15.The Golden Goose金鹅-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《格林童话精选Grimms'FairyTales》

The Golden Goose There was a man who had three sons,the youngest of whom was called Dummling, and was despised,mocked,and put down on every occasion. It happened that the eldest wanted to go into the forest to hew wood,and before he went his mother gave him a beautiful sweet cake and a bottle of wine in order that he might not suffer from hunger or thirst. When he entered the forest there met him a little grey-haired old man who bade him good-day,and said,"Do give me a piece of cake out of your pocket,and let me have a draught of your wine;I am so hungry and thirsty."But the prudent youth answered,"If I give you my cake and wine,I shall have none for myself;be off with you,"and he left the little man standing and went on. But when he began to hew down a tree,it was not long before he made a false stroke,and the axe cut him in the arm,so that he had to go home and have it bound up.And this was the little grey man's doing. After this the second son went into the forest,and his mother gave him,like the eldest,a cake and a bottle of wine.The little old grey man met him likewise, and asked him for a piece of cake and a drink of wine.But the second son,too, said with much reason,"What I give you will be taken away from myself;be off!" and he left the little man standing and went on.His punishment,however,was not delayed;when he had made a few strokes at the tree he struck himself in the leg,so ·168· 金鹅 从前有个人，家里有三个儿子，最小的那个叫小笨， 任何时候都要被人嘲笑鄙视。 有一天，大儿子想到森林里去砍些木头。临走前， 他的妈妈给了他一个漂亮的甜蛋糕和一瓶葡萄酒，这样 他到时候就不会饿着渴着了。 大儿子进了森林，路上遇到一个灰白头发的小老 头，老头向他问好，并且说：“给我吃一点儿你口袋里 的蛋糕吧，让我喝一口你的葡萄酒，我实在太渴太饿 Ddraught [dra:ft:draeft]n 了。”可是这个谨慎的年轻人回答说：“如果我把蛋糕和 一饮，一吸 葡萄酒给了你，我自己就没有了，你快走开。”他把小 ②prudent[pru:dont]a.谨 慎的 老头丢在一边，自己继续走了。 可是等他开始砍树时，还没砍几下，手就一滑，斧 子把他的胳膊砍伤了，他只好回家，把受伤的胳膊包扎 起来。这其实是那个小老头在惩罚他。 不久，二儿子要去森林了，妈妈给了他和大儿子一 样的蛋糕和葡萄酒。同样，他也遇到了灰白头发的小老 头，老头也向他要一点儿蛋糕和葡萄酒。可是，二儿子 也很理智地说：“如果给了你，我自己就不够了，你快 走开！”他把小老头丢在一边，自己继续走了。他也很 快受到了惩罚，还没砍几下树，就把自己的腿砍伤了， ·169· The Golden Goose that he had to be carried home. Then Dummling said,"Father,do let me go and cut wood."The father answered,"Your brothers have hurt themselves with it,leave it alone,you do not understand anything about it."But Dummling begged so long that at last he said,"Just go then,you will get wiser by hurting yourself."His mother gave him a cake made with water and baked in the cinders,and with it a bottle of sour beer. When he came to the forest the little old grey man met him likewise,and greeting him,said,"Give me a piece of your cake and a drink out of your bottle;I am so hungry and thirsty."Dummling answered,"I have only cinder-cake and sour beer;if that pleases you,we will sit down and eat."So they sat down,and when Dummling pulled out his cinder-cake,it was a fine sweet cake,and the sour beer had become good wine.So they ate and drank,and after that the little man said, "Since you have a good heart,and are willing to divide what you have,I will give you good luck.There stands an old tree,cut it down,and you will find something at the roots."Then the little man took leave of him. Dummling went and cut down the tree,and when it fell there was a goose sitting in the roots with feathers of pure gold.He lifted her up,and taking her with him,went to an inn where he thought he would stay the night.Now the host had three daughters,who saw the goose and were curious to know what such a wonderful bird might be,and would have liked to have one of its golden feathers. The eldest thought,"I shall soon find an opportunity of pulling out a feather," and as soon as Dummling had gone out she seized the goose by the wing,but her finger and hand remained sticking fast to it. The second came soon afterwards,thinking only of how she might get a feather for herself,but she had scarcely touched her sister than she was held fast. At last the third also came with the like intent2,and the others screamed out, "Keep away;for goodness'sake keep away!"But she did not understand why she was to keep away."The others are there,"she thought,"I may as well be there too," and ran to them;but as soon as she had touched her sister,she remained sticking ·170· 金鹅 他只好被抬回了家。 