适合初一阅读的英语短文100篇

第一篇：适合初一阅读的英语短文100篇

The Hen and the Little Girl In a country home, a mother hen and her cute chicks were living happily.A little girl came to visit the country home, but was very bored.One night, the girl went into the chicken house.As soon as she went in, there was disorder.Here and there cries of the chickens could be heard.The father, who was inside, woke up.“What's going on? Why are you bothering the chickens?” “Because I'm bored.” “You have to sleep now, go inside.” The girl went into the chicken house, again, the next day.There was a racket again, as the chickens were frightened.The moon in the night sky was worried.This time, the little girl's father will not be forgiving.Finally, the sleeping father woke up.“Why are the chickens crying? By chance” The father was angry and came out to the yard.“What's wrong with you? Is it okay to bother animals that can't talk? You need to be punished.” When the little girl saw her father's angry face, she began to cry.“It is true that I bothered the chickens, but I was bored yesterday.But today I went in to apologize to the chickens.I was going to hug the chickens.” When the father heard what his daughter said, a smile quickly appeared on his face.“You are truly my daughter.” The father praised his daughter.He was proud of his daughter that knew how to apologize.The moon in the sky gave a big laugh, too.The Mermaid Princess In the deep, sea palace, there lived a mermaid princess.Whenever she sang a song with her beautiful voice, everyone envied her.However, the mermaid princess wanted to go to the outside world.“I would like to hear the beautiful sound of birds.”The king promised her.“When you turn 15 years old, you can go and see the life above the sea.” “Oh, I can't wait!Finally, it was the mermaid princess' 15th birthday.She went up to the sea.The princess saw a great ship.And she saw a handsome prince standing on the ship.The princess fell in love with him at first sight.However, as thunder and lightning struck, the ship sank on its side.The prince lost his consciousness and fell deep into the sea.”Oh, no!The prince fell into the water.Let me hurry and save him.“ The princess saved the prince and laid him on the sand.The princess took care of him all night.When the prince opened his eyes, the mermaid princess hid from him.She thought he might get scared by her tail.Just then, a princess from a neighbor land came out to see the sea and she saw the prince.The princess watched from a far the prince who always came out to the sea at night.The princess was very sad.She wanted to become a human so that she could be with the prince.She asked the witch.”Okay, I will make you into a human, but you must give me your beautiful voice.If the prince marries someone else, you will become a water bubble.You must marry the prince.“ On the sand, she drank the medicine that the witch had given her.With the big sudden pain, she turned into a human.Just then, the prince who came out to the sea saw the princess.The prince took the princess who could not speak, to his palace.Although she could not speak, she was happy to be living near the prince.The prince was going to be married to a princess from a neighbor land.”I will be marrying the princess that saved my life.“ 'I am the one that saved your life.' But, her voice could not be heard.At night, the mermaid princess' older sisters came up to the sea.They gave the mermaid princess a knife and said, ”If you stab the prince with this knife, you can be a mermaid again.If you don't, you will become a water bubble.“ On the night of the wedding, the mermaid princess was going to stab the sleeping prince with the knife.But, she could not kill the loving prince.”It's best that I just turn into a water bubble.“When morning came, the mermaid turned into a water bubble and went up to heaven.The Naked King

my sister?” He drew his sword and cut the young man and buried him under a linden-tree.“He is gone forever now, and he will forget my sister.How dare the poor little boy want to marry my sister? It is common to die during a trip, so nobody will suspect me of murdering him.” The brother brushed up his clothes and disappeared.The elf woke up and found she was in the middle of a dark forest.“Oh my!The forest is moving!” But it was not a forest.It was the hair of the young lady's brother.She shivered with fear and anger.When they got in the house, the young lady from the garden was crying.The man looked at his sister and gave her a chilly smile, and went to bed.“Oh my lover, my dear fiance, please come back safely.” She sobbed sadly and fell asleep.The elf sat down quietly spreading her wings and told the young lady what she saw that day.“What I am trying to say now is not a dream.If you dig under the linden-tree in the garden, you will find your fiance.It is your brother who killed him.” The beautiful young lady woke up.She secretly went out of her room and dug under the linden-tree as the elf had said.Her lover was lying in the ground, cold dead.She cried out sadly and killed herself right next to her fiance.After some time passed, a flower called, 'Jasmine' came into bloom at the place where the two lovers had died.The Jasmine had big white flowers on the branch and had a sweet smell.Incidentally, the young lady's brother was walking down the road and he pulled off a branch of the jasmine and put it near his bedside.When night fell, two bees with poison stingers came out of the jasmine flowers and bit the brother's ears and mouth, and then they vanished.The Ugly Duckling A mother duck was brooding on her eggs near the margin of a pond.A flock of lovely baby ducks was soon born, making sweet peeping sounds when the eggs were broken.But one egg remained unbroken.“It is strange.Why has this egg not broken?” The mother duck continued her brooding.At last, the egg was broken and a baby duck was born.However that baby duck was very ugly compared to the other baby ducks.The mother duck was worried, but still she took the baby ducks near the water and taught them how to swim.The ugly duckling also swam with his brothers and sisters, moving his legs eagerly.“It is lucky though.That baby swims well.” Still his brothers pecked at the ugly duckling with their bills.“How hideous this baby duck is.We don't want to see you.Go to a cat.” His brothers gave a very hard time to the poor duckling.“Stop it, don't do that!” The mother duck sighed and said, “Ah!I wish that this baby could live happily at another place.” The baby duck heard what his mother said and dropped tears of sorrow saying, “Mom, I will leave.Good-bye.” The ugly duckling left his nest beyond the pond.When he entered the forest, other birds were frightened by the baby duck and ran away.“Why do they run away? Is it because I am so awful?” The baby duck became sadder and plodded along the field.Near the water beside the field, two wild ducks were playing around.“Yah, what is that ugly duck? Let's make fun of him.” The two wild ducks flew up in the air and threw stones at the baby duck.“Bang!Bang!” At that time, a hunter shot his gun.The two wild ducks fell down dead to the ground.“Uh? What is this small bird?” The hunter took home the awkward little baby duck along with the two wild ducks.“Dad, what is this poor-looking bird?” “I took it with me in order to give it to you, my son.It was trembling with fear in the water.” The children gave a hard time to the baby duck by pulling its wings and tail.“That hurts!Ow!” The baby duck spilled a jug of milk while running away from the cruel hands of the children.The dishes on the table were also broken.The angry hunter sent out the baby duck with a flourish of his broomstick.And so the after being cast out from the house of the hunter, the ugly duckling spent a long and cold winter alone.Finally spring came.The baby duck had a good stretch and flew up in the air vigorously.“Uh!I am flying!” Upon the lake, a flock of white and pretty swans were playing around while swimming.“They are indeed pretty birds.” The baby duck became sad.“Those birds may not like me as I am so ugly.” The baby duck tried to run away from the group of beautiful swans.“Hi!Where are you going? Come and play around with us!” The baby duck approached the swans hesitatingly.At that moment, the baby duck saw his own appearance reflected to the

The brothers were trapped under the spell of the wicked Queen, and were forced to become swans and fly around to look for something to eat during the day.Elisa prayed earnestly, “Dear God, please release the magic curse from my brothers.” In her dreams that night, a fairy appeared and said, “Make mantles for your brothers with hemp and have them wear the mantles.However, you should not speak at all until those mantles are made completely.” The Princes thought that Elisa, who did not speak and merely kept knitting, had become strange.One day, a Prince from a neighboring kingdom saw the knitting Princess when he was out hunting.The Prince took Elisa to his palace saying to himself, “She is a really beautiful lady.I am going to make her happy.” But Elisa did not say anything, and only kept knitting eagerly.At nightfall of the next day, the hemp was all used up.Elisa picked some more hemp near a grave but was caught by the Prince.The Prince said, “You dared to go to a grave at night? You must be a witch.Take this witch and burn her at the stake!” Princess Elisa was unable to say anything and was imprisoned.Princess Elisa continued knitting without taking rest even in the prison.Princess Elisa was finally knitting the eleventh mantle, while being carried on a cart going to the burning place.The villagers threw stones at her while shouting, “That witch is still knitting.Burn her at the stake!” At that precise moment, the eleven swans flew in.Princess Elisa threw the finished mantles to the swans.Only then, Princess Elisa opened her mouth.“I now can speak.I am not a witch.” They donned the knitted hoods they were turned back into Princes.The Princess told the Prince what had happened up to that time.Thereafter, the Prince and Princess Elisa lived happily together in their kingdom.The Unwise Hans In the countryside, there lived three brothers.The first and second brothers were very wise.But the third was not very wise.People called him unwise Hans.All three of the brothers wanted to marry the princess.The princess had said that she wanted to marry the wisest man on the land.“We only have one week.” So in order to marry the princess, they hurried off on their way.The father of the three brothers gave horses to only two of the sons.The first brother got a brown horse and the second brother got a white horse.But, no horse was given to Hans.The unwise Hans left on a goat, instead of a horse.The older brothers laughed at Hans.Still, Hans left with his brothers.After sometime, Hans picked up a dead crow on the road.“Brothers, look at this.” “What are you going to do with that?” “I'm going to give it to the princess.” The brothers continued to laugh at Hans.As Hans was going along the road, besides the crow, he picked up an old wooden clog and good quality mud.The older brothers no longer paid attention to Hans' strange behavior and hurried off on their horses reaching the castle before Hans.In front of the castle there stood the princess and many people who wanted to marry her.However, all the people who went inside of the princess' room came out stuttering and muttering quietly to themselves.Finally the first brother went in.“You're not right.Please go.” The first brother had forgotten everything that he had memorized.So, he could not say one word.Next the second brother went in.The princess told him to leave, as well.The second brother could not understand the princess’ question.Hans was the last person to go in.“The room is hot.” “The rooster is being roasted.” “Then roast my crow, as well, please.” “What should we do? There is no plate.” “Here it is.” Hans showed the old wooden clog that he had hidden.The princess made a smile on her face.“Then where can we get the sauce?” Hans showed her the mud that he had picked up on the road, too.“Ha, Ha, Ha-this is really fun.” The unwise Hans gave the princess the wisest answers.That's how the princess and the unwise Hans got married.The unwise Hans became the king of that land.Thumbelina

“Put up a statue in the church!” Now the terrible king was ordering the church to place a statue of himself there.However, the ministers could not do that.“ Your majesty may be great, but God is even greater.” The terrible king was becoming angry.It was because he thought that he was the greatest in the whole world.Then the king was angry.“What!He is greater? Then I will defeat God.” In a loud voice, the terrible king said that he would win against God.That's why he ordered that a magnificent ship be built in order to go to the heaven.He said he would ride the ship to go and defeat God.The terrible king rode the ship up to heaven.From the sky, an angel was sent.However, the terrible king shot over a thousand bullets at the angel.“Ahhhhhh” Being shot, the angel was bleeding.The blood dropped unto the terrible king's ship.The angel's blood was so heavy that the king's ship sank.The terrible king became angry, again.“Build a more stronger ship.” The terrible king wanted a better ship, so he ordered all the workers in his kingdom to build it.“I will defeat God for sure!” The terrible king went up to heaven, once more.God sent mosquitoes to the terrible king.The terrible king just laughed at the mosquitoes.“Go and bring me the best carpet.” The king made another command.He thought that if he wrapped the carpet around his body the mosquitoes would not be able to bite him.But one mosquito went inside of the carpet.Because of that one mosquito, the terrible king was rolling around screaming.The terrible king that couldn't even catch one mosquito was a laughingstock for his troops.Last Dream for an Old Oak Tree Once upon a time, there was a large oak tree in the forest.This oak tree was very old.One day during the hot summer, a mayfly flew by and alighted on a leaf of the oak tree.“Mayfly, you must be so sad.” “Why?” “You get to live only one day.” The oak tree felt sorry for the mayfly.Mayfly asked, “Don't you live for one day?” “No.I live much longer than you do.” The mayfly nodded and asked, “Really? Then, are you happy now?” “Yes, I am very happy,” replied the oak tree.Then the mayfly smiled and said, “I am very happy, too.Although I get to live only one day, it doesn't matter.You get to live much longer than I do, but we are both happy, aren't we?” The oak tree and the mayfly kept on talking to each other.Eventually, the mayfly leaned on the oak tree and fell asleep.“Mayfly!” The oak tree called the mayfly, but the mayfly did not respond.It had died.“Mayfly, have a happy dream.” The oak tree blessed the mayfly for the last time.Many weeks then passed.Spring, summer and fall went by, and winter came.Finally, the long-awaited day of Christmas came.The oak tree wanted to rest now.The oak tree had a dream on Christmas day.In it, pretty flowers were abundant and butterflies were flying in a green forest.In this dream, the oak tree met the mayfly.The mayfly said, “Come play here.It is such a happy place.” The oak tree was very pleased indeed to see the mayfly.While the oak tree was sleeping, its roots were cut.It was time for the oak tree to die.The oak tree went to a happy world, dreaming.The Happy Couple A long time ago, there was a happy prince and princess in a country.They took care of and loved each other very much, and their country was happy, too.Therefore they didn't envy anything else.There was one thing they worried about.They wanted to make sure they could live happily forever like this One day, one of the subjects found out the couple's worry and told them, “Prince, I heard that there is a magic charm, and it can protect you from any unfortunate event.If you always carry the magic charm with you, your fear and worry will disappear.” “Is it true? Where can I find that charm?” The prince asked him joyfully.“There is an old man in the forest, and he knows about

why.” “What did the book say?” Hans read a story to his parents loudly.'One woodcutter couple always complained that their unhappiness began because of Adam and Eve.At that time, a King was riding a horse and heard them and said, “Come to my palace with me.You can live as luxuriously as I can.You have seven kinds of wonderful dishes and deserts at every meal.” “Never touch the plate covered with a lid in the middle of the table.As soon as you touch the plate, your peaceful and luxurious life will be over.” The woodcutter couple lived luxuriously after that, but soon they became curious what was on the plate under the lid.After a while, they uncovered the lid of the plate.“That's it.Now go back where you came from.Do not blame Adam and Eve any more.You have the same amount of curiosity as they did, and besides you cannot appreciate God's grace and gifts.” Hans' parents were surprised by the story about the woodcutter couple, and they told Hans to read the same story every night.One night, Hans read his parents a story about a man who does not know both sadness and dissatisfaction.'A long time ago, a King became ill, and there was only one cure the underwear of a man who never knew both sadness and dissatisfaction.His subjects visited every king and nobleman of the world searching for the cure, but they could not find it.' One day, a swineherd was sitting next to a ditch said, “I don't know anything about sadness and dissatisfaction.I have always have been living my life happily.” “Give me your underwear.We will give you half of our kingdom in exchange for that.” Even though the subjects tried to persuade him, the swineherd did not have underwear to give to the subject of the King.Hans' parents laughed loudly as if they had not laughed for a long time.“What are you so happy about? It's been a long time since I saw you smiling.” “Hans read a story about a man who does not know about sadness and dissatisfaction.He is too poor to have any underwear.Try to imagine him!Everyone has his own burden to carry by himself.But if you listen to other people's stories, you will feel your burden of life is much lighter than before.” “Where did you get this book?” “One year ago at the Christmas party, the mistress gave us as a gift.At that time, we wanted to have underwear as a gift rather than a book.But this book is like magic.It gives us the answers to what we always were curious about.” After that day, the schoolmaster visited Hans, who always stays in his bed in the afternoons, gave him a lot of knowledge that children at school could learn.The schoolmaster got invited to the feudal lord's mansion and had a meal with them.In the middle of dinner, he told them the book that they had given to Hans was such a blessed gift for the family.The mistress gave some silver coins to the schoolmaster, and asked him to give them to Hans.Hans' parents were very happy to get the silver coins.“Crippled Hans brings us blessings.” A few days later, the mistress herself visited Hans with a basket of delicious bread, fruit and juice, and a cage with a black bird.Hans was so happy for the gift, but his parents were not.“Rich people cannot think.If Hans cannot take care of the bird, we have to do the troublesome work.In the end, a cat will eat the bird anyway.” A cat often visited the room, but it seemed that it was not interested in the black bird.One afternoon, when Hans was reading the book, the cat was staring at the bird in the cage above a dresser.The cat jumped up to the window frame next to the cage in a breath.Hans worried about the bird, and he tried to throw his fairy tale book at the cat, but it did not reach the cat.Hans wielded a bedcover, but it was a vain effort.The cat jumped up to the dresser and dropped the cage to the ground.At the same time, Hans suddenly leaped to his feet from his bed, picked up the cage and shooed the cat away.Hans saw himself holding the cage in his hand.He realized what happened to him and ran out to the road.“I can walk.Now I can walk!” On that day, Hans' family had a big party.The feudal lord and his wife were happy as if their own son could walk again.“You have a good mind, God bless you always.” Hans went to a school in Copenhagen because he was so smart, and he could understand so well what he read.His parents were sad that they could not live with their son, but they were very happy whenever they got a letter with happy news from him.“What happened to Hans is proof that God does not forget poor children.” “What happened to Hans is such a miracle.Is it like one of the stories which Hans used to tell us?” Hans' parents held each other's hands and looked at each other piously.The Shadow

