2.The Fisherman and His Wife渔夫和他的妻子-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《格林童话精选Grimms'FairyTales》

The Fisherman and His Wife There was once upon a time a Fisherman who lived with his wife in a miserable hovel close by the sea,and every day he went out fishing.And once as he was sitting with his rod,looking at the clear water,his line suddenly went down,far down below,and when he drew it up again he brought out a large Flounder3.Then the Flounder said to him,"Hark,you Fisherman,I pray you,let me live,I am no Flounder really,but an enchanted prince.What good will it do you to kill me?I should not be good to eat,put me in the water again,and let me go.""Come,"said the Fisherman,"there is no need for so many words about it-a fish that can talk I should certainly let go,anyhow,"with that he put him back again into the clear water,and the Flounder went to the bottom,leaving a long streak of blood behind him.Then the Fisherman got up and went home to his wife in the hovel. “Husband,”said the woman,“have you caught nothing today?,“No,”said the man,"I did catch a Flounder,who said he was an enchanted prince,so I let him go again.”“Did you not wish for anything first?”said the woman..“No,”said the man;“what should I wish for??'“Ah,”said the woman,“it is surely hard to have to live always in this dirty hovel;you might have wished for a small cottage for us. Go back and call him.Tell him we want to have a small cottage,he will certainly give us that.”“Ah,”said the man,.“why should I go there again?“Why,”said the woman,"you did catch him,and you let him go again;he is sure to do it.Go at ·018· 渔夫和他的妻子 从前有个渔夫，他和他的妻子住在海边的一间小破 屋里，每天他都出门去打鱼。有一次，他拿着鱼竿坐在 ①hovel[hval:hA-Jn.茅 屋 海边，望着清澈的海水，突然鱼线沉了下去，沉得很低 ②rod[rodn.钓竿 很低，等他把鱼线往上拉的时候，拽出来一条大大的比 ③flounder[flaunda)]n.比 目鱼。比目鱼对他说：“听着，渔夫，我求你让我活下去， 目鱼 我真的不是比目鱼，而是一个被施了魔法的王子。你杀 enchant [in'tfa:nt;en-]v. 了我对你有什么好处呢？我的味道不好吃，把我放回水 对…施魔法 里吧，让我走。”“好了，”渔夫说，“你根本不需要讲这 么多一一条会讲话的鱼，无论如何我都会放了你。” 说着，他把比目鱼放回了清澈的海水里，鱼儿游到了海 底，身后留下长长的一条血痕。渔夫起身回家，他的妻 子在小破屋里等他。 “老公啊，”女人问他，“你今天钓到鱼了吗？”“没 有，”渔夫回答道，“我倒是钓到了一条比目鱼，可它 说自己是一个被施了魔法的王子，所以我就把它放 了。”“你没有向他要什么吗？”女人问道。“没有，”渔 ⑤cottage[kotid3]n.小屋， 夫说，“我有什么可要的呢？”“唉，”女人叹气说，“总 小房子 是住在这个又脏又破的小屋里实在太艰苦啦，你应该给 我们要一间小木屋。赶紧回去找他，告诉他我们想要一 间小木屋，他肯定会给我们的。”“啊呀呀，”渔夫说，“我 为什么要回去呢？”“你蠢啊，”女人说，“你抓住他又 ·019· The Fisherman and His Wife once."The man still did not quite like to go,but did not like to oppose his wife,and went to the sea. When he got there the sea was all green and yellow,and no longer so smooth; so he stood still and said, "Flounder,flounder in the sea, Come,I pray thee,here to me; For my wife,good Ilsabil, Wills not as I'd have her will." Then the Flounder came swimming to him and said,"Well what does she want, then?""Ah,"said the man,"I did catch you,and my wife says I really ought to have wished for something.She does not like to live in a wretched hovel any longer.She would like to have a cottage.”