8.Little Snow-White白雪公主-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《格林童话精选Grimms'FairyTales》

Little Snow-White Once upon a time in the middle of winter,when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky,a queen sat at a window sewing,and the frame of the window was made of black ebony2.And whilst3 she was sewing and looking out of the window at the snow,she pricked her finger with the needle,and three drops of blood fell upon the snow.And the red looked pretty upon the white snow,and she thought to herself,"Would that I had a child as white as snow,as red as blood, and as black as the wood of the window-frame." Soon after that she had a little daughter,who was as white as snow,and as red as blood,and her hair was as black as ebony;and she was therefore called Little Snow-white.And when the child was born,the Queen died. After a year had passed the King took to himself another wife.She was a beautiful woman,but proud and haughty,and she could not bear that anyone else should surpass her in beauty.She had a wonderful looking-glass,and when she stood in front of it and looked at herself in it,and said- "Looking-glass,Looking-glass,on the wall, Who in this land is the fairest of all?" the looking-glass answered- ·092· 白雪公主 很久很久以前的一个深冬，雪花像羽毛一样从空中 ①ake[eik]n.薄片 ②ebony[ebani]n,乌木， 飘落下来，有一个王后坐在窗边做针线活儿，窗户的窗 黑檀 框是乌木做的。她一边做针线一边往窗外看雪，一不小 ③whilst[hwailst]con [古]（同while)当… 心手指被针尖刺破了，三滴血滴在了白雪上。鲜血在白 的时候 雪的映衬下看起来很漂亮，她心想：“要是我能有个皮 肤像雪一样白，嘴唇像血一样红，头发像乌木一样黑的 孩子该多好啊。” 不久之后，她就有了一个小女儿，皮肤像雪一样白， 嘴唇像血一样红，头发像乌木一样黑，因此她就被取名 叫白雪公主。公主一出生，王后就去世了。 一年后，国王又娶了一位妻子。她是个美丽的女人， 但是既骄傲又自大，不能忍受任何人的美貌超过自己。 ④haughty[hxti]a,傲慢 她有一面神奇的镜子，每当站在镜子前看着镜子里的自 的 己，她都会问道一 5 surpass [sa'pas:-pes]v. 超过，优于 “魔镜，墙上的魔镜， 谁是这世上最美的女人？” 镜子回答说 ·093· Little Snow-White "Thou,O Queen,art the fairest of all!" Then she was satisfied,for she knew that the looking-glass spoke the truth. But Snow-white was growing up,and grew more and more beautiful;and when she was seven years old she was as beautiful as the day,and more beautiful than the Queen herself.And once when the Queen asked her looking-glass- "Looking-glass,Looking-glass,on the wall, Who in this land is the fairest of all?" it answered- "Thou art fairer than all who are here,Lady Queen." But more beautiful still is Snow-white,as I ween." Then the Queen was shocked,and turned yellow and green2 with envy.From that hour,whenever she looked at Snow-white,her heart heaved3 in her breast,she hated the girl so much. And envy and pride grew higher and higher in her heart like a weed,so that she had no peace day or night.She called a huntsman,and said,"Take the child away into the forest;I will no longer have her in my sight.Kill her,and bring me back her heart as a token .The huntsman obeyed,and took her away;but when he had drawn his knife,and was about to pierce Snow-white's innocent heart,she began to weep,and said,"Ah dear huntsman,leave me my life!I will run away into the wild forest,and never come home again." And as she was so beautiful the huntsman had pity on her and said,"Run away, then,you poor child.""The wild beasts will soon have devoured you,"thought he, and yet it seemed as if a stone had been rolled from his heart since it was no longer needful for him to kill her.And as a young boar just then came running by he stabbed it,and cut out its heart and took it to the Queen as proof that the child was ·094· 白雪公主 “是您啊，皇后陛下，您是这世上最美的女人！” 