There are many mice in the city. People in the city are worried(发愁的). Then a man comes. He says, “I can help you. Give me a bag of gold.” “Sure,” the people answer. The man plays magic music. All the mice walk behind him. There are no mice in the city. The man says, “Give me the gold, please.” The people don’t want to give him the gold. The man plays magic music again. All the children walk behind him. The people have to give him a bag of gold. The children come home.

There is a fox. The fox is hungry and thirsty. He sees some grapes. The grapes are round and purple. They’re very nice. He wants to eat them. But they are high on the vine(葡萄藤). He cannot touch them, so he can’t get them. He is very sad. A bird eats them happily. She tells the fox the grapes are very sweet. But the fox can’t eat the grapes, so he says they are very sour. He doesn’t like them.

There are four blind men under a tree. They are talking about elephants. An old man is riding an elephant past them(经过他们). He lets them touch it. The tall blindman touches the ear. He says the elephant is like a fan(扇子). The old blind man touches the tail. He says the elephant is like a rope(绳子). The short blind man touches the leg. He says the elephant is like a tree trunk(树干). The fat blind man touches the body. He says the elephant is like a wall. What do you think of it?

A crow and an old fox

One day a crow(乌鸦) is sitting in a big tree. She has a big piece of meat in her mouth. An old fox is looking for his breakfast. When he sees the crow and her meat, he says to the crow, “Good morning, Mrs Crow! How are you? How are your babies?” But the crow doesn’t say a word.

“You are very beautiful, Mrs Crow. And you have a beautiful voice, too,” says the fox. “Will you please sing for me?”

“How nice the fox is! I must sing for him.” the crow thinks. So she opens her mouth, “Caw, caw!” The meat goes down into the fox’s mouth.

An emperor has a lot of ______ and he wants to wear the most(最) beautiful clothes in the world. One day, a man ______ him with some magic clothes. He says, “______ clever people can see them.” The emperor puts on the clothes. When he walks in the street, all the people keep ______. But a child ______, “Look! He isn’t wearing any clothes.”

One day, a dentist starts his morning work in the hospital. Suddenly a man runs in. His face is red and he can only say, “Quick! Quick!” The dentist thinks the man is very ill. The nurse helps the poor man sit on a chair. The dentist gives the man some medicine to make him sleep. Then, he looks into the man’s mouth and pulls out(拔出) all the bad teeth. But when the man wakes up, he still says, “Quick, Doctor, Quick!”

“I pulled out all your bad teeth. Don’t worry,” says the dentist.

“You don’t understand,” says the man, “I just want to tell you that your house is on fire.(着火)”

A long time ago, there was a fisherman. The fisherman liked ______ others. He worked hard all day. One day he ______ out ______ in the morning. The fisherman saved a golden fish. But people didn’t ______ him for that. Why? Because his wife was greedy(贪婪的) after knowing the fish could do anything for them. She asked for a big house, a big castle, and even to be a queen. At last, they ______ all of those.