24.一天它跟玛丽到学校--这可违反学校的规则,导致孩子们嬉笑玩闹,看小羊在学校里走着。
25.老师把小羊赶出校门,它依然徘徊在学校旁边,在草地上慢慢吃草,一直等到玛丽出现。
26.然后它向玛丽跑近,头挨在她的手臂上,像是在说--我不担心--你会保护我不会受伤。
27.小羊为何这么喜爱玛丽?小孩子们高声喊,噢!你们知道,因为玛丽真爱小羊,这确实就是老师的答案。
28.正如小羊跟随玛丽身边,是由真爱与仁慈牵引,你,我的孩子,也终将发现,爱牵动所有心灵向你靠近。
THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF
喊“狼来了”的男孩
1.A boy was told to watch a flock of sheep on a hill near the side of a wood;and as he was fond of sport,he cried out-Wolf!wolf!when there was no wolf to be seen.
2.A wolf will kill sheep,and eat them too;and the boy knew if the wolf should come to kill the sheep,that the men,who were at work near by in the field,would come and drive him away.
3.When the boy cried Wolf!wolf!the men left their workand ran to help him;and then he made sport of them,and told them that he was only in fun.
4.At last the wolf did come;and the boy ran to the men as fast as he could,to tell them that the wolf had truly come.But the men would not believe him.Still the boy said the wolf had come,and would kill all the sheep and lambs.
5.The men told him that they would not go.We know you too well,said one of them;you have deceived us so many times that we do not think any thing that you say is true.
6.In vain did the boy cry and beg;no one would move to help him.So the wolf fell on the sheep and lambs.He ran off with one,left two or three dead on the ground,and bit eight or nine more.
7.By this story you will learn what a bad thing it is to tell lies.If you say what is false,though only in jest,no one will believe you,even when you speak the truth.
【中文阅读】
1.一个男孩,在树林旁边的山上看管一群羊。因为他很喜欢玩游戏,所以他高声呼喊--狼!狼来了!当时他并没有看见狼。
2.狼会杀死绵羊,还会吃掉它们;而男孩知道,如果狼来杀羊,那些在附近田地里干活的人们会来把狼赶走。
3.当男孩呼喊狼来了!狼来了!那些人放下自己的工作,跑过来帮助他,这样他就戏弄了他们,告诉他们他只是和他们开玩笑的。
4.最后狼真的来了,男孩用他最快的速度向那些人跑去,告诉他们狼真的已经来了。但是人们不愿意相信他。男孩仍然说狼来了,它会杀掉所有大大小小的羊。
5.那些人们告诉他,他们不会去。我们太了解你了,他们中的一个人说,你已经欺骗过我们这么多回,我们不会相信任何你说的话是真的。
6.男孩又哭又求都是徒劳,没有人愿意动身去帮助他。他抱着一只羊逃开,留下两三只死在地上,另外还有八九只被狼咬了。
7.通过这个故事,你会知道说谎是多么不好的行为。如果你说假话,即使只是开玩笑,也没有人会相信你,哪怕是在你说真话的时候。
THE SEAL
海豹
1.Mother,I heard father say something to cousin James the other day about a seal.Will you tell me what a seal is?
2.A seal is an animal,in part like a beast,and in part like a fish.It lives on the land and in the sea,but most of the time in the sea.
3.The head of the seal is almost round.It has large bright eyes,and its teeth are like those of a dog.
4.In each side of its head is a hole;these holes are its ears.In shape,the seal is much like a cone,being the largest near the head.
5.A seal has four feet.The two hind feet are more like oarsor fins,and are only used to swim with.
6.When on land,seals use their fore feet to drag their bodies along.They are found in the north seas,where it is very cold.Their food is fish.
7.Their skins and oil are of much value.From the skin of theseal,caps and many other useful things are made.
8.It is very cold where the seal lives;but men care littleabout that,if they can make money.
9.A number of men get into a large ship,and go far off tothis cold place,away from all their friends,just to get the oil and skin of the seal,which they bring back and sell for money.
【中文阅读】
1.妈妈,前两天我听见爸爸和詹姆斯表哥说起海豹。你能告诉我海豹是什么吗?
