英文童話故事
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：Pandora
After the stealing of fire,Zeus became increasinglyunkind to men.One day he ordered his sonHephaestus tobuild an image of a beautiful maidenout of clay.He then asked the gods and goddesses toaward her with different kinds of gifts.Amongothers,Athena clothed her in an attractive coat andHermes gave her the power of telling lies.A charming young lady,she was the first woman thatever lived.Zeus called her Pandora.Because she had received from each of the gods andgoddesses a gift.The gift was harmful to men.
Zeus decided to send her down to men as a present.So Hermes them essenger brought her toEpimetheus,brother of Prometheus.The greatness of her beauty touched the hearts of all wholooked upon her,and Epimetheus happily received her into his house.He had quite forgottenPometheus' to accept anything from Zeus.The couple lived a happy life for sometime.Then trouble came on to the human world.
When he was busy with teaching men the art of living,Prometheus had left a bigcask in the careof Epimetheus.He had warned his brother not to open the lid.Pandora was a curiouswoman.She had been feeling very disappointed that her husband did not allow her to take alook at the contents of the cask.One day,when Epimetheus was out,she lifted the lid and outitcame unrest and war,Plague and sickness,theft and violence, grief sorrow,and all the otherevils.The human world was hence to experience these evils.Only hope stayed within the mouthof the jar and never flew out.So men always have hope within their hearts.
潘多拉
偷竊天火之後,宙斯對人類的敵意與日俱增。一天,他令兒子赫菲斯托斯用泥塑一美女像,並請眾神贈予她不同的禮物。其中,雅典娜飾之以華麗的衣裳,赫耳墨斯贈之以說謊的能力。世上的第一個女人是位迷人女郎,因為她從每位神靈那裡得到了一樣對男人有害的禮物,因此宙斯稱她為潘多拉。
宙斯決定把她作為禮物送給世間的男子。於是信使赫耳墨斯將她帶給普羅米修斯的弟弟厄庇墨透斯。她姿容絕美,見者無不為之傾心。厄庇墨透斯興高采烈地把她迎入屋內。普羅米修斯警告過他不得接受宙斯的任何饋贈,而他已將之忘於腦後。這一對夫妻有過一段幸福的生活,但不久災難卻降臨人間。
當普羅米修斯忙於教授人們生存之道的時候,他把一個桶託付給厄庇墨透斯。他警告過他的弟弟不要開啟桶蓋。潘多拉好奇心強。她的丈夫不允許她看桶中之物,這使她感到十分懊惱。一天乘厄庇墨透斯出門在外,她開啟桶蓋,從桶裡跑出的是不和與戰爭,瘟疫與疾病,偷竊與暴力,悲哀與憂慮,以及其他一些人類從此要遭受的不幸。只有希望被關在桶口,永遠飛不出來,因此人們常常把希望藏於心中。
：The pig and Watermelon
In spring, the mother pig took the little pig LuLu tothe foot of the mountain. They planted somewatermelon.
When summer came, there were many big roundwatermelons in the field.
One day, the sun was burning like a fire, it wasterribly hot on the ground. The mother pig said to the little pig:"Lulu, go to the field to pick awatermelon back,ok?" Lulu said happily:"Ok! No problem."
Then he ran to the watermelon field. When he got to the field, he was happy to find so manybig green watermelons. He chose one of the biggest watermelon and picked it from the vine.Then he held it with his hands trying to lift is on his shoulder to carry it home.
"Wow!It's so heavy!" Lulu tried several times, but he failed. And he was socked with sweat. Hewiped his sweat off and decided to have a rest.
Suddenly he saw the monkey Pipi. He was playing with a hoop. Lulu patted his head andsaid:"I've got it." He thought,the round hoop can roll, the watermelon round too,then it can rolltoo.He then put the big melon on the ground and rolled it forward quickly.
At last he got home with the watermelon.The mother pig knew the story, she exclaimed:"Mychild, you're really clever!"
小豬搬西瓜
春天的時候，豬媽媽帶著小豬嚕嚕，在山坡下種了一大片西瓜。到了夏天，西瓜地裡結滿了又圓又大的西瓜。
有一天，太陽光火辣辣地照著大地，天啊，可熱了。豬媽媽對小豬說：“嚕嚕，你到咱們的地裡摘個大西瓜回來解解渴吧!”小豬嚕嚕高興地說：“好吧!”說完就往西瓜地裡跑。到了地裡一看。呵，到處躺著大西瓜，水靈靈的，真惹人喜愛!嚕嚕挑了個最大的摘了下來。它雙手摟著西瓜，想抱起來放在肩上扛回家。“喲，好重呀!”嚕嚕試著抱了幾次都沒有抱起來，還累得滿頭大汗。 它直起身來，擦了擦臉上的汗水想休息一下，再去試試抱西瓜。突然，它看到小猴皮皮在山下邊的馬路上滾鐵環玩呢。小豬嚕嚕一拍後腦勺高興地說：“有了，我有辦法了。”什麼辦法呢?小豬嚕嚕心想：鐵環是圓的，可以滾動。西瓜也是圓的，不也可以滾動嗎?想到這兒啊，小豬嚕嚕顧不上休息，把大西瓜放在地上。咕嚕嚕，咕嚕嚕地向前滾，一直把西瓜滾到家裡。
豬媽媽看到小豬嚕嚕把又圓又大的西瓜搬回家，誇獎嚕嚕是個愛動腦筋的豬娃娃!
