《纸牌王国》是印度诗哲泰戈尔短篇童话经典作品。本书也是大师名作绘本系列书的开篇之作。 泰戈尔用纸牌王国暗喻等级森严的印度曾奉行的种姓制度。在一个孤岛上的纸牌王国里生活着一副纸牌，其成员根据他们的点数而有固定的地位，彼此相安地生活，毫无生气和新鲜的东西。

谁能忍受得了生活在一个人们面无表情、不知道笑是什么、做事严格遵守程序、不思考、不辩论、死气沉沉的环境中呢？直到某天因为年轻王子的出现而有了重大改变。

有《履行诺言》，《 偷来的财宝》，《破裂》，《河边台阶的诉说》，《小媳妇》，《胜与败》等

       短篇英语童话故事。One day the staff members of a zoo called a meeting to discuss the problem--how to deal with the kangaroos that were found out of the cage.       

        They came to the conclusion that the cage was placed too low and decided to raise it from one to two meters high. 

        But the next day the kangaroos were still at large and they again raised the cage to three meters.