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篇1：安徒生童话故事第：笨汉汉斯Jack the Dullard
安徒生童话故事第76篇：笨汉汉斯Jack the Dullard
乡下有一幢古老的房子，里面住着一位年老的乡绅。他有两个儿子。这两个人是那么聪明，他们只须用一半聪明就够了，还剩下一半是多余的。他们想去向国王的女儿求婚，而也敢于这样做，因为她宣布过，说她要找一个她认为最能表现自己的人做丈夫。
这两个人做了整整一星期的准备——这是他们所能花的最长的时间。但是这也够了。因为他们有许多学问，而这些学问都是有用的。一位已经把整个拉丁文字典和这个城市出的三年的报纸，从头到尾和从尾到头，都背得烂熟。另一位精通公司法和每个市府议员所应知道的东西，因此他就以为自己能够谈论国家大事。此外他还会在裤子的吊带上绣花;因为他是一个文雅和手指灵巧的人。
“我要得到这位公主!”他们两人齐声说。
于是他们的父亲就给他们两人每人一匹漂亮的马。那个能背诵整部字典和三年报纸的兄弟得到一匹漆黑的马;那个懂得公司法和会绣花的兄弟得到一匹乳白色的马。然后他们就在自己的嘴角上抹了一些鱼肝油，以便能够说话圆滑流利。所有的仆人们都站在院子里，观看他们上马。这时忽然第三位少爷来了，因为他们兄弟有三个人，虽然谁也不把他当做一个兄弟——因为他不像其他两个那样有学问。一般人都把他叫做“笨汉汉斯”。
“你们穿得这么漂亮，要到什么地方去呀?”他问。
“到宫里去，向国王的女儿求婚去!你不知道全国各地都贴了布告了吗?”
于是他们就把事情原原本本地都告诉了他。
“我的天!我也应该去!”笨汉汉斯说。他的两个兄弟对他大笑了一通以后，便骑着马儿走了。
“爸爸，我也得有一匹马。”笨汉汉斯大声说。“我现在非常想结婚!如果她要我，她就可以得到我。她不要我，我还是要她的!”
“这完全是胡说八道!”父亲说。“我什么马也不给你。你连话都不会讲!你的两个兄弟才算得是聪明人呢!”
“如果我不配有一匹马，”笨汉汉斯说，“那么就给我一只公山羊吧，它本来就是我的，它驮得起我!”
因此他就骑上了公山羊。他把两腿一夹，就在公路上跑起来了。
“嗨，嗬!骑得真够劲!我来了!”笨汉汉斯说，同时唱起歌来，他的声音引起一片回音。
但是他的两个哥哥在他前面却骑得非常斯文，他们一句话也不说，他们正在考虑如何讲出那些美丽的词句，因为这些东西都非在事先想好不可。
“喂!”笨汉汉斯喊着。“我来了!瞧瞧我在路上拾到的东西吧!”于是他就把他抬到的一只死乌鸦拿给他们看。
“你这个笨虫!”他们说，“你把它带着做什么?”
“我要把它送给公主!”
“好吧，你这样做吧!”他们说，大笑一通，骑着马走了。
“喂，我来了!瞧瞧我现在找到了什么东西!这并不是你可以每天在公路上找得到的呀!”
这两兄弟掉转头来，看他现在又找到了什么东西。
“笨汉!”他们说，“这不过是一只旧木鞋，而且上面一部分已经没有了!难道你把这也拿去送给公主不成?”
“当然要送给她的!”笨汉汉斯说。于是两位兄弟又大笑了一通，继续骑马前进。他们走了很远。但是——
“喂，我来了!”笨汉汉斯又在喊。“嗨，事情越来越好了!好哇!真是好哇!”
“你又找到了什么东西?”两兄弟问。
“啊，”笨汉汉斯说，“这个很难说!公主将会多么高兴啊!”
“呸!”这两个兄弟说，“那不过是沟里的一点泥巴罢了。”
“是的，一点也不错，”笨汉汉斯说，“而且是一种最好的泥巴。看，这么湿，你连捏都捏不住。”于是他把袋子里装满了泥巴。
这两兄弟现在尽快地向前飞奔，所以他们来到城门口时，足足比汉斯早一个钟头。他们一到来就马上拿到一个求婚者的登记号码。大家排成几排，每排有六个人。他们挤得那么紧，连手臂都无法动一下。这是非常好的，否则他们因为你站在我的.面前，就会把彼此的背撕得稀烂。
城里所有的居民都挤到宫殿的周围来，一直挤到窗子上去;他们要看公主怎样接待她的求婚者。每个人——走进大厅里去，马上就失去说话的能力。
“一点用也没有!”公主说。“滚开!”
现在轮到了那位能背诵整个字典的兄弟，但是他在排队的时候把字典全忘记了。地板在他脚下发出格格的响声。大殿的天花板是镜子做的，所以他看到自己是头在地上倒立着的。窗子旁边站着三个秘书和一位秘书长。他们把人们所讲出的话全都记了下来，以便马上在报纸上发表，拿到街上去卖两个铜板。这真是可怕得很。此外，火炉里还烧着旺盛的火，把烟囱管子都烧红了。
“这块地方真热得要命!”这位求婚者说。
“一点也不错，因为我的父亲今天要烤几只子鸡呀!”公主说。
糟糕!他呆呆地站在那儿。他没有料想到会碰到这类的话;正当他应该想讲句把风趣话的时候，却一句话也讲不出来。糟糕!
“一点用也没有!”公主说。“滚开!”