：The twelve huntsmen
There was once a King's son who was betrothed to amaiden whom he loved very much. And when he wassitting beside her and very happy, news came thathis father lay sick unto death, and desired to see himonce again before his end. Then he said to hisbeloved, "I must now go and leave thee, I give theea ring as a remembrance of me. When I am King, I will return and fetch thee." So he rodeaway, and when he reached his father, the latter was dangerously ill, and near his death. Hesaid to him, "Dear son, I wished to see thee once again before my end, promise me to marry asI wish," and he named a certain King's daughter who was to be his wife. The son was in suchtrouble that he did not think what he was doing, and said, "Yes, dear father, your will shall bedone," and thereupon the King shut his eyes, and died.
When therefore the son had been proclaimed King, and the time of mourning was over, he wasforced to keep the promise which he had given his father, and caused the King's daughter to beasked in marriage, and she was promised to him. His first betrothed heard of this, and frettedso much about his faithlessness that she nearly died. Then her father said to her, "Dearestchild, why art thou so sad? Thou shalt have whatsoever thou wilt." She thought for a momentand said, "Dear father, I wish for eleven girls exactly like myself in face, figure, and size." Thefather said, "If it be possible, thy desire shall be fulfilled," and he caused a search to be made inhis whole kingdom, until eleven young maidens were found who exactly resembled his daughterin face, figure, and size.
When they came to the King's daughter, she had twelve suits of huntsmen's clothes made, allalike, and the eleven maidens had to put on the huntsmen's clothes, and she herself put on thetwelfth suit. Thereupon she took leave of her father, and rode away with them, and rode to thecourt of her former betrothed, whom she loved so dearly. Then she inquired if he required anyhuntsmen, and if he would take the whole of them into his service. The King looked at her anddid not know her, but as they were such handsome fellows, he said, "Yes," and that he wouldwillingly take them, and now they were the King's twelve huntsmen.
The King, however, had a lion which was a wondrous animal, for he knew all concealed andsecret things. It came to pass that one evening he said to the King, "Thou thinkest thou hasttwelve huntsmen?" - "Yes," said the King, "they are twelve huntsmen." The lion continued, "Thou art mistaken, they are twelve girls." The King said, "That cannot be true! How wilt thouprove that to me?" - "Oh, just let some peas be strewn in thy ante-chamber," answered thelion, "and then thou wilt soon see it. Men have a firm step, and when they walk over the peasnone of them stir, but girls trip and skip, and drag their feet, and the peas roll about." TheKing was well pleased with the counsel, and caused the peas to be strewn.
There was, however, a servant of the King's who favored the huntsmen, and when he heard thatthey were going to be put to this test he went to them and repeated everything, and said, "Thelion wants to make the King believe that you are girls." Then the King's daughter thanked him,and said to her maidens, "Put on some strength, and step firmly on the peas." So next morningwhen the King had the twelve huntsmen called before him, and they came into the ante-chamber where the peas were lying, they stepped so firmly on them, and had such a strong,sure walk, that not one of the peas either rolled or stirred. Then they went away again, and theKing said to the lion, "Thou hast lied to me, they walk just like men." The lion said, "They havegot to know that they were going to be put to the test, and have assumed some strength. Justlet twelve spinning-wheels be brought into the ante-chamber some day, and they will go tothem and be pleased with them, and that is what no man would do." The King liked the advice,and had the spinning-wheels placed in the ante-chamber.
But the servant, who was well disposed to the huntsmen, went to them, and disclosed theproject. Then when they were alone the King's daughter said to her eleven girls, "Put someconstraint on yourselves, and do not look round at the spinning-wheels." And next morningwhen the King had his twelve huntsmen summoned, they went through the ante-chamber, andnever once looked at the spinning wheels. Then the King again said to the lion, "Thou hastdeceived me, they are men, for they have not looked at the spinning-wheels." The lion replied, "They have learnt that they were going to be put to the test, and have restrained themselves."The King, however, would no longer believe the lion.
The twelve huntsmen always followed the King to the chase, and his liking for them continuallyincreased. Now it came to pass that once when they were out hunting, news came that theKing's betrothed was approaching. When the true bride heard that, it hurt her so much that herheart was almost broken, and she fell fainting to the ground. The King thought something hadhappened to his dear huntsman, ran up to him, wanted to help him, and drew his glove off.Then he saw the ring which he had given to his first bride, and when he looked in her face herecognized her. Then his heart was so touched that he kissed her, and when she opened hereyes he said, "Thou art mine, and I am thine, and no one in the world can alter that." He sent amessenger to the other bride, and entreated her to return to her own kingdom, for he had awife already, and a man who had just found an old dish did not require a new one. Thereuponthe wedding was celebrated, and the lion was again taken into favour, because, after all, hehad told the truth.
