小學(xué)英語英語故事童話故事SilverNose銀鼻子

1、Silver Nose銀鼻子Silver NoseThere was once a widowed washerwoman with three daughters All four of them worked their fingers to the bone washing, but they still went hungry One day the oldest daughter said to her mother, I intend to leave home, even if I have to go and work for the Devil”“Dont talk like

2、 that, daughter,z，replied the mother Goodness knows what might happen to you”Not many days afterward, they received a visit from a gentleman attired in black He was the height of courtesy and had a silver noseI am aware of the fact that you have three daughters,，z he said to the mother Would you let

3、 one come and work for me?The mother would have consented at once, had it not been for that silver nose which she didnt like the looks of She called her oldest girl aside and said, No man on earth has a silver nose If you go off with him you might well live to regret it, so watch out”The daughter, w

4、ho was dying to leave home, paid no attention to her mother and left with the man They walked for miles and miles, crossing woods and mountains, and finally came in sight of an intense glow in the distance like that of a fire What is that I see way down there in the valley?” asked the girl, growing

5、uneasy My house Thats just where we are going,“ replied Silver NoseThe girl followed along, but couldn，t keep from trembling They came to a large palace, and Silver Nose took her through it and showed her every room, each one more beautiful than the other, and he gave her the key to each one When th

6、ey reached the door of the last room, Silver Nose gave her the key and said, “You must never open this door for any reason whatever, or you，11 wish you hadn，t! You，re in charge of all the rooms but this oneHe，s hiding something from me, thought the girl, and resolved to open that door the minute Sil

7、ver Nose left the house That night, while she was sleeping in her little room, in tiptoed Silver Nose and placed a rose in her hair Then he left just as quietly as he had enteredThe next morning Silver Nose went out on business Finding herself alone with all her keys, the girl ran and unlocked the f

8、orbidden door No sooner had she cracked it than smoke and flames shot out, while she caught sight of a crowd of damned souls in agony inside the fiery room She then realized that Silver Nose was the Devil and that the room was Hell She screamed, slammed the door, and took to her heels But a tongue o

9、f fire had scorched the rose she wore in her hairSilver Nose came home and saw the singed rose So that，s how you obey me! he said He snatched her up, opened the door to Hell, and flung her into the flames The next day he went back to the widow Your daughter is getting along very well at my house, bu

10、t the work is so heavy she needs help Could you send us your second daughter too?” So Silver Nose returned home with one of the girls sisters He showed her around the house, gave her all the keys, and told her she could open all the rooms except the last “Do you think, said the girl, I would have an

11、y reason to open it? I am not interested in your personal business That night after the girl went to sleep, Silver Nose tiptoed in and put a carnation in her hairWhen Silver Nose went out the next morning, the first thing the girl did was go and open the forbidden door She was instantly assailed by

12、smoke, flames, and howls of the damned souls, in whose midst she spotted her sister Sister, free me from this Hell!z/ screamed the first girl But the middle girl grew weak in the knees, slammed the door, and ran She was now sure that Silver Nose was the Devil, from whom she couldnt hide or escape Si

13、lver Nose returned and noticed her hair right away The carnation was withered, so without a word he snatched her up and threw her into Hell tooThe next day, in his customary aristocratic attire, he reappeared at the washerwomans house There is so much work to be done at my house that not even two gi

14、rls are enough Could I have your third daughter as well?” He thus returned home with the third sister, Lucia, who was the most cunning of them all She too was shown around the house and given the same instructions as her sisters She too had a flower put in her hair while she was sleeping: a jasmine

15、blossom The first thing Lucia did when she got up next morning was arrange her hair Looking in the mirror, she noticed the jasmine Well, well! she said Silver Nose pinned a jasmine on me How thoughtful of him! Who knows why he did it? In any case I 11 keep it fresh She put it into a glass of water,

16、combed her hair, then said, “Now let，s take a look at that mysterious door”She just barely opened it, and out rushed a flame She glimpsed countless people burning, and there in the middle of the crowd were her big sisters Lucia! Lucia!” they screamed “Get us out of here! Save us!At once Lucia shut t

