手机版

格林童话: 会唱歌的白骨(英)

阅读 :

The Singing Bone

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

  Once upon a time in a certain country there was great concern about a wild boar that was destroying the peasants' fields, killing the cattle, and ripping people apart with its tusks. The king promised a large reward to anyone who could free the land from this plague, but the beast was so large and strong that no one dared to go near the woods where it lived. Finally the king proclaimed that whoever could capture or kill the wild boar should have his only daughter in marriage.

  Now in this country there lived two brothers, sons of a poor man. They declared that they dared to attempt the task. The older one, who was crafty and shrewd, did so out of pride. The younger one, who was innocent and simple, did so because of his kind heart.

  The king said, "In order to be more sure of finding the beast, you should enter the woods from opposite sides."

  Thus the older one entered the woods from the west, and the younger one from the east.

  After the younger one had walked a little while, a little dwarf stepped up to him. He held a black spear in his hand and said, "I am giving you this spear because your heart is innocent and good. With it you can confidently attack the wild boar. It will do you no harm."

  He thanked the dwarf, put the spear on his shoulder, and walked on fearlessly.

  Before long he saw the beast. It attacked him, but he held the spear toward it, and in its blind fury it ran into the spear with such force that its heart was slashed in two.

  Then he put the monster on his back and turned towards home, intending to take it to the king.

  Emerging from the other side of the woods, he came to a house where people were making merry drinking wine and dancing. His older brother was there too. Thinking that the boar would not run away from him any time soon, he had decided to drink himself some real courage. When he saw his younger brother coming out of the woods with his booty, his envious and evil heart gave him no peace.

  He called out to him, "Come in, dear brother. Rest and refresh yourself with a beaker of wine."

  The younger brother, suspecting no evil, went in and told him about the good dwarf who had given him the spear with which he had killed the boar.

  The older brother kept him there until evening, and then they set forth together. After dark they came to a bridge over a brook, and the older brother let the younger one go first. When the younger brother reached the middle above the water, the older one gave him such a blow from behind that he fell down dead.

  He buried him beneath the bridge, took the boar, and delivered it to the king, pretending that he had killed it. With this he received the king's daughter in marriage.

  When his younger brother did not return he said, "The boar must have ripped him apart," and every one believed it.

  But as nothing remains hidden from God, this black deed was also to come to light.

  After many long years a shepherd was driving his herd across the bridge and saw a little snow-white bone lying in the sand below. Thinking that it would make a good mouthpiece, he climbed down, picked it up, and then carved out of it a mouthpiece for his horn. When he blew into it for the first time, to his great astonishment the bone began to sing by itself:

  Oh, my dear shepherd, You are blowing on my little bone. My brother killed me, And buried me beneath the bridge, To get the wild boor For the daughter of the king.

  "What a wonderful horn," said the shepherd. "It sings by itself. I must take it to the king."

  When he brought it before the king, the horn again began to sing its little song. The king understood it well, and had the earth beneath the bridge dug up. Then the whole skeleton of the murdered man came to light.

  The wicked brother could not deny the deed. He was sewn into a sack and drowned alive. The murdered man's bones were laid to rest in a beautiful grave in the churchyard.

更多 英语小故事英文故事英语故事英语童话故事、少儿英语故事儿童英语故事

请继续关注 英语作文大全

少儿 英语 故事
本文标题:格林童话: 会唱歌的白骨(英) - 英语故事_英文故事_英语小故事
本文地址:http://www.dioenglish.com/writing/story/50991.html

相关文章

  • Stew in one’s own juice 自作自受

    Stew in one’s own juice 自作自受A young man knew an old woman in the bridewell. He knew the old woman’s daughter later and captivated her. Then the girl ask...

    2018-11-23 英语故事
  • 格林童话: 刺猬汉斯(英)

    Hans-My-HedgehogJacob and Wilhelm Grimm  Once upon a time there was a peasant who had money and land enough, but as rich as he was, there was still something missing from his happiness: He had n...

    2018-12-12 英语故事
  • 每天读一点英文:那些给我智慧和勇气的寓言故事(mp3)

    《每天读一点英文·那些给我智慧和勇气的故事》精选近百篇短小精悍,蕴涵着深刻哲理的寓言故事。让你在品读英文中,收获生活的智慧!那些给...

    2018-11-07 英语故事
  • 不愿做国王的兔子

      Nothing stirred on the African plains. The sun glared down and Hare crept inside the cool hollow of a baobab tree for his afternoon nap.  Suddenly he was wide awake. There was a boom, boom,...

    2018-12-12 英语故事
  • Rishab's Rama

      Rishab pushed open the door of his house and ran in. His bag flew from his back on to a nail on the wall.  “First time!” he shouted gleefully. He had been practicing for months, and now the bag...

    2018-12-12 英语故事
  • 三国故事:草船借箭

    To Borrow Arrows with Thatched Boats  This is an episode from the Three Kingdoms. Zhou Yu ordered Zhuge Liang to manufacture 100,000 arrows within ten days. Zhuge said, “Give me three days.” He...

    2018-12-12 英语故事
  • 一生之爱

    Once upon a time a teacher and his student lay down under the big tree near the big grass area. Then suddenly the student asked the teacher.   "Teacher, I'm confuse...

    2018-11-24 英语故事
  • 古德明英语军事小故事:圣 贞 德 二 世(中英对照)

    古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事,古德明,香港英语教育作家,他开了一个《征服英语专栏》,在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事,用英...

    2018-11-07 英语故事
  • The Birthday Party

      Timothy Rabbit had a sister called Louise. In ten days' time it would be her birthday and Timothy and Mother Rabbit thought that they would give her a surprise party.  Louise knew nothing of...

    2018-12-12 英语故事
  • 伊索寓言:狼与母山羊

      The Wolf and the Crane  A WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone...

    2018-12-12 英语故事
你可能感兴趣