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格林童话英文版:The Queen Bee
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  • Two kings' sons once went out in search of adventures, and fell into a wild, disorderly way of living, so that they never came home again. The youngest, who was called simpleton, set out to seek his brothers, but when at length he found them they mocked him for thinking that he with his simplicity1 could get through the world, when they two could not make their way, and yet were so much cleverer.

    They all three traveled away together, and came to an ant-hill. The two elder wanted to destroy it, to see the little ants creeping about in their terror, and carrying their eggs away, but simpleton said, leave the creatures in peace, I will not allow you to disturb them.

    Then they went onwards and came to a lake, on which a great number of ducks were swimming. The two brothers wanted to catch a couple and roast them, but simpleton would not permit it, and said, leave the creatures in peace, I will not suffer you to kill them.

    At length they came to a bee's nest, in which there was so much honey that it ran out of the trunk of the tree where it was. The two wanted to make a fire beneath the tree, and suffocate2 the bees in order to take away the honey, but simpleton again stopped them and said, leave the creatures in peace, I will not allow you to burn them.

    At length the three brothers arrived at a castle where stone horses were standing3 in the stables, and no human being was to be seen, and they went through all the halls until, quite at the end, they came to a door in which were three locks. In the middle of the door, however, there was a little pane4, through which they could see into the room. There they saw a little grey man, who was sitting at a table. They called him, once, twice, but he did not hear, at last they called him for the third time, when he got up, opened the locks, and came out. He said nothing, however, but conducted them to a handsomely-spread table, and when they had eaten and drunk, he took each of them to a bedroom.

    Next morning the little grey man came to the eldest5, beckoned6 to him, and conducted him to a stone table, on which were inscribed7 three tasks, by the performance of which the castle could be delivered from enchantment8.

    The first was that in the forest, beneath the moss9, lay the princess's pearls, a thousand in number, which must be picked up, and if by sunset one single pearl was missing, he who had looked for them would be turned into stone. The eldest went thither10, and sought the whole day, but when it came to an end, he had only found one hundred, and what was written on the table came true, and he was turned into stone. Next day, the second brother undertook the adventure, but it did not fare much better with him than with the eldest, he did not find more than two hundred pearls, and was changed to stone. At last it was simpleton's turn to seek in the moss, but it was so difficult for him to find the pearls, and he got on so slowly, that he seated himself on a stone, and wept. And while he was thus sitting, the king of the ants whose life he had once saved, came with five thousand ants, and before long the little creatures had got all the pearls together, and laid them in a heap.

    The second task, however, was to fetch out of the lake the key of the king's daughter's bed-chamber. When simpleton came to the lake, the ducks which he had saved, swam up to him, dived down, and brought the key out of the water.

    But the third task was the most difficult, from amongst the three sleeping daughters of the king was the youngest and dearest to be sought out. They, however, resembled each other exactly, and were only to be distinguished11 by their having eaten different sweetmeats before they fell asleep, the eldest a bit of sugar, the second a little syrup12, and the youngest a spoonful of honey.

    Then the queen of the bees, whom simpleton had protected from the fire, came and tasted the lips of all three, and at last she remained sitting on the mouth which had eaten honey, and thus the king's son recognized the right princess. Then the enchantment was at an end, everything was delivered from sleep, and those who had been turned to stone received once more their natural forms.

    Simpleton married the youngest and sweetest princess, and after her father's death became king, and his two brothers received the two other sisters.



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    1 simplicity [sɪmˈplɪsəti] Vryyv   第7级
    n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯
    参考例句:
    • She dressed with elegant simplicity. 她穿着朴素高雅。
    • The beauty of this plan is its simplicity. 简明扼要是这个计划的一大特点。
    2 suffocate [ˈsʌfəkeɪt] CHNzm   第10级
    vt.使窒息,使缺氧,阻碍;vi.窒息,窒息而亡,阻碍发展
    参考例句:
    • If you shut all the windows, I will suffocate. 如果你把窗户全部关起来,我就会闷死。
    • The stale air made us suffocate. 浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息。
    3 standing [ˈstændɪŋ] 2hCzgo   第8级
    n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
    参考例句:
    • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
    • They're standing out against any change in the law. 他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
    4 pane [peɪn] OKKxJ   第8级
    n.窗格玻璃,长方块
    参考例句:
    • He broke this pane of glass. 他打破了这块窗玻璃。
    • Their breath bloomed the frosty pane. 他们呼出的水气,在冰冷的窗玻璃上形成一层雾。
    5 eldest [ˈeldɪst] bqkx6   第8级
    adj.最年长的,最年老的
    参考例句:
    • The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne. 国王的长子是王位的继承人。
    • The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son. 城堡和土地限定由长子继承。
    6 beckoned [ˈbekənd] b70f83e57673dfe30be1c577dd8520bc   第7级
    v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He beckoned to the waiter to bring the bill. 他招手示意服务生把账单送过来。
    • The seated figure in the corner beckoned me over. 那个坐在角落里的人向我招手让我过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    7 inscribed [ɪn'skraɪbd] 65fb4f97174c35f702447e725cb615e7   第9级
    v.写,刻( inscribe的过去式和过去分词 );内接
    参考例句:
    • His name was inscribed on the trophy. 他的名字刻在奖杯上。
    • The names of the dead were inscribed on the wall. 死者的名字被刻在墙上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    8 enchantment [ɪnˈtʃɑ:ntmənt] dmryQ   第11级
    n.迷惑,妖术,魅力
    参考例句:
    • The beauty of the scene filled us with enchantment. 风景的秀丽令我们陶醉。
    • The countryside lay as under some dread enchantment. 乡村好像躺在某种可怖的魔法之下。
    9 moss [mɒs] X6QzA   第7级
    n.苔,藓,地衣
    参考例句:
    • Moss grows on a rock. 苔藓生在石头上。
    • He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss. 有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。
    10 thither [ˈðɪðə(r)] cgRz1o   第12级
    adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的
    参考例句:
    • He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate. 他逛来逛去找玩伴。
    • He tramped hither and thither. 他到处流浪。
    11 distinguished [dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃt] wu9z3v   第8级
    adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的
    参考例句:
    • Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses. 大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
    • A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests. 宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。
    12 syrup [ˈsɪrəp] hguzup   第9级
    n.糖浆,糖水
    参考例句:
    • I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup. 我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
    • Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it. 罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。

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