3.Hansel and Grethel汉斯和格莱特-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《格林童话精选Grimms'FairyTales》

Hansel and Grethel Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Grethel.He had little to bite and to break, and once when great scarcity fell on the land,he could no longer procure daily bread.Now when he thought over this by night in his bed,and tossed about in his anxiety,he groaned and said to his wife,"What is to become of us?How are we to feed our poor children,when we no longer have anything even for ourselves?" "I'll tell you what,husband,"answered the woman,"Early tomorrow morning we will take the children out into the forest to where it is the thickest,there we will light a fire for them,and give each of them one piece of bread more,and then we will go to our work and leave them alone.They will not find the way home again, and we shall be rid of them.""No,wife,"said the man,"I will not do that;how can I bear to leave my children alone in the forest?-the wild animals would soon come and tear them to pieces.""O,thou fool!"said she,"Then we must all four die of hunger,thou mayest as well plane the planks for our coffins,"and she left him no peace until he consented."But I feel very sorry for the poor children,all the same,"said the man. The two children had also not been able to sleep for hunger,and had heard what their step-mother had said to their father.Grethel wept bitter tears,and said to Hansel,.Now all is over with us.”“Be quiet,Grethel,,”said Hansel,“do not distress ·034· 汉斯和格莱特 D dwelt [dwelt]v.(dwell 在一个大森林的旁边，住着一个穷苦的樵夫和他 的过去式)居住；生活 的妻子，他们有两个孩子，男孩叫汉斯，女孩叫格莱 于 ②scarcity['ske3s3ti]n.缺 特。他们的日子过得很窘迫，只能勉强填饱肚子。一次 乏，不足；萧条（时期）， 大饥荒之后，樵夫连每天的面包都吃不到嘴了。这天晚 荒（年） 上，他躺在床上翻来翻去地睡不着，忧心忡忡地想着 ③procure[prou'kjuo],(努 力)取得：（设法）获得 这事，他唉声叹气地对妻子说：“我们该怎么办啊？如 ④toss about翻来覆去， 果我们连自己都要饿肚子，拿什么来喂饱我们可怜的孩 银转反侧 子？”“我来告诉你该怎么办，老公，”女人回答说，“明 ⑤groan[groun]v.呻吟： 发出低沉、悲哀的声音 天一早我们把两个孩子带到森林最深处，给他们生上 火，再多给他们每人一片面包，然后我们就去干活，把 他们丢在那里。他们找不到回家的路，我们就可以把他 们扔了。”“不行啊，老婆，”樵夫说，“我可不能这么做， 我怎么忍心把自己的孩子扔在森林里呢？—野兽很 快就会来把他们撕成碎片的。”“唉，你这个傻瓜！”女 ⑥mayest[meiist】]k[古] 人说道，“那我们就得四个人一起饿死了，你还是给我 may的第二人称单数现 们准备棺材板吧。”她在他耳边喋喋不休地唠叨个不停， 在时（仅与hou连用） ⑦plane [plein]v.刨 直到他同意为止。“不管怎么说，我还是为这两个可怜 ⑧plank[plaenk]n.厚板： 的孩子难过。”樵夫说。 板材 两个孩子饿得一直睡不着觉，他们听到了后妈对 ⑨consent[kan'sent]v.赞同 父亲说的话。格莱特伤心地哭了，她对哥哥说：“现在 我们要完了。”“不要哭，格莱特，”汉斯说，“不要难过， ·035· Hansel and Grethel thyselfD,I will soon find a way to help us."And when the old folks had fallen asleep, he got up,put on his little coat,opened the door below,and crept outside.The moon shone brightly,and the white pebbles which lay in front of the house glittered like real silver pennies.Hansel stooped and put as many of them in the little pocket of his coat as he could possibly get in.Then he went back and said to Grethel,"Be comforted,dear little sister,and sleep in peace,God will not forsake us,"and he lay down again in his bed.When day dawned,but before the sun had risen,the woman came and awoke the two children,saying"Get up,you sluggards5!we are going into the forest to fetch