每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。小男孩麦克斯被关回房间，却在想象中乘船闯进野兽国，当上野兽之王尽情撒野，最后仍想念家里那碗热腾腾的晚饭。 That night, little Max put on his wolf suit and made all kinds of mischief around the house His mother called him a little wild thing, and Max talked right back He even said he would eat her up So his mother sent him to bed without any supper Max stayed all alone in his room And that very night, the room began to change Trees started to grow, vines reached up toward the ceiling, and the four walls slowly turned into a wide, wide world Now the little boy who could only stay in his room had a forest and an ocean right in front of him He climbed into a little boat and sailed away, off to the place where the wild things live Day and night went by, and the journey stretched out so long that it felt almost like a whole year And there, at last, were the wild things They roared and showed their teeth and claws, trying to scare the new little boy But Max didn't back away He told them to be still, and he stared straight at them without blinking once That frightened the wild things The wild things decided that Max was wilder than all of them, so they made him their king Back home, he had just been sent to his room for being naughty But here, a whole crowd of huge wild things listened to his every word Max led them in a great wild rumpus This time, he was the one who decided when it would begin, and he was the one who decided when it would stop When the fun was over, he sent the wild things off to bed without any supper What his mother had once done to him, Max now did to the wild things When everything grew quiet, Max felt lonely The wild things still called him their king and obeyed his every command, but he wanted to go back to the place where someone loved him best of all Then the smell of good food came drifting to him from far, far away He wanted to go home Even if it meant he would no longer be king, Max made up his mind to leave The wild things begged him to stay They said they loved him so much that they wanted to eat him up But Max said no They roared again and showed their teeth and claws, yet Max still climbed into his little boat and waved goodbye That long, strange journey carried him back to his own room, back to that very same night When he'd set out, he'd gone without his supper for talking back to his mother Now he was home, and his supper was sitting there waiting for him And it was still hot

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。一只少了一颗纽扣的小熊，为了找纽扣在深夜商场冒险，最终被小女孩莉萨带回家，拥有了家和朋友。 In the toy department of a big store, sat a little bear in green corduroy overalls His name was Corduroy Every day, he waited with the other toys, hoping someone would stop and take him home Many people came and went They bought all kinds of things, but the little bear stayed on his shelf One morning, a little girl stopped in front of him and looked into his eyes She knew right away this was the bear she wanted, and she begged her mother to buy him But her mother said no They had already spent a lot of money that day, and the bear looked a little old, with a button missing from his overalls The little girl had to leave Corduroy watched them go, and that was when he learned his clothes were missing a button He decided that when night came, he would go look for it When the shoppers had gone and the doors were locked, Corduroy climbed down from his shelf and searched the floor As he looked, the floor beneath him began to move, carrying him upward He had stepped onto an escalator, but to Corduroy it felt like climbing a mountain The little bear had never had an adventure like this before The escalator carried him to the next floor, where there were tables, chairs, sofas, lamps, and rows of beds Corduroy looked around and thought he must be in a palace He walked among the furniture and climbed onto a bed to see how it felt There, on the thick mattress, he found a small round thing A button He thought he had found what he was looking for But it was a button sewn onto the mattress, not one lying on the floor for him to pick up He grabbed it and pulled with both paws The button came off, and Corduroy lost his balance He tumbled off the bed and knocked over a tall floor lamp It crashed to the floor with a loud bang The night watchman upstairs heard the noise and hurried down to see He shone his flashlight over the sofas and under the beds Near a big bed, he saw two fuzzy brown ears sticking out from under the covers Corduroy was hiding there The watchman found him, tucked him under his arm, and rode the escalator back down He set the bear back on the toy shelf After his long night, Corduroy sat among the other toys once more, still missing his button The next morning, as the first customers came in, Corduroy woke to see the same little girl standing before him Smiling, she told him her name was Lisa Last night, she had counted the money in her piggy bank, and her mother had said she could take the bear home Lisa paid The sales clerk began to find a box for the bear, but Lisa chose to hold him in her arms instead And so Corduroy left the big department store At home, Lisa carried him up the stairs, through the door, and into her room It was a small room with a chair and a chest of drawers Next to Lisa's bed sat a little bed, just the right size for Corduroy There were not as many pieces of furniture as in the store, and it was not the palace he had seen at night But when Corduroy looked at that little bed, he knew the place he had always wished for He was home Lisa sat down, set Corduroy on her lap, and sewed a button onto his overalls She told him she liked him just the way he was, and that she had sewn the button only to make him more comfortable And Corduroy had a friend at last, just as he had always wanted Lisa had wanted a friend too They reached out their arms and gave each other a big hug