The owner of the cow laughed loudly and agreed to the deal.The farmer was very happy, too.'Everything's okay.Now I have to go back to my house.' As he walked not a long distance with the cow, he saw a plump, soft-haired goat.Suddenly he wanted to have the goat.'It would be much easier to raise a goat than a cow.And goat's milk tastes good.' “Hey, why don't we exchange your goat with my cow?” The owner of the goat thought that was a golden opportunity, after he heard the farmer.“Of course, I'll be glad to.” This was how the farmer exchanged his cow with the goat.'Today is my lucky day.' The farmer even hummed to himself.After a while, he saw a young man holding a goose tightly with his two hands.'That goose looks very healthy.Its hair is rich.It would be nice if we could raise such a great goose in our depression.' The farmer wanted to have the goose, so he exchanged his goat with the goose.After a short time, he met a guy who was holding a cute hen in his arms.'Cock-a-doodle-do, cock-a-doodle-do!' The hen's voice sounded very healthy.'What a nice hen!' This time, he also wanted to have the hen.The farmer approached the guy and asked him to exchange his goose with the hen.Of course the owner of the hen agreed to his suggestion.It was already late afternoon when he exchanged his animals several times.'Oh, I am hungry!I am going to have lunch in a restaurant.' The farmer held his hen and headed to a restaurant.A young man was carrying a heavy bag on his shoulder in front of the restaurant.“Look, young man.What's inside of that bag?” He looked at the bag and asked.“Oh, This? These are rotten apples.”The young man said.'Rotten apples? We had only one apple from our apple trees last year.That's amazing that he has such a lot of apples.If we use those rotten apples as fertilizer, our trees will bear lots of apples, too.' The farmer exchanged his hen with the rotten apples.Then, he went into the restaurant and had lunch.And he told his story how he happened to exchange one thing and another, and finally he got the rotten apples.An rich old man listened to the farmer's story and said, “You are such a hopeless fellow.If you go back to your house, your wife will be mad at you.” “No way.My wife has never been angry at me.” “All right, if your wife will not be angry about your story today, I will give you a package of gold coins.” After that, the farmer went back to his house with the old rich man.And he told his wife the whole story about how he came back with the rotten apples.Then, his wife said, “Oh, that's great.We will have as many apples as those rotten apples.” The farmer's wife even smiled happily.In the end, the old rich man had to give them a package of gold coins.Therefore the farmer became very rich.The Anemone It was winter with cold air and strong wind.A seed was still lying down in the bulb under the ground covered with snow.One day, it was raining, and the raindrops that soaked into the thick ground, touched the bulb and told stories of the world above the ground.Soon, the sunlight passed through, shone on the frozen ground and tickled the bulb “Welcome.” A seed said.“I am not strong enough to open your door and walk in, but in summer, I can.” The sunlight said.“When does summer come?” Whenever the sunlight came down, the flower asked the same question, but summer was still too far away.There was snow on the ground, and the well was frozen hard at night.“Oh, how much longer do I have to wait? I feel impatient.I want to go out.How glad I will be!” When the seed stretched in the bulb, the thin skin of the bulb was split.It was where the sunlight reached before.Green stems, a flower bud and leaves began to grow through the ground under the snow.There was still snow on the ground, but the flower could come out because the sunlight already passed through the ground.“Welcome, come on!” The sunlight shouted.The bud stuck out her head of the ground covered with snow and saw the bright world.As the sunlight touched and kissed the bud, it started to open.It was a flower white as snow with thin green stripes.The flower lowered her head with a pleasant look and with modesty.As soon as they saw the flower, the rays of sunlight said, “Oh, how beautiful you are!You are so full of life and pure.You are the first flower.Soon, snow will melt away, and the cold wind will stop.When we have control here, the whole world will turn green.And you will find your friends soon.” It was such a big pleasure.The flower was so fragile and delicate that it seemed to

“Inkstand!You don't know anything.People cannot write without a pen.” “Without me, you are just a shabby little bird feather.” The feather pen laughed at the inkstand.At that moment, the poet came back from a concert.He opened the inkstand to write a poem.He started to write about the fantastic violin performance of that night.“The sound of the violin was just magnificent.But people think it is easy to play the violin.” The poet had a different opinion from those of other people.He wrote that the wonderful violin performance was because of the player's ability.Neither the inkstand nor the feather pen could recognize that their abilities were all precious until then.They are a gift from God.The Candles Once, there were two candles.One candle was made from beeswax and the other was made from animals' fat.“I am much brighter than other candles, and I can last longer than all of us can.That's why I should stand on a silver candle holder.” The beeswax candle was proud of herself and said.The candle made from animals' fat envied the beeswax candle.'The beeswax candle must live a great and splendid life.' One day, there was a party in this house.“I will be great at the party.” The Beeswax candle said arrogantly as if she was the hostess of the party.Then, a master came in.“I have to light up a candle.” After saying this, he took the beeswax candle.“The party must be wonderful!” The animal fat candle was left behind and became lonelier.At that time, one little boy appeared with his torn basket at the kitchen door.In the basket, there were five or six potatoes and one apple.A mistress of the house gave them to this poor boy.“I will give you this candle, too.” The mistress slipped the animal fat candle into the boy's hand.The little boy was very happy and went back to his house.'Where am I going?' The candle finally arrived at a poor and small hut.Three children and a mother were living in that small room with a low-ceiling.The candle stood on an iron candlestick.“This is too much!” The candle grumbled to himself regretting for his miserable situation.'The beeswax candle, went to the party, she must be standing on a great silver candle holder at this time.' The Candle made from animals' fat envied the beeswax candle very much.The mother prepared dinner by boiling potatoes and peeling the apple.The three children and the mother had dinner happily.The animal fat candle shone their table brightly.“This candle is very bright!” The boy said.“God bless this kind lady!” The mother prayed.It was a poor but peaceful and happy family.The animal fat candle felt happy as he enjoyed shining brightly for this family.Little Ida's Flowers A long time ago, there was a kid named 'Ida'.She liked flowers very much.One day, her flowers were all faded away.“My flowers are all dry and dead.What happened to them?” Ida asked a man sitting right next to her.“The flowers went to a ball last night.That's why they are hanging their heads down.” Ida felt strange to hear what he said.“How can flowers dance? I thought they could not dance.” “Late at night, flowers dance and run around from place to place.That castle over there is the place of the party.” He kept talking.“If you go to the castle, you can see the flowers.Go to your garden and tell the flowers quietly that they have a party tonight.Then, one flower will tell the news to the others.” “How can the flowers speak?” Her curiosity grew bigger.“Flowers give and receive their messages through their body language.Have you seen the flowers shake their leaves when the wind blows?” “Wow, that's really interesting.” Then, a legal expert with no sense of humor listened to the conversation between the man and Ida.“You tell those unreasonable and fake stories to a little kid? Tusk, tusk!” Ida brought the flowers to her room.“Take a rest before the party begins.” Ida laid down the flowers and covered them with a blanket.After a while, the sound of a piano came out of her room.Ida went

working.The big Klaus killed the little Klaus' horse as he said he would.The little Klaus felt sad and removed the horse's skin.He carried it to the market to sell it.While he was heading to the market, it got dark.The little Klaus knocked on a door of a farmer's house near by.“Would you please let me stay in your house for tonight?” Then, the farmer's wife came out.“I can't let you sleep in my house, because my husband is not here.” She said and closed the door.He crawled into the barn secretly.The little Klaus was surprised.He could look into the farmer's house through a small window.There were wine and roasted meat on the table, and the wife of the farmer and a priest were having dinner happily.In fact, the owner of the house hated the priest so much that the farmer's wife invited and served food to the priest secretly while her husband went out.But then, the farmer came back to his house suddenly.The surprised farmer's wife hid the priest in a box in a corner of the room, and she hid the food in the fireplace.When the farmer came into the barn to tie his horses, he found the little Klaus in his barn.“Who is it? What are you doing here?” “Sir, I was on my way to sell this horse skin in the market, but I had to spend the night in this barn because it was dark outside.” “Then, you can stay in my house.” He took the little Klaus into his house.The wife of the farmer served a cup of soup and pretended that nothing had happened.The little Klaus could not stop thinking about the delicious food that he saw before.'I wish I could eat the delicious food.' He stepped on the bag with the horse's skin under his feet while he was thinking like this.“Peep!” “What was that?” The farmer asked about the sound.The little Klaus thought for a moment and said, “The little juggler in my bag asked us to look in the fireplace.” The farmer looked into the fireplace and shouted out loudly, “Oh, it's strange!There is delicious food in the fireplace!” After having the delicious food and wine with the little Klaus, the farmer said, “I want to see a devil.Why don't you ask the juggler?” The little Klaus stepped on the bag again, and said, “He said there is one devil with the appearance of a priest in that box.” The farmer was surprised when he opened the box as the small Klaus had told him to do.“Oh my!It is true that there is a devil with the appearance of a priest in the box!” The farmer asked the little Klaus for a favor earnestly.“Please give me your bag and the juggler in it.I will give you a package of gold coins for it.” “If you really want it.Ok, I will.” “Instead, take that box and the devil away for me.” The little Klaus took the box away and left for his town.The little Klaus said loudly on purpose, “This box is too heavy.I will throw this box into a river.” “Wait!I will give you a package of gold coins, so please let me out.”The priest in the box cried out in panic.“Well, okay.I will let you out.” The little Klaus opened the cover of the box and took out the priest.The priest gave him a package filled with gold coins.When the little Klaus came back to town with packages of gold coins, the big Klaus was astonished.“How on earth did a stupid guy like you make so much money?” “I just sold my horse skin.” The little Klaus said pretending that nothing had happened.As soon as the big Klaus heard the little Klaus, he killed his four horses and removed their skin.He went to the market to sell them, but no one wanted to buy his horse skin at an expensive price.The big Klaus was very angry when he found out that he was fooled and came back to town.“You lied to me, you are evil!” The big Klaus seized the little Klaus and pushed him into a bag, and he bound it up tightly.“I will throw you into a river.” While the big Klaus was carrying the bag on his shoulder to a river, he found a church.“I have to pray for a moment.” The big Klaus put the bag down in front of the church and went in.Then, a very old man fell over the bag when he was passing by the church with a number of cows.“Ouch, I am still young, but I have to go to Heaven now.” The little Klaus shouted in surprise.The old man sighed with sadness when he heard the little Klaus.“Well, I am old enough to go to Heaven now, but I am still staying here.” “If you untie this bag and stay here instead of me, you can go to Heaven.” The little Klaus shouted.“Is it true? I will do it delightfully.” The old man untied the bag, and got into it.Then, he asked the little Klaus to do him a favor.“Young man, please take care of my cows for me.” The little Klaus bound up the bag tightly and went back to his house with the herd of cows.After a while, the big Klaus went out of the church and went to the river with the bag.He had no idea what was in the bag and

own mother and father in your old house.“ ”Yes, ma'am.“ Ingel prepared herself for the visit and left her house.She put on her best clothes and best shoes.She who had prettied beyond recognition wanted to boast herself.When Ingel reached the entrance to the village, a woman who bore firewood was taking a rest sitting on a rock by a roadside.She was Ingel's mother.'I can't believe that woman with such a shabby outfit is my mother.' Ingel passed by the woman turning her head to another side and pretended as if she did not see her.A mud puddle came in sight after walking further.”Oh!How can I pass this? My shoes and dress will get dirty.Oh, I have a good idea.“ Ingel threw a big white loaf of bread in the middle of the puddle.It was a gift from the mistress to give her parents.She thought that she could pass the puddle by stepping on the bread, keeping her shoes clean.When she stepped one foot on the bread and lifted the other foot, the bread sank in the puddle.”Oh, help me!“ Ingel was swamped by the puddle.After sinking for a long time, she arrived at the bottom of the deep swamp.There was an old evil lady in the swamp.When the old evil lady saw Ingel, she giggled creepily and said, ”Welcome.A human like you is my favorite, ha, ha, ha.“ The old evil lady forced Ingel to help her in her work.The old evil lady worked for the destruction of mankind.She was making shoes, which if one wore them, one soon wanted to steal something.Hats, which when one put it on, one wanted to be cruel to other people, and vests which made one lie once one wore them.Ingel was hungry, but the old evil lady did not give food to Ingel at all.On the bottom of her shoe, some of the bread was still stuck on it.Ingel stretched out her hands and tried to grab the bread on the bottom of her shoe.But her body was hard as rock, and she could not reach there.It was painful, so she shed tears.”I was such a fool!“ She thought she got punished because she pretended that she did not know her own mother and tried to step on the bread.She regretted her silly behavior for the first time.When her warm tears began to fall down to the bread under her shoe, the bread came off from it like magic.Ingel took the hard bread off and she lived barely by eating the bread little by little everyday.Ingel was determined to stop the old evil lady's work at any cost.At that time, a ray of light appeared from somewhere and shone through the dark swamp.”Oh!“ When the light shone on Ingel's head, she turned into a bird and flew up to the sky in the twinkling of an eye.Even the old evil lady could not stop her.Ingel who became a bird now, flew in the sky happily and sang merry songs.Ingel flew around the house of her mother and father.She did not go anywhere but just stayed there.The Shower and the Buckwheat A long time ago, there was a big field in a village.The Barely and wheat were planted in that field.The buckwheat was also in the field.The grains grew very well in summer with mild sunshine.”I am so beautiful.There is no comparison between me and barely or wheat.My flowers are as beautiful and white as those of apple trees!“ The buckwheat boasted about herself.She paid no attention to any of the barely, wheat, trees or flowers of the riverside.Right at that moment, ”Grrrrrr, Boom boom!Flash flash!“ It thundered with a rumbling sound, the lightning flashed.”Pitter patter, pitter patter!“ And it showered heavily.Heavy raindrops came down with frightening speed.”Oh, it's a shower!“ ”Lower your head, quickly!“ Barely and wheat who were taking in the sun were astonished and shouted.Everyone lowered their heads, shut their buds and waited for the shower to pass by, but the buckwheat did not.”Hum, what a fuss!It's only a shower.“ Rather, she raised her head arrogantly.”Buckwheat, lower your head quickly.“ Barely was surprised to see Buckwheat was raising her head and said.”Why do I have to lower my head?“ ”Look at that heavy rain.You will get wounds from that beating rain all over your body.Besides, if your eyes are struck by the lightning, you'll be blind forever.God is inside of the lightning.We cannot look at him directly.“ Barely said impatiently.”Is he really in the lightning? Well, I will look at him directly!“ Buckwheat leaned backwards much more arrogantly than before.'Flash!' At that moment, a very big lightning flashed.It looked like the whole world was on fire.”Oh my God!“ All the grains

