雙語安徒生童話,鐘聲

1、雙語安徒生童話,鐘聲雙語安徒生童話：the BELL鐘聲People said the Evening Bell is sounding , thesun is sett ing. For a stra nge won drous tone washeard in the n arrow streets of a large tow n. It waslike the sound of a church-bell:but it was onlyheardfor a moment , for the rolling of thecarriagesandthe voices of the mult

2、itude made too GREatan oise.Those persons who were walkingoutside thetown ,where the houses were farther apart , withgardens or little fields betwee n them , could see the eve ning sky still better , and heard theso und of the bell much more disti nctly. It was as if the tones came from a church in

3、the stillforest; people looked thitherward, and felt their minds att uned mostsolem nly.A long time passed , and people said to each other Iwon der if there is a church out in the wood? The bell has a tonethat is won drous sweet; let us stroll thither,and exam in ethematter n earer. And the rich peo

4、ple drove out,and the poorwalked , but the way seemedstrangelylong to them; andwhen they came to a clump of willowswhich GREw on theskirts ofthe forest , they sat down , and looked up at the longbranches , and fancied they were nowin the depth of the gree n wood. The con fecti oner of the tow n came

5、 out, and setup his booththere; and soon after came ano ther con fecti oner,who hung a bell over his sta nd , as a sig nor orn ame nt, but ithad no clapper , and it was tarred over to preserve it from the rain.When all the people returned home , they said it had bee n very roma ntic, and that it was

6、quite a differe nt sort ofthi ng to a pic- nic or tea-party. There were three pers ons who assertedthey had penetrated to the end of the forest , and that they had always heard the won derfulso unds of the bell,but it had seemed to them as if it had come from the tow n.One wrote awhole poem about it

7、 , and said the bell soun ded like the voice of a mother to a good dearchild, and that nomelody was sweeter tha n the tones of the bell. The ki ng of thecountry wasalso observant of it, and vowed that he who could discover whenee the sounds proceeded , should have the title of Uni versal Bell-ri nge

8、r, eve n if it were not really abell.Many pers ons now went to the wood, for the sake ofgetting the place , but one onlyreturned with a sort of expla nati on;for n obody went far eno ugh , that one notfurther thanthe others. However , he said that the sound proceeded from a very large owl , in a hol

9、lowtree; a sort of learned owl , that continuallyknocked its head against thebran ches. Butwhether the sound came from his head or from the hollow tree , that no one could say withcertai nty. So now he got the place of Uni versal Bell-ri nger , and wrote yearly a shorttreatise On the Owl but everybo

10、dy was just as wise as before.It was the day of confirmation.The clergymanhadspoke n so touch in gly , the childre nwho were con firmed had been GREatly moved; it was an eventful day for them;fromchildrenthey become all at once grown-up-persons;itwas as if their infant souls were now tofly all at on

11、ce into persons with more understanding.The sun was shininggloriously; thechildre n that had bee n con firmedwent out ofthe town; and from the wood was bornetowardsthem thesounds of the unknown bell with won derful dist inctn ess. They allimmediately felt a wish to go thither; all except three. One

12、of them had to go home to try on aball-dress; for it was just the dress and the ball which had caused her to be con firmed thistime , for otherwise she would not have come; the other was a poor boy , who had borrowedhis coat and boots to be con firmed in from the inn keeper's son, and he was to

13、givethemback by a certa in hour; the third said that he n ever went to a stra nge place if his pare ntswere not with him that he had always been a good boy hitherto , and would still be so no wthat he was con firmed, and that one ought not to laughat him for it : the others , however , did make fun

14、of him , after all.there were three , therefore , that did not go; the others hastened on. The sun shone, the birds sang , and the childrensang too , and each held the other by the hand; for as yetthey had none of them any high office , and were all of equal rank in the eye of God.But two of the you

15、ngest soon GREw tired , and both returned to town; two little girls satdown , and twined garlands , so they did not go either; and when the others reached thewillow-tree , where the con fecti oner was, theysaid , Now we are there! In reality the belldoes not exist; it is only a fancy that people hav

16、e take n into their heads!At the same momentthe bell soundeddeep in thewood , so clear and solemnly that five orsix determined to penetrate somewhat further. It was so thick , and the foliage so dense , that it was quite fatiguing to proceed. Woodroof and anemonies GREw almost too high;bloomingconvo

