小學英語英語故事童話故事TheManWhoCameOutOnlyatNight夜游人

1、The Man Who Came Out Only at Night 夜游人The Man Who Came Out Only at NightLong ago there lived a poor fisherman with three marriageable daughters A certain young man asked for the hand of one of them, but people were wary of him since he came out only at night The oldest daughter and then the middle d

2、aughter both said no to him, but the third girl said yes The wedding was celebrated at night, and as soon as the couple was alone, the bridegroom announced to his bride: I must tell you a secret: I am under an evil spell and doomed to be a tortoise by day and a man at night There，s only one way to b

3、reak the spell: I must leave my wife right after the wedding and travel around the world, at night as a man and by day as a tortoise If I come back and find that my wife has remained loyal to me all along and endured every hardship for my sake, V 11 become a man again for good” I am willing,said the

4、 brideThe bridegroom slipped a diamond ring on her finger If you use it to a good end, this ring will help you in whatever situation you find yourself”Day had dawned, and the bridegroom turned into a tortoise and crawled off to begin his journey around the worldThe bride went about the city in searc

5、h of work Along the way, she came across a child crying and said to his mother, “Let me hold him in my arms and calm him” “Youd be the first person to do that,“ answered the mother Hes been crying all day long”By the power of the diamond,，z whispered the bride, “may the child laugh and dance and fro

6、lic!” At that, the child started laughing, dancing, and frolickingNext, the bride entered a bakery and said to the woman who owned it, You 11 have no regrets if you hire me to work for you The owner hired her, and she began making bread, saying under her breath, By the power of the diamond, let the

7、whole town buy bread at this bakery as long as I work here!” From then on, people poured in and out with no sign of a letup Among the customers were three young men who saw the bride and fell in love with herz，If you let me spend a night with you, one of them said to her, I 11 give you a thousand fr

8、ancs”I 11 give you two thousand, said another“And r 11 make it three thousand,z，said the thirdShe collected the three thousand francs from the third man and smuggled him into the bakery that very nightz，r 11 be with you in a minute,z，she told him, “after Ive put the yeast into the flour While youre

9、waiting, would you please knead the dough a little bit for me? The man began kneading, and kneaded and kneaded and kneaded By the power of the diamond, he couldn，t for the life of him take his hands out of the dough, and therefore went on kneading till daylightSo you finally finished!she said to him

10、 You really took your time!”And she sent him packingThen she said yes to the man with the two thousand francs, brought him in as soon as it grew dark, and told him to blow on the fire a moment so that it wouldn，t go out He blew and blew and blew By the power of the diamond, he had to keep right on b

11、lowing up to the next morning, with his face bulging like a wineskin“What a way to behave!” she said to him in the morning You come to see me, but spend the night blowing on the fire!”And she sent him packingThe next night she brought in the man with the thousand francs I have to add the yeast,“ she

12、 told him While Im doing that, go shut the door”The man shut the door, which by the power of the diamond came open again right away All night long he closed it only to see it immediately reopen, and in no time the sun was up“Did you finally close this door? Well, you may now open it again and get ou

13、t” Seething with rage, the three men denounced her to the authorities In that day and time there were, in addition to policemen, women officers who were called whenever a woman was to be brought into custody So four women officers went to apprehend the brideBy the power of the diamond,，z said the br

14、ide, “l(fā)et these women box one another，s ears until tomorrow morning”The four women officers began boxing one anothers ears so hard that their heads swelled up like pumpkins, and they still went on striking each other for all they were worthWhen the women officers failed to return with the culprit, f

15、our male officers were sent out to look for them The bride saw them coming and said, “By the power of the diamond, let those men play leapfrog One of the male officers dropped down at once on all fours; a second one moved up, put his hands on the officer，s back, and leaped over him, with the third a