got another shock from it on that day, but someone planted a flower seed in her.The seed took root in the teapot and began to grow.The teapot felt the seed as her heart.She came to life and breathed.While her heart was beating energetically, the seed pushed out new buds, and they bloomed.The teapot could forget her past, troubles and worries as she watched the flowers.But the flowers did not even say thank you to the teapot.They seemed as if they didn't know that the teapot even existed.Whoever looked at the flowers were all impressed by their beauty.The teapot just felt happy by watching them.One day, someone moved the flowers from the teapot to a better flowerpot.The teapot was broken in two pieces and thrown away in the corner of a garden, but the teapot lived her life keeping her memories to herself.The Jumper A long time ago, there were a flea, a grasshopper and a paper doll.”I can jump higher than anyone else.“ The flea said arrogantly.”No, I can jump higher than you.“ The grasshopper shouted at the top of his voice.The dancing paper doll smiled without saying a word.The flea and the grasshopper decided to compete with each other for the highest jump.They invited other people to their game.Even the king came to see their contest.”The one who jumps the highest can marry my daughter.“ The king said.First, the flea introduced himself like a gentleman.”I am a Flea who lives with people.I can jump higher than anyone else in the world.“ The grasshopper with his green cape stepped to the front and greeted the people.”My family is very famous for high jumping.My brothers are all wearing green capes and we can sing beautiful songs as well.“ Then the grasshopper sang a song in front of the audience.The people enjoyed his song very much and clapped.Finally, the paper doll came to the front.He was so shy that he didn't say a word and just bowed.”Well, let's start the match!“ The flea took a deep breath and leaped up high.But something strange happened.The flea was too small for the audience to watch how high he jumped.”What? Did he jump or not?“ The flea jumped up and fluttered as high as he could, but no one could see him.The grasshopper was next.He put all of his strength in his hind legs and jumped up.When he came down, he landed on the king's face.”How dare you jump on my face!“ The king felt unpleasant and got angry.”Put that rude grasshopper in jail!“ The paper doll got ready for the last turn.The king said to the paper doll in a loud voice.”I can't see the flea jumping, and that rude grasshopper dared to land on my face.If you make a fool of me like your two friends, you shall no longer live!“ The audience worried about the paper doll and said, ”Can he jump high?“ ”I think maybe he can't.He will die.“ Then, the paper doll made up his mind and stepped to the front.The cool breeze blew gently.The paper doll rose up in the air with the breeze.”He jumped up really high!“ People were impressed by the paper doll.When he landed on the ground safely, the king was pleased with the paper doll very much and allowed him to marry his princess as he promised.The Young Thief and His Mother Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house.She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor.One day, her son stole his friend's bag.”Mom, what do you think of this bag?“ His mother praised her son rather than scolding him.”It looks great!“ The next time, he stole an overcoat.She praised him again when he stole it.A few years later, he grew up to be a young man.He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother.”How beautiful!“ This time, she did not scold her son again.Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things.One day, the police caught him.Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother.They took him to his mother.As soon as he saw his mother, he bit her earlobe.”Ouch!What's the matter with you?“ She finally scolded him.Her son

of view.What do you think the poorest plant is?” “A Dandelion.People do not use it even for a bouquet, and it is so common that people trample it down carelessly.It is not different from a weed at all.” At that time, children ran across the field, rolled about on the lawn, and picked and kissed the dandelions.They made necklaces and garlands of them.They looked wonderful with the golden flowers and green stems.The seeds stuck to the stalks of the dandelions, and they were as beautiful as white feathers.When the children blew out with a puff, the seeds of the dandelions fluttered away as if they had wings.“Look at that!Now, do you understand how beautiful those flowers are, and how much pleasure they can give us?” The Sun said to the Apple Tree Branch.“They are only for children.” The Apple Tree Branch answered.At that time, an old lady dug in the ground of the field and picked the roots of the dandelions.She will make tea, take it to the doctor who makes medicine, and earn money with the roots of the dandelions.“But, beauty is more valuable than those things.Only elected ones can join the Kingdom of Beauty.Not every plant can be the same, just as people can't be the same.” The Apple Tree Branch said.Later some people came into the room.The Countess who brought the Apple Tree Branch to the castle was one of them.She brought a stalk of dandelion seeds much more carefully than when she brought the Apple Tree Branch.“Look at this.Isn't this beautiful? I will draw a picture of this dandelion with the apple tree branch.Everyone says that the apple tree branch is more beautiful, but this humble dandelion has a different kind of beauty.Even though the apple tree branch and the dandelion look different from each other, they are all beautiful.” The Countess said filled with admiration.The Sun smiled and kissed the shabby dandelion and the Apple Tree Branch.The Apple Tree Branch blushed his own petals with shame.31 The Happy Family There was a butterbur leaf in a country of the south.A lot of butterbur trees with big leaves looked very nice.A snail was living on a back of a butterbur leaf.The snail ate the butterbur leaves and lived peacefully moving from one leaf or stem to another.Two snails were living on a back of the butterbur leaves.These two had never been out of the butterbur wood, but they knew that there was a different world out of the forest.Birds always felt impatient when they saw the snails.“Hey, why are you that lazy? Try to walk faster.” When the birds complained, one snail said, “That's because we are not in a hurry.” “Why don't you just stop crawling around here and go some other places?” “We have a roof and it's full of food here.” “If you like staying here that much, do as you want.” The short-tempered bird flew away to the sky.But the snails did not envy the bird that could fly everywhere freely.“Even she has wings, she has no house, it must be very uncomfortable.” “If it rains or something scary comes up, how can she hide her head and legs?” The two snails her felt pity for the bird.They were just lonely because they were only two.One day, they found a little snail crying on the back of a butterbur leaf.“What a pity!What's happened?” “Hey little snail, where are you from?” The two snails asked the crying little snail.The little snail cried and said he was searching for his dad, mom and his brothers for a few days.“Oh dear!Stop crying.I will be your dad.” “And I will be your mom.Come on!” The two snails took him to a big special butterbur leaf where they were always living.A few days later, the little young snail ate delicious food and recovered slowly.Even his mom and dad were surprised that the baby snail could crawl very quickly and play far away from the leaf.“Sweet heart, you don't need to crawl very fast.Always walk slowly.” She showed him slow crawling.When it rained, funny sounds came from the splashing raindrop on the butterbur leaf.“Do you like it? It sounds like a drum, doesn't it?” The husband snail was proud of himself as if he made the sound.“Wow, it's funny.” The baby snail was very happy.The baby snail is old enough to marry now.His Mom and Dad searched for his bride crawling from one butterbur leaf to another.A ladybug heard it and visited them.“I know a great one.” Mom and dad snails were happy to hear that and asked.“Does she have a house?” “It's not just a house.She has her own

old cupboard makes a creaking sound, you two have to get married.” The old Chinese doll said this to the Shepherdess and fell asleep.The Shepherdess cried and looked at her beloved Chimney Sweeper.“I don't want to go to the dark cupboard.Let's go to the outside world with me!” “I can do whatever you want.Please leave here right now!I have a job, so I can take care of you.” The Chimney Sweeper said.“Can we get down from the desk safely?” The Chimney Sweeper taught the Shepherdess how to walk with her china legs and they used a ladder to step down on the ground and looked up to the old cupboard.The patterns of the cupboard and Goat Leg Billy were shouting at them.“They are sneaking away!They are sneaking away!” The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweeper were astounded to hear their voices.The old Chinese doll already woke up and was shaking his body with anger.He fell down to the ground.“Oh, the old Chinese guy is coming after us.” The Shepherdess plumped down to the ground with fear.“We have no choice but to go out and face the big outside world.” “Are you sure that you want to go to the outside world with me? Do you know how really big the outside world is? We may never be able to come back here again.” “Yes, I know.” The Shepherdess said with no hesitation.“All right.I used to know way from the fireplace to the chimney.There is a hole connected to the outside world up there.We will use that hole to go out.” The Chimney Sweeper said and took the Shepherdess to a gate in the fireplace.“It is very dark in here!” The Shepherdess bravely climbed up the dirty passage through the fireplace with the Chimney Sweeper.Even though it was steep and long, the Chimney Sweeper pulled and pushed her.When they finally reached the end of the chimney, they got tired and sat down.They could see the sky of twinkling stars over their heads and the huge outside world.The Shepherdess never imagined that the outside world would be this big.She started to cry because she was so shocked.“It's too big.I am not strong enough to face it.I want to go back to where I was staying, the table in front of the mirror.”The Chimney Sweeper tried to calm her down by telling her that the angry old Chinese guy and Goat Leg Billy were following them, but it did not work.They had to crawl down through the chimney and go back to the fireplace.From the dark fireplace, they looked up at the room.It was very quiet, and the old Chinese guy was lying down in the middle of the floor.He was broken into three pieces when he tried to chase them and fell down from the table.His back and head came off from his body.“Oh dear!That's because of us.What shall we do now?” The Shepherdess felt painful when she saw him.“He can be repaired and will be able to scold us as he used to.”Are you sure?“ The Shepherdess was relieved and went back to the table where she was standing before.”All our efforts were in vain!“ The Chimney Sweeper grumbled to himself.After that, the old Chinese guy could move his body again as she wished.He looked like new when he was fixed and nailed on his back.But he could not nod his head ever again.”So, will you let me marry her now?“ Goat Leg Billy asked the old Chinese guy.The Chimney Sweeper and the Shepherdess waited for his answer nervously.At last the China lovers could stay together because the old Chinese guy could not nod his head any more, and he could not say ”yes“.They loved each other and lived happily ever after until they were broken into pieces.34 The Swineherd Prince Long ago, there was a handsome prince in a country.He loved a princess of his neighboring country, but she was haughty and stubborn.”I don't want to marry just a normal guy.“ The prince gave her a beautiful rose and a bird as a gift.”Will you marry me?“ ”You are asking me to marry you with these things?“ She rejected his proposal.But the prince could not give her up.He tried to come up with a good idea for a long time.”That's right.I have to disguise myself as a swineherd.“ The prince, disguised as a swineherd, went to the princess' palace.The prince made a small and beautiful pot in front of the pigpen.The pot could even sing.One day, when the princess passed by the pigpen, the pot began to sing a beautiful song.She really wanted to have this pot.”How much is the singing pot?“ ”If you kiss me, I will give it to you for free.“

all night for several years to shine in a dark street.That's why he had to be replaced by a new lamp.It was the last night that the street lamp shone over the side street.He was an old kerosene lamp.The old street lamp burned himself as hard as he could since he thought it was his last night.”I have seen a lot of things since I stood here.“ The old street lamp looked back upon what he had seen for a long time.There were pleasant memories, and also sad memories, with those he could hardly keep from tears.Suddenly the old street lamp sensed that there who were looking up at him.”Mr.Street Lamp, we heard that you will retire from your job.“ ”Please hire me after you.“ ”No, hire me.“ They were a head of a herring, a tree fragment and a firefly.The head of a herring glowed in the dark, and the tree fragment was bright in the dark when he was wet.The old street lamp looked down and said, ”I am sorry say this, but you both are not bright enough to be a street light.“ The three were angry about it.”Hum!You, old useless street lamp!You don't have to care about which of us will replace you!“ They said this and went back.The Next day, a janitor came to clear the old street lamp away.”Oh, I wish I can stay here.“ No one knew what the old lamp would become if he were broken to pieces.The old street lamp worried about this very much.There were a good old man and a woman.They were living around the old street lamp.They used to turn on and put out the old street lamp at night and dawn.The old street lamp happened to go to the old man and woman's house.The old man and woman did not want to live apart from the old street lamp which they used to take care of for a long time, so they asked the janitor to give them the old street lamp.”Whew, I am lucky.“ The old street lamp felt relieved.One day, one of their neighbors came and asked.” What on earth is the use of this old lamp?“ ”We've been taking care of this lamp for a long time, so we don't want to throw it away.“ As the old street lamp was listening to their conversation, he felt his heart aching.”If they light me up, I can be quite helpful for them.“ The old woman cleaned the old lamp in her spare time.Then, the old lamp slowly became clean.The lamp felt better.”Ha ha, it looks much better.“ The old man smiled pleasantly.”Shall we light up this lamp tonight?“ ”Yes.Let's do that.“ The old woman bought a candle.That night, she lit up the clean old street lamp.”Great, I will try to brighten myself as hard as I can.“ The old street lamp shone all around him brightly.For the old man and woman who took care of him, he brightened his iron ornament glitteringly.37 The Worthwhile Job There were five brothers who wanted to do something important.They had their own certain jobs that they wanted to do.Each thought his job was the best.”I will be a great man.I want to make bricks.“ The oldest brother wanted to be a brick burner and make bricks.But the second laughed at him.”Making bricks is a laborer's worthless job.“ The second oldest brother wanted to be a bricklayer, and he thought the bricklayer was much more important than a brick burner.He wanted to have a much more valuable job than his older brother did.Then, the third brother laughed at his two brothers after he listened to their dream jobs.”Hum!They are all unimportant jobs.I will be a great architect and wear a rimless hat.“ His dream was to be an architect and to leave his name in posterity.The third oldest brother said he would build great buildings.He wanted to leave great buildings for the next generation after he died.After listening to his brothers, the forth said that he wanted to design better buildings than his third brother.”I will design more advanced buildings than you will build.“ He did not like normal materials.He wanted to have buildings made of rare materials so that he could have better buildings than his third brother did.”I will be a critic and will criticize my brothers' work.Isn't it the most valuable job?”

The last promised to himself that he would never follow his brothers' paths.He wanted to correct his brothers' mistakes.As time went by, the oldest brother became a brick burner.The second brother became a bricklayer.The third one became an architect, and the forth became an architectural designer.They all passed away after they did what they really wanted to do.“The only one left is me.”

