有声英语儿童童话故事 海的女儿 第3章

Each of the young princesses hada little plot of ground in the garden, where she might dig and plant as shepleased. One arranged her flower bed in the form of a whale; another preferredto make hers like the figure of a little mermaid; while the youngest child madehers round, like the sun, and in it grew flowers as red as his rays at sunset.

She was a strange child, quietand thoughtful. While her sisters showed delight at the wonderful things whichthey obtained from the wrecks of vessels, she cared only for her prettyflowers, red like the sun, and a beautiful marble statue. It was therepresentation of a handsome boy, carved out of pure white stone, which hadfallen to the bottom of the sea from a wreck.

She planted by the statue arose-colored weeping willow. It grew rapidly and soon hung its fresh branchesover the statue, almost down to the blue sands. The shadows had the color ofviolet and waved to and fro like the branches, so that it seemed as if thecrown of the tree and the root were at play, trying to kiss each other.