格林童话故事：本领高强的四兄弟

　　格林童话产生于十九世纪初，是由德国著名语言学家，雅可布·格林和威廉·格林兄弟收集、整理、加工完成的德国民间文学。它是世界童话的经典之作，自问世以来，在世界各地影响十分广泛。格林兄弟以其丰富的想象、优美的语言给孩子们讲述了一个个神奇而又浪漫的童话故事。下面学习啦小编为大家带来经典格林童话故事：本领高强的四兄弟，欢迎大家阅读!

　　There was once a poor man who had four sons, and when they were

　　grown up, he said to them, "My dear children, you must now go out

　　into the world, for I have nothing to give you, so set out, and go to

　　some distance and learn a trade, and see how you can make your way."

　　So the four brothers took their sticks, bade their father farewell, and

　　went through the town-gate together. When they had travelled about

　　for some time, they came to a cross-way which branched off in four

　　different directions. Then said the eldest, "Here we must separate, but

　　on this day four years, we will meet each other again at this spot, and in

　　the meantime we will seek our fortunes."

　　Then each of them went his way, and the eldest met a man who asked

　　him where he was going, and what he was intending to do? "I want to

　　learn a trade," he replied. Then the other said, "Come with me, and be

　　a thief." "No," he answered, "that is no longer regarded as a reputable

　　trade, and the end of it is that one has to swing on the gallows." "Oh,"

　　said the man, "you need not be afraid of the gallows; I will only teach you

　　to get such things as no other man could ever lay hold of, and no one will

　　ever detect you." So he allowed himself to be talked into it, and while with

　　the man became an accomplished thief, and so dexterous that nothing was

　　safe from him, if he once desired to have it. The second brother met a man

　　who put the same question to him what he wanted to learn in the world.

　　"I don't know yet," he replied. "Then come with me, and be an astronomer;

　　there is nothing better than that, for nothing is hid from you." He liked the

　　idea, and became such a skillful astronomer that when he had learnt everything,

　　and was about to travel onwards, his master gave him a telescope and said to

　　him, "With that you canst thou see whatsoever takes place either on earth or

　　in heaven, and nothing can remain concealed from thee." A huntsman took

　　the third brother into training, and gave him such excellent instruction in

　　everything which related to huntsmanship, that he became an experienced

　　hunter. When he went away, his master gave him a gun and said, "It will

　　never fail you; whatsoever you aim at, you are certain to hit." The youngest

　　brother also met a man who spoke to him, and inquired what his intentions

　　were. "Would you not like to be a tailor?" said he. "Not that I know of,"

　　said the youth; "sitting doubled up from morning till night, driving the needle

　　and the goose backwards and forwards, is not to my taste." "Oh, but you are

　　speaking in ignorance," answered the man; "with me you would learn a very

　　different kind of tailoring, which is respectable and proper, and for the most

　　part very honorable." So he let himself be persuaded, and went with the man,

　　and learnt his art from the very beginning. When they parted, the man gave the

　　youth a needle, and said, "With this you can sew together whatever is given you,

　　whether it is as soft as an egg or as hard as steel; and it will all become one piece

　　of stuff, so that no seam will be visible."

　　When the appointed four years were over, the four brothers arrived at

　　the same time at the cross-roads, embraced and kissed each other, and

　　returned home to their father. "So now," said he, quite delighted,

　　"the wind has blown you back again to me." They told him of all that

　　had happened to them, and that each had learnt his own trade. Now

　　they were sitting just in front of the house under a large tree, and

　　the father said, "I will put you all to the test, and see what you can do."

　　Then he looked up and said to his second son, "Between two branches up

　　at the top of this tree, there is a chaffinch's nest, tell me how many eggs

　　there are in it?" The astronomer took his glass, looked up, and said, "There

　　are five." Then the father said to the eldest, "Fetch the eggs down without

　　disturbing the bird which is sitting hatching them." The skillful thief climbed

　　up, and took the five eggs from beneath the bird, which never observed what

　　he was doing, and remained quietly sitting where she was, and brought them

　　down to his father. The father took them, and put one of them on each corner

　　of the table, and the fifth in the middle, and said to the huntsman, "With

　　one shot thou shalt shoot me the five eggs in two, through the middle."

