適合小學生閱讀的英語經典美文

⑴ 適合小學四年級學生閱讀的英語故事

1. A man goes to church and starts talking to God. He says: "God, what is a million dollars to you?" and God says: "A penny", then the man says: "God, what is a million years to you?" and God says: "a second", then the man says: "God, can I have a penny?" and God says "In a second" 一男子進入教堂和上帝對話.他問:"主啊, 一百萬美元對你意味著多少?"上帝回答:"一便士."男子又問:"那一百萬年呢?"上帝說:"一秒鍾."最後男子請求道:"上帝,我能得到一便士嗎?"上帝回答:"過一秒鍾."

2.Mother sent Tommy to the store across the street to buy a good box of matches.When Tommy came back,mother asked him,」Did you buy a good box of matches?」 「Yes,Mum.」Tommy replied,」I have tried them all.」 媽媽讓湯米去馬路對面的商店裡買一盒好用的火柴。湯米回來後，媽媽問他，「你買的是好用的火柴嗎？」 「是的，媽媽。」湯米回答，「我把它們都試過了。」——《 一盒小火柴》

3.Little Robert asked his mother for tow cents.」What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?」 「I gave it to a poor old woman,」he answered. 「You』er a good boy,」said the mother proudly.」Here are tow cents more.But why are you so interested in the old woman?」 「She is the one who sells the candy.」 小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。 「昨天給你的錢干什麼了？」 「我給了一個可憐的老太婆。」他回答說。「你真是一個好孩子，」媽媽驕傲地說. 「再給你兩分錢。可你為什麼對那位老太太那麼感興趣呢？」 「她是個賣糖果的。」——《好孩子》

4.Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which? Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer. Teacher: Please tell us. Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow. 老師： 這兒有兩只鳥，一隻是麻雀。誰能指出哪只是燕子，哪只是麻雀嗎？ 學生：我指不出，但我知道答案。 老師：請說說看。 學生：燕子旁邊的就是麻雀，麻雀旁邊的就是燕子。——《 兩只鳥 》

5.
A young mother believed that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughterher tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her a slice of fresh brown bread and butter, but the child said that she did not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well.Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, When I was a small girl like you, Lucy, I was always given either bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and then said to her kindly, Aren't you pleased that you've come to live with us now?
一位年輕的母親認為，世界上還有許多受飢餓的人，浪費食物真不應該。有天晚上，在安排幼小的女兒睡覺之前，她給女兒喂夜宵。她先給她一片新鮮的黑麵包和黃油，但孩子說她不喜歡這樣吃。她還要一些果醬塗在麵包上。母親看了女兒幾秒鍾，隨即說道，露茜，當我象你一樣小的時候，總是吃麵包加黃油，或者麵包加果醬，從來沒有麵包既加黃油又加果醬。露茜看了母親一會兒，眼中露出憐憫的神情，然後她柔聲說：您現在能跟我們生活在一起難道不感到高興嗎？——《 幸運的母親 》Lucky Mother

6.Two Pieces of Cake
Tom: Mom, can I have two pieces of cake, please?
Mom: Certainly -- take this piece and cut it two!
兩塊蛋糕
湯姆：媽媽，我可以吃兩塊蛋糕嗎？
媽媽：當然可以----拿這塊蛋糕把它切成兩塊吧！——《 兩塊蛋糕》Two Pieces of Cake

7.
A professor was giving a big test one day to his students. He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait.
Once the test was over the students all handed the tests back in. The professor noticed that one of the students had attached a $100 bill to his test with a note saying "A dollar per point."
The next class the professor handed the tests back out. This student got back his test and $64 change.
一天，教授正在給學生們監考。他發下試卷，然後回到講台前等待。
考試結束了，學生們紛紛交回試卷。教授發現一張試卷上別著一張百元鈔票，還有一張紙條寫著：「一分一塊錢。」
第二堂課，教授把試卷都發回學生們手中。其中一個學生不但得到了試卷還得到64塊錢的找零。
——《一分一塊錢 》A dollar per point

