小學(xué)英語英語故事童話故事AndSeven!七

1、And Seven!七And Seven!A woman had a daughter who was big and fat and so gluttonous that when her mother brought the soup to the table she would eat one bowl, then a second, then a third, and keep on calling for more Her mother filled her bowl, saying, “That makes three! And four! And five!，z When the

2、 daughter asked for a seventh bowl of soup, her mother, instead of filling the bowl, whacked her over the head, shouting, “And seven!zz A well-dressed young man was passing by just then and saw the mother through the window hitting the girl and crying, “And seven!”As the big fat young lady captured

3、his fancy immediately, he went in and asked, “Seven of what?Ashamed of her daughters gluttony, the mother replied, “Seven spindles of hemp! I have a daughter so crazy about work that she，d even spin the wool on the sheep，s back! Can you imagine that shes already spunseven spindles ofhempthismorninga

4、nd still wants to spin? To make her stop, Ihave to beat her”If she，s that hard-working, give her to me, said the young manI 11tryheroutto see if youre telling the truth and thenIll marry herHe took her to his house and shut her up in a room full of hemp waiting to be spun Im a sea captain, and Im le

5、aving on a voyage,“ he said If youve spun all this hemp by the time I return, r 11 marry you”The room also contained exquisite clothes and jewels, for the captain happened to be very rich When you become my wife,，z he explained, “these things will all be yours” Then he left herThe girl spent her day

6、s trying on dresses and jewels and admiring herself in the mirror She also devoted much time to planning meals, which the household servants prepared for her None of the hemp was spun yet, and in one more day the captain would be back The girl gave up all hope of ever marrying him and burst into tea

7、rs She was still crying when through the window flew a bundle of rags and came to rest on its feet: it was an old woman with long eyelashes Dont be afraid, she told the girl z，r ve come to help you Ill spin while you make the skein”You never saw anyone spin with the speed of that old woman In just a

8、 quarter of an hour she had spun every bit of hemp And the more she spun, the longer her lashes became; longer than her nose, longer than her chin, they came down more than a foot; and her eyelids also grew much longerWhen the work was finished, the girl said, How can I repay you, my good lady?” I d

9、on，t want to be repaid Just invite me to your wedding banquet when you marry the captain”“How do I go about inviting you?”“Just call Columbina and I 11 come But heaven help you if you forget my name It would be as though Id never helped you, and you，d be undone”The next day the captain arrived and f

10、ound the hemp all spun Excellent!” he said I believe youre just the bride I was seeking Here are the clothes and jewels I bought for you But now I have to go on another voyage Let，s have a second test Here，s twice the amount of hemp I gave you before If you spin it all by the time I return, r 11 mar

11、ry you”As she had done before, the girl spent her time trying on gowns and jewels, eating soup and lasagna, and got to the last day with all the hemp still waiting to be spun She was weeping over it when, lo and behold, something dropped down the chimney, and into the room rolled a bundle of rags It

12、 came to rest on its feet, and there stood an old woman with sagging lips This one too promised to help, began spinning, and worked even faster than the other old woman The more she spun, the more her lips sagged When the hemp was all spun in a half-hour, the old woman asked only to be invited to th

13、e wedding banquet Just call Columbara But don，t forget my name, or my help will have been in vain and you will suffer”The captain returned and asked before he even got into the house, “Did you spin it all?I just now finished!”“Take these clothes and jewels Now, if I come back from my third voyage an

14、d find you，ve spun this third load of hemp, which is much bigger than the other two, I promise we 11 get married at once”As usual, the girl waited until the last day without touching the hemp Down from the roof，s gutter fell a bundle of rags, and out came an old woman with buckteeth She began spinni

15、ng, spinning even faster, and the more she spun, the longer grew her teethTo invite me to your wedding banquet,，z said the old woman, “you must call Columbun， But if you forget my name, it would be better if youd never seen me”When the captain came home and found the hemp all spun, he was completely

16、 satisfied “Fine, he said, “now you wi11 be my wife He ordered preparations made for the wedding, to which he invited all the nobility in townCaught up in the preparations, the bride thought no more of the old women On the morning of the wedding she remembered that she was supposed to invite them, b