皇后听罢就会心满意足，因为她知道镜子讲的是真话。 然而白雪公主一天天长大，也越来越美丽。七岁的 时候，她已经美得无人可比，比皇后还要美。有一次皇 后又问她的镜子一 “魔镜，墙上的魔镜， 谁是这世上最美的女人？” 镜子回答说— “您比这儿的所有人都美，皇后陛下。 但依我看，更美的还是白雪公主。” ①ween[winlv[古]料 想，以为 皇后听罢大吃一惊，满心妒火。从那一刻起，每当 ②yellow and green十分嫉 看到白雪公主，她的心就无法平静，她对这女孩真是恨 妒的 得牙根痒痒。 ③heave[hirv],举起，升 起 嫉妒与傲慢在她心中像杂草一样越蹿越高，搅得 她白天黑夜都不得安宁。她找来一个猎人，对他说： “把这孩子带到森林里去，我再也不想看到她。杀了她， 把她的心脏作为证物带回来给我。”猎人听命带走了 白雪公主，但当他拔出猎刀，正要用它去刺白雪公主 ④token[taukan]n.凭证 无辜的心脏时，她哭了起来，并恳求道：“啊，亲爱的 猎人，请不要杀我！我会躲进森林深处，永远不再回 来。” 她长得实在太美了，猎人动了侧隐之心，就对她 说，“那就赶快跑吧，可怜的孩子。”“很快就会有野 兽来吞了你的。”他暗想道，因为自己不用下手杀死 白雪公主了，他感到心口卸下了一块大石头。就在这 ⑤boar [ba:]n.野猪 时一只野猪崽跑过，他用刀杀死了野猪崽，挖出心脏 带给皇后，作为白雪公主已死的证物。恶毒的皇后让 ·095· Little Snow-White dead.The cook had to salt this,and the wicked Queen ate it,and thought she had eaten the heart of Snow-white. But now the poor child was all alone in the great forest,and so terrified that she looked at every leaf of every tree,and did not know what to do.Then she began to run,and ran over sharp stones and through thorns,and the wild beasts ran past her,but did her no harm. She ran as long as her feet would go until it was almost evening;then she saw a little cottage and went into it to rest herself.Everything in the cottage was small, but neater and cleaner than can be told.There was a table on which was a white cover,and seven little plates,and on each plate a little spoon;moreover,there were seven little knives and forks,and seven little mugs.Against the wall stood seven little beds side by side,and covered with snow-white counterpanes2. Little Snow-white was so hungry and thirsty that she ate some vegetables and bread from each plate and drank a drop of wine out of each mug,for she did not wish to take all from one only.Then,as she was so tired,she laid herself down on one of the little beds,but none of them suited her;one was too long,another too short,but at last she found that the seventh one was right,and so she remained in it, said a prayer and went to sleep. When it was quite dark the owners of the cottage came back;they were seven dwarfs who dug and delved in the mountains for ore.They lit their seven candles,and as it was now light within the cottage they saw that someone had been there,for everything was not in the same order in which they had left it. The first said,"Who has been sitting on my chair?" The second,"Who has been eating off my plate?" The third,"Who has been taking some of my bread?" The fourth,"Who has been eating my vegetables?" The fifth,"Who has been using my fork?" The sixth,"Who has been cutting with my knife?" The seventh,"Who has been drinking out of my mug?" Then the first looked round and saw that there was a little hole on his bed,and ·096· 白雪公主【 厨师用盐把心腌好给她吃，她以为自己吃的是白雪公 主的心。 可怜的白雪公主孤身一人在大森林里，惊慌失措地 看着每棵树上的每片树叶，不知道怎么办才好。她开始 奔跑，她跑过尖利的石滩，穿过荆棘丛，野兽从她身旁 跑过，但没有伤害她分毫。 只要脚下还有一点力气，她就一直向前跑，直到夜 幕就要降临。