8 The Wild Swans Dog Stories

CHAPTER 8 The Wild Swans Far away, in a land where swallows fly in winter, lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, named Eliza. The eleven brothers were princes. Each prince went to school with a star on his chest and a sword at his side. They wrote with diamond pencils on golden slates. They learned their lessons quickly and read quite easily, as princes are likely to do. While the princes were at school, Princess Eliza sat on a little glass stool and studied a

在遥远的地方，冬天燕子飞的地方住着一位国王，他有十一个儿子和一个女儿，名叫伊丽莎。 十一个兄弟都是王子。 每个王子上学时，胸前都别着一颗星，身边都挂着一把剑。 他们用钻石铅笔在金板上写字。 他们学得很快，读书也很容易，就像王子们一样。 当王子们都在学校的时候，伊丽莎公主坐在一个小玻璃凳子上学习

book of pictures. The book was so precious, it cost as much as a half a kingdom. These were happy days for the royal family. But one day, the king married a wicked queen. She did not love the king's children at all. During the wedding party, the wicked queen made sure that everyone else in the land had plenty of cakes and apples. But when she turned to the king's children, she gave them tiny bowls filled with sand and told them to pretend it was cake. One week after the wedding, the wicked queen sent Princess Eliza to live with a peasant and his wife. She told the king many lies about the young princes. The king believed her and no longer cared for his sons. The princes tried to convince their father that the wicked queen had enchanted him. But the king would not listen to them. Then

画册。这本书很珍贵，花了半个王国的钱。 这是王室的幸福日子。 但是有一天，国王娶了一个邪恶的王后。 她一点也不爱国王的孩子们。 在婚礼上，邪恶的王后确保土地上的每个人都有足够的蛋糕和苹果。 但当她转向国王的孩子们时，她给了他们装满沙子的小碗，让他们假装这是蛋糕。 婚礼后一个星期，邪恶的王后把伊丽莎公主送到一个农民和他的妻子那里。 她对国王说了许多关于年轻王子的谎言。 国王相信了她的话，不再关心他的儿子们。 王子们试图使他们的父亲相信邪恶的王后对他施了魔法。 王却不听他们的话。 然后

the wicked queen put a curse on the eleven handsome princes. "Go out into the world and leave us alone," she told them. "Fly like great birds that have no voice and forever roam the skies. You will be princes no longer!" Although the wicked queen's plan was to turn them into ugly birds of prey, her magic didn't work. Instead the princes turned into eleven beautiful wild swans. All at once they flew through the windows of the palace, over the kingdom, to the forest beyond. They hovered over the peasant cottage where their sister, Princess Eliza, had been sent. She did not see them. They had no voices so they could not speak to her and tell her of the wicked queen's curse. So they flew far away and took shelter in a cave in a thick, dark wood. They were far away from their kingdom and from the wicked queen.

邪恶的王后诅咒了十一个英俊的王子。 “到外面的世界去吧，别来烦我们，”她对他们说。 “像没有声音的大鸟一样飞翔，永远在天空翱翔。” 你们不再是王子了！”虽然邪恶的王后的计划是把他们变成丑陋的猛禽，但她的魔法没有奏效。 然而王子们却变成了十一只美丽的野天鹅。 突然，他们飞过宫殿的窗户，飞过整个王国，飞向远处的森林。 他们在姐姐伊丽莎公主被送去的那间农舍上空盘旋。 她没有看见他们。他们没有声音，所以他们不能和她说话，告诉她邪恶的王后的诅咒。 于是他们飞到很远的地方，躲在茂密的树林里的一个山洞里。 他们远离了他们的王国和邪恶的王后。

Princess Eliza spent four long years in the peasant cottage. She had no toys and no friends. She had no one to read her stories and tuck her in at night, as her brothers had always done. She had no one to give her kisses and hugs, the way her brothers had. One day passed like another, until she turned fifteen. The king became curious and asked to see his daughter, which greatly upset the wicked queen. But the king insisted, and Eliza was brought to the palace at once. The wicked queen was distressed at the sight of Eliza's beauty and goodness. She was sick at heart to think that the king would want Eliza to come back to the palace. So the wicked queen came up with an evil plan. She would use her magic to disguise Eliza so the king would not recognize her. The wicked queen conjured up three toads to do her evil chore. She kissed the toads and put a spell on each one.

