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　　Once upon a time there lived a king and his daughters. They were all beautiful, but the youngest was the prettiest of them all. Even the sun was astonished by her beauty when it shone in her face.

　　once upon a time 从前

　　astonished adj. 感到吃惊的

　　beauty n. 美貌

　　There was a great dark forest near the king’s castle. In the forest, under an old lime-tree, there was a well. One day the youngest princess went out into the forest, and played beside the well. She took a golden ball, threw it up and caught it. The ball was her favorite toy.

　　lime-tree n. 菩提树

　　well n. 井

　　princess n. 公主

　　favorite adj. 最喜爱的

　　Suddenly the princess did not catch the ball. It fell onto the ground, and rolled straight into the well. She followed it with her eyes, but it vanished in the water. The well was very deep. She could not see the bottom.

　　suddenly adv. 突然

　　roll v. 滚动

　　vanish v. 消失

　　She began to cry, and cried louder and louder. Suddenly she heard someone talking to her,“Why are you so sad, little princess?”She looked around, and saw a little frog jumping out of the well. It has a big and ugly head.

　　ugly adj. 丑陋的

　　The princess said she was weeping for her golden ball. It had fallen into the well. The frog asked,“What will you give me if I bring it up again?”She said anything he would like. The frog said,“If you love me, and let me be your companion, I will bring your golden ball back again.”

　　weep v. 哭泣

　　companion n. 同伴

　　“Oh yes,” said she, “I promise you all you wish, if you bring my ball back again.”But she thought,“What a silly frog! He can only sit in the water and croak. He cannot be my companion.”But when the frog had received her promise, he jumped into the water. In a short while he came up again with the ball.

　　promise v. 答应

　　silly adj. 愚蠢的

　　croak v. 嗄嗄叫

　　in a short while

　　片刻之后

　　The princess was delighted to see her ball. She picked it up, and ran away. “Wait, wait,”said the frog. “Take me with you. I can’t run as fast as you.” But she did not listen to him. She ran back home and soon forgot the poor frog. He had to go back into his well again.

　　delighted adj. 高兴的

　　pick up 捡起