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二年级英语优秀小故事作文范文一：
Once upon a time, a salt merchant moved from place to place selling salt. One day, he was walking on a bridge over a stream with salt loaded on the back of a donkey. “Yo-ho! Yo-heave-ho!”
Donkey and the Load of Salt
The donkey missed his step because he was too tired. “Splash!” The donkey fell into the water. The merchant set the donkey upright quickly. At that very same moment, the donkey realized his load became lighter as the salt melted in the water.
So, the donkey fell down again on purpose. Now, all the salt melted, and his load became very light. The donkey returned home humming merrily. Without knowing the donkey's intentions, the merchant just thought he had bad luck.
The next day, the donkey arrived at the stream carrying salt. “Yo-ho! Yo-heave-ho!” The donkey remembered the incident yesterday. “Neigh! If I fall down in the water, my load will get lighter!' The donkey sunk down in the water on purpose.
Finally, the salt merchant realized the donkey's intentions. However, a lot of salt had already disappeared in the water. The salt merchant became angry.
Holding the donkey's behavior responsible, the salt merchant decided to give him a hard time. First, he put a lump of light cotton into the salt bag and loaded it on the back of the donkey. 'What? It's weird. Salt is too light today.'
The donkey could not suspect the salt merchant's trick. Again that day, the donkey fell down in the water intentionally when he arrived at the stream. Yet, the wet cotton lump became greatly heavy.
“Neigh! What makes it so heavy?” The donkey could not understand. The salt merchant said to the donkey groaning under a heavy load on his back, ”You fool, donkey, you are caught in your own scheme.“ The donkey regretted that he tricked the merchant.
二年级英语优秀小故事作文范文二：
For the Dog
The family seated in a restaurant had finished their dinner when Father Called over the waiter.
"My son has left quite a lot of meat on his plate," explained Father, "Could you give me a bag so that I can take it home for the dog?"
"Gosh, Dad!" exclaimed the excited boy. "Have we got a dog then?"
【学习笔记】
seat 使坐下
be seated 坐
call over 点名, 顺序读出
【译文】
喂狗
一家人在饭馆里吃过晚饭，父亲把服务生叫了过来。
”先生，什么事?“服务生问。
”我儿子的盘子里剩下许多肉，“父亲说，”能给我们一个袋子吗?我把剩下的东西带回去喂狗。“
”啊呀，爸爸!“儿子激动地叫喊着。”咱家养狗了吗?“
二年级英语优秀小故事作文范文三：
Sit back and wait
Once upon a time there was a farmer who worked hard in the fields every day.One day,while he was ploughing the fields,he heard a bumping sound. He saw a dead rabbit .He thought to himself ,"Since it is so easy to get a rabbit like that, why should I work so hard all day long"He threw his hoe away and lay by the tree everyday,dreaming for more rabbits to come.When he finally realized his foolish,he starved to death.
The story told us no pain ,no gain , no one can reap where one has not sown.
【译文】
守株待兔
从前有一个农民每天在地里辛苦劳作。一天他正在耕地时听到撞击声;他看到一只兔子躺在树旁。他捡起一看是一只肥大的兔子，他自言自语地说：“既然这么容易捡到兔子，为什么我要整天辛苦劳作呢?”他扔掉锄头，每天躺在树边，梦想有兔子来。当他最终意识到他的愚蠢返回地里时，他发现他的稻谷全死了。
这个故事告诉我们，我们不能等着机会和运气带来的不可预料的收获，也就是说，我们希望不劳而获。