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五年级英语小故事
Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow
Once upon a time, an old farmer planted a plot of rice.
Everyday he
went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young
shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day. But still, he
thought
they were growing too slowly. He got impatient with the young
plants.
could the plants grow faster?He tossed in bed during
the night and could not sleep. Suddenly he hit upon an idea. He had
an idea not wait for daybreak. He jumped out of the bed and dashed
to the field. By the moonlight, he began working on the rice
seedlings. One by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch.
When he finished pulling, it was already morning. Straightening his
back, he said to himself,
taller the plants have grown one night!
went back home. He told his son what he had done in a triumphant
tone. His son was shocked. Now the sun had risen.

The young man was heart-broken to see all the pulled- up young
plants dying.

People now use
of those who are too eager to get something done only to make it
worse. The idiom is a bit like the English proverb makes
waste


拨苗助长
从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗后，便希望能早早收成。每天他
到稻田时，发觉那些稻

苗长得非常慢。

他等得不耐烦，心想：“怎么样才能使稻苗长得高，长很快
呢?

想了又想，他终了想到一个“最佳方法”，就是将稻苗拨高
几分。

经过一番辛劳后，他满意地扛锄头回家休息。心想：明天稻
苗长得一定更高了。

隔天早晨．一早起身，他迫不及待地起去稻田看他的“成果”。

哪知，他跑到稻田时，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。



Seven
Long ago there were two hunchbacks. One was kind but the
other was mean and spiteful. The two hunchbacks cold not work in
the village because everybody made fun of them; therefore they
went into the hills to cut wood. That is, the kind one cut all the wood
since the mean and spiteful one was very lazy and was always telling
his companion;
how sick I am today. It is better if you go and cut the
wood this week.
mountains and do all the work week after week.

One day, when the mean one had stayed at home as usual, the
good woodcutter worked very hard and was very tired. Since his
house was far away, he decided to camp near a small spring. About
midnight, the woodcutter heard someone singing. At first he thought
that somebody had camped near by but when he had listened to what

was being sung, he realized that the voices he heard were not human.

Very cautiously he arose and silently walked to the place where
the singing came from. Imagine his surprise when he saw a group of
fairies singing and dancing around a blazing fire.

Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday three,
Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday three.


That was all the fairies sang, they repeated the same line over
and over again. It seemed that it was the only song they knew. The
woodcutter then decided that he would talk to them. Naturally, as
soon as he heard them singing again, he went near the fire and the
fairies saw him at once.


come to bother us?


song will sound better this way.

Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday three,
Thursday and Friday and Saturday six.

Oh! The fairies were filled with joy. They noticed then that the
good woodcutter was a hunchback. They told him to kneel down and
with a magic wand touched his hump. Immediately it disappeared,
leaving him strong and strong





3Magic change

神奇变化

Gaga is a little duck. He is small, dirty and ugly. His friends
don’t like to play with him.

One day, Gaga walked behind his friends quietly(静悄悄
地).But his friends did not want him. Gaga was very sad and ran to
the river and cried loudly(大声地)。

Just then, a big beautiful bird heard(听见)him crying and flew
down(飞下来，落下来). She said, “Please don’t cry. Tell me, what
do you want? I can help you.”

Gaga told the truth(真相). The beautiful bird said, “OK, I can
help you to become a good-looking duck.” Then she took out a
blanket and put it on the duck’s body. She said something which the
little duck didn’t understand. Then she took away the blanket. There
stood (站立)a good-looking duck.

Gaga was very happy. He thanked the big bird and quickly went
to play with his friends.




4The Dog And The Shadow 狗和它的影子
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in
his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water, and took it for that of
another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He
therefore let go his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog, to get

his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at
in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the
stream swept it away.
一条狗嘴里叼块肉,来到一座桥上.它看见水里有自己的影子,
以为是另一条嘴里也叼着一块比自己
那块肉大一倍的狗.它忙丢下自己嘴里的那块肉,猛力地 攻击
水里的狗.试图去抢它的肉.结果,它两块肉都得不到. 因为那只是
一个影子,它自己的影子而已.真正的肉也被水冲走了.




5The Nice Wedding Gift
We attended the wedding of an acquaintance's son. Because we
did not know the young man or his bride, we decided to send them a
practical household gift, a fire extinguisher. Apparently, the couple
mass-produced their thank-you notes because we received a card
saying: Thank you very much for the nice wedding gift. We look
forward to using it soon.

漂亮的结婚礼物

< br>我们参加了一个熟人的儿子的婚礼。由于我们都不认识那个
年轻人和他的新娘，所以我们决定送给 他们一个实用的全家礼
----一个灭火器。很明显，这对新人大批量制作了他们的感谢信，
因 为我们收到了一张卡片，上面写着：“非常感谢您的漂亮的结
婚礼物，我们期待着不久就用到它。”



6The Dog And The Shadow 狗和它的影子
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in
his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water, and took it for that of
another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He
therefore let go his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog, to get
his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at
in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the
stream swept it away.
一条狗嘴里叼块肉,来到一座桥上.它看见水里有自己的影子, < br>以为是另一条嘴里也叼着一块比自己那块肉大一倍的狗.它忙丢
下自己嘴里的那块肉,猛力地攻击 水里的狗.试图去抢它的肉.结
果,它两块肉都得不到. 因为那只是一个影子,它自己的影子而已.
真正的肉也被水冲走了.