wood."She gave each a little piece of bread,and said, "There is something for your dinner,but do not eat it up before then,for you will get nothing else."Grethel took the bread under her apron,as Hansel had the stones in his pocket.Then they all set out together on the way to the forest.When they had walked a short time,Hansel stood still and peeped back at the house,and did so again and again.His father said,"Hansel,what art thou looking at there and staying behind for?Mind what thou art about,and do not forget how to use thy legs.""Ah, father,"said Hansel,"I am looking at my little white cat,which is sitting up on the roof,and wants to say good-bye to me."The wife said,"Fool,that is not thy little cat,that is the morning sun which is shining on the chimneys."Hansel,however, had not been looking back at the cat,but had been constantly throwing one of the white pebble-stones out of his pocket on the road. When they had reached the middle of the forest,the father said,"Now,children, pile up some wood,and I will light a fire that you may not be cold."Hansel and Grethel gathered brushwood together,as high as a little hill.The brushwood was lighted,and when the flames were burning very high,the woman said,"Now, children,lay yourselves down by the fire and rest,we will go into the forest and cut some wood.When we have done,we will come back and fetch you away." Hansel and Grethel sat by the fire,and when noon came,each ate a little piece of bread,and as they heard the strokes of the wood-axe they believed that their father was near.It was not,however,the axe,it was a branch which he had fastened to a withered tree which the wind was blowing backwards and forwards.And as ·036· 汉斯和格莱特 ①thyself[oair'self]pron.你 我会很快想出办法的。”等到两个大人睡着之后，他爬 本人，你亲自(hou或 起来，穿上小外套，打开下面的门，悄悄地溜了出去。 thee的加强语气) ②pebble[pebl]n.卵石 月光皎洁明亮，屋前地上的白色鹅卵石像真的银币一 ③stoop[stup]弯腰，俯 样闪闪发光。汉斯弯下腰去捡石头，把它们装在外套 身 的小口袋里，直到塞满为止。然后他回到屋里，对格 ④comfort[kAmfat]k安 慰：鼓舞 莱特说：“亲爱的妹妹，放心吧，快快安心睡觉，上帝 不会抛弃我们的。”说完他又躺回到床上睡觉。天刚蒙 蒙亮，太阳还没有升起的时候，他们的后妈进来叫醒 ⑤sluggard[slg3d]n懒鬼 了两个孩子：“快起来，你们这两个懒鬼！我们要到森 林里去砍柴了。”她给了两个孩子一人一片面包说：“这 是你们的中饭，不要提前吃了，否则到时候你们就没 ⑥apron[eipran]n围裙 别的东西可吃了。”格莱特把面包放在她的围裙下，因 为汉斯的口袋里装满了鹅卵石，然后他们就一起出发 去森林了。他们走了一会儿之后，汉斯停下来，回过 头去看他们的房子，他不停地重复这样的动作。他的 父亲说：“汉斯，你为什么要停下来，你在那里看什么？ 小心脚下，赶紧走路吧。”“哦，父亲，”汉斯说，“我 在看我的小白猫，它坐在屋顶上，想和我说再见呢。” ⑦chimney[,fimni】n.烟囱 后妈说：“傻瓜，那不是你的小猫，那是早晨的太阳照 在烟肉上。”其实汉斯并不是在看小猫，而是不停地从 口袋里掏出白色的鹅卵石扔在路上。 等到他们走到森林深处时，父亲说：“听着，孩子 们，快堆些木头，我给你们点上火，这样你们就不会 觉得冷了。”汉斯和格莱特把一些枯枝堆在一起，堆得 像座小山那么高。父亲点燃了枯枝，火焰蹿得老高老高。 后妈说：“听着，孩子们，你们躺在火边上休息，我们 要到森林里去砍些木头。等干完活，我们就会回来带 你们回家。” 汉斯和格莱特坐在火堆边，到了中午的时候，他们 各吃了一小片面包，他们听到有斧头砍木头的声音，以 ⑧wither ['wi8a]v.干枯， 为父亲就在附近。