Nuts was quite an adventurous and smart squirrel kitten. One day, without the notice of his parents, he slipped out of home and set off to Mr. Elk’s Candy Company to buy toffees. On the way, he met Robert the little deer, his best friend. He said, “Hello, Robert. Would you like to come with me to Mr. Elk’s Candy Company?”
Robert replied, “Sure. But it’s a long way from here. We may come across some fierce beasts (野兽) along the way and get ourselves in danger. I’ve got to ask my mother.”
To which Nuts replied, “Oh, don’t be such a coward (胆小鬼)! You’ll be back home in no time at all. I have been to the Candy Company alone several times and I have never met any beast at all.”
“Okay,” Robert replied nervously.
Soon they were both marching joyfully through the forest, although Robert did feel a bit uncertain about the idea. After half an hour, they stopped by at Mr. Cooper’s house. Mr. Cooper was the wise squirrel fond of inventing various mousetraps or fox traps to defeat predatory(捕食性的) opponents. Nuts and Robert had a brief chat with Mr. Cooper before they continued their journey to the Mr. Elk’s Candy Company.、
Several minutes later, as they were travelling on, a frightening beast appeared from behind the bushes. It was Mr. Gordon, the bad fox!
They both screamed at the very sight. Robert rushed away in panic but then he realised that he had left Nuts behind. When he went back, he found that Nuts was frozen still in front of the fox (a common squirrel instinct).
Mr. Gordon licked his lips and said, “I haven’t had squirrel for dinner for a long time.” He was about to grab Nuts when Robert screamed from behind the bushes. “Well, well. What do we have here, a live and healthy little deer. He would make an even better dinner,” said Gordon. He forgot all about Nuts and began chasing Robert.
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Nuts was alarmed by the scream and rushed to get help for Robert.
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Both the two headed home and told their parents the risky adventure.
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Sharpen your axe
Once upon a time, there were two woodcutters named Charles and John. Both of them were from the same town. They were often arguing with each other over who cut down more wood. So one beautiful morning, they decided to hold a woodcutting competition to determine the winner between them. The rules of competition were pretty simple—whoever produces the most wood in half a day wins.
They moved towards woodland nearby. Both of them took up their positions in the jungle and started cutting away trees in their fastest possible speed. Chop, chop, chop...The sound of axes hitting wood echoed(回响) throughout the forest. This lasted for an hour and all of a sudden Charles stopped. When John noticed that there was no chopping sound from Charles’s side, he thought: “Ah Ha! Charles must be tired already!” And he continued to chop down his trees with double motivation and pace.
A quarter of an hour passed, and John heard his opponent chopping again. After this both Charles and John carried on. John was starting to feel exhausted and the chopping from Charles stopped once again. Feeling motivated and sensing victory close by, John continued on, with a huge smile on his face. But after 15 minutes, John could hear the chopping sound again from Charles end. John brought his all energy together and kept cutting the trees to go ahead with the competition.
This went on the whole morning. Every hour, Charles would stop chopping the wood for fifteen minutes while John kept going persistently. So at 12 o’clock when the competition ended, John was totally confident that he would win the competition. He walked to Charles’s side and wanted to show off his great work.
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But to John’s surprise, Charles had actually chopped down more wood.
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Charles smiled and replied, “It is very simple. I just stopped to sharpen the axe.”
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Tanaria—The Macaw Princess
Long time ago in a magnificent castle of Catellocks lived a happy family which was protected by the royal Macaws. On one fine day, the king and queen went for a tour with their baby daughter, but the sudden change in weather was really unfortunate. Moreover, the King and Queen lost their lives due to the shipwreck(轮船失事). However, the princess was somehow saved by the dolphins of an island nearby. The animal of the island decided to give her a happy life and to make her forget the tragic incident. They promised to keep this incident a secret to the princess and never tell about her real identity. And this beautiful baby girl was named “Tanaria” which means “the most beautiful element on Earth”.
Years passed and she became really familiar with the environment of the Island under the watchful eyes of the kind animals. She discovered her specialty to communicate with animals. Coco, a macaw(鹦鹉) became Tanaria’s best friend forever on the island.
After a few days, a charming prince named Arthur of one of the wealthiest kingdoms visited the island in the middle of his tour. As he entered the jungle, he was attacked by some poisonous snakes, who were protecting the Island Kingdom. Luckly, princess Tanaria arrived in no time and saved the prince from danger. He was very grateful to her for saving his life. So, he took her for his palace tour as a token(表示) of gratitude.
When they reached the city, they heard the news that the King’s crown(王冠) had been stolen. Well, Tanaria realized that this was not the right time for the palace tour and decided to help the royals in finding the crown.
The fact that Tanaria couldn’t investigate was, that the thief was present in the palace itself. And she was the royal magician Cassandra. Tanaria and Prince Arthur’s investigation led them to the Forbidden Forest. Behind the tall trees was a secret door, which had a tag(标签) saying “Open Me”.