　　The huntsman aimed, and shot the eggs, all five as the father had desired,

　　and that at one shot. He certainly must have had some of the powder for

　　shooting round corners. "Now it's your turn," said the father to the fourth

　　son; "you shall sew the eggs together again, and the young birds that are inside

　　them as well, and you must do it so that they are not hurt by the shot." The

　　tailor brought his needle, and sewed them as his father wished. When he had

　　done this the thief had to climb up the tree again, and carry them to the nest,

　　and put them back again under the bird without her being aware of it. The bird

　　sat her full time, and after a few days the young ones crept out, and they had

　　a red line round their necks where they had been sewn together by the tailor.

　　"Well," said the old man to his sons, "I begin to think you are worth

　　more than breen clover; you have used your time well, and learnt something

　　good. I can't say which of you deserves the most praise. That will be proved

　　if you have but an early opportunity of using your talents." Not long after

　　this, there was a great uproar in the country, for the King's daughter was carried

　　off by a dragon. The King was full of trouble about it, both by day and night,

　　and caused it to be proclaimed that whosoever brought her back should have

　　her to wife. The four brothers said to each other, "This would be a fine opportunity

　　for us to show what we can do!" and resolved to go forth together and liberate

　　the King's daughter. "I will soon know where she is," said the astronomer, and

　　looked through his telescope and said, "I see her already, she is far away from

　　here on a rock in the sea, and the dragon is beside her watching her." Then he

　　went to the King, and asked for a ship for himself and his brothers, and sailed with

　　them over the sea until they came to the rock. There the King's daughter was

　　sitting, and the dragon was lying asleep on her lap. The huntsman said, "I dare

　　not fire, I should kill the beautiful maiden at the same time." "Then I will try my

　　art," said the thief, and he crept thither and stole her away from under the

　　dragon, so quietly and dexterously, that the monster never remarked it,

　　but went on snoring. Full of joy, they hurried off with her on board ship,

　　and steered out into the open sea; but the dragon, who when he awoke

　　had found no princess there, followed them, and came snorting angrily

　　through the air. Just as he was circling above the ship, and about to descend

　　on it, the huntsman shouldered his gun, and shot him to the heart. The

　　monster fell down dead, but was so large and powerful that his fall

　　shattered the whole ship. Fortunately, however, they laid hold of a

　　couple of planks, and swam about the wide sea. Then again they were in

　　great peril, but the tailor, who was not idle, took his wondrous needle, and

　　with a few stitches sewed the planks together, and they seated themselves upon

　　them, and collected together all the fragments of the vessel. Then he sewed

　　these so skilfully together, that in a very short time the ship was once more

　　seaworthy, and they could go home again in safety.

　　When the King once more saw his daughter, there were great rejoicings.

　　He said to the four brothers, "One of you shall have her to wife, but which

　　of you it is to be you must settle among yourselves." Then a warm contest

　　arose among them, for each of them preferred his own claim. The astronomer

　　said, "If I had not seen the princess, all your arts would have been useless, so

　　she is mine." The thief said, "What would have been the use of your seeing,

　　if I had not got her away from the dragon? so she is mine." The huntsman

　　said, "You and the princess, and all of you, would have been torn to pieces

　　by the dragon if my ball had not hit him, so she is mine." The tailor said, "And

　　if I, by my art, had not sewn the ship together again, you would all of you have

　　been miserably drowned, so she is mine." Then the King uttered this saying,

　　"Each of you has an equal right, and as all of you cannot have the maiden, none

　　of you shall have her, but I will give to each of you, as a reward, half a kingdom."

　　The brothers were pleased with this decision, and said, "It is better thus than that

　　we should be at variance with each other." Then each of them received half a

　　kingdom, and they lived with their father in the greatest happiness as long as it

　　pleased God.

　　结束语：

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