她看到一间小屋，就走进去休息。屋子里 的什么东西都很小，但却非常干净整洁。桌子上铺着白 色的桌布，上面放着七个小盘子，每个小盘子上面都有 一把小勺子：除此之外，还有七把小小的刀和叉，以及 ①mug[mq]n.杯 七只小水杯。七张小床沿着墙壁一字排开，全都铺着雪 2counterpane ['kauntapein] (旧用法)床单 白的床单。 白雪公主又饿又渴，她从每个小盘子里拿了些蔬菜 和面包吃，又从每个杯子里倒了一滴酒喝，因为她不想 把一个盘子里的东西吃光，也不想把一个杯子里的酒喝 完。吃饱喝足后，疲倦的白雪公主找了张小床躺下，可 是没有一张小床的尺寸适合她睡，有的太长，有的又太 短，最后她发现第七张床的尺寸正合适，于是就躺在上 面，做好祷告，然后沉沉睡去。 天色完全黑下来以后，小屋的主人们回来了，他们 ③dwarf[dwa:f]m.侏儒， 矮人 是七个在山里挖矿的小矮人。小矮人们点亮了他们的七 ④deve[delv]挖，掘 根蜡烛，屋子里顿时亮堂堂了，他们发现东西摆放的位 置和他们离开的时候不一样，一定是有人来过了。 第一个小矮人叫道：“谁在我椅子上坐过了？” 第二个小矮人叫道：“谁吃了我盘子里面的东西？” 第三个小矮人叫道：“谁吃了我的面包？” 第四个小矮人叫道：“谁吃了我的蔬菜？” 第五个小矮人叫道：“谁用了我的叉子？” 第六个小矮人叫道：“谁用我的刀切东西了？” 第七个小矮人叫道：“谁喝了我杯子里的酒？” 紧接着，第一个小矮人环顾四周，发现他的床上有 ·097· Little Snow-White he said,"Who has been getting into my bed?"The others came up and each called out,"Somebody has been lying in my bed too."But the seventh when he looked at his bed saw little Snow-white,who was lying asleep therein.And he called the others,who came running up,and they cried out with astonishment,and brought their seven little candles and let the light fall on little Snow-white."Oh,heavens! oh,heavens!"cried they,"what a lovely child!"and they were so glad that they did not wake her up,but let her sleep on in the bed.And the seventh dwarf slept with his companions,one hour with each,and so got through the night. When it was morning little Snow-white awoke,and was frightened when she saw the seven dwarfs.But they were friendly and asked her what her name was. "My name is Snow-white,"she answered."How have you come to our house?"said the dwarfs.Then she told them that her step-mother had wished to have her killed, but that the huntsman had spared her life,and that she had run for the whole day,until at last she had found their dwelling2.The dwarfs said,"If you will take care of our house,cook,make the beds,wash,sew,and knit,and if you will keep everything neat and clean,you can stay with us and you shall want for nothing." “Yes,”said Snow-white,“with all my heart,,”and she stayed with them.She kept the house in order for them;in the mornings they went to the mountains and looked for copper and gold,in the evenings they came back,and then their supper had to be ready.The girl was alone the whole day,so the good dwarfs warned her and said,"Beware of your step-mother,she will soon know that you are here;be sure to let no one come in.” But the Queen,believing that she had eaten Snow-white's heart,could not but think that she was again the first and most beautiful of all;and she went to her looking-glass and said- "Looking-glass,Looking-glass,on the wall, Who in this land is the fairest of all?" and the glass answered- ·098· 白雪公主【 躺过的痕迹，他叫道：“谁在我床上躺过了？”小矮人们 纷纷跑到自己的床边，每个人都叫道：“有人也在我床 上躺过了。”然而第七个小矮人在他的床上发现了白雪 公主，她睡得正香。于是他就招呼他的同伴们，他们跑 上前来，惊讶地叫了起来。他们拿来七根小蜡烛照着白 雪公主，“噢，天哪！噢，天哪！”他们叫道，“真是个 可爱的孩子！”他们太开心了，没有叫醒她，而是让她 继续在床上睡着。第七个小矮人和他的同伴们一起睡， 每个小时换一张床，就这样过了一夜 第二天早上，白雪公主醒了，看到七个小矮人，她 有点害怕。但他们很友好，问她叫什么名字。“我叫白 雪公主，”她回答说。“你是怎么来到我们这里的呢？” 小矮人们又问。白雪公主告诉他们，她的继母想让猎人 ①spare [spes]赦免，饶 杀死她，但猎人饶过了她的性命，她跑了整整一天，直 过 ②dwell[dwel]v.居住于 到发现了小矮人们的小屋。小矮人们说道：“如果你能 ③knit[nitv编织 帮我们照看房子，帮我们做饭，铺床，洗衣服，做针线， 把一切都打理得干干净净，你就可以留下来，什么都不 用发愁。”