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A crow, ready to die with thirst, flew with joy to a pitcher which he saw at a distance. But when he came up to it, he found the water so low that with all his stooping and straining he was unable to reach it. Thereupon he tried to bread the pitcher, then to overturn it,

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  On a cold, frosty day an ant was dragging out some of the corn which he had laid up in the summertime, to dry it .A grasshopper, half perished with hunger, besought the ant to give him a morsel of to preserve his life. "What were you doing, "said the ant, "this last summer ?""Oh,"said the grasshopper,"I

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  A fox had fallen into a well, and had been casting about for a long time how he should get out again, when at length a goat came to the place, and wanting to drink, asked Reynard whether the water was good, and of there was plenty of it .The fox, dissembling the real danger of his case, replied :"come down, my

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A Fox, just at the time of the vintage, stole into a vine-yard where the ripe sunny Grapes were trellised up on high in most tempting show. He made many a spring and a jump after the luscious prize, but, failing in all his attempts, he muttered as he retreated："Well what does it matter! The Grapes are

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    Three bulls fed in a field together in the greatest peace and amity .A lion had long watched them in the hope of making prize of them, but found that there was little chance for him so long as they kept all together .He therefore began secretly to spread evil and slanderous reports of one against t

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  A Leopard and a fox had a contest which was the finer creature of the two ,the leopard put forward the beauty of its numberless spots ,but the fox replied: "It is better to have a versatile mind than a variegated body.
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    一只豹和一只狐狸在争论谁好谁不好，豹提出他有数不尽的美丽斑点，而狐狸回答说："有多方面的智力比有多种颜色的身体强。
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    A bear used to boast of his excessive love for man.saying that he never worried or mauled him when dead .The fox observed .with a smile :"I should have thought more of profession if you never eaat him alive ."
Better save a man from dying than slalve him when dead.
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    一只熊总喜欢夸耀

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  An ox, grazing in a swampy meadow, chanced to set his foot among a parcel of young frogs, and crushed nearly the whole brood to death .One that escaped ran off to his mother with the dreadful news."and ,oh ,mother !"said he ,"it was a beast -such a big four footed beast!-that did it .""Big?" quoth the old frog , "How big? Was

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    A Wolf had got a bone stuck in his throat and in the greatest agony ran up and down, beseeching every animal he met to relieve him, at the same time hinting at a very handsome reward to the successful operator. A Crane, moved by his entreaties and promises, ventured her long neck down the Wolf's throat, and drew ou

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    A Hound, who had been excellent one in his time, and had done good service to his master in the field, at length become worn out with the weight of years and trouble. One day, when hunting the wild boar, he seized the creature by the ear, but his teeth giving way, he was forced to let go his hold, and the boar esca

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    A Woodman came into a forest to ask the Trees to give him a handle for Ax. It seemed so modest a request that the principal tree at once agreed to it, and it was settled among them that the plain, homely Ash should furnish what was wanted. No sooner had the Woodman fitted the staff to his purpose ,than he began lay

乡村真美。此时正值夏季，田里的小麦都呈现金黄色而燕麦依然青绿。干草被堆放在低洼的草地上，广阔的树林围绕着田野和草地，树林的中央有多处深邃的湖泊，在阳光最充足的地方矗立着一栋老旧的大宅邸。这栋宅邸被一条深长的壕沟所包围，茂盛的
叶子从这栋房子干部上的藤蔓往下长，延伸到河水的边缘。其中有一些叶子很大，小孩子可以拿它们来当雨伞。
在森林的深处有一只母鸭子坐在她的巢中，她的小鸭子们即将孵出来。
终于蛋一个接一个地开始裂了。

Peter Cottontail and the Great Mitten Hunt
By Laura Norton
Illustrated by
Linda Karl and Christopher Nowell
皮得.康顿和大猫亨特
劳拉编写
林达.卡尔和克里斯托福.诺威尔插图
It was the day before Easter and Peter Cottontail was very busy.As the Chief Easter Bunny,it was his job to hide all the eggs for all the Easter egg hunts around th

　　在德意志的公国符腾堡，金合欢树在大道旁花繁叶茂，苹果树、梨树被成熟的果实压弯了枝子，那儿，有一座小城，马尔巴赫。它属於不值得提起的那类城市，但是它在奈加河畔，很幽美。奈加河急匆匆地流过一些城市，一些古代骑士的堡寨和长满绿葱葱的葡萄的山丘，要把自己的水注入莱茵河之中。
　　那是岁末的时候，葡萄叶子已经露出红色，雨一阵阵洒下，寒风吹了起来。对贫寒的人家，这可不是好受的日子。白昼昏暗，那些老旧矮小的房子里显得更黑。在街上就有这样一所房子，山墙朝着街道，窗户开得很低，看去很简陋。住在里面的人实在也是贫寒的。可是他们很善良、勤劳，内心中总怀着对上帝的爱戴与崇敬。上帝很快便要赐给他们一个小孩。时刻已经到了，母亲躺在里面经受着阵痛和难过。这时从教堂的钟楼上给她传来了钟声，很是深沉

  A long time ago and far away there lived a King and a Queen .They were very happy, for their first child, a girl, had been born.
　　" We must have a grand christening for her," said the King , who was delighted to have a daughter.
　　"We must invite all the fairies of the kingdom to bless her," said the Queen.

　　There were once a man and a woman who had an only child， and lived quite alone in a solitary valley. It came to pass that the mother once went into the wood to gather branches of fir， and took with her little Hans， who was just two years old. As it was spring-time， and the child took pleasure in the many-colored flowers， she went still

　　Hard by a great forest dwelt a wood－cutter with his wife， who had an only child， a little girl three years old. They were so poor， however， that they no longer had daily bread， and did not know how to get food for her. One morning the wood－cutter went out sorrowfully to his work in the forest， and while he was cutting wood， suddenly there stoo