“Go,then,”said the Flounder,“she has it already.” When the man went home,his wife was no longer in the hovel,but instead of it there stood a small cottage,and she was sitting on a bench before the door.Then she took him by the hand and said to him,"Just come inside,look,now isn't this a great deal better?"So they went in,and there was a small porch,and a pretty little parlour and bedroom,and a kitchen and pantry3,with the best of furniture, and fitted up with the most beautiful things made of tin and brass5,whatsoever was wanted.And behind the cottage there was a small yard,with hens and ducks, and a little garden with flowers and fruit..“Look,”said the wife,“is not that nice!” “Yes,”said the husband,“and so we must always think it,,一now we will live quite contented⑦.”“We will think about that,”said the wife..With that they ate something and went to bed. Everything went well for a week or a fortnight,and then the woman said, "Hark you,husband,this cottage is far too small for us,and the garden and yard are little;the Flounder might just as well have given us a larger house.I should like to live in a great stone castle;go to the Flounder,and tell him to give us a castle." "Ah,wife,"said the man,"the cottage is quite good enough;why should we live ·020· 渔夫和他的妻子 放掉他，他肯定会帮你。赶紧去。”渔夫还是不太想去， 可是又不想惹老婆生气，最后还是去了海边。 他到达海边的时候，海水碧绿泛黄，海面己经不像 原来那么平静了。他站定了对着大海叫道： “海里的比目鱼啊，比目鱼， 求你快到我这里； 我的老婆伊萨贝尔， 不依不饶让我来找你。” 比目鱼游到他身边问道：“那她想要什么呢？”“啊 呀呀，”渔夫回答说：“我抓住了你，我妻子说我应该问 你要点东西。她不想再住在那个小破屋里了，她想要 ①wretched[retfid].劣 一间小木屋。”“去吧，”比目鱼说，“她己经住进小木 质的，很坏的 屋了。” 等他回到家，他的妻子已经不在小破屋里了，出现 在他面前的是一间小木屋，她正坐在门前的长凳上。她 拉着他的手说：“快进来看看，现在是不是比原来好多 ②porch[pat]n门廊：柱 啦？”他们进了屋子，里面有一个小小的门廊，一个漂 廊 亮的小客厅、一间卧室，还有厨房和食品储藏室，家具 ③pantry[pantri]n餐具室 ④tin[inln.锡 是最好的，配上了用锡和黄铜做成的最漂亮的物件，应 ⑤brass[brcs:brs]n.黄铜 有尽有。小木屋后面有个小院子，鸡鸭成群，还有一个 6 whatsoever [watsou'eva] 种着鲜花和果树的小花园。“看呀，”女人说，“是不是 pon.无论什么 很棒！”“是啊，”渔夫说，“所以我们应该一直这么想 一现在我们要知足了。”“这个以后再说吧。”女人说。 contented [kan'tentid]a. 然后，他们吃了些东西，上床睡觉了。 满足的，满意的 就这样太太平平地过了一两个星期，有一天女人 说：“听着，老公，这间小木屋太小了，花园和院子也 ⑧hark [hak][古]听 太小，比目鱼可以给我们一幢大一点的房子。我想住 在大大的石头城堡里，去找比目鱼，告诉他给我们一 个城堡。”“啊呀呀，老婆啊，”渔夫说，“这间小木屋 已经够好了，为什么还要住在城堡里呢？”“别废话！” ·021· The Fisherman and His Wife in a castle?""What!"said the woman;"just go there,the Flounder can always do that.""No,wife,"said the man,"the Flounder has just given us the cottage,I do not like to go back so soon,it might make him angry.”“Go,”said the woman,.