于是他也只好走开了。现在第二个兄弟进来了。
“这儿真是热得可怕!”他说。
“是的，我们今天要烤几只子鸡，”公主说。
“什么——什么?你——你喜欢要什——”他结结巴巴地说，同时那几位秘书全都一齐写着：“什么——什么?”
“一点用也没有!”公主说。“滚开!”
现在轮到笨汉汉斯了。他骑着山羊一直走到大厅里来。
“这儿真热得厉害!”他说。
“是的，因为我正在烤子鸡呀，”公主说。
“啊，那真是好极了!”笨汉汉斯说。“那么我也可以烤一只乌鸦了!”
“欢迎你烤，”公主说。“不过你用什么家什烤呢?因为我即没有罐子，也没有锅呀。”
“但是我有!”笨汉汉斯说。“这儿有一个锅，上面还有一个洋铁把手。”
于是他就取出一只旧木鞋来，把那只乌鸦放进去。
“这道菜真不错!”公主说。“不过我们从哪里去找酱油呢?”
“我衣袋里有的是!”笨汉汉斯说。“我有那么多，我还可以扔掉一些呢!”他就从衣袋里倒出一点泥巴来。
“这真叫我高兴!”公主说。“你能够回答问题!你很会讲话，我愿意要你做我的丈夫。不过，你知道不知道，我们所讲的和已经讲过了的每句话都被记下来了，而且明天就要在报纸上发表?你看每个窗子旁站着三个秘书和一个秘书长。这位老秘书长最糟，因为他什么也不懂!”
不过她说这句话的目的无非是要吓他一下。这些秘书都傻笑起来，每个人的笔还都洒了一滴墨水到地板上去。
“乖乖!这就是所谓绅士!”笨汉汉斯说，“那么我得把我最好的东西送给这位秘书长了。”
于是他就把衣袋翻转来，对着秘书长的脸撒了一大把泥巴。
“这真是做得聪明，”公主说。“我自己就做不出来，不过很快我也可以学会的。”
笨汉汉斯就这样成了一个国王，得到了一个妻子和一顶王冠，高高地坐在王位上面。这个故事是我们直接从秘书长办的报纸上读到的——不过它并不完全可靠!
笨汉汉斯英文版：
Jack the Dullard
FAR in the interior of the country lay an old baronial hall, and in it lived an old proprietor, who had two sons, which two young men thought themselves too clever by half. They wanted to go out and woo the King’s daughter; for the maiden in question had publicly announced that she would choose for her husband that youth who could arrange his words best.
So these two geniuses prepared themselves a full week for the wooing—this was the longest time that could be granted them; but it was enough, for they had had much preparatory information, and everybody knows how useful that is. One of them knew the whole Latin dictionary by heart, and three whole years of the daily paper of the little town into the bargain, and so well, indeed, that he could repeat it all either backwards or forwards, just as he chose. The other was deeply read in the corporation laws, and knew by heart what every corporation ought to know; and accordingly he thought he could talk of affairs of state, and put his spoke in the wheel in the council. And he knew one thing more: he could embroider suspenders with roses and other flowers, and with arabesques, for he was a tasty, light-fingered fellow.
“I shall win the Princess!” So cried both of them. Therefore their old papa gave to each of them a handsome horse. The youth who knew the dictionary and newspaper by heart had a black horse, and he who knew all about the corporation laws received a milk-white steed. Then they rubbed the corners of their mouths with fish-oil, so that they might become very smooth and glib. All the servants stood below in the courtyard, and looked on while they mounted their horses; and just by chance the third son came up. For the proprietor had really three sons, though nobody counted the third with his brothers, because he was not so learned as they, and indeed he was generally known as “Jack the Dullard.”
“Hallo!” said Jack the Dullard, “where are you going? I declare you have put on your Sunday clothes!”
“We’re going to the King’s court, as suitors to the King’s daughter. Don’t you know the announcement that has been made all through the country?” And they told him all about it.
“My word! I’ll be in it too!” cried Jack the Dullard; and his two brothers burst out laughing at him, and rode away.
“Father, dear,” said Jack, “I must have a horse too. I do feel so desperately inclined to marry! If she accepts me, she accepts me; and if she won’t have me, I’ll have her; but she shall be mine!”
“Don’t talk nonsense,” replied the old gentleman. “You shall have no horse from me. You don’t know how to speak—you can’t arrange your words. Your brothers are very different fellows from you.”
“Well,” quoth Jack the Dullard, “If I can’t have a horse, I’ll take the Billy-goat, who belongs to me, and he can carry me very well!”
And so said, so done. He mounted the Billy-goat, pressed his heels into its sides, and galloped down the high street like a hurricane.
“Hei, houp! that was a ride! Here I come!” shouted Jack the Dullard, and he sang till his voice echoed far and wide.
But his brothers rode slowly on in advance of him. They spoke not a word, for they were thinking about the fine extempore speeches they would have to bring out, and these had to be cleverly prepared beforehand.
“Hallo!” shouted Jack the Dullard. “Here am I! Look what I have found on the high road.” And he showed them what it was, and it was a dead crow.
“Dullard!” exclaimed the brothers, “what are you going to do with that?”
“With the crow? why, I am going to give it to the Princess.”
“Yes, do so,” said they; and they laughed, and rode on.
“Hallo, here I am again! just see what I have found now: you don’t find that on the high road every day!”
And the brothers turned round to see what he could have found now.
“Dullard!” they cried, “that is only an old wooden shoe, and the upper part is missing into the bargain; are you going to give that also to the Princess?”
