A Beautiful DollTina is a lovely girl. She has a lot of dolls. One of these dolls is very beautiful. She has long blond hair and wears a white dress. The little girl likes her very much. She called her Sandy. You would forget all the sad things and b...
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...
The pig WatermelonIn spring, the mother pig took the little pig LuLu to the foot of the mountain. They planted some watermelon. When summer came, there were many big round watermelons in the field. One day, the sun was burning like a fire, it was ter...
The Bathing BoyOne day, Tom is bathing in a river. He doesn't swim well and will be drown. He calls out loud for help. A man is just passing by. He doesn't help the boy, but stands by and says to him. How imprudent you are! It is dangerous to bath in...
The Flea, the Grasshopper, and the Skipjack once wanted to see which of them could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and whoever else would come, to see the grand sight. And there the three famous jumpers were met together in the room。...
Between Macedon and Thessaly of eastern Greece there stood a high mountain.Its cloudy top rushed into the very heavens.On the top of the mountain, the home of the gods was bathed in brightness. At Olympus Zeus ruled as the father of gods and men. Zeu...
Palladium雅典娜的神像PalladiumWhen Ilus had first built his new seat,the city of Troy, he prayed Zeus to show some sign of blessing for it. His prayer was heard,and a wooden image of Pallas- A-thena fell from heaven to within the walls of the c...
After the stealing of fire,Zeus became increasingly unkind to men.One day he ordered his son Hephaestus tobuild an image of a beautiful maiden out of clay.He then asked the gods and goddesses to award her with different kinds of gifts.Among others,At...
坏孩子Once upon a time there was a child who was willful and did not do what his mother wanted. For this reason God was displeased with him and caused him to become ill, and no doctor could help him, and in a short time he lay on his deathbed. He...
Philomela菲勒美拉PhilomelaKing Pandion of Athens had two daughters,Procne and Philomela.When Athens was threatened by the wild men,King Tereus of Thrace came to its help.Out of gratitude King Pandion offered Tereus either of his daughters in marr...
Eros（Cupid）厄洛斯Eros(Cupid)Eros was the god of love,better known by hislatin name Cupid.Son of Aphrodite by Ares ,he took his place among the small gods of Olympus.He was represented asa little naked boy,with sparkling wings,and he carried hi...
Nereus and Proteus纳鲁斯和普鲁吐Nereus and ProteusOf all the small sea divinities Nereus and Proteus stood out as Peculiar sea-gods.Nereus,known asthe Old Man of the sea,represented the pleasant aspect of ocean waters.He lived beneath the sea...
Prometheus普罗米修斯PrometheusPrometheus was a Titan .In the war between Zeus the giants he had stood on the side of the new Olympiangods.Out of the clay he made the first man,to whom Athena gave soul and holy breath.Prometheus spent a lot of ti...
April Fools' Day（愚人节）关于愚人节的来历April Fools' Day is a day to play jokes on others, No one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in France. In the 16 th century, people celebrated New Year's Day from Mar...
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 hi...
