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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：初一英語小短文_(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：初一英語60詞小短文

初一英語60詞小短文

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：適合朗讀的短文

適合朗讀的短文

１．春雨

我愛春雨，它帶著清新，帶著甜蜜，像千萬條銀絲，仿佛在山腰；又帶著多少希望和生機，如霧如塵地飄散在田野，把遠處的景物籠罩在一層輕紗里。

抬著腳，踩在濕漉漉的田埂；仰著臉，接收雨絲的愛撫；伸出手，捧出上天的饋贈……啊，我愛春雨是由于她滋潤著山川大地，染綠了瑟縮的枝條，喚醒了冬眠的枯草；她把甘甜的乳汁灑向大地，默默的滲入泥土，孕育著新的生命。我愛春雨，更愛具有春雨精神的人。啊，我們的老師，就是像春雨那樣，用無聲的愛滋潤著棵棵幼苗，開啟一雙雙充滿希望的眼睛。她們全身心地投入工作，一絲不茍，忘記了疲倦，忘記了疾病，她們的路艱難而神圣，不管土地多么貧瘠，她們始終像春雨那樣綿綿地灑落著，滋潤著……

啊，我愛春雨，我更愛具有春雨精神的老師，我想，人在世上，都應該像春雨一樣心甘情愿地為大地奉獻出一切。

2．下雪了（節選）

下雪了，雪下得真大，雪花兒像鵝毛一樣從天上飄下來，落在山上、田野上、房子上、大樹上，蓋上一層，又蓋上一層，全是白茫茫的了。外邊兒靜悄悄的，行人很少。

雪停了，太陽出來了。太陽光照在樹上，亮得耀眼。山啊、田野啊、房子啊、大樹啊，全變了樣兒了，都穿上了白色外衣。校旁那兩座小塔，都戴上了頂白帽子，比平常更好看了。下課后，同學們都到院子里來了。大家滑雪、扔雪球兒、堆雪人兒。他們的臉跟鼻子都凍得紅紅的，可還是玩得很起勁兒。

３．我是什么

我會變。太陽一曬，我就變成汽。升到天空，我又變成無數極小極小的點兒，連成一片，在空中飄浮。有時候我穿白衣服，有時候我穿黑衣服，早晨和傍晚我又把紅紗披在身上。人們叫我“云”。

我在空中飄浮著，碰到冷風，就結成小珠子落下來。人們叫我“雨”。有時候我變成小硬球打下來，人們叫我“雹子”。到了冬天，我變成小花朵飄下來，人們叫我“雪”。

平常我在池子里睡覺，在小溪里散步，在江河里奔跑，在海洋里跳舞，唱歌。

有時候我很溫和，有時候我很暴躁。我做過許多好事，幫助人們工作。我也做過許多壞事，給人們帶來災害。人們想出種種辦法，讓我光做好事，不做壞事。小朋友，你們知道我是什么？

4.“點”的自述 我是一個“點”，曾為自己的渺小而難堪： 對著龐大的宏觀世界，只有閉下失望的雙眼。經過一位數學教師的啟發，我有了一個新的發現： 兩個“點”，可以確定一條直線，三個“點”，能構成一個“三角”，無數個“點”，組成圓的“金環”。我是一個“點”，“點”是我的名片。我也有自己的半徑，我也有對著的圓點： 不信，從月球上看地球，也有宇宙間渺小的雀斑。我欣喜，我狂歡！誰沒有自己的位置？ 不！你的價值在閃光，只是，你還沒有發現！

5.神奇的字

你可知道，你可知道，世上有些字萬分神奇。只要你和它們交上朋友，你的生活也就會變得神奇。當我第一次用它們和媽媽說話，啊！媽媽的眼神這樣驚喜。她緊緊地緊緊地摟住了我，睫毛上竟凝聚了晶瑩的淚滴。當我第一次用它們向老師提問，老師立即松開了緊皺的雙眉。她那樣激動地幫我解題，完全失去了平時講課的流利。當我的同桌向我舉起拳頭，因為我用壞了他的鋼筆。我只輕輕地說出了它們，他竟立即平息了怒氣。當我在公共場合得罪了人，我也趕快把“它們”送出口去。叔叔聽了客氣地說：“不要緊。” 阿姨們溫柔地回答：“沒關系。” 你不相信，不相信么？ 看，你的眼里充滿了猜疑。其實這是幾個極為平常的字，它們是：請，謝謝，對不起！

6.感謝

讓我怎樣感謝你 當我走向你的時候 我原想收獲一縷春風 你卻給了我整個春天 讓我怎樣感謝你 當我走向你的時候 我原想捧起一簇浪花 你卻給了我整個海洋 讓我怎樣感謝你 當我走向你的時候 我原想擷取一枚紅葉 你卻給了我整個楓林 讓我怎樣感謝你 當我走向你的時候 我原想親吻一朵雪花 你卻給了我銀色的世界

7.假如生活欺騙了你 假如生活欺騙了你，不要悲傷，不要心急，陰郁的日子須要鎮靜，相信吧，那愉快的日子即將來臨。心永遠憧憬著未來，現在卻常是陰沉，一切都是瞬息，一切都會過去，而那過去了的，就會變成親切的懷戀。

