童话作品都是有意儿童身心的，小孩有很强的模仿性，所以童话里的主人公的特质会不同程度的被儿童学习和模仿，适度的选择一些好的童话作品对儿童是有好处的。
鼯鼠“五会”
In the field, there was a small animal called "wu shu"(the flying squirrel1).
It would say to everyone it met: "I have five skills: flying, walking, swimming, climbing trees, and digging holes in the ground."
Thereupon, its pals2 would laugh at it, saying: "Though you have learned these skills, you have mastered none of them. You can fly, but not high; you can swim, but not far; you can climb trees, but not to the treetop; you can dig holes in the ground, but not deep enough."
When the flying squirrel heard what its pals said, it ran away in anger.
Indeed, the flying squirrel had learned five skills, but when put to use, they were useless. How could they be called real skills.
田野里有一种小动物，名叫“鼯鼠”。
它逢友便说：“我有五种本领：会飞，会走，会游泳，会爬树，还会掘土大洞。”
于是，小伙伴们讥笑它说：“你虽然学了这种本领，却一种也没有学好。会飞，却飞得不高;会游泳，却游得不远;会爬树，却爬不到树顶;会掘土打洞，却打得不深。”
鼯鼠听了小伙伴们的话后，气呼呼地跑了。
是啊，鼯鼠是学了五种本领，但是用起来，却一种也不中用，这怎么能说是有真本领呢!
橡树和芦苇
An oak got talking with a reed one day: "you certainly have cause of nature to complain; why even a sparrow's weight for you is quite a strain. At even the slightest breeze that makes the ripples1 play, you quake as if you're touched with blight2; you bend and bow so desolate3, indeed you are a sorry sight."