童話作品都是有意兒童身心的，小孩有很強的模仿性，所以童話里的主人公的特質會不同程度的被兒童學習和模仿，適度的選擇一些好的童話作品對兒童是有好處的。

　　鼯鼠“五會”

　　In the field, there was a small animal called "wu shu"(the flying squirrel1).

　　It would say to everyone it met: "I have five skills: flying, walking, swimming, climbing trees, and digging holes in the ground."

　　Thereupon, its pals2 would laugh at it, saying: "Though you have learned these skills, you have mastered none of them. You can fly, but not high; you can swim, but not far; you can climb trees, but not to the treetop; you can dig holes in the ground, but not deep enough."

　　When the flying squirrel heard what its pals said, it ran away in anger.

　　Indeed, the flying squirrel had learned five skills, but when put to use, they were useless. How could they be called real skills.

　　田野里有一種小動物，名叫“鼯鼠”。

　　它逢友便說：“我有五種本領：會飛，會走，會游泳，會爬樹，還會掘土大洞。”

　　于是，小伙伴們譏笑它說：“你雖然學了這種本領，卻一種也沒有學好。會飛，卻飛得不高;會游泳，卻游得不遠;會爬樹，卻爬不到樹頂;會掘土打洞，卻打得不深。”

　　鼯鼠聽了小伙伴們的話后，氣呼呼地跑了。

　　是啊，鼯鼠是學了五種本領，但是用起來，卻一種也不中用，這怎么能說是有真本領呢!

　　橡樹和蘆葦

　　An oak got talking with a reed one day: "you certainly have cause of nature to complain; why even a sparrow's weight for you is quite a strain. At even the slightest breeze that makes the ripples1 play, you quake as if you're touched with blight2; you bend and bow so desolate3, indeed you are a sorry sight."