“Most certainly I shall,” replied Jack the Dullard; and again the brothers laughed and rode on, and thus they got far in advance of him; but—
“Hallo—hop rara!” and there was Jack the Dullard again. “It is getting better and better,” he cried. “Hurrah! it is quite famous.”
“Why, what have you found this time?” inquired the brothers.
“Oh,” said Jack the Dullard, “I can hardly tell you. How glad the Princess will be!”
“Bah!” said the brothers; “that is nothing but clay out of the ditch.”
“Yes, certainly it is,” said Jack the Dullard; “and clay of the finest sort. See, it is so wet, it runs through one’s fingers.” And he filled his pocket with the clay.
But his brothers galloped on till the sparks flew, and consequently they arrived a full hour earlier at the town gate than could Jack. Now at the gate each suitor was provided with a number, and all were placed in rows immediately on their arrival, six in each row, and so closely packed together that they could not move their arms; and that was a prudent arrangement, for they would certainly have come to blows, had they been able, merely because one of them stood before the other.
All the inhabitants of the country round about stood in great crowds around the castle, almost under the very windows, to see the Princess receive the suitors; and as each stepped into the hall, his power of speech seemed to desert him, like the light of a candle that is blown out. Then the Princess would say, “He is of no use! Away with him out of the hall!”
At last the turn came for that brother who knew the dictionary by heart; but he did not know it now; he had absolutely forgotten it altogether; and the boards seemed to re-echo with his footsteps, and the ceiling of the hall was made of looking-glass, so that he saw himself standing on his head; and at the window stood three clerks and a head clerk, and every one of them was writing down every single word that was uttered, so that it might be printed in the newspapers, and sold for a penny at the street corners. It was a terrible ordeal, and they had, moreover, made such a fire in the stove, that the room seemed quite red hot.
“It is dreadfully hot here!” observed the first brother.
“Yes,” replied the Princess, “my father is going to roast young pullets today.”
“Baa!” there he stood like a baa-lamb. He had not been prepared for a speech of this kind, and had not a word to say, though he intended to say something witty. “Baa!”
“He is of no use!” said the Princess. “Away with him!”
And he was obliged to go accordingly. And now the second brother came in.
“It is terribly warm here!” he observed.
“Yes, we’re roasting pullets to-day,” replied the Princess.
“What—what were you—were you pleased to ob—” stammered he—and all the clerks wrote down, “pleased to ob—”
“He is of no use!” said the Princess. “Away with him!”
Now came the turn of Jack the Dullard. He rode into the hall on his goat.
“Well, it’s most abominably hot here.”
“Yes, because I’m roasting young pullets,” replied the Princess.
“Ah, that’s lucky!” exclaimed Jack the Dullard, “for I suppose you’ll let me roast my crow at the same time?”
“With the greatest pleasure,” said the Princess. “But have you anything you can roast it in? for I have neither pot nor pan.”
“Certainly I have!” said Jack. “Here’s a cooking utensil with a tin handle.”
And he brought out the old wooden shoe, and put the crow into it.
“Well, that is a famous dish!” said the Princess. “But what shall we do for sauce?”
“Oh, I have that in my pocket,” said Jack; “I have so much of it that I can afford to throw some away;” and he poured some of the clay out of his pocket.
“I like that!” said the Princess. “You can give an answer, and you have something to say for yourself, and so you shall be my husband. But are you aware that every word we speak is being taken down, and will be published in the paper to-morrow? Look yonder, and you will see in every window three clerks and a head clerk; and the old head clerk is the worst of all, for he can’t understand anything.”
But she only said this to frighten Jack the Dullard; and the clerks gave a great crow of delight, and each one spurted a blot out of his pen on to the floor.
“Oh, those are the gentlemen, are they?” said Jack; “then I will give the best I have to the head clerk.” And he turned out his pockets, and flung the wet clay full in the head clerk’s face.
“That was very cleverly done,” observed the Princess. “I could not have done that; but I shall learn in time.”
And accordingly Jack the Dullard was made a king, and received a crown and a wife, and sat upon a throne. And this report we have wet from the press of the head clerk and the corporation of printers— but they are not to be depended upon in the least.
