格林童话故事：森林里的小屋(2)
"Pretty little hen,
Pretty little cock,
And beautiful brindled cow,
What say ye to that?"
"Duks," said they. Then the girl went to the stove where the
animals were lying, and petted the cock and hen, and stroked
their smooth feathers with her hand, and caressed the brindled
cow between her horns, and when, in obedience to the old man's
orders, she had made ready some good soup, and the bowl was
placed upon the table, she said, "Am I to eat as much as I want,
and the good animals to have nothing? Outside is food in plenty,
I will look after them first." So she went and brought some barley
and stewed it for the cock and hen, and a whole armful of sweet-
smelling hay for the cow. "I hope you will like it, dear animals,"
said she, "and you shall have a refreshing draught in case you
are thirsty." Then she fetched in a bucketful of water, and the
cock and hen jumped on to the edge of it and dipped their beaks
in, and then held up their heads as the birds do when they drink,
and the brindled cow also took a hearty draught. When the animals
were fed, the girl seated herself at the table by the old man, and ate
what he had left. It was not long before the cock and the hen began
to thrust their heads beneath their wings, and the eyes of the cow
likewise began to blink. Then said the girl, "Ought we not to go to bed?"
"Pretty little hen,
Pretty little cock,
And pretty brindled cow,
What say ye to that?"
The animals answered "Duks,"
"Thou hast eaten with us,
Thou hast drunk with us,
Thou hast had kind thought for all of us,
We wish thee good-night."
Then the maiden went upstairs, shook the feather-beds, and laid clean
sheets on them, and when she had done it the old man came and lay
down on one of the beds, and his white beard reached down to his
feet. The girl lay down on the other, said her prayers, and fell asleep.
She slept quietly till midnight, and then there was such a noise
in the house that she awoke. There was a sound of cracking
and splitting in every corner, and the doors sprang open, and
beat against the walls. The beams groaned as if they were being
torn out of their joints, it seemed as if the staircase were falling
down, and at length there was a crash as if the entire roof had
fallen in. As, however, all grew quiet once more, and the girl
was not hurt, she stayed quietly lying where she was, and fell
asleep again. But when she woke up in the morning with the
brilliancy of the sunshine, what did her eyes behold? She was
lying in a vast hall, and everything around her shone with royal
splendor; on the walls, golden flowers grew up on a ground of
green silk, the bed was of ivory, and the canopy of red velvet,
and on a chair close by, was a pair of shoes embroidered with
pearls. The girl believed that she was in a dream, but three richly
clad attendants came in, and asked what orders she would like to
give? "If you will go," she replied, "I will get up at once and make
ready some soup for the old man, and then I will feed the pretty
little hen, and the cock, and the beautiful brindled cow." She
thought the old man was up already, and looked round at his
bed; he, however, was not lying in it, but a stranger. And while
she was looking at him, and becoming aware that he was young
and handsome, he awoke, sat up in bed, and said, "I am a King's
son, and was bewitched by a wicked witch, and made to live in
this forest, as an old gray-haired man; no one was allowed to
be with me but my three attendants in the form of a cock, a hen,
and a brindled cow. The spell was not to be broken until a girl
came to us whose heart was so good that she showed herself full
of love, not only towards mankind, but towards animals - and that
thou hast done, and by thee at midnight we were set free, and the
old hut in the forest was changed back again into my royal palace."
And when they had arisen, the King's son ordered the three attendants
to set out and fetch the father and mother of the girl to the marriage
feast. "But where are my two sisters?" inquired the maiden. "I have
locked them in the cellar, and to-morrow they shall be led into the
forest, and shall live as servants to a charcoal-burner, until they have
grown kinder, and do not leave poor animals to suffer hunger."
