话故事 绒布兔子 第20章

Autumn passed and Winter, and inthe Spring, when the days grew warm and sunny, the Boy went out to play in thewood behind the house. And while he was playing, two rabbits crept out from thebracken and peeped at him. One of them was brown all over, but the other hadstrange markings under his fur, as though long ago he had been spotted, and thespots still showed through. And about his little soft nose and his round blackeyes there was something familiar, so that the Boy thought to himself:

“Why, he looks just like my oldBunny that was lost when I had scarlet fever!”

But he never knew that it reallywas his own Bunny, come back to look at the child who had first helped him tobe Real.

有声英语儿童童话故事 绒布兔子 第19章

But the little Rabbit sat quite still for a moment and never moved. Forwhen he saw all the wild rabbits dancing around him he suddenly rememberedabout his hind legs, and he didn’t want them to see that he was made all in one piece. He did notknow that when the Fairy kissed him that last time she had changed himaltogether. And he might have sat there for a long time, too shy to move, ifjust then something hadn’t tickled his nose, and beforehe thought what he was doing he lifted his hind toe to scratch it.

And he found that he actually had hind legs! Instead of dingy velveteen hehad brown fur, soft and shiny, his ears twitched by themselves, and hiswhiskers were so long that they brushed the grass. He gave one leap and the joyof using those hind legs was so great that he went springing about the turf onthem, jumping sideways and whirling around as the others did, and he grew soexcited that when at last he did / stɒp/ to look for the Fairy she had gone.

He was a Real Rabbit at last, at home with the other rabbits.

有声英语儿童童话故事 绒布兔子 第18章

“I am the nursery magic Fairy,”she said. “I take care of all the playthings that the children have loved. Whenthey are old and worn out and the children don’t need them any more, then Icome and take them away with me and turn them into Real.”

“Wasn’t I Real before?” asked thelittle Rabbit.

“You were Real to the Boy,” theFairy said, “because he loved you. Now you shall be Real to every one.”

And she held the little Rabbitclose in her arms and flew with him into the wood.

It was light now, for the moonhad risen. All the forest was beautiful, and the fronds of the bracken shonelike frosted silver. In the open glade between the tree-trunks the wild rabbitsdanced with their shadows on the velvet grass, but when they saw the Fairy theyall stopped dancing and stood round in a ring to stare at her.

“I’ve brought you a newplayfellow,” the Fairy said. “You must be very kind to him and teach him all heneeds to know in Rabbit-land, for he is going to live with you for ever andever!”

And she kissed the little Rabbitagain and put him down on the grass.

“Run and play, little Rabbit!”she said.

有声英语儿童童话故事 绒布兔子 第17章

And then a strange thinghappened. For where the tear had fallen a flower grew out of the ground, amysterious flower, not at all like any that grew in the garden. It had slendergreen leaves with color of emeralds, and in the center of the leaves a blossomlike a golden cup. It was so beautiful that the little Rabbit forgot to cry,and just lay there watching it. And presently the blossom opened, and out of itthere stepped a fairy.

She was quiteloveliest fairy inthe whole world. Her dress was of pearl and dew-drops, and there were flowersround her neck and in her hair, and her face was like the most perfect flowerof all. And she came close to the little Rabbit and gathered him up in her armsand kissed him on his velveteen nose that was all damp from crying.

“Little Rabbit,” she said, “don’tyou know who I am?”

The Rabbit looked up at her, andit seemed to him that he had seen her face before, but he couldn’t think where.

有声英语儿童童话故事 绒布兔子 第16章

That night the Boy slept in adifferent bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. It was a splendidbunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited tocare very much about it. For to-morrow he was going to the seaside, and that initself was such a wonderful thing that he could think of nothing else.

有声英语儿童童话故事 绒布兔子 第15章

“Hurrah!” thought the littleRabbit. “To-morrow we shall go to the seaside!” For the boy had often talked ofthe seaside, and he wanted very much to see the big waves coming in, and thetiny crabs, and the sand castles.

Just then Nana caught sight ofhim.

“How about his old Bunny?” sheasked.

“That?” said the doctor. “Why,it’s a mass of scarlet fever germs!–Burn it at once. What? Nonsense! Get him anew one. He mustn’t have that any more!”