The Pot Calling the Kettle Black I have spent a lot of time and effort，stated King Hui of the state of Liang，on governing my country．When there is a bad harvest in Henei，north of the Yellow River，I evacuate the people there to Hedong，east...
The Fox and the Lion A fox who had never seen a lion，when by chance he met him for the first time，was so terrified that he almost died of fright．When he met him the second time，he was still afraid，but managed to disguise his fear． When he...
The End of the Trial Here! cried Alice, and she stood up. She did not remember that she had been growing. When she stood up, the chairs and tables and other things and the people in the court room fell about here, there, and everywhere. Alice put the...
Who Stole the Tarts? The King and Queen of Hearts were sitting down, and the trial was ready to begin when Alice went into the courtroom. Alice had never been in a courtroom, but she had seen pictures of courts, and she knew something about them from...
Croquet With the Queen The prettiest flowers in the garden were the roses. There were some on a small tree. Alice stopped to look at them. They were white roses, but three gardeners were working hard, trying to make them red. Why are they doing that?...
At the Tea Table There was a tree in front of the house. A big table under the tree had places for a lot of people, but there were only three at it: the Hatter, the March Hare, and a dormouse. The Dormouse was asleep, and the other two were sitting v...
Pig and Pepper When Alice was not too big to go through the door, she went up to it. The house was very noisy in- side. There's no bell, she told herself, and nobody would hear a bell. There's too much noise.She opened the door and went in. She wante...
The Caterpillar The Caterpillar looked at Alice and said nothing. Perhaps it doesn't speak', Alice thought. But at last it did speak. Who are you? it asked. It was a hard question. Alice answered, but not very quickly: I--I don't know. I knew who I w...
The White Rabbit's House It was not the Mouse. It was the White Rabbit. He was looking everywhere, and she heard him saying, The Duchess! The Duchess! She'll be so angry! Oh, where are they? Where did they fall?Alice knew that he was looking for the...
A Caucus Race Alice was very cold after being in the pool, and all the animals and birds were cold and unhappy. Alice did not wonder about it when they began to speak to her. The best thing if you are cold, the Dodo said, is to have a race--a Caucus...
The Pool of Tears Alice grew bigger. How quickly I'm growing! she said. And then, Oh! she cried, as her head hit the ceiling. I must go into that garden, she thought. This hall is too small for me now.She took the little golden key and went quickly t...
Down the Rabbit Hole Alice and her big sister were sitting on the grass. Her sister was reading a book, but Alice had nothing to read. She looked at her sister's book again. There were no pictures in it. What good is a book without pictures? She wond...
The Man Born to be KingⅠ There was once a king who had great power and was very rich. One day a little old man came to his court. This old man had clear blue eyes. People said that he had the power to read the lives of men in the stars. The King sa...
The Magic MillA long time ago, far, far away, there lived two brothers. One of them was quite rich; the other was very poor. The rich brother lived on a little island; he was a seller of salt. He had sold salt for many years and had got a great deal...
The White Duck The little white duck was sleeping under a tree in a wood. There were some nuts on the tree. While Mrs. Duck was sleeping, one of the nuts fell off the tree and hit her on the head. Mrs. Duck woke up very afraid. Oh! she said. Somebody...
