小學英語英語故事童話故事TheLittleGirlSoldwiththePears和梨子一起賣掉的小女孩

1、The Little Girl Sold with the Pears 和梨子一起賣掉的小女孩The Little Girl Sold with the PearsOnce a man had a pear tree that used to bear four baskets of pears a year One year, though, it only bore three baskets and a half, while he was supposed to carry four to the king Seeing no other way out, he put his you

2、ngest daughter into the fourth basket and covered her up with pears and leavesThe baskets were carried into the king，s pantry, where the child stayed in hiding underneath the pears But having nothing to eat, she began nibbling on the pears After a while the servants noticed the supply of pears dwind

3、ling and also saw the cores “There must be a rat or a mole gnawing on the pears,they said We shall look inside the baskets They removed the top and found the little girlWhat are you doing here?” they asked Come with us and work in the king，s kitchen” They called her Perina, and she was such a clever

4、 little girl that in no time she was doing the housework better than the king，s own maidservants She was so pretty no one could help loving her The king，s son, who was her age exactly, was always with Perina, and they became very fond of each otherAs the maiden grew up, the maidservants began to env

5、y her They held their tongues for a while, then accused Perina of boasting she would go and steal the witches， treasure The king got wind of it and send for the girl Is it true you boasted you would go and steal the witches， treasure?”No, Sacred Crown, I made no such boast”“You did so, insisted the

6、king, “and now you have to keep your word At that, he banished her from the palace until she should return with the treasureOn and on she walked until nightfall Perina came to an apple tree, but kept on going She next came to a peach tree, but still didn，t stop Then she came to a pear tree, climbed

7、it, and fell asleepIn the morning there stood a little old woman under the tree “What are you doing up there, my daughter?” asked the old womanPerina told her about the difficulty she was in The old woman said, “Take these three pounds of grease, three pounds of bread, and three pounds of millet and

8、 be on your way“ Perina thanked her very much and moved onShe came to a bakery where three women were pulling out their hair to sweep out the oven with Perina gave them the three pounds of millet, which they then used to sweep out the oven and allowed the little girl to continue on her wayOn and on

9、she walked and met three mastiffs that barked and rushed at anyone comingof bread, and they let her passa blood-red river, which she had no her to say:of you would I taste”their way Perina threw them the three pounds After walking for miles and miles she came to idea how to cross But the old woman h

10、ad told “Fine water so red, I must make haste; Else,At those words, the waters parted and let her through On the other side of the river, Perina beheld one of the finest and largest palaces in the world But the door was opening and slamming so rapidly that no one could possibly go in Perina therefor

11、e applied the three pounds of grease to its hinges, and from then on it opened and closed quite gentlyInside, Perina spied the treasure chest sitting on a small table She picked it up and was about to go off with it, when the chest spoke: Door, kill her, kill her!” I won，t, either, since she greased

12、 my hinges that hadnt been looked after since goodness knows when”Perina reached the river, and the chest said, “River, drown her, drown her!” I won，t, either,，z replied the river, “since she called me Fine water so red She came to the dogs, and the chest said, “Dogs, devour her, devour her!” We won

13、，t, either,，z replied the dogs, “since she gave us three pounds of bread” She came to the bakery oven Oven, burn her, burn her!”But the three women replied, We wont, either, since she gave us three pounds of millet, so that now we can spare our hair”When she was almost home, Perina, who had as much

14、curiosity as the next little girl, decided to peep into the treasure chest She opened it, and out came a hen and her brood of gold chicks They scuttled away too fast for a soul to catch them Perina struck out after them She passed the apple tree, but they were nowhere in sight She passed the peach t

15、ree, where there was still no sign of them She came to the pear tree, and there stood the little old woman with a wand in her hand and hen and chicks feeding around her Shoo, shoo!z，went the old woman, and the hen and chicks reentered the treasure chestUpon her arrival, the kings son came out to mee

16、t her “When my father asked what you want as a reward, tell him that box filled with coal in the cellar”O(jiān)n the doorstep of the royal palace stood the maidservants, the king, and the entire court Perina handed the king the hen with the brood of gold chicks Ask for whatever you want,“ said the king, “

