隽永英文小故事 (2)
A Faithful Dog
Neil loves to travel and he was so fond of forests. Whenever he plans for a
holiday, he would choose a place that is blessed by Mother Nature. To celebrate his
son’s second birthday, he decided to stay and enjoy the celebration in woods,
located at the lap of a mountain. He with his family and friends, reached the village
located near the woods and had his stay in the cottage. The cottage was located at
the entrance of the dense forest, where the guests can view animals roaming in the
nearby place.
Neil’s son saw a dog at the door and offered him a biscuit. The dog was happy
and very soon the little boy befriended the dog. On second day, the birthday of the
boy was celebrated grandly in the woods within beautiful nature. The dog did not
leave the boy even for a minute and they both became close pals.
The next day, Neil, his wife and others decided to go for hunting in the forest
and arranged a babysitter to take care of the little for half a day.
After 3 hours, all the elders returned to the cottage and they seemed very tired.
The dog saw Neil and others, it rushed to them and licked Neil’s shoes. The cottage
was open and nobody was there. Neil’s wife was shocked to see the blood
stains in the dog’s mouth and she shouted. All of them thought that the dog has
killed Neil’s little boy. Everyone was shocked to see the blood-spattered mouth and
started to lash the dog. The dog screamed in pain. Neil hit the dog with his gun and
it was wounded badly. Hearing the dog’s screaming noise, the babysitter rushed to
the entrance with Neil’s son.
They were all speechless and enquired what happened to the dog and why
blood stains in the dog’s mouth was?
The babysitter told that the boy was about to get attacked by a wolf which
roamed around the house, but luckily it was killed by the dog. She showed the dead
wolf to them.
They felt so bad and offered first aid to the wounded dog.
Haste makes waste! Decisions made in hurry won’t be helpful.
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The Old Man, His Young Wife and The Thief
Once, a rich merchant lived in a town. Even though he owned a big house, he
lived alone. His wife died a few years ago due to an accident. He was a widower
and had become an old man. He would feel lonely every day and even during the
night. He, therefore, decided to get married again. He persuaded a poor old man
and convinced him to give his daughter’s hand in marriage.
He finally got married to a young and beautiful girl. However, the young girl
did not like the old merchant at all. She would not even look at him. She hated that
he was very old. The old merchant would bring gifts, crack jokes and provide all
the luxuries just to please his young wife. In spite of his best efforts, he was unable
to make his wife like him. Finally, one day he realized that his young wife did not
隽永英文小故事 (116)
1 Swapping Places
This is the Folktale Story of "The Husband Who Minded the House". It has
been re-imaged into the folktale of "Swapping Places". It is brought to you by
Stories to Grow by.
In a small farm in Norway there lived a young man and his wife who loved
each other very much. But if you could see them at home, well, it may not be so
easy for you to tell.
One day, the husband came home and looked about. He did not like what he
saw.
“This place is a mess!” he said.
“What do you expect?” said his wife. “There is yarn to spin and dinner to be
made. Our house is small. And we have a baby to watch.”
“It looks like the cow walked right through here!” he said.
“What if she did?” said the wife. “It would not be the first time.”
“It looks like the cow walked right through here!” he said.
“When I come home,” he said, “our place should look better than this! I
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Los Angeles Coroner's Office
In Los Angeles, places associated with death are often popular. One such
popular place is the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. When someone
dies and the cause of death is undetermined or suspicious, the body is brought
here for examination. It is the coroner's job to determine the time, cause, and
manner of death. Sometimes the coroner will have to perform an autopsy, which is
like an operation on a dead body to try to figure out how the person died. One of
the reasons the L.A. Coroner's Office is so popular is because of the number of
famous people who have been examined there. Some of those people include
Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston.
The Los Angeles Coroner's Office is so popular that there is even a gift
shop where visitors can buy items like shirts, caps, and mugs with the Coroner's
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1 The Lion, the Camel, the Jackal and the Crow
There was once a jungle that was ruled by a lion called Madotkata, who had a
leopard, a jackal and a crow at his service, along with other animals.
As they did regularly, they were wandering about the jungle one day, when the
lion saw a camel at a distance. This camel had separated from its caravan and was
feeding itself on the green grass of the jungle.
The lion took a fancy on this animal that he had not seen before, "Let us go and
ask this extraordinary animal, where he comes from."
The crow, who flies to far-off places was aware and replied, "Master, it is called
a camel and this animal lives in villages. The flesh of this animal tastes good, let us
kill it and eat it."