17、lvulusesand blackberry-bushes hung in long garlands from tree to tree , where the ni ghti ngalesang and the sun beams wereplay ing : it was very beautiful , but it was no place for girls to go; their clothes would get so torn. Large blocks of stonelaythere , overgrown with moss of every color; the f

18、resh spring bubbled forth , and made astra nge gurgli ng sound.That surely cannot be the bell , said one of the childre n , lying down and listening. Thismust be looked to. So he remained , and let the others go on without him.they afterwards came to a little house , made of branches and the bark of

19、 trees; a largewild apple-tree bent over it, as if it would shower down all its blessings on the roof , whereroses were blooming. The long stems twined round the gable , on which there hung a smallbell.Was it that which people had heard? Yes , everybody was unanimous on the subject , except one , wh

20、o said that the bell was too small and too fine to be heard at so GREat adista nee,and besides it was very different tones to those that could move a huma n heart in such a mann er. It was a kin g's son whospoke;where on the others saidSuch people alwayswa nt tobe wiser tha n everybody else.they

21、 now let him go on alone; and as he went , his breast was filled more and more withthe forest solitude; but he still heard the little bell with which the others were so satisfied,and now and the n , whe n the wind blew, he could also hearthe people si ngi ng who weresitt ingat tea where thecon fecti

22、 oner had his tent; but the deep sound of the bell rose louder;it was almost as if an organ were accompanying it, andthe tones came from the left hand , the side where the heart is placed. A rustl ing was heard in the bushes, and a little boystoodbefore the King's Son , a boy in wooden shoes , a

23、nd with so short a jacket that one could seewhat long wrists he had. Both knew each other : the boy was that one among the childre n whocould not come because he had to go home and retur n his jacket and boots to the inn keeper'ss on. This he had done , and was now going on in wooden shoes and i

24、n his humble dress , forthe bell sounded with so deep a tone , and with such stra nge power , that proceed he must.Why , then , we can go together , said the King's Son.But the poor child that had bee neon firmed was quite ashamed;he looked at his woode n shoes , pulled at the short sleeves ofhi

25、s jacket , and said that he was afraid he could not walk so fast; besides , he thought thatthe bell must be looked for to the right;for that was the place where all sorts of beautifulthi ngs were to be found.But there we shall not meet ,said the King's Son ,no ddi ng at the same time to the poor

26、boy, who went into thedarkest , thickest part of the wood ,where thorns tore hishumbledress , and scratched his face and hands and feet tillthey bled. The Kin g's Son got somescratches too; but the sunshone on his path , and it is him that we will follow , for he was an excelle nt and resolute y

27、outh.I must and will find the bell , said he,even if I amobliged to go to the end of theworld.the ugly apes sat upon the trees , and grinn ed. Shall wethrash him? said they. Shall wethrash him? He is the son of akin g!But on he went ,without being dishearte ned, deeperand deeper into the wood, where

28、the most wonderful flowerswere grow ing.Therestood white lilies with blood-redstamina , skyblue tulips, which shone as they waved in thewinds , and apple-trees, the apples ofwhich looked exactlylike large soapbubbles : so only think how the trees must have sparkled in the sunshine! Around the ni ces

29、t GREe n meads , where the deer were playing in the grass, grew magnificentoaks and beeches; and if the bark of one of the trees wascracked , theregrass and long creeping plants grew in the crevices. And there were large calm lakes there too, in whichwhite swans were swimming , and beat the air with

30、 their wings.The King's Son oftenstoodstill and listened. He thoughtthebell soun ded from the depths of these still lakes; butthe n he remarked aga in that the tone proceeded n ot from there, butfarther off , from outthe depths of the forest.the sun now set : the atmosphere glowed like fire. It

31、was still in the woods, so very still;and he fell on his knees, sunghis evening hymn , and said : I cannot find what I seek; thesun is going down , and night is coming the dark , dark night. Yet perhaps I may be able once more to see the round red sun before he en tirely disappears. I will climb up

32、yon der rock.And he seized hold of the creep in g-pla nts, and the rootsof trees climbed up the moistst ones where the water-s nakes were writhi ng and the toads were croak ing and he gain edthe summit before the sun had quite gone dow n.Howmagn ifice nt was the sight from thisheight! The sea the GR

