耳边名著 | 中英字幕

There was once on a time an old king who was ill, and thought to himself, "I am lying on what must be my death-bed." Then said he, " Tell Faithful John to come to me." Faithful John was his favourite servant, and was so called, because he had for his whole life long been so true to him. When therefore he came beside the bed, the King said to him, "Most faithful John, I feel my end approaching, and have no anxiety except about my son. He is still of tender age, and cannot always know how to guide himself. If thou dost not promise me to teach him everything that he ought to know, and to be his foster-father, I cannot close my eyes in peace." Then answered Faithful John, "I will not forsake him, and will serve him with fidelity, even if it should cost me my life." On this, the old King said, "Now I die in comfort and peace." Then he added, "After my death, thou shalt show him the whole castle: all the chambers, halls, and vaults, and all the treasures which lie therein, but the last chamber in the long gallery, in which is the picture of the princess of the Golden Dwelling, shalt thou not show. If he sees that picture, he will fall violently in love with her, and will drop down in a swoon, and go through great danger for her sake, therefore thou must preserve him from that." And when Faithful John had once more given his promise to the old King about this, the King said no more, but laid his head on his pillow, and died.

很久以前，有个老国王生了重病，当他意识到自己剩下的时间已经不多时，就对身边的人说："传忠实的约翰进来见我。"忠实的约翰是一个仆人，老国王之所以这样称呼他，是因为他侍候国王很久了，而且非常忠诚可靠，也最受老国王喜爱。 当约翰来到床边时，国王说道："我忠实的约翰，我知道自己不行了。现在我放不下心的就是我的儿子，他还小，需要良师益友的辅助，除了你，我没有什么好托付的朋友了。如果你不发誓把他应该懂得的东西教给他，做他的干爹，我不能安然瞑目。"听到这些话，约翰说道："我决不会离他而去，我一定忠实地辅助他，即使献出我的生命也在所不惜。"国王欣然说道："现在我就放心了。我死后，你领着他把整座王宫的所有房间和库房，包括房子里的所有财宝看一遍。但要注意，有一间房子不能让他进去，就是那间挂有金屋公主画像的房间。如果他进去看了，就会深深地爱上她，并会因此而陷入万劫不复的险境。你千万要负起这个责任来。"当忠实的约翰再一次问老国王发誓以后，老国王安然地躺在枕头上死去了。

When the wolf at last awoke, and got up, the stones inside him made him feel very thirsty, and as he was going to the brook to drink, they struck and rattled one against another. And so he cried out:

"What is this I feel inside me
Knocking hard against my bones?
How should such a thing betide me!
They were kids, and now they're stones."

So he came to the brook, and stooped to drink, but the heavy stones weighed him down, so he fell over into the water and was drowned. And when the seven little kids saw it they came up running. "The wolf is dead, the wolf is dead!" they cried, and taking hands, they danced with their mother all about the place.

狼终于睡醒了。 它站起身，想到井边去喝水，因为肚子里装着的石头使它口渴得要死。 可它刚一迈脚，肚子里的石头便互相碰撞，发出哗啦哗啦的响声。 它叫道：
"是什么东西，
在碰撞我的骨头？
我以为是六只小羊，
可怎么感觉像是石头？ "
它到了井边，弯腰去喝水，可沉重的石头压得它掉进了井里，淹死了。 七只小山羊看到后，全跑到这里来叫道："狼死了！狼死了！"它们高兴地和妈妈一起围着水井跳起舞来。

At last in her grief she wandered out of doors, and the youngest kid with her; and when they came into the meadow, there they saw the wolf lying under a tree, and snoring so that the branches shook. The mother goat looked at him carefully on all sides and she noticed how something inside his body was moving and struggling. Dear me! thought she, can it be that my poor children that he devoured for his evening meal are still alive? And she sent the little kid back to the house for a pair of shears, and needle, and thread. Then she cut the wolf's body open, and no sooner had she made one snip than out came the head of one of the kids, and then another snip, and then one after the other the six little kids all jumped out alive and well, for in his greediness the rogue had swallowed them down whole. How delightful this was! so they comforted their dear mother and hopped about like tailors at a wedding. "Now fetch some good hard stones," said the mother, "and we will fill his body with them, as he lies asleep." And so they fetched some in all haste, and put them inside him, and the mother sewed him up so quickly again that he was none the wiser.

