Easy Stories-2

11.The Fox and the Grapes

Early in the fall, a fox saw ripe grapes in a garden. He wanted to eat them.
He said to himself, “How lucky I am! I've found some nice grapes.” He crept into the garden, and came to the grapes. He jumped up at the grapes, but he could not reach them. He jumped again and again, but in vain.
At last he gave it up, and said to himself, “The grapes are sour. I don't want sour grapes.” And he went away.

12.The Dog, the Cock and the Fox

A dog and a cock were good friends and they were traveling together.
When night came on, the cock flew up to a tree and slept there, and the god found a hollow in the same tree and slept in it. When the morning came, the cock woke up and began to crow.
A hungry fox heard this crow and wanted to get the cock for his dinner. Then the fox said to the cock, “What a beautiful morning this is! I want to talk to you. You have a very sweet voice. Won’t you come down and have a chat with me?”
“Thank you, Mr. Fox. But how about your coming up here? It is very nice and cool here,” replied the cock. “All right, I will. But how can I get up?” asked the fox. “Just go round the trunk below me, and wake my servant in a hollow. He will open the door for you,” said the cock. The fox came near the hollow. And the dog rushed out, sprang upon the fox and killed it at once.

13.The Wolf and the Crane

One day a wolf was eating his dinner hastily and swallowed a bone. It stuck in his throat. He tried to get it out, but he could not.
Just then a crane flew down to him. “ Dear Crane!” said the wolf to the crane. “I'm in trouble. A bone has stuck in my throat. Will you put your head into my throat and pull it out? You have a very long neck and I'm sure you can reach it. I will pay you well for it.”
“All right. I'll help you. Open your mouth as wide as you can,” said the crane, and put his head into the wolf’s mouth and pulled out the bone. “Thank you very much, my friend,” said the wolf. “Now I must be paid for the work,” said the crane.
“Well,” said the wolf. “You put your head into my throat, but I did not bite off your head. Isn't that enough for you? Go along and don't talk about rewards.”

14.The man, his Son and their Donkey

A man and his son were driving their donkey along a country road. They saw some girls drawing water at a well.
One of the girls said, “oh, look! How silly they are! A man and a boy are walking along beside their donkey, and nobody is riding it.”
The man heard this and said to his son, “You had better ride our donkey. You are light, so you will not tire our donkey.” In a little while they met three old men. One of them said, “see here! The boy is riding a donkey and his old father is walking by his side. The young boy does of take care of his old father.”
And the man got on the donkey and his son walked along beside it. Now they were very happy. But soon afterward they met three women. Fastened it to a pole. They lifted it to their shoulders and carried it along to the town. When they came to a bridge, everyone laughed at them. And the donkey did not like the noise and began to kick. It broke the rope, fell into the water and was drowned. So the old man had to take his son and go home. The man said to his son, “He who tries to please everybody pleases nobody after all.”

15.The Ants and the Grasshopper

One fine winter day some ants were working in the field. They were drying their food in the sun, and were very busy. Just then a grasshopper passed by. He was very hungry.
“Good day, kind Ants,” said the grasshopper. “I am very hungry. Won't you lend me a little food? I have nothing to eat. I will pay you before the next fall.” “Have you no food of your own? Why did you not gather any food during the summer? You know there was much food in the field last summer. What were you doing then?” asked an old ant.
The grasshopper replied; “I was singing all day and night during the summer. And so I had no time to gather any food. Please lend me some food.” “Well, then,” said the ant. “As you sang all the summer, you had better dance all the winter. You only played and did not work during the summer. We'll never lend you any food.” And the ants went on working.

16.Jack and the Robber

Jack was a farmer's boy. Once he drove his cart to market. He had butter and eggs to sell.
He met a woman on the way. She gave him a piece of silver for a little butter. Then he met a boy. The boy gave him a piece of silver for six eggs.
Soon Jack had plenty of silver in his pocket. As Jack went along, a man came up to him, and said, “Stop!”
So Jack stopped on the way again. The man gave him some wine. Jack drank it, and fell asleep on the roadside. When Jack woke up, his silver was not in his pocket. It was all gone.
The man was a robber, and poor Jack went home sadly.

17.Abraham Lincoln

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S father and mother were very poor and the family lived in a log cabin in the wood.
Abraham had to walk about five miles to school, as there was no school near his eleven years old, he had to leave school and work He loved to study and after working hard all day, he user to study to study by the firelight. He grew to be a wise and good man. He was elected President of the United States.
At that time there was a war between the North and the South. The people of the South wanted to own slaves, but those of the North thought that it was wrong to own slaves.
Then the South and the North fought for four years and at last the North won and the slaves were set free.

18.A Bad Dream

One afternoon Ben was playing in the back yard, A big black cat jumped over the fence and lay down among his mother's plants. Ben crept up to the cat. He caught it by the tail and dropped it into a tub of water.
His mother looked out of the window and saw him. She called him into the house and scolded him for such a cruelty. Then she told him that he must go to bed and stay there till evening.
Before long Ben fell asleep. He dreamed that he grew very small A very very big cat seized him in its mouth and ran away with him He kicked and screamed, but he could not get away, At last the cat dropped him and he fell into a big pond. He sand down, down into the cold water. Then he woke up.

19.King Alfred and the Cakes

King ALFRED O f England once led his army to fight with another army and was beaten. So he had to run away through the woods and swamps to save his life.
One evening he came to a woodcutter’s hut. He was very tired and hungry, so he begged the woodcutter’s wife to give him something to eat and a place to sleep in. He was ragged and dirty and she did not know that he was the king. She felt so sorry for him that she told him to come in and gave hem a seat near the fire.
She was baking some cakes. She said to King Alfred, “ I must go and milk the cow. Watch the cakes and do not let them burn. “ The king was willing to do this, but he kept thinking about his army and soon forgot all about the cakes. In a few minutes the woman came back and found the cakes burning. She was so angry that she struck the king with a stick and cried, “ You lazy fellow! You want to eat, but you do not want to work.”

20.Tony's Lie

One day Tony was a very bad boy. He told a lie to his mother. That night felt very unhappy. He did not want to play with the children.
He sat on the doorstep alone. He looked up in the sky and saw the big round moon. He thought that it was looking down upon him, because it knew about the lie. He ran down the street to get away from it, but it kept following him. Then he crept into the house and went to bed, but the moon looked at him through the window. He pulled the sheet over his head, but he could not sleep. Then he crawled under the bed and lay there in the dark. He thought and thought about the lie.
At last he decided to tell his mother all about it. He told her the truth and she forgave him. He promised never to tell a lie again.
He went back to bed and was soon fast asleep. He dreamed that the moon smiled down upon him.