【VIP专享】初中英语小故事

1 Three Good FriendsOne day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.2 The Old Man and the Old CatAn old man has a cat. The cat is very old, too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening, the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it, but he can’t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away.The old man is very angry. He beats his cat. He says: “You are a fool cat. I will punish you!” the cat is very sad. He thinks：“When I was young, I worked hard for you. Now you don’t like me because I’m too old to work. You should know you are old, too.”3 Spring in the Green SeasonSpring is coming. Spring is the first season of the year. In China, spring comes in February. It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer. The days get longer and longer. The leaves on the trees begin to turn green. Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground. Spring is also sowing time season.4 Look for a FriendSam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn’t look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly. Sam is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. “Hello! Would you like to be my friend?” Sam answers: “Of course! But you are round. I am flat.” The round fish days: “But we are both fishes.”Sam thinks and says, “You are right. Let’s be friends.” They become good friends.5 The Hippo(河马) and IA hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much.I often go to see him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fine day. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quite as a rabbit.In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me. My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo. My mum lets me see him every week.6 Naughty MonkeyIt’s very hot.. An old man is asleep on the chair. A fly comes and sits on the end of the man’s nose.The old man has a naughty monkey. He chases(赶) the fly.The fly comes back again and sits on the old man’s nose again. The monkey chases it away again and again.This happens five or six times. The monkey is very angry. He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.When the fly sits on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone.He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose.7 The Panda in ChinaA panda looks like a little bear. It has black and white fur. It lives only in China, so it is called the national treasure of China and protected by the law.We all see panda on TV or in the zoo. They look stupid and walk slowly, but they are lovely and everyone likes them.A panda is lucky animal. We Chinese like it, and people of the world like it, too. Now there are China’s pandas in many other countries, such as Japan and the USA…A panda isn’t a common animal, it is bridge of friendship.8 A Clever FarmerUncle Sam doesn’t like farmer. He thinks they are very foolish and only know work on the farm.One winter morning, the sun is shining. Uncle Sam sits on the step of his house. At that moment,a farmer with a map in his hand comes to him.Farmer：Excuse me, Uncle. Can you tell me know to get to the hospital, please?Uncle Sam:Lie down in the middle of the street and you’ll soon be at a hospital.Farmer:Please set an example to me.Uncle Sam:I think you come to our city at the first time. It’s much more beautiful than the field. Is that right?Farmer: Yes, uncle. But it is built on the field.Uncle Sam’s face turns red.9 Where Is the Hat?Jack is a little goose. He has a lovely hat. He likes wearing it very much. But when he sits, his hat can’t stay on his head.He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat. When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same.He can’t find his hat. Where is it? Jack thinks hard. He looks up and down, and walks here and there. He can’t find his hat yet.At this time, his mother comes in. As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear! Don’t be foolish. Your hat is on your head.”Jack feels very foolish. He doesn’t want to wear his hat on his head.10 Two dogsA man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house. When he returns home after a day’s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat. The hound feels very angry. He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where I work very hard outside, you share my food.” “Don’t blame me, my friend. You should blame the master. He doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers.Don’t blame children for the mistakes of their parent11 The Sports Meeting in the ForestThere are many animals in the forest. Today is a fine day. Animals are having a sport meeting.Monkey, Fox, Panda, Rabbit and Bear are running. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and Monkey are the second. Bear is the third. The other animals are shouting, “Bear! Come on! Bear! Come on!” And look there, Duck and Pig are doing high jump. Pig is too fat, he can’t jump veryhigh. So Duck is the champion. Here! Cat and Squirrel(松鼠) are climbing a tree. Cat is ill. So he is the last, but he does his best.This sports meeting is wonderful. The animals are very happy!12 Big BenBig Ben is not the name of a man. It is a name of the clock. It is in London. London is the capital city of England. The big clock has four faces. So no matter where you stand, you can read the face of the clock. The hands are about four meter long.If you go to London, you may want to visit the house of the Parliament. In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the House of the Parliament. The big clock makes a very loud noise. “Ding dong. Ding dong”- the clock strikes（敲打）every quarter of an hour.13 Who Pours Ink on MyChair?Donny is a seven year old boy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time. But today, he is late. His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster’s office?”“Because the teacher asks us a question in class and nobody can answer it, but I can.” “It’s good to answer the teacher’s question.” “But the question is ‘Who pours ink on my chair?’”14 Outside GamesThere are many outside game like running, skating, swimming, horse-racing, hunting, flying kites, walking-races. Of course, football is an out game. Basketball, badminton and so on are also outside game. Some people like outside games, but others like indoor games. They like playing billiard, chess, cards, table tennis..Outdoor games invoke more and faster movement. Some active people like them. Indoor games are quiet and involve less movement.Do you like outside games or indoor game?15 Two Little MonkeysThe monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other.One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came running at them. The monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone. She climbed up a tree and held theyounger in her arms.After some time, the wolfwent away slowly. Themonkey took the baby out ofher arms. She was surprised tosee that the baby had died, forthe baby was held in arms toohighly. Very long time later,she remembered to look forthe older baby. The older babywas hiding in a wood. So hesaved himself.16 The King and His StoriesOnce there was a king. Helikes to write stories, but hisstories were not good. Aspeople were afraid of him,they all said his stories weregood.One day the king showedhis stories to a famous writer.He waited the writer to praisethese stories. But the writersaid his stories were so badthat he should throw them intofire. The king got very angry with him and senthim to prison.After some time, the king set him free. Againhe showed him some of his new stories and askedwhat he thought of them.After reading them, the writer at once turnedto the soldiers and said: “ Take me back to prison,please.”17 Which Skirt to Wear?Time is 8 years old, andfollows her own ideas. Whenher parents tell her to dosomething, she always doesn’tdo it.Today, she will go to afriend’s birthday party. She isnow choosing skirt to wear.She has three skirts: a blueskirt, a white one and a yellowone.She asks her father,“Which one is the best?” herfather says, “I think the blueone is the best.” Then she asksher mother, “Which one doyou think is the best?” Her mother answers, “ Thewhite one , of course!” Tina says, “Thank you.”Then she puts on the yellow shirt and goesout.18 Three FoxesOnce there were three foxes, they workedtogether. They lived a happy life. Little by little,the youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreledwith the other foxes. The eldest had to leave, andthe second fox was driven off, too. Looking at thewarm