摘要: On the same evening the bride and bridegroom went on board ship; cannons were roaring, flags waving, and in the centre of the ship a costly tent of purple and gold had been erected. It contained ele[阅读全文]
摘要: The next morning the ship sailed into the harbor of a beautiful town belonging to the king whom the prince was going to visit. The church bells were ringing, and from the high towers sounded a flouris[阅读全文]
摘要: Very soon it was said that the prince must marry, and that the beautiful daughter of a neighboring king would be his wife, for a fine ship was being fitted out. Although the prince gave out that he me[阅读全文]
摘要: While at the prince's palace, and when all the household were asleep, she would go and sit on the broad marble steps; for it eased her burning feet to bathe them in the cold sea-water; and then she[阅读全文]
摘要: She saw that in her father's palace the torches in the ballroom were extinguished, and all within asleep; but she did not venture to go in to them, for now she was dumb and going to leave them foreve[阅读全文]
摘要: "Let us be happy," said the old lady, "and dart and spring about during the three hundred years that we have to live, which is really quite long enough; after that we can rest ourselves all the bet[阅读全文]
摘要: Many an evening and morning did she rise to the place where she had left the prince. She saw the fruits in the garden ripen till they were gathered, the snow on the tops of the mountains melt away; bu[阅读全文]
摘要: The sun had just set as she raised her head above the waves; but the clouds were tinted with crimson and gold, and through the glimmering twilight beamed the evening star in all its beauty. The sea wa[阅读全文]
摘要: As soon as the eldest was fifteen, she was allowed to rise to the surface of the ocean. 现在最大的那位公主已经到了十五岁,可以升到水面上去了。 When she came back, she had hundreds of things to talk ab[阅读全文]
摘要: FAR out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, pile[阅读全文]
摘要: English Version The Peasant and the Devil Once upon a time there was a clever, wily peasant, whose tricks could be much talked about. The best story, however, is how he once got the best of the devil[阅读全文]
摘要: English Version A Little Horse Crossing the River There are an old horse and a little horse on a farm. One day the old horse asks the little horse to send the wheat to the mill. The little horse is v[阅读全文]
摘要: Jack is a young boy. He lives with his mother. They live in a small house. The family is poor. Their cow, Betsy, gives them milk. 杰克是一个年轻小伙子,他与妈妈相依为命。两人同住在一间小屋子里,家里很[阅读全文]
摘要: English Version One day a farmer’s donkey fell into an abandoned well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was too old a[阅读全文]
摘要: English Version A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbor[阅读全文]
摘要: English Version A long time ago, far, far away, there lived two brothers. One of them was quite rich: the other was very poor. The rich brother lived on a little island; he was a seller of salt. He h[阅读全文]
摘要: English Version Once upon a time there was a king and a queen who were rich and had all they wanted except that they had no children. The queen bewailed this day and night, saying: "I am like a fiel[阅读全文]
摘要: English Version Every afternoon, as the children were coming back from school, they used to go and play in the giant's garden. It was a beautiful large garden. Beautiful flowers grew in the grass. T[阅读全文]
摘要: 1.a dog in the manger占着茅坑不拉屎的人 出自《伊索寓言》(Aesop's Fables),有一篇狗站马槽的故事,说的是一头狗躺在堆满稻草的马槽里,狗是不吃草的动物,而当马或牛一走进稻草时,这头狗却朝着马,牛狂哮,[阅读全文]