通过阅读童话故事，可提高儿童的阅读能力。童话故事可以引导儿童学习知识，教给他们正确的是非对错观念，童话故事，都是小孩的最爱，我们在阅读故事给孩子听的时候，要注意正确的引导孩子的思想教育，
Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on, to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, "The dew." The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.
驴和蚱蜢
一只驴听到几只蚱蜢在叫，便觉得很趣味；于是也想得到同样趣味的音调，便问蚱蜢吃什么东西过活，以致于能有这样优美的声音。蚱蜢说：“露水。”驴子听了，从此以后也单吃露水过活，不久便饿死了。
Ajax was a man of giant stature,daring but slow.When the Trojan War was about to break out he led his forces from Salamis to join the Greek army at Aulis.
As one of the trustiest champions of the Greek cause,he was given thejob of guarding one end of the Greek camp near Troy.He was noted in the battlefield for his bravery and courage.After Achilles' death he became one of the two hot contestants for the dead hero's shield and armour,the other being Odysseus.When the weapons were finally judged to his rival,Ajax went mad for grief.Unable to get over the hardships,he took his own life.
When,in order to seek the advice of,Odysseus came to visit the lower world,the shade of Ajax frowned uponhim.In the lower world Ajax chose to be a lion,guided clearly by the bitter recollection of his former life.
埃杰克斯是位身材魁梧、骁勇善战、但头脑迟钝的人。当特洛伊战争即将爆发时，他率领军队从萨拉米斯到达奥尔墨斯加入了希腊军队。
作为一名为希腊事业奋斗的最可信赖的斗士，他被派去保卫靠近特洛伊的希腊军营边界。战场上，他因作战勇猛而出名。阿基里斯死后， 另一名对手是奥德修斯。最后，他的对手胜利了，并得到了盾甲。埃杰克斯悲伤至极，无法自拔，最终结束了自己的生命。
奥德修斯为了得到盲人底比斯的忠告而来到阴间；埃杰克斯的幽灵冲着他直皱眉头。在阴间，由于受到前世痛苦记忆的折磨，埃杰克斯选择了做一头狮子。
Long ago in a small,faraway village,there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small,happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived,he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise,he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his.
He smiled a great smile,and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and firendly. As he left the House,he thought to himself,This is a wonderful place. I will e back and visit it often.
In this same village,another little dog,who was not quite as happy as the first one,decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him,he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left,he thought to himself,That is a horrible place,and I will never go back there again.
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in Oh,Mr. Fox,shouted the cat. You and your hundred tricks are left in the lurch. If you been able to climb like I can,you would not have lost your life.
一只猫在森林里遇到一只狐狸，心想：他又聪明，经验又丰富，挺受人尊重的。於是它很友好地和狐狸打招呼：日安，尊敬的狐狸先生，您好吗？这些日子挺艰难的，您过得怎样样？
狐狸傲慢地将猫从头到脚地打量了一番，半天拿不定主意是不是该和它说话。最后它说：哦，你这个倒霉的长着鬍子、满身花纹的傻瓜、饥肠辘辘地追赶老鼠的傢伙，你会啥？有甚么资格问我过得怎样样？你都学了点甚么本事？
我只有一种本领。猫谦虚地说。
甚么本领？狐狸问。
有人追我的时候，我会爬到树上去藏起来保护自我。
就这本事？狐狸不屑地说，我掌握了上百种本领，而且还有满口袋计谋。我真觉得你可怜，跟着我吧，我教你怎样从追捕中逃生。
就在这时，猎人带着四条狗走近了。猫敏捷地窜到一棵树上，在树顶上蹲伏下来，茂密的。树叶把它遮挡得严严实实。
快打开你的计谋口袋，狐狸先生，快打开呀！猫冲着狐狸喊道。但是猎狗已经将狐狸扑倒咬住了。哎呀，狐狸先生，猫喊道，你的千百种本领就这么给扔掉了！假如你能像我一样爬树就不至於丢了性命了！
Io was the daughter of a rivergod. She was loved，run after and won by Zeus.
伊俄是河神的女儿，宙斯爱她、追求她、并得到了她。
Hera became so green eyed that she flew down from Olympus one day to pay her rival back 。Zeus，however，had foreseen her arrival and changed Io into a beautiful white little cow. Seeing through the trick，Hera asked for the cow as a present and Zeus had to give in to her wish 。Then she left the cow to the care of a hundred eyed monster，Argus.
