二年级小学生阅读的英语美文

Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. The next early morning, the young man couldn’t wait to check his “achievement”, but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.

二年级小学生阅读的英语美文篇二

A man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling with one another. He was always telling them how much easier life would be if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of him. One day he decided to show them what he meant.

He called all the sons together and put a tightly tied bundle of sticks on the floor in front of them.

\"Can you break that ? \" he asked the youngest son. The boy put his knee on the bundle but though he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend

the wood.

The father asked each son in turn to try to break the bundle, but none of them could do it . Then he untied the string and scattered the sticks.

\" Now try, \" he said . The boys broke the sticks easily in their hands.

\"Do you see what I mean ?\" asked the father. \"if only you stand together no one can hurt you . If you all disagree the whole time and insist on going your separate ways, the first enemy you meet will be able to destroy you. \" United we stand divided we fall.

二年级小学生阅读的英语美文篇三

The assin the lion's skin