17、ut when she went to pronounce their names, she found they had slipped her mind She cudgeled her brains but, for the life of her, couldn，t recall a single nameFrom the cheerful girl she was, she sank into a state of bottomless gloom The captain noticed it and asked her what the matter was, but she wo

18、uld say nothing Unable to account for her sadness, the bridegroom thought, This is perhaps not the right day He therefore postponed the wedding until the day after But the next day was still worse, and the day following we won，t even mention With every day that passed, the bride became gloomier and

19、quieter, with her brows knit in concentration He told her jokes and stories in an effort to make her laugh, but nothing he said or did affected herSince he couldn，t cheer her up, he decided to go hunting and cheer himself up Right in the heart of the woods he was caught in a storm and took refuge in

20、 a hovel He was in there in the dark, when he heard voices:0 Columbina!0 Co lumbar a!0 Columbun!”“Put on the pot to make polenta! That confounded bride won，t be inviting us to her banquet after all!”The captain wheeled around and saw three crones One had eyelashes that dragged on the ground, another

21、 lips that hung down to her feet, and the third teeth that grazed her kneesWell, well, he thought to himself Now I can tell her something that will make her laugh If she doesn，t laugh over what Ive just seen, she 11 never laugh at anything! He went home and said to his bride, “Just listen to this To

22、day I was in the woods and went into a hovel to get out of the rain I go in and what should I see but three crones: one with eyelashes that dragged on the ground, another with lips that hung down to her feet, and the third with teeth that grazed her knees And they called each other: 0 Columbina,? 0

23、Co lumbar a,J 0 Columbun!The bride，s face brightened instantly, and she burst out laughing, and laughed and laughed，zOrder the wedding banquet right away But Im asking one favor of you: since those three crones made me laugh so hard, let me invite them to the banquet” Invite them she did For the thr

24、ee old women a separate round table was set up, but so small that what with the eyelashes of one, the lips of the other, and the teeth of the third, you no longer knew what was whatWhen dinner was over, the bridegroom asked Columbina, “Tell me, good lady, why are your lashes so long?”“Thats from str

25、aining my eyes to spin fine thread!z，said Columbina “And you, why are your lips so thick?”“That comes from always rubbing my finger on them to wet the thread!said Columbara “And you, how on earth did your teeth get so long?”“Thats from biting the knot of the thread!z，said ColumbunI see, said the bri

26、degroom, and he turned to his wife Go get the spindle When she brought it to him, he threw it into the fire You 11 spin no more for the rest of your life!”So the big, fat bride lived happily ever after (Riviera ligure di ponente) NOTES:“And Seven!” (E sette!) from Andrews, 4, 23, 47 (The first two w

27、ere collected in Menton, the third near Ventimiglia)Marriage anecdotes and fairy-tale initiation motifs (the secret name to remember) are blended in this old story widespread in Europe (of English, Swedish, or German origin, according to scholars), subjected to literary treatment in the seventeenth

28、century in Naples (Basile, IV, 4) and well known throughout Italy Copyright: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino, translated by George Martin, Pantheon Books, New York 1980 七！從前有一對母女，女兒又高又胖，吃得又多。媽媽端上的肉汁菜湯，她吃了一盤、兩盤、三 盤，還不停地要。而媽媽邊為她盛，邊說：“三！四！五！”當(dāng)女兒要第七盤 湯的時(shí)候，媽媽沒有盛，而是用棍子敲了一下女兒的頭，大喊：“七

29、！ ” 一個(gè)穿著體面的小伙子從這里路過，從窗外看見媽媽打著女兒喊：“七！ ”看見這個(gè)高大飽滿的姑娘挺漂亮，小伙子一下子就喜歡上了，他走進(jìn)姑娘的家，問道：“七 個(gè)什么？ ”媽媽因?yàn)樽约河羞@么個(gè)貪吃的女兒而羞愧，就說：“七個(gè)線槌啊！我的女兒是個(gè)工作狂，她 甚至能到羊身上去紡毛線！這不，今天早上她已經(jīng)紡了七槌線了，可是還沒完沒了地干！為 了讓她停手，我才打了她一下！”小伙子說：“要是這樣，您把她交給我吧，我試試她，看她是不是真的這么能干，如果是真 的，我就娶她為妻。小伙子把她領(lǐng)回家，關(guān)進(jìn)一間屋子，里面堆滿了要紡的麻，他說：“我是一個(gè)船長，馬上要 出海。如果我出?；貋砟阋呀?jīng)紡好這些線，我就娶你?！狈块g