赫拉对此嫉妒不已。一天她飞下奥林波斯山向情敌施加报复。然而宙斯早已预见到她的光临，就将伊俄变成了一头美丽的小白牛犊，赫拉看穿了其中的诡计，非要一头牛犊作为礼物。宙斯无奈，只得让她如愿以偿。赫拉便将牛犊托付给百眼魔鬼阿刚斯看管。
Argus eyes were ever open and no escape was possible. Unable to bear to see her so unhappy，Zeus sent Hermes down to destroy the monster. Dressed up as a shepherd，Hermes lulled Argus to sleep with his sweet songs and long stories，then killed him and set Io free.
阿刚斯的眼睛永远睁着，要想逃脱是不可能的。看到伊俄如此忧郁，宙斯简直无法忍受，便令赫耳墨斯将魔鬼铲除。赫耳墨斯乔装成牧羊人给阿刚斯唱悦耳动听的歌，讲冗长乏味的故事以哄他入睡。之后便寻机杀死魔鬼，释放了伊俄。
But Heras anger was not to be calmed down yet. She sent a gadfly to attack the cow and drive her from land to land. In her misery the cow passed over the strait which divides Europe and Asia. In this way the strip of water got its name Bosporus ，the way of the cow.
但赫拉的狂怒并未消除。她派了一只牛虻去攻击牛犊，使她颠沛流离。在十分悲痛之中，牛犊穿越了分隔欧亚大陆的海峡。从此这片狭长的水域被称作博斯普鲁斯海峡，意为牛犊之路。
She wandered over the sea，which by chance got from her its name the Ionian Sea 。In the end she arrived in Egypt where she was turned back into her natural form 。She settled down and gave birth to a son，Some of her children remained in Egypt and ruled as kings for a longtime.
她接着漫游过海，这片大海也就在偶然中有了名称——伊奥尼亚海，最后她到了埃及，并恢复了她本来的体态和容貌。她在那里落户并生了个儿子。她的一些子孙就呆在了埃及，当了很长时间的国王。
Once upon a time, there was a very lazy pig who only knew how to eat and sleep, and seldom did anything for others. One day, when mother pig came home, she was so tired that she asked the pig to buy food. After hearing the pig, he twisted his fat ass and said, "I don't want to go. I don't want to go." Pig mother listen to pig, say to it: "you this lazy insect, if you go, I give you chocolate to eat." Hearing this, the pig got up reluctantly, took a basket and slowly walked out of the house. Along the way, he played while he walked, smelling and smelling. Suddenly, the pig smelt a fragrance, so, the pig thought: there must be a lot of delicious food, ha ha. He walked along the scent, and at last came under a big tree. He saw many delicious food, and he jumped on it and ate. When he was eating, he had no idea that a ferocious Wolf was hiding in the grass behind him. In a few moments, the pig finished eating those things. Lying on the grass, he felt his round belly and said, "it's delicious. It's delicious." All of a sudden, the Wolf came out of the grass, and the two green eyes were looking at the pig. Piggy saw the Wolf and wanted to run away, but because the piggy didn't like to exercise, he ate so many things just now, he couldn't run, so he shouted for help. The Wolf got closer and closer, and the dog at the bottom of the mountain heard the cry of the piggy. He shouted to his companion, and he rushed at full speed to the mountain. Luckily, the dog ran up the mountain in time. The Wolf saw so many dogs, and was so angry that he ran away.
When the pig came home, he told the whole story, and the mother said, "my child! You should take this as a deep lesson and stop being lazy.
From then on, the pig got up very early every day and worked out, becoming a lovely and healthy pig.
A hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much. I often go to see him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fine day. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quite as a rabbit.
In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me. My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo. My mum lets me see him every week.
我与河马
河马住在动物园里，我很喜欢他。他经常去看它，他也经常想我。
今日是星期日，是个好天气，我又一次去看望它。在我离开动物园之后，他跟随到我的家。我给他莴苣、生菜、香蕉、苹果和其他食物。他都吃了。
当我唱歌是，它待在水池里，像兔子一样安静。
晚上，他跳到床上同我睡觉在一齐睡。
妈妈要它回家。它不得不背起包回到动物园。妈妈允许我每周去看它。
Who Pours Ink on My Chair?
