Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 7
The next morning the court sat to judge him; and when all was heard, it sentenced him to die, unless he should bring the king the golden horse which could run as swiftly as the wind; and if he did this, he was to have the golden bird given him for his own.
La mattina seguente il tribunale si riunì per giudicarlo; e quando tutto fu ascoltato, lo condannò a morte, a meno che non portasse al re il cavallo d'oro che poteva correre veloce come il vento; e se avesse fatto ciò, gli sarebbe stato dato l'uccello d'oro come sua proprietà.
So he set out once more on his journey, sighing, and in great despair, when on a sudden his friend the fox met him, and said, 'You see now what has happened on account of your not listening to my counsel.
Così si mise di nuovo in cammino, sospirando e in grande disperazione, quando all'improvviso il suo amico la volpe lo incontrò e disse: «Ora vedi cosa è successo per non aver ascoltato il mio consiglio.
I will still, however, tell you how to find the golden horse, if you will do as I bid you.
Ti dirò tuttavia come trovare il cavallo d'oro, se farai come ti dico.
You must go straight on till you come to the castle where the horse stands in his stall: by his side will lie the groom fast asleep and snoring: take away the horse quietly, but be sure to put the old leathern saddle upon him, and not the golden one that is close by it.'
Devi andare dritto finché non giungi al castello dove il cavallo si trova nella sua stalla: accanto a lui starà sdraiato il palafreniere profondamente addormentato e che russa: porta via il cavallo in silenzio, ma assicurati di mettergli la vecchia sella di cuoio, e non quella d'oro che si trova lì vicino.»
Then the son sat down on the fox's tail, and away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled in the wind.
Poi il figlio si sedette sulla coda della volpe, e via andarono su per sterpi e sassi finché i loro capelli fischiarono nel vento.
All went right, and the groom lay snoring with his hand upon the golden saddle.
Tutto andò bene, e il palafreniere giaceva russando con la mano sulla sella d'oro.
But when the son looked at the horse, he thought it a great pity to put the leathern saddle upon it.
Ma quando il figlio guardò il cavallo, gli sembrò un gran peccato mettergli la sella di cuoio.
'I will give him the good one,' said he; 'I am sure he deserves it.
«Gli darò quella bella,» disse; «sono sicuro che se la merita.
Vocabulary
- mattina
- Morning; the early part of the day
- seguente
- Following; coming after in sequence or time
- tribunale
- Court; building where legal trials are held
- riunì
- Gathered; met together; assembled (past tense)
- giudicarlo
- To judge him; pass judgment on him
- tutto
- Everything; all; the whole of something
- ascoltato
- Listened to; heard; paid attention to
- condannò
- Condemned; sentenced to punishment (past tense)
- morte
- Death; the end of life
- meno
- Less; minus; except; unless
- portasse
- Brought; carried; conveyed (subjunctive past)
- re
- King; male monarch; ruler of a kingdom
- cavallo
- Horse; large domestic animal used for riding
- oro
- Gold; precious yellow metal; wealth
- correre
- To run; move quickly on foot
- veloce
- Fast; quick; rapid; swift in speed
- come
- Like; as; in the manner of something
- vento
- Wind; moving air; breeze or strong gust
- fatto
- Done; made; fact; deed (past participle)
- ciò
- That; this; that thing (demonstrative)
- stato
- Been; state; condition (past participle)
- dato
- Given; granted; presented (past participle)
- uccello
- Bird; feathered animal that flies
- proprietà
- Property; ownership; possession; estate
- Così
- So; thus; therefore; in this way
- mise
- Put; placed; set (past tense)
- nuovo
- New; novel; recent; fresh; modern
- cammino
- Path; road; journey; the act of walking
- sospirando
- Sighing; breathing out with sigh (gerund)
- grande
- Great; large; big; important; significant
- disperazione
- Despair; hopelessness; loss of hope
- improvviso
- Sudden; unexpected; surprising; abrupt
- amico
- Friend; companion; person one knows well
- volpe
- Fox; clever animal; cunning person
- incontrò
- Met; encountered; came across (past tense)
- disse
- Said; told; spoke (past tense)
- Ora
- Now; at this moment; the present time
- vedi
- See; look; observe (second person singular)
- cosa
- Thing; matter; what; something
- successo
- Success; happened; occurred (past participle)
- consiglio
- Advice; counsel; guidance; recommendation
- tuttavia
- However; nevertheless; yet; still; though
- trovare
- To find; locate; discover; meet
- dico
- Say; tell; speak (first person present)
- andare
- To go; proceed; move forward; travel
- dritto
- Straight; direct; right; upright
- finché
- Until; till; as long as; up to
- giungi
- Arrive; reach; come to (second person)
- castello
- Castle; fortress; fortified residence
- dove
- Where; in which place; to which
- trova
- Finds; locates; discovers (third person)
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