有关短篇的英文故事仿佛更受孩子们的喜爱，朋友们可以让他们在课余时间阅读。

　　英文短篇故事篇一

　　The miser and his gold 守财奴

　　Once upon a time there was a miser1. He hid his gold under a tree. Every week he used to dig it up.

　　One night a robber2 stole all the gold. When the miser came again, he found nothing but an empty hole.

　　He was surprised, and then burst into tears.All the neighbors gathered around him.

　　He told them how he used to come and visit his gold.

　　"Did you ever take any of it out?" asked one of them. "No," he said, "I only came to look at it." "Then come again and look at the hole," said the neighbor, "it will be the same as looking at the gold."

　　从前，有个守财奴将他的金块埋到一棵树下，每周他都去把他挖出来看看。

　　一天晚上，一个小偷挖走了所有的金块。 守财奴再来查看时，发现除了一个空洞什么都没有了。

　　守财奴便捶胸痛哭。哭声引来了邻居

　　他告诉他们这里原来有他的金块。

　　问明了原因后，一个邻居问：“你使用过这些金块吗?” “没用过，” 他说，“我只是时常来看看。”“那么，以后再来看这个洞，”邻居说，“就像以前有金块时一样。”

　　英文短篇故事篇二

　　Naughty Brother 顽皮的弟弟Donny is my little brother. He is a naughty1 boy.

　　On Sunday morning Donny went into the yard and played with a dog. Sometimes a bird would come down to stay on the top's of the dog's house. Then Donny threw a stone at it. Suddenly the little boy began crying. Mother ran to Donny and asked him what was wrong. He said, "I've broken2 sister's plate. She has beaten me." "Why?" "I threw it at a bird, and it went straight to the plate."

　　Such was my naughty brother.

　　东尼是我的小弟弟，他是个调皮的孩子。

　　星期天早晨，东尼跑到院子里跟小狗玩。恰巧，一直小鸟落在狗舍上，东尼就用石头砸它。突然，这个小男孩哭了起来。妈妈跑过去问出了什么事。他哭着说：“我姐姐盘子摔碎了，她打了我!”“为什么?”“我拿石头砸一只小鸟，但是却打碎了姐姐的盘子。”

　　哎，这是我淘气的弟弟。