Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 11

但年轻人拒绝了；于是狐狸说：'无论如何，我要给你一个好的忠告：要提防两件事；不要从绞刑架上赎人，也不要坐在河边。'

But the young man refused to do it: so the fox said, 'I will at any rate give you good counsel: beware of two things; ransom no one from the gallows, and sit down by the side of no river.'

然后他便走了。

Then away he went.

年轻人心想：'遵守这个忠告并不难。'

'Well,' thought the young man, 'it is no hard matter to keep that advice.'

他带着公主继续骑行，终于来到了他当初离开两位兄弟的那个村庄。

He rode on with the princess, till at last he came to the village where he had left his two brothers.

在那里，他听到了一阵巨大的喧嚣声；当他询问发生了什么事时，人们说：'有两个人将要被绞死。'

And there he heard a great noise and uproar; and when he asked what was the matter, the people said, 'Two men are going to be hanged.'

当他走近一看，发现那两个人正是他的兄弟，他们已经沦为了强盗；于是他说：'他们就没有任何办法得救吗？'

As he came nearer, he saw that the two men were his brothers, who had turned robbers; so he said, 'Cannot they in any way be saved?'

但人们说：'不能，'除非他愿意把所有的钱都花在这两个无赖身上，买回他们的自由。

But the people said 'No,' unless he would bestow all his money upon the rascals and buy their liberty.

他没有多想，付了所要求的钱，他的兄弟们被释放了，并和他一起踏上了回家的路。

Then he did not stay to think about the matter, but paid what was asked, and his brothers were given up, and went on with him towards their home.

当他们来到狐狸最初与他们相遇的那片树林时，那里是如此凉爽宜人，两位兄弟说：'让我们坐在河边休息一会儿，吃点东西喝点水吧。'

And as they came to the wood where the fox first met them, it was so cool and pleasant that the two brothers said, 'Let us sit down by the side of the river, and rest a while, to eat and drink.'