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。藏在老房子地板下、会借走小东西的迷你一家人，与一个男孩从恐惧走向信任，又在被迫分离中留下一个没有答案的温柔结局。 Kate pushed her needle through the cloth, sewing into an old piece of fabric Mrs May sat beside her and watched the stitches Suddenly she remembered something that had happened in this old house, many years ago Back then, she was still a little girl Her brother had come home from India to get well, and he stayed in a room in their great-aunt's house The house was very big Under the floor, inside the walls, and in the cracks of the fireplace and old furniture, there lived a family of very, very tiny people They were called the Borrowers Borrowers never bought anything They took little bits of things they could use from the big people's house A needle could be a sword A lump of sugar could last a long time A piece of paper could become a tablecloth As long as the big people didn't notice them, the Borrowers could go on living in the house But there was one rule that mattered more than anything Never let a human being see you The Clock family lived under the kitchen floor Pod was the father, Homily was the mother, and Arrietty was their daughter Arrietty was already growing up, but she had never been out borrowing with her father She had no brothers or sisters, so Pod decided to take her out one night It was time for her to learn how to survive in the big people's house That night, Pod pinned a needle to himself and led Arrietty up through the cracks in the wall They were going to fetch some paper from a room Pod knew every foothold on the way But Arrietty couldn't help looking up at the world above the floor It was a world she had never truly seen before It was on this trip that the boy saw Arrietty Terrified, she fled home When Pod and Homily heard about it, their first thought wasn't to blame her They were afraid If a human being knew that Borrowers lived under the floor, that human might drive them away, or even catch them The family had heard such stories before Pod's brother, Hendreary, had once been seen by a human, and later his daughter had disappeared To the Clock family, being seen was never a small thing But the boy didn't tell on her Instead, he tried to talk to Arrietty She wanted to know about the world above the floor, and she wanted someone she could talk to The boy lived all alone in the house, with no friends of his own age Little by little, across the floor and through the cracks in the wall, the two of them got to know each other The boy brought them small pieces of furniture and other useful things Life became much easier for the Clock family Pod didn't have to risk going out so often, and Homily had new things to decorate their home But these gifts also made the family depend more and more on the boy Arrietty's friendship with him made life easier, and at the same time it brought them closer to being discovered The boy wanted to introduce the Borrowers to the grown-ups He believed that once everyone knew they were real, no one would hurt them But Arrietty understood that the thing the boy found wonderful could be a disaster for the Clock family She didn't want him treating her home like a secret toy, and she didn't want him deciding how they should live their lives Before long, the housekeeper, Mrs Driver, noticed that small things kept disappearing She suspected the boy of stealing, and she began to watch for strange signs One day she saw a light under the kitchen floor She lifted the floorboard and at last found the Clock family's home Mrs Driver didn't see them as a family who lived and felt afraid She sent for a rat catcher, planning to smoke them out from under the floor and let the hunting dogs finish them The other people in the house might not have believed every word she said, but danger had already reached the door The boy knew the Clock family was in trouble, and he tried to save them He stole the rat catcher's tools and tried to open a way out The wall boards and the iron grille blocked him He ran outside and finally pried open the grille that led to the Clock family's home, leaving them a way to escape But he didn't know whether they could find the way out in time Mrs Driver took him away, and the car was already waiting The boy left the house, and he never saw Pod, Homily, or Arrietty again Many years later, Mrs May brought Kate back to the old house They went to see the place where the Clock family might have escaped, and they left some small things there When they came back a few days later, the things were gone Kate believed the Borrowers had taken them Mrs May didn't say so for certain She took out a very small notebook in which the Clock family's story was written The handwriting was exactly the same as her brother's Did the people under the floor ever escape And who wrote that little notebook Mrs May had no answer She and Kate went on sewing their cloth The stitches moved forward, one by one, and the story stayed in that old house, its last page still open

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。一只来自秘鲁的小熊来到伦敦，被布朗一家收留，从此闹出无数温暖又好笑的日常。 At a London train station, people hurried through with their luggage A small bear sat on an old suitcase, wearing a broad-brimmed hat A card hung around his neck that said, "Please look after this bear, Thank you" Mr and Mrs Brown had come to meet their daughter Judy Mr Brown saw the bear first and led his wife through the crowd to stand before him The bear stood up, tipped his hat, and very politely asked if they needed any help But the one with nowhere to go was the bear himself He came from Peru, where he had always lived with his Aunt Lucy Aunt Lucy wanted him to live abroad when he grew up, so she taught him English Later, when Aunt Lucy moved into the Home for Retired Bears, he set off on his own He stowed away on a boat and hid in a lifeboat, filling up on marmalade Now the voyage was over, and the marmalade in his suitcase was nearly gone Mrs Brown looked at the card around his neck She could not bear to leave him alone in such a big city, so she offered to take him home for a few days Mr Brown thought it was all rather sudden, but in the end he invited the bear to come along The bear was so happy his hat nearly fell off Mrs Brown promised that he could have marmalade every morning He began to worry about money, until she explained that the family would treat him as one of their own, and no one would charge him a thing His Peruvian name was hard to understand, so Mrs Brown borrowed the name of the station From that moment on, he was called Paddington Before taking their new family member home, Mr Brown treated him to tea Paddington climbed onto the table and tackled a large bun filled with cream and jam, getting the filling all over his whiskers When Judy arrived, he hurried to bow, slipped, and toppled into a dish of tea Then he stepped right into Mr Brown's cup Judy could not stop laughing Then she took his paw and led him home for a bath At the house, Mrs Bird looked after the Brown family Paddington had heard she could be fierce, so he felt a little nervous as they came in When she saw the sticky little bear, she did grumble a bit, but then she remembered how much he liked marmalade and went off to buy some more Judy showed him his room and told him where the bathroom was But after she left, Paddington filled the bath too full, and when he got in, he found his nose could barely stay above the water The tub was too slippery to climb out of, so he scooped water out with his hat The more he scooped, the more water spread across the floor Downstairs, the family was talking about letting