格林童话故事翻译：
有一个樵夫，他和妻子以及三个女儿一起住在森林的边上。
一天早上，樵夫要去砍柴，出发之前他对妻子说：“中午就让大女儿来给我送饭吧，为了她能找到我，我会撒一些小米在我经过的路上。”
临近中午，大女儿去给父亲送饭了，可是用来指引方向的小米都被鸟雀啄食了，她找不到标记，在森林中迷了路，到天黑都没有走出去。
她感到很害怕，这时她发现了一丝亮光，就循着亮光来到一座小木屋前，她敲响了房门，一个很生硬的声音回答：“进来吧。”
走进房子她看到一个胡须垂到了脚边老人坐在桌旁，她说明来意，老人朝着火炉旁的三个动物问道：“可以吗，亲爱的朋友们?”大女儿这才发现，那里还站着一只小母鸡、一只小公鸡和一头花奶牛。它们一起说：“我们同意。”
于是老人对她说：“你去准备一顿晚餐吧。”大女儿做了一桌子美食，然后和老人一起享用起来，完全没有想到动物们还在挨饿!饭后她问老人：“我累了，可以在哪睡觉呢?” 动物们听到后，十分气愤地说：“你们都吃饱，我们饿肚子，看你夜里在哪儿睡。”
“楼上房间有两张床，你去铺上白床单，一会我也去睡。”老人说。过了一会，老人走进房间，看见大女儿只铺好了自己的那张床就睡着了，于是非常生气地说：“你不配睡在这里!”说完就把她赶了进地窖。
樵夫饿了一整天，晚上回家责怪妻子，妻子很惊讶(surprise)：“大女儿中午就去送饭了啊!一定是她没有看到标记迷了路。”
第二天，樵夫嘱托妻子：“今天让二女儿来送饭吧，这次我在路上撒一些更容易发现的绿豆，她就能找到我了。”
但和昨天一样，鸟雀们又把绿豆吃光了。二女儿的经历跟姐姐一样，她只想到了自己，最后也被老人赶进了地窖。
第三天，樵夫又要去砍柴了，他对妻子说：“今天只有让小女儿来送饭了。”妻子不同意，说：“我不能再失去我们最心爱的孩子了!”樵夫安慰她说：“你放心，我把颗粒更大的豌豆撒在路上，她聪明乖巧不会迷路的。”
但豌豆这次被鸽子们吃光了，小女儿也迷失了方向，她想到父亲会挨饿，母亲会伤心，心里难过极了。直到天色昏暗，她仍没有走出森林，她也沿着远方的灯光，来到了白胡子老人的小屋，肯求老人能让她借宿一夜，老人仍然让动物们来决定，三个动物都很愿意，小女儿非常感激，就走过去摸了摸小母鸡和小公鸡的羽毛，抓了抓花奶牛头顶，对它们说：“谢谢你们这些好心的动物!”
在老人的吩咐下，小女儿准备好了丰盛的晚饭，但她却没有立刻用餐，而是先拿了一些大麦，撒到小母鸡和小公鸡面前，又抱了一大捆干草，送到花奶牛嘴边，之后提了一桶水进来对动物们说：“请你们尽情的享用吧!”做完了这些，她自己这才开始吃饭。
饭后，她向动物们道晚安，动物们也同样祝福她睡个好觉。勤劳的小女儿先安排好动物们的睡处，并为老人铺好床铺，直到老人睡下后，她才去休息。
深夜，她被房屋突然发出巨响惊醒，房间好像在迅速膨胀(expand)，过了很久，声音渐渐平静，劳累了一天的小女儿再次进入了梦乡。第二天醒来，小女儿惊呆了，她发现自己居然睡在一座金碧辉煌的宫殿里，还有三个仆人在床前恭敬地问她早安：“美丽的小姐，您有什么需要吗?”“谢谢，我没什么需要”，她答道，“我要下去为老人和小动物准备早餐。”说着她向老人的床上看去，发现白胡子的老人不见了，却有一个漂亮的青年坐在那里。青年见她醒来就对她说：“我是这儿的王子，被巫婆施了巫术变成了老人。每天只有这些被变成动物的仆人陪伴着我。只有遇到一个对人和动物都充满爱心的女孩，才能为我们解除巫术。而你就是这样一个女孩，你的善良和博爱拯救了我们，你愿意做我的新娘吗?”“是的，我愿意。”小女儿羞涩地回答。
之后王子派人接来女孩的父母，还邀请了森林里的动物，他们在宫殿里举行了一场隆重的婚礼。
那两个自私的姐姐被送到森林里的一个烧炭厂工作，只有她们有了足够的爱心才能获得自由。
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