老山羊最后伤心地哭着走了出去，最小的山羊也跟着跑了出去。 当它们来到草地上时，狼还躺在大树下睡觉，呼噜声震得树枝直抖。 老山羊从前后左右打量着狼，看到那家伙鼓得老高的肚子里有什么东西在动个不停。 "天哪，"它说，"我的那些被它吞进肚子里当晚餐的可怜的孩子，难道它们还活着吗？"最小的山羊跑回家，拿来了剪刀和针线。 老山羊剪开那恶魔的肚子，刚剪了第一刀，一只小羊就把头探了出来。 它继续剪下去，六只小羊一个个都跳了出来，全都活着，而且一点也没有受伤，因为那贪婪的坏蛋是把它们整个吞下去的。 这是多么令人开心的事啊！ 它们拥抱自己的妈妈，像当新娘的裁缝一样高兴得又蹦又跳。 可是羊妈妈说："你们去找些大石头来。我们趁这坏蛋还没有醒过来，把石头装到它的肚子里去。"七只小山羊飞快地拖来很多石头，拼命地往狼肚子里塞；然后山羊妈妈飞快地把狼肚皮缝好，结果狼一点也没有发觉，它根本都没有动弹。

And now came the rogue the third time to the door and knocked. "Open, children!" cried he. "Your dear mother has come home, and brought you each something from the wood." - "First show us your paws," said the kids, "so that we may know if you are really our mother or not." And he put up his paws against the window, and when they saw that they were white, all seemed right, and they opened the door. And when he was inside they saw it was the wolf, and they were terrified and tried to hide themselves. One ran under the table, the second got into the bed, the third into the oven, the fourth in the kitchen, the fifth in the cupboard, the sixth under the sink, the seventh in the clock-case. But the wolf found them all, and gave them short shrift; one after the other he swallowed down, all but the youngest, who was hid in the clock-case. And so the wolf, having got what he wanted, strolled forth into the green meadows, and laying himself down under a tree, he fell asleep.

Not long after, the mother goat came back from the wood; and, oh! what a sight met her eyes! the door was standing wide open, table, chairs, and stools, all thrown about, dishes broken, quilt and pillows torn off the bed. She sought her children, they were nowhere to be found. She called to each of them by name, but nobody answered, until she came to the name of the youngest. "Here I am, mother," a little voice cried, "here, in the clock case." And so she helped him out, and heard how the wolf had come, and eaten all the rest. And you may think how she cried for the loss of her dear children.

这个坏蛋第三次跑到山羊家，一面敲门一面说："开门哪，孩子们。你们的好妈妈回来了，还从森林里给你们每个人带回来一些东西。"小山羊们叫道："你先把脚给我们看看，好让我们知道你是不是我们的妈妈。"狼把爪子伸进窗户，小山羊们看到爪子是白的，便相信它说的是真话，打开了屋门。 然而进来的是狼！ 小山羊们吓坏了，一个个都想躲起来。 第一只小山羊跳到了桌子下，第二只钻进了被子，第三只躲到了炉子里，第四只跑进了厨房，第五只藏在柜子里，第六只挤在洗脸盆下，第七只爬进了钟盒里。 狼把它们一个个都找了出来，毫不客气地把它们全都吞进了肚子。 只有躲在钟盒里的那只最小的山羊没有被狼发现。 狼吃饱了之后，心满意足地离开了山羊家，来到绿草地上的一棵大树下，躺下身子开始呼呼大睡起来。
没过多久，老山羊从森林里回来了。 啊！ 它都看到了些什么呀！ 屋门敞开着，桌子、椅子和凳子倒在地上，洗脸盆摔成了碎片，被子和枕头掉到了地上。 它找它的孩子 ，可哪里也找不到。 它一个个地叫它们的名字，可是没有一个出来答应它。 最后，当它叫到最小的山羊的名字时，一个细细的声音喊叫道："好妈妈，我在钟盒里。"老山羊把它抱了出来，它告诉妈妈狼来过了，并且把哥哥姐姐们都吃掉了。 大家可以想象出老山羊失去孩子后哭得多么伤心！

There was once an old goat who had seven little ones, and was as fond of them as ever mother was of her children. One day she had to go into the wood to fetch food for them, so she called them all round her. "Dear children," said she, "I am going out into the wood; and while I am gone, be on your guard against the wolf, for if he were once to get inside he would eat you up, skin, bones, and all. The wretch often disguises himself, but he may always be known by his hoarse voice and black paws." - "Dear mother," answered the kids, "you need not be afraid, we will take good care of ourselves." And the mother bleated good-bye, and went on her way with an easy mind.