him stay for good Mr Brown wanted to think everything through, but everyone else was already in favor, and even Mrs Bird agreed Just then, water began to seep down through the ceiling Judy and her brother Jonathan hurried up to help They pulled him out of the bath and cleaned up the bathroom Judy told him that pulling out the plug would drain the water, and only then did Paddington learn that he did not have to scoop it out hatful by hatful The next day, they took him out to buy clothes Paddington got separated from Mrs Brown and Judy in the underground station He watched their escalator go up while his went down, and no matter how he ran, he could not catch up So he pressed the emergency button and stopped the escalator Once they found each other, the shopping could go on At the department store, he got into trouble again After the lift, he felt unwell and wanted some fresh air, but the hood of his new coat covered his eyes He wandered straight into a shop window and knocked over a pile of tins He hurried to stack them up again, while more and more people gathered outside the glass Mrs Brown was worried about losing him, but the manager was delighted, for the bear had drawn a great crowd to the shop In the end, Paddington received a big jar of marmalade This time, when they left, he preferred to take the stairs Little by little, he began to help with the shopping He picked fruit with care and hunted for good, cheap things The stallholders at the market got to know him, and so did Mr Gruber, the owner of the antique shop Paddington often dropped in to sit, have a snack, and listen to him talk One day, Mr Gruber said that under the paint of some old pictures, an even older painting might be hiding So Paddington went home and tried to wash one of Mr Brown's paintings, but underneath there was only blank canvas He quickly grabbed his paints to fix it, and the more he painted, the less it looked like the original That painting happened to be entered in a competition, and the judges loved the freshly repainted colors, so it won first prize Looking at the picture, Mr Brown guessed what had happened and gave the prize money to the Home for Retired Bears in South America But Paddington sat in the audience, still bothered that the painting was hanging upside down They also took him to the theater and to the seaside He took the show on stage far too seriously At the beach, he was busy building sandcastles when he drifted out into the harbor, sitting in his own bucket by accident By the time the family drove home, he was wrapped in a blanket and fast asleep in the back seat Two months after he arrived, Mrs Bird got him a birthday cake No one knew how old he was, so they all decided to count from one Paddington received a magic set, and he could not wait to perform for his guests He borrowed a watch from Mr Curry, the neighbor, covered it with a handkerchief, and tapped it just as the instructions said Only after turning the page did he discover that the trick needed another watch The one in front of him was already broken, and Mr Curry shouted in fury Then they moved on to a card trick Mr Gruber played along and pulled a gold coin from behind his ear, giving it to Paddington as a birthday present Everyone wished him many more birthdays to come, and Paddington took the coin and thanked his friends As the guests left, he thought of Aunt Lucy If only she could see him now, she would be so pleased Mrs Brown took his paw and reminded him to write to Aunt Lucy in the morning, telling him to go to bed tonight before the ink made a mess of the clean sheets again Paddington agreed He was still a little sticky and already sleepy, so he climbed the stairs and went back to his room to sleep

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。蟾蜍以为青蛙需要安慰，带着午餐匆匆赶去陪伴，却发现独自待着也能是幸福的事。 Toad went to Frog's house He found a note on the door The note said, "Dear Toad, I am not at homeI went outI want to be alone." "Alone?" said Toad "Frog has me for a friend Why does he want to be alone?" Toad looked through the windows He looked in the garden He did not see Frog Toad went to the woods Frog was not there He went to the meadow Frog was not there Toad went down to the river There was Frog He was sitting on an island by himself "Poor Frog," said Toad "He must be very sad I will cheer him up." Toad ran home He made sandwiches He made a pitcher of iced tea He put everything in a basket Toad hurried back to the river "Frog," he shouted, "it's meIt's your best friend, Toad!" Frog was too far away to hear Toad took off his jacket and waved it like a flag Frog was too far away to see Toad shouted and waved, but it was no use Frog sat on the island He did not see or hear Toad A turtle swam by Toad climbed on the turtle's back "Turtle," said Toad, "carry me to the islandFrog is thereHe wants to be alone." "If Frog wants to be alone," said the turtle, "why don't you leave him alone?" "Maybe you are right," said Toad "Maybe Frog does not want to see me Maybe he does not want me to be his friend anymore." "Yes, maybe," said the turtle as he swam to the island "Frog!" cried Toad "I am sorry for all the dumb things I do I am sorry for all the silly things I say Please be my friend again!" Toad slipped off the turtle With a splash, he fell in the river Frog pulled Toad up onto the island Toad looked in the basket The sandwiches were wet The pitcher of iced tea was empty "Our lunch is spoiled," said Toad "I made it for you, Frog, so that you would be happy." "But Toad," said Frog "I am happy I am very happy This morning when I woke up I felt good because the sun was shining I felt good because I was a frog And I felt good because I have you for a friend I wanted to be alone I wanted to think about how fine everything is." "Oh," said Toad "I guess that is a very good reason for wanting to be alone." "Now," said Frog, "I will be glad not to be aloneLet's eat lunch." Frog and Toad stayed on the island all afternoon They ate wet sandwiches without iced tea They were two close friends sitting alone together