At that moment, a strong wind came and blew.Both the cucumber and the eggplant could not talk anymore.As it got dark, the wind grew stronger.With it came with rain, and a severe rainstorm started to fall.“Help me!” The cucumber and the eggplant trembled because of the storm.They hung on to their vines as hard as they could because they felt they would pull out.In the henhouse, all the chickens got together and were shivering.But the rooster on the top of the roof was very busy while he was showing the directions of the rainstorm.“Shriek, it's from the east.Shriek, it's from the south!” In the middle of the hard rainstorm

Evil went up to the clouds right away, but God was already aware of the devil's wicked plan.“Such monstrous creatures!How dare you try to put me to the test!” When God beat dazzling and bright light down on the mirror and devils, the mirror broke into pieces, and the devils became blind and fell down to hell.The broken pieces of the mirror fell down to the world of mortals.One of the pieces got into a boy's eyes.His name was Kai, and he was living in a small town.“Ouch, it hurts!” Kai was close to a girl named Gelda, but he began to behave very odd as if he never knew her before.Even when autumn passed into winter, Kai went through the whole season as a bad boy.One day, a white-horse carriage appeared in front of Kai.“Little boy with a cold heart, why don't we go to an Ice Castle where it is colder than your heart?” A beautiful woman inside the carriage asked the boy.“A cold Ice Castle? That will be great.” When Kai boarded the carriage, the woman kissed him on his cheek.At that moment, Kai forgot everything.The woman was the Queen of Snow.The carriage soared into the north sky.Because Kai did not come back, Gelda searched everywhere in town, but she could not find him.Time went by, and when winter passed into spring, Gelda started on a journey to search for Kai.A small boat arrived at a big flower garden next to a riverside.“Oh, what a beautiful garden.” There was a small hut in the middle of the garden, and there lived an old lady who could use magic.“Old lady, Have you seen Kai?” “Yes, I have.I will tell you where he is, so let's go inside my house.” The old lady gave her delicious food and asked Gelda to live with her.Gelda was enchanted by her magic and lived with the old lady.Time went by, and winter came back again.Gelda suddenly was reminded of Kai when she was exposed to the cold wind.“I have to search for Kai, why am I here?” Gelda escaped while the old magician lady went out.Gelda met a crow, while walking north.The Crow said something to Gelda after it listened to her.“Maybe you are searching for a boy who is now the Prince of a Castle in a forest.” Gelda could walk into the castle with the help of the crow.Gelda shouted when she stepped in to the Prince's room.“Kai, wake up!I came here to find you.” “Who is so loud at midnight?” The prince woke up, but he was not Kai.“I am sorry, Prince.I thought you were my friend, Kai.” The Prince listened to what Gelda said, and let her sleep in a comfortable bed.The next day, he gave a great carriage to Gelda and said, “With this carriage, you will find the boy named Kai easily.” Gelda thanked him for his kindness and left for the north again.While traveling north, her carriage was taken away by bandits, but she saved her life with the help of the daughter of a bandit.And she heard from a pigeon that Kai had flown to Lapland in a carriage of the Queen of snow.She took a reindeer from the daughter of a bandit, and arrived at Lapland.There was a house in the middle of a field.Gelda warmed herself up in an old lady's house.The old lady knew about Kai.“Kai is living in the Castle of Snow, but you cannot step in the castle because there is a frightening ice monster in front of the gate.” “Old lady, I have to save Kai.” The old lady gave a yellow golden cross to Gelda and said, “When you are in danger, pray to God sincerely.Then he will save you.” Gelda rode the reindeer and went to the Castle of Snow.The ice monster tried to attack Gelda, but she prayed to God holding her cross in her hand.Then, angels appeared, and made the monster motionless.Gelda found Kai playing with a cold piece of ice.“Kai, it's me, Gelda.I came here to search for you.” But Kai just fingered the ice piece with an unemotional face.When Gelda hugged him and cried, her tears ran down to Kai's face.Then, the color in his face started to come back.“Gelda, why are we in such a place like this?” Kai looked around there.“Now you are yourself, but you cannot escape from here.” The Queen of Snow said.“Let me go home.” At that moment Kai shed tears, and the broken piece of the magic mirror came out of his eyes.“Ah, I cannot win the warm heart and tears of humans.Okay.Now you can go back home and live a happy life.” As the Queen of Snow flourished her ice stick, the castle disappeared.Gelda told Kai all the stories about what had happened to her.Kai was grateful to Gelda.They got back home safely with the reindeer and lived happily ever after.42 The Flint

That night, the queen tied a small cloth pouch filled with wheat grains secretly on the princess' ankle.There was a small hole in the pouch so that the little grains came out as the princess moved.At last, the soldier was caught and taken to the palace of the king and the queen by the King's army.The soldier begged them for forgiveness and said, “I want to marry the princess.” “What? How dare you say that you want to marry our daughter? Put him in jail quickly!” The soldier took the flint out of his pocket and hit it once, twice and three times.The black, white and yellow dogs showed up and drove the army away from the soldier.All of them were so scared and were busy running away.“Wow, I have never seen those dogs before.Look at those eyes.They are like flames.” “They must be God's messengers!” After seeing the soldier, everyone said, “A new king came here!” The princess approached the soldier instantly.The dogs with big eyes were guarding the couple.“A new king is here!A new king came here!” People were happy looking at the soldier and the princess.In the end, the soldier became a king, and the princess became a queen.43 A Silver Shilling's Journey “Wow, how exciting!I am coming out into the broad world!” A Silver Shilling that was just made a moment ago shouted for joy tinkling and jingling herself.Passing through children's warm and moist hands, stingy men's cold and sticky hands, and poor husbands' and wives' hands far and wide, the Silver Shilling's journey went on.One day, the Silver Shilling happened to enter into one wallet, but the owner didn't even know the Silver Shilling was in his wallet.The owner travels around the world very often.Incidentally, he found the Silver Shilling, and said, “What, it is a shilling from my country.You came this far with me, so let's travel together.” So now, the Silver Shilling came to be with many foreign coins.Other coins were coming in and out of the wallet, but the Silver Shilling stayed.The Silver Shilling started to feel very important.The Silver Shilling stayed in the wallet for a long time, and she became curious about the outside world.She was looking out of the wallet while the wallet was opened, but then she fell down to the ground.She was no longer able to continue her journey with the owner.In the end, the Silver Shilling came to a new wallet with unfamiliar coins in an unfamiliar country.What she heard as soon as she came out of the new wallet with the other coins was shocking.“This is an imitation.It is forged.” When she heard this, her body trembled.'I was made of pure silver in the Mint Bureau.I am a silver shilling that can tinkle and jingle!Isn't the seal on my body real?' However, the Silver Shilling was abused as an imitation from that moment on.She was used only in the dark night because the Silver Shilling was a valueless imitation in that country when she would be discovered in the day.“Even if I am made of silver, and engraved with the King's portrait, it's no use.Oh, what bad luck!” Whenever she came out of wallets, the Silver Shilling started to be afraid of people's eyes.Then one day, a poor woman laborer got paid with the Silver Shilling.As she found out that no one accepted the Silver Shilling, she made a hole in the coin, tied a string to it and gave it to a child of her neighbor as a gift.The child smiled and kissed the Silver Shilling but peace did not last very long.The mother of the child wanted to test how lucky the Silver Shilling was, to see if the Silver Shilling was the true 'lucky amulet'.The mother put the Silver Shilling into vinegar, which turned it green, closed up the hole of the Silver Shilling, and rubbed it carelessly to make it look as if there was no hole, she waited until it got dark, and than she bought a lottery ticket in exchange for the Silver Shilling.There were so many people buying lottery tickets at the ticket box that no one recognized the hole in the Silver Shilling.The next morning, the Silver Shilling was proved as an imitation, and again, the Silver Shilling had to continue her journey deceiving other people.For one year and one day, the Silver Shilling wandered from one hand to another, and one wallet to another.For that time, the Silver Shilling lost her faith that she was a real coin.One day, she was in one traveler's hand and heard that

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time I was loved by the master when I was a little puppy.Children patted on my head and gave me delicious food, but I grew up too quickly.“ ”I can see a light.That light makes my heart beat.“ ”It's a fireplace.If you sit right next to the fireplace, you will feel warm and comfortable.“ ”Why did you leave the house?“ ”I was kicked out because I bit the heel of a child.“ ”Why?“ ”He took my food away and annoyed me.“ It was mild the next day.”I wish I could walk like you and go next to the fireplace.“ ”No way.If you go close to the fireplace, you will melt away.“ ”Melt away?“ ”Yes, you'll melt away soon, and then, you will evaporate and disappear.“ The next day was also mild.Some snow melted away and vanished because of the sunlight.The snowman was getting smaller and smaller, too.Snowman did not say anything.Four days passed.The snow melted, so one of Snowman's eyes fell down to the ground.Snowman barely opened his mouth.”I wish I could walk far away.“ ”Don't worry.The sun will help you.“ The old dog said.”How“ ”He will help you to become water and to flow far away along the stream I have seen several times that many of your brothers flowed away like that.“ It was noon.The Snowman crumbled down on the ground.The broomstick that used to be the Snowman's backbone, is now visible.Its other eye which was made by cloth, fell down to the ground too.”Snowman must have missed something warm and comfortable.“ The old dog muttered to himself sadly.46 The Wise Old Lady A long time ago, there was a young man who wanted to be a writer.He wanted to get married and to live writing compositions, but he couldn't discover what he had to write.He couldn't come up with any good stories, and it seemed that everything was already written.”The men who were born one thousand years ago are very lucky.Even the men who were born one hundred years ago are much luckier than me.Up to then, there were still good subject matters to write about.It is natural that there are no more good subject matters.“ The young man said complaining.He became ill because he studied so hard and thought a lot about being a writer.None of the great doctors could cure him, but there was one person who might be able to cure him

”Now let's go to a road and see some travelers.“ The wise old lady said to the young man tapping his shoulder.”There are too many people here.It is very hard to write the stories of all of them.We'd better go back.“ He said to her.”No, go straight into the middle of the crowd, look at them and try to understand what they say with your whole heart and soul.Then, you'll find tremendous things to write about.Oh, and give me back my glasses and hearing aid.“ The wise old lady told the young man.”Now, I can't see or hear anything!“ The young man took off the glasses and hearing aid and said.”Then, you can never be a writer.“ The wise old lady shook her head.”Can't I ever be a writer?“ ”Imagination is not something you can learn and acquire.You should live in another way instead.“ The young man was sad about the fact that he could never be a writer, so the wise old lady gave him some advice.”Buy a mask and frown in front of poets.Even if you are impressed by the poem, try to frown.Then, you can make money.“ He became the one who severely criticizes poets following the wise old lady's advice.Even though he could not be a writer, he could live being involved in the literary world.47 The Red Shoes There once lived in a town a cute and pretty little girl whose name was 'Karen'.She had to wear a torn dress, even walked around with bare feet in summer, and wore heavy and crude wooden shoes in winter because she was so poor.Her feet were always full of scars and wounds.The Red Shoes ”Karen, why do your feet hurt you so much? I will make shoes for you.“ An old lady who ran a shoe store made red shoes for Karen.Those shoes were made of old pieces of cloth, and she sewed them by hand.”Thank you, aunt.“ Karen was so happy for her new shoes which suited her, that she jumped up and down.But, Karen's mother passed away on that day.A noblewoman saw Karen following after her mother's funeral service.The lady got down from her carriage and talked to the minister.”I want to take her with me and look after her.“ ”She is alone.If you take care of her, that will be a great blessing for the girl.“ Karen thought, 'These shoes brought me this luck.' However, the noblewoman burned her dirty red shoes, put fresh new clothes on her, let her read books and taught her how to do needlework.She now became a polite girl.But one day, the Queen and the Princess were passing through the town.Everyone in the town swarmed around the carriage.”How beautiful they are!“ ”It seems as if fairies came down from the sky.“ All the people praised the Queen and the Princess.But Karen could not take her eyes off of the from Princess' red, glittering and beautiful shoes.'Is there anything more beautiful than the Princess' red shoes in this world?' She even pricked herself with the needle while she was thinking about the red shoes.Soon, she grew old enough to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.The noblewoman brought Karen to a shoe store to buy her new dresses and shoes for the ceremony.Seeing the shoes in a showcase, she almost shouted.”How come these shoes are in your showcase?“ < The Sacrament of Confirmation: The first Christian ceremony when a child becomes an adult.> There laid the same red shoes as the Princess in the showcase.”These shoes were made specifically for a daughter of a count, but they did not fit on her feet.That's why they are in there.“ The noblewoman had bad sight now, so she did not know that they were red.The red shoes fit Karen's feet very well.Karen liked her new red shoes very much.When Karen appeared at the ceremony with her red shoes, the minister advised her to wear black shoes instead of the red shoes.On the next Sunday, there was the Communion Service, but Karen wore the red shoes and went to church again.As soon as Karen and the noblewoman got down from their carriage, an old soldier bowed politely and said, ”Madam, I will clean the dust on your shoes.“ ”Oh, thank you.“ As Karen showed her red shoes to the soldier, he said, ”Such a beautiful pair of shoes.It will look great if you dance with these shoes.“ Then, he muttered to himself chanting a spell and touching Karen's shoes with his finger.”Red shoes!Never ever come off from this young lady's feet when she dances.“ The noblewoman threw some coins at him and entered the church with Karen.3

right now!” Beetle stretched his wings and flew away boastfully.After a short time, Beetle faced a sudden shower while he was sleeping in a wide lawn.Beetle swam to avoid the rain, but it sometimes fell down and turned him over because the Beetle was soaked in rain.After a long time, the rain abated a little.The Beetle took shelter on wet a linen wrinkled from the heavy rain.A day passed, and the sky was bright and clear.Two frogs were talking to each other delightfully on the linen.“What fantastic weather it is.Because this linen is wet from the rain, my hind legs are wet, and I feel like I am swimming.” “You are right.The air is so fresh because of the good humidity.” Then, the Beetle interrupted their conversation and said, “Have you ever been to the King's barn? That place is wet and warm.Its climate is perfect for me.Is there a manure pile where I can take a rest?” Because the frogs did not want to answer the Beetle's question, the Beetle moved to another place, and he met a couple of happy earwigs on a broken piece of flowerpot.“My son is in love.How pure he is.” “My son just came out from his egg, but he can already can walk around.” The Beetle received an invitation from the earwigs, and he visited their house.But when the young earwigs tried to pull his mustache, he left the place searching for a manure pile.After a while, he met many beetles in a stream.“Maybe you come from a manure pile.” The oldest beetle asked him.“I am from the King's barn, a much more majestic place than a manure pile.I lived with golden horseshoes.But don't ask me any more.I am carrying out my secret duties.” The Beetle got married to a pretty beetle, but he got tired and bored soon.He said that he would look for food, and then escaped.While he continued on his journey, he flew into a greenhouse and fell asleep with a happy dream.Suddenly, the children of a gardener came into the greenhouse, caught the Beetle, tied him up to a wooden shoe boat with a wool string and floated the boat on a lake, so the beetle could not fly away.At that moment, a fly came over and said, “I have to take a rest to get some sunlight here.You seem to enjoy yourself very much.” “Don't you see that I am tied up with string over here?” “Oh, but I am not the one who tied you up.” The fly said this and flew away.“Now I know what the world is like.I hate it so much.I am the only one who's truly right.But everything is over.” When the Beetle was muttering to himself sadly, a boat came carrying girls.“A little bug is tied up to a wooden shoe.How sad!” The Beetle saved his life with the help of the girls, And he flew into a huge building through an open window.The place the Beetle landed was on the mane of the horse that the King loved.The Beetle seized the mane until he concentrated about himself.“I am sitting on the horse that the King likes the most.I am like the King!Did the horseshoer ask me how come this horse won the golden horseshoes once? Now I know.This horse won the golden horseshoes to take me on his back.” The Beetle became happy as he thought this way.As sunlight spread across the King's barn, everything became bright and lively.“Travels always give you a broader point of view.Well, if you look around this world carefully, you will find out this place is not quite so bad.” The Beetle muttered to himself happily bathing in the sun.49 An Old Church Bell There once was a small town in Germany where acacia flowers were in full bloom, and apple and pear trees bore fruit in autumn.This town was beautiful but poor.On one day of late autumn, when the grape vine leaves were dried with a red color, it rained heavily, and there was a cold strong wind.It was not good news for the poor people in this town.As it got dark outside, the small old houses got darker.There was one small and shabby house with a very small window.The people in that house were very poor, but they were good and honest.When a solemn church bell tolled piously and peacefully, a boy came into the world.His mother was very happy, because the church bell seemed to deliver her happy news to the whole town.The boy grew up well, and his family moved to another town.On the day that the boy turned six, he visited his hometown with

