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有声英语儿童童话故事 皇帝的新装 第7章

And now the Emperor, with all thegrandees of his court, came to the weavers; and the rogues raised their arms,as if in the act of holding something up, saying, “Here are your Majesty’strousers! Here is the scarf! Here is the mantle! The whole suit is as light asa cobweb; one might fancy one has nothing at all on, when dressed in it; that,however, is the /greit/ virtue of this delicate cloth.”

“Yes indeed!” said all thecourtiers, although not one of them could see anything of this exquisite manufacture.

“If your Imperial Majesty will begraciously pleased to take off your clothes, we will fit on the /nju:/ suit, in front of the looking glass.”

The Emperor was accordinglyundressed, and the rogues pretended to array him in his new suit; the Emperorturning around, from side to side, before the looking glass.

“How splendid his Majesty looksin his new clothes, and how well they fit!” everyone cried out. “What a design!What colors! These are indeed royal robes!”

“The canopy which is to be borneover your Majesty, in the procession, is waiting,” announced the chief masterof the ceremonies.
“I am quite ready,” answered the Emperor. “Do my new clothes fit well?” askedhe, turning himself round again before the looking glass, in order that hemight appear to be examining his handsome suit.

有声儿童童话故事 皇帝的新装 第6章

“How is this?” said the Emperorto himself. “I can see nothing! This is indeed a terrible affair! Am I asimpleton, or am I unfit to be an Emperor? That would be the worst thing thatcould happen—Oh! the cloth is charming,” said he, aloud. “It has my completeapprobation.”

And he smiled most graciously,and looked closely at the empty looms; for on no account would he say that hecould not see what two of the officers of his court had praised so much. Allhis retinue had now strained their eyes, hoping to discover something on thelooms, but they could see no more than the others; nevertheless, they allexclaimed, “Oh, how beautiful!” and advised his majesty to have some newclothes made from this splendid material, for the approaching procession.“Magnificent! Charming! Excellent!” resounded on all sides; and everyone wasuncommonly gay. The Emperor shared in the general satisfaction; and presentedthe impostors with the riband of an order of knighthood, to be worn in theirbutton-holes, and the title of “Gentlemen Weavers.”

The rogues sat up the whole ofthe night before the day on which the procession was to take place, and hadsixteen lights burning, so that everyone might see how anxious they were tofinish the Emperor’s new suit. They pretended to roll the cloth off the looms;cut the air with their scissors; and sewed with needles without any thread inthem. “See!” cried they, at last. “The Emperor’s new clothes are ready!”

英语有声儿童童话故事 皇帝的新装 第5章

“I certainly am not stupid!”thought the messenger. “It must be, that I am not fit for my good, profitableoffice! That is very odd; however, no one shall know anything about it.” Andaccordingly he praised the stuff he could not see, and declared that he wasdelighted with both colors and patterns. “Indeed, please your ImperialMajesty,” said he to his sovereign when he returned, “the cloth which theweavers are preparing is extraordinarily magnificent.”

The whole city was talking of thesplendid cloth which the Emperor had ordered to be woven at his own expense.

And now the Emperor himselfwished to see the costly manufacture, while it was still in the loom.Accompanied by a select number of officers of the court, among whom were thetwo honest men who had already admired the cloth, he went to the craftyimpostors, who, as soon as they were aware of the Emperor’s approach, went onworking more diligently than ever; although they still did not pass a singlethread through the looms.

“Is not the work absolutely magnificent?” saidthe two officers of the crown, already mentioned. “If your Majesty will only bepleased to look at it! What a splendid design! What glorious colors!” and atthe same time they pointed to the empty frames; for they imagined that everyoneelse could see this exquisite piece of workmanship.

英语有声儿童童话故事 皇帝的新装 第4章

“We shall be much obliged toyou,” said the impostors, and then they named the different colors anddescribed the pattern of the pretended stuff. The old minister listenedattentively to their words, in order that he might repeat them to the Emperor;and then the knaves asked for more silk and gold, saying that it was necessaryto complete what they had begun. However, they put all that was given them intotheir knapsacks; and continued to work with as much apparent diligence asbefore at their empty looms.

The Emperor now sent anotherofficer of his court to see how the men were getting on, and to ascertainwhether the cloth would soon be ready. It was just the same with this gentlemanas with the minister; he surveyed the looms on all sides, but could see nothingat all but the empty frames.

“Does not the stuff appear asbeautiful to you, as it did to my lord the minister?” asked the impostors ofthe Emperor’s second ambassador; at the same time making the same gestures asbefore, and talking of the design and colors which were not there.

有声英语儿童童话故事 皇帝的新装 第3章

So the faithful old minister went into the hall,where the knaves were working with all their might, at their empty looms. “Whatcan be the meaning of this?” thought the old man, opening his eyes very wide.“I cannot discover at least bit of thread on the looms.” However, he did notexpress his thoughts aloud.

