10.The Frog-King,or Iron Henry青蛙王子(又名铁箍亨利)-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《格林童话精选Grimms'FairyTales》

The Frog-King,or Iron Henry In old times when wishing still helped one,there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful,but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself,which has seen so much,was astonished whenever it shone in her face.Close by the King's castle lay a great dark forest,and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm,the King's child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain,and when she was dull she took a golden ball,and threw it up on high and caught it,and this ball was her favorite plaything. Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess's golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it,but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water.The King's daughter followed it with her eyes, but it vanished,and the well was deep,so deep that the bottom could not be seen. On this she began to cry,and cried louder and louder,and could not be comforted. And as she thus lamented some one said to her,"What ails thee,King's daughter? Thou weepest so that even a stone would show pity."She looked round to the side from whence2 the voice came,and saw a frog stretching forth its thick,ugly head from the water."Ah!old water-splasher,is it thou?"said she;"I am weeping for my golden ball,which has fallen into the well." "Be quiet,and do not weep,"answered the frog,"I can help thee,but what wilt thou give me if I bring thy plaything up again?""Whatever thou wilt have,dear ·118· 青蛙王子（又名铁箍亨利) 很久以前，那时许愿还很管用。有一个国王，他的 女儿个个都很美，但最小的女儿最美，连见多识广的太 阳照在她脸庞上的时候都会对她的美貌惊叹不已。在国 王的城堡附近有一片广袤的黑森林，森林里有棵菩提 ①lime-tree菩提树 树，树下有口井。天气非常暖和的时候，小公主就跑到 森林里，坐在清凉的泉水旁边。如果她觉得无聊，她就 带上一个金球，把它高高地抛起来再接住，这是她最喜 欢的玩具了。 事情就这样发生了：这一次，金球没有掉到公主伸 出去的小手里，而是掉到远处的地上，径直滚进了井里。 小公主的视线一直追随着金球，可是它还是消失得无影 无踪。井太深了，深得一眼望不到底。公主不知道怎么 办，就哭了起来，她越哭越响，停也停不下来。正在她 伤心的时候，一个声音对她说：“亲爱的公主，是什么 让你如此烦恼？你哭得这么伤心，连石头都会难过的。” 公主朝声音传来的方向转过头去，看到一只青蛙正从水 ②whence[hwens]ad..从 何处 里把它肥厚丑陋的脑袋往外探。“啊！老游泳健将，是 你吗？”她说道，“我正在为我的金球流眼泪呢，它掉 到井里去了。” “安静点，别再哭啦。”青蛙回答道，“我可以帮 助你，但是如果我把你的玩具捞上来，你会给我什么 ·119· The Frog-King,or Iron Henry frog,"said she-"My clothes,my pearls and jewels,and even the golden crown which I am wearing.” The frog answered,"I do not care for thy clothes,thy pearls and jewels,or thy golden crown,but if thou wilt love me and let me be thy companion and play- fellow,and sit by thee at thy little table,and eat off thy little golden plate,and drink out of thy little cup,and sleep in thy little bed-if thou wilt promise me this I will go down below,and bring thee thy golden ball up again." "Oh yes,"said she,"I promise thee all thou wishest,if thou wilt but bring me my ball back again."She,however,thought,"How the silly frog does talk!He lives in the water with the other frogs,and croaks,and can be no companion to any human being!" But the frog when he had received this promise,put his head into the water and sank down,and in a short while came swimming up again with the ball in his mouth,and threw it on the grass.The King's daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more,and picked it up,and ran away with it."Wait,wait," said the frog."Take me with thee.I can't run as thou canst."But what did it avail him to scream his croak,croak,after her,as loudly as