once upon a dream

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ANewBike

Igotanewbike。t。

Ho！Ho！Igotanewcar。keistooslow.

Ha！Ha!Igotanewmotorcycle。Itisfasterthanyourcar。Yourcaristoo

slow。

He!He！Igotanewairplane。

motorcycleistooslow。

Igotanewrocket。Itisfasterthanyourairplane。Yourairplaneistooslow。

Myrocketisthefastest.

orcycleisslowerthanthe

airplane。

，

bikeistheslowest。

But，Idon’tcare!Igotanewyellowbike。And，Ilikeit。

Baby-cricket

Alostbabycricketiscrying。

“Mom，mommy！"

Butallhecanhearisthesoundofthewind。

Thegrassswaysinthewind。

Thewindwascreatingacloudofdust.

Itlookslikeit'sgoingtorain。

Drip,drip。

It'srainingfromthesky.

Therainhasstopped。Acrossthegrass,thebabycrickethearsafamiliarsound。

“Oh，that’smymom！”

“Thebabycricketisfinallywithhismom.”Alltheinctssingacelebrationsong。

Grandma’sGift

Grandmawassittingonthesofalookingatapicture。“Youe,Nana。Iudto

’talwaysgray—hairedlikeIamnow。”ButNanahercathad

alreadyfallenasleep。

ThatnightGrandmahadahappydream.“Whoareyou？Youaremyfriends!”

Inthedream,herfriendsinvitedGrandmafordinner。“Ihaveneverensucha

longtableinmylife!”exclaimedGrandma。“Andherearesomegiftsforyou。”The

friendsgaveherbeautifulflowersandedpackets。

Justthenastronggustofwindblew。‘Whizz!'“Ohno!WhatshallIdo？”

Unfortunately，allthegiftswereblownaway。

Grandmawassurpridandwokeupfromherdream.“Howdisappointing!Just

whenIwasabouttoreceivesomegifts，thewindcameup。Ihatethewind."

Thenextmorning，Grandmadecidedtogoonatrip.“It'sabeautifuldaytoday！

Ihaven’tbeenoutdoorsforalongtime.”

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GrandmatookNana，herblackcat，onthetripwithher。

Grandmawentintotheforestandfilledherbagwithprettyflowersandeds.

“I’vebeenwalkingtoolong。Nowmylegshurt。Ineedtostopheretorestfor

aminute.”Grandmadecidedtositdownonthegrass。Whileshesatthere，shemade

abouquetofflowersinherbag。

littlebird。“My

poorlittlebird！Didyoufalloutofyournest？Iamgoingtogiveyousomethingto

eat。Don'tbesad.”Shegavethelittlebirdsomeedsfromherbag。

Later，asshewalkedonthroughtheforest，Grandmametaboywholosthis

way。“Oh，poorlittleboy！Comeoverhere。I’llbuildafireandmakeyousome

soup。”

Thenextmorning，asGrandmawascomingoutoftheforestwiththeboy，she

sawagirlcryingbesideabrook.“Thewindblewmyflowersaway，”thegirlsobbed.

Grandmagavethegirlthebouquetfromherbag。

FinallyGrandmareachedhomeafterhertrip.“Nana，youe，nowmybagis

empty。gisbetterthanhelpingothers。"

Thatnight,Grandmasawherfriendsinadreamagain。Allofthemtoldher

ne

wasveryhappy。

“Oh，Iloveit！Iloveit！”criedGrandma。Justthen，Grandmawokeup。

Nanawassurpridandfelloffthesofawitha‘Thud!'。“Ihadadream！Sucha

happydreamitwas!”

JackandtheBeanstalk

OnceuponatimetherewasaboycalledJack。Helivedwithhismother。They

wereverypoor。Alltheyhadwasacow.

Oncemorning，Jack’smothertoldJacktotaketheircowtomarketandllher。

Ontheway,Jacksomemagicbansforthecow。

ck’smothersawthebeansshe

ewthebeansoutofthewindow。

Thenextmorning，asagiantbeanstalk。

Hewentoutsideandstartedtoclimbthebeanstalk.

wabeautifulcastle。He

wentinside.

Jackheardavoice.“Fee，Fi,Fo，Fum!"Jackranintoacupboard.

Anenormousgiantcameintotheroomandsatdown。Onthetabletherewasa

henandagoldenharp.

“Lay！”saidthegiant。Thehenlaidanegg—itwasmadeofgold。“Sing!”said

pbegantosing。Soonthegiantwasasleep。

Jackjumpedoutofthecupboard。Hetookthehenandtheharp。Suddenly，

theharpsang,“Help,master!”