Donny is a seven year old boy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and es back home on time. But today,he is late. His mother asks him,Why do you go to the headmasters office?
Because the teacher asks us a question in class and nobody can
answer it,but I can. Its good to answer the teachers question. But the question is Who pours ink on my chair?
谁把墨水倒在我椅子了？
唐尼是个7岁孩子，每一天他都上学。学校在他的家附近。
因为，他不行去上学并按时回家。但是这天他回来迟了。
他的母亲问他：你为什么去校长的`办公室？
因为老师在上课时老师问我们一个问题，没有人能回答他，而我能。
回答老师的问题是好事。
但那个问题 谁把墨水倒在我的椅子上了？
A quiet night, suddenly heavy rain. A hungry cat was caught in a mess. Suddenly, he saw a rat hole, and he had a bad idea.
It thinks: treat a food full, drink sufficient, clever rat absolutely can not hard chuang. Because the cat is hungry and hungry. So he leaned over the hole and said feebly, "how do you do? Little mouse, open the door for me! This frightened the mouse, knowing that there was danger approaching it. But it's still in control. The mouse was angry and said, "cat and mouse are enemies. Why should I open the door for you?" The cat said, "if you don't come and open the door for me, do you want to see me die on your doorstep? It won't do you any good, "said the mouse. It opened the door to the cat, and it took a lot of effort to pull the cat in. He gave all the food in the house to the cat. The cat ate the food and the strength came back! It first blocked up the hole and caught the mouse. The mouse was angry and said, "cat! You ungrateful wretch! Before the mouse had finished, the cat struck the mouse hard on the ground. Because the hole was blocked, the mice had to work very hard to get out of the rat hole. And the cat opened its mouth and pounced on the mouse. As a result, the cat got stuck in the rat hole without the help of a mouse. The mouse thought: what an eye!
A few days later, the cat died.
The story tells us that good is good and evil is rewarded.
SIXTH STORY The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman(Four)
第六个故事：拉普兰女人和芬兰女人(四)
"Oh! I have not got my boots! I have not brought my gloves!" cried little Gerda.
“哎呀，我没有穿上靴子！没有戴上大手套！”小小的格尔达叫着。
She remarked she was without them from the cutting frost; but the Reindeer dared not stand still; on he ran till he came to the great bush with the red berries, and there he set Gerda down, kissed her mouth, while large bright tears flowed from the animal's eyes, and then back he went as fast as possible.
她马上就感到刺人的寒冷；不过驯鹿不敢停下来：它一口气跑到生满了红浆果的那个灌木林旁边。它把格尔达放下来，在她的嘴上吻了一下，于是大颗亮晶晶的眼泪就流到了脸上来。它尽快地又跑回去了。
There stood poor Gerda now, without shoes or gloves, in the very middle of dreadful icy Finland.
可怜的格尔达站在那儿，在那可怕的、寒冷的芬马克，没有穿鞋子，也没有戴大手套。
She ran on as fast as she could. There then came a whole regiment of snow-flakes, but they did not fall from above, and they were quite bright and shining from the Aurora Borealis.
她拼命地向前跑。一股雪花卷过来了。它不是从天上落下来的，因为天上非常晴朗，而且还射出北极光。
The flakes ran along the ground, and then earer they came the larger they grew. Gerda well remembered how large and strange the snow-flakes appeared when she once saw them through a magnifying-glass; but now they were large and terrific in another manner--they were all alive.
雪花是沿着地面卷来的。它越逼得近，就越变得庞大。格尔达记起，从前她透过热玻璃朝外望的时候，雪花是多么大，多么美丽啊。不过在这儿它们显得非常庞大和可怕——它们是有生命的。
Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and firendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."
In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again."
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?
