精选外国寓言童话集(英汉对照)
作者:多人【完结】
译者:邹仁民/陈静
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived
in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years
the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see
me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City
mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good.
Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live
in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would
have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the
city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was
a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But
just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse
cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and
hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country
mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in
my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than
to be rich and afraid."
Little Red Coat
There was a little girl. She lived with her mother in a hut
near" the forest.
One day the mother got some red cloth; she took her needle and
she made a red coat for the little girl.
She put the coat on the little girl, and said, "I shall call
you Little Red Coat." So the little girl was called "Little Red
Coat" by her mother.
One day Little Red Coat said, "I want to show my red coat to
Grandmother."
Grandmother lived in a hut. The way to the hut was through the
forest.
The girl's mother said, " You shall show Grandmother your red
coat, and you shall take some eggs to her. You shall put on your
little red coat and go through the forest to her house."
Then the girl's mother put some eggs in a cloth, and gave them
to the little girl, and said, "Take these eggs to Grandmother. You
will go through the forest. Grandmother's house is far from here.
Do not wait on your way through the forest. If you wait, the night
will come. At night there is a wolf in the forest; he eats little
girls and boys."
Little Red Coat said, "I will not wait on my way through the
forest."
Then Little Red Coat went out. She went on her way through the
forest. As she went, she saw many flowers by the way. She said,
"I will take some flowers to Grandmother." Then she went this way
and that way getting flowers for her Grandmother. She waited
getting the flowers. Night was coming and she was far from her
Grandmother's house. When she saw that night was coming, she ran.
As she ran she saw a wolf, with big red eyes, standing near
a tree.
The wolf said, " Why do you run, Little Red Coat?"
"Night is coming," said Little Red Coat, "that is why I run."
The wolf said, " Where are you running, Little Red Coat?"
She said, "I am running to Grandmother."
"What are you taking to your Grandmother?" said the wolf.
'I am taking some eggs," said Little Red Coat.
"I will show you the way," said the wolf.
"No, no, no!" said Little Red Coat. "Do lot show me the way;
I know the way."
Then the wolf ran away through the trees.
The wolf came to Grandmother's house, and said, "Are you in,
Grandmother?"
"Who is that?" said Grandmother.
"I am Little Red Coat," said the wolf, "and I have got some
eggs for you."
"Come in, Little Red Coat," said Grandmother.
Then the wolf went in, and ate up poor Grandmother. Then he
took Grandmother's clothes and put them on, and he got into
Grandmother's bed.
Little Red Coat came to the hut. She said, "Are you in,
Grandmother?"
The wolf said, "ho is that?"
She said, "It is Little Red Coat. I have got some eggs and some
flowers for you."
"Come in, Little. Red Coat," said the wolf.
Little Red Coat went in.
The wolf said, "Come near and show me what is in that cloth."
"Eggs, Grandmother," said Little Red Coat.
The wolf said, "What is that in your hand?"
"Flowers," said Little Red Coat.
"come near, and show me your flowers, Little Red Coat," said
the wolf.
Then Little Red Coat went near to the bed and sat down.
Then she said, " What big ears you have got, Grandmother."
" have got big ears to hear you with," said the wolf.
What big eyes you have got, Grand- mother," said Little Red
Coat.
"I have got big eyes to see you with," said the wolf.
What a big mouth you have got, Grand- mother," said Little Red
Coat.
"I have got a big mouth to eat you with!" said the wolf. And
he jumped out of the bed and ran to catch Little Red Coat. She ran
to the door, and out into the forest. The wolf ran. Little Red Coat
ran.
Then she heard a shot. There was a man waiting near a tree.
He had shot the wolf. The wolf was dead. Little Red Coat saw that
the man was her father. Her father heard that the wolf was in the
forest, and he came to help Little Red Coat.
The Cat and the Bell
There were many mice in a house. The man of the house got a
cat. The cat killed many of the mice.
Then the oldest mouse said, " All mice must come to my hole
tonight, and we will think what we can do about this cat.'
All the mice came. Many mice spoke, but none knew what to do.
At last a young mouse stood up and said, "We must put a bell on
the cat. Then, when the cat comes near, we shall hear the bell and
run away and hide. So the cat will not catch any more mice.'
Then the old mouse asked, " Who will put the bell on the cat?"
No mouse answered.
He waited; but still no one answered.
At last he said, "It is not hard to say things; but it is harder
to do them."
Blue Beard
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Once there was a very rich man. He lived in a beautiful house,
and had a beautiful garden. The rich man had a blue beard: so he
was called "Blue Beard."
Near the rich man's house there lived a poor woman. She had
three sons, and two beautiful girls. The name of one of the girls
was Ann; the name of the other was Fatima. Blue Beard wanted to
marry one of the girls; but the girls did not want to marry Blue
Beard.
Ann and Fatima did not want to marry the rich man because his
beard was blue. Blue Beard had married many wives, but his wives
had gone away. No one knew where his other wives had gone. The girls
did not want to marry Blue Beard and become his wife, because no
one knew where his other wives had gone. So their mother said to
Blue Beard, "My girls do not want to marry you."
Then Blue Beard said, " Come and live in my house for some days."
So they went and lived in Blue Beard's house. It was a very beautiful
house, and Blue Beard was good to them in many ways.
Fatima said, "His beard is blue, but he is not a bad man. He
is very good in some ways. So I will marry him."
So Fatima married Blue Beard and went to live in the beautiful
house.
Some days went by. Then Blue Beard said, "I shall go on a
journey.' Then he gave Fatima the keys of all the rooms in the house.
