Out behind the big red barn at the edge of the walnut grove is a most magnificent pond shaded by an old oak tree. I'll tell you right now, before it's too late. It belongs to McFeeglebee.And McFeeglebee absolutely forbids fishing in that pond. He's put up five signs to prove it. "Before I'll allow any little boys to fish in there," he says, "I'd rather remove it." "Little boys make too much noise. They'd scare the fish, being shouters and laughers and slappers. They'd muddy the water, and leave gum wrappers. No -- I'd be a fool to let them fish in my pool." So for a long time nobody dared to fish in that pool. That is, not until little Georgie P. Johnson decided to break the rule. "I'm gonna fish there," he said, "under the oak, where it's cool." "I'm gonna lie down with my knees in the air and the pole through my toes and doze like a lazy catfish in summer. Nobody will catch me. I'm a fast runner. Everyone warned him. "A pool is not the sea. You can't fish for free, it's stealing. Besides, there's all sorts of surprises in McFeeglebee's pond. Nobody knows just what is in there besides fish and old shoes and the things people lose. You'll catch something dangerous so you'd better beware. Fish in that pond? I wouldn't dare!" But little Georgie P. Johnson just wiggled his nose and pretended not to hear, as if he had molasses stuck in his ear. Of fishing he was very fond, why should he fear McFeeglebee's pond? So early one morning with his pole in his hand, he crept past the red barn on McFeeglebee's land out to the edge of the grove to the pond, where he baited his hook, sinking it deep. Then Georgie P. Johnson fell asleep. All of a sudden with a bob and a jerk, the fishing line woke him. Grabbing the pole and holding on tight he used every muscle to fight what was without doubt the biggest of trout.
He pulled ten minutes before seeing that what he had caught was not a trout, but a huge grisly catfish. How could he have been so wrong? Its whiskers alone were a foot long! He dug in his heels, held on even tighter, nobody could say he wasn't a fighter. The water seething and boiling, turned bright red then dark as that grisly catfish became a shark.
A shark twenty feet long with a mouth like a barrel and teeth that co uld bite. That was a sight! But with a splash of its tail it turned into a whale. Now a whale in McFeeglebee's pond, that's really something! As big as three houses with breath like a gale, it looked rather hungry which made Georgie pale.
When the question becomes who's catching who, little Georgie knew what to do. It's silly to fish when fishing's no fun, so he dropped his pole and started to run.
But it was too late. That whale became a sea dragon. It sloshed out of that pond with its slimy scales, reaching for Georgie with crooked nails.Now he wished he'd taken his friends' advice. At any price it was better than this. Just as the dragon was about to sup, little Georgie P. Johnson woke up. It was after all only a dream though there was a fish on his line. But catching it was a cinch. It was only a goldfish, barely an inch. And after that dream it hardly seemed worth it. So releasing the hook he threw it back where it belonged, in McFeeglebee's pond. Now when friends ask him what happened out there, he wiggles his nose and gives them a stare. "Of fishing I'm particularly fond. But there's just too many surprise s in McFeeglebee's pond."
英语童话故事 McFeeglebees Pond
英语社
人气:1.14W
相关文章:
- 英语童话故事 Felicia and the Pot of Pinks
- 英语童话故事 The Flower Queens Daughter
- 英语童话故事 ABSULUM THE REINDEER ELF
- 格林童话:the Ear of Grain麦穗的故事
- 英语童话故事 Spindle Shuttle and Needle
- 英语童话故事 The Goblin and the Grocer
- 英语童话故事 The Golden Crab
- 安徒生童话:A Story from the Sand Hills沙冈那边的一段故事
- 英语童话故事 Sleeping Beauty
- 格林童话:the Wolf and the Seven Young Kids狼和七只小山羊
热门推荐
- 1英语童话故事 A Story about a Darning Needle
- 2英语童话故事 The Story of Prince Ahmed and Fairy Paribanou
- 3双语故事:Essence of things(事物的本质)
- 4英语童话故事 Mr. Coyote meets Mr. Snail
- 5英语童话故事 The Prince who would seek immortality
- 6英语童话故事 How the Hermit Helped to Win the Kings Daughter
- 7安徒生童话:the STORY OF A MOTHER母亲的故事
- 8英语童话故事 The Lion and The Mouse
- 9双语故事:Good place for smoking(吸烟的好地方)
- 10英语童话故事 The Princess on Glass Hill
猜你喜欢
- 1英语童话故事 Cinderella
- 2格林童话:Mrs. Fox's Wedding狐狸太太的婚事
- 3英语童话故事 East of the Sun and West of the Moon
- 4双语故事:Come in an envelope(坐信封过来)
- 5双语故事:卖掉企业的悲喜 The joy, sadness and fear of selling up
- 6格林童话:the Pack of Scoundrels一群二流子
- 7安徒生童话:the DREAM OF LITTLE TUK小杜克
- 8英语情感故事 Help from an Unexpected Source
- 9英语童话故事 How to Tell a True Princess
- 10英语童话故事 The Goose Girl
- 11安徒生童话:A Cheerful Temper
- 12希腊神话:the Golden Fleece 金色的羊毛
- 13英语童话故事 Hansel and Grettel
- 14英语童话故事 In the Land of Souls
- 15英语童话故事 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
更多推荐
- 1茶话会第442期:她是八卦夫人
- 2美国首次发现经性接触感染的寨卡病毒病例
- 3合成纤维是什么意思、英文翻译及中文解释
- 4英国人为什么普遍高冷傲娇范例
- 5世界上最致命的动物 第一名居然不是人类
- 6零基础学习高考日语难度大不大
- 7三周期伴流网格是什么意思、英文翻译及中文解释
- 8词汇精选:inherent的用法和辨析
- 9乙炔是什么意思、英文翻译及中文解释范例
- 10商务口语天天说 第69天:怎样讨论保险事宜
- 11严格检验是什么意思、英文翻译及中文解释
- 12雅思口语考试复习计划
- 13倒拉普拉斯变换是什么意思、英文翻译及中文解释
- 14air cooling engine是什么意思、英文翻译及中文解释示例
- 15二溴乙醇是什么意思、英文翻译及中文解释