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简单两分钟少儿英语小故事带翻译-跳高者

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简单两分钟少儿英语小故事带翻译-跳高者AFlea,aGrasshopper,andaLeap-frogoncewantedtoseewhichcouldjumphighest;andtheyinvitedthewholeworld,andeverybodyelsebesideswhochosetocometoseethefestival.Threefamousjumperswerethey,aseveryonewouldsay,whentheyallmettogetherintheroom."Iwillgivemydaughtertohimwhojumpshighest,"exclaimedtheKing;"foritisnotsoamusingwherethereisnoprizetojumpfor."TheFleawasthefirsttostepforward.Hehadexquisitemanners,andbowedtothecompanyonallsides;forhehadnobleblood,andwas,moreover,accustomedtothesocietyofmanalone;andthatmakesagreatdifference.ThencametheGrasshopper.Hewasconsiderablyheavier,buthewaswell-mannered,andworeagreenuniform,whichhehadbyrightofbirth;hesaid,moreover,thathebelongedtoaveryancientEgyptianfamily,andthatinthehousewherehethenwas,hewasthoughtmuchof.Thefactwas,hehadbeenjustbroughtoutofthefields,andputinapasteboardhouse,threestorieshigh,allmadeofcourt-cards,withthecoloredsideinwards;anddoorsandwindowscutoutofthebodyoftheQueenofHearts."Isingsowell,"saidhe,"thatsixteennativegrasshopperswhohavechirpedfrominfancy,andyetgotnohousebuiltofcardstolivein,grewthinnerthantheywerebeforeforsheervexationwhentheyheardme."ItwasthusthattheFleaandtheGrasshoppergaveanaccountofthemselves,andthoughttheywerequitegoodenoughtomarryaPrincess.
TheLeap-frogsaidnothing;butpeoplegaveitastheiropinion,thathethereforethoughtthemore;andwhenthehousedogsnuffedathimwithhisnose,heconfessedtheLeap-frogwasofgoodfamily.Theoldcouncilor,whohadhadthreeordersgivenhimtomakehimholdhistongue,assertedthattheLeap-frogwasaprophet;forthatonecouldseeonhisback,iftherewouldbeasevereormildwinter,andthatwaswhatonecouldnotseeevenonthebackofthemanwhowritesthealmanac."Isaynothing,itistrue,"exclaimedtheKing;"butIhavemyownopinion,notwithstanding."Nowthetrialwastotakeplace.TheFleajumpedsohighthatnobodycouldseewherehewentto;sotheyallassertedhehadnotjumpedatall;andthatwasdishonorable.TheGrasshopperjumpedonlyhalfashigh;butheleapedintotheKing'sface,whosaidthatwasill-mannered.TheLeap-frogstoodstillforalongtimelostinthought;itwasbelievedatlasthewouldnotjumpatall."Ionlyhopeheisnotunwell,"saidthehouse-dog;when,pop!hemadeajumpallononesideintothelapofthePrincess,whowassittingonalittlegoldenstoolcloseby.HereupontheKingsaid,"Thereisnothingabovemydaughter;thereforetobounduptoheristhehighestjumpthatcanbemade;butforthis,onemustpossessunderstanding,andtheLeap-froghasshownthathehasunderstanding.Heisbraveandintellectual."AndsohewonthePrincess.

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