拔苗助長Help the Young Shoots Grow
Long, long ago, a farmer thought the shoots in his fields were not growing fast enough. He wanted to help them. So he pulled every shoot up, then went home, feeling very tired but very satisfied. "Look, how great I an! I can think out such a good idea. From now on, my shoots will grow faster and faster," he thought. "I an very tired today," he said to his family, "I've been helping the young shoots to grow." When his son heard this, he ran out to the fields to have a look. To his surprise, he found all the shoots weredead. 很久很久以前，一個農夫感覺他田裡的幼苗長得不是很快，他想幫助它們。於是他就向上拔它們，然後回了家，雖然感覺很累但是卻很滿意。他默默地想：「瞧我多麼的偉大，我能想出如此好的辦法。從現在起，我的幼苗將會生長得越來越快。」於是他對家人說：「我今天累壞了，我在幫助幼苗生長。」當他的兒子聽到這話，便匆忙跑到地里去看。讓他吃驚的是，他發現所有的幼苗都死了。

龜兔賽跑
The Rabbit And The Turtle
One day the Hare laughed at the short feet and slow speed of the Tortoise. The Tortoise replied:
"You may be as fast as the wind, but I will beat you in a race!"
The Hare thought this idea was impossible and he agreed to the proposal. It was agreed that the Fox should choose the course and decide the end.
The day for the race came, and the Tortoise and Hare started together.
The Tortoise never stopped for a moment, walking slowly but steadily, right to the end of the course. The Hare ran fast and stopped to lie down for a rest. But he fell fast asleep. Eventually, he woke up and ran as fast as he could. But when he reached the end, he saw the Tortoise there already, sleeping comfortably after her effort.一天，兔子嘲笑烏龜爬得慢，烏龜說：「即使你跑得像風一樣快，我也要和你比一場賽跑！」兔子心裡想，烏龜是不可能跑贏它的。於是兔子同意了這場彷彿看到比賽結果的比賽。當比賽開始時，烏龜和兔子同時起跑。在這段賽道上烏龜一直不停歇地向前爬，雖然爬得很慢，但是步子卻很堅定地邁向終點。兔子跑得很快，它中途還躺下來睡了一覺。當兔子睡醒時，它用最快的速度跑向終點。但是當它接近終點時，它卻看到烏龜已經在終點處沉沉的睡著了。

守株待兔
In the Spring and Autumn Period, a farmer in the State of Song was one day working in the fields when he saw a rabbit bump into a tree stump(樹樁) accidentally and break its neck. The farmer took the rabbit home, and cooked himself a delicious meal. That night he thought, 'I needn't work so hard. All I have to do is wait for a rabbit each day by the stump.' So from then on he gave up farming, and simply sat by the stump waiting for rabbits to come and run into it.
This idiom satirizes(諷刺，挖苦) those who just wait for a stroke of luck, rather than making efforts to obtain what they need.
宋國有個農夫正在田裡翻土。突然，他看見有一隻野兔從旁邊的草叢里慌慌張張地竄出來，一頭撞在田邊的樹墩子上，便倒在那兒一動也不動了。農民走過去一看：兔子死了。因為它奔跑的速度太快，把脖子都撞折(shé)了。農民高興極了，他一點力氣沒花，就白撿了一隻又肥又大的野兔。他心想;要是天天都能撿到野兔，日子就好過了。從此，他再也不肯出力氣種地了。每天，他把鋤頭放在身邊，就躺在樹墩子跟前，等待著第二隻、第三隻野兔自己撞到這樹墩子上來。世上哪有那麼多便宜事啊。農民當然沒有再撿到撞死的野兔，而他的田地卻荒蕪了。