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。蟾蜍事事拖到明天，青蛙一句反问点醒他，原来动手做完，心情也会变好。 "I will do it tomorrow," said Toad "Today I will take life easy Frog came into the house "Toad," said Frog"your pants and jacket are lying on the floor "Tomorrow," said Toad from under the covers "Your kitchen sink is filled with dirty dishes," said Frog "I am thinking about tomorrow," said Toad "I am thinking about all of the many things that I will have to do "Yes," said Frog"tomorrow will be a very hard day for you "But Frog," said Toad"if I pick up my pants and jacket right nowthen I will not have to pick them up tomorrowwill I "No," said Frog "You will not have to Toad picked up his clothes He put them in the closet "Frog," said Toad"if I wash my dishes right nowthen I will not have to wash them tomorrowwill I "No," said Frog "You will not have to Toad washed and dried his dishes He put them in the cupboard "Frog," said Toad"if I dust my chairs and scrub my windows and water my plants right nowthen I will not have to do it tomorrowwill I "No," said Frog "You will not have to do any of it Toad dusted his chairs He scrubbed his windows He watered his plants "There," said Toad "Now I feel betterI am not in the dumps anymore "Why" asked Frog "Because I have done all that work," said Toad "Now I can save tomorrow for something that I really want to do "What is that" asked Frog "Tomorrow," said Toad"I can just take life easy Toad went back to bed He pulled the covers over his head and fell asleep

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。好奇的小象一路问个不停，被鳄鱼咬长了大鼻子，还用它打败了麻烦，从此世间大象都有了长鼻子。 Long, long ago,every elephant had a nose about the size of a boot It was black,and it could wiggle from side to side But it couldn't pick up a single melon rind off the ground In Africa,a little elephant lived with just such a short nose And oh,how he loved to ask questions Why did Aunt Ostrich's tail feathers grow that way,how did Uncle Giraffe get his spots,why were Aunt Hippo's eyes so red,and why did melons taste the way they did Aunt Ostrich whacked him with her claw,Uncle Giraffe kicked him with his hoof,Aunt Hippo and the Baboon hit him too But even after a good smacking,he still wanted to know Whatever he saw,whatever he heard,whatever he smelled,he had to understand it One morning,he had a brand new question "What does the Crocodile have for dinner,"his whole family shouted at him to be quiet Then they smacked him long and hard When they were done,the little elephant went to the thorn bush to find the Kolokolo Bird "My father smacks me,"he said "My mother smacks me too,my aunts and uncles smack me as well" "But I still want to know what the Crocodile eats" The bird showed him the way "Go to the great grey-green,greasy Limpopo River,"he said "Go there and find the answer for yourself" The next day,the little elephant packed bananas,sugarcane and melons He said goodbye to his family,and they smacked him once more Very politely,he asked them to stop Then off he went,munching melons and dropping the rinds behind him His short nose still couldn't pick up a thing He walked and walked,all the way to the Limpopo River But even then,he didn't know what a Crocodile looked like Up on a rock lay the Bi-Coloured Python Rock Snake The little elephant asked him about the Crocodile and his dinner The python unwound himself and smacked him with his tail The little elephant wasn't even surprised He said goodbye very politely and even helped the python coil back onto the rock Then he walked on By the water,he stepped on a piece of wood The wood blinked one eye "Excuse me,"said the little elephant "Have you seen the Crocodile,"the wood blinked again and lifted half its tail out of the mud The little elephant hopped back That tail reminded him of all the smacking "I've been smacked so many times,"he said "Please don't smack me again" "Come here,little one,"said the wood "I am the Crocodile" The little elephant's breath came fast After all these days,he'd found him at last He knelt on the bank and asked the question nobody would answer The Crocodile told him to come closer "I'll whisper the answer,"he said So the little elephant bent down The Crocodile grabbed his nose with his teeth "Today,"said the Crocodile,"I think I'll begin with an elephant's child" The little elephant yelled for him to let go The python came racing up "Pull back,"he cried "Pull hard,or he'll drag you into the river" The little elephant squatted down and pulled with all his might The Crocodile backed into the water,and his tail churned the river into white foam One pulled toward the water,the other pulled toward the shore And the little elephant's nose began to grow longer He spread his four legs wide,and still his nose grew It hurt more and more,and his feet began to slip He couldn't hold on much longer Then the python wrapped himself around his back legs and pulled too At last,the Crocodile let go The little elephant tumbled onto the bank,safe at last But his short nose had been stretched into one long,long nose First,he thanked the python Then he wrapped his nose in cool banana leaves and dipped it in the river He waited for it to shrink One day passed,then two On the third day,the nose was still long It hung right in front of his eyes,so close that his eyes nearly crossed Just then,a fly bit his shoulder Before he could even think,his long nose swung up and smacked the fly dead "There's your first good use for that nose,"said the python So the little elephant plucked a big bunch of grass,tapped the mud off it,and popped it into his mouth The sun beat down,so he scooped up wet mud and plopped it on his head Cool mud water ran down behind his ears The python had one more question "Do you still want to get smacked,"of course not "Then do you want to smack others,""very much,"said the little elephant "Good,"said the python "That long nose of yours is very good for that too" So the little elephant swung his long nose and headed home He picked fruit right off the trees He grabbed grass without kneeling down He even picked up every melon rind he'd dropped along the way But to test what the python had said,he found a hippo who had nothing to do with him at all And he gave her a good,hard smacking One dark evening,the little elephant came home He curled his long nose up and said hello to everyone His family was glad to see him Then they told him to come over It was time for his smacking,for all those questions he'd asked But this time,he uncurled his long nose and knocked two of his brothers head over heels His family stared at the nose "Where did you get that,"they asked "I got it at the Limpopo River,"he said "I asked the Crocodile what he had for dinner" The Baboon said the nose was ugly "It is,"said the little elephant "But it's very useful" Then he wrapped his nose around the Baboon's leg and tossed him into a hornets' nest He pulled out Aunt Ostrich's tail feathers He dragged Uncle Giraffe by his back legs through a thorn bush And while Aunt Hippo slept in the water,he blew bubbles into her ear He smacked his family for a long,long time But no one was allowed to touch the Kolokolo Bird After that,his family hurried to the Limpopo River,one by one They all wanted new noses from the Crocodile When they came home,nobody smacked anybody anymore And from that day on,every elephant in the world has a long nose,just like the little elephant who asked questions all the way to the river

