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英文短文故事欣赏 有礼貌的兔子 Once upon a time, there was a humble rabbit who had very good manners. One day, he wentto a farm to eat some vegetables. When his stomach was full he thought of leaving.Unexpectedly, he met a fox. 从前有一只兔子，它非常谦虚，待人处世也彬彬有礼。有一 天，它到农民的菜园里去摘菜吃。当它把肚子填得胀鼓鼓的，正 准备离开时，遇到了一只狐狸。 The fox was on his way back to the forest. In fact, he tried to steal a chicken but in vain. 这只狐狸正要返回森林。原本它是想到农家院子里去偷只鸡 来，结果一无所获。 He was starving! When the rabbit saw the fox, he was very frightened. He swiftly ran to acave. Nevertheless, he felt that without permission he should not enter anyones home. 它肚子饿极了。 兔子见到狐狸，心里一惊，连忙飞快地跑向一个山洞。它知 道未经许可不能随便进入别人的地方， I shall greet the cave before I go in, he thought. Thus, he said politely, Dear Cave, how areYou? May I come in? The big snake inside was so pleased to hear the voice of the rabbit thathe said, ¨应当先跟山洞打个招呼，” 兔子想。于是兔子彬彬有礼地说：¨亲爱的山洞，你好啊!我可以 进来吗?” 洞里的蛇听出这是兔子的声音，真是喜出望外，便回应道： Hurry up and come in At once the rabbit knew who was inside the cave. Excuse me, he said, I think my mother is waiting for me at home. Farewell now The rabbit swiftly turned anddashed off. ¨欢迎!快进来吧! 兔子一听声音就知道洞里是谁了。 ¨请原谅，¨兔子说，¨我想我妈妈还在家里等我呢!再见!¨ 兔子一拔腿，便跑得不见踪影。 The big snake curled himself up in the cave, feeling very frustrated He said. Such a polite rabbitI shouldn’t have answered him at all 蛇在洞里缩成一团，懊丧地说：¨这只有礼貌的兔子，我真不该应声啊!¨ 男孩和钉子 There once was a little boy who had a bad temper .His father gave him a bag of nails and toldhim that erevy time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. 从前，有个小男孩儿，脾气很坏。他的父亲给了他一包钉子，并告诉他每次发脾气时，就用锤子把一根钉子钉在篱笆上。 The first day,the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.Over the next few weeks,as he learnedto control his anger.the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.Hediscovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails to the fence. 第一天，男孩儿钉了37根钉子。接下来的几个星期，他学会了控制自己的脾气，每天钉的钉子数目逐渐减少了。他