格林童话 谜语 第6节｜英语名著

As she did not know how to help herself, she ordered her maid to creep into the lord's sleeping-chamber, and listen to his dreams, and thought that he would perhaps speak in his sleep and discover the riddle. But the clever servant had placed himself in the bed instead of his master, and when the maid came there, he tore off from her the mantle in which she had wrapped herself, and chased her out with rods.The second night the King's daughter sent her maid-in-waiting, who was to see if she could succeed better in listening, but the servant took her mantle also away from her, and hunted her out with rods. Now the master believed himself safe for the third night, and lay down in his own bed. Then came the princess herself, and she had put on a misty-grey mantle, and she seated herself near him. 她不知道该怎么办才好，便派她的女仆溜进王子的房间，偷听他梦中说些什么，以为他或许在说梦话时会把谜底漏出来。 但是王子那聪明的仆人却睡到了主人的床上，女仆一溜进来他就扯掉了她的斗篷，用鞭子把她赶了出去。 第二天夜里，公主又派她的贴身女仆去碰碰运气，看她是否能打听出来，但王子的仆人也扯下了她的斗篷，用鞭子把她赶了出去。 第三天，王子觉得自己已经有了把握，便睡回到了自己的房间。 这次公主本人来了。 她披了件雾一般的灰色斗篷，坐在王子的身边。