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵｜吉卜林经典童话，偷懒的骆驼只会说哼，沙漠精灵施魔法让它长出驼峰，学会承担。 Long, long ago,when the world was just beginning,the Camel's back was flat Back then,the animals had just started to work for Man The Horse wore a saddle The Dog learned to fetch things The Ox pulled the plow Only the Camel wouldn't work He hid in a desert where the wind blew and blew He munched on twigs and chewed on sharp grass He did nothing at all If anyone spoke to him,he said just one word "Humph,"that was all he ever said On Monday morning,the Horse came to find him The Horse wore his saddle and held a bit in his mouth "Camel, Camel, come out," he called "Run with us and help us work," "Humph," said the Camel So the Horse went back and told Man Then the Dog came,with a stick in his mouth "Camel, Camel, come carry and fetch for us," "Humph," said the Camel So the Dog went back and told Man too Next came the Ox,with the plow frame round his neck "Camel, Camel, come out and plow with us," "Humph," said the Camel again The Ox couldn't make him move,so he went back to find Man That evening,Man called the Horse, the Dog, and the Ox together "I'm sorry for you three," he said "That hummer in the desert won't work,"I'll leave him alone,you must work twice as hard and do his share as well The Horse, the Dog, and the Ox were very angry They already worked hard,but the Camel did nothing Now they had to do his share too The three animals met by the edge of the desert to talk it over Then the Camel came walking by He chewed grass and looked at them Ha,he laughed Then he said "Humph" and walked away A cloud of dust rolled across the sand Inside the dust was the Djinn of All Deserts He stopped in front of the three animals and listened "Is it right, Djinn,that someone does no work when the world has just begun," asked the Horse "Of course not," said the Djinn "In your desert there is such a one," said the Horse "Long neck, long legs,and not a bit of work since Monday morning "He won't even run," Then the Djinn knew at once "That is the Camel," he said "When you asked him to work,what did he say," "He said Humph," said the Dog,"and he wouldn't fetch or carry," "What else did he say," asked the Djinn "Just Humph," said the Ox "He wouldn't plow," "Wait here," he said "I'll go and find him," The Djinn wrapped himself in a cloak of dust and headed deep into the desert He found the Camel standing by a pool of water,looking at his own reflection His long neck, his long legs, and his flat back,the one he was so proud of,all shone in the water "I hear you won't work," said the Djinn "Humph," said the Camel He kept staring at himself in the water The Djinn sat down and held his chin in his hand He began to shape a big magic "Since Monday morning you've done nothing," he said "The Horse, the Dog, and the Ox have done your work for you," "Humph," said the Camel again The Djinn held his chin and kept on with his magic "If I were you,I wouldn't say that word again," said the Djinn "Say it once more and you'll be sorry,I'm going to make you work," But the Camel wouldn't listen He opened his mouth and said it once more "Humph," The moment he said it,the Djinn's magic went to work The Camel watched his fine flat back begin to rise Up it rose, and up,bigger and bigger,until it puffed into a great wobbly hump You see, in English,Humph sounds a lot like hump So the Camel's little Humph became a hump on his back "Do you see," said the Djinn "This is the hump you gave yourself by refusing to work," "Today is already Thursday,"You've been idle a full three days since Monday "Now it's time for you to work," For the first time,the Camel said something new "But how can I work with such a big lump on my back," The Djinn was strict,but his heart was kind He'd never do anything truly cruel Even his magic left the Camel a little gift "This hump is made for you," said the Djinn "With it,you can work for three whole days without eating "You wasted three days,so now you can lean on it and do your work "Don't say I did nothing for you,""Walk out of the desert,find them, and work hard," The Camel's flat back,the one he loved,had changed But that big lump on his back gave him a power he never had before So the Camel carried his big hump out of the desert and joined the Horse, the Dog, and the Ox From that day on,he never made up the three days he lost when the world began And he never quite learned to behave But the hump the Djinn gave him stays on his back to this very day

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。一位能听懂动物语言的医生，远赴非洲救助猴群，智斗国王与海盗，最终带回家园与友谊的经典温情冒险。

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。大灰狼三次伪装骗开门，最小的羊躲进钟盒活下来，山羊妈妈剪开狼肚救回六只小羊。 Mother Goat stood by the door and said the same thing seven times,once for each of her kids "Don't open the door while I'm away,not for anyone" "Even if the voice sounds sweet,watch out for the Big Bad Wolf" "He can soften his voice,but his throat stays rough" "He can wash his paws,but they stay black" "Listen,look,you'll know it's him" She shut the door and walked into the woods The seven little goats stayed in the house They looked at one another and stayed very quiet Soon the doorbell rang "Kids,I'm homeopen the door" The voice was deep and rough,like stones scraping on the ground The biggest kid pressed close to the crack in the door and whispered,"That's not Mama" "Mama's voice isn't that rough" They all called out,"Your voice is too rough" "You're the big bad wolf,we won't open" The wolf stomped his feet outside and left in a huff But he didn't go far He remembered what the little goats had said He wanted a softer voice So he went and found some chalk and gobbled it up He coughed and coughed When he spoke again,his voice really had turned soft and sweet So he came back and called in a gentle,silky tone,"Good children,it's me,Mama" "Open the door" One little kid softened and reached for the latch But the smallest one ran over and peeked through the crack in the door A black paw rested right by the window He gasped and pulled back "Your paw is black,that's not Mama" "Mama's paws aren't black" And the house went quiet again The wolf came back a third time This time he found the miller He spoke harshly and made the miller roll his paw in white flour The black paw turned white,as white as if it had been washed The wolf turned and pressed a white paw against the crack in the door "See,Mama's paws are white" "Now you can open up" Six little goats believed him The smallest one shook his head,but no one listened The door opened The wolf lunged inside The little house burst into chaos Goats dashed under the bed Goats leapt to the window Goats squeezed into the chimney But that big wide mouth opened and closed,and one by one,six