小笨说：“爸爸，让我去砍树吧。”父亲回答说：“你 的两个哥哥都因为砍树受了伤，你还是算了吧，你什么 都不懂。”可是小笨拼命地央求，最后他答应说：“那你 去吧，受了伤你才会变得聪明点。”他的妈妈给了他一 块用水做的在煤渣里烤出来的蛋糕，还有一瓶已经发酸 ①cinder['sinda]n.炉渣 的啤酒。 他来到森林后，又遇到了那个灰白头发的小老头， 老头和他打招呼，并且说：“给我一片你的蛋糕吧，给 我喝一口你瓶子里的东西，我实在是太渴太饿了。”小 笨回答说：“我只有一块煤渣里烤出来的蛋糕，还有已 经发酸的啤酒，如果你愿意，我们就坐下来吃吧。”于是， 他们坐了下来，小笨拿出那块煤渣里烤出来的蛋糕时发 现它变成了好吃的甜蛋糕，酸啤酒变成了香甜的葡萄 酒。他们吃好喝好后，小老头说：“你是个好心肠的孩子， 愿意和别人分享，我会给你带来好运的。那边有棵老树， 你把它砍倒，树根下有个好东西。”说完，小老头就走了。 小笨砍倒了那棵树，树倒下的时候，他发现树根下 蹲着一只长着纯金羽毛的鹅。他把鹅拿出来，随身带着。 他来到一个小客栈，准备在那里过一夜。客栈老板有三 个女儿，她们看到了那只鹅，非常好奇，都想知道这只 神奇的鸟到底是什么，她们都想要一根金羽毛。 大女儿想：“我要找个机会拔一根羽毛。”等到小笨 一出门，她就抓住鹅的翅膀，可是她的手一下子就被粘 在了上面，拿不开了。 不一会儿，二女儿也来了，她一心想着怎么才能给 自己弄一根羽毛，可是她刚碰到她姐姐，也被粘在一起 分不开了。 ②intent[in'tent]m,意图， 目的 最后，小女儿也来了，也想拔根羽毛。两个姐姐大 声叫道：“别过来，千万不要过来！”可是她不明白为什 么不让她过去。“她们俩都在那里，”她想，“我也要过去。” 于是她朝两个姐姐跑去，她一碰到她们的身体，马上就 ·171· The Golden Goose fast to her.So they had to spend the night with the goose. The next morning Dummling took the goose under his arm and set out,without troubling himself about the three girls who were hanging on to it.They were obliged to run after him continually,now left,now right,just as he was inclined to go. In the middle of the fields the parson met them,and when he saw the procession he said,"For shame,you good-for-nothing girls,why are you running across the fields after this young man?is that seemly?"At the same time he seized the youngest by the hand in order to pull her away,but as soon as he touched her he likewise stuck fast,and was himself obliged to run behind. Before long the sexton2 came by and saw his master,the parson,running behind three girls.He was astonished at this and called out,"Hi,your reverence, whither away so quickly?do not forget that we have a christening today!"and running after him he took him by the sleeve,but was also held fast to it. Whilst the five were trotting thus one behind the other,two labourers came with their hoes5 from the fields;the parson called out to them and begged that they would set him and the sexton free.But they had scarcely touched the sexton when they were held fast,and now there were seven of them running behind Dummling and the goose. Soon afterwards he came to a city,where a king ruled who had a daughter who was so serious that no one could make her laugh.So he had put forth a decree that whosoever should be able to make her laugh should marry her.When Dummling heard this,he went with his goose and all her train before the King's daughter, and as soon as she saw the seven people running on and on,one behind the other, she began to laugh quite loudly,and as if she would never leave off.Thereupon Dummling asked to have her for his wife,and the wedding was celebrated.After the King's death,Dummling inherited the kingdom and lived a long time contentedly with his wife. ·172· 金鹅 被黏在了一起。于是，她们只好和鹅一起过了一个晚上。 第二天早晨，小笨把鹅夹在胳膊下面出发了，根 本不去管那三个粘在一起的姑娘。她们只好跟着他不 停地跑，一会儿往左，一会儿往右，他想怎么走就怎 ①parson[pcsn]n.牧师 么走。 他们在一块田野上遇到了牧师，牧师看见这个队伍 就说：“太丢人了，你们这几个没用的姑娘，你们为什 么要跟着这个年轻人到处乱跑？这样成何体统？”说着 他就用手去拉那个小女儿，想把她拉开，可是他刚碰到 她，自己也被粘在了一起，只好也跟在他们后面跑。 ②sexton[sekston]n.教堂 司事 不一会儿，教堂里的杂役经过，看见他的牧师主 3 reverence ['revarans]n. 人跟在三个女孩后面跑，他非常惊讶，大声叫道：“嗨， 尊敬，敬重 尊敬的牧师，你为什么跑这么快？不要忘记我们今天还 有个洗礼呢！”他在后面想拉住牧师的袖子，结果也被 ④trot[tro)g小跑，慢跑 粘在了一起。 ⑤hoe[h3u]n.锄头 这五个人一个拖着一个地跑，这时，两个做工的人 扛着锄头从田里走过来。牧师朝他们大声喊，求他们把 他和杂役拉开。可是他们一碰到杂役，自己也被粘在了 一起。现在这七个人就跟在小笨和鹅的后面不停地跑。 很快，小笨来到了一个城市，那里的国王有个女儿， 她非常严肃，没有人能让她笑。所以，国王贴出告示说， ⑥decree[di'kri]:n.命令， 旨意 如果有人能让她笑，就可以娶她为妻。小笨听到这个消 息，就和鹅还有那个七人小分队来到国王女儿面前，国 王女儿一看见这七个人一个拖着一个，不停地跑啊跑， 就开始大声地笑了起来，而且笑得好像再也停不下来。 于是，小笨就要求娶她为妻，并且很快举行了婚礼。国 王死了以后，小笨继承了王位，和他的妻子心满意足地 生活了很久 ·173