It was not long before some one came knocking at the house-door, and crying out: "Open the door, my dear children, your mother is come back, and has brought each of you something." But the little kids knew it was the wolf by the hoarse voice. "We will not open the door," cried they; "you are not our mother, she has a delicate and sweet voice, and your voice is hoarse; you must be the wolf." Then off went the wolf to a shop and bought a big lump of chalk, and ate it up to make his voice soft. And then he came back, knocked at the house-door, and cried: "Open the door, my dear children, your mother is here, and has brought each of you something." But the wolf had put up his black paws against the window, and the kids seeing this, cried out, "We will not open the door; our mother has no black paws like you; you must be the wolf." The wolf then ran to a baker. "Baker," said he, "I am hurt in the foot; pray spread some dough over the place." And when the baker had plastered his feet, he ran to the miller. "Miller," said he, "strew me some white meal over my paws." But the miller refused, thinking the wolf must be meaning harm to some one. "If you don't do it," cried the wolf, "I'll eat you up!" And the miller was afraid and did as he was told. And that just shows what men are.

从前有只老山羊。 它生了七只小山羊，并且像所有母亲爱孩子一样爱它们。 一天，它要到森林里去取食物，便把七个孩子全叫过来，对它们说："亲爱的孩子们，我要到森林里去一下，你们一定要提防狼。要是让狼进屋，它会把你们全部吃掉的--连皮带毛通通吃光。这个坏蛋常常把自己化装成别的样子，但是，你们只要一听到他那粗哑的声音、一看到它那黑黑的爪子，就能认出它来。"小山羊们说："好妈妈，我们会当心的。你去吧，不用担心。"老山羊咩咩地叫了几声，便放心地去了。
没过多久，有人敲门，而且大声说："开门哪，我的好孩子。你们的妈妈回来了，还给你们每个人带来了一点东西。"可是，小山羊们听到粗哑的声音，立刻知道是狼来了。 "我们不开门，"它们大声说，"你不是我们的妈妈。我们的妈妈说话时声音又软又好听，而你的声音非常粗哑，你是狼！"于是，狼跑到杂货商那里，买了一大块白垩土，吃了下去，结果嗓子变细了。 然后它又回来敲山羊家的门，喊道："开门哪，我的好孩子。你们的妈妈回来了，给你们每个人都带了点东西。"可是狼把它的黑爪子搭在了窗户上，小山羊们看到黑爪子便一起叫道："我们不开门。我们的妈妈没有你这样的黑爪子。你是狼！"于是狼跑到面包师那里，对他说："我的脚受了点伤，给我用面团揉一揉。"等面包师用面团给它揉过之后，狼又跑到磨坊主那里，对他说："在我的脚上洒点白面粉。"磨坊主想："狼肯定是想去骗什么人"，便拒绝了它的要求。 可是狼说："要是你不给我洒面粉，我就把你吃掉。"磨坊主害怕了，只好洒了点面粉，把狼的爪子弄成了白色。 人就是这个德行！

From this time forth no one invited the cat to be godfather, but when winter had come and there was no longer anything to be found outside, the mouse thought of their stored food, and said, "Come cat, we will go to our pot of fat which we have stored up for ourselves. It will taste good now." - "Yes," answered the cat. "You will enjoy it as much as you would enjoy sticking that dainty tongue of yours out of the window." They set out on their way, but when they arrived, the pot of fat, to be sure, was still in its place, but it was empty. "Alas," said the mouse, "now I see what has happened. Now it comes to light. You are a true friend. You ate everything when you were serving as a godfather. First top off, then half done, then..." - "Be quiet!" cried the cat. "One more word, and I will eat you too."

"All gone," was already on the poor mouse's lips. She had scarcely spoken it before the cat sprang on her, seized her, and swallowed her down. You see, that is the way of the world.

从此，猫再也没有被邀请去当教母。 可是冬天来到了，外面再也找不到任何吃的东西。 老鼠想到了它们准备的过冬的东西，便说："走吧，猫！我们去取储存的猪油吧。我们可以美美吃上一顿。""是的，"猫回答，"那准会把你美得就像把你那尖尖的舌头伸到窗外去喝西北风一样。"它们动身去教堂，可它们到达那里后，看到猪油罐倒是还在那里，里面却是空的。 "天哪！"老鼠说，"我现在终于明白是怎么回事了！你可真是个好朋友！你在去当什么教母的时候，把这猪油全吃光了！先是吃了顶上一层，然后吃了一半，最后……""你给我住嘴！"猫嚷道，"你要是再罗嗦，我连你也吃了！""……吃得精光，"可怜的老鼠脱口而出。 它刚把话说完，猫就扑到了它的身上，抓住它，把它吞进了肚子。 这世界就是这样！