可是，发出声音的不是斧头，而是 枯萎 父亲绑在一棵枯树上的树枝被风吹得前后晃动发出的 ·037· Hansel and Grethel they had been sitting such a long time,their eyes shut with fatigue,and they fell fast asleep.When at last they awoke,it was already dark night.Grethel began to cry and said,"How are we to get out of the forest now?"But Hansel comforted her and said,"Just wait a little,until the moon has risen,and then we will soon find the way."And when the full moon had risen,Hansel took his little sister by the hand, and followed the pebbles which shone like newly-coined silver pieces,and showed them the way. They walked the whole night long,and by break of day came once more to their father's house.They knocked at the door,and when the woman opened it and saw that it was Hansel and Grethel,she said,"You naughty children,why have you slept so long in the forest?-we thought you were never coming back at all!"The father, however,rejoiced2,for it had cut him to the heart to leave them behind alone. Not long afterwards,there was once more great scarcity in all parts,and the children heard their mother saying at night to their father,"Everything is eaten again,we have one half loaf left,and after that there is an end.The children must go,we will take them farther into the wood,so that they will not find their way out again;there is no other means of saving ourselves!"The man's heart was heavy,and he thought"it would be better for thee to share the last mouthful with thy children."The woman,however,would listen to nothing that he had to say,but scolded and reproached5 him.He who says A must say B,likewise,and as he had yielded the first time,he had to do so a second time also. The children were,however,still awake and had heard the conversation.When the old folks were asleep,Hansel again got up,and wanted to go out and pick up pebbles as he had done before,but the woman had locked the door,and Hansel could not get out.Nevertheless he comforted his little sister,and said,"Do not cry, Grethel,go to sleep quietly,the good God will help us." Early in the morning came the woman,and took the children out of their beds. Their bit of bread was given to them,but it was still smaller than the time before. On the way into the forest Hansel crumbled his in his pocket,and often stood still and threw a morsel on the ground."Hansel,why dost thou stop and look round?" ·038· 汉斯和格莱特 ①fatigue[fa'tig]n.疲劳， 声音。他们在那儿坐的时间太长了，累得眼皮直打架， 疲倦 很快他们就睡着了。等到他们醒过来时，已经是漆黑 的夜晚了。格莱特开始哭起来：“现在我们该怎么走出 森林啊？”汉斯安慰她说：“我们再等等，等到月亮升起 来，我们就可以找到回家的路了。”等到圆月升上天空 后，汉斯拉着妹妹的手，沿着他扔下的鹅卵石走，那些 鹅卵石像崭新的银币一样闪闪发光，给他们指明了回家 的路。 他们走了整整一个晚上，等到天亮时，他们已经走 到了父亲的房子门口。他们敲敲门，后妈开门看到是汉 斯和格莱特就说：“你们这两个淘气的孩子，为什么要 在森林里睡这么久？一我们还以为你们永远也回不来 ②rejoice[i'd3ois]欣喜， 了呢！”他们的父亲欣喜若狂，把孩子扔在森林里后， 感到高兴 他的心简直就像被刀子桶了那样痛。 不久之后，所有的地方又遭遇了更大的饥荒，两个 ③loaf [lauf]n.(-个)面 孩子听到他们的后妈有天晚上对父亲说：“所有的东西 包 又都吃光了，我们还剩下半个面包，吃完之后就什么也 没有了。这两个孩子必须扔掉，这一次我们把他们带到 森林更深处，这样他们就再也不会找到回来的路了。除 了这么做我们没别的法子可以救自己了！”樵夫的心沉 甸甸的，他心想：“和孩子们分那最后一口面包也好呀。” ④scold[skauld]v.责骂 ⑤reproach[ri'praut]g斥 但是女人听不进他说的任何话，只是不停地责怪埋怨 责 他。有过一次就会有第二次，既然他第一次让了步，这 ⑥yield[rldk让步，屈服 一次他只好再让步。 两个孩子还没睡着，父亲和后妈的对话他们全听到 了。等两个大人睡着之后，汉斯从床上爬起来，想像上 次那样出去检石头，可是后妈把门锁上了，汉斯出不去。 ⑦crumble[krambl]g弄 碎 但是他还是安慰妹妹说：“不要哭，格莱特，乖乖地去 ⑧morsel[mscl】n.少量 睡觉，仁慈的上帝会帮助我们的。” 碎块 第二天一大早后妈来把两个孩子叫醒，给了他们一 ⑨dost[dst,dast]v.[古] d0的第二人称单数现在 点面包，但比上次还要少。