童话通过丰富的想象、幻想、夸张、象征的手段来塑造形象，反映生活，对儿童进行思想教育。

　　黄鼠狼和人

　　A man once caught a weasel, which was always sneaking1 about the house, and was just going to drown it in a tub of water, when it begged hard for its life, and said to him, "Surely you haven't the heart to put me to death? Think how useful I have been in clearing your house of the mice and lizards2 which used to infest3 it, and show your gratitude4 by sparing my life." "You have not been altogether useless, I grant you," said the Man: "but who killed the fowls5? Who stole the meat? No no! You do much more harm than good, and die you shall."

　　从前，有一个人抓住了一只黄鼠狼，它总是在房子里偷偷摸摸。这人正要用一盆水淹死它时，黄鼠狼苦苦哀求人饶了自己的性命，并且对人说：“你一定不忍心杀了我!想想我对你们家做的贡献吧，我可是一只在清理你家里的老鼠和蜥蜴，为了显示你对我的感激之情，就饶我一命吧。”“我也承认，你并非完全无用，” 男人说， “但是，是谁杀了鸡?是谁偷了肉?不不!你做了太多坏事，理应去死。”

　　怪物和猎人

　　Long ago, there lived a huge monster. The monster looked like a human, but had a large body and much hair. His eye was in the middle of his forehead.

　　People were really afraid of this monster. That is because the monster ate up people. The people did not go neat the woods where the monster lived.

　　One day, a young hunter went hunting in the woods where the monster lived. He did not know that the monster lived there. He ran into the monster.

　　The brave hunter took out his arrow1 and shot2 the monster. The monster did not feel any pain and attacked the hunter. "How come he got shot, but he is alright..." The hunter shot a few more arrows,but the monster was not injured3 at all. The hunter only had one arrow left.

　　"That monster has to have a weak spot. Right! It must be that eye." The hunter shot his last arrow to the monster's eye. The monster was hit. It screamed and fell. The hunter barely4 killed the monster and realized it was the monster that people feared.

　　"This monster has to be burned so it won't ever bother people again." The hunter made a fire and turned the monster into ashes. Suddenly, a strong wind came and the ashes turned into an insect.

　　The insect attacked the hunter and began sucking5 his blood. The hunter ran away from the insect. The ashes became a mosquito6 that still bothers us on a hot summer day.

　　很久以前，有过一个巨大的怪物。怪物看起来像一个人，但有一个很大的身体和很多毛。他的眼睛长在他额头中间。

　　人们真的很害怕这个怪物。这是因为这个怪物会吃人。人们不敢靠近怪物生活的树林。

　　有一天，一个年轻的猎人在这个怪物居住的树林里打猎。他不知道怪物住在这里。他跑进了怪物的地盘。

　　勇敢的猎人拿出了他的箭，并射向这个怪物。怪物没有感到任何疼痛，并攻击猎人。“无论它怎么被射杀，但它还是没事......”猎人又射出了几箭，但是在这个怪物还是没有受伤。猎人只剩一只箭了。

　　“那怪物一定有一个弱点。对了!一定是它的眼睛。”猎人把他最后的一只箭射向怪物的眼睛。怪物被射中了。它尖叫着倒下了。猎人好不容易杀死了怪物，然后意识到这就是人们害怕的那只怪物。

　　“这个怪物必须烧毁了，然后它就不能再不会打扰人类了。”这个猎人生了火，把怪物化为了灰烬。突然，吹起了一阵奇怪的风，而这些灰烬变成一种昆虫。

　　这些昆虫攻击猎人，并开始吮吸他的血。猎人从昆虫那里逃走了。这些灰烬变成了蚊子，仍然在每个炎热的夏天来骚扰我们。