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A children's story meant to show kids an example of the right way to be polite to their elders.<!--more-->

<img src="http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110330-INLINE.jpg" alt="Easy Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories" title="Beginner Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories" width="100" height="100" class="imgborder alignleft" />The Chinese title of this story is <strong>懂礼貌的小兔</strong>.

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<h4>Click to Listen</h4>
炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot
蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious
采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect
窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow
拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on
拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick
乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved
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<strong>炎热</strong>的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”

美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，<strong>蹦蹦跳跳</strong>地上了桥。它要到对面去<strong>采</strong>蘑菇。

就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很<strong>窄</strong>，只能一个人过桥。

小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。

山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，<strong>拄</strong>着<strong>拐杖</strong>在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”

山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真<strong>乖</strong>！”

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The blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, "It's hot, it's hot!" 

A beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. 

Just at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.

The little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, "Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. 

Uncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn't careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: "Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!" 

Uncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: "You're very well-behaved!" 

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