尼尔斯旅行骑鹅记

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Nils. What he liked most was to play tricks on others, so nobody liked him. One day, Nils caught an elf and played tricks on him. The elf was very angry. He turned Nils into a very little man. And then he left. " I am so small. My parents won't recognize me. I'll find the elf. He must turn me back to my original size. "

从前，有个小男孩儿叫尼尔斯。他整天调皮捣蛋，大家都不喜欢他。 一天，尼尔斯抓住了一个小精灵，还捉弄了他一番。小精灵非常生气。 他临走前施了魔法将尼尔斯变成了一个小人儿！ “我变得这么小。爸爸妈妈一定不认得我了。我得把小精灵找回来，让他把我变回去！ ”

Nils asked animals where the elf went. But they wouldn't tell him, because Nils had played tricks on them too. Nils was very sad. He sat on a wall and looked at the sky. At this moment, some wild geese passed by. They called to the home geese, " Come along! Off to Lapland! ” Morten, a young goose, was about to follow them. “ Oh, no! You can't fly away! ” Nils wanted to stop Morten. He jumped to Morten and tried to catch him. But right then, Morten flew up. Nils was taken up into the sky.

尼尔斯向动物们打听小精灵的去向。但平时受尽他欺负的小动物们都不愿帮他。 尼尔斯失落地坐在院墙上，望着天空发呆。 就在这时，一群野鹅经过。他们对家鹅喊道：“一起走吧！跟我们回拉普兰德去！” 一只叫马丁的年轻公鹅动心了，他极力扑腾着翅膀喊道：“等等我！" 尼尔斯想要阻止马丁飞走。 他跳到马丁身边，试图抓住他。但就在这时，马丁飞了起来。尼尔斯被带上了天。

Soon Morten began to fall behind the wild geese. But he wouldn't give up. At sunset, the geese stopped at the shore of a lake. Morten became very weak. " Morten, cheer up! " Nils said. He dragged Morten to the lake and fed him with water. To thank Nils, Morten caught him a small fish for dinner. " It's so good to have a friend, " Nils thought.

飞了一会儿，马丁渐渐跟不上队了。但他并没有放弃。 到了傍晚，野鹅们停在一片湖边休息。马丁一动不动地躺在地上，累得快不行了。 “马丁！振作点儿！”尼尔斯又推又拉，费了好大劲儿才把马丁弄到湖边，喂他喝水。 为了感谢尼尔斯，马丁给他抓了一条小鱼作为晚餐。“有朋友的感觉真好，”尼尔斯想。

Morten flew hard every day. The wild geese began to like Morten. But they still did not like Nils, because he was a human. Late that night, everyone was resting on a big piece of ice. A fox quietly took a goose and ran fast to the woods. " Stop! ” Nils ran after the fox and held his tail. The fox had to drop the goose. The goose flew away and Nils climbed up a tree. " I will wait here. You can't stay there forever, " the fox cried. It was very cold at night. Nils' fingers were frozen. He was about to fall off the tree.

马丁每天都在拼命飞行。野鹅们开始对马丁改观了。但他们仍然不能接受作为人类的尼尔斯。 一天深夜，大家都在一块大冰块上休息。一只狐狸偷偷的叼起一只野鹅，飞快地跑向树林。 "不许跑!” 尼尔斯紧跟着狐狸，一把抓住了他的尾巴。狐狸口一松，野鹅就掉了下来。 野鹅趁机飞走了，而尼尔斯也爬到了树上。“我就在这儿等着你，看你能坚持多久！”狐狸气愤的说。 夜晚特别冷，尼尔斯的手都快冻僵了，眼看就要从树上掉下来。

At this moment, a goose came. She sank lower and lower until she almost touched the ground. The fox jumped for her. But she suddenly flew up into the sky. Soon another goose flew over. After that, came a third, a fourth. . . The fox jumped up and down to catch the geese. But he never got one. Suddenly, he remembered Nils. But Nils was gone! The fox was very angry, " I will come back for you! "

正在这时，一只野鹅出现了。她飞得又低又慢，几乎碰到地面。 当狐狸的爪子快挨着她时，她又凌空飞起。 紧接着，又一只野鹅飞过来。第三只、第四只…… 狐狸上蹿下跳的抓鹅。但他不停扑空。 突然，他想起了尼尔斯。但尼尔斯早已经不见啦！狐狸非常生气，“我一定会回来报仇的！”

Nils and the geese became good friends. Akka was the leader of the geese. She told Nils, " The fox will come back. You should make friends with the small animals. They can warn you against danger. " Then Nils went to the small animals. But they didn't trust him. One day, Nils heard that a farmer had taken Mrs. Squirrel away. " I will help the Squirrels. Then all the small animals may like me, " Nils thought.

尼尔斯和野鹅们成了好朋友。阿卡是野鹅的首领。 她对尼尔斯说：“狐狸不会轻易放过我们的，你要跟其他小动物交朋友,他们能够帮你警戒危险。“ 尼尔斯开始四处找小动物交朋友，可大家都不愿相信他。 这天，尼尔斯无意间听说，农夫把松鼠太太抓走了。 “我要帮帮松鼠们，这样说不定大家就会相信我了， ”尼尔斯心想。