格林童話英語故事閱讀(2)
格林童話英語故事閱讀
格林童話英語故事：the GOLDEN BIRD
A certain king had a beautiful garden， and in the garden stood a tree which bore goldenapples. These apples were always counted， and about the time when they began to grow ripeit was found that every night one of them was gone. The king became very angry at this， andordered the gardener to keep watch all night under the tree. The gardener set his eldest son towatch; but about twelve o'clock he fell asleep， and in the morning another of the apples wasmissing. Then the second son was ordered to watch; and at midnight he too fell asleep， andin the morning another apple was gone. Then the third son offered to keep watch; but thegardener at first would not let him， for fear some harm should come to him： however， atlast he consented， and the young man laid himself under the tree to watch. As the clock strucktwelve he heard a rustling noise in the air， and a bird came flying that was of pure gold; andas it was snapping at one of the apples with its beak， the gardener's son jumped up and shotan arrow at it. But the arrow did the bird no harm; only it dropped a golden feather from itstail， and then flew away. The golden feather was brought to the king in the morning， and allthe council was called together. Everyone aGREed that it was worth more than all the wealth ofthe kingdom： but the king said， 'One feather is of no use to me， I must have the wholebird.'
then the gardener's eldest son set out and thought to find the golden bird very easily; andwhen he had gone but a little way， he came to a wood， and by the side of the wood he saw afox sitting; so he took his bow and made ready to shoot at it. Then the fox said， 'Do notshoot me， for I will give you good counsel; I know what your business is， and that youwant to find the golden bird. You will reach a village in the evening; and when you get there，you will see two inns opposite to each other， one of which is very pleasant and beautiful tolook at： go not in there， but rest for the night in the other， though it may appear to you tobe very poor and mean.' But the son thought to himself， 'What can such a beast as this knowabout the matter?' So he shot his arrow at the fox; but he missed it， and it set up its tailabove its back and ran into the wood. Then he went his way， and in the evening came to thevillage where the two inns were; and in one of these were people singing， and dancing， andfeasting; but the other looked very dirty， and poor. 'I should be very silly，' said he， 'if Iwent to that shabby house， and left this charming place'; so he went into the smarthouse， and ate and drank at his ease， and forgot the bird， and his country too.
Time passed on; and as the eldest son did not come back， and no tidings were heard ofhim， the second son set out， and the same thing happened to him. He met the fox， whogave him the good advice： but when he came to the two inns， his eldest brother wasstanding at the window where the merrymaking was， and called to him to come in; and hecould not withstand the temptation， but went in， and forgot the golden bird and hiscountry in the same manner.
Time passed on again， and the youngest son too wished to set out into the wide world toseek for the golden bird; but his father would not listen to it for a long while， for he was veryfond of his son， and was afraid that some ill luck might happen to him also， and prevent hiscoming back. However， at last it was aGREed he should go， for he would not rest at home;and as he came to the wood， he met the fox， and heard the same good counsel. But he wasthankful to the fox， and did not attempt his life as his brothers had done; so the fox said，'Sit upon my tail， and you will travel faster.' So he sat down， and the fox began to run， andaway they went over stock and stone so quick that their hair whistled in the wind.
When they came to the village， the son followed the fox's counsel， and without lookingabout him went to the shabby inn and rested there all night at his ease. In the morning camethe fox again and met him as he was beginning his journey， and said， 'Go straight forward，till you come to a castle， before which lie a whole troop of soldiers fast asleep and snoring：take no notice of them， but go into the castle and pass on and on till you come to a room，where the golden bird sits in a wooden cage; close by it stands a beautiful golden cage; butdo not try to take the bird out of the shabby cage and put it into the handsome one，otherwise you will repent it.' Then the fox stretched out his tail again， and the young man sathimself down， and away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled in the wind.
Before the castle gate all was as the fox had said： so the son went in and found the chamberwhere the golden bird hung in a wooden cage， and below stood the golden cage， and thethree golden apples that had been lost were lying close by it. Then thought he to himself， 'Itwill be a very droll thing to bring away such a fine bird in this shabby cage'; so he opened thedoor and took hold of it and put it into the golden cage. But the bird set up such a loudscream that all the soldiers awoke， and they took him prisoner and carried him before theking. The next morning the court sat to judge him; and when all was heard， it sentenced himto die， unless he should bring the king the golden horse which could run as swiftly as thewind; and if he did this， he was to have the golden bird given him for his own.
So he set out once more on his journey， sighing， and in GREat despair， when on a suddenhis friend the fox met him， and said， 'You see now what has happened on account of yournot listening to my counsel. I will still， however， tell you how to find the golden horse， if youwill do as I bid you. You must go straight on till you come to the castle where the horse standsin his stall： by his side will lie the groom fast asleep and snoring： take away the horsequietly， but be sure to put the old leathern saddle upon him， and not the golden one that isclose by it.' Then the son sat down on the fox's tail， and away they went over stock andstone till their hair whistled in the wind.