corner!“ ”Mm, mm...“ The seeds moved their bodies slightly, but they did not want to wake up.Lovely spring was coming with big steps, and the sun was shining with a bright smile.The sunlight came through the underground and reached the place where the seeds were sleeping.”Ah, I feel itchy!I want to breathe in some fresh air.“ Finally, the seeds woke up and stretched.Spring rain came again, and it made the hard clod of soil moist and soft after it flowed into the ground.The hard clod of soil dissolved, and the sun patted the soil tenderly.”Ah, I can't just sit down here any more!“ When the seed swayed all her body, a beard-looking root started to come out from her brown body.The white root turned to light green and stretched her root to the side where the sunlight was bright and warm.Finally, a new bud of the seed came out of the ground and reached out her shy face quietly.”Oh, how bright!“ She blinked her eyes several times because it was too bright to open her eyes.Then, she closed her eyes tightly.”Pretty little baby, open your eyes slowly.You are going to be okay.“ The sun whispered with her soft voice to the seed sitting on top of a ginkgo tree.The spring breeze was blowing soft and fresh, and there was a joyful skylark's song.”Wow, what a cute little sprout you are!“ The sprout became so happy, and she was no longer afraid of the bright sunshine.The sprout grew up well.The light green colored leaves grew darker and darker everyday.Soon, the new bud became a flower plant.And she bore a red flower bud.One day, the flower bud bloomed.It was a beautiful flower that looked just like the sun.52 The Flax A long time ago, there was a flower called 'Flax'.” I am so happy.No one is happier than me in the world.“ A leaf of grass said to the Flax.”You don't know anything about the world.Do you know how painful it is to live here?“ ”That's not true!I've never seen more beautiful flowers than me.I am so happy now.“ One day, people came and pulled up the Flax's stem.It hurt her badly, but she thought to herself, 'One good day, one bad day.It's okay.Just be brave!' But the people put her in water and broke her.”Well, that's all right.I used to be happy.I can get over this little pain.'“ After tolerating all the pain, she became great linen.”I am lucky!I became very beautiful because I endured the suffering.I am so happy.“ A few days later, the linen was cut with scissors and pricked by needles.However, the linen endured the pain.After the pain, she became a great suit of clothes.”Look at me!I am a great suit of clothes.Finally I became a useful thing.“ A few years later, she was almost worn-out.She had to suffer the pain of being torn into pieces.Then, the Flax became a fine and white piece of paper.'People write letters on my body.I am so lucky.' Next, she happened to be sent to a printing shop, and then, she was published as hundreds of books.'I am going to live my life with everybody's respect and attention.I am very happy.' After a while, she was thrown away into a bathtub.'After hard work all day long, I should take a rest.Maybe I will be sent to a better place in the future like the way I have been in the past.' One day, the paper was put into a fireplace.'Ouch!This is too hot!But I have to put up with this for more happy days.' The Flax lived with a joyful and appreciating attitude towards her life.53 The Butterfly's finding a Bride There once was a butterfly flying gently.He was flying in the blue sky and was looking for his bride.'Flower is the best bride for me!' The Butterfly thought, but there were too many flowers to choose only one.”I will be able to find a beautiful flower if I fly all around the world.“ The Butterfly started to fly around to find the flower to be his bride.First, he found a snowdrop.”What a pretty flower she is!But she's too small.“ The Butterfly flew to another place.He found a saffran this time.”Oh, she is beautiful.But she's too mature.“ The Butterfly flew around again.”Wow, she's amazing!“ He found an anemone.”But she's too passionate.“ The Butterfly flew away.7

The next morning, the Daisy heard the skylark's tearful voice.The Small Daisy looked up at a cage hanging in the window.The skylark was crying in the cage.The Daisy wanted to help the skylark, but she couldn't do anything.After a while, two boys came over the fence, and crouched down near the Daisy.”This lawn is good.“ Two boys poked at the lawn around the Daisy.They drew a circle around her and cut out the lawn.Small daisy came to stand in the middle of the sod.”Well done.Should I pull this little daisy out?“ ”No, let's keep it there.It's pretty.“ Two boys brought the lawn and laid it down in the cage.The skylark flapped her little wings and cried.But the small Daisy could not comfort her.”Water, I want to drink water.Everyone forgot to give it to me.Why is the air so impure and thick?“ The skylark felt painful and pecked the lawn with her bill.Until that night, nobody gave her some water.The skylark nodded her head to the Daisy.”Good bye.You will dry up and die like me soon.“ The skylark was very thirsty and painful but she did not touch the Daisy.The Daisy was so sad.The skylark died laying her head next to the Daisy.The next day, the two boys came back.They made a grave for the skylark with tears in their eyes.The Daisy was thrown away with the lawn on the street.”It was not the grave which the skylark wanted to have.“ The Daisy said to herself.56 Benu and Glenu There were two islands called Benu and Glenu around Holstein Castle located next to the Zeeland coast.On these two islands, there were forests, ranches, fields, churches and towns.These two islands were located close to each other side by side.One night, there was a big rainstorm.The earth and sky were shaking and the ground seemed to crack, the church bells swayed and tolled by themselves, sea waves roared higher than ever before.The next morning, Benu completely disappeared as if it had never existed before.Even now, on quiet summer evenings, some fishermen say they saw the white church tower of Benu under the sea, and others say they heard the church bell.The legend, 'Benu is laying down deep under the sea waiting for Glenu', spread across the whole town, and when rainstorms rose up, the children of Glenu shivered and heard the sound of waves with fear.”Is Benu going to take Glenu away under the sea tonight?“ The children used to be terrified with this thought and muttered prayers, and went to bed.But the next morning, Glenu was still there.Forests, fields full of fully ripened grains, and picturesque farmhouses are all still there.But Glenu was looking forward to the day.Even though it does not know how many days it has to wait, Glenu knows that someday it will disappear before anyone is aware of it.Suddenly one morning, the Glenu that was there had vanished.Even the day before yesterday, wild swans were swimming through the sea between Zeeland and Glenu, sailing boats were passing by smoothly, people were riding horse carriages which splashed water and went to Glenu, but one day Glenu vanished forever.When you travel far away from Holstein for 10 years and come back, forests may be surrounded by an open and green plain, and you may smell the hay.You may doubt your eyes looking at where you are and the houses that you've never seen before.Holstein castle will still be glittering its golden spire, but the castle will look as if it moved 1 mile to the inland.You will reach the shore crossing forests and fields, but there is no island in your sight but a boundless ocean, you will ask yourself this, ”Did Benu finally take Glenu? One night, did the rainstorm that shakes the sky and earth really move Holstein castle 1 mile inland?“ However, the rainstorms will never arise, and this will happen at noon in bright sunlight.It will be men who will build banks around Glenu, linking Glenu and Zeeland draining the sea.And then, they will turn the place into a rich plain As the legend says, even though Glenu will vanish, Zeeland will be broader.It is not Benu that will take Glenu away, but it is Zeeland that will hold Glenu with its long and wide bank.57 The Toy Soldier

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room alone.”Ah!I wish I could walk and run outside, and I want to see the beautiful flowers too.“ He seemed dizzy and went back to his bed leaning on the wall.”Angel, can I give him this rose bush and the wild flowers? These are the only things I have.“ He asked the angel.”Then, what are we going to plant in the garden of Heaven?“ ”There are lots of beautiful flowers in the garden.The garden will still be beautiful without this rose bush and the wild flowers.“ The angel was impressed by the kid's warm heart.”Ok, Let's give these flowers to him.“ The angel gave the sick boy bright sunlight and the cool breeze.And then she also planted the rose bush and the wild flowers.The sick boy cried for joy.The angel and the kid went back to Heaven.The angel told the story about what had happened to God.”What a nice kid!I will give you a present.“ He gave him a pretty pair of white wings on his back.After that, the good kid became an angel.61 The Swans' Nest A long long time ago, there were swans.The swans flew to the plains.They were called 'Lombard'.Another group of swans flew to Byzantium, and they flocked to the Emperor's crown to protect it.The swans were just like a shield to guard the Emperor.One day, there was a scream from France.The swans flew to France with flames hanging on their wings.The French people prayed to God for help.”Oh, God.Please protect us.“ There was a Danish swan standing on the green plain next to the seashore with a crown on his head.The swan handed over his crown to England.At that time, some swans used to fly up to the sky.One of them made a beautiful song with a harp.The melody echoed around to far away.That's why the mountains of Norway are still beautiful.Another swan hit a marble rock very hard.The marble rock broke into pieces.Then, a Goddess of Beauty came out of it.And the other swan hung the people's ideas in the air with ropes.Those ropes connected one country to another so that people's knowledge and ideas could spread to the rest of the world through the ropes.God loves the swans' nest.The swans' nest never breaks apart even when giant birds fiercely attack it because the swans will fight back all together.After a long time passes, swans will fly up to the sky from their nest, and people will watch them fly.Their beautiful songs will echo around us continuously.62 The Thorny Road of Honor Every country has great and respectable people.They teach us about battle, glory and failure in life.”Know yourself.“ Socrates, who we all know, was held in contempt by many people.But he wanted to know a lot of things.Even now, he is respected by people.”The future is in the dark.“ The prophet 'Homer' always worried about the future, so his hair all turned white.After a while, his eyes went blind.But he is always remembered as the greatest prophet of history.Great men have always been produced continuously.”Have mercy on me.Please give me a penny“ The great poet Camoniz was a beggar when he was young.But he has a magnificent monument of his own.If no one had given him money, he would have died from hunger.There is another man to talk about.He stayed in prison for a long time.”I am not crazy!“ He is the one who invented steam power, but he could not be recognized as a great man in his days.People said that he was crazy.The great inventor, Salomon Deco ended his life in a mental institution.”I have found a new continent.“ Famous Columbus found the new Continent, but he got arrested and died in chains.”Someday, you will find out about the new continent.“ He died in chains, but now he is very famous for his discovery of the American Continent.”The earth goes around the sun.“ Galileo knew the earth circles the sun, but he suffered from blindness and deafness.”Still, the earth goes around the sun.“ He told people the earth travels around the sun even though it got him in trouble.243

A long time ago there lived a poor grandmother.“Today, I will make a dish out of peas.” Grandmother prepared to light the oven furnace with firewood and straw.“Ouch, Ouch” “Oh my goodness.” As soon as the peas were poured into the pot, each one cried out.Just then, when the grandmother wasn’t looking one pea jumped out of the pot and rolled in front the straw.“Whew!I made it.But where am I?” The pea whispered to himself.Right about then, a lump of charcoal that was burning in the furnace made a small cry and flew out.“Gosh!This is hard” The charcoal squinted his eyes and wiped his sweat away.The straw first questioned the pea.“Pea, how did you get here?” “From grandmother’s pot, just as the fire was being lite up to cook me and my friends, I ran away” The pea proudly boasted.Next, the straw asked the charcoal.“How did you get here?” “With all my strength from the pot, I just barely got out.” Charcoal replied weakly.When the straw heard this, he poured out his heart too.“My fate is similar to yours too.All my brothers went into the fire, but luckily I slipped out through the fingers.” “Oh I see!” “Really?” The pea and the charcoal each said a word and nodded.Charcoal said in a worried voice.“What should we do now?” “Since, we all escaped luckily let us live together in this strange land.”

In hearing pea, charcoal and straw thought for a moment.“What should we do?” “I think we should do what the pea said.” So, the pea, charcoal and the straw decided to leave that place.It hadn’t been long since they left when they came across a stream.“How can we cross the stream?” “There’s no stepping stone, if only there were some logs.? “We can’t go back, can’t there be a better way?” They stared at one another and worried.A little while later, the straw thought of a good idea.“Since my body is light and long, if I lie down and stretch myself across the stream you guys can cross.” “Will it be alright?” “We will have to see.” On the one hand, pea and charcoal couldn’t help in worrying.The straw laid across the stream.“Hurry!You must cross quickly.If you stay in one place too long, I could catch on fire.” Charcoal quickly began crossing over the straw.But, as charcoal was crossing, he looked down.“I'm scared!Oh what should I doΑ” Charcoal could no longer move.“Hurry up and cross!” Straw said with all his might.However, just at that moment, from the charcoal the straw caught on fire.“Oh no!” The straw broke in two and fell into the stream.“Ahh!” At the same time, charcoal fell into the water.Pea, who was watching this scene, couldn’t help laughing.“Ha Ha Ha” “Ha Ha Ha” The pea laughed so hard that he broke in two.“Oh no, I’m dying”

Luckily just then, a tailor was crossing the bridge.“I will rest here for a while.” “Help me” the tailor heard a faint voice and found the split pea.The sympathetic tailor sewed the split pea back together, “You are lucky that I’m a tailor.” “I’m really fortunate.” As the tailor was finishing up sewing the pea, the pea said gratefully.The pea thanked the tailor.“Thank you very much.” “But, because the thread is black there will be a mark.” Just like the tailor said, since then there was a black mark down the middle of the pea.68 The Frog Prince A long time ago, in a far away land there lived a princess.The princess was the most prettiest, from the time she was a baby anyone who saw her admired her appearance.On one special day, ”Princess, the neighboring country sent this gold ball to you.The King has sent this golden ball to you princess.This is the only gold ball in the world.“ The princess thought that she was the most beautiful person in the world.So she disliked anything that was ugly and only liked what looked pretty and tasted good.The princess who had no friends always played alone on the palace lawn with her ball.”If only I had a friend to play with this

would fit the glass slipper.However, there was no girl who was able to fit the glass slipper.Finally, he came to Cinderella's house.The stepsisters fought over the glass slipper and tried it on.Both had big feet and did not fit the shoe.The prince was very disappointed.“I will try on the glass slipper.” Cinderella tried on the glass slipper.The shoe fit her perfectly.Cinderella took out the other glass slipper to put it on, “Ah!It was you.” The prince and Cinderella went back to the palace and lived happily ever after.70 Rapunzel Once upon a time, there lived an old couple in a village.The old couple prayed every day that they might have a baby.One day, an old woman moved into the house next door.The Old woman raised lettuce that looked very tasty and delicious.The old wife wanted to eat the lettuce from next door, and she constantly pestered her husband to let her eat that mouth-watering lettuce.“Dear, I want to have that lettuce.” Without knowing what else to do, the husband crept next door and stole the old woman's lettuce.However, the woman next door was a witch, and she noticed that the husband of her neighbor had stolen the lettuce.The witch said, “You dare to steal another's lettuce.You deserve to be punished.” The husband said, “I am sorry, but my wife wants to have the lettuce very much.” The witch said, “Is that so? Then you can take as much as you want.But there is a condition.” The husband asked, “What is it?” The witch said, “If a baby is born, you have to give me the child.” After a while, his wife got pregnant and gave birth to a pretty girl.The witch swiftly crept off with the baby girl and disappeared into the forest.She gave the name Rapunzel to the girl, and this child grew up fast to become a beautiful lady.Yet the witch was afraid of losing Rapunzel, so she locked her up in a tower.“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, please let down your golden hair.” When Rapunzel dropped down her long hair, the witch would climb up in order to prevent Rapunzel from meeting other people.One day, a Prince happened to pass by the tower.The Prince lost his heart to the beautiful singing voice of Rapunzel.“How can I climb up to the tower?” The Prince decided to wait under the tower until he saw an opportunity.On the next day, the Prince saw that the witch climbed up to the tower on the lovely yellow hair of Rapunzel.After the witch left the tower, the Prince imitated the witch.He said, “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, please let down your golden hair.” Then the long hair was dropped from the inside of the tower.Upon seeing Rapunzel, the Prince fell instantly in love with her.He said, “You are the most beautiful lady in the world.” Rapunzel also lost her heart to the handsome prince.The two lovers met each other every night, hiding from the eyes of the witch.However one day, the witch found out about these secret meetings, cut off the hair of Rapunzel, and sent her to a desert.Then the witch dropped down the cut hair to the Prince, as he came to see Rapunzel.When the Prince climbed up the tower, holding the cut hair, the witch cast off the ladder sending the Prince crashing to the ground.He fell heavily on the earth at the base of the tower and became blind.The Prince gained strength by wandering around the land in order to find Rapunzel, and finally met her in the heart of the desert.Rapunzel recognized the Prince at once.Upon realizing that the Prince had become blind, Rapunzel's eyes filled with tears, which trickled down into the eyes of the Prince.At that moment, the Prince gained his eyesight again with the power of love.Then the two people returned to the royal palace and lived happily ever after.71 Mother Holle Once upon a time, there lived a widow with two daughters.One was a beautiful and diligent stepdaughter, and the other was her ugly and lazy real daughter.One day, the stepdaughter broke the mirror of her stepmother while cleaning the house.“Oh, no!What can I do?” The

There was a land that had a big concern, because of a wild boar that was digging up the field biting people and killing them.The Singing Bone “This is a terrible thing.Everyday the people are shaking in fear.” The king walked around the room here and there, everyday.“I will give a big reward for the person who catches the boar.” However, the boar had such a big body and was so wild that no one dared to go near it.At the same time, the King announced that whoever caught the boar would marry his daughter.Slowly people began to gather.Even two poor brothers were willing to try this dangerous job.The sneaky and money making older brother said, “I will catch it and marry the princess.” The kind and friendly younger brother said, “If I can get rid of the people's worry, then I will try.”

