英語(yǔ)童話小故事

童話：海的女兒（一）Faroutintheseathewaterisvery,veryblue.Youcanseethroughitlikeglass.Fardowninthewatertherearebeautifultreesandplants.Thesetreesandplantsaresofarfromthetopofthewaterthatnoonecanseethem.Fishesgoinandoutofthetreesjustlikebirds.ThisistheplacewheretheSeaKing’scityis.TheSeaKing’swifediedmanyyearsbefore,sohisoldmotherlookedafterhim.ShelovedtheSeaKing’ssixchildrenverymuch,andtheylovedtheirgrandmother,too.Thesesixchildrenwerebeautifulprincesses.Theyoungestprincesswasthemostbeautiful:hereyeswereasblueastheseaandherbodywaswhitelikearose.But,likeallhersisters,shehadnofeet.Thetopofherbodywaslikeagirl’sbody;andtherestofherbodywaslikethebodyofafish.ThesixprincessesoftenplayedalldayinthebigroomsinsidetheSeaKing’shouse.BeautifulflowersGREwoutofthewallsonallsidesofthem.Whenthewindowswereopened,fisheswouldgointotheroomsjustlikebirdscomeintoourrooms.ButthefisheswerebraverthanbirdsTheywentuptothelittleprincessestoeatfoodfromtheirhands.InfrontoftheSeaKing’shousetherewasalargegardenfullofredplantsandblueplants.Theflowersoftheseplantswereliketheburningsun.Therewasabluelightoverthegarden;youwouldthinkthatyouwereupinthesky—notdowninthesea.Eachofthelittleprincesseshadherownlittlegardeninsidethelargegarden.Theycouldplanttheflowers,whichtheythemselveslikedthemost.Theyoungestprincessplantedredflowersinthegarden,andsheplantedaredtreeneartheflowers.Shewasnotatalllikehersisters.在海洋的遠(yuǎn)處，水很藍(lán)很藍(lán)，你能象隔著玻璃同樣，看透它。水底深處有漂亮的樹(shù)木和植物。這些樹(shù)木和植物離水面很遠(yuǎn)，誰(shuí)也看不到它們。魚(yú)兒在樹(shù)木間游來(lái)游去，就象鳥(niǎo)兒在天空翱翔同樣。海王的都市就在這個(gè)地方。海王的的妻子死了很數(shù)年了，他的老母親照顧他。她非常愛(ài)慕海王的六個(gè)孩子。她們也愛(ài)她們的祖母。這六個(gè)小孩都是漂亮的公主。最小的公主最漂亮，她的眼睛象海同樣藍(lán)，她的身體像玫瑰同樣白。不過(guò)，她和姐姐們同樣，沒(méi)有腿。她的上半截象一種姑娘的身體，下半截卻象一條魚(yú)的身體。六個(gè)公主常常成天在海王王宮的大廳里游玩。這些大廳墻壁周?chē)L(zhǎng)滿了鮮花。窗戶開(kāi)著的時(shí)候，魚(yú)兒會(huì)游入室內(nèi)，就象鳥(niǎo)兒會(huì)飛進(jìn)我們的房間同樣。不過(guò)魚(yú)兒比鳥(niǎo)兒勇敢，它們游到小公主跟前，吃她們手里的食物。在海王宮殿前面有一種很大的花園，里面長(zhǎng)滿了紅色的和藍(lán)色的植物。這些植物上的花朵象燃燒著的太陽(yáng)?；▓@中閃耀著藍(lán)色的光輝，你會(huì)認(rèn)為這是在空中，而不是在海底。在這個(gè)大花園里，每位小公主均有一種自己的小花園，她們可以栽種自己最喜歡的花卉。最年幼的公主在她的花園里種上紅色，靠近這些花，又種了一棵紅樹(shù)。她一點(diǎn)兒也不象她的姐姐們。