little goats went into the dark belly,too fast to even kick their legs Only the smallest one,the one nobody could watch,crept up the wall and slipped into the clock case He curled into a ball and held his breath The wolf licked his lips and walked out the front door The house went suddenly,terribly still When Mother Goat came home,the door hung open The sheet was torn The chairs were tipped over The bowls were smashed She called their names,once,twice,her voice trembling more each time The room was empty and quiet,except from the farthest corner came a tiny sob It was the smallest goat,the one in the clock case He climbed out and threw himself into his mother's arms He told her,crying,how the door was opened and how the wolf came in Then he asked,"Mama,are they still alive" Mother Goat didn't stop to cry She took the little goat and went out to look Under a big tree on the hillside,the big bad wolf was sleeping,snoring hard His belly bulged like a pot,rising and falling Mother Goat told the smallest kid to wait outside She tiptoed over and pressed close to the wolf's belly The scissors came down One cut First a pair of black little ears popped out Two cuts Then a woolly little head Three cuts Four cuts The six little goats bounced out of the wolf's belly,one by one,surprised and overjoyed,hugging one another Mother Goat gathered a big pile of stones She filled the wolf's belly with them,and sewed it shut with a needle and thread When she was done,she led all seven kids back home,tiptoeing quietly The wolf slept until evening and woke up thirsty He went to the well to drink The stones in his belly hung heavy and made his front legs weak He leaned over one more inch,and the stones pulled him down There was a splash,a big gulp,and the water rose high The big bad wolf never came up again Mother Goat stood by the well with her seven kids and watched for a little while Then she closed the door and went home And the smallest goat,who used to fear the clock case,now bounded up to it first and set his little pillow just right

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。一桩迷雾荒原上的诅咒奇案，福尔摩斯如何识破幽灵猎犬背后的真凶。 Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived at 221B Baker Street in London One autumn morning, a country doctor named Mortimer came to see them He held an old, yellowed paper in his hands "The Baskerville family," he said, "has been cursed for many, many years" Long ago, a wild man named Hugo Baskerville chased a girl across the moor He set his hounds after her When his friends found him, he lay on the dark moor with his throat torn open A huge black hound stood over him, with fire in its eyes Since that night, the men of the Baskerville family died alone on the moor, one by one Now the curse seemed to strike again Sir Charles Baskerville was found dead on the Yew Alley outside the great house His face was frozen in fear Beside him in the muddy ground were the footprints of a huge hound Doctor Mortimer was afraid for the next heir He was a young man named Sir Henry, who had just come home from Canada If the curse was real, he would be the next to die Holmes didn't go to Devonshire at once He sent Watson to go with Sir Henry to Baskerville Hall "Write to me," he said, "and tell me everything that happens" The old house was huge and cold At night the wind blew in from the moor, like something roaring far away On the moor, Watson met a naturalist named Stapleton and his sister The sister was lovely, but she said one thing to Sir Henry that Watson never forgot "Go back to London," she whispered "Don't stay on the moor" Sir Henry didn't listen He was falling in love with the girl Strange things followed The housekeeper's wife crept out at night to bring food to a convict on the moor, her own brother Watson saw a lone figure standing far off in the mist Then came the terrible night The convict was found dead, wearing Sir Henry's old clothes Something huge had torn his throat "It was the hound," people said "The hound mistook him for Sir Henry" Just when Watson was losing hope, he found a man hiding in a little stone hut on the moor It was Holmes He had been there all along And Holmes told the whole truth There was no curse at all Stapleton, the quiet naturalist, was the real Baskerville He had come to the moor in secret He had spread the legend and bought a giant hound, and he painted it with phosphorus so that it glowed in the dark First he scared Sir Charles to death, for Sir Charles had a weak heart Now he meant to kill Sir Henry and take the whole estate His so-called sister was really his wife, and he kept her locked up, beaten and bruised That night, the fog rolled in over the moor Stapleton laid a trap and sent Sir Henry walking home alone through the mist The hound sprang out, glowing green, with a low growl rolling in its throat Guns roared Holmes, Watson, and Inspector Lestrade all fired at once The giant hound fell into the mud and never rose again Stapleton turned and ran toward the marsh, the mire that swallows men whole The next morning, people found a line of footprints leading into the deep marsh, and then nothing Sir Henry was very ill, and he was sent away to rest When he came home, the fog had lifted And the house was quiet at night again The eyes in the dark never gleamed again

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。祖孙一场公交车之旅，一路问答间学会在平凡生活里看见并分享身边的美。 It was Sunday and the rain had just started to fall as CJ and his nana stepped out of the church They stood under a gray sky at the bus stop and rain tapped on Nana's flowered umbrella CJ looked up and asked "Why do we have to stand in the rain to wait for the bus" Nana smiled and said "Look the big tree is drinking too It's been thirsty all week" A car slid past them and CJ's friend Colby sat inside waving The car drove away warm and dry and CJ whispered "Why don't we have a car" Nana didn't hesitate "Don't we have a big bus that breathes fire and the driver even does magic" The bus pulled up the door opened and the driver winked at CJ On the bus CJ saw two older boys each with big headphones bobbing their heads to the beat "Why don't I have one of those" he asked and Nana pointed out the window "Somebody out there is sitting under a tree listening to the birds sing That one doesn't need charging and it can't be plugged into your ears" The bus rolled on and a blind man stepped aboard with his guide dog "Why can't he see" CJ asked and Nana said "Some people see with their ears" CJ went quiet and watched the blind man's ear twitch like he was hearing something very soft The bus passed an old dirty road with faded paint on the walls and a trash can tipped by the curb "It's dirty here" CJ said and Nana said "The more you stand in a dirty place the better you can see what is truly beautiful" A man with a guitar sat down and strummed a few chords and the music spread like water CJ closed his eyes and heard it climb high then settle softly onto everyone When he opened his eyes everyone on the bus was smiling and even the guide dog slowly wagged its tail The driver called out "Market Street last stop" CJ knew this road well with cracks in the ground and broken bottles by the wall "Why is it always here" he asked and Nana said "The most beautiful things are often right in front of your eyes" They walked into a low building on Market Street and warmth and the smell of good food rushed out CJ saw so many familiar faces Somebody waved at him somebody called his name Nana put on an apron and ladled food onto plate after plate and CJ stood on his tiptoes to pass the plates along He looked at the people holding their plates and said "Nana I'm glad we came" Nana looked at him and said nothing She just smiled bright as the brightest lamp in the room