猴子撈月
One day,a little monkey is playing by the well.He looks in the well and shouts :「Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!」An older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says,「Goodness me!The moon is really in the water!」And olderly monkey comes over.He is very surprised as well and cries out:「The moon is in the well.」A group of monkeys run over to the well .They look at the moon in the well and shout:「The moon did fall into the well!Come on!Let』get it out!」Then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down ,with his feet on the branch .And he pulls the next monkey』s feet with his hands.All the other monkeys follow his suit,And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.Just before they reach the moon,the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky,He yells excitedly 「Don』t be so foolish!The moon is still in the sky!」一天，有隻小猴子在井邊玩兒。它往井裡一瞧，高喊道：「噢！我的天！月亮掉到井裡頭啦！」一隻大猴子跑來一看，說，「糟啦！月亮掉在井裡頭啦！」老猴子也跑過來。他也非常驚奇，喊道：「月亮掉在井裡頭了！」一群猴子跑到井邊來，他們看到井裡的月亮，喊道：「月亮掉在井裡頭啦！快來！讓我們把它撈起來！」然後，老猴子倒掛在大樹上，拉住大猴子的腳，其他的猴子一個個跟著，它們一隻連著一隻直到井裡。正好他們摸到月亮的時候，老猴子抬頭發現月亮掛在天上呢!它興奮地大叫：「別傻了！月亮還好好地掛在天上呢！」

最後一篇沒看過~補個狐假虎威
The Tiger and The Fox(狐假虎威)
One day, the tiger and the fox are talking. The fox says, 『Do you believe that all the animals in the forest are scared of me not you?』 The tiger doesn』t believe and follows the fox to the forest. All the animals are very frightened when they see the tiger and ran away. The tiger is shocked and thinks that the animals are scared of the fox. The fox is very complacent because in fact it depends on the terror of the tiger to frighten the animals.
一天，老虎和狐狸在說話。狐狸說：「你信不信森林裡的動物們是比起怕你更怕我？」老虎不信，於是跟著狐狸在森林裡轉。所有的動物看到老虎都驚恐地跑開。老虎很受打擊，認為是動物們在害怕狐狸。狐狸非常的得意，而事實上老虎看到的這個現象卻是由於動物們對老虎的恐懼！

⑵ 適合小學生閱讀的英語故事有哪些

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⑶ 適合小學生的英語小短文（40-50）個字

（1）http://flash.cdream.net/flash/050112/12388.htm

（2）BUYING A HAT

A lady went to a hat shop to buy a hat. As she was very fussy, it took her a long time to pick on one. Already at the end of his patience the salesman was afraid that she might change her mind again so he tried to flatter her: "An excellent choice, madam. You look at least ten years younger with this hat on!" To his dismay, the lady took off her hat at once and said: "I don't want a hat that makes me look ten years older as soon as I take it off. Show me some more hats!"

中文翻譯

買帽子

一位婦女到一家帽子店買帽子。她很挑剔，用了很長時間才選好了一頂。已經忍耐到極限的售貨員害怕她再改變主意，便恭維她："你做了極好的選擇，夫人。你戴上這頂帽子看上去起碼年輕十歲！"但令他沮喪的是，這位女士馬上摘下了她的帽子說："我不想要一頂摘下來便使我立刻顯得老十歲的帽子。多拿一些帽子給我看看！

（3）http://comic.5617.com/html/show21971.html

（4） Not long after an old Chinese woman came back to China from her visit to her daughter in the States, she went to a city bank to deposit the US dollars her daughter gave her. At the bank counter, the clerk checked each note carefully to see if the money was real. It made the old lady out of patience.

At last she could not hold any more, uttering. "Trust me, Sir, and trust the money. They are real US dollars. They are directly from America."

它們是從美國直接帶來的

一位中國老婦人在美國看望女兒回來不久，到一家市銀行存女兒送給她的美元。在銀行櫃台，銀行職員認真檢查了每一張鈔票，看是否有假。

這種做法讓老婦人很不耐煩，最後實在忍耐不住說：「相信我，先生，也請你相信這些鈔票。這都是真正的美元，它們是從美國直接帶來的。」

（5）http://ruoyenglish.bokee.com/viewdiary.15386288.html

（6）She kindled a third match. Again shot up the flame； and now she was sitting under a most beautiful Christmas tree ,far larger, and far more prettily decked out, than the one she had seen last Christmas eve through the glass doors of the rich merchant's house. Hundreds of wax-tapers lighted up the green branches, and tiny painted figures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, looked down from the tree upon her. The child stretched out her hands towards them in delight, and in that moment the lights of the match warm quenched； still, however, the Christmas candles burned higher and higher， she beheld them beaming like stars in heaven； one of them fell, the lights streaming behind it like a long, fiery tail.
「Now some one is dying,」 said the little girl, softly, for she had been told by her old grandmother， the only person who had ever been kind to her, and who was now dead that whenever a star falls an immortal spirit returns to the God who gave it.