house with a lot of good food in it, theyoungest fox smiled. The eldest fox opened a newhill again. The second eldest fox dug a pool. Twoof them because rich soon. The youngest fox ateup the food left by the other two foxes. At last, itfelt so cold and hungry that it could not stand up.19 Naughty BrotherDonny is my little brother.He is a naughty boy.On Sunday morningDonny went into the yard andplayed with a dog. Sometimesa bird would come down tostay on the top’s of the dog’shouse. Then Donny threw astone at it. Suddenly the little boy began crying.Mother ran to Donny and asked him what waswrong. He said, “I’ve broken sister’s plate. Shehas beaten me.” “Why?” “I threw it at a bird, andit went straight to the plate.”Such was my naught brother.20 Mike and the Pot（锅）One day, Mike’s mother needed a pot. Sheasked Mike to borrow one from her friend. SoMike went to the friend’s house. She gave him abig pot. On the way home Mike put it down onthe road and looked at it. It was made of clay andhad three legs.Then he said to the pot, “You have three legsand I have only two. You can carry me for a fewminutes.” Then Mike sat down inside the pot. Butthe pot didn’t move.Mike got angry and broke it then carried thebroke pot home. His motherwas angry. “You are stupid.”She said. But Mike thought,“I’m not stupid. Only a stupidperson carried something withthree legs.”21 Sun the IceOnce a simpleton’s wife told him to buysome ice.Two hours later, he didn’t come back. Shewanted to know why he didn’t come back andwent out to have a look. She saw he was standingin the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting.“What’s the matter?” She asked him. “Whydon’t you bring it in?”“I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid thatyou would scold(责备) me so I’m running it dry.”The simpleton（傻子）answered.22 A Silly ManFred was going to school. When he passed apark, he saw a man sawing a big branch from atree. The man was on a ladder and the ladder wasagainst the big branch he was sawing. “Hi, it isdangerous.” Fred shouted. “After you cut off thebranch, you will fall, too.” But the man didn’tbelieve him, and said angrily,“Go away, you little thing. It’snone of your business.”Fred could do nothing, sohe left. He didn’t go far beforehe heard something crashed.He rushed back and found the man lying on theground.Fred asked some men for help. They carriedthe man to the hospital.23 Be careful what you wish for A couple had been married for 25 years andwere celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fellon the same day. During the celebration a fairy(仙女)appeared and said that because they had been sucha loving couple for all 25 years, she would givethem one wish each. The wife wanted to travel around the world.The fairy waved her hand, and boom! She had thetickets in her hand. Next, it was the husband's turn. He pausedfor a moment, and then said shyly, "well, I’dlike to have a woman 30 years younger than me."The fairy picked up her wand, and boom! he wasninety.24 The change for a rewardA lady lost her handbag.It was found by an honest littleboy and returned to her. Looking in her purse, she commented, "Hmmm... That's funny. When I lostmy bag there was a $20 bill in it. Now there aretwenty $1 bills." The boy quickly replied, "That's right, lady.The last time I found a lady's purse, she didn'thave any change for a reward."25 You're RightOnce Mr. Henry went to a small town withhigh mountains all around it. It was a quiet andcool place and some rich people liked to go therefor their holidays. A week later, before Mr. Henryleft the town, he paid thirty pounds for a parrot.When he came back, he began to teach the bird tospeak. He tried his best, but it learned only one sentence, “You're right.”He was disappointedand said to the bird angrily，“How foolish youare!” “You're right,” said the parrot. The next day Mr. Henry took the bird to themarket and wanted to sell it for eighty pounds.Before long a fat man came and looked at theparrot carefully. Then he asked, “How much is it,sir?” Mr. Henry didn't hurry to answer and said, “It's a clever bird, you know. It can speak and sing.” Then he said to the bird, “Are you really worth eighty pounds, my dear? “You're right,” said the parrot. The fat man liked it at once and bought it. When he took it home he asked it a lot of questions, but it could only say, “You are right.” He felt very sorry for it and said to himself angrily, “Why did I spend eighty pounds on such a foolish bird? What a fool I am! “You're right, answered the parrot. Hearing this, the man couldn't help laughing and set it free．