The two brothers went their separate ways to catch the boar.“Brother, be careful!” The younger brother was concerned for his older brother.However, the older brother did not even listen and went into the forest.The younger brother did not go far.When he found a dwarf who's beard was caught in a tree branch.“Please help me.I can't get up, because my beard is stuck.” The younger brother quickly brought down the dwarf from the tree.“Thank you.You have truly a kind heart.Take this net.When the boar appears, throw it at him right away.” The younger brother thanked the dwarf.He carried the net and walked into the forest looking for the boar.“Roar!” When the boar saw the younger brother, it ran to him with great power.The younger brother threw the net that was on his shoulder, at the boar.The boar that was running forward, got cut from the sharp net and his head split into two.The younger brother tied the boar onto his shoulders and headed for the castle.Meanwhile, the older brother that went in the opposite direction found a drinking house in the forest.“Alright, I will have a drink here and work up my courage.” Just then, across from him, he saw his younger brother coming out carrying the boar.“My goodness, how did he.” The greedy brother was boiling with rage.“Little brother, come on in over here.Since you have caught the boar, have a drink of wine and rest.” Without suspecting anything, the little brother drank the wine.“Big brother!Let's go to the castle and share this happiness.” The little brother, being so tired, fell asleep after drinking the wine.The older brother was jealous of his little brother for catching the boar.The older brother dragged the sleeping younger brother and threw him below the bridge, where he died.And pretending that he had caught the boar, he tied it onto his shoulders and went to the king.“You are truly a great young man.As I promised I will make you my son-in-law.” The older brother became the king's son-in-law.After a few years a shepherd was walking below the bridge when he saw a bone that was white as snow.“I will make a flute with that bone.” The shepherd took the bone and made a magnificent flute.However, before the shepherd had a chance to play it, the flute started to play on its own.“Listen people, listen people.Listen to my song.Long time ago, my older brother killed me and threw me under the bridge.Then he took the boar that I had caught and married the princess.” The song caused pain to the hearts of the people.“This is a very strange flute.” The shepherd took the strange flute to the king.In front of the king, the flute sang again.After hearing the words of the song, the king went under that bridge and dug up the ground.Inside, the bones of the younger brother was there.“Go and capture that man.” The king ordered the capture of the older brother.“A brave young man has died for no good reason!” The king mourned the death of the younger brother and buried his bones in a sunny place.73 The Little Elves Long time ago, there lived a very poor shoemaker.Because the old man was so poor, he had enough leather to make only one pair of shoes.Still, the very understanding old man never complained."Tomorrow morning, let's make one pair of shoes with a

第二篇：初一英语小短文_(10篇)

Park There is a park near my home.There are a lot of beautiful trees,flowers and birds in the park.So many people go to the park to enjoy their weekends.They like walking or having a picnic in the park.But I like flying a kite with my sisiter there.Bedroom I have a small bedroom.There are only a small bed,a small desk and a small chair in the room.And there is a beautiful doll on my blue bed.Everyday I do my homework,read books and play games with the doll in my bedroom.It is small,but it gives me much happiness.My father My father is a tall and handsome man.He is a policeman.Everyday he comes back home very late,because he must help the others.He doesn't have time to examine my homework and take me to the park.But I like my father,because he is a good policeman.I am from ShenZhen.In spring ,the weather is warm and wet.I can play kite.In summer, the weather is hot and wet.I can swim in the swimming pool.In the autumn, the weather is cool and dry.I can play kite, too.In the winter, the weather is cold and dry.It never snow.Today is my grandpa's birthday.Our family went back to my grandpa's home in the morning.We got together to have a big family dinner to celebrate his birthady.We bought a big birthday cake and gave some presents to my grandpa.In the afternoon, we went to the park to go boating.We had a good time.My grandpa had a nice time on his birthday.Mr.Knott is a teacher.He is at home.The telephone rings.He answers the phone.He says,“Hello.This is 82654379.Who's that?”“Watt” a man answers.“watt's your name,please?”says Mr.Knott is angry.“Watt's my name!”the other man is angey,too.A farmer has five sons.They are Ted,Bob,Tom,John and Bill.John has no elder brother.He was four years older when his first younger brother was born.The number of Tom‘s elder brothers is equal to his younger brothers.Bill will be twenty-one years old next year, and he is five years older than Bob.Bob is two years younger than Tom.Ted was sad because he has no younger brother.There are twelve years between him and John.Everything in this world has a nature of its own.Some are charming, some are seducing, like the candy, chocolate, the cakes, and some burn everything like fire, as soon as you get near.On My Way to School

Today I got up very early in the morning.After I finished breakfast, I went to school.On my way to school I saw something lying on the ground.I picked it up and found it was a mobile phone.I was afraid I would be late for school.I had no time to wait for the owner.So I gave it to the policeman.Shortly after I reached my school, the headmaster came to my class and praised me in front of the class.How could he knew all about it? I guess it must be the policeman who told him what I did.I am very happy that I have done a good job.China has been a powerful country for the most part of the past three thousand years.China is now rising again.Why is that so surprising to people? History is the best evidence.The rise of China is just a matter of when, not if.Plus, do you want $100 jeans? Do you want $200 shoes? Do you want $3000 computers? If the answers are NO, you'd better thank China and appreciate the benefits that it brings to your daily life.

第三篇：初一英语60词小短文

初一英语60词小短文

Liu Kai is my classmate.He is a good student and always ready to help others.One day on his way to school，he saw a little girl crossing the road.A car was coming towards her quickly and the girl was too frightened to move.The car nearly hit her.Just then LiuKai rushed up to her and caught her by the arm.The little girl was saved.She told him where she lived，and he took her home.When LiuKai hurried into the classroom，the teacher had already begun his lesson.He told the teacher why he was late.He was then praised for what he had done.

第四篇：适合朗读的短文

适合朗读的短文

１．春雨

我爱春雨，它带着清新，带着甜蜜，像千万条银丝，仿佛在山腰；又带着多少希望和生机，如雾如尘地飘散在田野，把远处的景物笼罩在一层轻纱里。

抬着脚，踩在湿漉漉的田埂；仰着脸，接收雨丝的爱抚；伸出手，捧出上天的馈赠……啊，我爱春雨是由于她滋润着山川大地，染绿了瑟缩的枝条，唤醒了冬眠的枯草；她把甘甜的乳汁洒向大地，默默的渗入泥土，孕育着新的生命。我爱春雨，更爱具有春雨精神的人。啊，我们的老师，就是像春雨那样，用无声的爱滋润着棵棵幼苗，开启一双双充满希望的眼睛。她们全身心地投入工作，一丝不苟，忘记了疲倦，忘记了疾病，她们的路艰难而神圣，不管土地多么贫瘠，她们始终像春雨那样绵绵地洒落着，滋润着……

啊，我爱春雨，我更爱具有春雨精神的老师，我想，人在世上，都应该像春雨一样心甘情愿地为大地奉献出一切。

2．下雪了（节选）

下雪了，雪下得真大，雪花儿像鹅毛一样从天上飘下来，落在山上、田野上、房子上、大树上，盖上一层，又盖上一层，全是白茫茫的了。外边儿静悄悄的，行人很少。

雪停了，太阳出来了。太阳光照在树上，亮得耀眼。山啊、田野啊、房子啊、大树啊，全变了样儿了，都穿上了白色外衣。校旁那两座小塔，都戴上了顶白帽子，比平常更好看了。下课后，同学们都到院子里来了。大家滑雪、扔雪球儿、堆雪人儿。他们的脸跟鼻子都冻得红红的，可还是玩得很起劲儿。

３．我是什么

我会变。太阳一晒，我就变成汽。升到天空，我又变成无数极小极小的点儿，连成一片，在空中飘浮。有时候我穿白衣服，有时候我穿黑衣服，早晨和傍晚我又把红纱披在身上。人们叫我“云”。

我在空中飘浮着，碰到冷风，就结成小珠子落下来。人们叫我“雨”。有时候我变成小硬球打下来，人们叫我“雹子”。到了冬天，我变成小花朵飘下来，人们叫我“雪”。

平常我在池子里睡觉，在小溪里散步，在江河里奔跑，在海洋里跳舞，唱歌。

有时候我很温和，有时候我很暴躁。我做过许多好事，帮助人们工作。我也做过许多坏事，给人们带来灾害。人们想出种种办法，让我光做好事，不做坏事。小朋友，你们知道我是什么？

4.“点”的自述 我是一个“点”，曾为自己的渺小而难堪： 对着庞大的宏观世界，只有闭下失望的双眼。经过一位数学教师的启发，我有了一个新的发现： 两个“点”，可以确定一条直线，三个“点”，能构成一个“三角”，无数个“点”，组成圆的“金环”。我是一个“点”，“点”是我的名片。我也有自己的半径，我也有对着的圆点： 不信，从月球上看地球，也有宇宙间渺小的雀斑。我欣喜，我狂欢！谁没有自己的位置？ 不！你的价值在闪光，只是，你还没有发现！

5.神奇的字

你可知道，你可知道，世上有些字万分神奇。只要你和它们交上朋友，你的生活也就会变得神奇。当我第一次用它们和妈妈说话，啊！妈妈的眼神这样惊喜。她紧紧地紧紧地搂住了我，睫毛上竟凝聚了晶莹的泪滴。当我第一次用它们向老师提问，老师立即松开了紧皱的双眉。她那样激动地帮我解题，完全失去了平时讲课的流利。当我的同桌向我举起拳头，因为我用坏了他的钢笔。我只轻轻地说出了它们，他竟立即平息了怒气。当我在公共场合得罪了人，我也赶快把“它们”送出口去。叔叔听了客气地说：“不要紧。” 阿姨们温柔地回答：“没关系。” 你不相信，不相信么？ 看，你的眼里充满了猜疑。其实这是几个极为平常的字，它们是：请，谢谢，对不起！

6.感谢

让我怎样感谢你 当我走向你的时候 我原想收获一缕春风 你却给了我整个春天 让我怎样感谢你 当我走向你的时候 我原想捧起一簇浪花 你却给了我整个海洋 让我怎样感谢你 当我走向你的时候 我原想撷取一枚红叶 你却给了我整个枫林 让我怎样感谢你 当我走向你的时候 我原想亲吻一朵雪花 你却给了我银色的世界

7.假如生活欺骗了你 假如生活欺骗了你，不要悲伤，不要心急，阴郁的日子须要镇静，相信吧，那愉快的日子即将来临。心永远憧憬着未来，现在却常是阴沉，一切都是瞬息，一切都会过去，而那过去了的，就会变成亲切的怀恋。

8.羊和水牛

羊跌在河中，大呼救命。

水牛走过来看见，问道：“羊呀，你怎么会跌在河里了？” 羊说：“我刚才走路不小心跌下去的。” 水牛又问：“你没有学过游泳吗？” 羊回答：“没有学过，我不会游泳。”

水牛说：“难道你不晓得游泳是多么重要吗？” 羊说：“我知道游泳是重要的。”

水牛又问：“那么你为什么不学游泳呢？”

羊恳求说：“牛呀，请你先把我救上来，再慢慢地问吧，不然……”

水牛说：“不，不先把情况调查清楚，我是决不随便开始办事的！”

羊着急地说：“唉呀，你如果再问几句，我便要淹死了呀！” 水牛说：“那么好吧，我们把谈话精简一些，我问你：以后愿意不愿意学游泳？”

羊说：“愿意，愿意，快把我救上来吧！”

水牛说：“很好，既然你已经觉悟，懂得了游泳的重要，那么，我马上回家去拿一本《游泳初步》给你看吧！”

水牛回头就走，一面走，一面想：“我得先让它把《游泳初步》念熟了，然后再叫它天天跟着我学习……

9.乌鸦和猪的“谅解”

乌鸦在一株树上，看见下面有一只浑身长满黑毛的猪。“哈哈！这个黑家伙，多难看呀！”乌鸦说。

猪向四处看了看，发现说话的是乌鸦，也就说：“讲话的，原来是一个黑得可怜的小东西！”

“你说谁？你也不看看你自己！”乌鸦气愤地说。“你也看看你自己吧！”猪也很气愤。它们争吵了一阵，就一道去池塘，证实谁更黑得难看。它们从水里照了照自己，又互相端详了一下，谁也不开口了。但乌鸦忽然高兴起来说：“其实，黑有什么不好看呢？” “我也以为黑是很好看的。”猪也快乐地说。

——这只是一点比喻，是说：我们应该警惕，不要因为彼此都有同样的缺点，就互相原谅，并且把缺点当作优点自称自赞起来。

10.三只老鼠

三只老鼠一同去偷油喝。到了油缸边一看，油缸里的油只有底下一点点，可是缸身太高，谁也喝不到。

于是它们想出办法：一个咬着另一个的尾巴，吊下去喝。第一只喝饱了，上来，再吊第二只下去喝……并且发誓，谁也不许存半点私心。

第一只老鼠最先吊下去喝，它在下面想：“油只有这么一点点，今天总算我幸运，可以喝一个饱。”

第二只老鼠在中间想：“下面的油是有限的，假如让它喝完了，我还有什么可喝的呢？还是放了它，自己跳下去喝吧！” 第三只老鼠在上面想：“油很少，等它俩喝饱，还有我的份吗？不如早点放了它们，自己跳下去喝吧！”

于是，第二只放了第一只的尾巴，第三只放了第二只的尾巴，都自管自抢先跳下去。结果它们都落在油缸里，永远逃不出来了。

1．寒号鸟

山脚下有一堵石崖，崖上有一道缝，寒号鸟就把这道缝当作自己的窝。石崖前面有一条河，河边有一棵大杨树，杨树上住着喜鹊。寒号鸟和喜鹊面对面住着，成了邻居。几阵秋风，树叶落尽，冬天快要到了。

有一天，天气晴朗。喜鹊一早飞出去，东寻西找，衔回来一些枯枝，就忙着垒巢，准备过冬。寒号鸟却整天飞出去玩，累了回来睡觉。喜鹊说：“寒号鸟，别睡觉，大好晴天，赶快垒巢。”

寒号鸟不听劝告，躺在崖缝里对喜鹊说：“傻喜鹊，不要吵，太阳暖和，正好睡觉。”

冬天说到就到，寒风呼呼地刮着。喜鹊住在温暖的窝里。崖缝里冷得厉害，寒号鸟冻得直打哆嗦悲哀地说：“哆啰啰，哆啰啰，寒风冻死我，明天就垒窝。”