But the lion disagreed, "He does not belong to the jungle, so he is our guest. I
隽永英文小故事 (204)
The Oil Change
Darwin was about to give his 1992 Buick Regal to his girlfriend's son, Gilroy.
But before doing that, Darwin had to make sure the car was safe. If anything was
wrong with the car and it caused Gilroy to be injured, Darwin would in turn be
injured—by Gilroy's mom!
Darwin made a list of things to do for Moe, his mechanic. Change the oil and
oil filter, which Moe recommended every 3,000 miles or six months, whichever
came first. Check the front and rear brakes. Adjust the brakes so that the brake
pedal didn't feel so mushy. Change the radiator coolant and transmission fluid.
Check all the belts. Check the spark plugs and ignition wires. Replace the PCV
valve. Repair the slow leak in the left front tire. Finally, the note said, call Darwin
if anything else needed fixing.
Darwin would check the air filter himself. That filter was easy to check and to
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Godden Windows
Little Molly lived in a small beautiful town. Her tiny house is constructed on
the banks of a beautiful river, near the mountain. She was the only daughter for her
parent. Although they weren’t very rich, they lived happily.
Her house was surrounded by huge trees and beautiful plants. It was a single
bedded house, made of woods. Molly did not like her house very much. She felt
that the house was too small and not very neat. Little molly was very fond of the
mountain. The steep and sloppy mountain had a beautiful but abandoned castle like
home with golden windows.
Yes, she liked the home on top of the mountain because of the glittering
golden windows. The windows sparkled and glazed so beautifully that little Molly
was completely mesmerized.
She went crazy for that the glittering golden windows and she started to hate
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Health is Wealth
Once upon a time, there lived a generous and kind-hearted king. But the people
weren’t happy with their king because the king was very lazy and would not do
anything other than eating and sleeping.
He spent days and weeks and months in his bed either eating something or
sleeping. The king became a potato couch and the people started to worry about the
king.
One day, the king realized that he couldn’t even move his body, not even his
foot. He became very fat and his enemies made fun of him, calling him ‘fatty king’,
‘bulky king’ etc.
The king invited expert doctors from various parts of his country and offered
them generous rewards to make him fit. Unfortunately, none could help the king
gain his health and fitness. The king spent enormous amounts of money but
everything went in vain.
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My love story
Maene 11th class se coaching Jana chalu Kiya for medical entrance. I belong to
a small town. And my coaching was in a city. So there was a girl , she was really
beautiful with a sweet voice. She belonged to a rich family I think but still she was
so kind. It was so obvious to fall for such a girl so I was also one of them. Yes there
were many. As I belongs to a small town I had a sort of inferiority complex that
how would such girl can choose me it was impossible. Time moved on and she got
a boyfriend. I was not hurt as I thought she is not for me it was ok for me. I never
thought of girls except for her. And she was somebody else’s. So I got into studies.
An year passed still single without any female friend. It’s unbelievable but true
I think I don’t have good looks. Then came 12th class a burden from society and
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Hired Himself Out for Ten Cents
I KNOW a dear boy and have known him from the time he was a lovely babe
in the arms of his lady mother.
Many of our valued friends who were reared in most comfortable
circumstances, left all for the Gospel's sake, and in their homes here in Zion have
been far differently situated as to incomes and conveniences. It was the case with
this family.
There was a sweet little sister about three months old, the delight of the house. She
was often restless with pain, and this distressed my hero, who was about seven
years of age, and he was very anxious to know of something that would do her
good. A lady who was making a call said, " If the baby had some pepper-mint, it
would cure all that." The boy slipped quietly out of the room, and was seen no
more that day until sundown, when he entered the house with a bright smile and
隽永英文小故事 (88)
On the way to the Sun
HE had journeyed a long way, and was very tired. It seemed like a dream when
he stood up after a sleep in the field, and looked over the wall, and saw the garden,
and the flowers, and the children playing all about. He looked at the long road
behind him, at the dark wood and the barren hills; it was the world to which he
belonged. He looked at the garden before him, at the big house, and the terrace, and
the steps that led down to the smooth lawn it was the world which belonged to the
children.
“Poor boy," said the elder child, "I will get you something to eat."
“But where did he come from? “the gardener asked.
"We do not know," the child answered; "but he is very hungry, and mother says
we may give him some food."
"I will take him some milk," said the little one; in one hand she carried a mug