The Boys And The Frogs
One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond.They began to throw stones into the water.In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys,for the stones hurt some of the frogs.At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said,“Boys,please don’t throw stones at us.”
The boys said,“We are only playing.” “I know that,but please stop throwing stones,my boys.What is play to you is death to us,” said the old frog.
So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.
A Bad Dream
One afternoon Ben was playing in the back yard,A big black cat jumped over the fence and lay down among his mother's plants.Ben crept up to the cat.He caught it by the tail and dropped it into a tub of water.
His mother looked out of the window and saw him.She called him into the house and scolded him for such a cruelty.Then she told him that he must go to bed and stay there till evening.
Before long Ben fell asleep.He dreamed that he grew very small A very very big cat seized him in its mouth and ran away with him He kicked and screamed,but he could not get away,At last the cat dropped him and he fell into a big pond.He sand down,down into the cold water.Then he woke up.
The Three Wishes
A man and his wife were always wishing for luck.One night a fairy came to them and said,“You may have three wishes.” In the morning the woman went to a neighbor’s house to get some bread.She saw a nice pudding there.When she came back,she said,“I wish I had a pudding like that!She did not think of the three wishes,but there was a pudding beside her.“Silly!” cried the man,you have lost one of your wishes,and we have only a pudding.I wish it were on your nose!” At that,the pudding jumped up and grew fast to her nose.“Silly,yourself!” cried the woman,“you have lost another wish.We have only one wish more.” “What shall it be?” asked the man.“We must wish this pudding off,” said the woman.“I can’t have it on my nose.” So they wished it would go away,and away it went.They had had their three wishes,but they were on better off than when the fairy came to them.
