英語的格林童話故事

　　精彩的童話故事像一棵棵美麗的聖誕樹,吸引著無數孩子如痴如醉地去閱讀,下面這些是小編為大家推薦的幾篇。

　　1：特魯得太太

　　Once upon a time there was a small girl who was strong willed and forward, and whenever her parents said anything to her, she disobeyed them. How could anything go well with her?

　　One day she said to her parents: "I have heard so much about Frau Trude. Someday I want to go to her place. People say such amazing things are seen there, and such strange things happen there, that I have become very curious.

　　Her parents strictly forbade her, saying: "Frau Trude is a wicked woman who commits godless acts. If you go there, you will no longer be our child.

　　But the girl paid no attention to her parents and went to Frau Trude's place anyway.

　　When she arrived there, Frau Trude asked: "Why are you so pale?"

　　"Oh," she answered, trembling all over, "I saw something that frightened me."

　　"What did you see?"

　　"I saw a black man on your steps."

　　"That was a charcoal burner."

　　"Then I saw a green man."

　　"That was a huntsman."

　　"Then I saw a blood-red man."

　　"That was a butcher."

　　"Oh, Frau Trude, it frightened me when I looked through your window and could not see you, but instead saw the devil with a head of fire."

　　"Aha!" she said. "So you saw the witch properly outfitted. I have been waiting for you and wanting you for a long time. Light the way for me now!"

　　With that she turned to girl into a block of wood and threw it into the fire. When it was thoroughly aglow she sat down next to it, and warmed herself by it, saying: "It gives such a bright light!"

　　2:玫瑰公主

　　Then it happened one day while the queen was sitting in her bath, that a frog crept out of the water onto the ground and said to her, "Your wish shall be fulfilled, and before a year passes you will bring a daughter into the world."

　　What the frog said did happen, and the queen gave birth to a girl who was so beautiful that the king could not contain himself for joy, and he ordered a great celebration. He invited not only his relatives, friends, and acquaintances, but also the wise women so that they would be kindly disposed toward the child. There were thirteen of them in his kingdom, but because he had only twelve golden plates from which they were to eat, one of them had to remain at home.

　　The feast was celebrated with great splendor, and at its conclusion the wise women presented the child with their magic gifts. The one gave her virtue, the second one beauty, the third one wealth, and so on with everything that one could wish for on earth.

　　The eleventh one had just pronounced her blessing when the thirteenth one suddenly walked in. She wanted to avenge herself for not having been invited, and without greeting anyone or even looking at them she cried out with a loud voice, "In the princess′s fifteenth year she shall prick herself with a spindle and fall over dead." And without saying another word she turned around and left the hall.

　　Everyone was horrified, and the twelfth wise woman, who had not yet offered her wish, stepped foreward. Because she was unable to undo the wicked wish, but only to soften it, she said, "It shall not be her death. The princess will only fall into a hundred-year deep sleep."

　　The king, wanting to rescue his dear child, issued an order that all spindles in the entire kingdom should be burned. The wise women′s gifts were all fulfilled on the girl, for she was so beautiful, well behaved, friendly, and intelligent that everyone who saw her had to love her.

　　Now it happened that on the day when she turned fifteen years of age the king and the queen were not at home, and the girl was all alone in the castle. She walked around from one place to the next, looking into rooms and chambers as her heart desired. Finally she came to an old tower. She climbed up the narrow, winding stairs and arrived at a small door. In the lock there was a rusty key, and when she turned it the door sprang open. There in a small room sat an old woman with a spindle busily spinning her flax.

　　"Good day, old woman," said the princess. "What are you doing there?"

　　"I am spinning," said the old woman, nodding her head.

　　"What is that thing that is so merrily bouncing about?" asked the girl, taking hold of the spindle, for she too wanted to spin.

　　She had no sooner touched the spindle when the magic curse was fulfilled, and she pricked herself in the finger. The instant that she felt the prick she fell onto a bed that was standing there, and she lay there in a deep sleep. And this sleep spread throughout the entire castle. The king and queen, who had just returned home, walked into the hall and began falling asleep, and all of their attendants as well. The horses fell asleep in their stalls, the dogs in the courtyard, the pigeons on the roof, the flies on the walls, and even the fire on the hearth flickered, stopped moving, and fell asleep. The roast stopped sizzling. The cook, who was about to pull kitchen boy′s hair for having done something wrong, let him loose and fell asleep. The wind stopped blowing, and outside the castle not a leaf was stirring in the trees.

　　Round about the castle a thorn hedge began to grow, and every year it became higher, until it finally surrounded and covered the entire castle. Finally nothing at all could be seen of it, not even the flag on the roof.

　　A legend circulated throughout the land about the beautiful sleeping Little Brier-Rose, for so the princess was called. Legends also told that from time to time princes came, wanting to force their way through the hedge into the castle. However, they did not succeed, for the thorns held firmly together, as though they had hands, and the young men became stuck in them, could not free themselves, and died miserably.

　　Many long, long years later, once again a prince came to the country. He heard an old man telling about the thorn hedge. It was said that there was a castle behind it, in which a beautiful princess named Little Brier-Rose had been asleep for a hundred years, and with her the king and the queen and all the royal attendants were sleeping. He also knew from his grandfather that many princes had come and tried to penetrate the thorn hedge, but they had become stuck in it and died a sorrowful death.

　　Then the young man said, "I am not afraid. I will go there and see the beautiful Little Brier-Rose."

　　However much the good old man tried to dissuade him, the prince would not listen to his words.

　　The hundred years had just passed, and the day had come when Little Brier-Rose was to awaken. When the prince approached the thorn hedge, it was nothing but large, beautiful flowers that separated by themselves, allowing him to pass through without harm, but then behind him closed back into a hedge.

