ing the Cat（把鈴掛在貓身上）
Once some mice were living in a all met together and talked about the cat in the farmhouse.“We can not stay here long with that cat near has eaten many of can we keep her from killing us?”said one old proud young mouse said,“I have a good never hear her when she do you say to hang a bell around her neck?Then we can hear her when she is coming.”“That is a splendid us tie a bell around her we can run away before she catches us,”said then the old mouse stood up and said,“Your plan is very fine,but who can hang a bell around the cat’s neck?”All the young mice were silent,and only looked at one another.
Bear and the Two Travelers（熊和兩個旅客）
Two men were traveling together through the a dig bear suddenly appeared before of them climbed up quickly into a tree and hid himself in the other wanted to climb up another tree,but there was no time to do bear was just near he fell flat on the ground and pretended that he was dead,for he knew that a bear will not touch a dead big bear came up to him,and smelled him all lay as still as he could,held his breath and pretended to be bear examined him closely and walked slowly the bear had gone,the traveler in the tree came down,and said,“The bear looked as if he were talking to did he whisper in your ears?He replied,"He gave me this advice:Never trust a friend who deserts you in time of need!"
Stag at the Lake（在湖邊的雄鹿）
One hot day a stag came to a lake to drink,and saw his own shadow in the water."How beautiful my antlers are!But I'm very sorry my legs are very thin and ugly,"said he to then he saw a lion coming toward ran away as fast as fast as he could,and the lion could not catch him."Oh,how thankful I am for my good,long legs!These legs have saved my life,"he when he came to a thick wood,his antlers caught in the branches of a tried to free himself from the branches,but he could last the lion found the stag and caught him,and killed him.
Father and His Sons（父親和他的兒子們）
A father had three sons,but the brothers were always r father tried to make them good fiends,and called all his sons to showed them three sticks and said,“I want to talk to these sticks and tie them try to break the bundle of sticks.”The oldest son tried with all his strength but he could not break the other two did the same,but neither of them could break it.“Now,”said the father,“untie the bundle and each of you take one stick and try to break it.”Either of them could break the stick the father said,“My sons,when the sticks are bound together,it is very strong,and you cannot break when they are united,you can break each stick you work together and help one another,you can become as strong as the if you only quarrel and do not stand together,you will be broken as easily as these sticks.”
Farmer and the Snake（農夫和蛇）
One cold day in winter a farmer was working in his he found a was stiff and nearly dead with said,“oh,poor thing!I'll take it home.”At once he laid it near the fire,and got it as it grew warm and felt pleasant,it raised its head,sprang at the farmer and tried to bite the kind man.“You ungrateful creature!”said the farmer.“I can't keep you alive.”So saying,he killed the snake with a stick.
Ass in the Lion's Skin（披著獅皮的驢）
Once an ass found a lion's skin on the was very glad to get the once he put it said to himself,“now can go anywhere in the forest.I am the king of ,I will frighten the timid animals.”He was very proud of the skin,and went into the he met they saw his face,they were all frightened and ran he met a was frightened,too,and went last he met a tried to frighten the fox and cried out in a loud the wise fox said to him,“oh,you are not a real are an are braying,and not you keep silent,you will frighten I know you by your voice.”Soon after that the owner of the skin caught the ass,and killed him.
Birds,the Beasts and the Bat（鳥、野獸和蝙蝠）
There was once a great battle between the birds and the beasts won the their way home,one of the beasts met a bat.“oh,you are a bird.I'll eat you“up,”said the beast.“no,no,”said the bat.“I am not a bird.I am a at the fur all over my body,and at my mouth with its sharp teeth,”and the bat safely ran away.A few days later there was a second time the birds one of the birds found the bat,he said,“you are a mouse.I must kill you.”“no,no,”said the bat.“I am not a mouse.I am a at my r several battles between the birds and the beasts,they were friends they could not trust the the bat had to hide in dark places in the is why a bat flies about only at night.
North Wind and the Sun（北風和太陽）
One day in winter,the cold north wind was blowing the sun began to shine from among the north wind said to the sun,“I am very strong.I am stronger than you.I am the strongest in the world.”The sun said,“No, are not so strong as I.”“Well,I’ll show you how strong I am,”said the north then a traveler came had a thick cloak on.“I can make that man take off his cloak,”said the north he blew and the traveler held his cloak closely about the sun said,“Now I’ll try.”The sun began to shine upon became warmer and traveler said,“How warm it is!”and took off his cloak.“Now you see I am stronger than you,h Wind,”said the sun.
