童話是兒童文學體裁之一，通過豐富的幻想和夸張、象征、擬人的手法塑造形象，以適宜于兒童閱讀的作品。

　　狗和母豬

　　A dog and a sow1 were arguing and each claimed that its own young ones were finer than those of any other animal. "Well," said the sow at last, "mine can see, at any rate, when they come into the world: but yours are born blind."

　　狗和母豬爭辯，都說自己的孩子更加出色。“嗯，”母豬最后說，“至少我的孩子一生下來就能看見東西，你的孩子生下來確是個瞎子!”

　　與眾不同的螃蟹

　　A male crab1 met a female crab and asked her to marry him.

　　She noticed that he was walking straight instead of sideways. Wow, she thought, this crab is really special. I can’t let him get away. So they got married immediately.

　　The next day she noticed her new husband walking sideways like all the other crabs2, and got upset. "What happened?" she asked. "You used to walk straight before we were married."

　　"Oh, honey," he replied, "I can't drink that much every day."

　　一只雄蟹遇到了一只雌蟹，便向她求婚。

　　雌蟹發現他是直著走路，而不是橫著走。她心想，這只雄蟹真是與眾不同，我可不能讓他跑了。于是他們很快就結婚了。

　　第二天，雌蟹發現她的新郎走起路來和普通螃蟹一樣。她便疑惑重重。“你怎么了?”她問，“我們結婚之前你可是直著走路的。”

　　“哦，寶貝，”他回答說，“我不可能每天都喝那么多啊。”