故事一：十块糖 Ten Candies
Ten Candies
Mother asks her son, “Jim, if you have ten candies, and you eat four, then how many candles do you have?”
“Ten.” Jim says.
“Then,” Mother asks.
“Yes, Mum. Four candles are in my stomach and six candies are out of my stomach. Four and six is ten, isn’t it right?”

十块糖
母亲问儿子：“吉姆， 假定你有10块糖，吃了4块，那你还有几块糖？”
“10块。”吉姆说。
“10块？”母亲问。
“是的，母亲。因为4块在我的肚子里边，6块在肚子外面，4加6等于10，不对吗？”

    



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故事二：好孩子 A Good Boy
A Good Boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"
"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.
"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"
"She is the one who sells the candy."

好孩子
小罗伯特向母亲要两分钱。
“昨日给你的钱干啥了？”
“我给了一个不幸的老太婆，”他答复说。 “你真是个好孩子，”母亲骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为啥对那位老太太那么感爱好呢？”
“她是个卖糖块的。”

故事三：弄巧成拙Adding Feet to a Snake
Adding Feet to a Snake
One day, Mr. Lion holds a party. Many animals come and drink a lot of wine. At last there is a pot of wine. Who can drink it? They drink out an idea and decide to have a match-Draw a snake. If you finish first, you can get it.
Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing. “Yeah, I’ve finished. I’m No.1,” he says. But he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet and my snake.” At the time, Mr. Gorilla also finishes. He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, “That isn’t a snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.”

弄巧成拙
一天， 狮子先生举办一场集会，许多动物都来了，他们喝许多酒。最终只剩一壶酒了。让谁喝呢？它们想了想，有个主见。它们竞赛画蛇，谁最快画好，谁就喝这壶酒。
纷歧会，狼先生画好了。“哈，我画好了，我是第一个。”它说。可是它又画了起来，它还说：“再给它加几只脚吧。”这是猩猩先生也画好了。它拿起那酒壶喝起来。一边喝一边说：“那不是蛇，蛇是没有脚的，我赢了这壶酒。”

故事四：白雪公主Snow White
Snow White
Snow White is born on a cold winter day. She is as white as snow. Her eyes are very big, her hair very long and her voice is sweet. She is very kind and beautiful. Everyone loves her. Her mummy, the Queen loves her, too. But she died.
A new Queen comes. She is beautiful, but bad. She doesn’t like Snow White, because Snow White is the most beautiful girl in the world.
“I will kill Snow White.” So she orders a hunter to kill Snow White. The hunter is an honest man. “You are a good girl; I don’t want to kill you.” So he lets Snow White go.
Snow White goes into a forest. She finds a house, and goes into the house. Seven dwarfs live there. They like Snow White, and ask Snow White to live with them.
No sooner, the new Queen dies. Because she isn’t the most beautiful woman in the world.

白雪公主
白雪公主出世在一个严寒的冬天，因而她像雪相同皎白无瑕。她又两只大眼晴，有秀丽的长头发和甜美的声响。她又仁慈又秀丽。每自个都很喜爱她。她母亲——皇后也爱她，但她死了。
一位新皇后来了，她很秀丽但很凶狠。她不喜爱白雪公主，因为白雪公主是世界上最秀丽的女孩。
“我必定要杀死白雪公主。“因而，她指令一位猎人去杀白雪公主。这位猎人是一个诚笃的人。 “你是一个好姑娘，我不想杀你。”一切他放走了白雪公主。
白雪公主走进一片森林，她发现了一个房子，而且走进了房子。七个小矮人住在房子里。他们很喜爱白雪公主并留她一同住下来了。
不久，女皇死了，因为她不是世界上最秀丽的人。

故事五：我让奶奶高兴了I Made Granny Glad
I Made Granny Glad
A teacher is telling her students the importance of making others glad. “Now, children,” she says“Did you make someone else glad?”
“Please, teacher,” says a small boy, “I made someone glad yesterday.”
“Well done. Who was that?” The teacher says.
“My granny.” The boy says.
“Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad.” The teacher says.
“I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for three hours. Then I said to her, ‘Granny, I’m going home.’ And she said, “well. I’m glad!”

我让奶奶高兴了
一位教师正在对学生将使人高兴的重要性。“听着，孩子们，”他说：“你们曾让别人高兴过吗？”
“我，教师，”一个男孩子说，“昨日我就使别人高兴过。”
“做得好。是谁呢？”教师说。
“我奶奶。”小男孩说。
“好孩子。如今告诉咱们，你是怎样使你奶奶高兴的？”教师问道。

    “是这样的，教师。昨日我去看她，在她那儿呆了3个小时。然后我对她说：“奶奶，我要回家了。”她说：“啊，我很高兴。”