篇2：童话故事：笨汉汉斯
童话故事：笨汉汉斯
乡下有一幢古老的房子，里面住着一位年老的乡绅。他有两个儿子。这两个人是那么聪明，他们只须用一半聪明就够了，还剩下一半是多余的。他们想去向国王的女儿求婚，而也敢于这样做，因为她宣布过，说她要找一个她认为最能表现自己的人做丈夫。
这两个人做了整整一星期的准备这是他们所能花的最长的时间。但是这也够了。因为他们有许多学问，而这些学问都是有用的。一位已经把整个拉丁文字典和这个城市出的三年的报纸，从头到尾和从尾到头，都背得烂熟。另一位精通公司法和每个市府议员所应知道的东西，因此他就以为自己能够谈论国家大事。此外他还会在裤子的吊带上绣花；因为他是一个文雅和手指灵巧的人。
我要得到这位公主！他们两人齐声说。
于是他们的父亲就给他们两人每人一匹漂亮的马。那个能背诵整部字典和三年报纸的兄弟得到一匹漆黑的马；那个懂得公司法和会绣花的兄弟得到一匹乳白色的马。然后他们就在自己的嘴角上抹了一些鱼肝油，以便能够说话圆滑流利。所有的仆人们都站在院子里，观看他们上马。这时忽然第三位少爷来了，因为他们兄弟有三个人，虽然谁也不把他当做一个兄弟因为他不像其他两个那样有学问。一般人都把他叫做笨汉汉斯。
你们穿得这么漂亮，要到什么地方去呀？他问。
到宫里去，向国王的女儿求婚去！你不知道全国各地都贴了布告了吗？
于是他们就把事情原原本本地都告诉了他。
我的天！我也应该去！笨汉汉斯说。他的两个兄弟对他大笑了一通以后，便骑着马儿走了。
爸爸，我也得有一匹马。笨汉汉斯大声说。我现在非常想结婚！如果她要我，她就可以得到我。她不要我，我还是要她的！
这完全是胡说八道！父亲说。我什么马也不给你。你连话都不会讲！你的两个兄弟才算得是聪明人呢！
如果我不配有一匹马，笨汉汉斯说，那么就给我一只公山羊吧，它本来就是我的，它驮得起我！
因此他就骑上了公山羊。他把两腿一夹，就在公路上跑起来了。
嗨，嗬！骑得真够劲！我来了！笨汉汉斯说，同时唱起歌来，他的声音引起一片回音。
但是他的两个哥哥在他前面却骑得非常斯文，他们一句话也不说，他们正在考虑如何讲出那些美丽的词句，因为这些东西都非在事先想好不可。
喂！笨汉汉斯喊着。我来了！瞧瞧我在路上拾到的东西吧！于是他就把他抬到的一只死乌鸦拿给他们看。
你这个笨虫！他们说，你把它带着做什么？
我要把它送给公主！
好吧，你这样做吧！他们说，大笑一通，骑着马走了。
喂，我来了！瞧瞧我现在找到了什么东西！这并不是你可以每天在公路上找得到的呀！
这两兄弟掉转头来，看他现在又找到了什么东西。
笨汉！他们说，这不过是一只旧木鞋，而且上面一部分已经没有了！难道你把这也拿去送给公主不成？
当然要送给她的！笨汉汉斯说。于是两位兄弟又大笑了一通，继续骑马前进。他们走了很远。但是
喂，我来了！笨汉汉斯又在喊。嗨，事情越来越好了！好哇！真是好哇！
你又找到了什么东西？两兄弟问。
啊，笨汉汉斯说，这个很难说！公主将会多么高兴啊！
呸！这两个兄弟说，那不过是沟里的一点泥巴罢了。
是的，一点也不错，笨汉汉斯说，而且是一种最好的泥巴。看，这么湿，你连捏都捏不住。于是他把袋子里装满了泥巴。
这两兄弟现在尽快地向前飞奔，所以他们来到城门口时，足足比汉斯早一个钟头。他们一到来就马上拿到一个求婚者的登记号码。大家排成几排，每排有六个人。他们挤得那么紧，连手臂都无法动一下。这是非常好的，否则他们因为你站在我的面前，就会把彼此的背撕得稀烂。
城里所有的居民都挤到宫殿的周围来，一直挤到窗子上去；他们要看公主怎样接待她的求婚者。每个人走进大厅里去，马上就失去说话的能力。
一点用也没有！公主说。滚开！
篇3：安徒生童话笨汉汉斯读后感作文
安徒生童话笨汉汉斯读后感作文
这篇文章讲：在乡下住着一位绅士，他有三个儿子。大儿子和二儿子都很聪明，三儿子的学问比两个哥哥差，被他们叫做笨汉汉斯。有一天公主要选丈夫，兄弟三个一起去参加，结果两个聪明哥哥都落选，公主选了笨汉汉斯做丈夫。我细读后发现了一个道理就是：别人认为的聪明人并不是一定就聪明，平常被人们认为是笨的人也不一定就笨；汉斯不但不笨，还能够随机应变很机智。因为：
一、汉斯的两个哥哥并不算聪明。“一个能够背下整本的拉丁词典和本城三年的报纸”的哥哥，当他见到公主时“什么都忘了”，除了说“这里面热得要命！”这一句之外，“他一句话也说不出来”，这说明他平时的所谓“聪明”是靠死记硬背的，并不是真的聪明；另一个“知道行会规章和行会首领应该知道的一切事情，而且，他还会绣束马的腰带”的`哥哥，当他见到公主后也只能说“这里太热了！”，公主回答说“因为我们今天烤小公鸡！”时，他却没有反应过来，也只是说“什——么”，这就说明这个人的“聪明”是靠简单记忆的，也不能说他就是真聪明。这两个人都有一个共同点就是：只能依靠简单的死记硬背而掌握到非常有限的一两项知识，缺乏临场随机应变的机智。
二、笨汉汉斯不笨。汉斯在去见公主的路上捡了一只死乌鸦、一只木鞋和装了一口袋脏土，这说明汉斯做事是有所准备的，他父亲不给他马骑，就骑自己的公羊，说明他能够随机应变。他见到公主后更加体现出他的随机应变能力：
汉斯说:“这里真是热死人！”公主说:“是的，我正在烤一只小公鸡!”汉斯马上接过话说：“太好了！把我的乌鸦也烤一下吧！”当公主答应并提出“可是我这里没有罐子，也没有锅，拿什么烤呢？”的问题时，他马上说：“我有！”并拿出木鞋；公主再说：“可是去哪里找酱油？”汉斯立即从衣服里掏出脏土说：“我这里有很多！”逗得公主说：“你真有趣！我要选你做丈夫！”当公主当心他们两个人的对话被书记官和行会首领记录并登到报纸上而出丑时，汉斯把一大把脏土泼在了行会首领的脸上，更加赢得了公主的赞赏。
于是，汉斯娶了公主，当上了国王。
另外，这个故事还告诉了我们一个道理，就是成功是要靠自己去争取的。当汉斯要去参加竞选公主丈夫时，别人并不看好他，他找父亲要一匹马骑时遭到了拒绝，但是他没有放弃，而是骑上了自己的公羊就去实现他的梦想。
安徒生的童话写地太有意思了，我今后一定要多读他的作品。
篇4：格林童话故事第：汉斯成亲Hans married
格林童话故事第83篇：汉斯成亲Hans married
以前有个叫汉斯的年轻农夫，他的舅舅想给他找个阔媳妇。所以他让汉斯坐在炉子后面，并把火生得旺旺的，然后拿来一壶牛奶和许多白面包，将一枚亮晶晶的新硬币递到汉斯的手里并嘱咐道：“汉斯，赶紧握住这枚硬币，把白面包掰碎了泡在牛奶里，坐着别动，我回来之前你千万别站起来。”“好吧。”汉斯答应道，“我照您说的做。”然后舅舅穿上一条打着补丁的旧裤子，去旁村见一位富家的女儿，并问道：“能嫁给我的外甥汉斯吗?他既老实又通情达理，你一定觉得非常合适。”那位贪婪的父亲问：“他有些什么财产?他拿什么招待客人?”“亲爱的朋友，”舅舅回答，“我那年轻的'外甥有一个温暖的店铺，手里有亮晶晶的钱，有许多面包等着招待宾客，另外他和我一样有很多农田，”(他一边说着一边拍着他的裤子，在那个地区小块农田被称做补丁)。“如果您不嫌麻烦就请和我一起回家，您马上就会看到我说的一切都是真的。”那守财奴可不愿意失掉这个好机会，马上说：“真是如此的话，我决不会反对这门婚姻。”