8.羊和水牛

羊跌在河中，大呼救命。

水牛走過來看見，問道：“羊呀，你怎么會跌在河里了？” 羊說：“我剛才走路不小心跌下去的。” 水牛又問：“你沒有學過游泳嗎？” 羊回答：“沒有學過，我不會游泳。”

水牛說：“難道你不曉得游泳是多么重要嗎？” 羊說：“我知道游泳是重要的。”

水牛又問：“那么你為什么不學游泳呢？”

羊懇求說：“牛呀，請你先把我救上來，再慢慢地問吧，不然……”

水牛說：“不，不先把情況調查清楚，我是決不隨便開始辦事的！”

羊著急地說：“唉呀，你如果再問幾句，我便要淹死了呀！” 水牛說：“那么好吧，我們把談話精簡一些，我問你：以后愿意不愿意學游泳？”

羊說：“愿意，愿意，快把我救上來吧！”

水牛說：“很好，既然你已經覺悟，懂得了游泳的重要，那么，我馬上回家去拿一本《游泳初步》給你看吧！”

水牛回頭就走，一面走，一面想：“我得先讓它把《游泳初步》念熟了，然后再叫它天天跟著我學習……

9.烏鴉和豬的“諒解”

烏鴉在一株樹上，看見下面有一只渾身長滿黑毛的豬。“哈哈！這個黑家伙，多難看呀！”烏鴉說。

豬向四處看了看，發現說話的是烏鴉，也就說：“講話的，原來是一個黑得可憐的小東西！”

“你說誰？你也不看看你自己！”烏鴉氣憤地說。“你也看看你自己吧！”豬也很氣憤。它們爭吵了一陣，就一道去池塘，證實誰更黑得難看。它們從水里照了照自己，又互相端詳了一下，誰也不開口了。但烏鴉忽然高興起來說：“其實，黑有什么不好看呢？” “我也以為黑是很好看的。”豬也快樂地說。

——這只是一點比喻，是說：我們應該警惕，不要因為彼此都有同樣的缺點，就互相原諒，并且把缺點當作優點自稱自贊起來。

10.三只老鼠

三只老鼠一同去偷油喝。到了油缸邊一看，油缸里的油只有底下一點點，可是缸身太高，誰也喝不到。

于是它們想出辦法：一個咬著另一個的尾巴，吊下去喝。第一只喝飽了，上來，再吊第二只下去喝……并且發誓，誰也不許存半點私心。

第一只老鼠最先吊下去喝，它在下面想：“油只有這么一點點，今天總算我幸運，可以喝一個飽。”

第二只老鼠在中間想：“下面的油是有限的，假如讓它喝完了，我還有什么可喝的呢？還是放了它，自己跳下去喝吧！” 第三只老鼠在上面想：“油很少，等它倆喝飽，還有我的份嗎？不如早點放了它們，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，都自管自搶先跳下去。結果它們都落在油缸里，永遠逃不出來了。

1．寒號鳥

山腳下有一堵石崖，崖上有一道縫，寒號鳥就把這道縫當作自己的窩。石崖前面有一條河，河邊有一棵大楊樹，楊樹上住著喜鵲。寒號鳥和喜鵲面對面住著，成了鄰居。幾陣秋風，樹葉落盡，冬天快要到了。

有一天，天氣晴朗。喜鵲一早飛出去，東尋西找，銜回來一些枯枝，就忙著壘巢，準備過冬。寒號鳥卻整天飛出去玩，累了回來睡覺。喜鵲說：“寒號鳥，別睡覺，大好晴天，趕快壘巢。”

寒號鳥不聽勸告，躺在崖縫里對喜鵲說：“傻喜鵲，不要吵，太陽暖和，正好睡覺。”

冬天說到就到，寒風呼呼地刮著。喜鵲住在溫暖的窩里。崖縫里冷得厲害，寒號鳥凍得直打哆嗦悲哀地說：“哆啰啰，哆啰啰，寒風凍死我，明天就壘窩。”

第二天清早，風停了，太陽暖烘烘的，好像又是春天了。喜鵲來到崖縫前勸寒號鳥說：“趁天晴，快壘巢，現在懶惰，將來糟糕。” 寒號鳥還是不聽勸告，伸伸懶腰，回答說：“傻喜鵲，真啰嗦，太陽暖和，得過且過。”

寒冬臘月大雪紛飛，漫山遍野一片白色。北風像獅子那樣狂吼，河里的水結了冰，崖縫里冷得像冰窖。就在這嚴寒的夜里，喜鵲在溫暖的窩里熟睡，寒號鳥卻發出最后的哀號：“哆啰啰，哆啰啰，寒風凍死我，明天就壘窩。”

亮了，太陽普照大地。喜鵲在枝頭呼喚鄰居寒號鳥。可憐的寒號鳥在半夜里凍死了。

2.桂林山水（節選）

人們都說：“桂林山水甲天下。”我們乘著木船蕩漾在漓江上，來觀賞桂林的山水。

我看見過波瀾壯闊的大海，玩賞過水平如鏡的西湖，卻從沒看見過漓江這樣的水。漓江的水真靜啊，靜得讓你感覺不到它在流動；漓江的水真清啊，清得可以看見江底的沙石；漓江的水真綠啊，綠得仿佛那是一塊無瑕的翡翠。船槳激起的微波擴散出一道道水紋，才讓你感覺到船在前進，岸在后移。

