跪求英语短文我要参加口语大赛,是英语的,谁有适合初一的短文?要是故事性的,我能力不高,朗读时间在3至5分钟,

跪求英语短文
我要参加口语大赛,是英语的,谁有适合初一的短文?要是故事性的,我能力不高,朗读时间在3至5分钟,

The Lion, The Bear And The Fox（狮子、熊与狐狸） Long ago a lion and a bear saw a kid. They sprang upon it at the same time. The lion said to the bear, “I caught this kid first, and so this is mine.” “No, no, “ said the bear, “I found it earlier than you, so this is mine.” And they fought long and fiercely. At last both of them got very tired and could no longer fight.A fox who hid himself behind a tree not far away and was watching the fight between the lion and the bear, came out and walked in between them, and ran off with the kid. The lion and the bear both saw the fox, but they could not even catch the fox. The lion said to the bear, “we have fought for nothing. That sly fox has got the kid away.”　 The Boys And The Frogs（男孩与青蛙）One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stones hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said, “Boys, please don’t throw stones at us.” The boys said, “We are only playing.” “I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play to you is death to us,” said the old frog. So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.The Wolf and the Dove（狼与山羊）One day a wolf saw a goat on a high cliff. He was jumping to and fro and was grazing. The wolf wanted to eat him, but he could not climb up there to catch him. So he said to the goat, “Good morning, my good friend Goat! Come down here! If you slip down the cliff, you will break your neck. And the grass is short and dry up there. Come down! The grass is long and tender here.” “Thank you, Mr. Wolf, but never mind. I am used to playing here, and I like the grass here better. I would rather eat day grass than be eaten by a wolf,” said the goat.　The Hare and the Tortoise（野兔与乌龟）One day a hare met with a tortoise at the foot of a hill. “Hallo, little Tortoise! Where are you going? How short your legs are!” said the hare. “ I am going over to the hill. I am a slow runner, but I can run a race with you,” said the tortoise. “All right. Let's run a race with you to the top of the hill,” said the hare. The hare and the tortoise started. The hare ran very fast. The hare said to himself, “ I can much faster than the tortoise, and I may have a little nap here.” So the hare lay down under a tree and was fast asleep. But the tortoise did not stop for a moment. He walked on and on. At last he got to the top of the hill. The hare woke up and looked around, but he could not see the tortoise. He sprang up and ran as fast as he could. When the hare got to the top of the hill, he found the tortoise was resting there peacefully. The tortoise said to the hare, “Now, Mr. Hare! Which was the faster runner, you or I?”　 The Lion and the Mouse（狮子与老鼠）Once a great lion was sleeping in a wood. A little mouse happened to come and ran over his face. The lion awoke and caught the little mouse in anger, and was going to kill her. “ Oh, dear kind Lion!” Said the little mouse. “ Please forgive me. I didn't mean to do you any harm. Let me go. I shall return your kindness.’’“ Ha, ha, ha,’’ laughed the lion. “ How can a little thing like you help a great lion?’’ “ Thank you very much, kind Lion! I hope I shall be able to do you a good return some day,’’ said the little mouse. Some time after this, the lion was caught in a trap. Just then the little mouse came along. At once she ran up to the lion, and said, “ You were very kind to me once. Now I'll save your life, and repay you the kindness which you showed me the other day.’’ Soon she gnawed the ropes of the trap with her sharp teeth, and the lion was happy to be free again. “ Thank you, little Mouse!’’ said the lion, and he walked away.　　　 The Dog, the Cock and the Fox（狗、公鸡和狐狸）A dog and a cock were good friends and they were traveling together. When night came on, the cock flew up to a tree and slept there, and the god found a hollow in the same tree and slept in it. When the morning came, the cock woke up and began to crow. A hungry fox heard this crow and wanted to get the cock for his dinner. Then the fox said to the cock, “What a beautiful morning this is! I want to talk to you. You have a very sweet voice. Won’t you come down and have a chat with me?” “Thank you, Mr. Fox. But how about your coming up here? It is very nice and cool here,” replied the cock. “All right, I will. But how can I get up?” asked the fox. “Just go round the trunk below me, and wake my servant in a hollow. He will open the door for you,” said the cock. The fox came near the hollow. And the dog rushed out, sprang upon the fox and killed it at once.　　　　 The man, his Son and their Donkey（一个人和他的儿子与他们的驴子）A man and his son were driving their donkey along a country road. They saw some girls drawing water at a well. One of the girls said, “oh, look! How silly they are! A man and a boy are walking along beside their donkey, and nobody is riding it” the man heard this and said to his son, “you had better ride our donkey. You are light, so you will not tire our donkey.” In a little while they met three old men. One of them said, “see here! The boy is riding a donkey and his old father is walking by his side. The young boy does of take care of his old father.” And the man got on the donkey and his son walked along beside it. Now they were very happy. But soon afterward they met three women. Fastened it to a pole. They lifted it to their shoulders and carried it along to the town. When they came to a bridge, everyone laughed at them. And the donkey did not like the noise and began to kick. It broke the rope, fell into the water and was drowned. So the old man had to take his son and go home. The man said to his son, “he who tries to please everybody pleases nobody after all.”　20. Tony's Lie（汤尼的谎言）One day Tony was a very bad boy. He told a lie to his mother. That night felt very unhappy. He did not want to play with the children. He sat on the doorstep alone. He looked up in the sky and saw the big round moon. He thought that it was looking down upon him, because it knew about the lie. He ran down the street to get away from it, but it kept following him. Then he crept into the house and went to bed, but the moon looked at him through the window. He pulled the sheet over his head, but he could not sleep. Then he crawled under the bed and lay there in the dark. He thought and thought about the lie. At last he decided to tell his mother all about it. He told her the truth and she forgave him. He promised never to tell a lie again. He went back to bed and was soon fast asleep. He dreamed that the moon smiled down upon him.　　. The Three Wishes三个愿望A man and his wife were always wishing for luck. One night a fairy came to them and said, “You may have three wishes.” In the morning the woman went to a neighbor’s house to get some bread. She saw a nice pudding there. When she came back, she said, “I wish I had a pudding like that! She did not think of the three wishes, but there was a pudding beside her. “Silly!” cried the man, you have lost one of your wishes, and we have only a pudding. I wish it were on your nose!” At that, the pudding jumped up and grew fast to her nose. “Silly, yourself!” cried the woman, “you have lost another wish. We have only one wish more.” “What shall it be?” asked the man. “We must wish this pudding off,” said the woman. “I can’t have it on my nose.” So they wished it would go away, and away it went. They had had their three wishes, but they were on better off than when the fairy came to them.　The Monkey and the Turtle猴子与海龟One day a monkey who was very hungry met with a turtle creeping along the road. “My dear Slow Foot, can’t you find anything to eat for me?” said the monkey. “O yes, Sly Head, I can,” said the turtle. “ Come this way; there is a banana-plant just over there.” Soon they came to the banana-plant bearing lot of ripe fruit. The monkey climbed the plant, but before he could pick some bananas, the turtle cried, “Run, Sly Head, run! Here comes a man!” Instantly he came down and ran in a hurry. But the turtle could not run, but she caught the monkey’s tail in her mouth and the monkey pulled her away. When they were safe, the monkey said, “Slow Foot, that man did not catch you because I pulled you away.” “O no, Sly Head, on!” the turtle said, “you were not pulling me. I was pushing you.”　自己选个吧