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。美国公使一家搬进闹鬼古宅，用实用主义把老幽灵整得灰头土脸，直到小女儿弗吉尼亚用怜悯让他安息。 Canterville Chase was up for sale, but no one in England would even ask about the price, because the old house was haunted Lord Canterville was honest with every buyer, he told them a ghost lived here, that it had been in the house for three hundred years, and that it appeared whenever a member of the family was about to die The buyer was Mr. Otis, an American minister, he only laughed and said that suited him fine, they would take the house, the furniture, and the ghost too The family moved in on a July evening, in the library, in front of the fireplace, there was a dark red stain on the floor Mrs. Umney, the housekeeper, lowered her voice and whispered that it was the blood of the lady Sir Simon killed in 1575, and that in three hundred years, no one had ever been able to wash it away Washington said nothing, he pulled out his American stain remover, knelt down, and scrubbed the stain away The next morning the stain was gone, but on the third morning, it came back, even brighter than before So it went on and on, the stain was scrubbed away, and back it came, again and again, neither of them would give up That night, a long hallway echoed with the sound of heavy chains dragging across the stone floor The door opened by itself, and an old man stood in the doorway His eyes were red, his long gray hair fell to his shoulders, and rusty chains were wrapped all around him, a low moan rose from his throat Mr. Otis stepped out in his dressing gown and placed a small bottle of oil in the ghost's hand, telling him his chains were far too noisy, and that he really should oil them Before he could finish, the twins poked their heads out from under the covers, one on each side, and two pillows flew through the air The old man stood frozen in the doorway, and at last, without a word, he drifted back to his own room, for the first time in three hundred years, he knew what shame felt like His name was Simon, and he had once been the master of this house, he had killed his own wife, and his wife's brothers had locked him in a secret room and left him to starve After that, he became a ghost, and he kept what little dignity he had left by frightening people He put on heavier chains, wrapped himself in armor, and dressed up as a headless knight, in the middle of the night, he let out screams loud enough to rattle the windows But not one person in this family was ever afraid Mrs. Otis handed him a bottle of medicine for his stomach, the twins spread butter on the stairs he always used, and set a hollowed pumpkin with a candle inside to look like a ghost Again and again he slipped, again and again he bumped into doors, until at last he hid in the darkest corner and didn't come out at all Then, one afternoon, he met the youngest daughter, Virginia, upstairs, the girl didn't scream when she saw him, and she didn't run She looked at his drooping shoulders and asked him softly why he was so sad For a long moment, he couldn't speak, then he told her about those three hundred years, about his hunger, and how much he wanted to stop, and how he could never stop On the window of the library, there were words carved into the glass, saying that when a golden-haired girl prays for a sinner and sheds a tear, this house will be at peace, and he may at last lie down and rest Virginia understood, and she told him that she would help him She followed him to a wall, the wall slowly opened, and inside it was dark, with no bottom in sight That evening, no one in the family could find Virginia, the twins searched every cupboard, and her mother stood in the rain, calling her name again and again When the sky grew dark, still no one had seen her, at midnight, a storm beat hard against the roof Suddenly, the wooden panel of the library slid open, and there stood Virginia, her hair was wet, and in her arms she held a small box She told them not to ask where he had gone, that he was so pitiful, and that now he was dead at last She opened the box, inside were jewels left for her, and a thank-you that couldn't be spoken aloud Later, in a secret room deep inside the house, they found the bones of Sir Simon, with the chains still wrapped around his wrists, they buried him in the old graveyard The bloodstain never appeared again, and the whole house fell quiet Many years later, someone asked about the ghost, Virginia only smiled She said it was a secret she would keep for the rest of her life She said the ghost had taught her one thing, that pity is stronger than death

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。贫苦樵夫阿里巴巴意外发现芝麻开门宝藏，招来杀身之祸，全凭机智女仆马尔基娜三次化险为夷。 In the deep mountains of Persia there lived a poor woodcutter named Ali Baba His rich brother Cassim ate well with his wife, while Ali Baba could hardly feed his own family One day Ali Baba heard the thunder of many horses and saw yellow dust fill the sky Forty riders galloped up, each with a long sword at his side Their captain stood before a huge rock and cried out, "Open, Sesame" The rock split open, and inside lay a cave piled high with gold and silver When the riders left, Ali Baba called out the same magic words and stepped inside He took only a few bags of gold, just enough to keep his family well But those few bags of gold would soon bring great danger to his door His brother's wife smeared wax on the bottom of the scale and found a gold coin stuck there That night Cassim forced his poor brother to tell him the secret of the cave The next morning Cassim drove ten donkeys up the mountain and cried, "Open, Sesame" He filled bag after bag with treasure until he heard horses outside But in his fear he forgot the magic words and shouted barley