小学英语经典诵读二(5篇)

6 How did Mosquitoes come about?

Long ago, there lived a huge monster. The monster looked like a human, but had a large body and much hatches eye was in the middle of his forehead. People wearer really afraid of this monster. That is because the monster ate up people. The people did not go neat the woods where the monster lived. One day, a young hunter went hunting in the woods where the monster lived. He did not know that the monster lived there. He ran into the monster. The brave hunter took out his arrow and shot the monster. The monster did not feel any pain and attacked the hunter.” How come he got shot, but he is alright..."The hunter shot a few more arrows, but the monster was not injured at all. The hunter only had one arrow left.” That monster has to have a weak spot.Right! It must be that eye.” The hunter shot his last arrow to the monster's eye. The monster was hit. It screamed and fell. The hunter barely killed the monster and realized it was the monster that people feared.” This monster has to be burned so it won't ever bother people again."Thr hunter made a fire and turned the monster into ashes.Suddenly, a strong wind came and the ashes turned into an insect. The insect attacked the hunter and began sucking his blood. The hunter ran away from the insect.

7 A Lantern for Others

A man was wandering along in the night. “Oh, it is so dark, I can’t see.” The man felt his way along a wall and walked along carefully. He discovered a person coming in the distance with a lantern. “Oh, good. If I go with that person, I will be able to see well.” The wanderer waited for the person with the lantern, but the person with the lantern was coming carefully with a cane. The man thought this was strange. “Why is he coming carefully with a cane even when he has a lantern?” The man slowly became angry as he waited, “He has a lantern, why is he so slow?” The man with the lantern appeared and the man asked angrily, “You have a lantern, why are you walking so slowly?” The owner of the lantern said, “As you can see, I’m blind. That is why I use this cane to walk.” The man laughed when he heard this, “Ha, ha, ha. You’re blind? Then why do you carry a lantern? You don’t need a lantern if you can’t see.” The man snickered at the person holding the lantern. The man with the lantern answered, “Yes, I can’t see. And this lantern cannot help me, but I prepared this lantern for people like you who can’t see at night. I know better than anyone else how it feels when you cannot see. I carry this lantern to help others in the dark.” The man was moved by what the other man said and he hung his head for a long time. He apologized and walked along with the other man holding his hands.

8 The Turtle that Carries a House

Around do you know why the turtle carries a heavy shell around? That is the turtle’s house. Let’s find out why the turtle carries around a heavy house. The mountain god held a party one day.” I am holding a party today. All animals come and enjoy the party.” The animals heard of the party and all came. They sang and danced and showed off their talents. But the turtle did not go to the party. “Hmph. What a pain. I won’t go to the party.” The turtle felt bothered to go to the party. It stayed at home all day rolling about. The mountain god realized the turtle had n ot come.” Why isn’t the turtle here?” The fox answered. “The turtle did not come, sir.” What? How dare he is. Tell the turtle to come see me tomorrow.” The next day, the turtle went to the mountain god. “Why didn’t you come to my party?” The turtle answere d with a frustrated voice.” I like my home better than such parties.” The mountain god was very angry when he heard this.” Is that so? Then I’ll let you stay at home all the time.” A very heavy shell formed on the turtle’s back. From then on, the turtle had to carry his house on his back.

9 The Foolish Fox

A hungry fox was hovering about the vineyard. “Oh dear. If I don’t go beyond that fence, I won’t be able to eat those grapes.” The fox tried to crawl under the fence, but he was too big to go th rough.” Right. If I starve a few days, I should be able to go through that fence.” The fox starved for three days and lost weight. The fox was finally able to crawl under the fence.” a ha. I am so smart. Now I can eat those delicious grapes.” The fox boast ed of his brains and ate up the grapes.” Yummy. This is so good. I am so hungry after starving for three days.” The fox jumped around the vineyard and ate all the grapes he wanted. The fox’s body became fat like before.” I am so full. I ate too much. So wh at. I am glad I was able to eat those delicious grapes.” I should leave now.” The fox tried to crawl under the fence again. What do you think happened? The fox could not go through the fence. “Huh? What happened? Why can’t I go through the fence?” The fox had eaten so much he gained all his weight back and could not make it past the fence. The fox realized what the problem was and he had to starve for three days again after starving the fox was able to get through the fence again. The fox was mumbled as he looks at the vineyard. “Hmph. I can’t believe I have to starve again like this.” The fox regretted at being foolish. He returned home with a growling stomach.

10 The Boy Who Cried Wolf

In the country far away, there lived a shepherded boy. The shepherded boys were bored watching sheep. “Oh^ I am so bored, I am always alone. Isn’t there anything exciting?” The boy wondered if there was anything fun to do.” I’m so bored, maybe I should tease other people.” The boy cried out lound. “Wolf! Wolf!” The villagers working in the fields came running (out).“What? Wolf? Where?” However, there is no wolf in sight. “Hee he, I lied. I was just bored.” What! You bad boy. You surprised us. Don’t do that again.” The villagers complained and returned to their work. However, the boy was very happy when he saw the villagers come running. “Hee he… Look at how surprised they were. This is so fun.” The next day the boy lied again.” It’s a really huge wolf! Help!” The villagers come running again. However, they were very upset when they found out the boy laid again.” You bad boy, lie like that again. We won’t believe you again.” The villagers complained and went back to work, but the boy was happy. However, some time later, a wolf really appeared. The boy was surprised and yell ed out.” Wolf! Wolf! A wolf has really appeared.” However, the villagers continued to go on with their work. “Hmph, we won’t fall for your lie again. Not this time.” Nobody showed up and the boy yelled out louder. However, the villagers thought he was lying again and nobody came to help him. The lying shepherded boy was eaten up by the wolf with all his sheep.