Thegiantwokeup，andshouted，“Fee,Fi，Fo，Fum！"Jackranandstarted

climbingdownthebeanstalk。Thegiantcamedownafterhim。

Jackshouted，“Mother！Help！”Jack’smothertookanaxeandchoppeddown

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eversawhimagain.

Withthegoldeneggsandthemagicharp,Jackandhismotherlivedhappilyever

after。

LittleRedRidingHood

LittleRedRidingHoodlivedinawoodwithhermother。OnedayLittleRed

anicecakeinherbasket.

OnherwayLittleRedRidingHoodmetawolf。“Hello!"saidthewolf.“Where

areyougoing?”“I’mgoingtoemygrandmother。Shelivesinahoubehind

thotrees。”

ThewolfrantoGranny’shou，andateGrannyup。HegotintoGranny’sbed.

Alittlelater，LittleRedRidingHoodreachedthehou。Shelookedatthewolf。

“Granny，whatbigeyesyouhave!"“Allthebettertoeyouwith!”saidthe

wolf。

“Granny，whatbigearsyouhave！”“Allthebettertohearyouwith！”saidthe

wolf。

“Granny，whatbignoyouhave!”“Allthebettertosmellyouwith!”saidthe

wolf.

“Granny，whatbigteethyouhave！”“Allthebettertoeatyouwith!”shouted

thewolf。

Awoodcutterwasinthewood。Heheardaloudscream,andrantothehou.

Thewoodcutterhitthewolfoverthehead。Thewolfopenedhismouthwide

andshouted—andGrannyjumpedout.

Thewolfranaway，andLittleRedRidingHoodneversawthewolfagain.

Nono，theInvisiblecat

Tommyplayedbyhimlfallday。Tommyemsverylonelynowadays.

Grandpawasworriedabouthim。

Grandpawenttotheladywholivednextdoor。Hercathadthreekittens。“I

wanttogiveTommyacat，"shesaid。TheladygaveoneofthekittenstoGrandpa。

“Tommy，Ihavebroughtyouafriend。”Grandpatookthekittenoutofthebox。

dthekittenNono。TommyandNonoslepttogether

inthesamebed。Nonopurredwhensheslept。AssoonasTommyandNonogotup,

theywenttothekitchen。gladandrubbed

herlfagainstTommy’slegtosaythankyou.

TommytookNonowhereverhewent。“Nono，whereareyougoing?Come

here.”messhewantedtolivefreely

likestraycats。

SoonNonogrewup.“Nono，Iwillbrushyourhair。”WhenNonoheardthis,

bigenoughtodothisbyherlfnow.

TommyneverleftNonoalone。Hewouldcomeoverandsuddenlygivehera

hug.“Nono,pleadon'trunaway。Iwanttoplaywithyou。”ButNonostruggledto

getaway。

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JustthenGrandpacalledouttoTommy。“Tommy，don’tbotheryourcattoo

much。”“No，Grandpa.I'mjusthavingfunwithNono.”Nonotookadvantageofthe

momentandescapedofTommy'sarms。

NonohidintheatticsothatTommycouldn'tfindher。Upontheroof，astray

viedthelifeofthatstraycat。“Tellme，howcanIlivein

peacelikeyou？”Nonoasked.

“Whatareyousoworriedabout？Youcanbecomeaninvisiblecat，"saidthe

straycat。“Oh,really？"“Catscanmakethemlvesinvisiblewhenevertheywant."

Thatevening，TommywentlookingforNono.“Nono，whereareyou?”

Tommycouldn'teher，butinfactshewasrightbesidehim。Hecouldn’tfindher

becaushehadbecomeinvisible。PrettysoonNonofellasleep。

“Grandpa,’sincredible！Ihearher，butIcan’tfindher

anywhere，”TommysaidtoGrandpa。“’tworry。She

willcomeback。"toodatthedoorandwaitedfor

Nono.

ButNonodidn’aputsadTommyonhislapto

haveatalkwithhim。“Catsliketobefree。Theyhidethemlveswhentheyare

botheredbypeople,"explainedGrandpa.

“DidIbotherNonotoomuch?"Tommystartedtocry。LuckilyNonowas

besideTommyatthatmomentandheardwhathesaid.“IguessTommywon’tbother

manymorefromnowon，”thoughtNono。AndsoNonobecamevisibleagain。

TommywasverygladtoeNonosuddenlycomeback。“Nono，I’msorryI

wasonlythinkingaboutmylf。Iwon’tbotheryouanymore。Fromnowon,you

tellmewhenyouwanttoplaywithme。OK?"Tommymadeasolemnpromito

Nonothathewouldnotbotherheranymore。