She struck yet another match against the wall； it flamed up, and surrounded by its light, appeared before her that same dear grandmother, gentle and loving as always, but bright and happy as she had never looked ring her lifetime.

她擦著了第三根火柴，又冒出了火焰。現在她覺得正坐在非常美麗的聖誕樹下面，比上次聖誕節透過那富商家的玻璃門看到的那株還要大、還要美。這株樹的綠枝上點燃著許許多多的蠟燭，顏色瑰麗的圖畫，就象櫥窗里掛著的那些一樣漂亮，彷彿在向她眨眼。小姑娘把兩只手伸過去，火柴又熄滅了。然而聖誕樹上的燭光越升越高。她看到它們變成了明亮的星星，有一顆落下來，在天上劃出一道長長的火絲。
「現在又有一個什麼人死了。」小姑娘說。因為她的老祖母——一個唯一待她好的人，現在已經死了，曾經告訴過她，天上落下一顆星，地上就有一個靈魂回到曾賦於他生命的上帝那裡去。
她在牆上又擦了一根火柴，火光把四周照亮了。在亮光里，親愛的和生前一樣的祖母出現了。她依然是那麼的慈愛和溫和，然而那快活和幸福的樣子卻是她生前從未有過的

（7）But the teacher cried

The six-year-old John was terribly spoiled . His father knew it, but his grandma doted on him. He hardly left her side. And when he wanted anything, he either cried or threw a temper tantrum. Then came his first day of school, his first day away from his grandmother's loving arms.

When he came home from school his grandma met him at the door.

"Was school all right?" she asked, "Did you get along all right? did you cry?"

"Cry?" John asked. "No, I didn't cry, but the teacher did!"

可是老師哭了

六歲的約翰嬌生慣養。他的父親知道這一點，可他的祖父母仍然寵著他。這孩子幾乎寸步不離他的祖母。他想要什麼不是哭，就是鬧。他第一天上學才離開祖母的懷抱。

約翰放學了，他奶奶在門口接他並問道：「學校怎麼樣？你過的好嗎？哭了沒有？」

「哭？」約翰問，「不，我沒哭，可老師哭了。」

（8）A Bet
Two pals are sitting in a pub watching the eleven-'clock news.A reporter comes on about a man threatening to jump from the 20th floor of a downtown building.One friend turns to the other and says,'I'll bet you ten bucks the guy doesn't jump.'
'It's a bet,' agrees his buddy.
A few minutes later, the man on the ledge jumps,so the loser hands his pal a $10 bill.'I can't take your money,'his friend admits.'I saw him jump earlier on the six-o'clock news.'
'Me,too,'says the other buddy.'But I didn't think he'd do it again.
打賭

兩個好朋友正坐在一家小酒館內觀看十一點的電視新聞。一則新聞報道說，有個男人威脅要從商業區一座大樓的二十層跳下去。一位朋友轉身對另一位說道：「我敢賭十塊錢，那傢伙不會往下跳。」
「賭就賭，」他的朋友欣然同意。
幾分鍾後，站在牆檐上的男人跳了下去，因而賭輸的那位交給他的朋友一張十元的鈔票。「我不能拿你的錢，」他的朋友承認道，「早在六點的新聞里，我就已見他跳下去了。」
「我也是，」另一位說，「可我想他不會再跳了！」

（9）Julie was saying her bedtime prayers. "Please God," she said, "make Naples the capital of Italy. Make Naples the capital of Italy."

Her mother interrupted and said. "Julie, why do you want God to make Naples the capital of Italy?"

And Julie replied, "Because that's what I put in my geography exam!"