26 A Funny Way to Make Friends“What’s the matter, Bob?” asks Mrs. White, “Why do you look so sad?”“Mum, I wish we can stay in New York. I have many friends there .We are new here, and I have no friend now.” Bob says.“You will soon make friends here,” says Mrs. White, “Wait and see!”At this time, someone is knocking at the door. Mrs. White opens it .A woman with a nice smilestands there.“Hello,” she says, “I’m Mrs. Green, I live next door.”“Come in, please,” says Mrs. White, “Bob and I are so glad to see you. Do you want any help?’“Yes, I come here to ask for two eggs,” says Mrs. Green, “I want to make a cake.”“You may have the eggs,” says Mrs. White, “But please sit down. Let’s have coffee and talk a little, OK?”In the afternoon, someone knocks at the door again. Mrs. White opens it. There stands a boy with a nice smile.“My name is Tom,” he says, “Mother gives you this cake and these two eggs.”“Well, thank you, Tom.” Says Mrs. White, “Come in and meet my son, Bob.”Tom and Bob are about the same age. Soon they are having the cake and milk.“Can you stay and play with me?” asks Bob.“Yes, I can stay an hour.” Tom says.“Let’s play football, OK?” says Bob, “I have a little dog. It will play with us. ”Tom doesn’t have a dog. He finds it is fun to play with Bob and the little dog.“I’m glad you live next door,” says Bob, “Now I have someone to play together.”“Mother says we will soon be good friends,” Tom answers.“I’m glad you mother wants two eggs, “says Bob.“She doesn’t really want the eggs,” Tom laughs, “She just wants to make friends with your mother!”Then Bob laughs, too. “That’s a funny way to make friends,” he says, “but it’s a nice way.”funny adj.有趣的sad adj. 忧愁的wish v.希望soon adv.不久wait v.等knock v.敲，击smile n.微笑funadj.（口语）有趣的really adv.真正地27 The Poor FrogThere is a big, fat frog living in a small pond. He knows every plant and stone in the pond very well, and he can swim across it easily. He is the biggest creature in the pond. The other small creatures always swim behind him. So he thinks he is too great, and very happy to live there.One day, when he is catching flies for breakfast, a beautiful dragonfly passes by. “You’rea very fine frog.” she says, “Why don’t you live in a bigger pond? Come to my pond. You’ll find a lot of frogs there. You’ll meet some nice fish, and you’ll see many beautiful flowers. Living in a big pond is wonderful!”“Now I find living in this small pond is dull,” the frog thinks. So he says to the dragonfly, “OK, I’ll go with you.”But when he begins to live in the big pond, he finds he doesn’t like it at all. It is full of strange plants. The fish don’t like him, and he is the smallest frog there…He is lonely and unhappy. He sits on a stone and says sadly to himself, “I don’t like living here. I think I’ll go home tomorrow.”But a hungry heron(鹭) flies down and catches him. The frog becomes the heron’s supper. What a poor frog!poor adj.可怜的beautiful adj.美丽的frog n.青蛙wonderful adj.奇妙的pond n.池塘dull adj.单调的请在每篇文章后标注完成时间初中英语阅读故事plant n.植物strange adj. 陌生的stone n.石头lonely adj.孤单的across prep.穿过heron n.苍鹭live v.生活dragonfly n.蜻蜓fly n.苍蝇pass v.经过28 A Telephone CallOne Sunday morning,Mrs. Green is waiting for animportant telephone call, butshe remembers she has nobread in the house, so sheleaves her baby Kate at homeand says to her five-year-oldson, Jim, “I am going to thesupermarket, Jim, and I willcome back in a few minutes.”But when she’s out, thetelephone rings and Jimanswers.“Hello!” says a man “Isyour mother there?”“No,” answers Jim.“Well, when she comesback, please say to her, ‘Mr.Wilson telephoned.”“What?”“Mr. Wilson. Write it down, W-I-L-S-O-N.”“How to write a W?”“How to write…? Listen, little boy, is thereanyone else with you? Any brothers or sisters?”“My sister Kate is here.”“OK, I want to talk to her, please.”“All right,” Jim takes the telephone to thebaby’s bed and gives it to Kate.When their mother comes back, she asks,“Did anyone telephone?”“Yes,” says Jim, “A man .But he only wantsto talk to Kate.”important adj. 