All went right， and the groom lay snoring with his hand upon the golden saddle. But whenthe son looked at the horse， he thought it a GREat pity to put the leathern saddle upon it. 'Iwill give him the good one，' said he; 'I am sure he deserves it.' As he took up the goldensaddle the groom awoke and cried out so loud， that all the guards ran in and took himprisoner， and in the morning he was again brought before the court to be judged， and wassentenced to die. But it was agreed， that， if he could bring thither the beautiful princess， heshould live， and have the bird and the horse given him for his own.
then he went his way very sorrowful; but the old fox came and said， 'Why did not you listento me? If you had， you would have carried away both the bird and the horse; yet will I oncemore give you counsel. Go straight on， and in the evening you will arrive at a castle. Attwelve o'clock at night the princess goes to the bathing-house： go up to her and give her akiss， and she will let you lead her away; but take care you do not suffer her to go and takeleave of her father and mother.' Then the fox stretched out his tail， and so away they wentover stock and stone till their hair whistled again.
As they came to the castle， all was as the fox had said， and at twelve o'clock the young manmet the princes going to the bath and gave her the kiss， and she aGREed to run away withhim， but begged with many tears that he would let her take leave of her father. At first herefused， but she wept still more and more， and fell at his feet， till at last he consented; butthe moment she came to her father's house the guards awoke and he was taken prisoneragain.
then he was brought before the king， and the king said， 'You shall never have my daughterunless in eight days you dig away the hill that stops the view from my window.' Now this hill wasso big that the whole world could not take it away： and when he had worked for seven days，and had done very little， the fox came and said. 'Lie down and go to sleep; I will work foryou.' And in the morning he awoke and the hill was gone; so he went merrily to the king， andtold him that now that it was removed he must give him the princess.
then the king was obliged to keep his word， and away went the young man and the princess;and the fox came and said to him， 'We will have all three， the princess， the horse， and thebird.' 'Ah!' said the young man， 'that would be a GREat thing， but how can you contriveit?'
'If you will only listen，' said the fox， 'it can be done. When you come to the king， and heasks for the beautiful princess， you must say， "Here she is!" Then he will be very joyful;and you will mount the golden horse that they are to give you， and put out your hand to takeleave of them; but shake hands with the princess last. Then lift her quickly on to the horsebehind you; clap your spurs to his side， and gallop away as fast as you can.'
All went right： then the fox said， 'When you come to the castle where the bird is， I will staywith the princess at the door， and you will ride in and speak to the king; and when he seesthat it is the right horse， he will bring out the bird; but you must sit still， and say that youwant to look at it， to see whether it is the true golden bird; and when you get it into yourhand， ride away.'
This， too， happened as the fox said; they carried off the bird， the princess mountedagain， and they rode on to a GREat wood. Then the fox came， and said， 'Pray kill me， andcut off my head and my feet.' But the young man refused to do it： so the fox said， 'I will atany rate give you good counsel： beware of two things; ransom no one from the gallows，and sit down by the side of no river.' Then away he went. 'Well，' thought the young man， 'itis no hard matter to keep that advice.'
He rode on with the princess， till at last he came to the village where he had left his twobrothers. And there he heard a GREat noise and uproar; and when he asked what was thematter， the people said， 'Two men are going to be hanged.' As he came nearer， he saw thatthe two men were his brothers， who had turned robbers; so he said， 'Cannot they in anyway be saved?' But the people said 'No，' unless he would bestow all his money upon therascals and buy their liberty. Then he did not stay to think about the matter， but paid whatwas asked， and his brothers were given up， and went on with him towards their home.
And as they came to the wood where the fox first met them， it was so cool and pleasant thatthe two brothers said， 'Let us sit down by the side of the river， and rest a while， to eat anddrink.' So he said， 'Yes，' and forgot the fox's counsel， and sat down on the side of theriver; and while he suspected nothing， they came behind， and threw him down the bank，and took the princess， the horse， and the bird， and went home to the king their master，and said. 'All this have we won by our labour.' Then there was GREat rejoicing made; but thehorse would not eat， the bird would not sing， and the princess wept.
the youngest son fell to the bottom of the river's bed： luckily it was nearly dry， but his boneswere almost broken， and the bank was so steep that he could find no way to get out. Thenthe old fox came once more， and scolded him for not following his advice; otherwise no evilwould have befallen him： 'Yet，' said he， 'I cannot leave you here， so lay hold of my tail andhold fast.' Then he pulled him out of the river， and said to him， as he got upon the bank，'Your brothers have set watch to kill you， if they find you in the kingdom.' So he dressedhimself as a poor man， and came secretly to the king's court， and was scarcely within thedoors when the horse began to eat， and the bird to sing， and princess left off weeping. Thenhe went to the king， and told him all his brothers' roguery; and they were seized andpunished， and he had the princess given to him again; and after the king's death he was heirto his kingdom.
A long while after， he went to walk one day in the wood， and the old fox met him， andbesought him with tears in his eyes to kill him， and cut off his head and feet. And at last he didso， and in a moment the fox was changed into a man， and turned out to be the brother ofthe princess， who had been lost a GREat many many years.
格林童話英語故事：the Rose
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Once there was a poor woman who had two children. The youngest one had to go into theforest every day to fetch wood. Once when he had gone a very long way to find wood， a childwho was very little but very strong came to him and helped him gather the wood and carried itup to his house， but then in the wink of an eye he disappeared. The child told his motherabout this， but she did not believe him. Finally the child brought a rose and said that thebeautiful child had given it to him and that when the rose was in full blossom he would comeagain. The mother placed the rose into water. One morning the child did not get up; themother went to his bed and found him lying there dead. On that same morning the rose cameinto full blossom.
看了“格林童話英語故事”的人還看了：
1.格林童話雙語閱讀
5.格林童話故事閱讀