很久以前的一个很远的小村庄里，有一个以"千镜屋"而的地方。一个乐观的小狗听说了这个地方并决定去参观。当来到这个地方，他蹦蹦跳欢恰快的上了台阶，来到房门口，他高高竖起耳朵，欢快地摇着尾巴，从门口往里张望，他惊奇地看到有1000只欢乐的小狗像他一样快的摇尾巴。他灿烂地微笑着，回报他的是1000张热情，友好的灿烂笑脸。离开时他心想："这是一个精彩的地主，我一定要经常来参观。"
在这个村里还有另一只想参观"千镜屋"的小狗，他不及第一只小狗乐观，他慢吞吞地爬上台阶，然后耷拉着脑袋往屋子里看。一看到有1000只小狗不友好地盯着他，他便开始冲他们狂吠，镜中的1000只小狗也冲着他狂吠，把他给吓坏了，他在离开时心想："这是一个恐怖的地方，我再也不会来了。"
世界上所有的脸都是镜子，在你所遇见的人的脸上你看到反射出来的是什么？
SIXTH STORY The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman(Five)
第六个故事：拉普兰女人和芬兰女人(五)
They were the out posts of the Snow Queen. They had the most wondrous shapes; some looked like large ugly porcupines; others like snakes knotted together, with their heads sticking out; and others,again, like small fat bears, with the hair standing on end: all were of dazzling whiteness--all were living snow-flakes.
它们是白雪皇后的前哨兵，而且是奇形怪状的。有的样子像丑陋的大刺猬；有的像许多伸出头、纠成一团的蛇；有的像毛发直立的小胖熊。它们全都是白得发亮的、有生命的雪花。
Little Gerda repeated the Lord's Prayer. The cold was so intense that she could see her own breath, which came like smoke out of her mouth. It grew thicker and thicker, and took the form of little angels, that grew more and more when they touched the earth.
小小的格尔达念着《主祷文》。天气是那么寒冷，她可以看到自己呼出的气像烟雾似的从嘴里冒出来。呼出的气越来越浓，形成了明亮的小安琪儿。当他们一接触到地面时，就越变越大。
All had helms on their heads, and lances and shields in their hands; they increased in numbers; and when Gerda had finished the Lord's Prayer, she was surrounded by a whole legion.
他们都戴着头盔，拿着矛和盾。他们的数目在增大。当格尔达念完了祷告以后，她周围就出现了一个很大的兵团。
They thrust at the horrid snow-flakes with their spears, so that they flew into a thousand pieces; and little Gerda walked on bravely and in security. The angels patted her hands and feet; and then she felt the cold less, and went on quickly towards the palace of the Snow Queen.
这些兵士用长矛刺着这些可怕的雪花，把这些雪花打成无数碎片。于是小小的格尔达就又稳步地、勇敢地向前进。安琪儿抚摸着她的手和脚，于是她就不那么感到寒冷了。她匆忙地向白雪皇后的宫殿前进。
But now we shall see how Kay fared. He never thought of Gerda, and least of all that she was standing before the palace.
不过现在我们要先看看加伊是在做些什么。他一点也没有想到小小的格尔达，更想不到她是站在宫殿的门口。
Long ago,there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealingfood.
One day the mice had a meetingto talk about the way to deal with their common enemy. Some said this,， andsome said that.
At last a young mouse gotup, and said that he had a good idea.
"We could tie a bellaround the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound ofthe bell, and run away."
Everyone approved of thisproposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well,but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, butnobody spoke.
从前，一所房子里面有一只大猫，他抓住了很多偷东西的老鼠。
一天，老鼠在一起开会商量如何对付他们奇特的敌人。会上大家各有各的主张，最后，一只小老鼠站出来说他有一个好主意。
“咱们可能在猫的脖子上绑一个铃铛，那么如果他来到附近，咱们听到铃声就能够立即逃跑。”
大家都同意这个倡导，这时一只聪明的老耗子站出来说：“这确切是个绝妙的主意，然而谁来给猫的脖子上绑铃铛呢？”老鼠们面面相觑，谁也不谈话。
寓意：有些事件说起来容易，做起来却很难。
Tom and jerry were good friends, but they became enemies because of one thing.
One day, the mouse and the cat went out to find something to eat. They found a can of lard. When they came back, they hid the pig oil. After a few days, the cat was hungry and said to the mouse, "my cousin has a son and I want to see it." The mouse agreed. The cat came to the place where the lard was, and the skin of the lard was eaten, and the mouse returned and asked, "what is the name of your cousin's son?" "The cat said," go to the skin!" The mouse felt strange but did not ask. After a few days the cat was hungry again and had to say to the mouse, "my cousin has a son, so I can go and see." The mouse agreed, and the cat came to the place where the lard was and ate half of the lard. Then the mouse returned and asked the cat, "what is your cousin's son's name?" The cat said, "half done," and the mouse was more surprised, but did not ask. After a few days, the cat was hungry again and said to the mouse, "I love my baby, tell me to be a father," and the mouse agreed. The cat came to the place where the lard was and ate all the lard, and came back to the mouse and asked, "what is your baby's name?" The cat said, "call a sweep," the mouse was even stranger, but did not ask.
