(单词翻译:单击)
Off to Story-Land!
向故事乐园进发!
Many years ago people had no books at all, and so the boys and girls could never read interesting stories such as you read today.
许多年前,人们根本就没有书籍,所以那时的男孩和女孩不能像你们今天这样读到有趣的故事 。
But they knew many stories, even if they could not read them out of books.
虽然他们没有书可读,但他们知道许多故事 。
For in those days there were men who went from town to town, and from country to country,telling wonderful tales.
因为在那个时候,说书人会游走于城镇和乡村之间,讲述精彩的故事 。
These tales the people would tell over and over again to each other after the story-teller was gone.
说书人离开后,人们还会一遍又一遍地互相传诵这些故事 。
This book is like one of the old story-tellers, because its tales, too, come from everywhere.
本书就像一位老说书人,因为这里面的故事也来自世界各地 。
Some of them are stories that boys and girls have loved for many years, and perhaps you will find one or two that are your very best friends.
其中,一些故事是一代代孩子们都很喜欢的,可能你会特别喜欢其中的一两篇 。
Others are new stories, and we hope you will learn to love them, too.
另一些则是新故事,希望你通过学习也会喜欢上它们 。
And now you are ready to read the first tales in your book, which will take you from animal-town to kings' castles.
现在,准备阅读书中第一部分的故事吧,它们将带你从动物小镇走到国王城堡 。