33、Eat,the glorious sea , that dashed its long waves aga inst thecoast was stretched out before him. And yonder , where sea and sky meet , stood thesun , like a large shining altar , all melted together in the most glow ing colors. And the wooda nd the sea sang a song of rejoicing , and his heart sang

34、with the rest: allnature was a vastholy church , in which the trees and the buoya nt clouds were the pillars , flowers and grassthe velvet carpeting , and heaven itself the large cupola. The red colorsabove faded away asthe sun vanished , but a million stars were lighted , a millionlampsshone; and t

35、he King'sSon spread out his arms towards heave n , and wood , and sea; when at the same moment, coming by a path to the right ,appeared , in his wooden shoes and jacket , the poor boy whohad bee n con firmedwith him. He had followed his ownpath , and had reached the spot justas soon as the son o

36、f the king had done. They ran towards each other , and stood togetherhand in hand in the vast church of nature and of poetry , while over them sounded theinvisibleholy bell :blessed spirits floated around them , and lifted up their voices in a rejoici nghallelujah!黃昏的時候，太陽正在下沉，煙囪上飄著的云塊泛出一片金黃 的光彩;這時在

37、一個大城市的小巷里，一忽兒這個人，一忽兒那個人 全都聽到類似教堂鐘聲的奇異聲音。不過聲音每次持續(xù)的時間非常 短。因為街上隆隆的車聲和嘈雜的人聲總是把它打斷了。暮鐘響起來了 ！人們說，太陽落下去了 ！城外的房子彼此之間的距離比較遠(yuǎn)，而且都有花園和草坪 ；因此 城外的人就可以看出天還是很亮的，所以也能更清楚地聽到這個鐘 聲。它似乎是從一個藏在靜寂而清香的森林里的教堂里發(fā)出來的。大家朝這聲音飄來的方向望，不禁起了一種莊嚴(yán)的感覺。過了好長一段時間，人們開始互相傳說：我不知道，樹林里會不會有一個教堂？鐘聲的調(diào)子是那么奇怪和美麗，我們不妨去仔細(xì)瞧 一瞧。于是富人坐著車子去，窮人步行去；不過路似乎怎樣也走不

38、完。 當(dāng)他們來到森林外面的柳樹林跟前的時候，就坐下來。他們望著長長的柳樹枝，以為真的已經(jīng)走進(jìn)森林里來了。城里 賣糕餅的人也搬到這兒來，并且搭起了帳篷。接著又來了一個賣糖果 的人，這人在自己的帳篷上掛起了一口鐘 ；這口鐘上還涂了一層防雨 的瀝青，不過它里面卻沒有鐘舌。大家回到家里來以后，都說這事情很新奇，比他們吃過一次茶 還要新奇得多。有三個人說，他們把整個的樹林都走完了，直走到樹 林的盡頭；他們老是聽到這個奇怪的鐘聲，不過那時它似乎是從城里 飄來的。有一位甚至還編了一支歌，把鐘聲比成一個母親對一個親愛 的好孩子唱的歌 什么音樂也沒有這種鐘聲好聽。這個國家的皇帝也聽到了這件事情。他下一道圣旨，說

39、無論什 么人，只要能找出鐘聲的發(fā)源地，就可以被封為 世界的敲鐘人 哪怕 他所發(fā)現(xiàn)的不是鐘也沒有關(guān)系。這么一來，許多人為了飯碗問題，就到樹林里去尋找鐘。不過 在回來的人當(dāng)中只有一個人能說出一點(diǎn)道理， 誰也沒有深入樹林，這 人當(dāng)然也沒有，可是他卻說聲音是住在一株空樹里的大貓頭鷹發(fā)出來 的。這只貓頭鷹的腦袋里裝的全是智慧。它不停地把腦袋撞著樹。不 過這聲音是從它的腦袋里發(fā)出來的呢，還是從空樹干里發(fā)出來的呢， 他可沒有把握下個判斷。他總算得到了 世界的敲鐘人 這個職位，因 此他每年寫一篇關(guān)于貓頭鷹的短論。不過大家并沒有因為讀了他的論 文而變得比以前更聰明。在舉行堅信禮的那一天，牧師發(fā)表了一篇漂亮而動人