17、and I will give it to you”“I would like the box of coal in the cellar, /z replied PerinaThey brought her the box of coal, which she opened, and out jumped the kings son, who was hiding inside The king was then happy for Perina to marry his son (Monferrato)NOTES:“The Little Girl Sold with the Pears”

18、(La bambina venduta con le pere) from Comparetti, 10, Monferrato, PiedmontI changed the name Margheritina to Perina (Pearlet), and I invented the motif of the peartree and the little old woman (in the original, the magic props come from the king，s son, who is under a spell), to reinforce the pear/gi

19、rl link Copyright: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino, translated by George Martin, Pantheon Books, New York 1980 和梨子一起賣掉的小女孩從前，有個人有一棵梨樹，每年都能收四大筐梨子，正好夠交給國王。有一年，只收了三筐 半梨子。他沒法裝滿第四個筐，就把他最小的女兒裝進去，然后蓋上了些梨子和樹葉。這四筐梨子被送到了王宮的食品庫，倒梨子的時候，小女孩跟梨子一起被倒了出來，沒被發(fā) 現(xiàn)。這樣，她就被留在了倉庫里，除了梨子，沒有別的東西可以吃，小女孩餓了

20、就啃起梨子 來。過了不久，宮里的仆人發(fā)現(xiàn)梨子比梨子比先前少了，還找到了不少梨核，就說：“這里 一定有老鼠之類的東西偷啃梨子，需要好好檢查檢查?！边呎f，邊在梨堆中搜查，果然發(fā)現(xiàn) 了小女孩。他們問小女孩：“你在這里干什么？跟我們走，到王宮的廚房去打下手吧?！彼麄兘o小女孩起了個名字叫梨娃。梨娃是一個聰明機靈的女孩，她很快就學會了怎樣討好這 些仆人，加上模樣俊秀可愛，惹得大家人人喜歡。連王子也常來和她在一起玩，她和王子年 齡一般大，他們很快就產(chǎn)生了好感。梨娃一天天長大，仆人們卻越來越嫉妒她了，他們先是不搭理她，后來就開始給她使壞，還 造謠說梨娃自夸要去拿到女巫的珍寶。謠言傳到國王的耳朵里，國王馬上把梨

21、娃叫來，問她:“你真得說過要去拿到女巫的珍寶嗎？ ”梨娃說：“絕對沒有，圣明的國王，他們傳說的那些事我一點也不知道。”但是國王堅持說：“你一定是說過了，話已出口就要去實現(xiàn)諾言?！闭f著，就把梨娃趕出了 王宮，讓她拿到珍寶才可以回來。梨娃走呀，走呀，天黑了。她走到一棵蘋果樹前，沒有停腳。又走到一棵桃樹前，也沒有停 腳。遇到一棵梨樹的時候，她爬了上去，在樹枝間睡著了。早上一睜眼，她看見一個老婦人在樹下。老婦人問她：“漂亮的小女孩，你在上面干什么？ ” 梨娃就把她遇到的麻煩告訴了老婦人。老婦人對她說：“拿著這三磅豬油、三磅面包和三磅 高粱穗，一直向前走?！崩嫱迣λ兄x了一番，就又出發(fā)了。她來到一個地方，那里有一座面包爐。只見三位烤面包的女工扯下自己的頭發(fā)，用頭發(fā)來打 掃爐子。梨娃便把那三磅高粱穗送給了她們。三位女工可以用這些高粱穗清掃爐子了，就放 梨娃過去了。走呀，走呀，梨娃來到一個地方，見到有三只兇猛的狗大聲叫著、跳著、還撲向她，阻止她 過去。梨娃把三磅面包扔給了它們。它們就讓她過去了。走呀，走呀，梨娃又來到一條大河前，河里的水像血一樣，她不知道如何才能過去。她記起 老婦人曾經(jīng)告訴她的咒語，就念道：“溪水啊，美麗的溪水，假設我沒有急事就會喝上一盆?！痹捯魟偮?，河水退下，讓梨娃過去了。在河的對岸，梨娃看見一座可以說是世界上最雄偉、最輝煌的宮殿。但