今天的这篇英语故事比较简短，讲述的是：公鸡和母鸡一起出门旅行，在旅途中的事情及到海尔家后遇到的“趣”事，本故事非常适合小朋友们学习，一起来读读吧：

There were once a cock and a hen who wanted to take a journey together. So the cock built a beautiful carriage, which had four red wheels, and harnessed four mice to it. The hen seated herself in it with the cock, and they drove away together.

Not long afterwards they met a cat who said, "Where are you going?" The cock replied, "We are going to the house of Herr Korbes." "Take me with you," said the cat. The cock answered, "Most willingly, get up behind, lest you fall off in front. Take great care not to dirty my little red wheels. And you little wheels, roll on, and you little mice pipe out, as we go forth on our way to the house of Herr Korbes."

After this came a millstone, then an egg, then a duck, then a pin, and at last a needle, who all seated themselves in the carriage, and drove with them. When, however, they reached the house of Herr Korbes, Herr Korbes was not there.

The mice drew the carriage into the barn, the hen flew with the cock upon a perch. The cat sat down by the hearth, the duck on the well-pole. The egg rolled itself into a towel, the pin stuck itself into the chair-cushion, the needle jumped on to the bed in the middle of the pillow, and the millstone laid itself over the door.

Then Herr Korbes came home, went to the hearth, and was about to light the fire, when the cat threw a quantity of ashes in his face. He ran into the kitchen in a great hurry to wash it off, and the duck splashed some water in his face. He wanted to dry it with the towel, but the egg rolled up against him, broke, and glued up his eyes. He wanted to rest, and sat down in the chair, and then the pin pricked him. He fell in a passion, and threw himself on his bed, but as soon as he laid his head on the pillow, the needle pricked him, so that he screamed aloud, and was just going to run out into the wide world in his rage, but when he came to the house-door, the millstone leapt down and struck him dead. Herr Korbes must have been a very wicked man!

词汇学习：

journey [ˈdʒɜːnɪ] 旅行；行程；历程，

harnessed 上马具的

afterwards [ˈɑːftəwədz] 然后，后来

willingly ['wiliŋli] 自动地,欣然地

我们都知道善有善报，恶有恶报。对于邪恶势力，我们一定要勇于的向他们做斗争，绝对不能畏缩，因为一旦你退缩，那么他们便会更加嚣张。同时我们要记住，团结的力量是无穷的，只有团结才能更好的打败邪恶，战胜困难。