选定吉日，喜结良缘，新娘子步出洞房想看看新郎子的财产，汉斯脱掉他的新衣，换上一件打着补丁的工装并说道：“我怕弄坏了这件好衣服。”然后他们一块走了出去，看到了一块葡萄园，农田旁边是草地，汉斯用手指指点点，然后又拍了拍他工装上的大小补丁，说：“我最亲爱的，你看这块是我的，那块也是我的。”他的意思是让他的媳妇别老盯着宽阔的田野，也看看他的衣服，这才是他自己的。
“婚礼你也参加了?”“我当然参加了，还穿了全套礼服。我的帽子是雪做的，太阳一出来就给晒化了;我的外套是蜘蛛网，过荆棘的时候全给撕坏了;鞋是玻璃的，踩在石头上，咔嚓一声，碎成了两半。”
汉斯成亲英文版：
Hans married
There was once upon a time a young peasant named Hans, whose uncle wanted to find him a rich wife. He therefore seated Hans behind the stove, and had it made very hot. Then he fetched a pot of milk and plenty of white bread, gave him a bright newly-coined farthing in his hand, and said, “Hans, hold that farthing fast, crumble the white bread into the milk, and stay where you are, and do not stir from that spot till I come back.” - “Yes,” said Hans, “I will do all that.” Then the wooer put on a pair of old patched trousers, went to a rich peasant's daughter in the next village, and said, “Won't you marry my nephew Hans -- you will get an honest and sensible man who will suit you?” The covetous father asked, “How is it with regard to his means? Has he bread to break?” - “Dear friend,” replied the wooer, “my young nephew has a snug berth, a nice bit of money in hand, and plenty of bread to break, besides he has quite as many patches as I have,” (and as he spoke, he slapped the patches on his trousers, but in that district small pieces of land were called patches also.) “If you will give yourself the trouble to go home with me, you shall see at once that all is as I have said.” Then the miser did not want to lose this good opportunity, and said, “If that is the case, I have nothing further to say against the marriage.”
So the wedding was celebrated on the appointed day, and when the young wife went out of doors to see the bridegroom's property, Hans took off his Sunday coat and put on his patched smock-frock and said, “I might spoil my good coat.” Then together they went out and wherever a boundary line came in sight, or fields and meadows were divided from each other, Hans pointed with his finger and then slapped either a large or a small patch on his smock-frock, and said, “That patch is mine, and that too, my dearest, just look at it,” meaning thereby that his wife should not stare at the broad land, but look at his garment, which was his own.
“Were you indeed at the wedding?” - “Yes, indeed I was there, and in full dress. My head-dress was of snow; then the sun came out, and it was melted. My coat was of cobwebs, and I had to pass by some thorns which tore it off me, my shoes were of glass, and I pushed against a stone and they said, ”Klink,“ and broke in two.