我攀登過峰巒雄偉的泰山，游覽過紅葉似火的香山，卻從沒看見過桂林這一帶的山。桂林的山真奇啊，一座座拔地而起，各不相連，像老人，像巨象，像駱駝，奇峰羅列，形態萬千；桂林的山真秀啊，像翠綠的屏障，像新生的竹筍，色彩明麗，倒映水中；桂林的山真險啊，危峰兀立，怪石嶙峋，好像一不小心就會栽倒下來。

這樣的山圍繞著這樣的水，這樣的水倒映著這樣的山，再加上空中云霧迷蒙，山間綠樹紅花，江上竹筏小舟，讓你感到像是走進了連綿不斷的畫卷，真是“舟行碧波上，人在畫中游”。

3.我愿意是急流 我愿意是急流，山里的小河，在崎嶇的路上、巖石上經過…… 只要我的愛人，是一條小魚，在我的浪花中，快樂地游來游去。

我愿意是荒林，在河流的兩岸，對一陣陣的狂風，勇敢地作戰…… 只要我的愛人，是一只小鳥，在我的稠密的 樹枝間做巢，鳴叫。

我愿意是廢墟，在峻峭的山巖上，這靜默的毀滅 并不使我懊喪…… 只要我的愛人，是青青的常春藤，沿著我荒涼的額，親密地攀援上升。

我愿意是草屋，在深深的山谷底，草屋的頂上

飽受風雨的打擊…… 只要我的愛人，是可愛的火焰，在我的爐子里，愉快地緩緩閃現。

我愿意是云朵，是灰色的破旗，在廣漠的空中，懶懶地飄來飄去，只要我的愛人，是珊瑚似的夕陽，傍著我蒼白的臉，顯出鮮艷的輝煌。

4.理解

理解，在哪兒？

它無形無色，抽象得不可捉摸。然而，理解對于人生又是那么至關重要。無怪乎人人都渴望理解，人人都覺得自己被人理解得太少，而更多的是誤解、曲解、費解，乃至大惑不解。人世間有好多事之所以隔靴搔癢，格格不入，就是由于缺乏理解呵。

理解盡管玄妙，但它卻滲透在我們的生活之中…… 音樂會上的掌聲；雪天送至的炭火；鞭辟入里的眉批；獻給敗者的花束；相見恨晚的碰杯；風雨同舟的伴侶……還有，未知你可曾留意；

小輩為了孤父寡母的晚晴，走進了婚姻介紹所； 來自對手的佩服，比同伴的喝彩更令人激奮； 世界上因為有了男人，女人才著意打扮。

有些人相處了一輩子，彼此仍不甚了解；有些人只需一個眼波，雙方便心心相印。

有些人寧可要一個聰明的敵人，也不愿意要一個愚蠢的朋友。有些人一副鐵石心腸，卻被一聲問候叩開了淚的閘門。這些，不正是理解在起作用嗎？

理解事物是困難的，理解人更難——你得忍耐，探求，磨礪，斗爭，甚至做出犧牲。理解——心的感應。這，便是我對理解的理解。

5.寓言說的就是你呀

古代的聰明人發明了一個天才的辦法，把真實的情況告訴人而不使對方的面 子下不來。你們知道，他們在人們面前舉著一面神奇的鏡子，把各色各樣的動物

和許多稀奇的東西都照出來，使人可以看出有趣而富有教育意義的圖畫。這些圖

畫叫做寓言，當這些動物做了些聰明事或傻事的時候，人們都可以站在它們的立

場設身處地地想一想：“寓言說的就是你呀!”這樣，誰也不會覺得丟面子了。我

現在舉一個例子吧：從前有兩座大山，每座山頂上有一個古堡。在下邊的山谷里

有一只饑餓的狗在跑。它一邊跑，一邊嗅，看看有沒有什么耗子或鶴鴉可吃。這

時一個古堡里忽然吹起吃飯號來。狗立刻向山上跑，希望能得到一份飯食。不過

當它跑到一半路的時候，號子就忽然停止吹了。這時另一個古堡里又有號聲響起

來。狗想：“在這里，恐怕我還沒有跑到，大家就已經把飯都吃完了。可是在那

里大家還不過剛剛開始吃飯。”于是它就趕快跑下來，又向另一座山上跑去。不

過先前的號聲又吹起來了，而第二個號聲卻忽然中止。狗馬上又跑下來，向頭 一座山上跑。它這樣不停地兩邊跑，直到兩個號聲都沒有了為止。當然兩個古堡 里的飯也都吃完了。

現在請你想一想，古代的聰明人在這個寓言里表明了什么意思呢?那個在兩

邊跑來跑去、跑到精疲力竭的傻瓜是誰呢？ 6.滿江紅·怒發沖冠 怒發沖冠，憑欄處、瀟瀟雨歇。抬望眼，仰天長嘯，壯懷激烈。三十功名塵與土，八千里路云和月。莫等閑、白了少年頭，空悲切。靖康恥，猶未雪； 臣子恨、何時滅？ 駕長車、踏破賀蘭山闕。壯士饑餐胡虜肉，笑談渴飲匈奴血。待從頭、收拾舊山河，朝天闕。

7.水調歌頭·明月幾時有

明月幾時有？ 把酒問青天。不知天上宮闕，今夕是何年。我欲乘風歸去，惟恐瓊樓玉宇，高處不勝寒。起舞弄清影，何似在人間。轉朱閣，低綺戶，照無眠。不應有恨，何事長向別時圓？ 人有悲歡離合，月有陰晴圓缺，此事古難全。但愿人長久，千里共嬋娟。