重要的remember v.记起ring v.（使）鸣，（使）响29 Unity Is StrengthOne day, a little lamb isdrinking water from the rivernear his house. A wolf seeshim and wants to eat him. Sothe wolf comes to the lamband shouts:“How dare you drinkfrom my river? I’m going toeat you tonight!”The lamb is very afraid and begins to cry.“Why are you crying?” ask the lamb’sfriends.“The wolf is going to eat me tonight,” saysthe lamb.“Don’t worry, we will help you,” the friendssay.At night, the little cat hides behind the treenear the lamb’s house. The little dog hides behindthe door. The little horse and the little elephantstand behind the house.At eight o’clock, the wolf comes to thelamb’s house.“It’s so dark. I can’t see anything,” says thewolf, “Well, I’ll light my candle.” The wolf walksto the tree; he wants to lightthe candle behind the tree.At this time, the little catjumps out and scratches thewolf’s face. The wolf wants torun away. The little dog runsout from the house and bitesthe wolf’s leg. Then the littlehorse kicks the wolf. Finally,the little elephant throws thewolf into the river with his long nose.The little lamb, the little cat, the little dog,the little horse and the little elephant all laugh.They know: Unity is strength. They will be goodfriends forever.unity n.团结strength n.力量lamb n.羔羊wolf n.狼shout v.大叫dare v.敢tonight n.今晚afraid adj.恐惧的hide v.隐藏horse n.马elephant n.象candle n.蜡烛scratch v.抓bite v.咬kick v.踢finally adv.终于，最后laugh v.大笑forever adv.永远地30 The Cat and the TigerA cat and a tiger are good friends; theyusually talk to each other and play together. Theylook the same .But the cat isvery small, and the tiger isvery big.They hunt food in thesame way. The cat is a goodhunter, but the tiger isn’t.Every day the cat can findsomething to eat, but the tiger can’t .Some daysthe tiger can’t find any food at all.One day, the tiger goes to see the cat. Hesays, “Friend Cat, I want your help. I am biggerthan you, but I can’t hunt as well as you. Can youteach me?”The cat thinks for a long time. At last he says,“Well, Friend Tiger, I will teach you to be a goodhunter.”Day after day he teaches the tiger. Heteaches him how to hide in a tree. He teaches himhow to walk very, very quietly. He teaches himhow to jump ahead. He teaches him how to runvery fast.The cat is a god teacher, and the tiger learnsfast.At last the cat says, “Friend Tiger, I do nothave any more tricks.”The tiger begins to think. He says to himself,“The cat can not teach me anything else. I may aswell eat him up.”Fast as he can, the tiger jumps at the cat. Butjust as fast, the cat climbs upthe tree! The tiger lands on hisface! The tiger is mad!“You don’t teach me that,” says the tiger,” Ido not know how to climb up a tree!”The cat laughs. “Do you think I will teachyou all my tricks? I am small, but I’m not silly!”And the cat doesn’t teach the tiger anythingelse.tiger n. 老虎together adv.一起way n.方法hunt v.猎取hunter n.猎人bigger adj.更大的than conj.比quietly adv.安静地ahead adv.在前面fast adj.快的last n.最终trick n.技巧，恶作剧land v.到达mad adj.疯狂的silly adj.愚蠢的．31 How Much Is One Apple?Bill is seven years old. He is a clever boyand a good student. He can work out all theproblems in his books quickly. And his favoritesubject is math.One day, on his way to school, Bill passes afruit shop. There is a small blackboard at the doorof the shop, and it says, “Apples-six for fivedollars.”An idea comes to Bill. Hegoes into the shop.“How much are the apples?” he asks the shop assistant.“Six for five dollars.”“But I don’t want six apples.”“How many apples do you want?”“It’s not a question of how many apples I want. It is a problem about math.”“What do you mean? Asks the shop assistant.“Well , if six apples are five dollars, then five apples are worth four dollars, four apples are worth three dollars, three apples are worth two dollars, two apples are worth one dollar, and one apple is worth nothing. It’s not necessary for me to pay you.”Bill picks out a good apple, and begins to eat and walks happily out of the shop. The shop assistant looks at the young boy with such surprise that he cannot say a word.clever adj.聪明的problem n.问题subject n.学科idea n.想法surprise v.惊讶mean v.意指worth adj.值得的necessary adj.必需的dollar n.