适合初一阅读的英语短文100篇Word文档格式.docx

1、Why are the chickens crying? By chance The father was angry and came out to the yard.s wrong with you? Is it okay to bother animals that cant talk? You need to be punished. When the little girl saw her fathers angry face, she began to cry.It is true that I bothered the chickens, but I was bored yest

2、erday. But today I went in to apologize to the chickens. I was going to hug the chickens.When the father heard what his daughter said, a smile quickly appeared on his face. You are truly my daughter. The father praised his daughter. He was proud of his daughter that knew how to apologize. The moon i

3、n the sky gave a big laugh, too.2 The Mermaid PrincessIn the deep, sea palace, there lived a mermaid princess. Whenever she sang a song with her beautiful voice, everyone envied her. However, the mermaid princess wanted to go to the outside world.I would like to hear the beautiful sound of birds. Th

4、e king promised her. When you turn 15 years old, you can go and see the life above the sea.Oh, I cant wait!Finally, it was the mermaid princess 15th birthday. She went up to the sea. The princess saw a great ship. And she saw a handsome prince standing on the ship. The princess fell in love with him

5、 at first sight.However, as thunder and lightning struck, the ship sank on its side. The prince lost his consciousness and fell deep into the sea. Oh, no! The prince fell into the water. Let me hurry and save him.The princess saved the prince and laid him on the sand. The princess took care of him a

6、ll night. When the prince opened his eyes, the mermaid princess hid from him. She thought he might get scared by her tail. Just then, a princess from a neighbor land came out to see the sea and she saw the prince.The princess watched from a far the prince who always came out to the sea at night. The

7、 princess was very sad. She wanted to become a human so that she could be with the prince.She asked the witch. Okay, I will make you into a human, but you must give me your beautiful voice. If the prince marries someone else, you will become a water bubble. You must marry the prince.On the sand, she

8、 drank the medicine that the witch had given her. With the big sudden pain, she turned into a human. Just then, the prince who came out to the sea saw the princess.The prince took the princess who could not speak, to his palace. Although she could not speak, she was happy to be living near the princ

9、e. The prince was going to be married to a princess from a neighbor land.I will be marrying the princess that saved my life. I am the one that saved your life. But, her voice could not be heard.At night, the mermaid princess older sisters came up to the sea. They gave the mermaid princess a knife an

10、d said, If you stab the prince with this knife, you can be a mermaid again. If you dont, you will become a water bubble.On the night of the wedding, the mermaid princess was going to stab the sleeping prince with the knife. But, she could not kill the loving prince. Its best that I just turn into a

11、water bubble. When morning came, the mermaid turned into a water bubble and went up to heaven.3 The Naked KingLong, long time ago, there lived a very fancy king. The king changed his clothes 12 times a day. He really liked to show off to his subjects. My clothes are the best in the world.One day, tw

12、o tailors planned a trick. Why dont we teach that stupid and extravagant king a lesson. He doesnt even worry about his starving people.Thats right! He thinks hes the best.The two men went to see the king. Oh, the worlds most marvelous king! We have brought the most beautiful cloth in the whole world

13、.However, not everyone is able to see the cloth. Those that tell lies and have bad hearts are not able to see this fine cloth.After the king heard those words, he became very interested. Could there really be such a cloth? If I can make clothes out of those cloths, my clothes will be the best in the

14、 whole world. Hurry and show me the cloth. The king began to get more and more greedy.The tailors pretended that the cloth was real, as they showed it to the king. The king and the fine-spoken subjects could not see anything before them. But, none of them could show that they could not see it.The ki

15、ng and his fine-spoken subjects just looked at each other. Then, the tailor quickly spoke in a arrogant manner. Well, is there no honest man here? How can you look at this beautiful cloth and not praise it.Among the subjects, one of them made a flattering comment out loud. Wow! This is the first tim

16、e that I have seen such a wonderful cloth. All the subjects tried to be the first to praise the cloth. Then, the king was amazed with the beauty of the cloth, too.The king gave the money and ordered them to make his clothes. For several days, the tailors pretended to be making the clothes. The king

17、became worried and told one of his subjects to go and see how the clothes was coming along.The subject could not say how much the clothes had been completed. As hard as he looked, he could not see it. But, he could not say that he was unable to see it. Instead, he pretended to be amazed at how beaut

18、iful it was coming along.A few days later, the tailors came back with the Kings clothes. Here you are, try on this clothes. The king was not able to honestly say that he could not see the clothes. He, too, pretended to look over it.One man said, Your majesty, lets go and show off this finest clothes

19、 in the world. The subjects all agreed at the same time. Yes, that is a good idea.The king walked out to the street very proudly and walked with pride. All the people in the land came out to see the kings new clothes. They were all surprised, though.Just then, a little girl shouted out, Our king is

20、naked! Then everyone said,Hes naked, hes naked!The king now realized the truth. However, with only his undergarments on, he still walked in a dignified manner. Even though he was embarrassed, he could not stop walking. Why not? Because he was the king.4 The Elf of the RoseThere once was a rose bush

21、in full bloom in a big garden. An elf was living in the most beautiful rose in the garden, and she was so small that people could not see her. She had long blond hair to her toes and beautiful wings.One day, it got dark before she got home. She had been dancing and flying around so she didnt have ti

22、me to get back to the rose bush. Suddenly, the weather got cold, evening dew started to fall, and a strong wind began to blow. She could not stay in the other flowers because they were all closed up.What am I going to do now? Its too cold. She got scared because she had never stayed outside at night

23、. There was a twinkling light from the other side of the garden. s too cold, and I am scared. Maybe I should spend tonight there.The elf flew to a pavilion on the other side of the garden in a hurry. But there were already two people in the pavilion. A beautiful young lady and a handsome man were pr

24、aying that they would never be apart from each other. They were in love.But we must go far away from each other soon.Your brother is sending me away because he does not like our marriage. Oh my bride, please wait for me until I come back to you! She sobbed and nodded her head.She pulled off a rose f

25、rom the bush which was aside her and kissed it. Then she gave him the rose as a token of her love. At that moment, the rose opened up. The elf went into the rose secretly.At that moment, a horrible looking man entered the pavillion. He was the brother of the young lady. What? You want to marry my si

26、ster? He drew his sword and cut the young man and buried him under a linden-tree.He is gone forever now, and he will forget my sister. How dare the poor little boy want to marry my sister? It is common to die during a trip, so nobody will suspect me of murdering him. The brother brushed up his cloth

27、es and disappeared.The elf woke up and found she was in the middle of a dark forest. Oh my! The forest is moving! But it was not a forest. It was the hair of the young ladys brother. She shivered with fear and anger.When they got in the house, the young lady from the garden was crying. The man looke

28、d at his sister and gave her a chilly smile, and went to bed. Oh my lover, my dear fiance, please come back safely. She sobbed sadly and fell asleep.The elf sat down quietly spreading her wings and told the young lady what she saw that day. What I am trying to say now is not a dream. If you dig unde

29、r the linden-tree in the garden, you will find your fiance. It is your brother who killed him.The beautiful young lady woke up. She secretly went out of her room and dug under the linden-tree as the elf had said.Her lover was lying in the ground, cold dead. She cried out sadly and killed herself rig

30、ht next to her fiance. After some time passed, a flower called, Jasmine came into bloom at the place where the two lovers had died. The Jasmine had big white flowers on the branch and had a sweet smell.Incidentally, the young ladys brother was walking down the road and he pulled off a branch of the jasmine and put it near his bedside. When night fell, two bees with poison