格林童话英文版短篇

格林童话产生于十九世纪初，是由德国著名语言学家，雅可布·格林和威廉·格林兄弟收集、整理、加工完成的德国民间文学。它是世界童话的经典之作，自问世以来，在世界各地影响十分广泛。下面是小编精心整理的格林童话英文版短篇，欢迎阅读与收藏，供大家参考。

格林童话英文版短篇

A poor wood-cutter lived with his wife and three daughters in

a little hut on the edge of a lonely forest. One morning as he

was about to go to his work, he said to his wife, "Let my dinner

be brought into the forest to me by my eldest daughter, or I shall

never get my work done, and in order that she may not miss her

way," he added, "I will take a bag of millet with me and strew

the seeds on the path." When, therefore, the sun was just above

the center of the forest, the girl set out on her way with a bowl of

soup, but the field-sparrows, and wood-sparrows, larks and finches,

blackbirds and siskins had picked up the millet long before, and the

girl could not find the track. Then trusting to chance, she went on

and on, until the sun sank and night began to fall. The trees rustled

in the darkness, the owls hooted, and she began to be afraid. Then

in the distance she perceived a light which glimmered between the

trees. "There ought to be some people living there, who can take

me in for the night," thought she, and went up to the light. It was

not long before she came to a house the windows of which were all

lighted up. She knocked, and a rough voice from inside cried, "Come

in." The girl stepped into the dark entrance, and knocked at the door

of the room. "Just come in," cried the voice, and when she opened the

door, an old gray-haired man was sitting at the table, supporting his face

with both hands, and his white beard fell down over the table almost

as far as the ground. By the stove lay three animals, a hen, a cock, and

a brindled cow. The girl told her story to the old man, and begged for

shelter for the night. The man said,

"Pretty little hen,

Pretty little cock,

And pretty brindled cow,

What say ye to that?"

"Duks," answered the animals, and that must have meant, "We are

willing," for the old man said, "Here yoshall have shelter and food,

go to the fire, and cook us our supper." The girl found in the kitchen

abundance of everything, and cooked a good supper, but had no thought

of the animals. She carried the full dishes to the table, seated herself by

the gray-haired man, ate and satisfied her hunger. When she had had

enough, she said, "But now I am tired, where is there a bed in which I

can lie down, and sleep?" The animals replied,

"Thohast eaten with him,