伊丽莎公主在农舍里度过了漫长的四年。 她没有玩具，没有朋友。 她没有人给她读故事，晚上给她盖被子，而她的哥哥们总是这样做。 她没有人给她亲吻和拥抱，不像她的哥哥们那样。 一天又一天过去了，直到她满十五岁。 国王很好奇，要求见他的女儿，这使邪恶的王后非常不安。 但是国王坚持，于是伊丽莎立刻被带进了王宫。 邪恶的王后看到伊丽莎的美丽和善良，感到很痛苦。 一想到国王要伊丽莎回到王宫，她心里就难受。 所以邪恶的王后想出了一个邪恶的计划。 她会用她的魔法来伪装伊丽莎，这样国王就认不出她了。 邪恶的王后变出三只蟾蜍来做她邪恶的家务。 她吻了吻癞蛤蟆，对每只癞蛤蟆都施了咒语。

"Now, my lovely, here's what you must do," the wicked queen told the first toad. "Sit on Princess Eliza's head so that she may become as stupid as you are." The wicked queen said to the second toad, "Sit on Eliza's fair cheek so that she may become as ugly as you. Then her father will not recognize her and will turn her away." To the third toad, the wicked queen whispered, "Rest on her heart so she will become evil. Then her father will not love her." When Eliza returned for her first night back at the palace, the wicked queen placed all three toads in her bath. She told the princess to clean up and get ready for bed. "Your father will want to see you fresh and bright tomorrow morning," the wicked queen said. As Eliza lowered herself into the bath, she

“现在，我的宝贝，你必须这么做，”邪恶的王后对第一只蟾蜍说。 “坐在伊丽莎公主的头上，让她变得像你一样愚蠢。” 邪恶的王后对第二只癞蛤蟆说：“坐在伊丽莎美丽的脸颊上，让她变得和你一样丑。 她父亲就认不出她来，把她撵走。” 邪恶的王后对第三只蟾蜍耳语道：“安息在她的心上吧，这样她就会变得邪恶。 这样她父亲就不会爱她了。” 当伊丽莎回到王宫的第一个晚上，邪恶的王后把三只蟾蜍都放在了她的浴缸里。 她叫公主收拾干净，准备睡觉。 “明天早上，你父亲会希望看到你精神抖擞，精神焕发的。”邪恶的王后说。 当伊丽莎下身进入浴缸时，她

did not notice the ugly toads. Minutes later, when she rose from her bath, she noticed three red poppies floating in the tub. The toads had been turned into flowers. Princess Eliza was too good and innocent for the wicked queen's witchcraft to have any effect on her at all! She went to sleep, as beautiful and kind as ever. The wicked queen was furious. She had to do something quickly. While Eliza slept, the wicked queen rubbed walnut juice all over her until she was quite brown. Then she tangled Eliza's beautiful hair and smeared it with disgusting ointment. "Your father will never recognize you now, Princess," the wicked queen chuckled to herself. The next day, the king called for his daughter. Eliza politely stood before her father and bowed.

没有注意到丑陋的蟾蜍。 几分钟后，当她从浴缸里站起来时，她注意到浴缸里漂浮着三朵红色的罂粟花。 癞蛤蟆变成了花。 伊丽莎公主太善良、太天真了，邪恶女王的巫术根本不会对她产生任何影响！她睡着了，还是和以前一样美丽和善良。 邪恶的王后勃然大怒。 她必须赶快做点什么。 当伊丽莎睡觉的时候，邪恶的王后在她身上涂满了核桃汁，直到她变成棕色。 然后她把伊丽莎美丽的头发缠在一起，涂上令人作呕的软膏。 “你父亲再也认不出你了，公主。”邪恶的王后咯咯地笑着说。 第二天，国王叫来了他的女儿。 伊丽莎彬彬有礼地站在父亲面前鞠了一躬。