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1、The Storks 鹳鸟Ontheroofofthelasthouseinalittlevillagewasastork'snest.Themotherstorksatinitwithherfouryoungones,whostuckouttheirheadswiththeirlittleblackbeaks.(Yousee,theirbeakshadnotyetturnedredastheywouldintime.)Andalittlewayoff,allaloneontheridgeoftheroof,stoodFatherStor
2、k,veryuprightandstiff.Hewasreallyasentryonguardbut,sothathewouldnotbeentirelyidle,hehaddrawnuponeleg.My,howgrandhelooked,standingthereononeleg!Sostillyoumighthavethoughthewascarvedfromwood!"Itmustlookprettyfineformywifetohaveasentrystandingbyhernest!"hethought."Peopledon'
3、tknowI'mherhusband;they'llthinkI'maservant,orderedtostandhereonguard.Itlooksverysmart,Imustsay."Sohewenton,standingononeleg.Acrowdofchildrenwereplayingdowninthestreet,and,assoonastheysawthestorks,oneoftheboldestboys,followedbytheothers,begantosingtheoldsongaboutstorks.The
4、ysangitjustastheirleaderrememberedit: "Stork,stork,long-leggedstork, Offtoyourwifeyou'dbetterfly. She'swaitingforyouinthenest, Rockingfouryoungonestorest. "Thefirsthewillbehanged, Thesecondwillbestabbed, Thethirdhewillbeburned, Andthefourthwillbeslapped!""
5、Justlistentowhattheyaresaying!"criedthelittlestorkchildren."Theysaywe'regoingtobehangedandburned!""Don'tpayanyattentiontothat,"repliedthemotherstorkcrossly."Don'tlistentothem,andthenitwon'tmakeanydifference."Buttheboyswentonsingingandpointingmockinglyatthestorkswiththeirf
6、ingers.Onlyoneboy,whosenamewasPeter,saiditwasashametomakefunofthebirds,andhewouldn'tjointheothers.Themotherstorktriedtocomfortherchildren."Don'tletthatbotheryouatall,"shesaid."Lookhowquietlyyourfatherisstanding,andonlyononeleg,too!""Butwe'reverymuchfrightened!"insistedthe
7、youngstorks,andtheydrewtheirheadsfarbackintothenest.Nextday,whenthechildrencameouttoplayandsawthestorks,theybegantheirsongagain: "Thefirsthewillbehanged, Thesecondwillbeburned!""Arewereallygoingtobehangedandburned?"askedtheyoungstorks."No,certainlynot",repliedtheirmot
8、her."You'regoingtolearntofly!I'llteachyou.Thenwe'llflyoutoverthemeadowsandvisitthefrogs;they'llb