8.火燒云

晚飯過后，火燒云上來了，霞光照得小孩子的臉紅紅的。大白狗變成了紅的了，紅公雞變成金的了，黑母雞變成紫檀色的了。喂豬的老頭兒在墻根靠著，笑盈盈地看著他的兩頭小白豬變成小金豬了。他剛想說：“你們也變了……”旁邊走來一個乘涼的人對他說：“您老人家必要高壽，您老是金胡子了。”

天空的云從西邊一直燒到東邊，紅彤彤的，好像是天空著了火。

這地方的火燒云變化極多。一會兒紅彤彤的，一會兒金燦燦的，一會兒半紫半黃，一會兒半灰半百合色。葡萄灰，梨黃，茄子紫，這些顏色天空都有，還有些說也說不出來、見也沒見過的顏色。一會兒，天空出現一匹馬，馬頭向南，馬尾向西。馬是跪著的，像是在等著有人騎到它背上，它才站起來似的。過了兩三秒鐘，那匹馬大起來了，馬腿伸開了馬脖子也長了，一條馬尾巴可不見了。看的人正在尋找馬尾巴，那匹馬就變模糊了。忽然又來了一條大狗。那條狗十分兇猛，它在前邊跑著，后邊似乎還跟著好幾條小狗。跑著跑著，小狗不知跑到哪里去了，大狗也不見了。接著又來了一條大獅子，跟廟門前的大石頭獅子一模一樣，也是那么大，也是那樣蹲著，很威武很鎮靜地蹲著。可是一轉眼就變了。要想再看到那頭大獅子，怎么也看不到了。一時恍恍惚惚的，天空里又像這個，又像那個，其實什么也不像，什么也看不清了，可是天空偏偏不等待那些愛好它的孩子。一會兒工夫，火燒云下去了。

9.匆匆

燕子去了，有再來的時候；楊柳枯了，有再青的時候；桃花謝了，有再開的時候。但是，聰明的，你告訴我，我們的日子為什么一去不復返呢?——是有人偷了他們罷：那是誰?又藏在何處呢?是他們自己逃走了罷：現在又到了哪里呢?

我不知道他們給了我多少日子；但我的手確乎是漸漸空虛了。在默默里算著，八千多日子已經從我手中溜去；像針尖上一滴水滴在大海里，我的日子滴在時間的流里，沒有聲音，也沒有影子。我不禁頭涔涔而淚潸潸了。

去的盡管去了，來的盡管來著；去來的中間，又怎樣地匆匆呢?早上我起來的時候，小屋里射進兩三方斜斜的太陽。太陽他有腳啊，輕輕悄悄地挪移了；我也茫茫然跟著旋轉。于是——洗手的時候，日子從水盆里過去；吃飯的時候，日子從飯碗里過去；默默時，便從凝然的雙眼前過去。我覺察他去的匆匆了，伸出手遮挽時，他又從遮挽著的手邊過去，天黑時，我躺在床上，他便伶伶俐俐地從我身上跨過，從我腳邊飛去了。等我睜開眼和太陽再見，這算又溜走了一日。我掩著面嘆息。但是新來的日子的影兒又開始在嘆息里閃過了。在逃去如飛的日子里，在千門萬戶的世界里的我能做些什么呢?只有徘徊罷了，只有匆匆罷了；在八千多日的匆匆里，除徘徊外，又剩些什么呢?過去的日子如輕煙，被微風吹散了，如薄霧，被初陽蒸融了；我留著些什么痕跡呢?我何曾留著像游絲樣的痕跡呢?我赤裸裸來到這世界，轉眼間也將赤裸裸的回去罷?但不能平的，為什么偏要白白走這一遭啊? 你聰明的，告訴我，我們的日子為什么一去不復返呢?

10.致橡樹

我如果愛你—— 絕不像攀援的凌霄花 借你的高枝炫耀自己； 我如果愛你—— 絕不學癡情的鳥兒 為綠陰重復單調的歌曲； 也不止像泉源

長年送來清涼的慰藉； 也不止像險峰

增加你的高度，襯托你的威儀，甚至日光。甚至春雨。

不，這些都還不夠！

我必須是你近旁的一株木棉，作為樹的形象和你站在一起。根，緊握在地下 葉，相觸在云里。每一陣風過 我們都互相致意，但沒有人

聽懂我們的諺語。你有你的銅枝鐵干 像刀、像劍，也像戟；

我有我紅碩的花朵 像沉重的嘆息，又像英勇的火炬。

我們分擔漢朝、風雷、霹靂； 我們共享霧靄、流嵐、虹霓。仿佛永遠分離，卻又終身相依。這才是偉大的愛情，堅貞就在這里： 愛——

不僅愛你為偉岸的身軀，也愛你堅持的位置，足下的土地。

第五篇：勵志短文 適合晨讀

今天，我要精心塑造自己

今天，我開始新的生活。今天，我找到了自己。

今天，我的夢想之劍，指向星空。

我的道路，由成功者的勵志信指引。我的未來，一定是流星花園里的美好，我對社會的貢獻，無人能比！今天，我要精心塑造自己。好習慣喚醒成功和喜悅，壞習慣滋生失敗和悔恨。今天，我用好習慣要求自己。我要讓好習慣，成為馴服的警犬、忠誠的奴仆。今天，我要精心塑造自己。從今天起，我要控制習慣，我絕不放縱壞習慣。從今天起，開始鑄造自信，使自信成為我的本能。從今天起，我要用品學兼優，去生成我的態度；我要讓追求夢想，鑄造我的性格。從今天起，我開始新的生活。從今天起，我找到了自己。從今天起，我的夢想之劍，指向星空。