The impostors requested him very courteously tobe so good as to come nearer their looms; and then asked him whether the designpleased him, and whether the colors were not very beautiful; at the same timepointing to the empty frames. The poor old minister looked and looked, he couldnot discover anything on the looms, for a very good reason, there was nothingthere. “What!” thought he again. “Is it possible that I am a simpleton? I havenever thought so myself; and no one must know it now if I am so. Can it be,that I am unfit for my office? No, that must not be said either. I will neverconfess that I could not see the stuff.”

“Well, Sir Minister!” said one of the knaves, still pretending towork. “You do not say whether the stuff pleases you.”

“Oh, it is excellent!” repliedthe old minister, looking at the loom through his spectacles. “This pattern,and the colors, yes, I will tell the Emperor without delay, how very beautifulI think them.”

有声英语儿童故事 皇帝的新装 第2章

So the two pretended weavers set up two looms, and affected to work very busily, though in reality they did nothing at all. They asked for the most delicate silk and the purest gold thread; put both into their own knapsacks; and then continued their pretended work at the empty looms until late at night.
“I should like to know how the weavers are getting on with my cloth,” said the Emperor to himself, after some little time elapsed; he was, however, rather embarrassed, when he remembered that a simpleton, or one unfit for his office, would be unable to see the manufacture. To be sure, he thought he had nothing to risk in his own person; but yet, he would prefer sending somebody else, to bring him intelligence about the weavers, and their work, before he troubled himself in the affair. All the people throughout the city had heard of the wonderful property the cloth was to possess; and all were anxious to learn how wise, or how ignorant, their neigbors might prove to be.
“I will send my faithful old minister to the weavers,” said the Emperor at last, after some deliberation, “he will be best able to see how the cloth looks; for he is a man of sense, and no one can be more suitable for his office than he is.”

英语有声儿童童话故事 皇帝的新装 第1章

Many years ago, there was anEmperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all hismoney in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers; nordid he care to go either to the theatre or the chase, except for theopportunities then afforded him for displaying his new clothes. He had adifferent suit for each hour of the day; and as of any other king or emperor,one is accustomed to say, “he is sitting in council,” it was always said ofhim, “The Emperor is sitting in his wardrobe.”

Time passed merrily in the largetown which was his capital; strangers arrived every day at the court. One day,two rogues, calling themselves weavers, made their appearance. They gave outthat they knew how to weave stuffs of the most beautiful colors and elaboratepatterns, the clothes manufactured from which should have the wonderfulproperty of remaining invisible to everyone who was unfit for the office heheld, or who was extraordinarily simple in character.

英语有声儿童童话故事 豌豆公主 第2章

The next morning, she was askedhow she had slept. “Oh, very badly indeed!” she replied. “I have scarcelyclosed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know what was in my bed, but Ihad something hard under me, and am all over black and blue. It has hurt me somuch!”

Now it was plain that the ladymust be a real Princess, since she had been able to feel the little pea throughthe twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. None but a real Princess couldhave had such a delicate sense of feeling.

The Prince implored her tobe his wife; being now convinced that he had finally found a realPrincess, and was delighted when she accepted. The pea was preserved forhistory in the kingdom’s museum, where it still can be seen.

The wedding of the Prince andPrincess was celebrated throughout the kingdom, and they lived happily everafter.

英语有声儿童童话故事 豌豆公主 第1章

There was once a Prince whowished to marry a Princess; but then she must be a real Princess. He travelledall over the world in hopes of finding such a lady; but there was alwayssomething wrong. Princesses he found in plenty; but whether they were realPrincesses it was impossible for him to decide, for now one thing, now another,seemed to him not quite right about the ladies. At last he returned to hispalace quite cast down, because he wished so much to have a real Princess forhis wife.

One evening a fearful tempestarose, it thundered and lightened, and the rain poured down from the sky intorrents: besides, it was as dark as pitch. All at once there was heard aviolent knocking at the door, and the King, the Prince’s father, went outhimself to open it.

It was a Princess who wasstanding outside the door. What with the rain and the wind, she was in a sadcondition; the water trickled down from her hair, and her clothes clung to herbody. She said she was a real Princess.

“Ah! we shall soon see that!”thought the Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of what she was going todo; but went quietly into the bedroom, took all the bed-clothes off the bed,and put a little pea on the bedstead. She then laid twenty mattresses one uponanother over the pea, and put twenty feather beds over the mattresses.

英文儿童童话 三只小猪的故事 第7章

When the little Pig saw what theWolf was doing, he hung on the pot full of water, and made up a blazing fire,and, just as the Wolf was coming down, took off the cover of the pot, and said“Try to eat me will you? How would you like it if I cook and eat you up!?”

The Wolf hit the scalding waterand let out a great yell. He scampered quickly back up the chimney and ran asfast as he could back the safety of the old den in the woods with his mother.

Then the third little Pig had anice big supper of turnips and apples.

The first and second little Pigsfollowed their brother’s example and built strong new houses out of brick.

The Wolf never bothered themagain, and they all lived happy ever after.