姥姥讲故事 Grandma's story in Chinese

当孩子醒来时开始记得自己做的梦，让他们听听这个故事吧。告诉他们，进入梦乡是一件美好的事。让他们讲讲自己的梦。也许他们会添油加醋，那也没关系，不仅可以了解他们，梦和他们的幻想交织起来，也会为孩子构筑彩色的世界。

When your child wakes up and starts to remember the dreams they had, let them listen to this story. Tell them that going to dreamland is a wonderful thing. Let them tell about their dreams. Maybe they'll add to it, and that's okay, not only will you get to know them, but dreams intertwined with their fantasies will build colorful worlds for your child.

这是个很有趣的故事。妈妈们常抱怨儿子爱恶作剧，说他简直是天不怕地不怕，真不知拿他怎么办。可是她们不知道，有时孩子装出勇敢的样子其实是给自己壮胆，他心里正在害怕呢。

This is a very interesting story. Mothers often complain about their son's love of mischief, saying that he is simply not afraid of anything and they don't know what to do with him. But what they don't realize is that sometimes when a child puts on a brave face, it's just a way of bracing himself for the fear that's in his heart.

蜗牛城里蜗牛们的生活，因为蜗牛姑娘安装的电话完全变了样。妈妈可以给小朋友讲讲，我们今天的生活，也因为有了微信完全变了样。人们之间方便的信息沟通真是太重要了。

The life of the snails in the snail city has completely changed because of the telephone installed by the snail girl. Mom can tell the children that our life today is also completely changed because of WeChat. It is so important for people to communicate with each other easily.

现在大家都知道，智力这种先天的条件并不是成功的主要因素，少年时代的小聪明更不值得骄傲，持之以恒的努力才能成就事业。所以，最好不要夸孩子聪明，而当他坚持做一件事时却应该大力表扬，让他从小养成持之以恒的习惯。

Nowadays, we all know that intelligence is not the main factor for success. The cleverness of youth isn't something to be proud of. Perseverance is the only way to make a career. Therefore, it is best not to praise your child for being smart, but to praise him when he insists on doing something, so that he can develop the habit of perseverance from an early age.

这回是西海龙王的外甥小鼍龙在黑水河为怪，把唐僧和八戒翻到河里，水性好的沙和尚有了用武之地，下水和妖怪厮杀，却无法取胜。还是悟空去找西海龙王，龙太子带虾兵蟹将捉住了鼍龙，唐僧又逃过一劼。

红孩儿是牛魔王的孩子，却不认悟空这个牛魔王的拜把兄弟，非要吃唐僧肉不可，他会喷出三昧真火，连孙悟空都对付不了。还是观音菩萨施展法术，降服了红孩儿，收他做了善财童子。

小姑娘用耐心和爱心对待树林中的小动物，和它们成了好朋友，连最胆小的小松鼠也不害怕她，和她成了最好的朋友。告诉孩子，只要他们有耐心和爱心，他们也会和小动物成为朋友的。

The little girl treated the little animals in the woods with patience and love and became good friends with them. Even the most timid squirrel was not afraid of her and became best friends with her. Tell your children that if they have patience and love, they too will become friends with small animals.

这是一位台湾年轻作家写的童话集的书名，可见作者对此篇的重视。这篇很能代表这个作家童话的风格，纯净、温暖，很适合讲给小小孩。姥姥已经讲过一篇了，后面还将选几篇。

作者： 周姚萍

This is the title of a collection of children's stories written by a young Taiwanese author, which shows the importance the author attaches to this piece. This one is very representative of this writer's style of fairy tales, pure, warm, and very suitable for telling to small children. LaoLao has already told one story from this author, and will pick a few more later.

Author: ZHOU Yaoping

故事里的小公鸡在父亲活着的时候从来不认真学习鸣叫，只是贪玩，直到父亲不在了，他才突然意识到自己的责任，一下子就长大了。他不顾别的动物风言风语，带着责任感做自己的工作，终于胜任了自己的职责。

The young rooster in the story never learns to chirp seriously when his father is alive, but just playful. It is only when his father is gone that he suddenly realizes his responsibility and grows up all of a sudden. He does his job with a sense of responsibility despite what the other animals wind up saying, and is finally competent in his duties.

听了这个故事，最好让孩子看看真正的癞蛤蟆，看看它们身上很丑的疙瘩，看看它们的大嘴巴和鼓眼睛。为什么癞蛤蟆会长成这样，故事已经告诉我们，是因为这样对它最有用。妈妈们不妨借机给孩子讲点生物进化知识，他们会爱听的。

After hearing this story, it is best to show your child a real toad, to see the very ugly lumps on their bodies, to see their big mouths and bulging eyes. Why the toad grows the way it does, the story has told us, is because that is what works best for it. Moms may want to take the opportunity to teach their children a little bit about biological evolution, they'll love it.