第二天清早，风停了，太阳暖烘烘的，好像又是春天了。喜鹊来到崖缝前劝寒号鸟说：“趁天晴，快垒巢，现在懒惰，将来糟糕。” 寒号鸟还是不听劝告，伸伸懒腰，回答说：“傻喜鹊，真啰嗦，太阳暖和，得过且过。”

寒冬腊月大雪纷飞，漫山遍野一片白色。北风像狮子那样狂吼，河里的水结了冰，崖缝里冷得像冰窖。就在这严寒的夜里，喜鹊在温暖的窝里熟睡，寒号鸟却发出最后的哀号：“哆啰啰，哆啰啰，寒风冻死我，明天就垒窝。”

亮了，太阳普照大地。喜鹊在枝头呼唤邻居寒号鸟。可怜的寒号鸟在半夜里冻死了。

2.桂林山水（节选）

人们都说：“桂林山水甲天下。”我们乘着木船荡漾在漓江上，来观赏桂林的山水。

我看见过波澜壮阔的大海，玩赏过水平如镜的西湖，却从没看见过漓江这样的水。漓江的水真静啊，静得让你感觉不到它在流动；漓江的水真清啊，清得可以看见江底的沙石；漓江的水真绿啊，绿得仿佛那是一块无瑕的翡翠。船桨激起的微波扩散出一道道水纹，才让你感觉到船在前进，岸在后移。

我攀登过峰峦雄伟的泰山，游览过红叶似火的香山，却从没看见过桂林这一带的山。桂林的山真奇啊，一座座拔地而起，各不相连，像老人，像巨象，像骆驼，奇峰罗列，形态万千；桂林的山真秀啊，像翠绿的屏障，像新生的竹笋，色彩明丽，倒映水中；桂林的山真险啊，危峰兀立，怪石嶙峋，好像一不小心就会栽倒下来。

这样的山围绕着这样的水，这样的水倒映着这样的山，再加上空中云雾迷蒙，山间绿树红花，江上竹筏小舟，让你感到像是走进了连绵不断的画卷，真是“舟行碧波上，人在画中游”。

3.我愿意是急流 我愿意是急流，山里的小河，在崎岖的路上、岩石上经过…… 只要我的爱人，是一条小鱼，在我的浪花中，快乐地游来游去。

我愿意是荒林，在河流的两岸，对一阵阵的狂风，勇敢地作战…… 只要我的爱人，是一只小鸟，在我的稠密的 树枝间做巢，鸣叫。

我愿意是废墟，在峻峭的山岩上，这静默的毁灭 并不使我懊丧…… 只要我的爱人，是青青的常春藤，沿着我荒凉的额，亲密地攀援上升。

我愿意是草屋，在深深的山谷底，草屋的顶上

饱受风雨的打击…… 只要我的爱人，是可爱的火焰，在我的炉子里，愉快地缓缓闪现。

我愿意是云朵，是灰色的破旗，在广漠的空中，懒懒地飘来飘去，只要我的爱人，是珊瑚似的夕阳，傍着我苍白的脸，显出鲜艳的辉煌。

4.理解

理解，在哪儿？

它无形无色，抽象得不可捉摸。然而，理解对于人生又是那么至关重要。无怪乎人人都渴望理解，人人都觉得自己被人理解得太少，而更多的是误解、曲解、费解，乃至大惑不解。人世间有好多事之所以隔靴搔痒，格格不入，就是由于缺乏理解呵。

理解尽管玄妙，但它却渗透在我们的生活之中…… 音乐会上的掌声；雪天送至的炭火；鞭辟入里的眉批；献给败者的花束；相见恨晚的碰杯；风雨同舟的伴侣……还有，未知你可曾留意；

小辈为了孤父寡母的晚晴，走进了婚姻介绍所； 来自对手的佩服，比同伴的喝彩更令人激奋； 世界上因为有了男人，女人才着意打扮。

有些人相处了一辈子，彼此仍不甚了解；有些人只需一个眼波，双方便心心相印。

有些人宁可要一个聪明的敌人，也不愿意要一个愚蠢的朋友。有些人一副铁石心肠，却被一声问候叩开了泪的闸门。这些，不正是理解在起作用吗？

理解事物是困难的，理解人更难——你得忍耐，探求，磨砺，斗争，甚至做出牺牲。理解——心的感应。这，便是我对理解的理解。

5.寓言说的就是你呀

古代的聪明人发明了一个天才的办法，把真实的情况告诉人而不使对方的面 子下不来。你们知道，他们在人们面前举着一面神奇的镜子，把各色各样的动物

和许多稀奇的东西都照出来，使人可以看出有趣而富有教育意义的图画。这些图

画叫做寓言，当这些动物做了些聪明事或傻事的时候，人们都可以站在它们的立

场设身处地地想一想：“寓言说的就是你呀!”这样，谁也不会觉得丢面子了。我

现在举一个例子吧：从前有两座大山，每座山顶上有一个古堡。在下边的山谷里

有一只饥饿的狗在跑。它一边跑，一边嗅，看看有没有什么耗子或鹤鸦可吃。这

时一个古堡里忽然吹起吃饭号来。狗立刻向山上跑，希望能得到一份饭食。不过

当它跑到一半路的时候，号子就忽然停止吹了。这时另一个古堡里又有号声响起

来。狗想：“在这里，恐怕我还没有跑到，大家就已经把饭都吃完了。可是在那

里大家还不过刚刚开始吃饭。”于是它就赶快跑下来，又向另一座山上跑去。不

过先前的号声又吹起来了，而第二个号声却忽然中止。狗马上又跑下来，向头 一座山上跑。它这样不停地两边跑，直到两个号声都没有了为止。当然两个古堡 里的饭也都吃完了。

现在请你想一想，古代的聪明人在这个寓言里表明了什么意思呢?那个在两

边跑来跑去、跑到精疲力竭的傻瓜是谁呢？ 6.满江红·怒发冲冠 怒发冲冠，凭栏处、潇潇雨歇。抬望眼，仰天长啸，壮怀激烈。三十功名尘与土，八千里路云和月。莫等闲、白了少年头，空悲切。靖康耻，犹未雪； 臣子恨、何时灭？ 驾长车、踏破贺兰山阙。壮士饥餐胡虏肉，笑谈渴饮匈奴血。待从头、收拾旧山河，朝天阙。

7.水调歌头·明月几时有

明月几时有？ 把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年。我欲乘风归去，惟恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。起舞弄清影，何似在人间。转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠。不应有恨，何事长向别时圆？ 人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

8.火烧云

晚饭过后，火烧云上来了，霞光照得小孩子的脸红红的。大白狗变成了红的了，红公鸡变成金的了，黑母鸡变成紫檀色的了。喂猪的老头儿在墙根靠着，笑盈盈地看着他的两头小白猪变成小金猪了。他刚想说：“你们也变了……”旁边走来一个乘凉的人对他说：“您老人家必要高寿，您老是金胡子了。”

天空的云从西边一直烧到东边，红彤彤的，好像是天空着了火。

这地方的火烧云变化极多。一会儿红彤彤的，一会儿金灿灿的，一会儿半紫半黄，一会儿半灰半百合色。葡萄灰，梨黄，茄子紫，这些颜色天空都有，还有些说也说不出来、见也没见过的颜色。一会儿，天空出现一匹马，马头向南，马尾向西。马是跪着的，像是在等着有人骑到它背上，它才站起来似的。过了两三秒钟，那匹马大起来了，马腿伸开了马脖子也长了，一条马尾巴可不见了。看的人正在寻找马尾巴，那匹马就变模糊了。忽然又来了一条大狗。那条狗十分凶猛，它在前边跑着，后边似乎还跟着好几条小狗。跑着跑着，小狗不知跑到哪里去了，大狗也不见了。接着又来了一条大狮子，跟庙门前的大石头狮子一模一样，也是那么大，也是那样蹲着，很威武很镇静地蹲着。可是一转眼就变了。要想再看到那头大狮子，怎么也看不到了。一时恍恍惚惚的，天空里又像这个，又像那个，其实什么也不像，什么也看不清了，可是天空偏偏不等待那些爱好它的孩子。一会儿工夫，火烧云下去了。

9.匆匆

燕子去了，有再来的时候；杨柳枯了，有再青的时候；桃花谢了，有再开的时候。但是，聪明的，你告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢?——是有人偷了他们罢：那是谁?又藏在何处呢?是他们自己逃走了罢：现在又到了哪里呢?

我不知道他们给了我多少日子；但我的手确乎是渐渐空虚了。在默默里算着，八千多日子已经从我手中溜去；像针尖上一滴水滴在大海里，我的日子滴在时间的流里，没有声音，也没有影子。我不禁头涔涔而泪潸潸了。

去的尽管去了，来的尽管来着；去来的中间，又怎样地匆匆呢?早上我起来的时候，小屋里射进两三方斜斜的太阳。太阳他有脚啊，轻轻悄悄地挪移了；我也茫茫然跟着旋转。于是——洗手的时候，日子从水盆里过去；吃饭的时候，日子从饭碗里过去；默默时，便从凝然的双眼前过去。我觉察他去的匆匆了，伸出手遮挽时，他又从遮挽着的手边过去，天黑时，我躺在床上，他便伶伶俐俐地从我身上跨过，从我脚边飞去了。等我睁开眼和太阳再见，这算又溜走了一日。我掩着面叹息。但是新来的日子的影儿又开始在叹息里闪过了。在逃去如飞的日子里，在千门万户的世界里的我能做些什么呢?只有徘徊罢了，只有匆匆罢了；在八千多日的匆匆里，除徘徊外，又剩些什么呢?过去的日子如轻烟，被微风吹散了，如薄雾，被初阳蒸融了；我留着些什么痕迹呢?我何曾留着像游丝样的痕迹呢?我赤裸裸来到这世界，转眼间也将赤裸裸的回去罢?但不能平的，为什么偏要白白走这一遭啊? 你聪明的，告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢?

10.致橡树

我如果爱你—— 绝不像攀援的凌霄花 借你的高枝炫耀自己； 我如果爱你—— 绝不学痴情的鸟儿 为绿阴重复单调的歌曲； 也不止像泉源

长年送来清凉的慰藉； 也不止像险峰

增加你的高度，衬托你的威仪，甚至日光。甚至春雨。

不，这些都还不够！

我必须是你近旁的一株木棉，作为树的形象和你站在一起。根，紧握在地下 叶，相触在云里。每一阵风过 我们都互相致意，但没有人

听懂我们的谚语。你有你的铜枝铁干 像刀、像剑，也像戟；

我有我红硕的花朵 像沉重的叹息，又像英勇的火炬。

我们分担汉朝、风雷、霹雳； 我们共享雾霭、流岚、虹霓。仿佛永远分离，却又终身相依。这才是伟大的爱情，坚贞就在这里： 爱——

不仅爱你为伟岸的身躯，也爱你坚持的位置，足下的土地。

第五篇：励志短文 适合晨读

今天，我要精心塑造自己

今天，我开始新的生活。今天，我找到了自己。

今天，我的梦想之剑，指向星空。

我的道路，由成功者的励志信指引。我的未来，一定是流星花园里的美好，我对社会的贡献，无人能比！今天，我要精心塑造自己。好习惯唤醒成功和喜悦，坏习惯滋生失败和悔恨。今天，我用好习惯要求自己。我要让好习惯，成为驯服的警犬、忠诚的奴仆。今天，我要精心塑造自己。从今天起，我要控制习惯，我绝不放纵坏习惯。从今天起，开始铸造自信，使自信成为我的本能。从今天起，我要用品学兼优，去生成我的态度；我要让追求梦想，铸造我的性格。从今天起，我开始新的生活。从今天起，我找到了自己。从今天起，我的梦想之剑，指向星空。

我坚信，我是最棒的！我坚信，我的未来，一定是流星花园里的美好；我对社会的贡献，无人能比。今天，我要精心塑造自己！今天，我的梦想之剑，指向星空。

天道酬勤 百遍奇迹

冰冻三尺非一日之寒，滴水石穿非一日之功，任何技艺，任何技能，基础最重要。实力源于基础扎实，成功来自反复训练。天道酬勤，百遍创奇迹。

我的未来，我铭记，我的脚步，我加紧。既然选择了远方，我便只顾风雨兼程。天道酬勤，百遍创奇迹。

初学游泳，先练一百遍水上呼吸，初学滑冰，努力滑上一百圈；练习书法，每天练一百个字；学习钢琴，每天弹一百遍指法。

奇迹产生了。还不到一百遍，我的能力在快速地增长；还不到一百遍，我的水平就出奇的高。游泳不再担心呛水，滑冰不再害怕摔跤；手下的字有形有神，琴中的曲有情有调。

专注，让我产生了兴趣；训练，使我增加了自信。天道酬勤，百遍创奇迹。

武林神功，依赖于日夜的刻苦；学习兴趣，产生于反复的练习。自信源于基础扎实，坚强来自艰苦训练。

勤学习，有方法。基础题，多练习；错题本，要备齐。题海中游泳，我不会溺水；理解后练习，我不会盲目，总结训练提高，百遍练习创奇迹。

操千曲后晓声，观千剑后知器；绳锯木断，水滴石穿；读书百遍，其义自现。

生活的充实，在反复中体现；前进的自信，在重复中铸造；学习的兴趣，在百遍后产生。

基础训练，储备力量，天道酬勤，终将成功！我坚信：

基础训练，储备力量；天道酬勤，百遍奇迹！天道酬勤，终将成功！

少年中国说（节选）梁启超

故今日之责任，不在他人，而全在我少年。

少年智则国智，少年富则国富；少年强则国强，少年独立则国独立；少年自由则国自由；少年进步则国进步；少年胜于欧洲，则国胜于欧洲；少年雄于地球，则国雄于地球。

红日初升，其道大光。河出伏流，一泻汪洋。潜龙腾渊，鳞爪飞扬。乳虎啸谷，百兽震惶。鹰隼试翼，风尘翕张。奇花初胎，矞矞皇皇。干将发硎，有作其芒。天戴其苍，地履其黄。纵有千古，横有八荒。前途似海，来日方长。美哉我少年中国，与天不老！壮哉我中国少年，与国无疆！

努力，是为了不辜负自己

叫嚷着命运不公的人，其实还未真正触及命运。被命运折磨得死去活来的人，已经不愿谈及命运。一个从厄运的深处走过来的人，说得最多的一句话是：都过去了。而紧接着的另一句话是：这，也会过去。

多的选择题，选择适合自己的，选择自己想做的，选择不会让自己后悔的。别因为世俗的观念误导了自己的判断，别因对现实的恐惧就随着现实推波浊流。人生的舞台剧里，做自己人生的主角，演绎自己的人生，别为他人的眼光而活，更不要因畏惧现实而逃避。

真正内心强大者不规避自己的短处，因为它们切实存在;真正身心独处的人不会刻意拒绝适当的帮助，因为知道自己拥有足够的回报能力。

孤独在你与他人之间，你与爱之间，你与生命之间，这孤独将你和一切隔开，却不令你悲伤，为什么要悲伤?算起你与土地，人，与一切的账目......你欠孤独最多，无论多少，你成为的所有，都缘于它。

清晨想到的第一个人和夜晚想到的最后一个人，不是让你幸福的人，就是让你痛苦的人。在这个世上不要过分依赖任何人，即使是你的影子也会在黑夜中离开你。努力和上进，不是为了做给别人看，是为了不辜负自己，不辜负此生。