17、he door tightly and began thinking how she might rescue her sistersBy the time the Devil got home, Lucia had put her jasmine back in her hair, and acted as though nothing had happened that day Silver Nose looked at the jasmine 0h, it，s still fresh,“ he said“Of course, why shouldn，t it be? Why would

18、anyone wear withered flowers in her hair? 0h, I was just talking to be talking, answered Silver Nose You seem like a clever girl Keep it up, and we 11 never quarrel Are you happy?”Yes, but r d be happier if I didn，t have something bothering me，/What，s bothering you?”“When I left my mother, she wasn，

19、t feeling too well Now I have no news at all of her”If thats all you，re worried about, said the Devil, I 11 drop by her house and see how she，s doing”“Thank you, that is very kind of you If you can go tomorrow, I 11 get up a bag of laundry at once which my mother can wash if she is well enough The b

20、ag won，t be too heavy for you, wi11 it?0f course not I can carry anything under the sun, no matter how heavy it isWhen the Devil went out again that day, Lucia opened the door to Hell, pulled out her oldest sister, and tied her up in a bag Keep still in there, Carlotta, she told her The Devil himsel

21、f will carry you back home But any time he so much as thinks of putting the bag down, you must say, I see you, I see you!The Devil returned, and Lucia said, “Here is the bag of things to be washed Do you promise you，11 take it straight to my mother?” “You don，t trust me?” asked the Devil“Certainly I

22、 trust you, all the more so with my special ability to see from a great distance away If you dare put the bag down somewhere, I 11 see you“Yes, of course, said the Devil, but he had little faith in her claim of being able to see things a great distance away He flung the bag over his shoulder My good

23、ness, this dirty stuff is heavy!z，he exclaimed“Naturally!” replied the girl How many years has it been since you had anything washed?”Silver Nose set out for the washerwomans, but when he was only halfway there, he said to himself, “Maybebut I shall see if this girl isn，t emptying my house of everyt

24、hing I own, under the pretext of sending out laundry He went to put the bag down and open itI see you, I see you!” suddenly screamed the sister inside the bagBy Jove, its true! She can see from afar!” exclaimed Silver Nose He threw the bag back over his shoulder and marched straight to Lucia，s mothe

25、r，s house Your daughter sends you this stuff to wash and wants to know how you are”As soon as he left, the washerwoman opened the sack, and you can imagine her joy upon finding her oldest daughter insideA week later, sly Lucia pretended to be sad once more and told Silver Nose she wanted news of her

26、 motherShe sent him to her house with another bag of laundry So Silver Nose carried off the second sister, without managing to peep inside because of the I see you, I see you! which came from the bag the instant he started to open it The washerwoman, who now knew Silver Nose was the Devil, was quite

27、 frightened when he returned, for she was sure he would ask for the clean wash from last time But Silver Nose put down the new bag and said, I 11 get the clean wash some other time This heavy bag has broken my back, and I want to go home with nothing to carry”When he had gone, the washerwoman anxiou

28、sly opened the bag and embraced her second daughter But she was more worried than ever about Lucia, who was now alone in the DeviT s handsWhat did Lucia do? Not long afterward she started up again about news of her mother By now the Devil was sick and tired of carrying laundry, but he had grown too

29、fond of this obedient girl to say no to her As soon as it grew dark, Lucia announced she had a bad headache and would go to bed early I 11 prepare the laundry and leave the bag out for you, so if I don，t feel like getting up in the morning, you can be on your way”Now Lucia had made a rag doll the sa

30、me size as herself She put it in bed under the covers, cut off her own braids, adn sewed them on the dolT s head the doll then looked like Lucia asleep, and Lucia closed herself up in the bagIn the morning the Devil saw the girl snuggled down under the covers and set out with the bag over his should

31、er Shes sick this morning, he said to himself, and won，t be looking Its the perfect time to see if this really is nothing but laundry” At that, he put the bag down and was about to open it I see you, I see you!” cried LuciaBy Jove, its her voice to a tee, as though she were right here! Better not jo