40、的演說。 受堅信禮的孩子們都受到了極大的感動，因為這是他們生命中極重要 的一天。他們在這一天從孩子變成了成年人。 他們稚氣的靈魂也要變 成更有理智的成年人的靈魂。當(dāng)這些受了堅信禮的人走出城外的時 候，處處照著燦爛的太陽光，樹林里那個神秘的大鐘發(fā)出非常洪亮的 聲音。他們想立刻就去找這個鐘聲；因此他們?nèi)既チ?，只有三個人 是例外。一個要回家去試試她的參加舞會的禮服， 因為她這次來受堅 信禮完全是為了這件禮服和舞會，否則她就決不會來的。第二個是一 個窮苦的孩子。他受堅信禮穿的衣服和靴子是從主人的少爺那兒借來 的;他必須在指定的時間內(nèi)歸還。第三個說，在他沒有得到父母的同 意以前，決不到一個陌生的地方去

41、。他一直是一個聽話的孩子，即使 受了堅信禮，仍然是如此。人們不應(yīng)該笑他！但是人們卻仍然笑他。因此這三個人就不去了。別的人都連蹦帶跳地走了。太陽在照 耀著，鳥兒在唱著，這些剛剛受了堅信禮的人也在唱著。他們彼此手 挽著手，因為他們還沒得到什么不同的職位， 而且在受堅信禮的這天 大家在我們的上帝面前都是平等的。不過他們之中有兩個最小的孩子馬上就感到膩煩了，所以他們 兩個人就回到城里去了。另外還有兩個小女孩子坐下來扎花環(huán)， 也不 愿意去。當(dāng)其余的孩子走到那個賣糕餅的人所在的柳樹林里的時候， 他們說：好，我們算是到了。鐘連影子都沒有，這完全是一個幻想 !正在這時候，一個柔和而莊嚴(yán)的鐘聲在樹林的深處響起來

42、；有四 五個孩子決計再向樹林里走去。樹很密，葉子又多，要向前走真是不 太容易。車葉草和秋牡丹長得非常高，盛開的旋花和黑莓像長花環(huán)似 的從這棵樹牽到那棵樹。夜鶯在這些樹上唱歌，太陽光在這些樹上嬉 戲。啊，這地方真是美麗得很，不過這條路卻不是女孩子可以走的， 因為她們在這兒很容易撕破自己的衣服，這兒有長滿各色青苔的石 塊，有潺潺流著的新鮮泉水，發(fā)出一種 骨碌，骨碌 的怪聲音。這不會是那個鐘吧？孩子中有一個問。于是他就躺下來靜靜地 聽。我倒要研究一下！他一個人留下來，讓別的孩子向前走。他們找到一座用樹皮和樹枝蓋的房子。房子上有一棵結(jié)滿了蘋 果的大樹。看樣子它好像是把所有的幸福都搖到這個開滿玫瑰花的屋

43、頂上似的。它的長枝子盤在房子的三角墻上， 而這墻上正掛著一口小 小的鐘。難道大家聽到的鐘聲就是從這里發(fā)出來的嗎？是的，他們都有這種看法，只有一個人是例外。這人說，這口鐘太小，太精致，決 不會叫他們在很遠(yuǎn)的地方就聽得見！此外，他們聽到過的鐘聲跟這鐘 聲完全不同，因為它能打動人的心。說這話的人是國王的兒子。因此 別的人都說： 這種人總是想裝得比別人聰明一點(diǎn)。這樣，大家就讓他一個人向前走。他越向前走，他的心里就越 充滿了一種森林中特有的靜寂之感。不過他仍聽見大家所欣賞的那陣 小小的鐘聲。有時風(fēng)把那個糕餅店里的聲音吹來， 于是他就聽到大家 在一面吃茶，一面唱歌。不過洪亮的鐘聲比這些聲音還要大，好像有 風(fēng)琴在伴奏似的。這聲音是從左邊來的 從心所在的那一邊來的。有一個沙沙的響聲從一個灌木叢中飄出來。王子面前出現(xiàn)了一 個男孩子。這孩子穿著一雙木鞋和一件非常短的上衣短得連他的手肘也蓋不住。他們彼此都認(rèn)識，因為這個孩子也是在這天參加過堅信 禮的。他沒有能跟大家一起來，因為他得回去把衣服和靴子還給老板 的少爺。他辦完了這件事以后，就穿著木鞋和寒磣的上衣獨(dú)自一人走 來，因為鐘聲是那么洪亮和深沉，他非來不