The cat's mouth soon again began to water for the delicious goods. "All good things come in threes," he said to the mouse. "I have been asked to be godfather again. The child is totally black, only it has white paws. Otherwise it has not a single white hair on its whole body. This only happens once every few years. You will let me go, won't you?" - "Top-Off. Half-Gone," answered the mouse. "They are such odd names, that they make me stop and think." - "Here you sit at home," said the cat, "with your dark gray fur coat and long braid of hair capturing fantasies. That is because you do not go out in the daytime." During the cat's absence the mouse cleaned the house, and put it in order, but the greedy cat devoured all the rest of the fat. "One has peace only after everything is eaten up," he said to himself. Well filled and fat, he did not return home until nighttime. The mouse immediately asked what name had been given to the third child. "You will not like it either," said the cat. "His name is All-Gone." - "All-Gone!," cried the mouse. "That is the most worrisome name of all. I have never seen it in print. All-Gone! What can that mean?" Then she shook her head, curled herself up, and lay down to sleep.

不久，猫的嘴巴又开始流口水了，想再去舔一舔猪油。
"好事成三嘛，"它说，"又有人请我去当教母了。这个孩子除了爪子是白色的，浑身黑黝黝的，连一根白毛都没有。这是好几年才会碰上的事情 ，你当然会同意我去的，是吗？ ""没了顶层！ 吃了一半！ "老鼠回答，"这些名字真怪！ 我实在弄不明白。 ""你白天又不出门，"猫说，"整天穿着深灰色的皮袄，拖着长长的尾巴，坐在家里胡思乱想，当然弄不明白啦！ "趁着猫不在家，老鼠把屋子打扫了一下，把东西放得整整齐齐。可是那只馋猫把剩下的猪油吃得干干净净。"人只有把东西吃得干干净净才能放心，"它自言自语地说。它吃得饱饱的，直到天黑了才挺着圆圆的肚子回家。老鼠看到它回来，立刻问它这第三个孩子起的什么名字。"你也不会喜欢这个名字，"猫说，"它叫'吃得精光'。 ""吃得精光！ "老鼠叫了起来，"这个名字太令人费解了！ 我从来没有在书上见过。 吃得精光！ 这是什么意思呢？ "它摇摇头，蜷缩起身子，躺下睡着了。

Before long the cat was seized by another fit of longing. He said to the mouse, "You must do me a favor, and once more manage the house alone for a day. I have been asked again to be godfather, and since the child has a white ring around its neck, I cannot refuse." The good mouse consented. However, the cat crept behind the town wall to the church, and devoured half the pot of fat. "Nothing tastes as good as that which one eats by oneself," he said, and was quite satisfied with his day's work. When he arrived home the mouse asked, "What name was this child christened with?" - "Half-Gone," answered the cat. "Half-Gone? What are you saying? I have never heard that name in all my life. I'll wager it is not in the almanac."

没过多久，猫又想吃猪油了。 它对老鼠说："你得帮我一个忙，再一个人看一次家。又有人请我当教母了，而且这个孩子的脖子上有一道白圈，我实在无法推辞。"好心的老鼠同意了。 猫从城墙后面溜进教堂，一口气吃掉了半罐猪油。 "什么东西也没有比吃到自己的嘴里更好，"它说，心里对这一天的收获感到很满意。 等它到家时，老鼠问道："这个孩子起的什么名字呀？""吃了一半，"猫回答。 "吃了一半！你在说什么呀？我长这么大了还从来没有听说过这样的名字。我敢打赌，就是年历上也不会有这样的名字！"

A cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship that he felt for her, that at last the mouse agreed that they should live and keep house together. "But we must make preparations for winter, or else we shall suffer from hunger," said the cat, "and you, little mouse, cannot venture out everywhere, or in the end you will be caught in a trap." This good advice was followed, and they bought a pot of fat, but they did not know where to store it. Finally, after much consideration, the cat said, "I know of no place where it will be better stored up than in the church. No one dares take anything away from there. We will put it beneath the altar, and not touch it until we are need it." So the pot was stored safely away, but it was not long before the cat took a great longing for it, and said to the mouse, "I wanted to tell you, little mouse, that my cousin has brought a little son into the world, and she has asked me to be his godfather. He is white with brown spots, and I am to hold him over the baptismal font. Let me go out today, and you look after the house by yourself." - "Yes, yes," answered the mouse. "By all means go, and if you get anything good to eat, think of me. I would like to drink a drop of sweet red christening wine myself." All this, however, was untrue. The cat had no cousin, and had not been asked to be godfather. He went straight to the church, crept up to the pot of fat, began to lick at it, and licked off the top of the fat. Then he went for a stroll on the roofs of the town, looked out for opportunities, and then stretched out in the sun, licking his whiskers whenever he thought of the pot of fat. He did not return home until it was evening. "Well, here you are again," said the mouse. "You must have had a happy day." - "Everything went well," answered the cat. "What name did they give the child?" asked the mouse. "Top-Off," said the cat quite coolly. "Top-Off?" cried the mouse. "That is a very odd and uncommon name. Is it a usual one in your family?" - "What does that matter?" said the cat. "It is no worse than Crumb-Thief, as your godchildren are called."

有一只猫认识了一只老鼠，便对它大谈特谈自己是多么喜欢老鼠，原意和它交朋友，弄得老鼠终于同意和猫住在一起，共同生活。 "我们得准备过冬的东西了，不然我们到冬天会挨饿的，"猫说，"至于你嘛，我的小老鼠，哪里也不要去，我真怕你会被什么老鼠夹子夹住。"老鼠接受了猫的好建议，于是它们买来了一罐猪油，然而两个人都不知道该把猪油放在什么地方。 它们左思考右思考，最后猫说："我觉得这猪油放在教堂里是再合适不过的了，因为谁也不敢偷教堂里的东西。我们把猪油藏在祭坛下，不到万不得已的时候决不动它。"猪油罐就这样被放到了安全的地方。 可是没过多久，猫开始想吃猪油了，便对老鼠说："小老鼠，我想跟你说点事。我的表姐刚刚生了一个小宝宝，还请我当小宝贝的教母。那小宝贝全身雪白，带着一些褐色的斑点。我要抱着它去接受洗礼，所以今天要出去一下，你一个人在家看家，好吗？""好的，好的，"老鼠说，"你尽管去吧。要是有什么好吃的东西，千万要记着我。我很想尝一点洗礼时用的红葡萄酒。"这一切当然都不是真的，因为猫并没有表姐，也没有被请去当教母。 它直接去了教堂，偷偷爬到猪油罐那里，开始舔呀舔，把顶上一层猪油舔得精光。 然后，它在城里的屋顶上散了散步，想碰碰别的运气；接着便躺下来晒太阳。 每当想起那罐猪油，它都情不自禁地舔舔自己的嘴唇。 它一直等到天黑才回家。 "啊，你终于回来了，"老鼠说，"这一天肯定过得很开心吧？""一切顺利。"猫答道。 "你们给那孩子起了什么名字？""没了顶层！"猫冷淡地说。 "没了顶层！"老鼠叫了起来，"这个古怪的名字可不多见。你们家常取这样的名字吗？""那有什么？"猫说，"不比你的那些教子叫什么'偷面包屑的'更糟吧？"

Then the gold was brought up and the wedding celebrated; but howsoever much the young king loved his wife, and however happy he was, he still said always "If I could but shudder - if I could but shudder." And at last she was angry at this. Her waiting-maid said, "I will find a cure for him; he shall soon learn what it is to shudder." She went out to the stream which flowed through the garden, and had a whole bucketful of gudgeons brought to her. At night when the young king was sleeping, his wife was to draw the clothes off him and empty the bucketful of cold water with the gudgeons in it over him, so that the little fishes would sprawl about him. When this was done, he woke up and cried "Oh, what makes me shudder so? What makes me shudder so, dear wife? Ah! now I know what it is to shudder!"

黄金被取出来后，就举行了婚礼。 小伙子非常爱他的妻子，感到生活无比幸福，可是他仍然不停地唠叨："我要是会害怕该多好啊！我要是会害怕该多好啊！"对此他年轻的妻子终于恼火了，于是她的贴身丫环对她说，"我来想个办法，准叫他学会害怕。"
说罢她来到流经花园的小溪边，让人把满满一桶虾虎鱼放到屋里，然后告诉她的女主人，等到她丈夫夜里熟睡时，把被子掀开，再把桶里的鱼和水一古脑倒在他身上，这样一来，虾虎鱼就会在他全身乱蹦乱跳。
果然小伙子一下子就惊醒了，大喊大叫："我害怕！哎呀，哎呀！到底是什么使我害怕的呀？亲爱的，这下我可知道害怕是怎么回事啦！"