篇5：格林童话故事第：壮士汉斯heroic man Hans
格林童话故事第160篇：壮士汉斯heroic man Hans
从前有一对夫妇，他们只有一个独生儿子，这家子单独住在一个偏僻的山谷里。一次女人带着年仅两岁的汉斯，到林间去拾冷杉枝。因为此时正是春暖花开的时候，他们看见五颜六色的花正高兴，突然丛林中跳出了两个强盗，掳走了母亲和孩子，带着他们朝着森林的黑暗深处走去，那儿多年没人进去了。那可怜的女人苦苦哀求强盗放走她们母子俩，可强盗们是铁石心肠，根本不听她的哀求，只管用力地赶着他们往前走。大约两小时后，他们来到了一座有门的岩壁前，强盗们敲了敲门，门就开了。他们走过一条长长的暗道，最后来到一个大洞里，那洞被炉火照得如同白昼。只见四周的墙壁上挂着刀剑和别的凶器，在炉光的照射下闪着寒光。中间摆着黑桌子，桌旁另有四个强盗坐在那儿赌博，上首那人就是他们的头儿。他看见女人走来，便走过来和她搭话，叫她别害怕，说只管放心，他们不会伤害她，但她必须管理家务，如果她把一切都弄得有条有理，他们是不会亏待她的。随后他给她吃一些东西，又指给她看她和孩子的床。
女人在强盗窝里一过就是许多年，汉斯现在已渐渐长大强壮了。母亲给他讲故事，叫他念一本在洞里找到的破旧骑士书。汉斯九岁时，他用松木枝做了根结实的棍子，把它藏在床后，然后去问母亲：“娘，现在请你告诉我，谁是我的爹，我很想知道。!”母亲默不作声，不肯向他说什么，免得他患相思病，她知道那些无法无天的强盗是决不会放走汉斯的，但想到汉斯不能回到他爹身边去，她的心都快碎了。晚上，强盗们抢劫回来时，汉斯就拿出他的棍子，走到强盗头儿跟前说：“现在我要知道谁是我的爹，如果不立刻告诉我，我就要把你打死。”强盗头儿一听哈哈大笑，给了汉斯一个耳光，打得他滚到了桌子底下。汉斯爬了起来，没有说话，心想：“我要再等一年，到时我要再试试，或许会好些。”一年又过去了，他又拿出了那根棍子，抹掉上面的灰尘，仔细瞧了瞧，说：“这是根挺结实有力的棍子。”晚上，强盗们回来了，一坛接一坛地喝酒，然后一个个都醉得低下了头。这时汉斯拿出了棍子，走到强盗头子的跟前，问他爹是谁。强盗头儿只给他一个耳光，又打得他滚下了桌子。但没过久，他又爬了起来，抡起棍子就给头儿和其他的强盗一顿痛打，打得他们手脚不能动弹。母亲站在角落里，看到他是这样的勇猛强壮，满脸惊讶。汉斯打完强盗，就走到母亲跟前，说：“现在我该办正事了，但我现在想知道，谁是我的爹。”“亲爱的汉斯，来，我们这就去找，一定要把他找到。”她取下了头儿开门的钥匙，汉斯又去找了一个大面粉袋，装了满满一袋金银财宝，扛在肩上，他们便离开了山洞。汉斯从黑暗的洞中走到太阳里，展现在他眼前的是那绿色的森林、无数的鲜花和小鸟，还有天上的朝阳，他站在那儿，眼睛睁得大大的，仿佛眼前的一切是在梦中。
母亲带着他寻找回家的路，几小时后，他们终于平平安安地来到了一片寂寞的山谷中，他们的小屋就在眼前。父亲正坐在门前，当他认出了自己的妻子，并听说汉斯就是自己的儿子时，欢喜得哭了起来，他以为他们母子早死了。汉斯虽说只有十二岁，却比父亲高一个头。他们一齐回到屋里，汉斯刚把口袋放在炉边的长凳上，屋子就吱嘎摇晃起来了，凳也断裂了。父亲叫道：“天啊!这是怎么回事，现在你把我的屋子给打破了。”“别担心，爹，”汉斯说，“这袋子里装的东西，比造一座新屋子需要的钱还多呢!”父子俩立刻动手建新房，还买来了牲口和土地，开始经营农庄。汉斯犁地，他走在犁头后面，把犁深深地按在了土里，前面的牛儿几乎都不必拉了。
第二年春天，汉斯对父亲说：“爹，这些钱你留着。请给我做根百斤重的旅行杖，我要出远门了。”手杖做好后，汉斯便离开了家，他走呀走，来到了一座深深的黑森林。他在那里听到有什么东西在喀嚓作响，便向周围看，看见一棵松树，从下到上像一根绳子一样拧在一起。他再抬头往上瞧，看见一个大汉正抓住树干，把它扭来扭去，好像那根本不是棵大树，而是根柳条。“喂!你在上面干什么?”那汉子说：“我昨天打了捆柴，想搓根绳子去捆柴。”汉斯心想：“他力气倒挺大的。”于是他对汉子喊道：“别干这个了，跟我走吧。”那汉子从树上爬了下来，个儿比汉斯还高出整整一个头。“你就叫‘扭树者’好了。”汉斯对他说。他们继续往前走，听见什么东西在敲打，每打一下，大地都要抖几抖。不久，他们来到一坐岩壁前，只见一个巨人站在那里，正用拳头把崖石大块大块地打下来。汉斯问他做什么，巨人回答说：“我晚上睡觉时，熊、狼和其它的猛兽老在我身边嗅来嗅去，叫我不能入睡，所以我想建造间房子，晚上睡在里面，这样才能安宁些。”汉斯心想：“唉，是的，这人你也用得着。”于是他说：“别造啦，和我们一道走吧。你就叫‘劈石人’好了。”巨人答应了，便和他们一起走过森林，凡是他们走到的地方，野兽全被吓住，然后从他们身边跑开了。晚上，他们来到一座古老的'无人居住的宫殿前，走进去睡在了大厅里。第二天早上，汉斯走进宫前的花园里，发现那儿全荒芜了，长满了荆棘丛。他正走来走去时，一头野猪猛地朝他冲来，他用手杖只打了它一下，它就马上倒下了。于是他把野猪扛在肩上，带了上去，大伙儿把野猪叉在铁杆上烤着吃，吃得高兴极了。他们每天轮留去打猎，留一人看家做饭，每人每天可以吃九磅肉。第一天扭树者留在家中，汉斯和劈石人去打猎，当扭树者忙着做饭时，一个满脸皱纹的小老头走进宫殿，向他要肉吃。“可恶的家伙，走开，你还想吃什么肉!”他回答说。但使他惊讶的是，那很不起眼的小人儿，跳到了扭树者的身上，用拳头乱打他，他竟不能抵抗，最后倒在上直喘气。小老头直到完全解了恨，方才离去。另外两个人打猎回来，扭树者只字不提那个老头和挨打的事。他心想：“等他俩呆在家里的时候，也尝尝那个好斗的小老头的厉害吧。”仅仅是这想法已经够他乐一阵子的了。
第二天劈石人留在家里，他的遭遇跟扭树者一模一样，因为他不肯拿肉给他吃，结果也被小老头好好地揍了一顿。当他们回来时，扭树者当然知道他出了事，但他俩都不做声，心想：“让汉斯也尝尝这滋味吧。”