“he can do it quite easily,and will be glad to do it;just you go to him." The man's heart grew heavy,and he would not go.He said to himself,"It is not right,"and yet he went.And when he came to the sea the water was quite purple and dark-blue,and grey and thick,and no longer so green and yellow,but it was still quiet.And he stood there and said- "Flounder,flounder in the sea, Come,I pray thee,here to me; For my wife,good Ilsabil, Wills not as I'd have her will." "Well,what does she want,then?"said the Flounder."Alas,"said the man,half scared,"she wants to live in a great stone castle.""Go to it,then,she is standing before the door,"said the Flounder. Then the man went away,intending to go home,but when he got there,he found a great stone palace,and his wife was just standing on the steps going in,and she took him by the hand and said,"Come in."So he went in with her,and in the castle was a great hall paved with marbled,and many servants,who flung?wide the doors;And the walls were all bright with beautiful hangings,and in the rooms were chairs and tables of pure gold,and crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling, and all the rooms and bed-rooms had carpets,and food and wine of the very best were standing on all the tables,so that they nearly broke down beneath it.Behind the house,too,there was a great court-yard,with stables for horses and cows,and the very best of carriages;there was a magnificent large garden,too,with the most beautiful flowers and fruit-trees,and a park quite half a mile long,in which were stags④，deer,and hares⑤，and everything that could be desired.“Come,”said the woman,.“isn't that beautiful?'“Yes,indeed,.”said the man,.“now let it be;and we ·022· 渔夫和他的妻子 女人说，“赶紧去，比目鱼肯定做得到。”“不行啊，老 婆，”渔夫说，“比目鱼已经给了我们这间小木屋，我 不想这么快又去找他，他可能会生气的。”“快去，”女 人说，“这对他来说是小事一桩，而且他会很高兴做的， 你只管去找他。” 渔夫心事重重，他不想去。他自言自语道：“这么 做是不对的。”可他还是去了。等他来到海边的时候， 海水己经变成了紫色和深蓝色，灰暗混浊，不再像原来 那样碧绿泛黄，但还是平静的。他站在那里叫道 “海里的比目鱼啊，比目鱼 求你快到我这里； 我的老婆伊萨贝尔， 不依不饶让我来找你。” “好吧，那她想要什么？”比目鱼问道。“哎呀呀，” 渔夫已经吓得半死，“她想住在大大的石头城堡里。”“去 吧，她已经站在城堡门口了。”比目鱼说。 于是渔夫走开了，心里想着要回原来的家，可是等 他回到家，他发现出现在面前的是一个大大的石头宫 殿。他的妻子正站在台阶上，她拉着他的手说：“快进 来！”于是，他跟着走进去，发现城堡里有一个铺着大 ①marble[ma:bl]n.大理石 ②fung[fg]k(fing的 理石的大厅，还有很多仆人，一看见他们就赶紧把门打 过去式)（猛烈地）推 开。墙壁上挂着漂亮的帷幔，非常明亮，房间里的桌椅 ③chandelier[fanda'lis】n. (挂于天花板上的)枝 都是纯金的，水晶吊灯从天花板上垂下来，所有的房间 形吊灯 和卧室都铺了地毯，桌子上放着最最美味的食物和最最 香甜的美酒，多得几乎要把桌子压塌掉。屋后有个很大 的院子，里面有马厩和牛棚，还有最华丽的马车。美丽 的大花园里长着最娇美的鲜花和果树，私家园林绵延半 里路，里面公鹿、梅花鹿和野兔应有尽有。“快来，”女 ④stag[stcg]n.成年雄鹿， 牡鹿 人叫道，“是不是很漂亮啊？”“是啊，确实漂亮，”渔 ⑤hare[hen.野兔 夫说，“就这样吧，我们就住在这个美丽的城堡里，该 ·023· The Fisherman and His Wife will live in this beautiful castle and be content.""We will consider about that,"said the woman,.