我堅信，我是最棒的！我堅信，我的未來，一定是流星花園里的美好；我對社會的貢獻，無人能比。今天，我要精心塑造自己！今天，我的夢想之劍，指向星空。

天道酬勤 百遍奇跡

冰凍三尺非一日之寒，滴水石穿非一日之功，任何技藝，任何技能，基礎最重要。實力源于基礎扎實，成功來自反復訓練。天道酬勤，百遍創奇跡。

我的未來，我銘記，我的腳步，我加緊。既然選擇了遠方，我便只顧風雨兼程。天道酬勤，百遍創奇跡。

初學游泳，先練一百遍水上呼吸，初學滑冰，努力滑上一百圈；練習書法，每天練一百個字；學習鋼琴，每天彈一百遍指法。

奇跡產生了。還不到一百遍，我的能力在快速地增長；還不到一百遍，我的水平就出奇的高。游泳不再擔心嗆水，滑冰不再害怕摔跤；手下的字有形有神，琴中的曲有情有調。

專注，讓我產生了興趣；訓練，使我增加了自信。天道酬勤，百遍創奇跡。

武林神功，依賴于日夜的刻苦；學習興趣，產生于反復的練習。自信源于基礎扎實，堅強來自艱苦訓練。

勤學習，有方法。基礎題，多練習；錯題本，要備齊。題海中游泳，我不會溺水；理解后練習，我不會盲目，總結訓練提高，百遍練習創奇跡。

操千曲后曉聲，觀千劍后知器；繩鋸木斷，水滴石穿；讀書百遍，其義自現。

生活的充實，在反復中體現；前進的自信，在重復中鑄造；學習的興趣，在百遍后產生。

基礎訓練，儲備力量，天道酬勤，終將成功！我堅信：

基礎訓練，儲備力量；天道酬勤，百遍奇跡！天道酬勤，終將成功！

少年中國說（節選）梁啟超

故今日之責任，不在他人，而全在我少年。

少年智則國智，少年富則國富；少年強則國強，少年獨立則國獨立；少年自由則國自由；少年進步則國進步；少年勝于歐洲，則國勝于歐洲；少年雄于地球，則國雄于地球。

紅日初升，其道大光。河出伏流，一瀉汪洋。潛龍騰淵，鱗爪飛揚。乳虎嘯谷，百獸震惶。鷹隼試翼，風塵翕張。奇花初胎，矞矞皇皇。干將發硎，有作其芒。天戴其蒼，地履其黃。縱有千古，橫有八荒。前途似海，來日方長。美哉我少年中國，與天不老！壯哉我中國少年，與國無疆！

努力，是為了不辜負自己

叫嚷著命運不公的人，其實還未真正觸及命運。被命運折磨得死去活來的人，已經不愿談及命運。一個從厄運的深處走過來的人，說得最多的一句話是：都過去了。而緊接著的另一句話是：這，也會過去。

多的選擇題，選擇適合自己的，選擇自己想做的，選擇不會讓自己后悔的。別因為世俗的觀念誤導了自己的判斷，別因對現實的恐懼就隨著現實推波濁流。人生的舞臺劇里，做自己人生的主角，演繹自己的人生，別為他人的眼光而活，更不要因畏懼現實而逃避。

真正內心強大者不規避自己的短處，因為它們切實存在;真正身心獨處的人不會刻意拒絕適當的幫助，因為知道自己擁有足夠的回報能力。

孤獨在你與他人之間，你與愛之間，你與生命之間，這孤獨將你和一切隔開，卻不令你悲傷，為什么要悲傷?算起你與土地，人，與一切的賬目......你欠孤獨最多，無論多少，你成為的所有，都緣于它。

清晨想到的第一個人和夜晚想到的最后一個人，不是讓你幸福的人，就是讓你痛苦的人。在這個世上不要過分依賴任何人，即使是你的影子也會在黑夜中離開你。努力和上進，不是為了做給別人看，是為了不辜負自己，不辜負此生。