元(美元或加拿大元)32 The Soldier and the WitchOne day, a soldier meets a witch. The witch saysto the soldier, “Could you help me, young man?Climb up that big tree. When you reach the top ofthe tree, you will find a lot of money there. Youcan take as much as you want.”“But what shall I give you?” asks the soldier,“Surely you are not doing this for nothing.”“I only want a small red box,” answers thewitch, “My grandmother put it there last time.With the help of the witch, the soldier getslots of money. He also gets the red box.“What do you want do with the box?” asksthe soldier.“It’s none of your business,” answers thewitch, “You have your money. Give me my redbox.” The soldier doesn’t give her the box.Instead, he kills the witch.Then the soldier goes back to his hometown,and becomes a rich man.But soon he spends all his money andbecomes a poor man. The soldier thinks of the redbox and opens it .There is nothing in it .But soona big dog appears. It stands before him and says,“What can I do for you?”The soldier asks for a lotof things and becomes rich again.One day, the soldier sees the Princess, She isvery beautiful. The soldier loves her. He asks hisdog to steal her at night.The next morning, someone hears thePrincess crying in the soldier’s house. The Kingknows this, so he kills the soldier angrily that day.witch n.巫婆reach v.到达top n.顶部shall v.将要surely adv.无疑地princess n.公主matter n.事情instead adv.代替kill v.杀死hometown n.家乡become v.变成rich adj.有钱的steal v.偷hear v.听king n.国王angry adj.生气的33 The Businessman and His SonsThere is a very successful businessman. Oneday, after he does all the work, he suddenly feelsvery tired. He finds he is old. He thinks for a longtime, and decides to give all his business to one ofhis sons. Then he may have a good rest. But theson must be the cleverest one.The businessman has three sons. He callsthree sons to him when hecomes back home.“I will give my business to one of you, but I want to test you. This is an empty room in our home. You must buy something to fill it. The one who use the least money will take my business,” he says.“It’s a big room.” Says the eldest son.“I will spend at least one hundred Yuan.” says the second son.The youngest son says nothing. He thinks for a moment and says, “Come on, brothers, let’s go to the market.”The eldest son buys a lot of sand to fill up the room. He spends two hundred Yuan.The second son buys straw back home. He spends one hundred Yuan.The youngest son buys a candle and brings it home. He spends only one Yuan.His brothers ask him, “What good is a candle?”“Wait and see,” says the youngest brother. He lights the candle and the room is “full” right now, from wall to wall, form ceiling to floor, fills with light.The old businessman says happily, “My youngest son is indeed the cleverest of all!”At last, the businessman leaves all his business to the youngest son.successful adj.成功的suddenly adv.突然地feel v.感觉tired adj.疲倦的decide v.决定test v.检验fill v.充满least adj.最少的eldest adj.最年长的spend v.花费second adj.第二的straw n.稻草moment n.时刻，时候sand n.沙ceiling n.天花板34 Whose Dog?Two beggars are walking on a quiet road. A sad-looking dog is following them.“What a bad day, Joe,” one beggar says, “Today we don’t have any money and we can’t have anything to eat.”“We will find something.” The other beggar says cheerfully.At the moment, a car is coming to them very quickly, the two beggars move away quickly, but the dog still stays in the middle of the road. The driver tries to stop the car, but it is too late. The car hits the dog and kills it. The driver getsout of the car and goes to the two beggars.“Poor little dog.” one of the beggars says sadly.“I’m sorry,” the driver says, “I try to avoid your dog but it is too late.” Then he takes his wallet and gives twenty dollars to the beggars.“Is that all right?” the driver asks.“Yes, thank you, sir.” the first beggar says.The driver gets into the car and drives away.“Poor little dog.” the first beggar puts the money into his pocket.“Whose dog is it?” the other beggar asks.“I don’t know.” the first beggar says. beggar n.乞丐road n.路cheerfully adv.兴高采烈地move v.移动away adv.离开try v.尝试sadly adv.伤心地hit v.撞，击中avoid v.避开wallet n.钱包pocket n.口袋35 The Stolen SmellsThere is a poor student who lives in a small town. He has very little money and has to live in a small room near a restaurant. His room is near the kitchen. The restaurant owner is a very selfish。