　　In the courtyard he saw the horses and spotted hunting dogs lying there asleep, and on the roof the pigeons, perched with their little heads tucked under they wings. When he walked inside the flies were asleep on the wall, the cook in the kitchen was still holding up his hand as if he wanted to grab the boy, and the maid was sitting in front of the black chicken that was supposed to be plucked. He walked further and saw all the attendants lying asleep in the hall, and above them near the throne the king and the queen were lying. He walked on still further, and it was so quiet that he couldhear his own breath. Finally he came to the tower and opened the door to the little room where Little Brier-Rose was sleeping.

　　There she lay and was so beautiful that he could not take his eyes off her. He bent over and gave her a kiss. When he touched her with the kiss Little Brier-Rose opened her eyes, awoke, and looked at him kindly.

　　They went downstairs together, and the king awoke, and the queen, and all the royal attendants, and they looked at one another in amazement. The horses in the courtyard stood up and shook themselves. The hunting dogs jumped and wagged their tails. The pigeons on the roof pulled their little heads out from beneath their wings, looked around, and flew into the field. The flies on the walls crept about again. The fire in the kitchen rose up, broke into flames, and cooked the food. The roast began to sizzle once again. The cook boxed the boy′s ears, causing him to cry, and the maid finished plucking the chicken.

　　And then the prince′s marriage to Little Brier-Rose was celebrated with great splendor, and they lived happily until they died.

　　3:狐狸太太的婚事

　　There was once on a time an old fox with nine tails, who believed that his wife was not faithful to him, and wished to try her. He stretched himself out under the bench, did not move a limb, and behaved as if he were stone dead. Mrs. Fox went up to her room, shut herself in, and her maid, Miss Cat, sat by the fire, and did the cooking. When it became known that the old fox was dead, wooers presented themselves. The maid heard some one standing at the house-door, knocking. She went and opened it, and it was a young fox, who said,

　　"What may you be about, Miss Cat.?

　　Do you sleep or do you wake?"

　　She answered,

　　"I am not sleeping, I am waking,

　　Wouldst thou know what I am making?

　　I am boiling warm beer with butter so nice,

　　Will the gentleman enter and drink some likewise?"

　　"No, thank you, miss," said the fox, "what is Mrs. Fox doing?" The maid replied,

　　"She sits all alone,

　　And makes her moan,

　　Weeping her little eyes quite red,

　　Because old Mr. Fox is dead."

　　"Do just tell her, miss, that a young fox is here, who would like to woo her." - "Certainly, young sir."

　　The cat goes up the stairs trip, trap,

　　The door she knocks at tap, tap, tap,

　　"Mistress Fox, are you inside?"

　　"Oh yes, my little cat," she cried.

　　"A wooer he stands at the door out there."

　　"Tell me what he is like, my dear?"

　　"But has he nine as beautiful tails as the late Mr. Fox?" - "Oh, no," answered the cat, "he has only one."

　　"Then I will not have him." Miss Cat went downstairs and sent the wooer away. Soon afterwards there was another knock, and another fox was at the door who wished to woo Mrs. Fox. He had two tails, but he did not fare better than the first. After this still more came, each with one tail more than the other, but they were all turned away, until at last one came who had nine tails, like old Mr. Fox. When the widow heard that, she said joyfully to the cat,

　　"Now open the gates and doors all wide,

　　And carry old Mr. Fox outside."

　　But just as the wedding was going to be solemnized, old Mr. Fox stirred under the bench, and cudgelled all the rabble, and drove them and Mrs. Fox out of the house.

　　SECOND STORY

　　When old Mr. Fox was dead, the wolf came as a wooer, and knocked at the door, and the cat who was servant to Mrs. Fox, opened it for him. The wolf greeted her, and said,

　　"Good day, Mrs. Cat of Kehrewit,

　　"How comes it that alone you sit?

　　What are you making good?"

　　The cat replied,

　　"In milk I'm breaking bread so sweet,

　　Will the gentleman please come in and eat?"

　　"No, thank you, Mrs. Cat," answered the wolf. "Is Mrs. Fox not at home?"

　　The cat said,

　　"She sits upstairs in her room,

　　Bewailing her sorrowful doom,

　　Bewailing her trouble so sore,

　　For old Mr. Fox is no more."

　　The wolf answered,

　　"If she's in want of a husband now,

　　Then will it please her to step below?"

　　The cat runs quickly up the stair,

　　And lets her tail fly here and there,

　　Until she comes to the parlour door.

　　With her five gold rings at the door she knocks,

　　"Are you within, good Mistress Fox?

　　If you're in want of a husband now,

　　Then will it please you to step below?

　　Mrs. Fox asked, "Has the gentleman red stockings on' and has he a pointed mouth?" - "No," answered the cat. "Then he won't do for me."

　　When the wolf was gone, came a dog, a stag, a hare, a bear, a lion, and all the beasts of the forest, one after the other. But one of the good points which old Mr. Fox had possessed, was always lacking, and the cat had continually to send the wooers away. At length came

　　young fox. Then Mrs. Fox said, "Has the gentleman red stockings on, and has he a little pointed mouth?" - "Yes," said the cat, "he has." - "Then lethim come upstairs," said Mrs. Fox, and ordered the servant to prepare the wedding-feast.

　　"Sweep me the room as clean as you can,

　　Up with the window, fling out my old man!

　　For many a fine fat mouse he brought,

　　Yet of his wife he never thought,

　　But ate up every one he caught."

　　Then the wedding was solemnized with young Mr. Fox, and there was much rejoicing and dancing; and if they have not left off, they are dancing still.

　　
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