英文名：The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children
中文名：《大自然母亲告诉她的孩子们的故事》
作者: Jane Andrews
难度：850L
内容介绍：
"你可能会认为，大自然母亲就像著名的 "住在鞋里的老妇人 "一样，有那么多孩子，她不知道该怎么办。但是，当你熟悉了她，了解到她是多么的坚强，多么的活跃，她是多么的能同时在五十个地方，照顾一棵生病的树，或者一朵刚出生的小花；同时，还在建造地下宫殿，引导小旅行者踏上远行的脚步，清扫、除尘、布置她的大房子--大地。而同时，在她耐心而永无止境的工作中，她会给我们讲一些最迷人、最奇妙的故事，讲她年轻时的年代，或者讲她的宫殿里最遥远、最秘密的壁橱里藏着的宝藏；正是这样的故事，你们都很喜欢在黄昏时分围着母亲听她讲。"
“You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous “old woman who lived in the shoe,” has so many children that she doesn’t know what to do. But you will know better when you become acquainted with her, and learn how strong she is, and how active; how she can really be in fifty places at once, taking care of a sick tree, or a baby flower just born; and, at the same time, building underground palaces, guiding the steps of little travellers setting out on long journeys, and sweeping, dusting, and arranging her great house,–the earth. And all the while, in the midst of her patient and never-ending work, she will tell us the most charming and marvellous stories of ages ago when she was young, or of the treasures that lie hidden in the most distant and secret closets of her palace; just such stories as you all like so well to hear your mother tell when you gather round her in the twilight.”
