2008-02-24 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was a king whose only child was a girl. Now the King had been very anxious to have a son, or at least a grandson, to come after him, but he was told by a prophet whom he c

2008-02-24 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was a king who had three sons, who were all so clever and brave that he began to be afraid that they would want to reign over the kingdom before he was dead. Now the King,

2008-02-24 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There were once twa widows that lived on a small bit o' ground, which they rented from a farmer. One of them had twa sons, and the other had one; and by-and- by it was time for

2008-02-24 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was a princess who was the prettiest creature in the world. And because she was so beautiful, and because her hair was like the finest gold, and waved and rippled nearly t

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was a man and his wife, fagot-makers by trade, who had several children, all boys. The eldest was but ten years old, and the youngest only seven.
They were very poor, and

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There lived a king who was so just and kind that his subjects called him "the Good King." It happened one day, when he was out hunting, that a little white rabbit, whi

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
In the reign of the famous King Arthur there lived in Cornwall a lad named Jack, who was a boy of a bold temper, and took delight in hearing or reading of conjurers, giants, and

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature was ever seen. Her mother was excessively fond of her; and her grandmother doted on her still more

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was a poor labourer who, feeling that he had not much longer to live, wished to divide his possessions between his son and daughter, whom he loved dearly.
So he called the

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There dwelt on the outskirts of a large forest a poor woodcutter with his wife and two children; the boy was called Hansel and the girl Grettel. He had always little enough to l

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
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

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was a poor husbandman who had many children and little to give them in the way either of food or clothing. They were all pretty, but the prettiest of all was the youngest

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
In a town in Persia there dwelt two brothers, one named Cassim, the other Ali Baba. Cassim was married to a rich wife and lived in plenty, while Ali Baba had to maintain his wif

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
In a very far-off country, there lived a merchant who had been so fortunate in all his undertakings that he was enormously rich. As he had, however, six sons and six daughters,

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
Once upon a time there were Three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own in a wood. One of them was a Little, Small, Wee Bear; and one was a Middle-sized Bear, and th

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
Once upon a time there lived a girl who lost her father and mother when she was quite a tiny child. Her godmother lived all alone in a little cottage at the far end of the villa

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was once upon a time a beautiful girl called Helena. Her own mother had died when she was quite a child, and her stepmother was as cruel and unkind to her as she could be.

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
Once upon a time there lived a young man named Rosimond, who was as good and handsome as his elder brother Bramintho was ugly and wicked. Their mother detested her eldest son, a

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
Once upon a time there lived an exceedingly proud Princess. If any suitor for her hand ventured to present himself, she would give him some riddle or conundrum to guess, and if

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
A powerful king had, among many other treasures, a wonderful tree in his garden, which bore every year beautiful golden apples. But the King was never able to enjoy his treasure

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
Once upon a time there lived a King and Queen who loved one another dearly. Indeed the Queen, whose name was Santorina, was so pretty and so kind-hearted that it would have been

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was once upon a time a King who had a wife with golden hair, and she was so beautiful that you couldn't find anyone like her in the world. It happened that she fell ill, a

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There was once upon a time a king called Kojata, whose beard was so long that it reached below his knees. Three years had passed since his marriage, and he lived very happily wi

2008-02-23 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
There lived a King who was immensely rich. He had broad lands, and sacks overflowing with gold and silver; but he did not care a bit for all his riches, because the Queen, his w

2008-02-22 所属栏目:英语故事

Once upon a time...
Once upon a time there lived a man called Simon, who was very rich, but at the same time as stingy and miserly as he could be. He had a housekeeper called Nina, a clever capable