But the wind told the little ant that ht wasn?t the strongest creature. There was a tower in the forest. He had stood there for a thousand years against his force. The tower was the strongest creature.
“Why do you want to marry me?” the wind asked.
“Because you are the strongest creature in the world. You are strongest than the wind.” said the ant.
“You are right. I?m strongest than the wind. But I?m not the strongest creature in the world. Look, how I?m damaged! Can?t you guess who has done this to me? It?s you, ants.”
At last, the little ant married her own kind. Because they were the strongest creatures.
故事36 一只蚂蚁
从前，有一个小蚂蚁想结婚，但她只想嫁给世界上最强打者。
她想嫁给强大者，但她不知道谁才是最强大者。她看到风把房子吹倒了，于是她认为风是最强大的，她要嫁给风。
可风告诉小蚂蚁，他不是最强大者，林中有一座它塔。他顶住风力耸立了一千年，他才是最强大的。
“为什么你要嫁给我？”塔说。
“因为你是最强大的，你甚至比风还强大。”蚂蚁说。
“你说的对，我是比风强大。但我不是最强大的。瞧，我已被损坏成什么样子了。难道你猜不出来是谁把我损坏成这个样子的吗？是你们蚂蚁啊。”塔说。 最后，小蚂蚁嫁给了她的同类，因为他们才是最强大者。
Story 37 Poor George
George is a little monkey. He lives in a deep forest. He likes jumping and climbing trees. He is happy every day. But he has a shortcoming. He is curious.
One day an old man goes by the forest. He carries a lot of straw hats. George sees the man, and the man sees George, too. The man says to himself, “What a lovely monkey! I will catch him. I will take him home.”
The man sits down and thinks over. George sees and also sits down. The man has an idea. He puts a hat on his head, and puts other hats on the ground. Then he pretends to sleep.
George is curious and looks at the hats. “I will be nice if I put a hat on my head.” George thinks. Then he climbs down from the tree, picks up a hat and puts it on. The hat is too big, and covers George?s eyes. George can?t see. And the man gets up at once, rushes out and catches him quickly. Poor George!
故事37 可怜的乔治
乔治是一只小猴子。他住在大森林里。他喜欢在树上跳来跳去，爬上爬下。他整天都乐呵呵的。但是他有个毛病，就是太好奇。
一天，一个老人路过大森林，他带着许多草帽。乔治看见了这个老人，老人也
看见他了。；老人自言自语道：“多可爱的猴子啊！我要捉住他，把他带
回家去。”
老人坐下来。想着办法。乔治看见了，也坐下来。
不一会老人有个办法，他戴上一顶帽子，又把其他帽子放在地上，然后假装睡觉。
乔治很好奇，看看帽子，心想：“要是我戴上一顶，肯定好看。”于是爬下树，捡起一顶帽子戴在头上。可是帽子太大了，遮住了他的眼睛了。那个老人一下站起来，冲过去，迅速地捉住乔治。 可怜的乔治啊！
Story 38 The Ant and the Dove
An ant is walking by the river. He looks at the river and says to himself, “How nice and cool this water looks! I must drink some of it.” But when he is drinking, he slips into the river.
“Oh.Help!Help!” The ant cries,
A dove is sitting in the tree. She hears him and throws him a leaf, “Climb up that leaf,” she says “and you will float bank.”
The ant climbs uo onto the leaf, and the wind blows the leaf to the bank. And the ant is saved.
“Thank you, Dove. You?re so kind,” The ant says and runs home, “You have saved my life, and I wish I could do something for you, Goodbye!”
“Goodbye!” says the dove, “Be careful. Not to fall into the river again.”
After a few days, the dove is building her nest. And a man is raising his gun to shoot her.
The ant sees this, and runs quickly to bite the man?s leg. “Ouch! Ouch!” The man feels pained and drops his gun. The dove hears and flies away. So the man picks up his gun and leave.