Fox and the Crane（狐狸和鶴）
One day a fox met a crane in the fox said to the crane,“Hello,dear Crane!Will you come to dine with me?”And the crane said,“Oh,thank you,I will.”The crane went to his the crane sat at table,she found only a very shallow dish before e was some soup in the fox began to eat the soup crane tried to eat it,but she could only wet the tip of her long bill,and she had to leave most of the fox said to the crane,“I'm very don't like soup,do you?”But the crane said to the fox,“Thank you for your nice soup,”and went home.A few days later the crane invited the fox to they sat at table,two long-necked jars were put before the jars was some crane enjoyed the meat,but the fox could not reach it,for the mouth of the jar was very fox could only lick the mouth of the fox was much ashamed of his own folly,and hurried back to his house.
10.A Clever Dog（一隻聰明的`狗）
en had a very clever dog named often helped her by going to buy morning she gave him a basket with twenty cents in it and told him to go to the bakery and get two loaves of took the basket in his mouth and trotted down the street to the baker wanted to tease he took the money and put it into the drawer,but he did not give him any k put down the basket and began to baker laughed and patted him on the said,“You're a good dog.”He took two loaves of bread and put them into the k wagged his tail,picked up his basket and started for walked proudly down the carried the basket in his ybody looked at him and smiled.
ola（畢可拉）
Once there lived in France a little name was father was dead and her mother was very,very Christmas eve Piccola said to her mother,“will Santa Claus come to our house tonight?”her mother looked very sad and shook her bedtime Piccola pulled off her little wooden shoes and put them on the floor near the chimney she said to her mother,“perhaps Santa Claus will come.”In the night a little bird with a broken wing fell down the chimney and hopped into one of the early in the morning Piccola woke jumped out of bed and ran to look into her e she saw the little bird in one of her picked u the shoe and ran to show her Christmas present to her mother,and,“Santa Claus did not forget me.”
e Darling（葛瑞絲?達玲）
One September morning there was a storm at sea and a ship was driven on a was broken in two by the waves and half of it was washed of the sailors clung to the other e was a an island not far away grace darling and her father lived in the saw the poor sailors clinging to the e said to her father,“we must try to save those men.”“it is on use,”said her father.“We cannot reach them.”Grace was not willing to give she and her father started in a heavy e pulled one oar and her father pulled the other,it was hard to row against the big last they reached the wreck and took the poor sailors into their rowed back to the lighthouse with them and gave them warm food and dry a few days the storm was over and the sailors want to their felt very grateful to Grace Darling and her father.
ora（潘多娜）
Long,long ago the people lied very happily in the beautiful world,and nobody was ever that time there was a beautiful little girl named day a fairy gave her a wonderful was tied with a golden cord and the fairy made her promise not to open ora and her little friend,Epimetheus,often looked at the box and wondered what was in a long time Pandora kept her promise to the fairy,but at last she wanted to peep into the untied the cord and lifted the lid a very hundreds of bad little fairies came stung Pandora and she fell screaming on the stung Epimetheus, they flew out of the door and stung all the children in the and by Pandora heard a little said,“let me out and I will help you.”She opened the box and out flew a beautiful little told Pandora that her name was kissed her and Epimetheus and made them she flew away to help the other this day,when people are sick and unhappy,the good little fairy,hope,comes to comfort them.
Ill-Natured Neighbor（一個壞心腸的鄰居）
An ill-natured,jealous peasant saw his neighbor's getting a very good he was unable to be glad of his neighbor's blessing from God,he devised the way how to destroy his neighbor's attain his purpose he caught a fox,tied a lighted torch to its tail and drove it in the direction of his neighbor’s ng the fox reached the field,it changed its direction,and began,to hiss amazement,plunging into his own fields where the grains had almost been ripe.A few minutes had passed before all his fields were enveloped in volumes of sorrowed,lamented,rushing about in his neighborhood,and devised to lay the blame at his neighbor's as his neighbor had been believed to be very honest since ages ago,and,on the contrary,he had been reputed as an ill-natured man,none could place any confidence in his words.A misdeed only leads one to a snare set for others.
15.A Miser Man（一個守財奴）
A very stingy man who had no pleasure but that of making money sold his all,namely,his place and fields,and forged all the money he received into a mass of gold,and buried it in the y day he visited the spot,which was one of his daily greatest a man who occasionally came to the neighborhood saw this miser digging up the earth with this neighbor went there and dug the earth,he found a buried treasure,to his great resolved to run off with it the miser came to the spot the following day,he found his treasure missing,to his great furious agony and desperation,he cursed God and man tearing his hair like a mad a pedestrian asked his of his bitter sorrow,the miser told his story in great detail,but the passenger comforted and consoled him,saying,“You need not cry over your loss of treasure.I think your loss is not so great as you in that place a stone of the same size in place of your mass of gold,and regard it as your lost will hardly tell the difference the two,because,as far as you are concerned,gold is all one with a stone in point of utility.”Happiness does not consist in owning money,but in reasonable using of it.