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As they opened the mysterious door, a big trap net fell on them which was thrown due to Cassandra’s magic spell.
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The wedding day had come.
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Once there lived a little girl named Tara, with her mother in a small hut near the forest. Tara was a good-natured and kind-hearted little girl. Every day she would go to the forest along with her mother to collect woods. That day as usual Tara accompanied her mother to the forest and while her mother was busy collecting woods in the forest, Tara sat there on a piece of log looking at the beautiful trees and birds flying around it. Suddenly a cute little rabbit grabbed her attention and she ran towards the rabbit. As soon as the rabbit saw Tara coming close, it ran towards the jungle and Tara playfully began chasing the rabbit. Tara ran fast and finally caught hold of the rabbit. As soon as Tara held the rabbit in her arms, it suddenly disappeared from her hands and in the air appeared a beautiful fairy. The little girl was taken by surprise and she could not believe her eyes. She asked the fairy, “Who are you?”
The fairy told Tara that a wicked witch（女巫）had cursed her and transformed her into a rabbit. The witch told the fairy that she would return to her original form only if an innocent and kind-hearted person touches her. And when Tara touched the rabbit, the spell of the wicked witch was broken and the fairy was able to return to her original form. The fairy said to the little girl, "Ask for a wish, I will grant you the same.”
Tara could not say a single word as she could still not believe what she saw and heard just now. Understanding Tara's condition, the fairy gave her a magic stick and told Tara that whenever she wants her wish to be fulfilled, just wave the magic stick in the air and ask for the wish. Her wish would be granted at once. The fairy told Tara that only one wish will be fulfilled and disappeared.
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When Tara and her mother came back home，they saw a badly injured baby elephant lying in front of her house.
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And suddenly the baby elephant's wound disappeared.
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Once upon a time there was a beautiful garden in which grew all sorts of fruits. Many beasts lived in the garden and they were permitted to eat the fruits whenever they wished. But they should observe one rule. They must make a low, polite bow to the fruit tree, call it by its name and say, “Please give me a taste of your fruit.” They had to be very careful to remember the tree’s correct name and not to forget to say “please”. It was also very important that they should remember not to be greedy. They must always leave plenty of fruits for other beasts who might pass that way, and to adorn (装饰) the tree itself and to furnish seeds so that other trees might grow. If they wished to eat apples, they had to say, “O, apple tree, O, apple tree, please give me a taste of your fruit.”
In one corner of the garden grew the most splendid tree of all. It was tall and beautiful and the rosy-cheeked fruit upon its wide spreading branches looked wonderfully tempting. No beast had ever tasted that fruit, for no beast could ever remember its name. In a tiny house near the edge of the garden lived a little old woman who knew the names of all the fruit trees in the garden. The beasts often went to her and asked the name of the wonderful fruit tree, but the tree was so distant from the tiny house of the little old woman that no beast could ever remember the long, hard name by the time he reached the fruit tree.
At last a monkey thought of a trick. He went to the tiny house of the little old woman, carrying his guitar under his arm. The old woman told him the long, hard name of the fruit tree, and he made up a little tune to it. He sang it over and over again all the way to the tree.
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At last he reached the corner of the garden where the wonderful fruit tree grew.
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The monkey returned from the tree and met other beasts in a garden party.
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Once upon a time there lived a stone cutter who was dissatisfied with his life. One day, on his way to work, he passed by a beautiful house. It belonged to rich merchant.
From where he stood, he saw fine possessions, honorable guests, and plenty of workers and servants all set to work. He became envious and deeply wished to have everything the wealthy and powerful merchant did.
Suddenly, the stone cutter changed into the merchant taking over his mind and body. He was aware of the merchant’s innermost feelings, thoughts and memories. He felt the joy of owning all the luxuries in the world. He knew the pleasure of holding such a respectable position in the society. Many honored him.
After a few days of enjoying the merchant’s life, he saw a king being carried in a luxurious chair accompanied by attendants, soldiers and servants. Everyone, despite of their power and wealth, was forced to bow before this figure that was worshiped as God.
After seeing this, he realized he had been mistaken about the merchant’s power and status. In a split second, he moved into the body of the king, mighty and fearless. Then he knew what it felt like to be praised and glorified by the entire kingdom, to hold the power to pardon or take a man’s life and what it was like to be respected by kings from other lands.
One day, on a hot summer noon, he was extremely uneasy. His overweight body made the heat even more intolerable. He looked up at the sun and thought about how it was absolutely unaffected by his presence. He then swiftly became the sun, shining with glory, the source of life and strength of every living creature on the planet.
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He continued to radiate until a massive storm cloud gathered below him blocking his rays.
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There was yet another force that faded the wind’s ego—a huge towering rock.
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