童話：海的女兒（二）Thelittleprincesslovedtohearaboutpeoplewhowerenotthesameasshewas.Thesepeoplehavefeetanddidnotliveinthesea:theylivedonland.Shemadehergrandmothertellhereverythingsheknewaboutships,cities,andmen.Shewasverypleasedwhensheheardthattheflowersonlandhadalovelysmell:theflowersintheseahadnosmellatall.Shewasverypleased,too,whensheheardthatthesmallfishesintheskycouldsing.Theoldladywasspeakingaboutbirds,butshecalledthemfishesbecausethelittleprincessesdidnotknowaboutbirds."Whenyouarefifteenyearsold,youcangotothetopofthesea,"theirgrandmothersaid."Youwillthensitatnightandseetheshipsgoby.Andyouwillknowaboutcitiesandmen."Thenextyeartheoldestofthesisterswouldbefifteen.Shewasveryhappy,buttheothersisterswereunhappy.Theycouldnotgotothetopofthesea.Theoldestsistersaidthatshewouldtellthemabouteverythingthatshesaw.Butnoneofthesisterswantedtogosomuchastheyoungestsisterwantedtogo.Onmanynightsshestoodbytheopenwindow,lookingupthroughthebluewater.Shecouldseethesunanditlookedverybigtoher.Ifashipwentbyupthere,aboveher,shethoughtthatitmustbeaverybigfish.Thedaynowcamewhentheoldestoftheprincesswasfifteenandcouldgotothetopofthesea.Whenshecamebackshehadmanythingstotell.這個(gè)小公主喜歡聽(tīng)跟自己不一樣的人類(lèi)的故事。這些人有腿，不在海里生活，他們?cè)陉懙厣仙?。她讓祖母把她所懂得的一切有關(guān)船只、都市和人類(lèi)的知識(shí)告訴她。當(dāng)她聽(tīng)到地上的花兒有好聞的香味時(shí)，她很快樂(lè)。海里的花兒一點(diǎn)香味也沒(méi)有。當(dāng)她聽(tīng)說(shuō)天上的小魚(yú)兒會(huì)唱歌時(shí)，她也很快樂(lè)。老太太說(shuō)的是鳥(niǎo)兒，不過(guò)她管它們叫魚(yú)兒，由于小公主不懂得什么叫鳥(niǎo)兒。“等你到你們滿十五歲的時(shí)候，你們可以浮到海面上去。”她們的老祖母說(shuō)，“你們晚上坐在那兒，看船只在身旁駛過(guò)去，你們就懂得都市和人的某些事。再過(guò)一年，最大的姐姐就滿十五歲了，她很快樂(lè)，但其她的姐妹卻不快樂(lè)。她們不能到海面上去。大姐姐說(shuō)，她會(huì)把她看到的一切講給她們聽(tīng)?？墒牵诮忝弥姓l(shuí)也沒(méi)有象最年幼的妹妹那樣，想上去想得那么厲害。有諸多夜晚，她站在開(kāi)著的窗口，透過(guò)藍(lán)色的海水，朝上凝望。她看到太陽(yáng)，對(duì)她來(lái)說(shuō)，太陽(yáng)看起來(lái)是那么大。假如一條船從她上方的海面駛過(guò)，她會(huì)認(rèn)為那是一條很大的魚(yú)。這一天來(lái)到了，最大的公主滿十五歲，可以升到海面上去了。她回來(lái)的時(shí)候，有許多事情要講。童話：海的女兒（三）"ThethingwhichIlikedtodothemostwastolookatalargecity,"shesaid."Thecitywasneartheseaandthereweremanylights.Iheardpeoplesingingandmenspeaking.IsawbighousesandIheardbellsringing.AndIwantedtogointothecity."Theyoungestprincesswantedtohearabouteverythingagain.Thenextnightwhenshestoodbytheopenwindowandlookedupthroughthesea,shethoughtshecouldhearthebellsringing.Thenextyearanothersisterbecamefifteenandwenttothetopofthesea.Shewenttherejustasthesunwasgoingdownintheskyatnight."ThiswasmorebeautifulthananyotherthingIeversaw,"shetoldhersisterswhenshecameback."Theskywasgolden,andIcannottellyouhowbeautifulitwas."Itwassoontimeforanothersistertogotothetopofthesea.Shewasthebravestofthesix,andshewentupariver.Shesawhillswithwoodsandhousesandsheheardthebirdssinging.Manychildrenwerejumpinginthewater.Thenalittledogranafterher.Shebecameafraidandwentbacktothesea."Nothingcanbemorebeautiful,"shesaidwhenshecamebackhome."Ihaveseenshipsonthewater:theyweresofarawaythattheylookedlikewhitebirds."譯文：“我最喜歡做的事就是凝視一座大都市?！彼f(shuō)，“這座城就在海邊，那里燈火輝煌。我聽(tīng)到人們?cè)诟璩衣?tīng)到男人們?cè)诎l(fā)言。我看到高大的房屋，聽(tīng)到鐘聲叮當(dāng)響。我真但愿到這個(gè)都市去。最小的公主但愿統(tǒng)統(tǒng)再聽(tīng)一遍。第二天晚上，她站在開(kāi)著的窗戶邊，透過(guò)海水朝上望著的時(shí)候，她認(rèn)為她可以聽(tīng)到鐘的響聲。次年，另一種姐姐滿十五歲，浮到海面上去了。她升到水面上的時(shí)候，太陽(yáng)在傍晚的空中剛剛下落。她回來(lái)后來(lái)，告訴姐妹們說(shuō)：“這比我看到過(guò)的任何東西都漂亮。天空是金黃色的，我無(wú)法形容它有多美?！焙芸欤硪环N姐姐該到海面上去了。她是六姐妹中最大膽的一種，她游到一條河里去了。她看到了有樹(shù)木和房屋的小山，聽(tīng)到了鳥(niǎo)兒歌唱。許多孩子在水里跳躍。這時(shí)，一條小狗來(lái)追逐她，她膽怯起來(lái)，就回到大海?！皼](méi)有什么比停留在海上更美的事，”她回家后說(shuō)，“我看到了水里的船只。這些船太遠(yuǎn)了，看上去象某些白鳥(niǎo)?！焙５呐畠海ㄋ模㏕heyearafterthis,anothersisterbecamefifteen.Shewentuptothetopofthesea.Butthewaterwascoldandtherewasmuchsnoweverywhereontheland.Shesooncameback.Thefivesisterswereveryhappywhentheywenttothetopoftheseatolookatships,cities,andmen.Buttheydidnotrememberthesethingsforlong.Theirownhomesoonbegantolookmorebeautifulthananythingwhichtheysawatthetopoftheseaorontheland.Thefivesisterswentuptothetopoftheseamanytimes.Theywenthandinhandandtheysangbeautifulsongs.Whentherewasrainorsnow,theywentinfrontoftheshipsandsangtothepeopleontheships.Theysang,"Thosewholivedownintheseaaresohappy!"Thentheytoldthepeopleontheshipsnottobeafraid."Comedowntous,"theycried.Whenthesisterswenttothetopoftheseaatnight,theyoungestprincessstayedinthefather’shouse,lookingupatthem.Shewantedtocry,butseapeoplecannotcry.Sotheyaremoreunhappythanthepeopleonland."Oh,Iwanttobefifteen!"shesaid."IknowthatIshalllovethelandandthepeopleonit."英語(yǔ)童話小故事：海的女兒（四）一年后來(lái)，另一種姐姐滿十五歲了。她升到海面上，但水是冰涼的，陸地上到處都是雪，因而她很快就回來(lái)了。這五個(gè)姐妹來(lái)到海面上看到了船只、都市和人類(lèi)，都覺(jué)得很開(kāi)心，但她們并沒(méi)永遠(yuǎn)記住這些事。很快，她們覺(jué)得自己的家比她們?cè)诤Ｃ嫔匣蜿懙厣峡吹降娜魏螙|西都美。五個(gè)姐妹多次到海面上去，她們手挽著手唱著好聽(tīng)的歌兒。下雨或下雪的時(shí)候，她們浮到船的面前，對(duì)著船上的人們歌唱。