第三天，轮到汉斯留在家中做饭，他正在厨房里认真干活，站在上面打锅里的泡沫，小人儿来了，毫不客气地要肉吃。汉斯想：“这是个可怜的小老头，我愿意从我的那份中分些给他，这样也不叫别人吃亏。”于是他递给了他一块肉。那矮子吃完后，又要了一块，好心的汉斯又给了他，并告诉他这块肉很好，他该满意了。没想到小矮子又第三次开口要，“你脸皮真厚。”汉斯说，就不再给他肉了。那恶矮子就要跳到汉斯的身上，像对待扭树者和劈石人一样待他，但是他找错人了。汉斯毫不费力地给了他几个耳光，打得他滚下了台级，汉斯去追他，因为人高腿长的缘故，反而让他给拌倒了，当他爬起来时，矮子在他的前面直乐。汉斯一直追到森林里，看到他溜进了一个洞里。汉斯只好回家了，不过记住了那个地方。那两人回来时，看见汉斯安然无恙，都很惊讶，汉斯把发生的一切告诉了他们，于是他们不再隐瞒他们的遭遇。汉斯笑道：“都怪你们，谁叫你们要如此吝啬你们的肉，你们这么大的个儿，却被小人儿打了一顿，可真是丢人。”于是他们三人带上箩筐和绳子，朝小矮子溜进去的地洞走去。他们让汉斯坐在箩筐里，随身带着棍子，然后把他放进洞口。汉斯下到底后，寻着了一道门，他打开了门，发现那里坐着位美丽如画的少女，简直美得无法形容。少女旁边坐着那个小矮子，正冷冷地瞪着汉斯，那样子就像一只野猫。少女被锁链拴着，可怜巴巴地望着汉斯，这引起了汉斯的巨大同情心。汉斯想：“我得把她从这恶矮子手上救出来。”于是他用棍子打了他一下，他就倒在地上死了。少女身上的锁链也立刻松脱了，她告诉汉斯，她本是位公主，被一个野蛮的公爵掠了来，关在这里。因为她不答应嫁给他，公爵让矮子作看守人看着她，她可受够了他的折磨。随后汉斯把少女放进箩筐，让那两个把他拉了上去。箩筐又放了下来，但汉斯已不相信那两位同伴了，心想：“他们已经表现得不老实了，没有把小矮子的事情告诉我，谁知他们安什么心?”于是他只把自己的棍子放进去。幸亏如此，因为箩筐才吊到了半空中，他们又把它松下来了，如果汉斯真的坐在了里面，就会摔个必死无疑了。汉斯被困在洞中，不知怎样才能从那里爬出去，他想来想去，还是想不出个好办法。他于是就走来走去，不知不觉间来到了少女曾经呆过的小屋，发现那小矮人的指头上套着枚戒指，闪闪发光，于是他便褪了下来，戴在自己的手上，他然后把戒指转动了一下，突然听到有什么东西在头顶作响，他抬头一看，原来空中有几位神仙在翱翔，他们说，他是他们的主子，问他要干什么?汉斯起先还不作声，但很快便吩咐他们把自己抬上去。他们照办了，他觉得自己仿佛飞了起来。但等他到了上面时，已不见他们的影儿了。他又走到宫殿里，也找不着个人，扭树者和劈石人都跑了，还带走了那位美丽的公主。汉斯于是又转动戒指，神仙又来了，说那两个人在海上。汉斯便不停地跑，一直追到了海边。他在那里朝远望去，发现离岸边很远的海面上有条小船，他的不忠实的伙伴正坐在里面。汉斯气极了，不加思索地带着他的棍子，跳下水中，向前方游去。哪知棍子实在太重，拖着他直往下沉，几乎把他淹死了。于是他赶紧转动戒指，眨眼间神仙又来了，带着他像闪电般地靠近了小船。汉斯挥动棍子，把他们俩都打落在水里，给了那两个家伙应有的惩罚。美丽的公主刚才给吓怕了，汉斯再一次救了她，摇着橹把她送回了她父母家，后来和她结了婚，一切皆大欢喜。
壮士汉斯英文版：
heroic man Hans
There were once a man and a woman who had an only child, and lived quite alone in a solitary
valley. It came to pass that the mother once went into the wood to gather branches of fir, and
took with her little Hans, who was just two years old. As it was spring-time, and the child took
pleasure in the many-coloured flowers, she went still further onwards with him into the forest.
Suddenly two robbers sprang out of the thicket, seized the mother and child, and carried them far
away into the black forest, where no one ever came from one year's end to another. The poor
woman urgently begged the robbers to set her and her child free, but their hearts were made of
stone, they would not listen to her prayers and entreaties, and drove her on farther by force. After
they had worked their way through bushes and briars for about two miles, they came to a rock
where there was a door, at which the robbers knocked and it opened at once. They had to go
through a long dark passage, and at last came into a great cavern, which was lighted by a fire
which burnt on the hearth. On the wall hung swords, sabres, and other deadly weapons which
gleamed in the light, and in the midst stood a black table at which four other robbers were sitting
gambling, and the captain sat at the head of it. As soon as he saw the woman he came and spoke
to her, and told her to be at ease and have no fear, they would do nothing to hurt her, but she
must look after the house-keeping, and if she kept everything in order, she should not fare ill with
them. Thereupon they gave her something to eat, and showed her a bed where she might sleep
with her child.
