The Wild Swans

The Wild Swans. A retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale by Karen Mokler. Illustrated by Sumiti Kolina. Focus Question. What role does Eliza play in the story?

《野天鹅》 凯伦·莫克勒改编自汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生的童话 苏米蒂·科利纳 绘 重点问题 伊莱扎在故事中扮演了什么角色？

There once lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter. He married a wicked queen, and soon after the wedding, she turned the princes into eleven wild swans. With a strange cry, they flew up into the clouds and away.

从前有一位国王，他有十一个儿子和一个女儿。 他娶了一个邪恶的王后，婚礼刚结束不久， 她就把王子们变成了十一只野天鹅。 伴随着一声怪异的鸣叫，他们飞入云端，消失不见了。

The king asked the queen if she knew where the princes were. She merely smiled and shook her head. At dusk, the swans returned. They flew through the open bedroom window of the princess, Eliza.

国王问王后知不知道王子们去了哪里。 她只是笑了笑，摇了摇头。 黄昏时分，天鹅们回来了。 他们从公主敞开的卧室窗户飞了进来， 这位公主就是伊莱扎。

As the sun set, their feathers fell off, and Eliza's eleven brothers stood before her. By day, we fly about as wild swans, said the oldest brother. Each night, when the sun sinks, we become human again.

太阳落山时，他们的羽毛脱落， 伊莱扎的十一个哥哥就站在了她的面前。 "白天我们会变成野天鹅四处飞翔，"大哥说道。 "每天晚上太阳落山后，我们就会变回人类。"

That night, Eliza dreamed that a fairy came to her. Your brothers can be released, she said. You must gather nettles from the forest and use them to knit eleven shirts. If the shirts are thrown over the eleven swans, the spell will be broken.

那天晚上，伊莱扎梦见一位仙女来到了她的身边。 "你的哥哥们是可以获救的，"仙女说。 你必须去森林里采集荨麻，用它们织出十一件衬衫。 把这些衬衫扔到十一只天鹅身上，咒语就会被破除。

Be warned, though," the fairy added. From the moment you start your task until it is finished, you must not speak. The first word you speak will kill your brothers.

"不过你要记住，"仙女补充道。 从你开始这项任务的那一刻起，直到完成之前， 你都不能说话。 你说出的第一个字会杀死你的哥哥们。