童话故事是通过丰富的想象、幻想和夸张手法反映生活，增进儿童性格的成长的一种儿童文学体裁。我们熟知的童话故事有《安徒生童话》、《格林童话》、《伊索寓言》等，这些一个个充满着活力的童话故事为孩子们编织着美好的世界。

家长们可以根据自己的需求和孩子的英语水平孩子阅读原版英语童话小故事，让孩子们在童话世界中快乐学习英语。今天就给大家推荐一篇易懂的英语童话小故事，一起来看看吧！

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse两只老鼠

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.”

从前有两只老鼠是好朋友。它们一只住在城里，一只住在乡下。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到了城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了乡下老鼠的家。乡下老鼠领着城里老鼠到了一块田里，它的家就在这里。它把所有精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么要住在田野的洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。”

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.

于是乡下老鼠来到了城里老鼠的家里。城里老鼠的房子十分漂亮，好吃的食物已经摆放在他们面前了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快的跑开并躲藏了起来。

After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said,” I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.”

过了一会儿他们终于可以出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野的洞里。虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起富有却要提心吊胆的生活来说，会更好。”

这篇英语童话小故事讲述了两只生活在不同地区的老鼠都无法习惯对方的生活方式，也告诉了我们，那些看上去很华丽的事物，并不一定都是美好的，也并不适合所有的人。我们在读文章的时候可以看到英语逻辑和中文逻辑有些诧异，有些语句在英语中可以省略，因此在阅读时需要多多注意。如果家长觉得孩子没有办法独自理解这种类型的英语文章，也可以陪伴孩子一起阅读，亲子阅读也是增进亲子感情的好方法哦~