英语小故事要求：200-240个单词要初一级别的

英语小故事
要求：200-240个单词
要初一级别的

一、Self -reliance(靠自己）
A baby snail (蜗牛）asked his mother,"Why was i born with a shelf?It was so hard and heavy?"
His mother said,"Because we don't have bones( 骨头）.We can only crawl and move slowly.So we have got a shell to protect us."
Her baby asked again,"Then caterpillar(毛虫姐姐）has no bones either,and she can't move quickly ,either.Why can she do without a shell?"
The mother snail answered,"That's because a caterpillar will become a butterfly.She flies high to the sky.The sky can protect(保护） her".
Her baby had another question,"But the earthworm crawls like us.He has not bones.And he can't turn into a butterfly.Why doesn't he carry a hard,heavy shell?"
His mother said,"He can drill a hole,get into the ground.The ground can protect him."
The baby snail burst into tears( 眼泪） ."What a pity!We have no protection either from the sky or from the ground."
His mother comforted (安慰）him,:"That's why we have a shell.We needn't count on the sky or the ground for protection.We rely on ourselves."
注：either...or.或者...或者...count on 依靠
译文：
小蜗牛问妈妈：“为什么我们从生下来,就有壳呢?它是这么的重这么的硬.”
妈妈：“因为我们没有骨头（支撑）.只能爬,又爬不快,所以要这个壳的保护!”
小蜗牛：“毛虫姐姐没有骨头,也爬不快,为什么她却不用背这个又硬又重的壳呢?”
妈妈：“因为毛虫姐姐能变成蝴蝶,天空会保护她啊.”
小蜗牛：“可是蚯蚓弟弟也没有骨头爬不快,也不会变成蝴蝶,他为什么不背这个又硬又重的壳呢?”
妈妈：“因为蚯蚓弟弟会钻土,大地会保护他啊.”
小蜗牛哭了起来：“我们好可怜!天空不保护,大地也不保护.”
蜗牛妈妈安慰了他：“所以我们没有壳啊!我们不靠天,也不靠地,我们靠自己.”
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice.They were friends.One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city.After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said,"Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went.The City mouse said,"This food is not good,and your house is not good.Why do you live in a hole in the field?You should come and live in the city.You would live in a nice house made of stone.You would have nice food to eat.You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse.It was a very good house.Nice food was set ready for them to eat.But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise.The City mouse cried," Run!Run!The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
译文：
从前,有两只老鼠.他们是好朋友.一组老鼠都住在农村,其他鼠标在城市居住.很多年以后,乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠,他说：“你一定要来我的家里看我.”因此,城里老鼠去了.城市老鼠说：“这菜不好吃,你的房子是不好的.为什么你在该领域的一个洞生活?你应该来住在城市.你会住在用石头造的漂亮房子.你有好东西吃.你一定要来看看我的城市在我的房子.“乡下老鼠到老鼠家城市.这是一个非常好的房子.尼斯的食物也为他们准备吃的.但是,正当他们要开始吃的时候,听见很大的噪音.城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑!快跑!猫来了!”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来.