ANT AND THE DOVE 蚂蚁和鸽子

One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After
walking around for some time, she came to a spring（小溪）.

To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While
making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen
her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked off
a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The
ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it <开》
carried her safely to dry ground.

Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net
towards the dove, hoping to trap it.

Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on
the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was
quick to fly away to safety.


MORAL: One good turn deserves another.

8A Simple Gesture 举手之劳

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed
the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he
was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a
small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the
scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to
carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered the boy's
name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and
that he was having lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he
had just broken up with his girlfriend. They arrived at Bill's home
first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some

television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and
some shared small talk, then Mark went home. They continued to
see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then
both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same
high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the
long awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduation,
Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met.

day?
want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my
mothers sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide. But
after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized
that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so
many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked
up those books that day, you did a lot more, you saved my life.

-John W. Schlatter (true story)
9The Miser守财奴
A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which
he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went

to look at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to
the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered
the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the
lump of gold, and stole it. The Miser, on his next visit, found the
hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations.
A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause,
said,
the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you
quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not,
as you did not make the slightest use of it.
有个守财奴变卖了他所有的家产，换回了金块，并秘密地埋
在一个地方。他每天走去看 看他的宝藏。有个在附近放羊的牧
人留心观察，知道了真情，趁他走后，挖出金块拿走了。 守财
奴再来时，发现洞中的金块没有了，便捶胸痛哭。有个人见他如
此悲痛，问明原因后， 说道：“喂，朋友，别再难过了，那块金
子虽是你买来的，但并不是你真正拥有的。去拿一 块石头来，
代替金块放在洞里，只要你心里想着那是块金子，你就会很高兴。
这样与你拥有 真正的金块效果没什么不同。依我之见，你拥有
那金块时，也从没用过。”
这故事说明，一切财物如不使用等于没有。

10The Wolf and the Lamb 狼与小羊

WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not
to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the
Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him:
year you grossly insulted d the Lamb in a
mournful tone of voice,

not yet tasted grass.

mother's milk is both food and drink to me.
seized him and ate him up, saying,
even though you refute every one of my imputations.
The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

一只小羊在河边喝水，狼见到后 ，便想找一个名正言顺的借
口吃掉他。于是他跑到上游，恶狠狠地说小羊把河水搅浑浊了，
使他 喝不到清水。小羊回答说，他仅仅站在河边喝水，并且又在
下游，根本不可能把上游的水搅浑。狼见此计 不成，又说道：“我
父亲去年被你骂过。”小羊说，那时他还没有出生。狼对他说：

“不管你怎样辩解，反正我不会放过 你。”
这说明，对恶人做任何正当的辩解也是无效的。


11The Bat and the Weasels蝙蝠与黄鼠狼
A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel
pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was
by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was
not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the
Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel,
whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he
had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a
mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped.
It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
蝙蝠 掉落在地上，被黄鼠狼叼去，他请求饶命。黄鼠狼说绝
不会放过他，自己生来痛恨鸟类。蝙蝠说他是老鼠 ，不是鸟，便
被放了。后来蝙蝠又掉落了下来，被另一只黄鼠狼叼住，他再三
请求不要吃他。这 只黄鼠狼说他恨一切鼠类。蝙蝠改口说自己是
鸟类，并非老 鼠，又被放了。这样，蝙蝠两次改变了自己的名
字，终于死里逃生。
这故事说明，我们遇事要随机应变方能避免危险。

12The Ass and the Grasshopper 驴子与蚱蜢

AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly
enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody,
demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such
beautiful voices. They replied,
would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.
驴子听见蚱蜢唱歌，被美妙动听的歌声所打动，自己也想能
发出同样悦耳动听的声音，便 羡慕 地问他们吃些什么，才能发
出如此美妙的声音来。蚱蜢答道：“吃露水。”驴子便也只吃露水，
没多久就饿死了。
这个故事告诉人们不要企望非份之物。


13The Lion and the Mouse 狮子与报恩的老鼠

A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his
face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him,
when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: you would only
spare my life, I would be sure to repay your Lion
laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion

was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the
ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope
with his teeth and set him free, exclaiming:
ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you,
expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you
know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion.
狮子睡着了，有只老鼠跳到了他身上。狮子猛然站起来，把
他抓住，准备吃掉。老鼠请求饶命，并说 如果保住性命，必将报
恩，狮子轻蔑地笑了笑，便把他放走了。不久，狮子真的被老鼠
救了性命 。原来狮子被一个猎人抓获，并用绳索把他捆在一棵树
上。老鼠听到了他 的哀嚎，走过去咬断绳索，放走了狮子，并
说：
“你当时嘲笑我，不相信能得到我的报答， 现在可清楚了，
老鼠也能报恩。” 这故事说明，时运交替变更，强者也会有需要
弱者的时候。



14Fox and cock
One morning a fox sees a
think,

He comes up to the cock and says,
you can sing very you sing for me?''The
cock is closes his eyes and begins
to fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and
carries him away.
The people in the field see the cry,
is carrying the cock away.''The cock says to the fox,
understand?The people say you are carrying their cock
them it is theirs.''
The fox opens his mouth and says,cock is mine,not
yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the
tree.
狐狸和公鸡
一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。
他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知 道，你能唱得非常好听，你
能唱给我听么？濑户早妃”公鸡很高兴。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。
狐狸 看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。
在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么？人们
认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是 你的，不是他们的。”
狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，。
公鸡跑到了树底下。