2.海豹是一种动物,部分像一头野兽,部分像一条鱼。它生活在陆地和海里,不过多数时间是在海里。
3.海豹的头几乎是圆形的。它有明亮的大眼睛,它的牙齿和狗的牙齿相像。
4.它的头两边各有一个洞,这两个洞是它的耳朵。按形状来说,海豹很像一个锥体,头附近的地方是最大的。
5.一头海豹有四只脚。两只后脚更像是船桨或是鱼鳍,它们唯一的作用是用来游泳。
6.在陆地上的时候,海豹用它们的前脚来拖动它们的身体前行。它们在北部的海洋被发现,那里非常寒冷。它们的食物是鱼。7.它们的皮和油有很高的价值。用它的皮,可以制造帽子和其他许多有用的东西。
8.海豹生存的地方非常寒冷,但是人们不在意这个,只要他们能赚到钱。
9.许多人坐上一艘大轮船,离开他们所有的朋友,从遥远的地方来到这苦寒之地,就是为了得到海豹的油和皮,带回去卖钱。
THE LION
狮子
1.The lion is called the king of beasts,because he is sostrong and active that all the other beasts fear him.
2.The color of the lion is a yellowish brown.He is three or four feet high,and is almost as long as an ox.His head is large,and he has long hair,called a mane,on his neck.
3.His teeth are much larger and longer than the teeth of a dog;and his claws are so long and sharp that he can tear an ox in pieces.
4.When it is night,and the lion and other beasts go forthto hunt their prey,he often roars so loud that his voice soundsmuch like thunder.
5.Then all the other beasts,who are afraid,flee away fromhim,and he has to lie down all alone.
6.The lion lies still till his prey comes along,and then leaps on it like a cat:he kills a goat or cow as quick as a cat would kill a mouse.
7.Lions live in Asia and Africa,which are a long way fromwhere we are.
8.I must tell you a story of a man in Africa who killed a lionin a very cunning manner.
9.The man was alone,and far from any house.He saw the lion follow him,and knew that when it was dark,he should be in great danger.
10.So he found a steep,craggy hill,and went to the top of it.Then he crept behind a great rock on the brow of the hill,and lay down.
11.He put his hat and coat on a stick,and set them up just above him,so that the lion might think that they were the man.
12.When it was dark the lion came,and saw the hat and coatmoving a little,like a man sitting.
13.The lion now crept along slily,till he was quite near,and then he leaped upon the hat and coat,tumbled down the steep craggy hill,and was dashed in pieces at the bottom.
【中文阅读】
1.狮子被称为“百兽之王”,因为它如此强壮而活跃,以至于所有其他野兽都惧怕它。
2.狮子的颜色是浅黄棕色。高三四英尺,几乎和一头牛一样长。它的头巨大,脖子上有长长的毛,叫做鬃毛。
3.它的牙齿比狗的牙齿大得多也长得多。它的爪子又长又尖利,以至于它能把一头牛撕成碎片。
4.在夜晚,狮子和其他野兽出发去搜寻它们的猎物,它常常高声怒吼,声音听起来非常像打雷。
5.然后一切害怕它的其他野兽,从它身边落荒而逃,它不得不独自躺下。
6.狮子躺着,直到它的猎物出现,然后它像猫一样一跃而起扑过去。它杀死一只山羊或奶牛,就像猫杀死一只老鼠一样迅速。
7.狮子生活在亚洲和非洲,那里离我们这里非常遥远。
8.我必须给你讲一个故事,一个人在非洲用一个非常巧妙的方法杀死一头狮子的故事。
9.那个男人孤身一人,远离任何人烟。他看见狮子跟着他,知道当天黑下来的时候,他将会身处巨大危险之中。
10.于是他找到一座陡峭而崎岖的小山,爬到山顶上。然后匍匐爬行到山崖上的一块大岩石后面躺下。
11.他把帽子和外套挂在一根棍子上,把它放在他的头顶上空,好让狮子以为这些东西就是这个人。
12.当天黑下来的时候,狮子来了,看见帽子和外套动了一下,像是一个人坐着。
13.这时狮子狡猾地匍匐前行,直到非常接近,它向帽子和外套跃起前扑,落到这陡峭崎岖的山下,在山脚摔成了碎片。
LITTLE THINGS
小东西
1.Little drops of water,Little grains of sand,Make the mighty ocean,And the pleasant land.
2.Thus the Little minutes,
Humble though they be,