有關短篇的英文故事仿佛更受孩子們的喜愛，朋友們可以讓他們在課余時間閱讀。

　　英文短篇故事篇一

　　The miser and his gold 守財奴

　　Once upon a time there was a miser1. He hid his gold under a tree. Every week he used to dig it up.

　　One night a robber2 stole all the gold. When the miser came again, he found nothing but an empty hole.

　　He was surprised, and then burst into tears.All the neighbors gathered around him.

　　He told them how he used to come and visit his gold.

　　"Did you ever take any of it out?" asked one of them. "No," he said, "I only came to look at it." "Then come again and look at the hole," said the neighbor, "it will be the same as looking at the gold."

　　從前，有個守財奴將他的金塊埋到一棵樹下，每周他都去把他挖出來看看。

　　一天晚上，一個小偷挖走了所有的金塊。 守財奴再來查看時，發現除了一個空洞什么都沒有了。

　　守財奴便捶胸痛哭?？蘼曇齺砹肃従?/p>

　　他告訴他們這里原來有他的金塊。

　　問明了原因后，一個鄰居問：“你使用過這些金塊嗎?” “沒用過，” 他說，“我只是時常來看看。”“那么，以后再來看這個洞，”鄰居說，“就像以前有金塊時一樣。”

　　英文短篇故事篇二

　　Naughty Brother 頑皮的弟弟Donny is my little brother. He is a naughty1 boy.

　　On Sunday morning Donny went into the yard and played with a dog. Sometimes a bird would come down to stay on the top's of the dog's house. Then Donny threw a stone at it. Suddenly the little boy began crying. Mother ran to Donny and asked him what was wrong. He said, "I've broken2 sister's plate. She has beaten me." "Why?" "I threw it at a bird, and it went straight to the plate."

　　Such was my naughty brother.

　　東尼是我的小弟弟，他是個調皮的孩子。

　　星期天早晨，東尼跑到院子里跟小狗玩。恰巧，一直小鳥落在狗舍上，東尼就用石頭砸它。突然，這個小男孩哭了起來。媽媽跑過去問出了什么事。他哭著說：“我姐姐盤子摔碎了，她打了我!”“為什么?”“我拿石頭砸一只小鳥，但是卻打碎了姐姐的盤子。”

　　哎，這是我淘氣的弟弟。