我的三條教養證據

教養是人生的真道理，有教養使人更有魅力，人人都想使自己接受教育，努力學習，讓文化和品德充實自己。

教養需要發自內心的做，沒有必須家庭顯赫，教養需要教育，但不是一定要很高的學歷，如果你認為自己有教養，守規矩，能自律，請出示證據。

我的第一條教養證據：是我懂得敬重。

對優秀品質，我能敬重，努力自律。我敬重自強不息，因為這是生命之本，我敬重忠誠不悔，因為這是立身之源。我敬重誠實守信，因為這是品質之根。

我敬重勇擔責任，因為對責任的承擔，會賦予我地位和使命。

我敬重崇尚科學，因為對科學的尊重，會給予我財富和信心。

我的第二條教養證據：是我懂得敬畏。

我知道什么是錯對，不至于犯罪，我敬畏大自然，是因為億萬年鑄成的自然法則。自然法則，自有一格，順之則生，逆之則坑。植物無言，破壞有劫；動物不犯，殺戮降災難。

我敬畏法律，因為它是規范社會行為的最高法則。法律面前人人平等，違法必究，執法必嚴。違法亂紀日日難堪，遵法守紀天天平安。

我的第三條教養證據：是我懂得敬仰。

我懂得敬仰，敬仰天地的力量。高山大海，顯示了天地縱橫萬里的氣概；日月星光，凝聚了天地日日付出的榮光。

世界上有陽光，陽光下有正義。我害怕正義的懲罰，無畏邪惡的到來。我仰視天地、堅守正義。我堅信：做人自有天道，善有善報，惡有惡報。

今天是個好日子

今天是一個好日子。

可是，對于庸人來說，今天卻是個無比平庸的日子。平庸里流行著嘆息和謊言；平庸里充斥了憤怒和懶散；平庸里沉積了退縮和抱怨。

而我不同：我倍加珍惜今天這個好日子。我相信，每一天都會有機會的到來，每一天都會有友愛，每一天都會有快樂存在。機會的到來，是因為我沒有投機取巧；友誼的到來，是因為我沒有斤斤計較；快樂的到來，是因為我沒有自尋煩惱。

不僅如此，我還要讓好日子好上加好――

我要讓全世界，都能感受到我的真愛、我的不可替代，我的值得信賴。我敞開豁達的胸懷，我綻放笑容的純真。于是，他們的平庸，被織成了好日子的五彩繽紛。

今天是個好日子。

可是，今天對于弱者來說，卻是個驚雷降臨的日子。驚雷帶來了沮喪，最后驚雷帶來了痛苦和絕望。而我不同，我坦然淡定、堅強自信。

考試可能落榜，但我的思想依然閃光； 生意可能賠光，但我的業績依舊輝煌； 感情可能破裂，但我對美好依然向往； 身體可能殘疾，但我的心靈依然健康； 親人可能故去，但我依然堅強戰勝悲傷。

任何不幸，都不可能摧毀我的堅定，打擊我的自信。于是，因我的淡定，今天我像西湖一樣，美麗如常在氤氳（yinyun）之下，因我的堅強，今天像太陽一樣，依舊發光在烏云之上。

我因此在雷電中重生。鳳凰涅磐后，王者歸來。原來的壞心情，反而使目光堅定；原來的壞日子，可以令舉天同慶。

今天是個好日子。

這一切只因為，我是精神巨人：狂風吹不倒，暴雨淋不倒，雷電擊不倒。

今天的快樂驚人可喜，今天的強大無與倫比。好日子的存在，是自己的積極心態，我有積極心態，否極泰來，幸福常在。

對美好人生的虔誠

對事業的虔誠，創造驚人成功，對未來的虔誠，成就美好人生。怒放的鮮花，獻給從一而終的堅守者；如雷的掌聲，獻給堅持不懈的奮斗者。

美好人生，我虔誠。我崇拜學業專一的人，他們滿腹經綸；我敬重信仰專一的人，他們內心安寧。從今天開始，我投入恭敬的熱忱，增加激情和真誠。

美好人生，我虔誠。

我不斷刷新成長的記錄，準備參加競爭；我自覺抵制迷人的誘惑，天天保持清醒；我避免陷入挑戰的迷茫，隨時調控心情；我減少多余的人生障礙，永遠鎖定航程。從今天起，我要培養專心的習慣。以此邂逅越來越多的美好、越來越近的成功。

美好人生，我虔誠。

我把彎路當成晉級的準備，我把問題當成進步的機會，我把失敗看作成功的前綴。

牢騷滿腹時，我能記起父母的辛勞，我知道：只有靠自己努力才能事事如意。

嫌棄父母時，我請你抬起腳，把我狠狠地踹，我牢記，父母的愛如鉆石般珍貴；

感覺丟人時，我能分清楚：出身不丟人，沒錢不丟人，成績不好也不丟人，做人不好才會丟人，可能會丟大人。

哭泣抱怨時，我探尋進步的奧秘；

停滯不前時，我想象未來的危機； 想到放棄時，我珍惜從前的努力； 強烈自卑時，我振作疲憊的士氣。我虔誠所以我必勝。

我有成功的姿態，更知道虔誠的可貴。在我生命的每一天，我都堅守相愛百年的承諾；在我人生的每一年，我都堅定戰勝萬難的信念。

我們要相信，沒有到不了的明天

有夢想就去努力，要相信，沒有到不了的明天。不要被命運打敗，讓自己變得更強。

不管我們是在背著怎么也看不進去的英語單詞，還是迷茫地看不清未來的方向。

不管我們是在努力著去實現夢想卻沒能拉近與夢想的距離，還是已經找不到自己的夢想。

我們都要相信，沒有到不了的明天。

我們的夢想太大，別人說我們的夢想根本不可能實現；我們的夢想太小，又有人說我們胸無大志；我們對死黨說將來要去環游世界，卻換來他的不屑一顧，于是我們再也不提自己的夢想。

