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　　《格林童話》產生於十九世紀初，是由德國著名語言學家，雅可布·格林和威廉·格林兄弟收集、整理、加工完成的德國民間文學。它是世界童話的經典之作，自問世以來，在世界各地影響十分廣泛。格林兄弟以其豐富的想象、優美的語言給孩子們講述了一個個神奇而又浪漫的童話故事。《格林童話》帶有濃厚的地域特色、民族特色，富於趣味性和娛樂性，對培養兒童養成真、善、美的良好品質有積極意義。下面小編為大家帶來，希望大家喜歡!

　　經典格林童話故事：麥穗的故事

　　Ages ago， when God himself walked uponearth， the ground's fertility was much GREaterthan it now is. At that time the ears did not returnfifty or sixty-fold， but rather four to five hundred-fold. The kernels grew from the bottom to the top ofthe stalk. However long the stalk was， that wasalso the length of the ear. But it is the way ofhumankind， that when they have a surplus they donot value the blessings that come from God， but instead become indifferent and frivolous.

　　One day a woman was walking along a grain field， and her little child， who was jumpingalong beside her， fell into a puddle and got his clothes dirty. The mother tore off a handful ofthe beautiful ears of grain and cleaned his clothes with them.

　　the Lord was just then passing by， and when he saw her doing this， he became angry andsaid， “From this time forth the grain-stalk shall bear no more ears of grain. Humans are notworthy of this heavenly gift.”

　　the bystanders who heard this were horrified， fell to their knees， and begged him toleave at least something on the grain-stalk， even if they did not deserve it， at least for thesake of the innocent chickens， who otherwise would starve to death.

　　the Lord， foreseeing the misery that would come， took pity on them and granted theirwish. Thus the ear at the top of the stalk remained， just as it grows today.

　　遠古時代，當上帝親自巡視大地時，土地的產量比現在高得多。那時，麥穗不只結五六十粒，而是四五百粒，麥稈從頭到腳長滿了麥粒，稈有多長，穗就有多長。然而人類是如此的淺俗，他們生活豐裕時，就不再珍惜上蒼的恩賜，以致變得漫不經心、大手大腳。一天，一位婦女路經一片麥地，她的小孩在她身邊跑著，一下跌進了泥坑裡，弄髒了小衣服。

　　於是，這位母親扯下一把漂亮的麥穗，用它擦淨了衣服。

　　碰巧上帝從這兒經過，見到這情形他非常生氣，說：“從此麥稈不再結穗，人類不配再獲得上蒼的賜予。”周圍的人聽到這話嚇壞了，紛紛跪下，祈求上帝仍留些麥穗於稈上，即使人類不配這一恩賜，但是為了那些無辜的家禽，求上帝開恩，否則它們就會餓死。上帝預見到人類的苦難，可憐他們，答應了這一請求。於是麥穗留了下來，就像現在生長的這樣子。

　　經典格林童話故事：農夫與魔鬼

　　Once upon a time there was a clever, wilypeasant, whose tricks could be much talked about.The best story, however, is how he once got the bestof the devil and made a fool of him. One day thepeasant had been working in his field, and just as itwas getting dark he was getting ready to go homewhen in the middle of his field he saw a pile ofburning coals. Filled with amazement he walkedtoward it, and sitting on the top of the glowing coals there was a little black devil.

　　"You must be sitting on a treasure," said the peasant.

　　"Yes indeed," replied the devil, "on a treasure that contains more gold and silver than youhave ever seen in your life."

　　"the treasure is in my field and belongs to me," said the peasant.

　　"It is yours," answered the devil, "if for two years you will give me one half of everythingyour field produces. I have enough money, but I have a desire for the fruits of the earth."

　　the peasant entered into the bargain, saying, "To prevent any dispute from arising aboutthe division, everything above the ground shall belong to you, and everything beneath theground to me."

　　the devil was quite satisfied with that, but the cunning peasant had planted turnips.

　　Now when harvest time came the devil appeared and wanted to take away his crop, but hefound nothing except the yellow withered leaves, and the happy peasant dug up his turnips.

　　"You got the best of me this time," said the devil, "but it won't happen again. Next timewhat grows above ground shall be yours, and what is under it shall be mine."

　　"That is all right with me," answered the peasant. When planting time came the peasant didnot plant turnips again, but wheat. The crop ripened, and the peasant went into the field andcut the full stalks off at ground level. When the devil came he found nothing but the stubble,and he angrily disappeared into a chasm in a cliff.

　　"That's the way one has to deal with foxes," said the peasant, then carried away thetreasure.

　　從前有位遠見卓識、機智聰明的農夫，有關他足智多謀的故事至今人們仍廣為傳頌。其中最精彩的要首推他曾經怎樣捉弄魔鬼的故事。

　　一天，農夫在田間勞動了一整天，天黑時正準備回家，忽然發現自己的田裡有堆煤在燃燒，他驚訝萬分，於是便走上前去看，發現竟有一個黑色的小魔鬼走在燃燒的煤堆上。“你是坐在財寶上嗎?”農夫問。“正是財寶。”魔鬼答道，“而且比你一生見到的都要多呢!”“財寶在我田裡就得歸我。”農夫說道。“就歸你吧!”魔鬼說，“只要你肯將兩年內一半的收成給我就行了。錢，我有的是，但我更喜歡地上的果實。”農夫答應了這樁交易，並說：“為了避免在我們分配時出現糾紛，凡泥土上的東西歸你，泥土下的歸我。”魔鬼感到心滿意足，但這位聰明的農夫卻種上了蘿蔔.

　　現在收穫的季節到了，魔鬼又來了，要求收回屬於他的收成。但除了那些枯黃的敗葉外，他一無所獲;而農夫卻在興高采烈地挖著他的蘿蔔.“這次讓你佔了便宜，”魔鬼說，“下次可不能這樣。地上的歸你，地下的歸我。”“悉聽尊便。”農夫答道。播種的季節又到了，這次他可不播蘿蔔，而是種上了小麥。麥子熟了，他來到田間，把麥稈齊根割倒在地。魔鬼又來了，見到除了殘茬外，他又一無所獲，氣得轉身就走，順著石縫鑽了進去。“我就是這樣騙倒魔鬼的。”農夫說完，趕緊拾起財寶回家去了。