野天鹅

Long long ago, there was a king. His wife died very early, leaving eleven sons and one daughter named Eliza. All these children were clever and lovely. They lived happily together. A few years later, the king married an evil woman. She didn't like these children, especially little Eliza. One day, while the king and princes were hunting, the queen sent Eliza away to a farmer's house.

从前，有一位国王。他的妻子去世得早，留下了十一个儿子和一个名叫艾丽莎的小女儿。 这十二个孩子个个聪明又可爱。一家人生活得非常幸福。 几年后，国王和一个邪恶的女人结了婚。她不喜欢这些孩子，尤其讨厌最小的艾丽莎。 一天，国王带着王子们打猎去了，王后趁机把艾丽莎送到了乡下一个农夫的家里。

When the princes came back, they couldn't find Eliza. They felt angry and went to ask the queen. But the queen cast a spell on them and turned them into eleven wild swans. The wild swans flew out of the palace and flew over the hut where Eliza lived. But they didn't know their little sister was there. Then they flew to the ocean far away.

王子们回来后，发现艾丽莎不见了。他们愤怒地去找王后要人。 没想到王后对着他们念了一段咒语，把他们变成了十一只野天鹅。 野天鹅飞出皇宫，经过了艾丽莎住的小屋。 但他们不知道他们的小妹妹就在那里。然后他们飞向了遥远的大海。

Eliza was growing up and becoming more and more beautiful. One day, she went to the forest and met an old woman who in fact was a kind fairy. " Your brothers have become eleven wild swans. They have flown to the seashore, " she told Eliza. Eliza missed her brothers very much. She decided to go and find them.

艾丽莎渐渐长大了，她出落得越来越美丽。 一天，她去了森林，遇到了一位老妇人，她其实是一位善良的仙女。 "你的哥哥们变成了野天鹅,。他们已经飞到海边去了,"她告诉艾丽莎。 伊丽莎非常想念她的哥哥们。她决定去找他们。

In order to find her brothers, Eliza kept on walking and finally reached the shore. It was almost evening, and eleven wild swans landed on the shore. As soon as the sun went down, they turned into eleven handsome princes. They were Eliza's brothers! The princes told Eliza that the next morning they would fly across the sea to a faraway country. Eliza asked them to take her with them.

为了找到哥哥们，艾丽莎日夜兼程，终于来到了海边。 傍晚，十一只野天鹅缓缓地落在地面上。 太阳一下山，他们就变成了十一位英俊的王子。他们就是艾丽莎的哥哥们！ 王子们告诉艾丽莎，第二天，他们就要飞越大海，去往一个遥远的国家。 艾丽莎请求他们带她一起去。

At night, the princes weaved a net and put Eliza in it. When the sun rose, the princes turned into wild swans again. They held the net in their beaks and flew over the sea. With Eliza in the net, they flew slowly. When the sun began to set, Eliza felt worried. If they couldn't find the land, the wild swans would become humans, fall into the sea and be drowned. Just then, they saw a piece of land and landed on it before sunset.

夜里，王子们用芦苇织了一张结实的大网，让艾丽莎坐在网上。 当太阳升起的时候，王子们又变成了野天鹅。他们用嘴衔起大网，飞向了大海的上空。 因为网里有艾丽莎，他们飞行的速度比平时慢得多。不知不觉太阳在慢慢地下沉，艾丽莎不由得焦急万分。 如果再不降落到地上，野天鹅们就会恢复人形，大家都会掉到海里淹死。 就在这时,前方出现了一块陆地，他们赶在太阳落山之前安全着陆了。

Eliza and her brothers settled down in a beautiful forest. One night, Eliza dreamed of the old woman. " Pick nettles and knit eleven capes for your brothers, and then they can be rescued. But you must not speak before the capes are finished, or your brothers will die, " she told Eliza in the dream. The old woman gave Eliza some nettles. Feeling the stinging nettles, Eliza woke up.

艾丽莎和哥哥们在一片美丽的森林里安顿下来。一天晚上，艾丽莎梦见了那位老妇人。 "只要采来森林里的荨麻，织成十一件披肩给你的哥哥们穿上，咒语就可以解除。 不过，在披肩织好以前艾丽莎不能说话，否则你的哥哥们就会死去,"她在梦中告诉艾丽莎。 老妇人说完，递给艾丽莎一束荨麻。艾丽莎一摸到粗糙、刺手的荨麻，就从梦里惊醒过来。