16、nd fourth following in his tracks Thus began a game of leapfrogRight at that point, a tortoise came crawling into view It was the husband returning from his trip around the world He saw his wife, and behold! He was again a handsome young man, and a handsome young man he remained, by his wifes side,

17、up to a ripe old age(Riviera ligure di ponente)NOTES:“The Man Who Came Out Only at Night” (L，uomo che usciva solo di notte) from Andrews, 14 and 21, Menton, told by Iren Gena and Irene PanduroA tale full of oddities, the most striking of which is that of women constables, given as a historical fact

18、regarding a particular police system In Andrews，s first variant, the bridegroom turns into a toadCopyright: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino, translated by George Martin, Pantheon Books, New York 1980 夜游人很久以前，有一個漁夫，他很窮，三個女兒都已長大了。有個年輕人向三姊妹求婚。但是這 里的人們都很討厭他，因為他在夜晚才出來轉悠。大姑娘和二姑娘都拒絕了

19、他，但三姑娘卻 容許了?；槎Y是在夜間舉行的。鬧新房的人走后，新郎誠懇地對新娘說：“我把這個秘密告 訴你吧：我被一個邪惡的符咒鎮(zhèn)住了，白天變成烏龜，只能在夜里恢復成人。要破除這個符 咒，只有一個方法：結婚后我馬上離開自己的妻子，到外面去闖蕩，夜間作人，白天作烏龜。 等我回來的時候，如果妻子一直對我忠實，而且為我還忍受了種種艱難困苦，我就能永遠恢 復成人了?！薄拔倚母是樵?！”新娘說。新郎便摘下一只金占石戒指，給她戴在手指上，說：“如果用它來做好事的話，不管你碰到什 么困難，它都會幫助你你的?！碧炝習r，新郎變成烏龜爬出去，開始了他到外面闖蕩的旅程。新娘進城去尋找工作。路上，她還到一個哇哇大哭的孩子，

20、便對他的母親說：“讓我來抱抱 他吧，好教他不鬧。”“你是頭一個這樣做的好人！ ”孩子的媽媽說，“他一天到晚都在哭鬧?！毙履锏吐曊f：“讓肺石戒指的魔力使孩子歡笑、跳躍吧！ ”話剛說完，孩子便嬉笑歡跳起來。 接著，新娘走到一家面包房里，對老板娘說：“你耍是雇我給你干活，我不會使你后悔的。” 于是，老板娘雇用了她，她開始做面包，并輕聲細語地說：“我在這個面包房里干活期間， 讓金占石戒指指的魔力使全城的人，都到這里來買面包吧！ ”從這時起，人們絡繹不絕地在這 個面包房里進進出出，這兒的生意十分興隆。在這些人中間，有三個小伙子，他們愛上了她。“如果你跟我過一夜，” 一個小伙子說：“我就給你一千法郎?！薄?/p>

21、我給你兩千法郎！ ”另一個小伙子說?！拔壹拥饺Хɡ?！”第三個小伙子說。當天晚上，她收了第三個小伙子三千法郎，偷偷地把他帶進了面包房?！拔荫R上就跟你在一起，”她對這個小伙子說，“先讓我把發(fā)酵粉放到面粉里。你等我的時 候，等你幫我揉一下面團好嗎？ ”這個人開始揉面團。他揉啊，揉啊，揉啊。由于軸石戒指的魔力，他無論怎樣也不能從面團 里拔出手來。就這樣，他一直揉到了天亮?！皢眩阋呀?jīng)干好啦！ ”她對他說，“你干活真賣力?！庇谑?，她把這個人打發(fā)走了。接著，她又容許了那個出兩千法郎的小伙子。天一黑，她就把他帶進面包房，叫他幫助吹火， 不要讓它熄滅。他吹啊，吹啊，吹啊。由于金占石戒指的魔力，他一直不停地吹到第二天早晨， 臉都吹得浮腫起來，象個皮酒囊?！澳阏娓傻煤醚?！”清晨，她對這個小伙