不過又能怎么樣呢，未來始終是自己的，夢想始終是自己的，沒有人會來幫我們實現它。

這個世界上沒有不帶傷的人，真正能治愈自己的，只有自己。

誰不曾感覺過失望，誰不曾辜負過自己的青春，我們總是在昨天狠狠絕望過一回，然后突然醒悟般地走向未來的生活。

一定要相信，沒有到不了的明天。

不必仰望別人，自己亦是風景

人，來到這世上，總會有許多的不如意，也會有許多的不公平；會有許多的失落，也會有許多的羨慕。你羨慕我的自由，我羨慕你的約束；你羨慕我的工作，我羨慕你每天總有休息時間。或許，我們都是遠視眼，總是活在對別人的仰視里；或許，我們都是近視眼，往往忽略了身邊的幸福。

事實上，大千世界，不會有兩張一模一樣的面孔，只要你仔細觀察，總會有細微的差別。同是走獸，兔子嬌小而青牛高大；同是飛禽，雄鷹高飛而紫燕低回。人，總會有智力、運氣的差別；總會受環境、現實的約束；總會有人在你切一盤水果時，秒殺一道數學題；總會有人在你熟睡時，回想一天的得失；總會有人比你跑的快??

參差不齊，才構成了這世界上一道道亮麗的風景。卞之琳說：你站在橋上看風景，看風景的人在樓上看你。

是的，走在生活的風雨旅程中，當你羨慕別人住著高樓大廈時，也許瑟縮在墻角的人，正羨慕你有一座可以遮風的草屋；當你羨慕別人坐在豪華車里，而失意于自己在地上行走時，也許躺在病床上的人，正羨慕你還可以自由行走??

有很多時候，我們往往不知道，自己在欣賞別人的時候，自己也成了別人眼中的風景。事實上，人生如一本厚重的書，有些書是沒有主角的，因為我們忽視了自我；有些書是沒有線索的，因為我們迷失了自我；有些書是沒有內容的，因為我們埋沒了自我??

生活中，我們沒有必要為難自己，質疑自己，有時，我們無法很

好地理解或學會某樣事物，那只是我們思考與接收問題的角度不同罷了。每個人都有自己的淚要擦，每個人都有自己的路要走，只要記得：冷了，給自己加件外衣；餓了，給自己買個面包；痛了，給自己一份堅強；失敗了，給自己一個目標；跌倒了，在傷痛中爬起，給自己一個寬容的微笑繼續往前走，已足夠！

一生輾轉千萬里，莫問成敗重幾許，得之坦然，失之淡然，與其在別人的輝煌里仰望，不如親手點亮自己的心燈，揚帆遠航，把握最真實的自己，才會更深刻地解讀自己??

面向太陽吧，不問春暖花開，只求快樂面對，因為，透過灑滿陽光的玻璃窗，驀然回首，你何嘗不是別人眼中的風景？

讓我們學會在逆境中生存

哲學家沙特曾說：“人類的生命就是從絕望的另一個極端展開的。”當我們身處最惡劣的環境，面臨終極的絕望時，我們沒有別的選擇，只能擁抱真理，昂首前望，開始爬出深淵。

逆境是我們最好的老師，我們可以從逆境學到：

（一）讓我們的眼界澄清。

逆境強迫我們去正視自己的生活與生活型態，要我們放棄過時的、不合適的希望，去擺脫阻止我們前進的依賴心理，更要摒除那些除了滿足自我以外，毫無用處的自欺欺人想法。

（二）讓我們以全新的方式成長。

暴風雨比起晴空萬里，當然更能喚起人們的警戒心。從內心深處，我們會發現更多的耐心、毅力、勇氣以及意志。即使我們確定已經沒有資源可以利用時，仍然可以再發掘出另外的力量。試試看吧！

（三）讓我們體會同情心的可貴。

沒有人會比那些了解無家可歸之苦的人，更愿意從心底去幫助無家可歸者，只有曾受難的人才能深切體會其中的痛。挫敗帶給我們的，是非常可貴的憐憫心。

（四）教導我們普遍的真理：生命本來就不公平。

人們總是太早離開人世；彼此相愛的夫妻總是因爭執而分離；大企業集團總是并吞小公司，讓無辜的職員飽嘗失業之苦；學校活動時總是由其他人出風頭。我們小時候總是天真地以為生命應該是無憂無慮，正義總能贏得勝利——唯有讓我們早一點認清事實并非如此，我們才能享受較輕松的人生。

希望我們同學能夠正確對待逆境，能夠在逆境中不斷崛起。請記住：絕望只能讓你更加絕望，它與事無補，而希望卻常常讓你柳暗花明，讓你走向成功！

青春賦

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

青春氣貫長虹，勇銳蓋過怯懦，進取壓倒茍安。如此銳氣，十八后生有之，六旬老者亦更多見。年歲有加,并非垂老,理想丟棄,方墮暮年.歲月悠悠，衰微只及肌膚;熱忱拋卻，頹唐必至靈魂.憂煩、惶恐、喪失自信，定使心靈扭曲，意氣如灰。

人人心中皆深植一片追求,無論年屆六十,抑或芳齡十六,心中皆存不泯的童心、永恒的好奇心、強烈的進取心。只要你心如大海，不斷接納美好、希望、歡樂、勇氣和力量，就能青春永駐、風華長存。

一旦心海枯竭，銳氣被冰雪覆蓋，玩世不恭、自暴自棄就油然而生，即使年方二十，實已垂垂老矣；然則只要虛懷若谷，讓喜悅、達觀、仁愛充盈其間，你就有望在百歲高齡時仍青春煥發，生命激蕩。

