英语小文章

yes, that was little Tuk: in reality his name was not Tuk, but that waswhat he called himself before he could speak plain: he meant it for Charles,and it is all well enough if one does but know it. He had now to take care ofhis little sister Augusta, who was much younger than himself, and he was,besides, to learn his lesson at the same time; but these two things would notdo together at all. There sat the poor little fellow, with his sister on hislap, and he sang to her all the songs he knew; and he glanced the while fromtime to time into the geography-book that lay open before him. By the nextmorning he was to have learnt all the towns in Zealand by heart, and to knowabout them all that is possible to be known.

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Once upon a time the fox was talking to the wolf about the strength of man, how no animal could withstand him, and how all were obliged to employ cunning in order to protect themselves from him.

　　The wolf answered, "If I could see a man just once, I would attack him nonetheless."

　　"I can help you to do that," said the fox. "Come to me early tomorrow morning, and I will show you one."

　　The wolf arrived on time, and the fox took him out to the path which the huntsman used every day. First an old discharged soldier came by.

　　"Is that a man?" asked the wolf.

　　"No," answered the fox. "He has been one."

　　Afterwards came a little boy on his way to school.

　　"Is that a man?"

　　"No, he will yet become one."

　　从前有只狐狸向狼谈起人的力量，说没有动物能抵挡得了，所以他认为所有动物都必须施展计谋才能保护自己。可狼回答说：“假如我有机会碰到一个人，我就扑上去让他无法抵挡。”狐狸说：“我可以帮你碰到人啊。明早你早点来我家，我把他指给你看。”

　　第二天，狼很早就来了，狐狸带它来到猎人每天的必经之路。

　　他们碰到的第一个人是个退役老兵，狼问：“那是个人吗？”

　　“不是，”狐狸回答，“他以前是。”

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        Early in the fall, a fox saw ripe grapes in a garden. He wanted to eat them.
        He said to himself, “How lucky I am! I've found some nice grapes.” He crept into the garden, and came to the grapes. He jumped up at the grapes, but he could not reach them. He jumped again and again, but in vain.
        At last he gave it up, and said to himself, “The grapes are sour. I don't want sour grapes.” And he went away.

      Once upon a time a man came into a forest. He said to the trees, “Will you give me a piece of hard wood ?”
        The tree said, “Yes, we'll give you a good price of hard wood.”
        He was very glad to get a good piece of wood. He hurried home with it. At once he made a new handle of his ax.
        Then he went to the forest again and began to cut down all the best trees in the forest.
        The trees were very sad. They said to one another, “We suffer for our own foolishness.”