去森林的路上，汉斯在口袋 时（与hou连用） 里把面包捏成碎片，他时不时停下来把面包屑扔在地 ·039· Hansel and Grethel said the father,"go on.""I am looking back at my little pigeon which is sitting on the roof,and wants to say good-bye to me,"answered Hansel."Simpleton!"said the woman,"that is not thy little pigeon,that is the morning sun that is shining on the chimney."Hansel,however,little by little,threw all the crumbs on the path. The woman led the children still deeper into the forest,where they had never in their lives been before.Then a great fire was again made,and the mother said,"Just sit there,you children,and when you are tired you may sleep a little;we are going into the forest to cut wood,and in the evening when we are done,we will come and fetch you away."When it was noon,Grethel shared her piece of bread with Hansel, who had scattered2 his by the way.Then they fell asleep and evening came and went,but no one came to the poor children.They did not awake until it was dark night,and Hansel comforted his little sister and said,"Just wait,Grethel,until the moon rises,and then we shall see the crumbs of bread which I have strewn about, they will show us our way home again."When the moon came they set out,but they found no crumbs,for the many thousands of birds which fly about in the woods and fields had picked them all up.Hansel said to Grethel,"We shall soon find the way," but they did not find it.They walked the whole night and all the next day too from morning till evening,but they did not get out of the forest,and were very hungry, for they had nothing to eat but two or three berries,which grew on the ground.And as they were so weary that their legs would carry them no longer,they lay down beneath a tree and fell asleep. It was now three mornings since they had left their father's house.They began to walk again,but they always got deeper into the forest,and if help did not come soon,they must die of hunger and weariness.When it was mid-day,they saw a beautiful snow-white bird sitting on a bough5,which sang so delightfully that they stood still and listened to it.And when it had finished its song,it spread its wings and flew away before them,and they followed it until they reached a little house, on the roof of which it alighted;and when they came quite up to little house they saw that it was built of bread and covered with cakes,but that the windows were of clear sugar."We will set to work on that,"said Hansel,"and have a good meal. ·040· 汉斯和格莱特 上。“汉斯，你干吗停下来四处张望？”父亲问他，“快 D simpleton ['simpltan]v. 走吧。”“我在看我的小鸽子，它坐在屋顶上，想和我说 傻瓜，笨蛋 再见呢。”汉斯回答说。“笨蛋！”后妈说，“那不是小鸽子， 那是早晨的太阳照在烟囱上。”汉斯一点一点地把所有 的面包屑都撒在了路上。 后妈把两个孩子带到了森林更深处，他们以前从来 没有去过那里。他们生了一堆火，后妈说：“就坐在这里， 你们这俩孩子，累了就睡一会儿。我们要到森林里去砍 些木头，等晚上干完活，我们就会回来把你们带回家。” 到了中午的时候，格莱特把自己的面包分给汉斯吃，因 ②scatter[skaeto]v使散 为他把自己的面包撒在路上了。然后，他们就睡着了， 开，使分散 到了天黑，可是没有人来找这两个可怜的孩子。等他们 醒来的时候，已经是漆黑的深夜，汉斯安慰妹妹说：“你 3strewn [strun]v.(strew 等着，格莱特，等到月亮升上天空，我们就可以看到我 的过去分词)散播 一路撒下的面包屑了，我们可以顺着面包屑走回家。” 月亮出来后，他们开始出发，可是他们没有找到面包屑， 因为森林和田野里几千只鸟儿早己经把它们啄得干干净 净。汉斯对格莱特说：“我们会很快找到路的。”但他们 并没有找到。他们走了整整一个晚上，第二天又从早晨 走到晚上，但还是没有走出森林，他们饿极了，因为除 ④weary ['wiari]a.疲倦 了地上长的两三个浆果，他们什么也没吃。他们疲惫不 的，困乏的 堪，两条腿已经沉重得迈不开步子了，他们在一棵树下 躺下来，睡着了。 离开家到现在已经是第三个早晨了。