32、ke with such a girl He took up the bag again and carried it to the washerwoman I 11 come back later for everything, he said rapidly I have to get home right away because Lucia is sickSo the family was finally reunited Since Lucia had also carried off great sums of the Devils money, they were now abl

33、e to live in comfort and happiness They planted a cross before the door, and from then on, the Devil kept his distance (Langhe)NOTES:“Silver Nose (Il naso dJ argento) from Carraroli, 3, from Langhe, Piedmont Bluebeard in Piedmont is Silver Nose His victims are not wives but servant girls, and the st

34、ory is not taken from chronicles about cruel feudal masters as in Perrault, but from medieval theological legends: Bluebeard is the Devil, and the room containing the murdered women is Hell I found the silver nose only in this version translated from dialect and summarized by Carraroli; but the Devi

35、l-Bluebeard, the flowers in the hair, and the ruses to get back home were encountered all over Northern Italy I integrated the rather meager Piedmont version with one from Bologna (Coronedi S 27) and a Venetian one (Bernoni, 3)Copyright: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino, transl

36、ated by George Martin, Pantheon Books, New York 1980 銀鼻子從前，有一個(gè)寡婦，帶著三個(gè)女兒以替人洗衣為生。一家四口每日竭盡全力洗著衣服，但還 是過著忍饑挨餓的生活。一天，大女兒對(duì)媽媽說：“這樣還不如去給魔鬼干活，我想離家出外謀生。”“千萬別這樣說，我的孩子，”媽媽說，“這樣你會(huì)惹禍上身的?！睕]過幾天，她們家里來了一位紳士，身著黑衣褲，衣冠楚楚的，長著一只銀鼻子。“我聽說您有三個(gè)女兒，讓我?guī)ё咭粋€(gè)做我的仆人吧?！彼麑?duì)媽媽說。媽媽對(duì)這人的銀鼻子看不慣，要不然，她會(huì)立即讓女兒跟他走。她把大女兒叫到一旁，對(duì)她 說：“人世間長著銀鼻子的人是沒有的，你得

37、留點(diǎn)神，要是跟他走，將來你一定會(huì)后悔。” 但女兒急不可待地要離開家，還是跟他走了。他們走了很遠(yuǎn)的路，穿過森林，越過高山，到 了一個(gè)地方，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)地看見前邊有一處亮光，好像在著火?！澳鞘鞘裁矗?”姑娘問，這時(shí)她開 始有點(diǎn)擔(dān)憂了?！笆俏壹遥覀兙腿ツ抢?。銀鼻子說。姑娘跟著他繼續(xù)往前走，全身上下忍不住地哆嗦。他們來到一座巨大的宮殿，銀鼻子帶著她, 參觀了所有的房間，一間比一間漂亮，每看一個(gè)房間，他都把鑰匙交給她。走到最后一個(gè)房 間門口，銀鼻子把鑰匙遞給她后說：“這個(gè)門你無論如何不能翻開，否那么，你就麻煩了！這 里的一切，你都可以做主，只有這個(gè)房間除外?！惫媚镄南耄哼@里一定有什么名堂！她決定等銀鼻子一離開

38、這里，就翻開看看。晚上，姑娘正 睡在自己的房間里，銀鼻子躡手躡腳地走了進(jìn)來，他走近姑娘的床邊，在她的頭發(fā)上插了一 朵玫瑰花，就又躡手躡腳地出去了。第二天早上，銀鼻子出去辦事了。只剩姑娘一個(gè)人拿著一大串鑰匙留在家里，她立即跑去開 那扇被禁止翻開的房門。剛翻開一條縫隙，就從里面沖出了好多火苗和煙霧，火苗和煙霧盡 是被火燒煉的罪惡的靈魂。姑娘這時(shí)才明白銀鼻子就是魔鬼，而這個(gè)房間就是地獄。她大叫 一聲，立即關(guān)上房門，想盡量跑遠(yuǎn)一點(diǎn)，離開這個(gè)地獄之屋，但火舌還是燒到了她頭上的插 著的那朵玫瑰花。銀鼻子回到家，看到那朵燙焦了的玫瑰花，就說：“怎么，你就是這樣聽我的話的嗎！ ”他 一把抓住姑娘，翻開地獄的門