He said, "This is the key of that little room; do not open the door
of it. …Say that you will not open the door of the little room!"
Fatima said, "I will not open the door of that little room."
Then Blue Beard went away.
When Blue Beard was away, all Fatima's friends came to see her.
She showed them the rooms, and what a beautiful house it was; but
she did not open the door of the little room.
The friends went away. Then Fatima said, "Shall I open the door
of that little room now? Why did he say, "Do not open it'? I want
to see what is in the little room."
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Fatima took the key; she went to the door of the little room,
and opened it. In the room she saw all Blue Beard's other wives.
They were dead!
The key fell from her hand. When she took it up there was a
red mark on it.
She shut the door. Then she took the key to her room. She said,
"Blue Beard will see the mark on the key; he will know that I have
opened the door of the little room, and he will kill me, as he killed
all the other wives." She rubbed the key with a cloth, but the mark
did not go away. She washed the key in hot water, but the mark was
not washed away. She rubbed the key on a stone, but she could not
rub the mark away.
Blue Beard came back. He called Fatima, and said, "Give me my
keys." Fatima gave him the other keys; but she did not give him
the key of the little room. He said, "Where is the key of the little
room?" She said, "I will bring it." She went and brought it; and
he saw the red mark. He said, "You have opened the door of the tittle
room. Now you shall die."
She fell at his feet:" Give me some hours to live," she said.
He said, "I will give you one hour."
Fatima had three brothers. Her brothers had said, "We shall
come and see you today;' but they had not come. She said, "If my
brothers come in this hour they will save me."
Her sister Ann was in the house. She called to her, "Sister
Ann, Sister Ann, go to the window and see if my brothers are coming."
Sister Ann went to the window; she said, "I see no one coming."
Fatima waited a little; then she cried, " Sister Ann, Sister
Ann, do you see anyone coming?"
Sister Ann said, "I do not see anyone; no one is coming."
Blue Beard called, "Fatima!"
Fatima said, "Sister Ann, Sister Ann, is anyone coming?"
"I see a little dust," said Sister Ann, "very far away."
Blue Beard called, "Fatima, come down."
"Sister Ann, Sister Ann," Said Fatima, "is there anyone in the
dust?"
"I see men in the dust," said Sister Ann.
Blue Beard called, "An hour has gone by. Come down, Fatima,
and I shall kill you."
" Sister Ann, Sister Ann, are three men in the dust?"
Blue Beard called, "An hour has gone by. If you do not come
down, I shall come up."
"I see three men," said Sister Ann.
"They are my brothers!" said Fatima.
Fatima said, " Sister Ann, Sister Ann, call to them to come
and save me."
Blue Beard called. "I am coming up," he said.
"Sister Ann, call to them, Sister Ann!"
Blue Beard came to the door.
The door opened: Blue Beard caught Fatima's arm.
The three brothers came in, and killed Blue Beard.
So Fatima was saved.
The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old she could not run
quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day
the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she
could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away,
because the cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not
killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not
hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and
I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to
the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were
young."
The Sleeping Princess
I
Once there was a King and a Queen. For many years they had wanted
a child, and no child had come to them.
Then the Queen had a child. It was a girl. The King was very
glad.
You know what a fairy is. Many fairies lived near the King's
house. When the Queen's child came, the King went to all the fairies
and said, "The Queen has a child. Do come to the house and see our
new little girl." All the fairies said, "We are very glad: we will
come today ."
One of the fairies had gone away on a journey: she had been
very far away. She had not come back when the Queen's child came.
When she came back, one of the fairies said to her, "The Queen has
a child, and the King came to us and said, "Come and see our new
little girl. ""
But this fairy was a bad fairy; the bad fairy said, "The King
went to all of you: why did he not come to me? I shall go and see
the King's child; but I shall give her some bad thing."
All the good fairies went to the King's house, and saw the
little girl; and they all gave her some good thing. One said, "I
give her this good thing: she shall have riches." One fairy said,
"I give her this good thing; she shall become a brave woman." One
said, "I give her this good thing: she shall become a good woman."
All gave some good thing.
Then there came the bad fairy. She said, "The King went to all
the fairies but he did not come to me, so I shall give the child
some bad thing. She will have riches; she will become brave; she
will become good. But, when she is a woman, she will prick her hand
with a needle, and die." The poor Queen did not know what to do.
The King said to the good fairies, "
The poor girl shall not die. Can you not help me? Say that she
shall not die!" The good fairies said, " We cannot help you. What
the bad fairy has said will come. Your child will prick her hand
with a needle; but she shall not die. She shall sleep for many years.
Then a king's son shall come and kiss her. And she will awake.
He shall wake her with a kiss." Then the fairies went away.
The King sent for all his men and all the Queen's women, and
said, "Go and bring me all the needles that are in the house."
They brought all the needles that they could find, and the King
took them, and threw them into a river far away.
Then he said, "See that no needle comes into this house. See
that no man and no woman brings a needle near my child. I shall
kill them if they do."
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The little child grew up in the King's house. She became a
Princess. The Princess wanted to see all that she could. She wanted
to know what the men were doing in the garden. She wanted to know
the names of all the flowers and of all the trees. She said to the
men in the King's garden, "What is the name of this flower? What
is the name of this tree?" In the house she wanted to see all that
there was to see.
She wanted to know how many rooms there were in the King's house,
and who lived in all the rooms. So she went into one room, and then
into an- other room, and then into another. She went into big rooms
and little rooms, and very little rooms. Then she said, "I have
been to all the rooms in the house." But there was one room where
she had not gone.
As she went on, she came to a new room. It was a little room
very far away from all the other rooms. The door of the room was