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朱莉葉在做睡前禱告。「上帝，求求你，」她說，「讓那不勒斯成為義大利的首都吧。」

媽媽打斷她的話說：「朱莉葉，為什麼求上帝讓那不勒斯成為義大利的首都呢？」

朱莉葉回答道：「因為我在地理考卷上是這樣寫的。」

（10)Nest and Hair
My sister, a primary school teacher, was informed by one of her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the classroom.
"What kind of bird?" my sister asked.
"I didn't see the bird, ma' am, only the nest," replied the child.
"Then, can you give us a description of the nest?" my sister encouraged her .
"Well, ma'am, it just resembles your hair. "

Notes:
1 inform v.告訴
2 nest n.窩；巢
3 description n.描述
4 encourage v.鼓勵
5 resemble v. 相似；類似

鳥窩與頭發
我姐姐是一位小學老師。一次一個學生告訴她說一隻鳥兒在教室外 的樹上壘了個窩。
「是什麼鳥呢？」我姐姐問她。
「我沒看到鳥兒，老師，只看到鳥窩。」那孩子回答說。
「那麼，你能給我們描述一下這個鳥巢嗎？」我姐姐鼓勵她道。
「哦，老師，就像你的頭發一樣。」

(11)I've Just Bitten My Tongue
"Are we poisonous?" the young snake asked his mother.
"Yes, dear," she replied - "Why do you ask?"
"Cause I've just bitten my tongue! "

Notes:
1 poisonous adj.有毒的
2 Cause I've just bitten my tongue 因為我剛咬了自己的舌頭。 句中 Cause 是 Because 的縮略形式。

我剛咬破自己的舌頭
「我們有毒嗎？」一個年幼的蛇問它的母親。
「是的，親愛的，」她回答說，「你問這個干什麼？」
「因為我剛剛咬破自己的舌頭。」

(12)A Woman Who Fell
It was rush hour and I was dashing to a train in New York City's Grand Central Terminal - As I neared the gate, a plump, middle-aged woman sprinted up from behind, lost her footing on the smooth marble floor and slid onto her back. Her momentum carried her close to my shoes. Before I could help her, however, she had scrambled up. Gaining her composure, she winked at me and said, "Do you always have beautiful women failing at your feet?"

摔倒的女人
上下班高峰期，我匆匆奔向紐約豪華中心站去趕一趟火車。接近門口，一位肥胖的中年婦女從後面沖過來，沒想到在平滑的大理石地面上失了腳，仰面滑倒了。她的慣性使她接近了我的腳。我正准備扶她，她卻自己爬了起來。她鎮定了一下，對我擠了一下眉，說道：「總是有漂亮女人拜倒在你腳下嗎？」

⑷ 給力英語：小學生一定要背誦的經典美文

讀了這本書之後，給力英語小學生一定要背誦的經典美文，超值。買書就來來京東商城。價格還比別家便宜，還免郵費不錯，速度還真是快而且都是正版書。給力英語小學生一定要背誦的經典美文特色1.分層分級選文難易分層，高低年級分開2.內容詳實詞語解釋和配套譯文，讓你真正讀得懂學得會！3.配套豐富多樣練習，生動有趣，買回來覺得還是非常值的。我喜歡看書，喜歡看各種各樣的書，看的很雜，文學名著，流行小說都看，只要作者的文筆不是太差，總能讓我從頭到腳看完整本書。只不過很多時候是當成故事來看，看完了感嘆一番也就丟下了。所在來這里買書是非常明智的。然而，目前社會上還有許多人被一些價值不大的東西所束縛，卻自得其樂，還覺得很滿足。經過幾百年的探索和發展，人們對物質需求已不再迫切，但對於精神自由的需求卻無端被抹殺了。總之，我認為現代人最缺乏的就是一種開闊進取，尋找最大自由的精神。中國人講虛實相生，天人合一的思想，於空寂處見流行，於流行處見空寂，從而獲得對於道的體悟，唯道集虛。這在傳統的藝術中得到了充分的體現，因此中國古代的繪畫，提倡留白、布白，用空白來表現豐富多彩的想像空間和廣博深廣的人生意味，體現了包納萬物、吞吐一切的胸襟和情懷。讓我得到了一種生活情趣和審美方式，伴著筆墨的清香，細細體味，那自由孤寂的靈魂，高尚清真的人格魅力，在尋求美的道路上指引著我，讓我拋棄浮躁的世俗，向美學叢林的深處邁進。合上書，閉上眼，書的余香猶存，而我腦海里浮現的，是一個皎皎明月，仙仙白雲，鴻雁高翔，綴葉如雨的沖淡清幽境界。願我們身邊多一些主教般光明的使者，有更多人能加入到助人為樂、見義勇為的隊伍中來。社會需要這樣的人，世界需要這樣的人，只有這樣我們才能創造我們的生活，給力英語小學生一定要背誦的經典美文收集整理適合小學小升初英語水平的經典英語作品，刪減至適宜篇幅，便於小學生背誦記憶。通過背誦經典美文，熟悉英語的句式結構，運用在平常的英語學習之中。我曾經屬於後一類。那時，我處於極度危險的境地。看薛老師這些話，你能覺得這是一個真實的老師，她說的話就象是鄰居嘮家常那樣真誠自然。對於書中她大膽、直率的言辭，我很欽佩，不是每個人都有這種膽識、思維的。她能把一件看似簡單慣常的事情剖析提頭頭是道，透過了表象看到了它的內在根源。她有勇氣把一些不同與大家都說的話寫在紙上，讓別人看，雖然多數人心理或許也如她所想。但憑這一點兒，就讓人佩服至極。比如，她對老師象蠟燭、春蠶，沒有教不好的學生，只有教不好的老師這些話的評析，一針見血，道出了我們老師的共同心聲。之所以造就了她感說真話，敢於抵制一切不利於學生成長和進步的制度。因為薛老師的