The dove comes to her nest. “Thank you, my little friend,” she says, “You have saved my life.”
The little ant is so glad, because he can help the dove.
故事38 蚂蚁和鸽子
一只蚂蚁在河边散步。他看见喝水自言自语道：“这河水看上去真清凉啊！我要去喝点。”可是他在喝水的时候，一不小心滑进河里了。 “啊！救命！救命！?蚂蚁叫喊着。
一只鸽子正呆在树上，听见呼救声，就扔给他一片树叶。“快爬到树叶上去。她说：“你会漂到岸上的。”
“谢谢你，鸽子。你真善良。”蚂蚁一边说一边向家跑，“你就了我的命，我会奥达你的。再见！”
“再见！小心别掉进河里了。”鸽子说。
几天后，鸽子正在筑巢，一个人举着枪要打鸽子。蚂蚁看见了，迅速地跑过去，在那个人的腿上咬了一口。“啊呀！哎呀！”那个人疼得扔掉枪。鸽子听见了，连忙飞走了。那个人只好捡起枪，走了。
鸽子又飞回巢里。“谢谢你，我的小朋友。”鸽子说，“你就了我的命。”
小蚂蚁可高兴了，因为他也帮助了鸽子。
Story 39 The Fisherman and His Wife
Once, there was a fisherman. He had an ugly wife. They were poor.
One day, the fisherman caught a goldfish. But the goldfish could talk, “Please let me go! I?ll reward you.”
“Ok, my God?” cried the fisherman, “Don?t worry. I have no wish to eat a talking fish.” So he puts it into the water.
The fisherman went home and told his wife about it. She became very angry.
“How foolish you are!” she said, “Look at the hut. Go back to the sea and tell the fish to give me a cottage.”
So the fisherman went down to the beach. “What?s the matter?” asked the fish.
“My wife wants to cottage.” said the fisherman. “Don?t worry, she will have it.”
So the fisherman?s wife had her cottage.
But after a few days, she became tired of it. “Tell the fish to give me a palace.” she said. Then the fisherman went back to the beach again. And the fisherman?s wife had her palace.
But she soon got tried of it, too. “Ask the fish to be my servant, and I want to be a queen.”
This time, the fish got angry. It said nothing and swam away.
The fisherman waited and waited, but the goldfish didn?t come back. When he went home, he found his wife back in their old hut.
故事39 渔夫和他的妻子
从前，有一位渔夫，他又一个很丑的妻子。他们家里很穷。
一天，渔夫捕到一条金鱼。但这条金鱼会说话：“请放我走吧！我会报答你的.” “啊，我的天啊！” 渔夫吃惊地叫道，“别担心，我不会吃一条会说话的鱼的。”于是他把金鱼放进了水里。
渔夫回家并把这件事告诉了他的妻子。妻子非常愤怒。
“你多愚蠢啊！”她说：“看看这个破草屋，到海边去，向金鱼要一间小木屋。” 于是渔夫来到海边。 “怎么啦？”金鱼问。
“我的妻子想要一件小木屋。”渔夫说。 “别担心，她会有的。”
渔夫的妻子得到了一间小木屋。
但过了几天，她对此感到厌倦了：“告诉金鱼，让它给我一座宫殿。”渔夫又返回海边。他的妻子得到了一座宫殿。
但她很快又对此感到厌倦：“去叫金鱼做我的仆人，我想当女王。” 这次，金鱼变得愤怒了，它一句话也没说就游走了。
渔夫等呀等，但金鱼没有回来。当他回家时，他看见他妻子又回到就茅屋。
Story 40 It?s Unfair
Linda was a good girl, but she was often late for school.
One day, she was late again. When she came in, Mr. Clark, her teacher said angrily, “I?ll tell you father if you are late again.” Linda didn?t want him to do that. Because her father was very strict with her.
The next morning, Linda got up early. She hurried to school. At the school gate, she heard the first bell, “What shall I do?” she asked herself, “I?ll turn it in first.” She decided. And so she did.