“and sleep upon it;”thereupon①they went to bed.. Next morning the wife awoke first,and it was just daybreak,and from her bed she saw the beautiful country lying before her.Her husband was still stretching himself,so she poked him in the side with her elbow,and said,"Get up,husband, and just peep out of the window.Look you,couldn't we be the King over all that land?Go to the Flounder,we will be the King.”“Ah,wife,”said the man,“why should we be King?I do not want to be King.”“Well,”said the wife,“if you won't be King,I will;go to the Flounder,for I will be King.""Ah,wife,"said the man, “why do you want to be King?I do not like to say that to him.”s“Why not?”said the woman;"go to him this instant;I must be King!"So the man went,and was quite unhappy because his wife wished to be King."It is not right;it is not right," thought he.He did not wish to go,but yet he went. And when he came to the sea,it was quite dark-grey,and the water heaved up from below,and smelt putrid.Then he went and stood by it,and said, "Flounder,flounder in the sea, Come,I pray thee,here to me; For my wife,good Ilsabil, Wills not as I'd have her will" “Well,what does she want,,then?”said the Flounder.“Alas,”said the man, “she wants to be King.”“Go to her;she is King already..” So the man went,and when he came to the palace,the castle had become much larger,and had a great tower and magnificent ornaments,and the sentinel was standing before the door,and there were numbers of soldiers with kettle-drums and trumpets.And when he went inside the house,everything was of real marble and gold,with velvet covers and great golden tassels.Then the doors of the hall were opened,and there was the court in all its splendour,and his wife was sitting ·024· 渔夫和他的妻子 知足了。”“这个以后再说，”女人说，“先睡觉吧。”于 ①thereupon[Seara'pon 是他们上床睡觉了。 -pon]ad.当时，立即 第二天早晨女人先醒过来，当时天刚蒙蒙亮，从床 ②stretch[stretf]g伸展， 上她看见了眼前这个美丽的家园。她的丈夫还在伸懒腰， 舒展 她用胳膊肘桶桶他说：“老公，快起来，你看窗外呀！ ③poke[pauk](用棍棒、 你看，我们为什么不可以成为这块土地的国王呢？快去 手指等)触：戳：捅 找比目鱼，我们要当国王。”“啊呀呀，老婆啊，”渔夫 说，“我们为什么要当国王呢？我可不想当国王。”“那 好，”女人说，“如果你不想当国王，我来当。快去找比 目鱼，因为我要当国王。”“啊呀呀，老婆啊，”渔夫说， “你为什么要当国王呢？我可不想这么对他说。”“为什 么不行？”女人咆哮道，“马上去找他，我一定要当国王！” 于是渔夫只好去了，想着自己的老婆想当国王心里非常 不开心。“这么做是不对的，这么做是不对的。”他心里 想。他不想去，但还是去了。 ④heave up突然升起 等他来到海边，大海变成了深灰色，海水从下面翻 ⑤putrid[pjutrid]a.腐烂 腾上来，散发着腐败的臭味。他走到海边叫道： 的，腐败的 “海里的比目鱼啊，比目鱼 求你快到我这里； 我的老婆伊萨贝尔， 不依不饶让我来找你。” “好吧，那她想要什么？”比目鱼问道。“哎呀呀，” 渔夫说，“她想当国王。”“去吧，她已经是国王了。” ⑥ornament['o:namant; 'xnament]n.装饰，点缀 于是渔夫走开了，等他回到城堡，发现城堡变得更 ⑦sentinel[sentinal]n.哨 大了，塔楼高耸，装饰得非常华丽，卫兵正站在门口， 兵 还有很多敲着铜鼓吹着喇叭的士兵。他走进城堡，发现 ⑧velvet[velvit]n.丝绒， 天鹅绒 所有的东西都是真的大理石和真的黄金做成的，上面覆 ⑨tassel[tsal]n.缨，穗， 盖着天鹅绒和漂亮的金色流苏。大厅的门打开了，宏伟 流苏 10 splendour ['splendo]n. 