he could?She did not listen to it,but ran home and soon forgot the poor frog,who was forced to go back into his well again. The next day when she had seated herself at table with the King and all the courtiers,and was eating from her little golden plate,something came creeping splish splash,splish splash,up the marble staircase,and when it had got to the top, it knocked at the door and cried,"Princess,youngest princess,open the door for me."She ran to see who was outside,but when she opened the door,there sat the frog in front of it.Then she slammed the door to,in great haste,sat down to dinner again,and was quite frightened.The King saw plainly that her heart was beating violently,and said,"My child,what art thou so afraid of?Is there perchance a giant outside who wants to carry thee away?”“Ah,no,”replied she.“It is no giant but a disgusting frog." "What does a frog want with thee?""Ah,dear father,yesterday as I was in the ·120· 青蛙王子（又名铁箍事利) 回报呢？”“你想要什么都可以，亲爱的青蛙，”公主说， “我的衣服、我的珍珠和宝石、甚至我头上戴的这顶金 色头冠。” 青蛙回答道：“你的衣服、珍珠宝石和金色头冠我 都不想要。但是如果你能爱我，让我做你的朋友和玩 伴，允许我和你一起坐在你的小桌子边，用你的小金 盘子吃饭，用你的小金杯子喝水，并且睡在你的小床 上一如果你能答应我这些，我就到井里去，把你的 金球捞上来。” “噢，好的好的，”她说，“如果你把我的球捞上来， ①croak[kruk](青蛙 等)呱呱地叫 你说的这些我全答应你。”然而她的心里却在想：“这青 蛙真是满嘴蠢话！他跟其他青蛙一一起住在水里，只会呱 呱叫，绝不可能跟任何人类做伴！” 然而，青蛙得到公主的承诺以后，就一头扎进水里 潜了下去，不一会儿就衔着金球浮了上来，并把它扔在 了草地上。小公主又看到了自己的漂亮玩具，高兴极了， ②avail[e'veil],有益于 捡起来就跑远了。“等等我，等等我，”青蛙喊道，“把 我也带上。我跑不了你那么快。”但是它扯着嗓子拼命 对着她呱呱叫又有什么用呢？她听也不听，只管自己跑 回家去了，不一会儿就把可怜的青蛙抛在了脑后。它只 好又回到了它的井里去。 第二天，小公主和国王以及所有侍臣坐在餐桌边， 正当她用她的小金盘子用餐时，有个东西啪嗒啪嗒、啪 嗒啪嗒地沿着大理石楼梯往上爬。它爬到最顶上后，就 敲着门大声地叫起来：“公主，小公主，快开门啊。”她 跑过去，看是谁在外面，但她一开门，便看到了坐在门 口的青蛙。她砰的一声把门关上，赶紧又坐回去继续吃 饭，心里非常害怕。国王一眼就看出她的心在狂跳，就 3 perchance [pa'tfans]ad. 问她说：“我的孩子，你在害怕什么？难道外面有个巨 [古]可能 人，想要把你掳走吗？”“啊，不是的，”她回答说，“不 是什么巨人，而是一只恶心的青蛙。” “青蛙找你有什么事？”“啊，亲爱的父亲，昨天 ·121· The Frog-King,or Iron Henry forest sitting by the well,playing,my golden ball fell into the water.And because I cried so,the frog brought it out again for me,and because he so insisted,I promised him he should be my companion,but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water!And now he is outside there,and wants to come in to me." In the meantime it knocked a second time,and cried, Princess！youngest princess！! Open the door for me! Dost thou not know what thou saidst to me Yesterday by the cool waters of the fountain? Princess,youngest princess! Open the door for me!" Then said the King,"That which thou hast promised must thou perform.Go and let him in."She went and opened the door,and the frog hopped in and followed her,step by step,to her chair.There he sat and cried,"Lift me up beside thee."She delayed,until at last the King commanded her to do it.When the frog was once on the chair he wanted to be on the table,and when he was on the table he said,"Now, push thy little golden plate nearer to me that we may eat together."She did this,but it was easy to see that she did not do it willingly.The frog enjoyed what he ate,but almost every mouthful she took choked her.At length he said,"I have eaten and am satisfied;now I am tired,carry me into thy little room and make thy little silken bed ready,and we will both lie down and go to sleep." The King's daughter began to cry,for she was afraid of the cold frog which she did not like to touch,and which was now to sleep in her pretty,clean little bed.But the King grew angry and said,"He who helped thee when thou wert2 in trouble ought not afterwards to be despised by thee."So she took hold of the frog with two fingers,carried him upstairs,and put him in a corner.But when she was in bed he crept to her and said,"I am tired,I want to sleep as well as thou,lift me up or I will tell thy father."Then she was terribly angry,and took him up and threw ·122· 青蛙王子（又名铁箍事利)【 我在森林里坐在水井边玩，我的金球掉进井里了。