30、里還有很多漂亮的衣服和珠寶，因?yàn)榇L非常有錢。“如果你成為我的妻子，這些東西 就是你的了?！闭f完，他就走了。姑娘每天對著鏡子試那些衣服和珠寶，讓家里的仆人為她做吃的。而麻還在那里沒有紡。剩 下最后一天了，明天船長就回來了，姑娘想到永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)成為船長的新娘了，就失望地哭了起 來。正當(dāng)她失望哭泣的時(shí)候，一個(gè)破布口袋從窗口飛落進(jìn)房間。破布口袋站立起來，原來是 一個(gè)長著長眉毛的老婦人。老婦人說：“你別怕，我是來幫你的。你把線分成縷，我來替你 紡?！睆臎]見過比這老婦人更快的紡織女了，她只用了一刻鐘，所有的麻都被紡好了。但是，越紡, 她的眉毛長得越長，長過了鼻子，長過了下巴，最后長得超過了一掌長，而且她的眼

31、皮也跟 著變長了。當(dāng)活干完了，姑娘說：“好心的夫人，我怎么才能報(bào)答您呢？ ”“我不想要報(bào)答，你跟船長結(jié)婚的時(shí)候，能邀請我參加結(jié)婚宴會(huì)，我就很滿足了?！薄澳俏以趺囱埬隳?？ ”“你只要念：哥隆比娜！我就會(huì)來。不過，我可提醒你，千萬別忘記我的名字。如果忘 了，我就不會(huì)再幫助你了。你也就完了?！钡诙齑L回來了，看到所有的麻都紡好了，就說：“你真能干，我相信你就是我想娶的新 娘。這是我為你買回來的珠寶和衣服。但我還必須再出去一次。我們來試第二次。這里的麻 有上次的兩倍，當(dāng)我回來的時(shí)候，你能把它紡?fù)辏揖蜁?huì)跟你結(jié)婚?！毕裆洗我粯?，姑娘每天試著不同的珠寶和衣服，吃著湯和面包，這樣打發(fā)著時(shí)間。又到了最 后

32、一天，一根線也沒紡。她又哭了起來，這時(shí)她聽到從煙囪上掉下來一個(gè)東西，一看是一個(gè) 破布包滾到屋子里來了。破布包站了起來，原來是一個(gè)登拉著嘴唇的老婦人。這個(gè)老婦人也 愿意幫助她，開始幫她紡線，紡得比上次那個(gè)老婦人還快，但是越紡，她的嘴唇長得越長, 她只用了半小時(shí)就把所有的麻紡?fù)炅?。老婦人同樣不要回報(bào)，只要求姑娘邀請她參加婚宴?！澳阒灰睿焊缏“屠揖蜁?huì)出現(xiàn)。你千萬別忘記我的名字。不然我給你的幫助就會(huì)失 效，你小心記著！”船長回來了，還沒進(jìn)門就問：“你全都紡?fù)炅藛幔?”姑娘說：“咳，早就完了！”“這是給你帶回來的珠寶和衣服。這一次，如果我第三次出?；貋淼臅r(shí)候，你能紡?fù)瓯壬蟽?次都多的麻，我向你保證馬上舉行婚禮?！边@一次也跟以前一樣，姑娘一根線也沒紡，當(dāng)只剩最后一天的時(shí)候，從屋檐下掉下來一個(gè)破 布包，一個(gè)露著牙齒的老婦人從破布包里面走了出來。她開始替姑娘紡線，她紡得很快，而 且越紡越快，并且她的牙齒就長得越長。老婦人說：“你想邀請我參加你的婚宴，就必須喊：哥隆布恩！不過你要是忘了我的名 字，你會(huì)后悔今天遇見了我?！贝L回來的時(shí)候，看到所有的麻又都紡好了，非常滿意。他說：“好了，現(xiàn)