5 Cerpen Bahasa Inggris untuk Belajar Anak, Mudah Dipahami!

Slow and steady wins the race.

3. The Ant and the Grasshopper by Aesop

The Ant and the Grasshopper by Aesop (jhargrave.medium.com)

One summer’s day, in a field, a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great effort an ear of corn he was taking to his nest.

"Why don’t you come and chat with me," asked the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling your life away?"

"I am helping to store food for the winter," said the Ant, "and I recommend you do the same."

"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper. "We have got plenty of food at present."

But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil.

When winter came, the Grasshopper found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing, every day, corn and grain from the stores they had collected in summer.

Then the Grasshopper knew...

4. The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen

The Princess and the Pea (en.wikipedia.org)

Once upon a time, a prince wanted to marry a princess, but she would have to be a real princess. He traveled worldwide to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted.

There were enough princesses, but it was difficult to determine whether they were real. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked to have a real princess very much.

One evening, a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly, a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.

It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look.