十二個獵人
從前有個王子，有個未婚妻，他非常愛她。有一次，他正和姑娘高高興興在一起，傳來國王病重的訊息，並說國王想在死前再見王子一面。於是他對姑娘說："我現在必須離開你。我給你一個戒指作紀念，等我當了國王就回來娶你。"他騎上馬走了。他來到父親身邊的時候，父親已生命垂危，父親對他說："最親愛的兒子，在我死前，我想見你一面。請你答應我按照我的意願結婚。"他還向他說明他應該娶某公主為妻。兒子十分悲痛，不加思索地答應說："好的，親愛的父親，我一定照您的意志去做。"不一會兒，國王就閉上眼睛去世了。
王子就此繼承了王位。喪期過後，他按照對父親的承諾，派人去向那位公主求婚，他的求婚被接受了。當他的第一個未婚妻聽到這訊息後，對他的不忠感到十分難過，幾乎要氣死了。父親問她："我最親愛的孩子，你怎麼這麼悲傷?你要什麼我都會給你的。"她想了想說："親愛的父親，我要十一個和我的相貌、體態和身材都一模一樣的姑娘。"父親說："只要可能我就滿足你的願望。"於是派人到全國各地找，直到找回十一個相貌、體態和身材都和他女兒一樣的姑娘。
他們來到國王的女兒跟前，她早已要人做了十二套相同的獵裝，讓那十一個姑娘穿上，然後自己穿上最後那套。她告別父親，和十一個姑娘騎著馬來到她十分鐘愛的未婚夫的宮殿前。她問他那裡是否需要獵人，是否能讓她們十二個人都在他宮裡供職。國王沒有認出來，看到他們都那麼英俊，便說："行。"並表示他很願意全部接納他們。從此他們便成了國王十二個獵人。
國王有隻神奇的獅子，能識破所有偽裝的人和事物。有天晚上，獅子對國王說："你以為你僱傭了十二個獵人是嗎?""是啊，他們的確是十二個獵人。"國王回答。可獅子接著說："你錯了，她們是十二個姑娘。""這怎麼可能?你能證明嗎?"獅子回答說："可以。只要你叫人在廳裡撒些豌豆，你馬上就可以看出來……男人腳步穩健，從豌豆上踩過去動都不會動;可女人腳步輕，一步一跳的，拖著步子，會踩得豆子到處亂滾。"國王認為這辦法不錯，就讓人去撒豌豆。但是國王的一個僕人和獵人們很要好，當他聽說要考驗他們時，就去把他聽到的告訴了獵人，而且說："獅子想讓國王相信你們是女的。"
公主感謝他，然後對姑娘們說："你們要裝出有力氣的樣子，重重地踏在豆子上。"第二天早上，國王叫十二個獵人來，於是她們來到撒了豌豆的前廳裡。她們邁著穩健有力的步子，堅定地踏在豆子上，所以豆子一顆都沒亂滾。她們走後，國王對獅子說："你騙了我，他們和男人一樣地走。"獅子說："有人已經告訴她們你要試驗，所以使足了力氣。你讓人拿些紡車擺在前廳裡，她們準會十分高興地走過去。這是男人們不會感興趣的東西。"國王覺得這個建議很好，於是讓人在前廳裡擺了幾部紡車。
但那個喜歡獵人們的僕人又將這一計劃告訴了她們。等只剩下她們時，公主對那十一個姑娘說："剋制一點，不要回頭看那些紡車。"第二天，國王召見十二個獵人。她們走過前廳時，對紡車看都沒看一眼。國王又對獅子說："你又騙了我一次，他們是男人，因為他們連看都不看紡車。"可獅子回答說："她們已經知道你要考驗她們了，所以剋制住自己。"可國王不願意再相信獅子的話了。
十二個獵人總是跟隨國王外出打獵，國王越來越喜歡她們了。有一次她們在外面打獵時聽說國王的新娘要到了。真正的新娘一聽，難過得暈倒了。國王以為他親愛的獵人出了什麼事，於是跑過來想拉她一把，結果把她的手套拉掉了。他看到了自己給第一個未婚妻的戒指，於是仔細端詳她的臉，終於認出了她。他十分感動地吻了吻她。她睜開眼睛便說："你是我的，我也是你的，世界上誰也別想改變這一點。"於是國王派人去告訴另一個新娘他已經有妻子了，請求她回自己國家去;還說一個人既然找到了舊鑰匙，就沒必要再配新的了。他們當時就舉行了婚禮，獅子也重新受到了寵愛，因為它說的畢竟是真話。