and wheat instead The stone door would not move, no matter what name he called The thieves found Cassim, cut him into four pieces, and hung them at the cave door Ali Baba crept up the mountain and froze when he saw what had happened He carried the body home in secret, too afraid to tell a single soul Then the clever maidservant Morgiana stepped forward with a plan She brought a blindfolded tailor to sew the broken body whole again The family told the whole town that Cassim had died of a sudden sickness The forty thieves found the body gone and knew someone else shared their secret The captain drew a white chalk circle on Ali Baba's gate in the night Morgiana saw it and drew the same circle on every gate along the street The thieves came and stamped their feet in fury at dozens of white circles Then the captain dressed as an oil merchant and sent his men to hide in great oil jars At night Morgiana heard a whisper from a jar, "Is it time yet" She boiled oil and poured it into every jar to burn the hidden thieves Later the captain returned as a silk merchant, but Morgiana knew his eyes at once While she danced she drove a dagger into the captain's heart and saved the family Ali Baba thanked her with tears, and Morgiana married into his family and lived in joy And the stone door with its treasure stayed shut, while the mountain wind blew year after year

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。一个挥霍的年轻人七次出海冒险，用机智与勇气在死亡边缘换回财富的传奇故事。 In the busiest street of Baghdad, a porter leaned against a rich merchant's wall to catch his breath He carried a sack of rice on his back His name was Sinbad, just like the owner of the house But their lives were as different as night and day He looked up at the carved door and sighed The door opened The owner invited him in, served him food and wine, and asked why he sighed The porter said, "I carry rice all day longI earn less than the price of half a chickenhow come you live in such a big house and wear such fine clothes" The owner laughed "Do you think this house came freesit down, and I'll tell you how I got everything I own" When I was young, my father left me a lot of money I spent it on parties and fun In a few years, it was all gone When I had nothing left but a bed, I sold the bed I bought goods and sailed away with the merchants I told myself, either I win back my father's fortune, or I die at sea On my first voyage, our ship stopped by a small island We went ashore to build a fire and cook Suddenly, the "island" began to move It wasn't an island at all It was a giant whale, fast asleep The whale got scared and dove into the sea The ship sailed away without me I grabbed a piece of wood and drifted on the sea for a whole day and night A merchant ship picked me up By luck, my old ship's goods were still safe, and the captain gave them all back to me I sold the goods, made a good profit, and went home to Baghdad But I didn't keep that money for long On my second voyage, I overslept on a desert island When I woke up, the ship was gone All alone, I found a huge egg It was a roc's egg I tied myself to the bird's leg When the roc flew, it carried me into the Valley of Diamonds That valley was full of diamonds, everywhere you looked But giant snakes, thick as tree trunks, coiled at the bottom Anyone who landed there would die I filled a bag with diamonds Then I saw a piece of meat fall from the mountaintop, and a huge eagle swooped down to grab it Then I understood The merchants on the mountaintop used meat to lure the eagles, so the birds would carry diamonds up to them So I tied myself to a piece of meat An eagle carried me up to the mountaintop The merchants were shocked I shared my diamonds with them and took a bag home to Baghdad On my third voyage, a storm blew our ship to the land of cannibals A giant roasted my friends one by one on a spit My friends and I took red-hot iron rods and poked out the giant's eyes We ran to the sea and built a raft The giant chased us with his friends and threw stones They sank our raft, and two of my friends were caught and eaten I drifted alone to another island, where a group of merchants saved me I came home with new wealth My fourth voyage was the closest I ever came to death After my ship was wrecked, I drifted to an island of savages The people there caught us and fed us grass, fattening us up like animals before they ate us My friends were eaten one by one But I refused to eat the grass I grew thin as a stick, so nobody paid me any mind One night, I slipped away I climbed over the mountain and reached a polite country, where I got married But my wife fell sick and died In that land, when a wife dies, the husband must be buried with her They threw me into a deep pit The pit was full of food and water left by earlier burials, and full of bones too I lived on that food One day, a wild beast crawled in through a hole in the wall I followed it and found a way out I climbed out of the pit, and some passing merchants saved me I went home to Baghdad with treasure On my fifth voyage, I met something even scarier A white-bearded old man climbed onto my shoulders, and he wouldn't get off They call him the Old Man of the Sea He rode me by day and by night He ate and slept on my back He used me like a donkey, and I carried him for years Then one day, I picked grapes and made wine The old man drank too much and fell into a deep sleep I threw him off my shoulders, and he fell to the ground and died At last I was free I caught a ship and went home On my sixth voyage, my ship was wrecked again I drifted to an island covered with jewels There I found an underground river I built a raft and floated down it for days and nights Some merchants downstream fished me out They sent me home to Baghdad Only then did I learn that the river ran all the way to the edge of Baghdad On my seventh voyage, I ran into pirates, and they sold me as a slave My master made me shoot elephants with a bow and arrow to get their ivory Day after day, I shot arrows into the elephant herd Then one day, the elephants led me to a secret place It was piled high with ivory It was the elephants' own graveyard, where they came to bury their kind I told my master the secret, and he gave me a big share of the treasure With ivory and gold, I came back to Baghdad one last time Sinbad finished his story He looked at the porter and said, "You ask me why I live in such a big houseseven voyages, and seven times I nearly died at seaI barely escaped with my lifethis house was bought with my life" He told his steward to bring a bag of gold coins and gave it to the porter Porter Sinbad took the coins and couldn't speak From that day on, the two Sinbads were friends And the porter never sighed at the street corner again