Of course, the three famous stories you have just read are only a few of the many such tales. As you go on through school, 当然，你刚刚读过的这三个著名故事只是众多故事中的一些，随着你在学校的阅读，

and in your reading outside of school, you will meet with other story-tellers and with other stories that almost everyone knows. 加上课外阅读，你还会遇到其它讲故事者，以及其它几乎众所周知的故事。

Which of the stories you have just read interested you most? Why was it the most interesting one to you? 在刚刚读过的故事中，哪一个你最感兴趣？为什么你对这个最感兴趣？

Without turning back to the stories, can you tell two or three valuable lessons these stories taught? 不往回看，你能讲一两个这些故事给你的宝贵启发吗？

In this part of your book there was a poem. What did that poem teach? Did one of the stories teach much the same lesson as the poem? 在这部分阅读中包含一个诗歌，这篇诗歌教会了你什么？这里面哪篇故事和这篇诗歌一样，告诉了我们同一个道理？

If you had to make one of these stories into a play, which one would you choose? 如果你想将其中一篇故事制作成话剧，你会选择哪个？

Which would be the hardest to make into a play that could be acted in school? Why? 哪一篇故事是最难在话剧中呈现的？为什么？

Your school reader can only introduce you to the famous story-tellers. You will have to get acquainted with them yourself. 学校读者只会给你介绍著名的讲故事人，你需要自己和他们认识。

Why not let Nathaniel Hawthorne entertain you with his Wonder Book and his Tanglewood Tales? 为什么不让纳撒尼尔·霍桑的《给女孩子和男孩子的探戈尔伍德故事》来愉悦你？

Surely you will want to get Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates 你一定想阅读霍华德·派尔的《海盗之书》，

and learn of the strange way in which Tom Chist came to live with Matt Abrahamson, and of what he did after he found the treasure chest. 学学汤姆是通过什么样的奇怪方法和麦特住在一起的，还有他发现宝藏之后又做了什么。

In the back of your book, on page 450, you will find a list of stories that never grow old. 在书的后面，第450页，你会发现一个永远都不会过时的故事列表。

These books will give you many pleasant hours of reading. 这些书籍将给你数小时的快乐阅读时间。

They are the kinds of stories that you will like to read over and over again, just as many other people have done for years. 这些故事你一定会百读不厌，许多人多年来一直这么做。

Remember that the librarian in your town or your school is always ready to help you find good books to read. 记住你镇上的图书管理员或是学校总会帮你寻找好书来读。