新东方小学英语阅读10篇

新东方小学英语阅读10篇TheHenandtheLittleGirlInacountryhome，amotherhenandhercutechickswerelivinghappily.Alittlegirlcametovisitthecountryhome，butwasverybored.Onenight，thegirlwentintothechickenhouse.Assoonasshewentin，therewasdisorder.Hereandtherecriesofthechickenscouldbeheard.Thefather，whowasinside，wokeup.“What‘sgoingon？Whyareyoubotheringthechickens？”“BecauseI’mbored.”“Youhavetosleepnow，goinside.”Thegirlwentintothechickenhouse，again，thenextday.Therewasaracketagain，asthechickenswerefrightened.Themooninthenightskywasworried.Thistime，thelittlegirl‘sfatherwillnotbeforgiving.Finally，thesleepingfatherwokeup.“Whyarethechickenscrying？Bychance”Thefatherwasangryandcameouttotheyard.“What’swrongwithyou？Isitokaytobotheranimalsthatcan‘ttalk？Youneedtobepunished.”Whenthelittlegirlsawherfather’sangryface，shebegantocry.“ItistruethatIbotheredthechickens，butIwasboredyesterday.ButtodayIwentintoapologizetothechickens.Iwasgoingtohugthechickens.”Whenthefatherheardwhathisdaughtersaid，asmilequicklyappearedonhisface.“Youaretrulymydaughter.”Thefatherpraisedhisdaughter.Hewasproudofhisdaughterthatknewhowtoapologize.Themoonintheskygaveabiglaugh，too.TheMermaidPrincessInthedeep，seapalace，therelivedamermaidprincess.Whenevershesangasongwithherbeautifulvoice，everyoneenviedher.However，themermaidprincesswantedtogototheoutsideworld.“Iwouldliketohearthebeautifulsoundofbirds.“Thekingpromisedher.“Whenyouturn15yearsold，youcangoandseethelifeabovethesea.”“Oh，Ican‘twait！Finally，itwasthemermaidprincess’15thbirthday.Shewentuptothesea.Theprincesssawagreatship.Andshesawahandsomeprincestandingontheship.Theprincessfellinlovewithhimatfirstsight.However，asthunderandlightningstruck，theshipsankonitsside.Theprincelosthisconsciousnessandfelldeepintothesea.“Oh，no！Theprincefellintothewater.Letmehurryandsavehim.”Theprincesssavedtheprinceandlaidhimonthesand.Theprincesstookcareofhimallnight.Whentheprinceopenedhiseyes，themermaidprincesshidfromhim.Shethoughthemightgetscaredbyhertail.Justthen，aprincessfromaneighborlandcameouttoseetheseaandshesawtheprince.Theprincesswatchedfromafartheprincewhoalwayscameouttotheseaatnight.Theprincesswasverysad.Shewantedtobecomeahumansothatshecouldbewiththeprince.Sheaskedthewitch.“Okay，Iwillmakeyouintoahuman，butyoumustgivemeyourbeautifulvoice.Iftheprincemarriessomeoneelse，youwillbecomeawaterbubble.Youmustmarrytheprince.”Onthesand，shedrankthemedicinethatthewitchhadgivenher.Withthebigsuddenpain，sheturnedintoahuman.Justthen，theprincewhocameouttotheseasawtheprincess.Theprincetooktheprincesswhocouldnotspeak，tohispalace.Althoughshecouldnotspeak，shewashappytobelivingneartheprince.Theprincewasgoingtobemarriedtoaprincessfromaneighborland.“Iwillbemarryingtheprincessthatsavedmylife.”‘Iamtheonethatsavedyourlife.’But，hervoicecouldnotbeheard.Atnight，themermaidprincess‘oldersisterscameuptothesea.Theygavethemermaidprincessaknifeandsaid，“Ifyoustabtheprincewiththisknife，youcanbeamermaidagain.Ifyoudon’t，youwillbecomeawaterbubble.”Onthenightofthewedding，themermaidprincesswasgoingtostabthesleepingprincewiththeknife.But，shecouldnotkillthelovingprince.“It‘sbestthatIjustturnintoawaterbubble.“Whenmorningcame，themermaidturnedintoawaterbubbleandwentuptoheaven.TheNakedKingLong，longtimeago，therelivedaveryfancyking.Thekingchangedhisclothes12timesaday.Hereallylikedtoshowofftohissubjects.“Myclothesarethebestintheworld.”Oneday，twotailorsplannedatrick.“Whydon‘tweteachthatstupidandextravagantkingalesson.Hedoesn’tevenworryabouthisstarvingpeople.”“That‘sright！Hethinkshe’sthebest.”Thetwomenwenttoseetheking.“Oh，theworld‘smostmarvelousking！Wehavebroughtthemostbeautifulclothinthewholeworld.”“However，noteveryoneisabletoseethecloth.Thosethattellliesandhavebadheartsarenotabletoseethisfinecloth.”Afterthekingheardthosewords，hebecameveryinterested.“Couldtherereallybesuchacloth？IfIcanmakeclothesoutofthosecloths，myclotheswillbethebestinthewholeworld.Hurryandshowmethecloth.”Thekingbegantogetmoreandmoregreedy.Thetailorspretendedthattheclothwasreal，astheyshowedittotheking.Thekingandthefine-spokensubjectscouldnotseeanythingbeforethem.But，noneofthemcouldshowthattheycouldnotseeit.Thekingandhisfine-spokensubjectsjustlookedateachother.Then，thetailorquicklyspokeinaarrogantmanner.“Well，istherenohonestmanhere？Howcanyoulookatthisbeautifulclothandnotpraiseit.”Amongthesubjects，oneofthemmadeaflatteringcommentoutloud.“Wow！ThisisthefirsttimethatIhaveseensuchawonderfulcloth.”Allthesubjectstriedtobethefirsttopraisethecloth.Then，thekingwasamazedwiththebeautyofthecloth，too.Thekinggavethemoneyandorderedthemtomakehisclothes.Forseveraldays，thetailorspretendedtobemakingtheclothes.Thekingbecameworriedandtoldoneofhissubjectstogoandseehowtheclotheswascomingalong.Thesubjectcouldnotsayhowmuchtheclotheshadbeencompleted.Ashardashelooked，hecouldnotseeit.But，hecouldnotsaythathewasunabletoseeit.Instead，hepretendedtobeamazedathowbeautifulitwascomingalong.Afewdayslater，thetailorscamebackwiththeKing’sclothes.“Hereyouare，tryonthisclothes.”Thekingwasnotabletohonestlysaythathecouldnotseetheclothes.He，too，pretendedtolookoverit.Onemansaid，“Your