the GOLDEN BIRD A certain king had a beautiful garden， and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted， and about the time when they began to grow ripe it was

A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting, said: If you ha

the Travelling Companion by Hans Christian Andersen（1835） POOR John was very sad； for his father was so ill， he had no hope of his recovery. John sat alone with the sick man in the little room， and th

the Metal Pig by Hans Christian Andersen（1842） IN the city of Florence， not far from the Piazza del Granduca， runs a little street called Porta Rosa. In this street， just in front of the market-place

God Can Never Die It was a Sunday morning. the sun shone brightly and warmly into the room， as the air， mild and refreshing， flowed through the open window. And out under God's blue heaven， where fiel

A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy first estate;

淘气的男孩 Along time ago， there lived an old poet， a thoroughly kind old poet. As he was sitting one evening in his room， a dreadful storm arose without， and the rain streamed down from heaven； but the ol

Aesops Fables the Wolf in Sheeps Clothing A Wolf found GREat difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had b

THE BEASTS of the field and forest had a Lion as their king. He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king could be. During his reign he made a royal proclamation for a

the Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship by Hans Christian Andersen（1842） the little dwelling in which we lived was of clay， but the door-posts were columns of fluted marble， found near the spot