One day，a tiger saw a frog．He had never seen a frog before．He said，I want to eat you．But first tell me who you are． The frog said，I am the king of the frogs！I can do all kinds of wonderful things． Really？said the tiger，can you s...
There was once a town in the heart of America．All life there seemed to live in peace with its surroundings．The town lay in the232 middle of wealthy farms，with fields of rice，wheat，corn or other crops，and hillsides of trees of orange，app...
The U．K．（or United Kingdom）is made up of England，Scotland，Wales and Northern lreland．There are many mountains in Wales．Not long ago there were wild animals in the forests．Sometimes wolves attacked people and killed them．More than...
One day a big，black raven found some cheese Then she flew upinto a tree with the cheese in her mouth．A fox came by and saw the bird He saw the cheese as well．He，too，wanted to eat the cheese．He said to the raven，You look very nice．If y...
Hoppy the little kangaroo was out for a walk with his mother．Mummy，I'm cold，he said suddenly．Then you must jump into my pouch at once，said his mother．Where is Hoppy？asked everyone when they got back home．He felt cold．He's gone insid...
A big，black crow wanted to drink some water．She saw a big jug with some water at the bottom，but she could not reach the water．I know，she said，I shall put some stones into the jug．Then the water will come up to the mouth． After the fir...
A man wanted to sell a very fine horse．He stood in the market with his horse for three mornings but no one noticed that his horse was an exceptionally good one．He went to see Bo Le，who was well-known for his ability to judge horses．Sir，I ha...
In the state of Chu there was a man skilled in physiognomy．His comments were very accurate and his fame spread through the state．King Zhuang sent for him and asked him the secret of his success．Sire，said the man，I am not good at judging cha...
In the state of Song，a man named Ding had no well in his house，so water had to be fetched from outside and one of his family was constantly out of the house to do this chore When a well was dug in his house，Ding remarked：I dug a well and got...
A man who was born in the state of Yan grew up in the state of Chu．At his old age he decided to return to the state of Yan．On his way he passed the state of Jin．His fellow travellers played a trick on him．They pointed at a city of the state o...
An old farmer called his sons to his bedside to read them his Will．Children，he said，the time has come for me to die．You will find all my treasure hidden in the vineyard． As soon as the old man was dead，the sons took their spades，their h...
An ant once leaned too far over the edge of a fountain and fell in-to the water．A dove was watching from a tree nearby．She saw that the ant could not swim so she plucked off a leaf and threw it down to him．He managed to scramble onto it and in...
One cold，frosty day in the middle of winter a colony of ants was busy drying out some grains of corn which had grown damp during the wet autumn weather．A grasshopper，half dead with cold and hunger，came up to one of the ants．Please give me a...
A dog and a cock having struck up acquaintances，went out on their travels together．Nightfall found them in a forest；so the cock，flying up on a tree，perched among th6 branches，while the dog dozed below at the foot As the night passed and t...
A wolf once found a boy hiding behind a haystack，trembling with fright．Please don't eat me，pleaded the boy．I don't see why I shouldn't，replied the wolf．But if you can tell me three things that are really true，then will let you go． The...