她們唱道：“住在海底多么幸福！”然后她們告訴船上的人們不要膽怯?！跋聛?lái)吧，到我們這兒來(lái)?！彼齻兇舐曊f(shuō)。當(dāng)姐妹們晚上浮出海面的時(shí)候，最小的那位公主待在她父親的宮殿里瞧著她們。她想哭一場(chǎng)，不過(guò)海里的人是不會(huì)哭的，因此他們比陸地上的人更加不幸?！芭?！我要是十五歲就好了！?！彼f(shuō)，“我懂得我會(huì)喜歡陸地和陸地上的人的。”童話：海的女兒（五）英文Atlastshebecamefifteen."Nowyoucangotothetopofthesea,"saidhergrandmother.Whenshewentuptothetopofthewater,thesunwasjustgoingdown.Abigshipwasonthesea.Themenontheshipweresinging.Whennightcame,therewerehundredsoflightsontheship.Thelittleseaprincesswentneartheship.Shelookedthroughthewindows.Shesawmanyrichlydressedmen;themostbeautifulofthemallwasayoungprincewithbigblueeyes.Hewasnotmucholderthantheseaprincessherself.Itwassolightintheshipthateverythingcouldbeseen.Oh!howhappytheyoungprincewas!Thelittleseaprincesscouldnotgoawayfromtheshipandthebeautifulyoungprince.Shestayedlookingthroughthewindowoftheship.Theshipbegantogomorequicklythroughthewater.Therewasabignoiseanditbegantorain.Thebigshipwasthrownaboutfromsidetoside.Watercameintoit.Thelittleseaprincessthoughtthatallthiswasverynice,butthepeopleontheshipwereafraid.Allatoncetheshipbroke.Itwentdowninthesea.Thelittleseaprincesslookedfortheyoungprince.Foratime,shethought,"Nowtheprincemustcometomycityinthesea."Butshesaid,"Canmenliveinwater?Iftheprinceevercomestomyhouse,hemaybedead!""Die?No,hemustnotdie!"shecriedout.Shewentquicklytotheprinceandheldhisheadoutofthewater.Hiseyeswereshut;hewasnearlydead.Shesaid,"Imustsavehim!"譯文最終，她滿十五歲了。“目前你可以到海面上去了?！彼淖婺刚f(shuō)。當(dāng)她升到海面上時(shí)，太陽(yáng)剛剛下落。海上有一條大船，船上的人在歌唱。夜幕來(lái)臨了，船上點(diǎn)著幾百盞燈。小海公主向這條船游去。她透過(guò)窗戶往里張望，看見(jiàn)許多服飾華麗的人；他們之中，最美的是那個(gè)有一對(duì)大藍(lán)眼睛的年輕王子，他比海公主自己大不了多少。船里燈火輝煌，什么東西都看得清清晰楚。哦！這位年輕的王子多么幸福?。⌒『９麟x不開(kāi)這艘船和美貌而年輕的王子。她待在那兒，透過(guò)船窗注視著里面的東西。船在水里加緊了速度。忽然一聲巨響，天下起雨來(lái)。大船左右搖擺，水涌進(jìn)船艙。小海公主覺(jué)得這一切都很有趣，但船上的人們卻很驚恐。忽然間，船體破裂，沉下海去了。小海公主找尋年輕的王子，她一度想道：“現(xiàn)在王子會(huì)到我們的海中都市來(lái)了?！钡终f(shuō)：“人能在水里生活嗎？假如王子到我們家來(lái)，那他可能已經(jīng)死了！”“死？不成，他決不能死！”她叫了起來(lái)。她很快地游到王子身邊，把他的頭拖出水面。他的眼睛閉著，他快死了。她說(shuō)：“我一定要救活他！”