我 哭得很伤心，所以青蛙帮我把球捞了上来。他要求做 我的朋友，我就答应了。可是我没想到他竟然真的能 够离开那口井！现在他就在外面，想要进来找我。” 就在这时，青蛙又开始敲门了，它边敲边喊道， “公主！小公主！ 快快开门呀！ 难道你忘了昨天在清凉的泉水边说的话？ 公主，小公主！ 快快开门呀！” 这时，国王说话了：“你答应过的事，就一定要做 到。去，让他进来。”小公主去开了门，青蛙跳了进 来，一步一步跟着她跳到她的椅子旁。他蹲在那里叫 道：“把我拎起来放到你旁边。”公主不理他，直到最 后国王开口命令她这么做。青蛙一沾椅子，就想要坐 到桌上去，他一到桌上就说：“快，把你的小金盘子推 过来，离我近点，这样我们就可以一起吃了。”她照 做了，但谁都可以看出她有多不情愿。青蛙尽情享用 着他的美餐，但小公主每吃一口都觉得难以下咽。最 后他说：“我吃饱了，我很满意。现在我累了，带我去 ①choke [tfauk]噎，阻塞 你的小房间吧，铺好你的丝绸被，这样我们就可以一 起躺下睡觉了，” 国王的女儿哭了起来，她害怕那冰冰凉的青蛙，碰 都不愿意碰，现在他竟然要睡在她那又漂亮又干净的 小床上。可是国王非常生气，他说：“对于在你遇到困 ②wen[wat,wa[古] 难时帮助过你的人，你绝不该事后鄙视他。”公主只好 be的第二人称过去式单 数（用于hou后） 用两根手指把青蛙提上楼，放在角落里。可是，她刚 一躺上床，青蛙就爬到她身边说：“我累了，我想要像 你一样睡觉，快把我拎上床，不然我就告诉你的父亲。” 公主气得要命，她抓起青蛙，用尽全力把它往墙上摔 ·123· The Frog-King,or Iron Henry him with all her might against the wall."Now,thou wilt be quiet,odious?frog," said she.But when he fell down he was no frog but a King's son with beautiful kind eyes.He by her father's will was now her dear companion and husband.Then he told her how he had been bewitched by a wicked witch,and how no one could have delivered him from the well but herself,and that tomorrow they would go together into his kingdom.Then they went to sleep,and next morning when the sun awoke them,a carriage came driving up with eight white horses,which had white ostrich feathers on their heads,and were harnessed with golden chains,and behind stood the young King's servant Faithful Henry.Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a frog,that he had caused three iron bands to be laid round his heart,lest it should burst with grief and sadness.The carriage was to conduct the young King into his Kingdom.Faithful Henry helped them both in,and placed himself behind again,and was full of joy because of this deliverance.And when they had driven a part of the way the King's son heard a cracking behind him as if something had broken.So he turned round and cried, “Henry,.the carriage is breaking..” "No,master,it is not the carriage.It is a band from my heart,which was put there in my great pain when you were a frog and imprisoned in the well."Again and once again while they were on their way something cracked,and each time the King's son thought the carriage was breaking;but it was only the bands which were springing from the heart of faithful Henry because his master was set free and was happy. ·124· 青蛙王子（又名铁箍事利) ①might[mait]n.力量 去。“现在你总能闭嘴了吧，你这恶心的青蛙。”她说。 ②odious[audias]a.令人 但是，等他摔下地的时候，却不再是青蛙，而是变成 厌恶的 了一位王子，有着漂亮而和善的眼睛。遵从她父王的 意愿，他成了她亲爱的伙伴和丈夫。他告诉小公主他 是如何被一个邪恶的女巫下了咒，而小公主是唯一能 够帮他从井中脱身的人，明天他们就可以一起回到他 的王国去。然后他们就去睡觉了，第二天早上他们刚 ③ostrich[o:stritf::'b-】n.鸵 起床，门外就来了一辆八匹白马拉的马车，每匹马的 鸟 头上都装饰着白色的鸵鸟羽毛，配着金色的链子，驾 车的正是年轻国王的仆人，名叫忠诚的亨利。当初主 人被变成青蛙的时候，忠诚的亨利非常难过，心脏悲 哀得都要爆裂了，所以他用三根铁条把心脏箍了起来。 这驾马车是来接年轻的国王回去的。忠诚的亨利把他 们扶上马车后，自己又回到车夫的位置。主人终于得救， 他的心里别提有多高兴了。马车走了一段路以后，王 子听到身后“咔嗒”一声，好像是什么东西碎了。于 是他转身叫道：“亨利，马车要坏了。” “不，主人，不是马车，是我心脏上的铁箍，这是 在你被变成青蛙囚禁在井里的时候，我伤心欲绝才箍上 去的。”他们继续前行，期间又有两次听见东西爆裂的 声音，每一次王子都以为是马车坏了，但其实这只是忠 诚的亨利心脏上的铁箍崩断的声音，因为他的主人重获 了自由，现在如此快乐。 ·125·