找英文小故事（一定要有英文作者名）

"Mr. Clark, I'm afraid I have bad news," the doctor told his
patient. "You only have six months to live."
The man sat in stunned silence for the next several minutes.
"I can't possibly pay you in that time."
"Okay," the doctor said, "let's make it nine months."

九个月吧

“克拉克先生，有个坏消息，你只有六个月可活了。”医生告诉他的病人。
病人惊呆了。“六个月我不可能付清医疗费。”
“好吧，”医生说，“那就九个月吧。”

1.The Butterfly
by
Hans Christian Andersen
(1861)
HERE was once a butterfly who wished for a bride, and, as may be supposed, he wanted to choose a very pretty one from among the flowers. He glanced, with a very critical eye, at all the flower-beds, and found that the flowers were seated quietly and demurely on their stalks, just as maidens should sit before they are engaged; but there was a great number of them, and it appeared as if his search would become very wearisome. The butterfly did not like to