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有声英语儿童童话故事 海的女儿 第25章
“You are but just in time,” said the witch, “for after sunriseto-morrow I should not be able to help you till the end of another year. I willprepare a draft for you, with which you must swim to land to-morrow beforesunrise; seat yourself there and drink it. Your tail will then disappear, andshrink up into what man calls legs.
“You will feel great pain, as ifa sword were passing through you. But all who see you will say that you are theprettiest little human being they ever saw. You will still have the samefloating gracefulness of movement, and no dancer will ever tread so lightly.Every step you take, however, will be as if you were treading upon sharp knivesand as if the blood must flow. If you will bear all this, I will help you.”
“Yes, I will,” said the littleprincess in a trembling voice, as she thought of the prince and the immortalsoul.
有声英语儿童童话故事 海的女儿 第25章
“You are but just in time,” said the witch, “for after sunriseto-morrow I should not be able to help you till the end of another year. I willprepare a draft for you, with which you must swim to land to-morrow beforesunrise; seat yourself there and drink it. Your tail will then disappear, andshrink up into what man calls legs.
“You will feel great pain, as ifa sword were passing through you. But all who see you will say that you are theprettiest little human being they ever saw. You will still have the samefloating gracefulness of movement, and no dancer will ever tread so lightly.Every step you take, however, will be as if you were treading upon sharp knivesand as if the blood must flow. If you will bear all this, I will help you.”
“Yes, I will,” said the littleprincess in a trembling voice, as she thought of the prince and the immortalsoul.
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