Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin

朗普斯金

Once upon a time there lived a girl who was poor but clever. Her name was Daisy, for she was as fair as a flower. Every day she watched the handsome king riding by. He's so brave, she thought.

从前，有个既聪明又贫穷的小姑娘，名叫黛西，因为她像花儿一样白净可爱。 她每天都看着英俊的国王骑马经过，心想：国王可真勇敢呀。

One day Daisy announced, I want to marry the King. Everyone laughed, a poor girl can't marry a King. Daisy's father was not as clever as his daughter, but he wanted to make her happy. He went to see the King. My daughter can spin straw into gold, he boasted.

有一天黛西宣称："我想要嫁给国王。"大家都笑了，穷姑娘可没法 嫁给国王。 黛西的爸爸没有女儿聪明，但他想哄女儿开心。 他前去拜见国王。 "我女儿能把稻草纺成金子呢。"他吹嘘道。

So the king called for Daisy and took her to a room full of straw. Spin this straw into gold by morning, he said, locking the door.

于是国王派人叫来黛西，把她带到一间堆满稻草的房间。 "天亮前把这些稻草都纺成金子。"他说完就锁上了门。

Daisy sat and wept. She did not know how to spin straw into gold. She was so embarrassed. The king would never marry her now. Everyone will laugh at me again, she sobbed. Oh help!

黛西坐在地上哭了起来，她根本不知道怎么把稻草纺成金子，窘迫极了。 现在国王肯定不会娶她了。 "大家又要笑话我了。"她抽泣着，"噢，谁来帮帮我呀！"

Suddenly, a trap door opened in the floor and out jumped a goblin. I will help you, he promised, if you give me your necklace. Daisy agreed and, to her amazement, the goblin spun the straw into gold.

突然，地板上的一道活板门打开了，跳出来一个小妖精。 "我可以帮你。"他承诺道，"但你要把你的项链给我。" 黛西答应了，令她惊讶的是，小妖精真的把所有稻草都纺成了金子。