的宫殿映入他眼帘，他的妻子坐在用金子和钻石做成的 豪华，壮丽 高高的宝座上，头上戴着巨大的金皇冠，手上握着镶嵌 ·025· The Fisherman and His Wife on a high throne of gold and diamonds,with a great crown of gold on her head, and a sceptre of pure gold and jewels in her hand,and on both sides of her stood her maids-in-waiting in a row,each of them always one head shorter than the last. Then he went and stood before her,and said,"Ah,wife,and now you are King.”“Yes,”said the woman,now I am King.”So he stood and looked at her, and when he had looked at her thus for some time,he said,"And now that you are King,let all else be,now we will wish for nothing more.""Nay,husband,"said the woman,quite anxiously,"I find time pass very heavily,I can bear it no longer;go to the Flounder-I am King,but I must be Emperor,too.""Alas,wife,why do you wish to be Emperor?,“Husband,”said she,“go to the Flounder.I will be Emperor.” "Alas,wife,"said the man,"he cannot make you Emperor;I may not say that to the fish.There is only one Emperor in the land.An Emperor the Flounder cannot make you!I assure you he cannot." "What!"said the woman,"I am the King,and you are nothing but my husband; will you go this moment?go at once!If he can make a King he can make an emperor. I will be Emperor;go instantly."So he was forced to go.As the man went,however, he was troubled in mind,and thought to himself,"It will not end well;it will not end well!Emperor is too shameless!The Flounder will at last be tired out." With that he reached the sea,and the sea was quite black and thick,and began to boil up from below,so that it threw up bubbles,and such a sharp wind blew over it that it curdled,and the man was afraid.Then he went and stood by it,and said, "Flounder,flounder in the sea, Come,I pray thee,here to me; For my wife,good Ilsabil, Wills not as I'd have her will." “Wel,what does she want,,then?”said the Flounder.“Alas,Flounder,,”said he, “my wife wants to be Emperor.”“Go to her,,”said the Flounder;“she is Emperor already..” ·026· 渔夫和他的妻子 ①throne[0 raun]n.王座， 着珠宝的纯金权杖。她的两边各有一排侍女，从高到矮 王位 地排列，每个都比前面那个矮一个头。 ②sceptre[septa]n.(象征 权位的)权杖，节杖 他走过去站在她面前说：“啊呀呀，老婆啊，现在 你是国王了。”“是的，”女人说，“现在我是国王了。” 于是，他站在那里看着她，看了一会儿之后他说道：“你 既然当了国王，一切就这样吧，我们不要再有别的想法 了。”“不不，老公，”女人非常焦虑地说，“我觉得无所 事事，我再也受不了了。快去找比目鱼—我已经是国 王，现在我要当皇帝。”“哎呀呀，老婆啊，你为什么要 当皇帝呢？”“老公，”她嚷道，“快去找比目鱼，我要 当皇帝。”“哎呀呀，老婆啊，”渔夫说，“他不可能让你 当皇帝，我不可以对那条鱼这么说。这个国家只有一个 皇帝，比目鱼不可能让你当！我肯定他不可能。” “什么！”女人吼道，“我是国王，你只是我的老 公，你现在到底去不去？马上给我去！如果他能让我当 国王，就一定能让我当皇帝。我要当皇帝，你马上去。” 无奈之中他只好去了，可是他一边走，一边却忧心忡仲， 他心想：“这不会有好结果，这不会有好结果！她想当 皇帝，这真是太无耻了！比目鱼会厌烦的。” ③tired out疲倦的，厌烦 的 就这么想着他来到海边，海水又黑又浑，从下面往 上翻腾，巨大的泡泡涌上来。一阵刺骨的寒风吹过，海 ④bubble[bAbn.泡沫， 气泡 面仿佛要冻住了。渔夫害怕极了，他走到海边叫道： ⑤curdle[kadI](使)成 凝乳：（使）凝结 “海里的比目鱼啊，比目鱼 求你快到我这里； 我的老婆伊萨贝尔， 不依不饶让我来找你。” “好吧，那她想要什么？”比目鱼问道。“哎呀呀， 比目鱼啊，”渔夫说，“我的老婆想当皇帝。”“去吧，” 比目鱼说，“她已经是皇帝了。” ·027·