39、，把她扔進(jìn)了火中。第二天，他又來到寡婦家，說：“您的女兒在我那里住得很好，但活兒太多，她需要個(gè)幫手。 您能讓二女兒也跟我去嗎？ ”就這樣，銀鼻子帶著另一個(gè)姑娘回到了宮殿。他也給姑娘看了 每個(gè)房間，把房間的鑰匙也都給她，也對(duì)她說所有的房間都可以翻開，只有最后那間除外。 姑娘說：“您不必?fù)?dān)憂，我為什么要開它呢？我不想了解您的私事?！蓖砩希媚锷洗残菹?以后，銀鼻子悄悄地來到她的床前，把一朵康乃馨插在她的頭發(fā)上。第二天早上，銀鼻子一出門，姑娘做的第一件事就是去翻開那扇禁門。只見里面滿是煙霧、 火苗，還有罪惡靈魂的嚎叫，在火中她還發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己的姐姐。“妹妹，快救救我！把我從這 個(gè)地獄里救出去！姐姐沖她大

40、叫。但姑娘嚇得早已魂飛魄散了，她連忙關(guān)上門，拔腿就逃, 但不知該躲到哪里去，因?yàn)樗_信銀鼻子就是魔鬼，而她早被他捏在手心里，無處可逃。銀 鼻子一回來，首先看姑娘的頭發(fā)，看到康乃馨被烤焦了，便一句話不說，抓起她，把她也扔 進(jìn)了地獄。次日，銀鼻子照舊穿得像大人物一樣，又來到寡婦家。“我家的活太多，兩個(gè)姑娘還干不完, 您把三女兒也讓我?guī)ィ脝幔?”就這樣，他又把三女兒帶了回來。三女兒名叫露琪亞，在 三姐妹中，她最有頭腦。銀鼻子也帶她看了每個(gè)房間，然后照舊叮囑了她，而且當(dāng)她睡了之 后，也在她的頭發(fā)上插了一朵花，是一朵茉莉花。早上，露琪亞起床后，就去梳頭，照著鏡 子，她發(fā)現(xiàn)了頭上的茉莉花。她自語道：“

41、看哪，銀鼻子給我插了一朵茉莉花。多優(yōu)雅的想 法！可是，我要讓它保持新鮮?！彼鸦ú逶谝粋€(gè)水杯里。梳完頭，看看家里只剩她一個(gè)人, 她就想：我現(xiàn)在去看看那扇神秘的門里有什么。剛把門翻開，烈火撲面而來，只見里邊煉著很多人，而且人群中，她發(fā)現(xiàn)了她的大姐，然后 又看見了二姐。她們大聲叫著：“露琪亞！露琪亞！快拉我們出去！救救我們！” 露琪亞先是關(guān)好了門，然后思考如何才能救出兩位姐姐。魔鬼回來的時(shí)候，露琪亞早已把那朵茉莉花又插到了頭上，裝作沒事的樣子。銀鼻子看了一 眼茉莉花，說：“噢，還鮮著呢。”“當(dāng)然，它怎么會(huì)不新鮮呢？誰會(huì)把枯敗的花戴在頭上？ ”“不是，我只是這么說說罷了，銀鼻子說，“我覺得你是個(gè)不借的姑娘，你要是一直這樣, 我們就能一直相處得很愉快。你在這里還滿意嗎？ ”“滿意，我在這里住得很好，但要不是有放心不下的事，就更好了?！薄胺判牟幌率裁?？ ”“我離家來這里的時(shí)候，我媽媽身體不舒服。現(xiàn)在我一點(diǎn)她的消息也沒有。”“要是就這點(diǎn)事，”魔鬼說，“我到你家去一趟，這樣可以給你帶回點(diǎn)那邊的消息?！?/p>