高年級-1
The Nightingale
There is a
nightingale living in the palace. It is plain, but it sings really beautifully.
The Chinese emperor likes to hear it sing. One day, someone sends a beautiful
toy nightingale to the emperor. It can sing like the real one. The emperor
doesn’t listen to the real nightingale sing anymore, so it flies away.
One day, the emperor is very sick. He opens
his eyes and sees Death sitting on his bed. He’s so scared. Suddenly, they hear
some sweet music. The nightingale flies back and sings. Death is touched, so he
leaves.
“How can I thank you for saving my life?” asks
the emperor. “I can’t forget the tears in your eyes when you heard me singing
the first time. That’s the best gift for me,” says the nightingale. “Then
please come back,” says the emperor. “Sorry, but I like to live in the forest
and sing for everyone. I can come back any time and sing to you outside your
window,” says the nightingale.
The Ugly Duckling
One day, the ugly
duckling wants to go swimming with his brothers and sisters. One of the
ducklings laughs at him and says, “You’re big and ugly.” “Go away! We don’t
want to play with you,” says another duckling.
The ugly duckling feels very sad and
leaves his home. He walks and walks. On the way, he meets a chicken, a cat, and
some ducks. Everyone thinks he’s ugly. No one wants to make friends with him.
The spring comes. One day, the ugly
duckling walks to a pond. There he sees some swans. “They are really the most
beautiful birds in the world,” thinks the ugly duckling. He looks at the swans
and decides to walk to them. As he walks into the pond, he sees himself in the
water. To his surprise, he is not an ugly duckling anymore. He is a beautiful
swan now. The other swans come to greet him. He is so happy.
The Emperor’s New Suit
An emperor likes
to wear new clothes. One day, two men come and say, “We can make magic clothes.
Only smart people can see them and feel them.” The emperor asks them to make a
new suit for him. He will show it to his people in a parade.
A few days later, the emperor goes to see
his new clothes before the parade. “Here are your new clothes. Please try them
on,” say the two men. The emperor looks in the mirror and sees himself without
anything on. “They’re beautiful,” says the emperor. He doesn’t want anyone to
think he isn’t smart.
Lots of people wait to see the emperor’s
new clothes. They see the emperor walking down the street without anything on.
People still shout “Hurray!” for the emperor because no one wants the others to
think he isn’t smart.
“But the emperor has no clothes on at
all,” shouts a boy. At first, people are quiet. After a while, they start to
laugh. The emperor is very embarrassed. He knows the boy is right.
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