少兒英語(yǔ)故事：四只老鼠

Once upon a time, there were four mice that lived in a wall in the field.

Summer was coming, and so the mice came out of the wall to collect berries, nuts, corn and straw. Everyone was working very hard, day and night.

Everyone was working very hard, except, Frederick.

“Why aren’t you working, Frederick?” his friends asked him. “oh,but I am.” Frederick told them. “I’m collecting the sunshine for the cold, dark winter.”

A few days later his friends asked him again “why aren’t you working,Frederick?” “Oh, but I am.” Frederick told them. “I’m collecting colors for the long, grey winter.”

A few days later his friends asked him again “why aren’t you working, Frederick?” “Oh, but I am.” Frederick told them. “I’m collecting words for the long, quiet winter.”

Soon, the first snow came, and the four mice went back into the wall.

They ate their berries and they ate their nuts and they ate their corn and they ate their straw. But time passed, and time passed, and soon there were no more berries, and soon there were no more nuts and soon there were no more corn and soon there were no more straw.

Now the winter was cold and dark, long and quiet. The mice were sad and hungry. Then they remembered Frederick.

“Hey, Frederick, can you show us what you collected for the winter.”

“Ok,” said Frederick, “close your eyes. Here is my sunshine for the cold, dark inter.” And Frederick began to tell his friends some stories, and the mice to feel warmer and warmer.

“Great, Frederick! How about the colors and the words?”

“Ok,” said Frederick, “close your eyes” and he told them about theblue skies, and he told them about the red poppies, and he told them about thegreen grass, and he told them about the purple berries, and he told them about theyellow corn of summer.

“That’s wonderful, Frederick, thank you.” Said the mice. “We’ve learnedsomething about you”, they told him.

What do you think they learned?

很久以前，在田野中的一筑圍墻里住著四只老鼠。

夏天來(lái)了，老鼠們走出墻外去收集漿果、堅(jiān)果、玉米粒和稻草。他們從早到晚玩

努力工作，除了弗雷德里克。

“弗雷德里克，你為什么不工作?”他的朋友們問(wèn)他。“我在工作吖。”弗雷德里克說(shuō),"我在為寒冷的深冬收集陽(yáng)光呢。”

幾天過(guò)后，他的朋友們?cè)僖淮螁?wèn)道，“弗雷德里克，你為什么不工作?”他的朋友們問(wèn)他。“我在工作吖。”弗雷德里克說(shuō),"我在為漫長(zhǎng)的灰白色冬天收集色彩呢。”

幾天過(guò)后，他的朋友們?cè)僖淮螁?wèn)道，“弗雷德里克，你為什么不工作?”他的朋友們問(wèn)他。“我在工作吖。”弗雷德里克說(shuō),"我在為漫長(zhǎng)寂靜的冬天收集言語(yǔ)呢。”

很快，第一場(chǎng)雪就到了，四只老鼠回到了洞中。他們吃著漿果、堅(jiān)果、玉米粒和稻草。但是隨著時(shí)間的推移，他們沒(méi)有漿果、堅(jiān)果、玉米粒和稻草這些吃的東西了。

現(xiàn)在冬天又冷又黑暗，漫長(zhǎng)又寂靜。老鼠們饑腸轆轆。這時(shí)候他們想起了弗雷德里克。

“嘿，弗雷德里克，能給我們看看你為冬天收集的東西嗎?”

"好的,"弗雷德里克說(shuō)，“閉上你們的眼睛。這里有我為寒冷冬天收集的陽(yáng)光。”

接著弗雷德里克為他的朋友們講故事，小老鼠們感覺(jué)越來(lái)越溫暖起來(lái)。

“ 很好，弗雷德里克!那么色彩和語(yǔ)言呢?”

"好的,"弗雷德里克說(shuō)，“閉上你們的眼睛。他開(kāi)始給他們夏天藍(lán)色的天空、紅色的罌粟花、綠色的小草、紫色的漿果和黃色的玉米粒。

“太棒了，弗雷德里克，謝謝你。”小老鼠們說(shuō)道。“我們跟你學(xué)到了很多東西。”