他们又开始 走，但总是走到森林更远的地方，如果再没有人帮他 们，他们就一定会饿死累死。这时是正午时分，他们 ⑤bough[baun.树枝（尤 指主枝) 看见一只雪白的漂亮鸟儿停在枝头上，唱着好听的歌 儿，他们停下来听它唱。那只鸟儿唱完歌，张开双翅 在他们面前飞，他们跟着它走，一直走到一幢小房子 前，鸟儿飞上屋顶停了下来。他们走近小房子，发现 墙壁是用面包做成的，屋顶上铺着蛋糕，窗子是透明 的白糖。“我们来好好吃一顿吧。”汉斯说，“我吃一点 ·041· Hansel and Grethel I will eat a bit of the roof,and thou,Grethel,canst eat some of the window,it will taste sweet."Hansel reached up above,and broke off a little of the roof to try how it tasted,and Grethel leant against the window and nibbled at the panes.Then a soft voice cried from the room, Nibble,nibble,gnaw®， Who is nibbling at my little house?" The children answered, “The wind,the wind, The heaven-born wind," and went on eating without disturbing themselves.Hansel,who thought the roof tasted very nice,tore down a great piece of it,and Grethel pushed out the whole of one round window-pane,sat down,and enjoyed herself with it.Suddenly the door opened,and a very,very old woman,who supported herself on crutches,came creeping out.Hansel and Grethel were so terribly frightened that they let fall what they had in their hands.The old woman,however,nodded her head,and said,"Oh, you dear children,who has brought you here?Do come in,and stay with me.No harm shall happen to you."She took them both by the hand,and led them into her little house.Then good food was set before them,milk and pancakes,with sugar, apples,and nuts.Afterwards two pretty little beds were covered with clean white linen5,and Hansel and Grethel lay down in them,and thought they were in heaven. The old woman had only pretended to be so kind;she was in reality a wicked witch,who lay in wait for children,and had only built the little house of bread in order to entice them there.When a child fell into her power,she killed it,cooked and ate it,and that was a feast day with her.Witches have red eyes,and cannot see far,but they have a keen scent like the beasts,and are aware when human beings draw near.When Hansel and Grethel came into her neighborhood,she laughed maliciously and said mockingly,"I have them,they shall not escape me again!" Early in the morning before the children were awake,she was already up,and when ·042· 汉斯和格莱特 儿屋顶，格莱特，你可以吃一点儿窗子，窗子是甜的。” 汉斯爬上屋顶，掰了一块下来尝尝是什么味道，格莱 ①nibble ['nibl]v一点 特靠在窗子上小口地咬着窗子。这时，房间里传来一 点地吃（或咬）：啃 个温柔的声音： ②pane[pein]n.窗格 “咬呀，咬呀，啃呀啃， ③gnaw【na]咬，啮， 谁在咬我的小房子？” 啃 两个孩子回答说： “是风儿，是风儿， 它是天上来的小孩儿。” 他们没有停下来，还是只管继续吃。汉斯觉得屋项 的味道非常好，扯下了一大块；格莱特把一整块圆形窗 子卸下来，坐下来好好享受一番。突然，门开了，一个 非常非常老的老妇人拄着拐杖，从里面慢慢走出来。汉 ④crutch [krAt]n.丁字形 斯和格莱特非常害怕，吓得把手里的东西全扔掉了。但 拐杖 是，那位老妇人对他们点点头说：“哎哟，你们这两个 可爱的孩子，是谁把你们带来的？快进来吧，和我待一 起，没有人会伤害你们的。”她拉着他们的手，把他们 领进她的小房子，然后就在他们面前摆上了丰盛的食 物，香甜的牛奶，还有铺满白糖、苹果粒和坚果的烙饼。 吃完东西，她又为他们准备好了两张漂亮的小床，上面 ⑤linen[linin]n.亚麻布 铺着干净的白床单。汉斯和格莱特睡在床上，以为自己 到了天堂。 那个老妇人只是假装友善，她实际上是个恶毒的巫 ⑥entice[in'tais】v引诱， 婆，专门在那里等小孩送上门，那个用面包做的小房 诱惑 子就是为了诱惑他们的。一旦孩子落入她的魔掌，她 ⑦keen[kin]a.(思维、听 就会把他们杀掉，然后烧熟了吃掉，那将是她大饱口 觉、嗅觉等)敏锐的， 敏捷的，灵敏的 福的日子。巫婆的眼睛是红颜色的，看不到远处的东 8 maliciously [ma'lifasli] 西，但她们像野兽一样有非常敏锐的嗅觉，一旦有人 ad.恶毒地，邪恶地 靠近，她们就会知道。当汉斯和格莱特靠近她的房子时， ⑨mockingly[mokinli]ad. 嘲笑地，嘲弄地 她阴险地笑着，用嘲讽的声音说道：“现在他们归我了， ·043·