When she hurried into her classroom, Mr. Clack was already beginning his class. “Linda! Didn?t I tell you to be here on time?” Mr. Clack said as he as her. “I?m sorry, sir,” Linda tried to explain, “I?m late because I had to…?”
“I don?t listen to any excuse,” Mr. Clack stopped her. “If you can?t get here on time, I have to tell your father.”
“But Mr. Clack. It?s …it?s unfair!”
“Unfair! How dare you say that?” Mr. Clack said angrily, “I?ll report you to the headmaster.
“I was only trying to do a good idea,” Linda thought,“and now…” She couldn?t keep back her tears.
When the bell rang for the break, the door opened and Mr. White, the headmaster came in. he was holding a wallet in his hand, “Excuse me, Mr. Clack. Is this your wallet?”
“Oh,yes. It?s my wallet. Who found it? I must thank him.”
“Linda found it and turned it in before school started.” Mr. Whitesaid.
Mr. Clack face slowly turned red. He looked at Linda and said, “I?m very sorry. Linda. I take back what I said.”
“And I?m sorry. Mr. Clack. I?ll try not to be late again.” Linda said.
故事40 这是不公平
琳达是一个好女孩，但她经常迟到。
一天，琳达又迟到了。当她进来的时，她的老师克拉克先生生气说：“如果你在
迟到， 我就通知你爸爸。”琳达不想他那么做，因为她爸爸对她要求很严格。
二天，琳达起床很早。她匆匆向学校走去，在学校大门口，她停下来了。因为
地上有一个钱夹。当她站在那儿是，她听见了第一遍铃声，“我该怎么办呢？”她自言自语，“我要先把它交上去。”她下定决定，于是她就是这么做了。
当她匆匆走进教室的时候，克拉克先生已经开始讲课了。
“琳达，我没有告诉你早点来吗？”克拉克先生一看到琳达就说， “对不起，先生。”琳达想解释，“我迟到是因为我不得不……”
“我不想听任何借口，“克拉克阻止道, “如果你不能准时到这儿，我不得不告诉你父亲。”
“但是，克拉克先生，这是…..这是不公平的！”
“不公平！你怎么敢那么说！”克拉克先生愤怒的说，“我要把你的事情汇报给校
长！”
“我只想做一件好事，”琳达心想，“但是现在……”她的眼泪阻止不住流下来。 当下课铃声响起是，教室的门开了，校长怀特先生走了进来。他的手里拿着一个钱夹：“打扰一下，克拉克先生，这是你的钱夹吗？” “哦，是我的。是谁找到的？我一定的谢谢她。”
“琳达发现的，并在上课前把它交来了。”怀特先生说。
克拉克先生的脸渐渐红了，他看了看琳达，惭愧地说：“对不起，琳达，我收回我说过的话。”
“我也不对，克拉克先生，我下次尽量不再迟到了。”琳达说。
四年级英语小故事
（前面的可以都看懂的话，这里也就不必要只有四年级的小朋友可以看了） Story 1 Three Good Friends
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can?t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can?t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant?s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
故事一 三个好朋友
一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。他非常的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象非常强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。
Story 2 The Old Man and the Old Cat
An old man has a cat. The cat is very old, too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening, the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it, but he can?t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away.
The old man is very angry. He beats his cat. He says: “You are a fool cat. I will punish you!” the cat is very sad. He thinks：“When I was young, I worked hard for you. Now you don?t like me because I?m too old to work. You should know you are old, too.”
故事二 老人和老猫
一个年迈的老人养一只猫。这只猫也非常老了。她跑得很快，但是牙齿很糟糕。一天王还是那个，这只老猫看见一只小老鼠。它抓住了小老鼠，但是它却吃不了它，因为它的牙齿不够锋利了。这只小老鼠逃跑了。
老人很生气，他打了小猫，并且对它说：“你这只蠢猫！我要惩罚你！”猫非