我的三条教养证据

教养是人生的真道理，有教养使人更有魅力，人人都想使自己接受教育，努力学习，让文化和品德充实自己。

教养需要发自内心的做，没有必须家庭显赫，教养需要教育，但不是一定要很高的学历，如果你认为自己有教养，守规矩，能自律，请出示证据。

我的第一条教养证据：是我懂得敬重。

对优秀品质，我能敬重，努力自律。我敬重自强不息，因为这是生命之本，我敬重忠诚不悔，因为这是立身之源。我敬重诚实守信，因为这是品质之根。

我敬重勇担责任，因为对责任的承担，会赋予我地位和使命。

我敬重崇尚科学，因为对科学的尊重，会给予我财富和信心。

我的第二条教养证据：是我懂得敬畏。

我知道什么是错对，不至于犯罪，我敬畏大自然，是因为亿万年铸成的自然法则。自然法则，自有一格，顺之则生，逆之则坑。植物无言，破坏有劫；动物不犯，杀戮降灾难。

我敬畏法律，因为它是规范社会行为的最高法则。法律面前人人平等，违法必究，执法必严。违法乱纪日日难堪，遵法守纪天天平安。

我的第三条教养证据：是我懂得敬仰。

我懂得敬仰，敬仰天地的力量。高山大海，显示了天地纵横万里的气概；日月星光，凝聚了天地日日付出的荣光。

世界上有阳光，阳光下有正义。我害怕正义的惩罚，无畏邪恶的到来。我仰视天地、坚守正义。我坚信：做人自有天道，善有善报，恶有恶报。

今天是个好日子

今天是一个好日子。

可是，对于庸人来说，今天却是个无比平庸的日子。平庸里流行着叹息和谎言；平庸里充斥了愤怒和懒散；平庸里沉积了退缩和抱怨。

而我不同：我倍加珍惜今天这个好日子。我相信，每一天都会有机会的到来，每一天都会有友爱，每一天都会有快乐存在。机会的到来，是因为我没有投机取巧；友谊的到来，是因为我没有斤斤计较；快乐的到来，是因为我没有自寻烦恼。

不仅如此，我还要让好日子好上加好――

我要让全世界，都能感受到我的真爱、我的不可替代，我的值得信赖。我敞开豁达的胸怀，我绽放笑容的纯真。于是，他们的平庸，被织成了好日子的五彩缤纷。

今天是个好日子。

可是，今天对于弱者来说，却是个惊雷降临的日子。惊雷带来了沮丧，最后惊雷带来了痛苦和绝望。而我不同，我坦然淡定、坚强自信。

考试可能落榜，但我的思想依然闪光； 生意可能赔光，但我的业绩依旧辉煌； 感情可能破裂，但我对美好依然向往； 身体可能残疾，但我的心灵依然健康； 亲人可能故去，但我依然坚强战胜悲伤。

任何不幸，都不可能摧毁我的坚定，打击我的自信。于是，因我的淡定，今天我像西湖一样，美丽如常在氤氲（yinyun）之下，因我的坚强，今天像太阳一样，依旧发光在乌云之上。

我因此在雷电中重生。凤凰涅磐后，王者归来。原来的坏心情，反而使目光坚定；原来的坏日子，可以令举天同庆。

今天是个好日子。

这一切只因为，我是精神巨人：狂风吹不倒，暴雨淋不倒，雷电击不倒。

今天的快乐惊人可喜，今天的强大无与伦比。好日子的存在，是自己的积极心态，我有积极心态，否极泰来，幸福常在。

对美好人生的虔诚

对事业的虔诚，创造惊人成功，对未来的虔诚，成就美好人生。怒放的鲜花，献给从一而终的坚守者；如雷的掌声，献给坚持不懈的奋斗者。

美好人生，我虔诚。我崇拜学业专一的人，他们满腹经纶；我敬重信仰专一的人，他们内心安宁。从今天开始，我投入恭敬的热忱，增加激情和真诚。

美好人生，我虔诚。

我不断刷新成长的记录，准备参加竞争；我自觉抵制迷人的诱惑，天天保持清醒；我避免陷入挑战的迷茫，随时调控心情；我减少多余的人生障碍，永远锁定航程。从今天起，我要培养专心的习惯。以此邂逅越来越多的美好、越来越近的成功。

美好人生，我虔诚。

我把弯路当成晋级的准备，我把问题当成进步的机会，我把失败看作成功的前缀。

牢骚满腹时，我能记起父母的辛劳，我知道：只有靠自己努力才能事事如意。

嫌弃父母时，我请你抬起脚，把我狠狠地踹，我牢记，父母的爱如钻石般珍贵；

感觉丢人时，我能分清楚：出身不丢人，没钱不丢人，成绩不好也不丢人，做人不好才会丢人，可能会丢大人。

哭泣抱怨时，我探寻进步的奥秘；

停滞不前时，我想象未来的危机； 想到放弃时，我珍惜从前的努力； 强烈自卑时，我振作疲惫的士气。我虔诚所以我必胜。

我有成功的姿态，更知道虔诚的可贵。在我生命的每一天，我都坚守相爱百年的承诺；在我人生的每一年，我都坚定战胜万难的信念。

我们要相信，没有到不了的明天

有梦想就去努力，要相信，没有到不了的明天。不要被命运打败，让自己变得更强。

不管我们是在背着怎么也看不进去的英语单词，还是迷茫地看不清未来的方向。

不管我们是在努力着去实现梦想却没能拉近与梦想的距离，还是已经找不到自己的梦想。

我们都要相信，没有到不了的明天。

我们的梦想太大，别人说我们的梦想根本不可能实现；我们的梦想太小，又有人说我们胸无大志；我们对死党说将来要去环游世界，却换来他的不屑一顾，于是我们再也不提自己的梦想。

不过又能怎么样呢，未来始终是自己的，梦想始终是自己的，没有人会来帮我们实现它。

这个世界上没有不带伤的人，真正能治愈自己的，只有自己。

谁不曾感觉过失望，谁不曾辜负过自己的青春，我们总是在昨天狠狠绝望过一回，然后突然醒悟般地走向未来的生活。

一定要相信，没有到不了的明天。

不必仰望别人，自己亦是风景

人，来到这世上，总会有许多的不如意，也会有许多的不公平；会有许多的失落，也会有许多的羡慕。你羡慕我的自由，我羡慕你的约束；你羡慕我的工作，我羡慕你每天总有休息时间。或许，我们都是远视眼，总是活在对别人的仰视里；或许，我们都是近视眼，往往忽略了身边的幸福。

事实上，大千世界，不会有两张一模一样的面孔，只要你仔细观察，总会有细微的差别。同是走兽，兔子娇小而青牛高大；同是飞禽，雄鹰高飞而紫燕低回。人，总会有智力、运气的差别；总会受环境、现实的约束；总会有人在你切一盘水果时，秒杀一道数学题；总会有人在你熟睡时，回想一天的得失；总会有人比你跑的快„„

参差不齐，才构成了这世界上一道道亮丽的风景。卞之琳说：你站在桥上看风景，看风景的人在楼上看你。

是的，走在生活的风雨旅程中，当你羡慕别人住着高楼大厦时，也许瑟缩在墙角的人，正羡慕你有一座可以遮风的草屋；当你羡慕别人坐在豪华车里，而失意于自己在地上行走时，也许躺在病床上的人，正羡慕你还可以自由行走„„

有很多时候，我们往往不知道，自己在欣赏别人的时候，自己也成了别人眼中的风景。事实上，人生如一本厚重的书，有些书是没有主角的，因为我们忽视了自我；有些书是没有线索的，因为我们迷失了自我；有些书是没有内容的，因为我们埋没了自我„„

生活中，我们没有必要为难自己，质疑自己，有时，我们无法很

好地理解或学会某样事物，那只是我们思考与接收问题的角度不同罢了。每个人都有自己的泪要擦，每个人都有自己的路要走，只要记得：冷了，给自己加件外衣；饿了，给自己买个面包；痛了，给自己一份坚强；失败了，给自己一个目标；跌倒了，在伤痛中爬起，给自己一个宽容的微笑继续往前走，已足够！

一生辗转千万里，莫问成败重几许，得之坦然，失之淡然，与其在别人的辉煌里仰望，不如亲手点亮自己的心灯，扬帆远航，把握最真实的自己，才会更深刻地解读自己„„

面向太阳吧，不问春暖花开，只求快乐面对，因为，透过洒满阳光的玻璃窗，蓦然回首，你何尝不是别人眼中的风景？

让我们学会在逆境中生存

哲学家沙特曾说：“人类的生命就是从绝望的另一个极端展开的。”当我们身处最恶劣的环境，面临终极的绝望时，我们没有别的选择，只能拥抱真理，昂首前望，开始爬出深渊。

逆境是我们最好的老师，我们可以从逆境学到：

（一）让我们的眼界澄清。

逆境强迫我们去正视自己的生活与生活型态，要我们放弃过时的、不合适的希望，去摆脱阻止我们前进的依赖心理，更要摒除那些除了满足自我以外，毫无用处的自欺欺人想法。

（二）让我们以全新的方式成长。

暴风雨比起晴空万里，当然更能唤起人们的警戒心。从内心深处，我们会发现更多的耐心、毅力、勇气以及意志。即使我们确定已经没有资源可以利用时，仍然可以再发掘出另外的力量。试试看吧！

（三）让我们体会同情心的可贵。

没有人会比那些了解无家可归之苦的人，更愿意从心底去帮助无家可归者，只有曾受难的人才能深切体会其中的痛。挫败带给我们的，是非常可贵的怜悯心。

（四）教导我们普遍的真理：生命本来就不公平。

人们总是太早离开人世；彼此相爱的夫妻总是因争执而分离；大企业集团总是并吞小公司，让无辜的职员饱尝失业之苦；学校活动时总是由其他人出风头。我们小时候总是天真地以为生命应该是无忧无虑，正义总能赢得胜利——唯有让我们早一点认清事实并非如此，我们才能享受较轻松的人生。

希望我们同学能够正确对待逆境，能够在逆境中不断崛起。请记住：绝望只能让你更加绝望，它与事无补，而希望却常常让你柳暗花明，让你走向成功！

青春赋

青春不是如玉的年华，而是愉悦的心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志、恢宏的想象、炽热的感情；青春是生命的深泉在不息地涌流。

青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯懦，进取压倒苟安。如此锐气，十八后生有之，六旬老者亦更多见。年岁有加,并非垂老,理想丢弃,方堕暮年.岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却，颓唐必至灵魂.忧烦、惶恐、丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。

人人心中皆深植一片追求,无论年届六十,抑或芳龄十六,心中皆存不泯的童心、永恒的好奇心、强烈的进取心。只要你心如大海，不断接纳美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量，就能青春永驻、风华长存。

一旦心海枯竭，锐气被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃就油然而生，即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣；然则只要虚怀若谷，让喜悦、达观、仁爱充盈其间，你就有望在百岁高龄时仍青春焕发，生命激荡。

接受生活的磨炼

在人生的路上没有坦途，我们会遇到各式各样的考验，正是这些挫折和考验让我们明白了什么是坚强，什么是忍耐，什么是成长。

平静的湖面练不出勇敢的水手，安逸的生活造不出成功的巨人。艰苦的锻炼可以让我们练就一副强健的筋骨，心灵的磨难会让我们拥有坚强的品质和冷静的态度，只有经过风雨的历练，才能真正感受到岁月的磨练之于我们每个人的价值。

一位动物学家对生活在非洲大草原奥兰治河两岸的羚羊群进行了长期研究。他惊讶地——发现：东岸羚羊群的繁殖能力比西岸的强，每分钟的奔跑速度也比西岸的快13米。这些莫名其妙的差别，曾使这位动物学家百思不得其解：因为这些羚羊的种类和生存环境都是相同的，都属羚羊类，都生长在半干旱的草原地带，而且所吃的食物也是一样的来源，以一种叫莺萝的牧草为生。

有一年，在动物保护协会的赞助下，动物学家在奥兰治河的东西两岸各捉了10只羚羊，分别把它们送往对岸。结果，从东岸运到西岸的的10只羚羊，一年后繁殖到14只，从西岸运到东岸的10只，一年后还剩下3只，另外7只全被狮子吃了。这位动物学家终于明白：东岸羚羊之所以强健，是因为它们附近生活着狮群，西岸的羚羊之所以弱小，正是因为缺少了天敌。因为有了狮群的追赶，东岸的羚羊练就了奔跑的本领，所以会顽强的繁衍生息，而西岸的羚羊一旦改变了舒适的环境，也就会在考验面前无以应对，只能接受被淘汰的命运。

所以，同学们，我们要接受并感谢岁月的磨练，是它唤醒了隐藏在我们生命最深处的种种能力。蛹变成蝶之前，痛苦的蠕动和挣扎是必不可少的一个过程，只有这样，它才能蜕变出美丽的翅膀和轻盈的身体。这个道理，对人也是一样的，在成功之前，经历岁月的磨练是肯定的，它让我们的意志变得坚定，让我们更加优秀，成为生命中的强者。勇于接受磨练，经得起磨砺，才能取得最后的成功。

人要像树一样的活着

人的生活方式有二种,一种方式是象草一样地活着,你尽管活着,每年还在成长,但你毕竟是一棵草,你吸收雨露阳光,但是长不大。人们可以踩过你，但是人们不会因为你的痛苦而他产生痛苦，人们不会你被踩了而来怜悯你，因为人们本身就没有看到你。

所以我们每个人都应该象树一样的成长。即使我们现在什么都不是，但是只要你有树的种子，即使你被踩到泥土中间，你依然能够吸收泥土的养分，自己成长起来，你也许二年、三年长不大，但是十年、八年、二十年你一定能长成参天大树，当你长成参天大树以后，在遥远的地方，人们就能看到你。走进你，能给人一片绿色，一片阴凉，你能帮助别人，即使人们离开你以后，回头一看，你依然是地平线上的一道美丽的风景线，死了依然是栋梁之材，活着死了都有用，这就是我们每个同学做人的标准和成长的标准。

找到属于自己的亮光

一个人为什么生活着？有人说，是为了白天看到太阳，晚上看到月亮；也有人说，是为了白天看到照亮指引我们的人，晚上可以在进入梦乡的时候，有更加强大的精神力量作为亮光。当然了，还会有人说，我们生活着可以找到真正属于自己的亮光，而这份亮光呢，不仅可以照亮自己，也还可以照亮更多更多的人。

我想，有时候我们可以看到我们周边都是亮光——我们的父母、亲朋好友、老师，因为他们认为我们会成为未来的亮光；我们和同学相互帮助，我们相互给力，因为我们希冀我们能够成为对方前行的亮光。如果一个人身上具备了更多的亮光的时候，也就是他更能够帮助别人的时候，而这个世界就会更多的充满着他的想法、创意和创想，最终这个世界就会真正的如同我们所追逐的那样，变得更加美好、更加平和、更加摄人心魄。

努力吧！奋斗吧！找到属于自己的亮光，照亮更多的人，也照亮自己的心！

2017，拼的就是坚强

你吃的苦，你受的累，你流的汗，你淌的泪，都会练就独一无二成熟坚强感恩的你。

抱怨命运不如改变命运，抱怨生活不如改善生活。

强者都是含泪奔跑的人!

不管你有多难过，始终要相信，幸福就在不远处。

坚持住，你会看见最坚强的自己。

你努力了，尽力了，才有资格说自己的运气不好。

拼!

是不给自己的2016留下遗憾拼!

是迎接2017年精彩最好的方式!

拼!

是胜过一切豪言壮语的行动!

拼!

是给自己一个交代!

世上没有一件工作不辛苦，没有一处人事不复杂。

从今天起，努力拼一把。

努力过后，才知道许多事情，坚持坚持，就过来了。

一个人在外面，很不容易，没啥，拼的就是坚强。

在此，我们为自己加油!

在此，我们为身边的伙伴加油!

在此，我向2017年的自己致敬!