Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 12
于是他说了'好'，忘记了狐狸的忠告，坐在了河边；
So he said, 'Yes,' and forgot the fox's counsel, and sat down on the side of the river;
他毫无防备，他们便从背后冲来，把他推下了河岸，
and while he suspected nothing, they came behind, and threw him down the bank,
夺走了公主、骏马和小鸟，回到了他们的主人——国王那里，
and took the princess, the horse, and the bird, and went home to the king their master,
并说道：'这一切都是我们辛苦赢来的。'
and said, 'All this have we won by our labour.'
国王大摆庆宴；但骏马不肯进食，小鸟不肯歌唱，公主只是哭泣。
Then there was great rejoicing made; but the horse would not eat, the bird would not sing, and the princess wept.
最小的儿子跌入了河床底部：幸好河水几乎干涸，但他的骨头几乎摔断了，
The youngest son fell to the bottom of the river's bed: luckily it was nearly dry, but his bones were almost broken,
河岸又是那样陡峭，他找不到任何爬出去的办法。
and the bank was so steep that he could find no way to get out.
这时老狐狸再度现身，责怪他没有听从自己的忠告；否则这些祸事根本不会降临到他身上。
Then the old fox came once more, and scolded him for not following his advice; otherwise no evil would have befallen him:
'不过，'狐狸说，'我不能把你留在这里，抓住我的尾巴，紧紧抓住。'
'Yet,' said he, 'I cannot leave you here, so lay hold of my tail and hold fast.'
狐狸把他从河里拉了出来，当他爬上河岸时，狐狸对他说：
Then he pulled him out of the river, and said to him, as he got upon the bank,
'你的兄弟们已经设下埋伏要杀死你，如果他们在王国里发现你的话。'
'Your brothers have set watch to kill you, if they find you in the kingdom.'
于是他乔装成一个穷人，悄悄来到了国王的宫廷，
So he dressed himself as a poor man, and came secretly to the king's court,
他刚一踏入殿门，骏马便开始进食，小鸟开始歌唱，公主也止住了哭泣。
and was scarcely within the doors when the horse began to eat, and the bird to sing, and the princess left off weeping.
Vocabulary
- So
- 因此，表示结果或结论的连词
- forgot
- 忘记，forget的过去式
- counsel
- 建议，忠告，劝告
- side
- 旁边，侧面，边缘
- while
- 当……的时候，表示同时发生
- suspected
- 怀疑，suspect的过去式，不信任
- behind
- 在……后面，从背后
- threw
- 投掷，throw的过去式，扔
- bank
- 河岸，河边的陆地
- princess
- 公主，国王或王子的女儿
- master
- 主人，主宰者，雇主
- won
- 赢得，win的过去式，获胜
- labour
- 劳动，努力，辛苦工作
- great
- 巨大的，极度的，很大的
- rejoicing
- 欢庆，喜悦，庆祝欢乐
- wept
- 哭泣，weep的过去式，流泪
- youngest
- 最年轻的，young的最高级
- fell
- 跌落，fall的过去式，掉下
- bottom
- 底部，最低处，底端
- bed
- 河床，河底，水流底部
- luckily
- 幸运地，幸好，表示庆幸
- nearly
- 几乎，差不多，将近
- dry
- 干燥的，没有水分的
- bones
- 骨头，骨骼，身体骨架
- almost
- 几乎，差点，接近但不完全
- broken
- 折断的，break的过去分词
- steep
- 陡峭的，坡度很大的
- once
- 一次，曾经，once more再一次
- scolded
- 责骂，训斥，scold的过去式
- following
- 跟随，遵循，follow的现在分词
- advice
- 建议，忠告，劝告
- otherwise
- 否则，要不然，另外
- evil
- 邪恶的，坏事，祸害
- befallen
- 降临于，befall的过去分词，遭遇
- Yet
- 然而，尽管如此，表示转折
- lay
- 抓住，放置，lie的过去式
- hold
- 抓住，握住，把持
- tail
- 尾巴，动物身体末端部分
- fast
- 紧紧地，牢固地，快速的
- pulled
- 拉，拖拽，pull的过去式
- upon
- 在……上，表示位置的介词
- set
- 安排，布置，设置埋伏
- watch
- 监视，守候，watch for等待机会
- kill
- 杀死，杀害，消灭
- kingdom
- 王国，国王统治的国家
- dressed
- 穿着，装扮，dress的过去式
- himself
- 他自己，反身代词
- poor
- 贫穷的，贫困的，可怜的
- secretly
- 秘密地，悄悄地，不公开地
- court
- 宫廷，朝廷，国王的宫殿
- scarcely
- 几乎不，刚刚，勉强
- within
- 在……之内，进入范围之内
- weeping
- 哭泣，流泪，weep的现在分词
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