格林童话 渔夫和他的妻子 第2节｜英语名著

"Well, husband," said the wife, "have you caught nothing to-day?""No," said the man "that is, I did catch a flounder, but as he said he was an enchanted prince, I let him go again.""Then, did you wish for nothing?"said the wife."No," said the man; "what should I wish for?""Oh dear!" said the wife; "and it is so dreadful always to live in this evil-smelling hovel you might as well have wished for a little cottage; go again and call him; tell him we want a little cottage, I daresay he will give it us; go, and be quick."And when he went back, the sea was green and yellow, and not nearly so clear. So he stood and said,"O man, O man!-if man you be, Or flounder, flounder, in the sea- Such a tiresome wife I've got, For she wants what I do not."Then the flounder came swimming up, and said,"Now then, what does she want?""Oh," said the man, "you know when I caught you my wife says I ought to have wished for something. She does not want to live any longer in the hovel, and would rather have a cottage."Go home with you," said the flounder, "she has it already."So the man went home, and found, instead of the hovel, a little cottage, and his wife was sitting on a bench before the door. And she took him by the hand, and said to him,"Come in and see if this is not a great improvement.""喂，当家的，"他妻子问道，"今天你什么也没钓到吗？""钓到了，"他回答说，"怎么说呢，我钓到了一条比目鱼，可他说他是一位中了魔法的王子，我就把他放了。""难道你没有提什么愿望吗？"妻子问。"没有，"丈夫回答说，"我该提什么愿望呢？""唉，"妻子说，"住在我们这样一间肮脏的小房子里，实在是受罪。你该提希望得到一座漂亮的小别墅呀。快去告诉他我们要一幢小别墅，我肯定，他会满足咱们的愿望的。""可是，"丈夫说，"我怎么好再去哪？""唉，"妻子说，"你捉住了他，又放走了他。他肯定会满足咱们的愿望的，快去吧。"渔夫还是不太愿意去，可又不想惹他妻子生气，于是，就去了海边。他来到海边时，海水绿得泛黄，也不像以往那样平静。 他走了过去，站在海岸上说："比目鱼啊，你在大海里，恳请你好好听我说仔细，我捉你放你没提愿望，老婆对此却不饶又不依。 "那条比目鱼果真朝他游了过来，问道，"她想要什么呀？""嗨，"渔夫说，"刚才我把你逮住了，我老婆说，我应该向你提出一个愿望。她不想再住在那个小屋子里了，她想要一幢小别墅。""回去吧，"比目鱼说，"她已经有一幢小别墅啦。"渔夫便回家去了，他妻子已不再住在那个破破烂烂的渔舍里，原地上已矗立起一幢小别墅，她正坐在门前的一条长凳上。 妻子一见丈夫回来了，就拉着他的手说："快进来看一看。现在不是好多了吗？"