狼和七只小山羊—儿童英语读物

【英孚教育青少儿英语成都学校】享誉蓉城的青少儿英语培训品牌400—028-1965


There was once upon a time an old goat who had seven little kids, and loved them with all the
love of a mother for her children. One day she wanted to go into the forest and fetch some
food. So she called all seven to her and said, "Dear children, I have to go into the forest, be on
your guard against the wolf; if he come in, he will devour you all -- skin, hair, and all. The
wretch often disguises himself, but you will know him at once by his rough voice and his black
feet." The kids said, "Dear mother, we will take good care of ourselves; you may go away
without any anxiety." Then the old one bleated, and went on her way with an easy mind.
从前有只老山羊。它生了七只小山羊，并且像所有母亲爱孩子一样爱它们。一天，它要到
森林里去取食物，便把七个孩子全叫过来，对它们说：“亲爱的孩子们，我要到森林里去一
下，你们一定要提防狼。要是让狼进屋，它会把你们全部吃掉的——连皮带毛通通吃光。
这个坏蛋常常把自己化装成别的样子，但是，你们只要一听 到他那粗哑的声音、一看到它
那黑黑的爪子，就能认出它来。”小山羊们说：“好妈妈，我们会当心的。你去吧，不用担
心。”老山羊咩咩地叫了几声，便放心地去了。
It was not long before someone knocked at the house-door and called, "Open the door, dear
children; your mother is here, and has brought something back with her for each of you." But
the little kids knew that it was the wolf, by the rough voice; "We will not open the door," cried
they, "thou art not our mother. She has a soft, pleasant voice, but thy voice is rough; thou art
the wolf!" Then the wolf went away to a shopkeeper and bought himself a great lump of chalk,
ate this and made his voice soft with it. Then he came back, knocked at the door of the house,
and cried, "Open the door, dear children, your mother is here and has brought something back
with her for each of you." But the wolf had laid his black paws against the window, and the
children saw them and cried, "We will not open the door, our mother has not black feet like
thee; thou art the wolf." Then the wolf ran to a baker and said, "I have hurt my feet, rub some
dough over them for me." And when the baker had rubbed his feet over, he ran to the miller
and said, "Strew some white meal over my feet for me." The miller thought to himself, "The
wolf wants to deceive someone," and refused; but the wolf said, "If thou will not do it, I will
devour thee." Then the miller was afraid, and made his paws white for him. Truly men are like
that.
没过多久，有人敲门，而且大声说：“开门哪，我的好孩子。你们的妈妈回来了，还给你们
每个人带来了一点东西。”可是，小山羊们听到粗哑的声音，立刻知道是 狼来了。“我们不
开门，”它们大声说，“你不是我们的妈妈。我们的妈妈说话时声音又软又好听，而你的声
音非常粗哑，你是狼！”于是，狼跑到杂货商那里，买 了一大块白垩土，吃了下去，结果
嗓子变细了。然后它又回来敲山羊家的门，喊道：“开门哪，我的好孩子。你们的妈妈回来
了，给你们每个人都带了点东西。”可 是狼把它的黑爪子搭在了窗户上，小山羊们看到黑
爪子便一起叫道：“我们不开门。我们的妈妈没有你这样的黑爪子。你是狼！”于是狼跑到
面包师那里，对他说： “我的脚受了点伤，给我用面团揉一揉。”等面包师用面团给它揉
过之后，狼又跑到磨坊主那里，对他说：“在我的脚上洒点白面粉。”磨坊主想：“狼肯定是
想去 骗什么人”，便拒绝了它的要求。可是狼说：“要是你不给我洒面粉，我就把你吃掉。”
磨坊主害怕了，只好洒了点面粉，把狼的爪子弄成了白色。人就是这个德行！
So now the wretch went for the third time to the house-door, knocked at it and said, "Open the
door for me, children, your dear little mother has come home, and has brought every one of
you something back from the forest with her." The little kids cried, "First show us thy paws that
we may know if thou art our dear little mother." Then he put his paws in through the window,
and when the kids saw that they were white, they believed that all he said was true, and