Winter arrived without food mouse think of lard, it's called the cat go to lard, found the place where the Tibetan lard lard, mice understand, angry at the cat, the cat suddenly and hungry, and ate a poor little mouse.
From now on the cat and the mouse became the enemy!
The ball fish is full of prickly thorns, it has pierced the shark's lungs, the whale's heart, let these two mammals died in the deep sea.
The fish were so happy that they gave it a bunch of beautiful flowers. The undersea fish god knew this, and was very pleased to give the ball fish two powerful feet, so that it could live on land.
One day, the ball fish was crawling on land. It was looking for food to eat. Suddenly, a tiger found the ball fish, thought it was a porcupine, scared to run far, far away, out of breath. When a fox went out to see the tiger, he was so embarrassed that he wanted to laugh, but he could not laugh. He asked, "what's the terrible thing about tiger king?"
"I.。. I met the porcupine, and I was afraid it would kill me! Here we are!
"Don't worry, tiger! I'll help you! "Said the fox.
So the tiger took the fox to the spot where he had met the fish. The fish was walking up and down. The fox also thought it was a porcupine, according to the old way, put a smelly fart, fish ball is very smart, the body shrinks tightly, did not find a small aperture, like the ball, let the fox a hindrance. The tiger thought strangely: no, when the porcupine will die, how can you survive?
The fox's eyes mysteriously turned, and he thought of a good solution: find the weasel to help! He gave the place to the tiger, and let the tiger call the weasel, and he went and called the weasel.
Within a minute, Mr. Weasel had arrived. Weasel saw fish ball, or thought it was a porcupine, then put a smelly fart to faint, let the tiger and the fox fell flat, and fish ball is missing shadow jumped into the jungle, weasel despondently ran away.
The ball fish jumped out of the jungle and continued to search for food.
Eros（Cupid ） eros was the god of love ，better known by hislatin name cupid.son of aphrodite by ares ，he took his place among the small gods of olympus.
厄洛斯（丘比特）厄洛斯是爱神，它的拉丁名称丘比特更为人熟知。他是阿瑞斯和阿芙罗狄蒂的儿子，是一位小奥林波斯山神。
he was represented asa little naked boy ，with sparkling wings ，and he carried his bowand arrows wherever he wandered.shooting his thrilling arrows in evils ，he inspired the passion of love and provided all nature with life and power of reproduction.
他的形象是一个* 体的小男孩，有一对闪闪发光的翅膀。他带着弓箭漫游。他恶作剧地射出令人震颤的神箭，唤起爱的激情。给自然界带来生机，授予万物繁衍的能力。
the lovely ，naughty god had two kinds of arrows ：the gold tipped arrows used to quicken the pulse of love and the lead tipped ones to palsy it.
这位可爱而又淘气的小精灵有两种神箭：加快爱情产生的金头神箭和中止爱情的铅头神箭。
besides ，he had a torch to light hearts with. though sometimes he was blindfolded ，no man nor god ，zeus himself included ，was safe from his evils.
at one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and such burning love was awakened in him for the human maiden psyche that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg zeus for justice.
另外，他还有一束照亮心灵的火炬。尽管有时他被蒙着眼睛，但没有任何人或神，包括宙斯在内，能逃避他的恶作剧。
another famous story where eros played an important part was the argonautic ，daughter of king aeetes ，was wounded by eros arrows，took jasons part in recovering the golden fleece and eventually became the heros wife.
有一次这位淘气的精灵被自己的箭射中。对人间少女普赛克炽热的爱在他心中复苏，以致于他不顾他母亲的干预，鼓起勇气让宙斯给予公正评判。
厄洛斯起了重大作用的另一个的故事是亚尔古英雄的远征。美狄亚，国王埃厄忒斯的女儿，被厄洛斯的神箭射中，和伊阿宋一起寻觅金羊毛，最后成为这位英雄的妻子。