⑸ 適合小學六年級學生閱讀的英語文章

One day,an old man was selling a big elephant.A young man came up to the elephant ang began to look at it slowly.The old man went up to him ang said in his ear,"Don't say anything about the elephat before I sell it,then I will give you some meat"."All right."said the young man .After the old man sold the elephant ,he gave the young man some meat and said,"Now,can you tell me hou you can see the bad ears of the elephant?" "I didn't find the bad ears."said the young man ."Then why did you look at it slowly?"asked the old man .The young man said,"I have never see an elephant before,and I want to know waht it looks like." 一天，一老人出售的一頭大象.一名青年男子走到大象跟前開始仔細的看.老人走到青年旁邊對著他的耳朵說， 「在我賣掉這頭大象之前不要說任何有關的話，然後我會給你一些肉。 」「好的」青年說。之後老人賣掉了大象，他給了青年男子一些肉並說： 「現在，你能告訴我你是怎樣看到大象壞掉的耳朵 ？」 「我沒有發現壞的耳朵。」青年說。「那你為什麽一直仔細的看著大象？」老人問。 青年說「之前我從來沒有看到象，我想知道它看起來像什麽」
Why the young man still look at the elephant?
Because he has never see an elephant before,and he wants to know waht it looks like.

⑹ 適合小學生水平的英語文章

Sandy：excuse me，can I have a look of that sweater？
sale：OK.Here you are，please.
Sandy:Thank you!回 How much does it cost?
Sale:$100.
Sandy:Wow, it is expensive. Can I have a discount?
Sale: Look at the details of this sweater，it is so nice！答

Sandy：OK，I will take it.Here is the money！
Sale:Thank you！

⑺ 適合小學的英文小文章

My Good Friend
Zhang Ying is my good friend. She』 in Class1, Grade4 of Tianjiao Primary School. She』s a model student. She』s clever and she』s helpful, too. She often helps teachers and young students at school. She is good at Chinese, maths, English, arts and crafts, music and so on. She has a lot of hobbies. She likes painting and drawing. And she likes listening to music, having picnics with her parents. Oh yeah, she likes fishing, too. But she doesn』t like playing basketball, football, table tennis or volleyball. Zhang Ying is the best friend of mine. I like playing with her. We always work together and help each other.

⑻ 求小學生英語閱讀材料10篇 帶翻譯

The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."

【譯文】

老貓

一位老婦有隻貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發現一隻老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。

於是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：「不要打你的老僕人，我已經為你服務了很多年，而且還願意為你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。」

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the st.

He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."

He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the st and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

【譯文】

一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去，當他沿著路走時，在路的一邊他發現一箱好蘋果，他說：「我不打算吃那些蘋果，因為富人會給我更多的食物，他會給我很好吃的東西。」然後他拿起蘋果，一把扔到土裡去。

他繼續走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會兒，然後他說：「今天我去不了富人家了，因為我不能渡過河。」

他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。

不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。