童話：海的女兒（六）英文Shesawthelandwithitshillscoveredwithsnow.Therewasawoodnearthesea:inthewoodtherewasabigwhitebuilding.Someyounggirlscameouttowalkinthegarden.Theseaprincesswentawayandhidnearsomestones.Oneoftheyounggirlssawtheprince.Shewasafraid,forshethoughttheprincewasdead.Sheranbacktocallhersisters.Thelittleseaprincesssawthattheprincehadopenedhiseyes.Hewasalive!Theyoungprincedidnotlookfortheseaprincess.Hedidnotknowthatshesavedhim.Peoplecameandtooktheprinceintothehouse.Theprincessbecameverysad.Shejumpedintothewaterandwentbacktoherfather’shousedowninthesea.Hesistersaskedher,"Whatdidyousee?"Butthelittleseaprincessdidnotanswer.Shewentbackmanytimestothebigwhitehousewheresheputtheyoungprince.ThesnowwentfromthehillsandflowersGREwupinthewoods.Butsheneversawtheprince.Soshealwayswentbacksadlytoherhomeinthesea.Shedidnotevenlikeherowngardenanymore.Atlastshetoldthestorytotheotherprincesses,andtheytoldittotheirfriends.Oneofthesefriendsrememberedtheprince.Sheknowthecountrywheretheprincelived."Come,littlesister!"saidtheprincesses.Andtheyallwenttothetopofthewater.Theycameoutofthesea,arminarm,justinfrontoftheprince’shouse.中文她看見(jiàn)陸地和積雪覆蓋著的小山。海邊有一片樹(shù)林，樹(shù)林有一幢高大的、白色的建筑物。幾種年輕的姑娘出來(lái)，走進(jìn)花園。海公主游開(kāi)，躲在幾塊石頭旁邊。有個(gè)年輕的姑娘看見(jiàn)了王子，認(rèn)為他已經(jīng)死了，膽怯起來(lái)，就跑回去叫她的姐妹們。小海公主看到王子睜開(kāi)眼睛，他還活著！年輕的王子沒(méi)有尋找海公主，他不懂得是海公主救了他。人們來(lái)了，把王子抬進(jìn)屋里去。海公主很悲傷，跳進(jìn)水里，回到海底她父親的宮殿里去了。她的姐妹們問(wèn)她：“你看到了什么？”但小海公主沒(méi)有回答。她多次回到她曾經(jīng)放下年輕王子的高大的白色的房屋那兒去。山上的雪融化了，林中開(kāi)滿了鮮花。不過(guò)她從未見(jiàn)到過(guò)那個(gè)王子，因此她回到海底的家里,總是很憂傷。她連自己的小花園也不喜歡了。最終，她把自己的心事告訴了一種姐姐。姐姐把這件事告訴了別的海公主，她們又告訴了她們的朋友。這些朋友之中有一位懂得這個(gè)王子，她懂得這位王子所在的國(guó)家?！皝?lái)吧，小妹妹！”公主說(shuō)。她們都朝水上游去，手挽著手游出了海面，恰好來(lái)到王子宮殿前。童話：海的女兒（七）英文Thehousewasmadeofwhitestone.Theprincesseslookedintothelargeroomsthroughthewindows.Theroomsweresobeautifulthatthesixseaprincesseswereveryhappyjusttolookatthem.Thelittleseaprincessknewthatthiswasthehouseofheryoungprince.Soshewentthereeverynight.Shewentnearerandnearertotheland.Sheoftenstayedjuststayedjustoutsideoneoftheroomsandlookedinattheyoungprince.Sometimesshesawhiminalittleshipontheriver.Shethenhidinthelonggrassnearthesideoftheriver.Ononenightshehearedthefishermentalkingabouttheprince."Heissobrave,"theysaid.Shewasveryhappy,forsherememberedhowshesavedhislife.SheGREwtolikethepeopleonthelandmoreandmoreeachday.Shewantedtobeoneofthem.Theycouldgotosomanyplacesandtheycoulddosomanythings.Theycouldgoovertheseaintheirships;theycouldgotothetopofthehills;andtheirwoodsandhousesandgardensweresobig.Thereweremanythingsthatshewantedtoknowabout,buthersisterscouldnottellher.Againshewenttoaskhergrandmother."Domenliveforever?"sheasked."Theymustdielikeus;buttheirlifeisnotsolongasours,"answeredtheoldgrandmother."Weliveforthreehundredyears.Whenwedie,ourbodiesbecomewaterinthesea.Wehavenosoulsandwecanneverliveagain.Peoplewholiveonthelandhavesouls:theirbodiesdieandbecomedust:buttheirsoulsdonotdie.Theygotoabeautifulplaceinthesky.""Whyhavewenosouls?"askedthelittleseaprincess."IwouldnotwanttoliveforthreehundredyearsifIhadasoul.Whenmybodydied,Ishouldbeabletoliveforeverinthatbeautifulplaceinthesky."中文這座宮殿是由白色的石塊建筑的，公主們透過(guò)窗戶往大房間里張望。房間富麗堂皇，只要看看這些房間，這六個(gè)海公主就非?？鞓?lè)了。小海公主懂得，這是她那年輕王子的宮殿，因此她每晚都到那兒去。她越游越靠近陸地，常常待在一間房子外面，瞧著那位年輕的王子。有時(shí)候，她看到王子坐著小船在河上游玩，她就躲藏在河邊的高高的草叢里。有一天晚上，她聽(tīng)到漁夫們談到王子，他們說(shuō)：“他真勇敢?！焙９骱芸鞓?lè)，由于她回憶起她怎樣救了他的命。她漸漸越來(lái)越愛(ài)陸地上的人了。她想成為他們中的一種。他們可以到那么多的地方去，他們能做那么多的事情。他們可以乘自己的船在海上行駛，能爬高山頂端。他們的樹(shù)林、房屋和花園又是那么宏大。她想懂得的事情諸多，可是她的姐姐們都不能告訴她。她又去問(wèn)她的祖母了。“人會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)活下去嗎？”她問(wèn)?！八麄兒臀覀兺瑯樱彩且赖?，但她們的壽命比我們還要短呢?！崩献婺富卮鸬?，“我們能活到三百歲。等我們死了，我們的身體變成海里的水。我們沒(méi)有靈魂，不能再活了。生活在陸地上的人有靈魂，他們的身體死后化成塵土，而他們的靈魂還活著，升到天上一種漂亮的地方去?！盀楹挝覀儧](méi)有靈魂？”小海公主問(wèn)，“假如我有靈魂的話，我樂(lè)意放棄我能活三百歲的生命，等我的身體死去，我可以在天上漂亮的世界得到永生?！蓖挘汉５呐畠海ò耍┯⑽?Youmustnotthinkofthat,"hergrandmotheranswered."Welivelongerandwearefarhappierthanpeopleonland."Butthelittleseaprincesssaid,"IfIdie,Icannevergotothetopoftheseaagain.Icanneverhearthelovelynoiseofthesea,neveragainseethebeautifulflowersandthesun!Tellme,grandmother,isthereanywaybywhichIcangetasoul?"Thegrandmotheranswered,"Ifapersononthelandlovesyoumorethanhisfatherormother.Ifhesaysthathewillloveyouforever.Thenhissoulwillgointoyourbody.Youcangetasoulfromapersononthelandwholovesyou.Butthatcanneverbe!Thepeopleonthelandarenotlikeus.Theythinkthatfeetarebeautiful!""Iwillgototheoldwomanwhoknowsallaboutmagic,"saidtheseaprincess."Ihavealwaysbeenafraidofher,butshecanhelpme."Thelittleseaprincesslookedsadlydown.Mostofherbodywasbeautiful.Justlikethebodiesofpeopleontheland.Butshehadnofeet.Thereherbodywaslikethebodyofafish.Sothelittleseaprincesswenttotheoldwoman.Thereweremanyuglyplantsroundtheoldwoman’shouse;theyhadlongarms;theycaughteverythingthatwasnearthem.Thelittleseaprincesswasafraid.Shewanttogoback,butsherememberedtheprince.Thismadeherbraveandshewentbytheseuglyplants.Shesawthattheplantshaddeadpeopleintheirarms.Atlastshecametotheoldwoman."Iknowwhatyouwanttoaskme,"Shesaidtothelittleseaprincess."Ishallgiveyouwhatyouwant,butitwillmakeyouunhappy.Youwantmemakeallyourbodylikethebodiesofthelandpeople.Youwanttwofeet,thenayoungprincemayloveyouandyoumakegetasoul.Iwillmakeyousomethingtodrink.Youmusttakeittotheland.Whenyoudrinkit,youwillgettwofeet.Yourbodywillbecomelikethebodiesofthelandpeople.ButthechangewillgiveyouGREatpain.Youwillbeverybeautiful.Butwhenyouwalk,youwillhavmuchpain.Yourfeetwillbeverypainful.Doyoustillwanttobecomelikethepeopleonland?"中文“你決不能這樣想?！彼婺富卮鸬?，“我們的壽命比陸地上的人長(zhǎng)，我們的生活比他們幸福?！钡『９髡f(shuō)：“要是我死了，我就再不能到海面上去了。我再也聽(tīng)不到大?？蓯?ài)的濤聲，再也看不見(jiàn)漂亮的花朵和太陽(yáng)！告訴我，祖母，有什么措施讓我得到一種靈魂？”祖母回答道：“假如陸地上有一種有愛(ài)你，把你當(dāng)作比父母還親切的人。假如他說(shuō)，他永遠(yuǎn)愛(ài)你。那么，他的靈魂就會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)移到你的身上，你可以從陸地上愛(ài)你的人那里得到一種靈魂。不過(guò)，這種事情是永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)有的！陸地上的人們不象我們，他們認(rèn)為腿是漂亮的！”小海公主悲傷地向下看著。她身體的大部是漂亮的，和陸地上的人的身體同樣。但她沒(méi)有腿，她的下半身同魚(yú)的身體同樣?！拔乙侥莻€(gè)懂得所有巫術(shù)的老巫婆那里去?！焙９髡f(shuō)，“我一直怕她，但她可以協(xié)助我?！庇谑切『９魅フ夷莻€(gè)老巫婆。老巫婆信的房子周?chē)L(zhǎng)著諸多丑陋的植物。它們?nèi)虚L(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的手臂，捕捉附近的每樣?xùn)|西。小海公主膽怯了。她想轉(zhuǎn)身回去，但她想起了王子，就又有了勇氣，穿過(guò)那些難看的植物。她看到在植物手臂里的死人。最終她來(lái)到老巫婆住的地方。“我懂得你是來(lái)求我什么的?！彼龑?duì)小海公主說(shuō)，“我會(huì)給你你所要的東西，可是這會(huì)使你痛苦的。你想叫我使你全身都和陸地的人類(lèi)同樣。你要兩條腿，這樣，年輕的王子就會(huì)愛(ài)你，而你可以得到一種靈魂。我要讓你喝一點(diǎn)東西，你必須把這東西帶到陸地上去，喝下去后來(lái)，你就會(huì)有兩條腿，你的身體就會(huì)變得跟陸地上人類(lèi)的身體同樣了，但這種變化會(huì)使你非常疼。你會(huì)變得非常美，可是你一走路，就會(huì)疼，你的腳非常疼。你是不是還要變成陸地上那樣的人呢？”童話：海的女兒（九）英文"Yes,Ido,"theprincessanswered.Sherememberedherprinceandthesoulwhichshemightget."Youcanneveragainbecomeaseaprincess.Youwillnevergetbackyourfish’sbody.Youcannevergobacktolivewithyoursisters.Theprincemustloveyousomuchthathewillgoawayfromhisfatherandmother.Ifhedoesnotmarryyou,youwilldie.Theyouwillbechangedtowaterinthesea.""Istillwanttobecomelikethelandpeople,"saidthelittleseaprincess."Thereisonemorething,"saidtheoldwoman."Younowspeakandsing