小学英语阅读之第十五篇

　　There was a poor farmer in the country. He had a wife with a warm heart. The only things they had were a small piece of rice field, a farm and a horse.

　　One day, the farmer said to his wife. "We have to exchange the horse with other goods, tomorrow at the market." "Yes, we do. We don't need a horse because we have no chance of going far away." His wife agreed with him.

　　The next day, the farmer went to the market riding on horseback. He found a good cow while he was looking around the market. 'Mm. That cow will be good. We will be able to drink fresh milk everyday.' The farmer smiled and went close to the cow.

　　"If you want to sell this cow, how about exchanging your cow with my horse?" The owner of the cow took a look at the horse for a while. He felt strange because the horse was much more expensive than the cow. The horse looked healthy on the whole. The owner of the cow laughed loudly and agreed to the deal.

　　The farmer was very happy, too. 'Everything's okay. Now I have to go back to my house.' As he walked not a long distance with the cow, he saw a plump, soft-haired goat. Suddenly he wanted to have the goat. 'It would be much easier to raise a goat than a cow. And goat's milk tastes good.'

　　"Hey, why don't we exchange your goat with my cow?" The owner of the goat thought that was a golden opportunity, after he heard the farmer. "Of course, I'll be glad to." This was how the farmer exchanged his cow with the goat.

　　'Today is my lucky day.' The farmer even hummed to himself. After a while, he saw a young man holding a goose tightly with his two hands. 'That goose looks very healthy. Its hair is rich. It would be nice if we could raise such a great goose in our depression.' The farmer wanted to have the goose, so he exchanged his goat with the goose.

　　After a short time, he met a guy who was holding a cute hen in his arms. 'Cock-a-doodle-do, cock-a-doodle-do!' The hen's voice sounded very healthy. 'What a nice hen!' This time, he also wanted to have the hen. The farmer approached the guy and asked him to exchange his goose with the hen. Of course the owner of the hen agreed to his suggestion.

　　It was already late afternoon when he exchanged his animals several times. 'Oh, I am hungry! I am going to have lunch in a restaurant.' The farmer held his hen and headed to a restaurant. A young man was carrying a heavy bag on his shoulder in front of the restaurant.

　　"Look, young man. What's inside of that bag?" He looked at the bag and asked. "Oh, This? These are rotten aps. "The young man said.

　　'Rotten aps? We had only one ap from our ap trees last year. That's amazing that he has such a lot of aps. If we use those rotten aps as fertilizer, our trees will bear lots of aps, too.' The farmer exchanged his hen with the rotten aps.

　　Then, he went into the restaurant and had lunch. And he told his story how he happened to exchange one thing and another, and finally he got the rotten aps. An rich old man listened to the farmer's story and said, "You are such a hopeless fellow. If you go back to your house, your wife will be mad at you." "No way. My wife has never been angry at me." "All right, if your wife will not be angry about your story today, I will give you a package of gold coins."

　　After that, the farmer went back to his house with the old rich man. And he told his wife the whole story about how he came back with the rotten aps. Then, his wife said, "Oh, that's great. We will have as many aps as those rotten aps." The farmer's wife even smiled happily.

　　In the end, the old rich man had to give them a package of gold coins. Therefore the farmer became very rich.

　　烂苹果和老婆

　　这个国家有一个贫穷的农民。他有一个温暖的妻子。他们仅有的东西是一小块稻田、一个农场和一匹马。

　　一天，农夫对他的妻子说。我们必须把马和其他货物交换，明天在市场上。我们不需要马，因为我们没有机会去很远的地方。”他的妻子同意了。

　　第二天，农夫骑着马去了市场。他在市场上四处寻找时发现了一头好牛。mm。那头牛会好的。“我们每天都能喝到新鲜的牛奶。”农夫笑着走近奶牛。

　　“如果你想卖掉这头牛，把你的牛和我的马换一下怎么样？”牛的主人看了一会儿这匹马。他觉得奇怪，因为马比牛贵多了。这匹马整体看来健康。奶牛的主人大声笑着同意了这笔交易。

　　农夫也很高兴。一切都好。“现在我得回家了。”他走了不远的路，看见了一头胖胖的山羊。突然，他想要山羊。养一只山羊要比养一只母牛容易得多。羊奶味道很好。

　　“嘿，为什么不把你的山羊和我的母牛换呢？”山羊的主人听了农夫的话后认为这是一个千载难逢的好机会。当然，我会很高兴的。“这是农夫用山羊交换母牛的方法。”。

　　“今天是我的幸运日。农民自己哼哼着。过了一会儿，他看见一个年轻人用两只手紧紧地抓着一只鹅。那只鹅看起来很健康。它的头发很丰富。如果我们能在我们的萧条中养大一只鹅，那就太好了。

　　过了一会儿，他遇到了一个抱着一只可爱母鸡的家伙。喔喔喔，喔喔喔！”母鸡的声音听起来很健康。多漂亮的母鸡啊！这一次，他也想养母鸡。农夫走近那家伙，要他和母鸡交换他的鹅。当然母鸡的主人同意了他的建议。

　　今天下午已经很晚了，他把动物换了好几次。哦，我饿了！“我要去一家餐馆吃午饭。”农夫抱着他的母鸡，朝一家餐馆走去。一个年轻人肩上扛着一个沉重的包在饭店前面。

　　“看，年轻人。那个包里面是什么？”他看了看袋子问。哦，这个？这些是烂苹果。”年轻人说。

　　烂苹果？去年我们从苹果树上只摘了一个苹果。他有这么多苹果，真令人惊奇。如果我们用那些腐烂的苹果做肥料，我们的树也会结很多苹果。”农夫把他的母鸡和腐烂的苹果交换了。

　　然后，他走进餐厅吃了午饭。他讲述了自己是如何碰巧交换一件又一件， 后他得到了腐烂的苹果。一位富有的老人听了农夫的故事，说：“你真是个不可救药的家伙。如果你回到家，你的妻子会生你的气。我妻子从来没有生我的气。“好吧，如果你的妻子今天对你的故事不生气的话，我会给你一包金币。”

　　在那之后，农夫和老富翁一起回了他的家。他告诉了他的妻子他是如何带回腐烂的苹果的。然后，他的妻子说：“哦，那太好了。我们会有和烂苹果一样多的苹果。”农夫的妻子甚至高兴地笑了。