双语格林童话:返老还童(2)
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The Little Old Man Made Young by Fire

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

  At the time when our Lord still walked on earth, he and Saint Peter stopped one evening at a smith's and were gladly given lodging1. Now it happened that a poor beggar, hard pressed by age and infirmity, came to this house and begged alms of the smith.

  Peter had compassion2 and said, "Lord and master, if it please you, cure his ailments3, that he may earn his own bread."

  The Lord said gently, "Smith, lend me your forge and put some coals on for me, and then I will make this sick old man young again."

  The smith was quite willing. Saint Peter pumped the bellows4, and when the coal fire sparkled up large and high, our Lord took the little old man, pushed him into the forge in the middle of the red fire, so that he glowed like a rosebush, and praised God with a loud voice.

  After that the Lord went to the quenching-tub, put the glowing little man into it so that the water closed over him, and after he had carefully cooled him, he gave him his blessing5, when, behold6, the little man sprang nimbly out, looking fresh, upright, healthy, and as if he were twenty years old.

  The smith, who had watched everything closely and attentively7, invited them all to supper. Now he had an old half-blind, hunchbacked mother-in-law. She went to the youth and asked earnestly if the fire had burned him much.

  He answered that he had never felt better, and that he had sat in the glowing coals as if he had been in cool dew.

  The youth's words echoed in the the old woman's ears all night long, and early the next morning, after the Lord had gone on his way again and had heartily8 thanked the smith, the latter thought he might make his old mother-in-law young again in the same way, for he had watched everything very carefully, and it used the skills of his trade. Therefore he called to her, asking her if she, too, would like to go prancing9 about like an eighteen-year-old girl.

  Because the youth had come out of it so well, she said, "With all my heart."

  So the smith made a large fire, and pushed the old woman into it. She twisted about this way and that, uttering horrible cries of murder.

  "Sit still. Why are you screaming and jumping about so? I still have to blow the fire hotter," he cried, then pumped the bellows again, until all her rags were all afire.

  The old woman cried without ceasing, and the smith thought to himself, "It's not going exactly right." Then he took her out and threw her into the quenching-tub. She screamed so loudly that the smith's wife upstairs and her daughter-in-law heard it, and they both ran downstairs, and saw the old woman lying in a heap in the tub, howling and screaming, with her face wrinkled and shriveled and all out of shape.

  The two, who were both with child, were so terrified with this that that very night they gave birth to two boys who were not shaped like humans but like apes. They ran into the woods, and from them came the race of apes. #p#副标题#e#

       

  当我们的主还在地上巡视时,有一天晚上,他带着圣彼得到一个铁匠家投宿,铁匠倒还乐意。这时碰巧来了位乞丐,年迈体弱,精神不振,样子十分可怜,他求铁匠施舍点东西给他,圣彼得很同情他,说:“主呀,如果你愿意,请帮他治一下病吧,让他能够自己挣得食物。”

  上帝非常和蔼地说:“师傅,请把你的铁炉借我用一下,加些炭在里面,我要把这老乞丐炼得年轻些。”铁匠非常乐意,圣彼得便拉起风箱,上帝把乞丐推进炉火中的最旺处,老人在里面烧得像玫瑰般通红,口里还大声讚美着上帝。过了一会儿,上帝踏到水槽前,把这烧红的人放了进去浸在水中,等他冷却后,上帝就向他祝福。过了一会儿,那小个子老人一跃而出,面目一新了,他显得那样挺直、健康,就像一位二十岁的小伙子。

  铁匠在一旁仔细地瞧着,请他们一起吃了晚饭。铁匠有位半瞎背驼的老岳母,她走到年轻人的跟前,仔细地瞧着,问他炉火可曾烧了他。那人告诉他从来没有这般舒服过,立在炉火中,就像沐浴在清凉的露水中一样。那年青人的话在老妇人的耳边响了一整夜。第二天早上,上帝准备上路了,他感谢了铁匠,铁匠认为他也能把自己的老岳母变得年轻些,因为昨天的一切他都看在眼里。於是他问岳母是否也想变成个十八岁的少女跳来跳去。

  她说:“我太想了。”於是铁匠生起了一炉大火,把老妇人推了进去。她在里面翻来覆去,叫得十分可怕。

  “安静地坐着,你又叫又跳干甚么?”铁匠对她叫道。说完他又重新拉风箱,把老妇人的破衣服都烧了个精光。老妇人还是叫不绝口,铁匠便怀疑道:“难到我手艺没学到家?”於是把她拖了出来,扔进水槽里。老人又是一阵尖叫,连住在楼上的铁匠的妻子和老人的媳妇都听见了,她们一齐跑下楼梯来。只见老婆子在水槽里卷成一团,号啕大哭,她的脸已起皱,烧得不成样子了。那两个人正怀着孩子,由於受了惊吓,那天晚上就生下了两个小孩,不像人,而像猴子。后来他们跑进了森林,从此地上就有了猴子。



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1 lodging wRgz9     
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
参考例句:
  • The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
  • Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?
2 compassion 3q2zZ     
n.同情,怜悯
参考例句:
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
3 ailments 6ba3bf93bc9d97e7fdc2b1b65b3e69d6     
疾病(尤指慢性病),不适( ailment的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • His ailments include a mild heart attack and arthritis. 他患有轻度心脏病和关节炎。
  • He hospitalizes patients for minor ailments. 他把只有小病的患者也送进医院。
4 bellows Ly5zLV     
n.风箱;发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的名词复数 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的第三人称单数 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫
参考例句:
  • His job is to blow the bellows for the blacksmith. 他的工作是给铁匠拉风箱。 来自辞典例句
  • You could, I suppose, compare me to a blacksmith's bellows. 我想,你可能把我比作铁匠的风箱。 来自辞典例句
5 blessing UxDztJ     
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿
参考例句:
  • The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
  • A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。
6 behold jQKy9     
v.看,注视,看到
参考例句:
  • The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
  • The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。
7 attentively AyQzjz     
adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神
参考例句:
  • She listened attentively while I poured out my problems. 我倾吐心中的烦恼时,她一直在注意听。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She listened attentively and set down every word he said. 她专心听着,把他说的话一字不漏地记下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 heartily Ld3xp     
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
参考例句:
  • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
  • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
9 prancing 9906a4f0d8b1d61913c1d44e88e901b8     
v.(马)腾跃( prance的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The lead singer was prancing around with the microphone. 首席歌手手执麦克风,神气地走来走去。
  • The King lifted Gretel on to his prancing horse and they rode to his palace. 国王把格雷特尔扶上腾跃着的马,他们骑马向天宫走去。 来自辞典例句
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