“好，”白雪公主说，“我非常非常愿意。”就 这样，她留了下来。她为他们打理家务，每天早上，小 矮人们上山去找铜和金子，等晚上回到家的时候，晚餐 己经准备好了。整个白天白雪公主都一个人待着，善良 的小矮人们提醒她说：“你要提防你的继母，她很快就 会知道你躲在这里。千万不要让任何人进来。” 然而皇后以为自己已经把白雪公主的心脏吃掉了， 满心觉得自己又是这世上最美丽的女人了。她跑到魔镜 前，开口问道 “魔镜，墙上的魔镜， 谁是这世上最美的女人？” 镜子回答说 ·099· Little Snow-White "Oh,Queen,thou art fairest of all I see, But over the hills,where the seven dwarfs dwell, Snow-white is still alive and well. And none is so fair as she." Then she was astounded,for she knew that the looking-glass never spoke falsely,and she knew that the huntsman had betrayed her,and that little Snow- white was still alive. And so she thought and thought again how she might kill her,for so long as she was not the fairest in the whole land,envy let her have no rest.And when she had at last thought of something to do,she painted her face,and dressed herself like an old pedler-woman,and no one could have known her.In this disguise she went over the seven mountains to the seven dwarfs,and knocked at the door and cried,"Pretty things to sell,very cheap,very cheap."Little Snow-white looked out of the window and called out,"Good-day my good woman,what have you to sell?”“Good things,pretty things,”she answered;“stay--laces8 of all colours,.” and she pulled out one which was woven of bright-coloured silk."I may let the worthy old woman in,"thought Snow-white,and she unbolted the door and bought the pretty laces."Child,"said the old woman,"what a fright you look;come,I will lace you properly for once."Snow-white had no suspicion,but stood before her, and let herself be laced with the new laces.But the old woman laced so quickly and so tightly that Snow-white lost her breath and fell down as if dead."Now I am the most beautiful,"said the Queen to herself,and ran away. Not long afterwards,in the evening,the seven dwarfs came home,but how shocked they were when they saw their dear little Snow-white lying on the ground, and that she neither stirred nor moved,and seemed to be dead.They lifted her up, and,as they saw that she was laced too tightly,they cut the laces;then she began to breathe a little,and after a while came to life again.When the dwarfs heard what had happened they said,"The old pedler-woman was no one else than the wicked Queen;take care and let no one come in when we are not with you." ·100· 白雪公主 “噢，皇后，在我见到的人当中您最美， 但在群山的后面，在七个小矮人居住的地方， 白雪公主还好好地活着， 没有人的美貌能与她相比。” 皇后很震惊，她知道魔镜从来不说假话，她这才知 道猎人背叛了自己，白雪公主仍然活着。 于是她冥思苦想，想到底怎样才能杀掉白雪公主， 只要她一天不是这世上最美丽的女人，嫉妒心就搅得 她不得安宁。最后她总算想到了一个办法，她把自己 的脸涂黑，打扮成一个卖东西的老妇人，这样就没人 能认出她来了。她就以这副模样翻过七座山到了七个 ①pedler[pedla]n.小贩 小矮人家门前，一边敲门一边吆喝道：“卖漂亮东西喽， (等于peddler) ②disguise[dis'gaiz]m.伪 便宜极啦，便宜极啦。”白雪公主朝窗外望去，说道： 装 “你好呀，好阿姨，你都卖些什么呢？”“又好又漂亮 的东西，”她回答道，“有各种颜色的束身衣。”说着 ③stay-lace妇女用来束腹 她拿出一件用鲜艳的丝绸编织成的束身衣。“我可以 的带子 让这个勒劳的老妇人进来。”白雪公主心里这么想着， woven ['wau-van;'wau- 就打开了门门，并买下了好看的束身衣。“孩子，”老 von]a.(weave的过去 分词)纺织的 妇人说，“你看起来惊魂不定的样子。过来，我帮你 好好系一下。”白雪公主一点没有疑心地站在她前面， 让她帮自己系上新的束身衣。然而老妇人系得又快又 紧，白雪公主喘不过气来，昏倒在地，像死了一样。“现 在我是这世上最美的人了。”皇后自言自语道，然后 就跑掉了。 过了没多久就到了晚上，七个小矮人回到家，发 现他们亲爱的白雪公主躺在地上，一动不动没了呼吸， 好像死了一样。他们把她抬起来，看到她的束身衣束 得这么紧，就把绳子剪断了。白雪公主恢复了一点呼吸， 又过了一会儿才苏醒过来。小矮人们听她讲了事情的 前前后后都说：“这个卖东西的老妇人肯定是那个恶毒 的皇后。你要小心，我们不在的时候不要把任何人放 ·101·