接受生活的磨煉

在人生的路上沒有坦途，我們會遇到各式各樣的考驗，正是這些挫折和考驗讓我們明白了什么是堅強，什么是忍耐，什么是成長。

平靜的湖面練不出勇敢的水手，安逸的生活造不出成功的巨人。艱苦的鍛煉可以讓我們練就一副強健的筋骨，心靈的磨難會讓我們擁有堅強的品質和冷靜的態度，只有經過風雨的歷練，才能真正感受到歲月的磨練之于我們每個人的價值。

一位動物學家對生活在非洲大草原奧蘭治河兩岸的羚羊群進行了長期研究。他驚訝地——發現：東岸羚羊群的繁殖能力比西岸的強，每分鐘的奔跑速度也比西岸的快13米。這些莫名其妙的差別，曾使這位動物學家百思不得其解：因為這些羚羊的種類和生存環境都是相同的，都屬羚羊類，都生長在半干旱的草原地帶，而且所吃的食物也是一樣的來源，以一種叫鶯蘿的牧草為生。

有一年，在動物保護協會的贊助下，動物學家在奧蘭治河的東西兩岸各捉了10只羚羊，分別把它們送往對岸。結果，從東岸運到西岸的的10只羚羊，一年后繁殖到14只，從西岸運到東岸的10只，一年后還剩下3只，另外7只全被獅子吃了。這位動物學家終于明白：東岸羚羊之所以強健，是因為它們附近生活著獅群，西岸的羚羊之所以弱小，正是因為缺少了天敵。因為有了獅群的追趕，東岸的羚羊練就了奔跑的本領，所以會頑強的繁衍生息，而西岸的羚羊一旦改變了舒適的環境，也就會在考驗面前無以應對，只能接受被淘汰的命運。

所以，同學們，我們要接受并感謝歲月的磨練，是它喚醒了隱藏在我們生命最深處的種種能力。蛹變成蝶之前，痛苦的蠕動和掙扎是必不可少的一個過程，只有這樣，它才能蛻變出美麗的翅膀和輕盈的身體。這個道理，對人也是一樣的，在成功之前，經歷歲月的磨練是肯定的，它讓我們的意志變得堅定，讓我們更加優秀，成為生命中的強者。勇于接受磨練，經得起磨礪，才能取得最后的成功。

人要像樹一樣的活著

人的生活方式有二種,一種方式是象草一樣地活著,你盡管活著,每年還在成長,但你畢竟是一棵草,你吸收雨露陽光,但是長不大。人們可以踩過你，但是人們不會因為你的痛苦而他產生痛苦，人們不會你被踩了而來憐憫你，因為人們本身就沒有看到你。

所以我們每個人都應該象樹一樣的成長。即使我們現在什么都不是，但是只要你有樹的種子，即使你被踩到泥土中間，你依然能夠吸收泥土的養分，自己成長起來，你也許二年、三年長不大，但是十年、八年、二十年你一定能長成參天大樹，當你長成參天大樹以后，在遙遠的地方，人們就能看到你。走進你，能給人一片綠色，一片陰涼，你能幫助別人，即使人們離開你以后，回頭一看，你依然是地平線上的一道美麗的風景線，死了依然是棟梁之材，活著死了都有用，這就是我們每個同學做人的標準和成長的標準。

找到屬于自己的亮光

一個人為什么生活著？有人說，是為了白天看到太陽，晚上看到月亮；也有人說，是為了白天看到照亮指引我們的人，晚上可以在進入夢鄉的時候，有更加強大的精神力量作為亮光。當然了，還會有人說，我們生活著可以找到真正屬于自己的亮光，而這份亮光呢，不僅可以照亮自己，也還可以照亮更多更多的人。

我想，有時候我們可以看到我們周邊都是亮光——我們的父母、親朋好友、老師，因為他們認為我們會成為未來的亮光；我們和同學相互幫助，我們相互給力，因為我們希冀我們能夠成為對方前行的亮光。如果一個人身上具備了更多的亮光的時候，也就是他更能夠幫助別人的時候，而這個世界就會更多的充滿著他的想法、創意和創想，最終這個世界就會真正的如同我們所追逐的那樣，變得更加美好、更加平和、更加攝人心魄。

努力吧！奮斗吧！找到屬于自己的亮光，照亮更多的人，也照亮自己的心！

2017，拼的就是堅強

你吃的苦，你受的累，你流的汗，你淌的淚，都會練就獨一無二成熟堅強感恩的你。

抱怨命運不如改變命運，抱怨生活不如改善生活。

強者都是含淚奔跑的人!

不管你有多難過，始終要相信，幸福就在不遠處。

堅持住，你會看見最堅強的自己。

你努力了，盡力了，才有資格說自己的運氣不好。

拼!

是不給自己的2016留下遺憾拼!

是迎接2017年精彩最好的方式!

拼!

是勝過一切豪言壯語的行動!

拼!

是給自己一個交代!

世上沒有一件工作不辛苦，沒有一處人事不復雜。

從今天起，努力拼一把。

努力過后，才知道許多事情，堅持堅持，就過來了。

一個人在外面，很不容易，沒啥，拼的就是堅強。

在此，我們為自己加油!

在此，我們為身邊的伙伴加油!

在此，我向2017年的自己致敬!