2008-03-01 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There lived a man who dwelt with his wife in a little hut, far away from any neighbours. But they did not mind being alone, and would have been quite happy, if it had not been f

2008-03-01 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
A shepherd was taking his flock out to pasture, when he found a little baby lying in a meadow, left there by some wicked person, who thought it was too much trouble to look afte

2008-03-01 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was once a king's son who told his father that he wished to marry.

'No, no!' said the king; 'you must not be in such a hurry. Wait till you have done some great deed. My

2008-03-01 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There lived an emperor who had three sons. They were all fine young men, and fond of hunting, and scarcely a day passed without one or other of them going out to look for game.

2008-03-01 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was a king who had an only son. When the lad was about eighteen years old his father had to go to fight in a war against a neighbouring country, and the king led his troop

2008-03-01 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
The hunters had hunted the wood for so many years that no wild animal was any more to be found in it. You might walk from one end to the other without ever seeing a hare, or a d

2008-03-01 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
A man had a shepherd who served him many years faithfully and honestly. One day, whilst herding his flock, this shepherd heard a hissing sound, coming out of the forest near by,

2008-03-01 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was an old man who lived in a little hut in the middle of a forest. His wife was dead, and he had only one son, whom he loved dearly. Near their hut was a group of birch t

2008-03-01 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There lived a great king who had a wife and one son whom he loved very much. The boy was still young when, one day, the king said to his wife: 'I feel that the hour of my death

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was once a dove who built a nice soft nest as a home for her three little ones. She was very proud of their beauty, and perhaps talked about them to her neighbours more th

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
Long ago there lived a rich merchant who, besides possessing more treasures than any king in the world, had in his great hall three chairs, one of silver, one of gold, and one o

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
Long ago there lived a very rich man who had three sons. When he felt himself to be dying he divided his property between them, making them share alike, both in money and lands.

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
Fifty years ago there lived a king who was very anxious to get married; but, as he was quite determined that his wife should be as beautiful as the sun, the thing was not so eas

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
'How astonishingly cold it is! My body is cracking all over!' said the Snow-man. 'The wind is really cutting one's very life out! And how that fiery thing up there glares!' He m

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There lay three houses in a row, in one of which there lived a tailor, in another a carpenter, and in the third a smith. All three were married, and their wives were very good f

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
Near a big river, and between two high mountains, a man and his wife lived in a cottage a long, long time ago. A dense forest lay all round the cottage, and there was hardly a p

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was once a hard-working student who lived in an attic, and he had nothing in the world of his own. There was also a hard-working grocer who lived on the first floor, and h

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

BROTHER1 took sister2 by the hand and said: "Look here; we haven't had one single happy hour since our mother died. That stepmother3 of ours beats us regularly every day,4 and if we dare go ne

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
A poor woodcutter lived with his wife and three daughters in a little hut on the borders of a great forest.
One morning as he was going to his work, he said to his wife, 'Let ou

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

THERE was a man who had fine houses, both in town and country, a deal of silver and gold plate, embroidered furniture, and coaches gilded all over with gold. But this man was so unlucky as to have

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

A CERTAIN man had a donkey,2 which had carried the corn-sacks to the mill3 indefatigably for many a long year; but his strength was going, and he was growing more and more unfit for work. Then his

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

IN a certain Tsardom,2 across three times nine kingdoms, beyond high mountain chains, there once lived a merchant.3 He had been married for twelve years, but in that time there had been born to him

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

THERE was once a young fellow who enlisted as a soldier, conducted himself bravely, and was always the foremost when it rained bullets. So long as the war lasted, all went well, but when peace was

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There lived a man who had only one son, a lazy, stupid boy, who would never do anything he was told. When the father was dying, he sent for his son and told him that he would so

2008-02-29 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time in a large forest, close to a village, stood the cottage where the Teddy Bear family lived. They were not really proper Teddy Bears, for Father Bear was very big, Mother Bear was m