童話通過豐富的想象、幻想、夸張、象征的手段來塑造形象，反映生活，對兒童進(jìn)行思想教育。

　　黃鼠狼和人

　　A man once caught a weasel, which was always sneaking1 about the house, and was just going to drown it in a tub of water, when it begged hard for its life, and said to him, "Surely you haven't the heart to put me to death? Think how useful I have been in clearing your house of the mice and lizards2 which used to infest3 it, and show your gratitude4 by sparing my life." "You have not been altogether useless, I grant you," said the Man: "but who killed the fowls5? Who stole the meat? No no! You do much more harm than good, and die you shall."

　　從前，有一個人抓住了一只黃鼠狼，它總是在房子里偷偷摸摸。這人正要用一盆水淹死它時(shí)，黃鼠狼苦苦哀求人饒了自己的性命，并且對人說：“你一定不忍心殺了我!想想我對你們家做的貢獻(xiàn)吧，我可是一只在清理你家里的老鼠和蜥蜴，為了顯示你對我的感激之情，就饒我一命吧。”“我也承認(rèn)，你并非完全無用，” 男人說， “但是，是誰殺了雞?是誰偷了肉?不不!你做了太多壞事，理應(yīng)去死。”

　　怪物和獵人

　　Long ago, there lived a huge monster. The monster looked like a human, but had a large body and much hair. His eye was in the middle of his forehead.

　　People were really afraid of this monster. That is because the monster ate up people. The people did not go neat the woods where the monster lived.

　　One day, a young hunter went hunting in the woods where the monster lived. He did not know that the monster lived there. He ran into the monster.

　　The brave hunter took out his arrow1 and shot2 the monster. The monster did not feel any pain and attacked the hunter. "How come he got shot, but he is alright..." The hunter shot a few more arrows,but the monster was not injured3 at all. The hunter only had one arrow left.

　　"That monster has to have a weak spot. Right! It must be that eye." The hunter shot his last arrow to the monster's eye. The monster was hit. It screamed and fell. The hunter barely4 killed the monster and realized it was the monster that people feared.

　　"This monster has to be burned so it won't ever bother people again." The hunter made a fire and turned the monster into ashes. Suddenly, a strong wind came and the ashes turned into an insect.

　　The insect attacked the hunter and began sucking5 his blood. The hunter ran away from the insect. The ashes became a mosquito6 that still bothers us on a hot summer day.

　　很久以前，有過一個巨大的怪物。怪物看起來像一個人，但有一個很大的身體和很多毛。他的眼睛長在他額頭中間。

　　人們真的很害怕這個怪物。這是因?yàn)檫@個怪物會吃人。人們不敢靠近怪物生活的樹林。

　　有一天，一個年輕的獵人在這個怪物居住的樹林里打獵。他不知道怪物住在這里。他跑進(jìn)了怪物的地盤。

　　勇敢的獵人拿出了他的箭，并射向這個怪物。怪物沒有感到任何疼痛，并攻擊獵人。“無論它怎么被射殺，但它還是沒事......”獵人又射出了幾箭，但是在這個怪物還是沒有受傷。獵人只剩一只箭了。

　　“那怪物一定有一個弱點(diǎn)。對了!一定是它的眼睛。”獵人把他最后的一只箭射向怪物的眼睛。怪物被射中了。它尖叫著倒下了。獵人好不容易殺死了怪物，然后意識到這就是人們害怕的那只怪物。

　　“這個怪物必須燒毀了，然后它就不能再不會打擾人類了。”這個獵人生了火，把怪物化為了灰燼。突然，吹起了一陣奇怪的風(fēng)，而這些灰燼變成一種昆蟲。

　　這些昆蟲攻擊獵人，并開始吮吸他的血。獵人從昆蟲那里逃走了。這些灰燼變成了蚊子，仍然在每個炎熱的夏天來騷擾我們。