The woman stayed many years with the robbers, and Hans grew tall and strong. His mother told
him stories, and taught him to read an old book of tales about knights which she found in the
cave. When Hans was nine years old, he made himself a strong club out of a branch of fir, hid it
behind the bed, and then went to his mother and said, ”Dear mother, pray tell me who is my
father; I must and will know.“ His mother was silent and would not tell him, that he might not
become home-sick; moreover she knew that the godless robbers would not let him go away, but
it almost broke her heart that Hans should not go to his father. In the night, when the robbers
came home from their robbing expedition, Hans brought out his club, stood before the captain,
and said, ”I now wish to know who is my father, and if thou dost not at once tell me I will strike
thee down.“ Then the captain laughed, and gave Hans such a box on the ear that he rolled under
the table. Hans got up again, held his tongue, and thought, ”I will wait another year and then try
again, perhaps I shall do better then.“ When the year was over, he brought out his club again,
rubbed the dust off it, looked at it well, and said, ”It is a stout strong club.“ At night the robbers
came home, drank one jug of wine after another, and their heads began to be heavy. Then Hans
brought out his club, placed himself before the captain, and asked him who was his father? But
the captain again gave him such a vigorous box on the ear that Hans rolled under the table, but it
was not long before he was up again, and beat the captain and the robbers so with his club, that
they could no longer move either their arms or their legs. His mother stood in a corner full of
admiration of his bravery and strength. When Hans had done his work, he went to his mother,
and said, ”Now I have shown myself to be in earnest, but now I must also know who is my
father.“ ”Dear Hans,“ answered the mother, ”come, we will go and seek him until we find him.“
She took from the captain the key to the entrance-door, and Hans fetched a great meal-sack and
packed into it gold and silver, and whatsoever else he could find that was beautiful, until it was
full, and then he took it on his back. They left the cave, but how Hans did open his eyes when he
came out of the darkness into daylight, and saw the green forest, and the flowers, and the birds,
and the morning sun in the sky. He stood there and wondered at everything just as if he had not
been very wise. His mother looked for the way home, and when they had walked for a couple of
hours, they got safely into their lonely valley and to their little house. The father was sitting in
篇6：格林童话故事第：刺猬汉斯Hans my Hedgehog
格林童话故事第107篇：刺猬汉斯Hans my Hedgehog
从前有个富有的农夫，他的金钱可车载斗量，他的田地遍布农庄。可是他美满的生活中有一大缺憾，那就是他没有孩子。他进城的时候，经常受到同行农夫的冷嘲热讽，他们问他为什么没有孩子。最后他实在忍受不住，变得十分恼怒，回到家中便气愤地说：”我得有个孩子，哪怕是个刺猬也成。“于是他的老婆生了个怪孩子，上半身是刺猬，下半身是男孩。他老婆吓坏了，埋怨他说：”你瞧你，这就是你带来的恶运。“农夫无奈地说：”米已成粥，现在如何是好?这孩子得接受洗礼，可谁能当他的教父呢?“老婆叹道：”给他取什么名子呢?
就叫刺猬汉斯吧。“
接受洗礼后，牧师说：”他浑身是刺，不能睡在普通的床上。“于是在炉子后边铺了些干草，刺猬汉斯就睡在上面。他的母亲无法给他喂奶，因为他的刺会扎伤母亲。他就这样在炉子后面躺了八年，父亲对他烦透了，暗中思忖：”他真不如死了好!“可是他躺在那里，活得很顽强。城里要举行集市，农夫在去赶集前，问老婆要带些什么回来。”家里缺些肉和几个白面包。“她说。然后又问女仆，女仆要一双拖鞋和几双绣花的长袜子。最后他还问刺猬，”你想要什么，我的刺猬汉斯?“”亲爱的父亲，“他说，”我想要风笛。“当父亲回到家中时，他带回来老婆要的肉和白面包、女仆要的拖鞋和绣花长袜子，然后走到炉子后面，把风笛交给了刺猬汉斯。刺猬汉斯接过风笛，又说：”亲爱的父亲，请去铁匠铺给大公鸡钉上掌子，我要骑着大公鸡出门，不再回来啦。“听到这话，父亲不禁暗暗高兴，心想这下我可摆脱他啦。他立刻去给公鸡钉了掌子，然后，刺猬汉斯骑上公鸡上路了，并且随身带走了几只猪和驴，他准备在森林里喂养它们。他们走进森林，大公鸡带着他飞上了一棵大树。此后他就在树上呆了许多许多年，一边照看着他的驴和猪，直到把它们喂养大，他的父亲丝毫不知他的消息。这么多年他还在树上吹着他的风笛，演奏着非常美妙的乐曲。一次，一个迷了路的国王从附近路过，听见了美妙的音乐，感到吃惊，立刻派他的侍从前去查找笛声是从何处传来的。他四周寻找，只发现在高高的树上有一只小动物，看上去像一只骑着公鸡的刺猬在演奏。于是国王命令侍从上前询问他为何坐在那里，知道不知道通往他的王国的道路。刺猬汉斯从树上下来，对国王说如果他肯写一份保证，上面说一旦他到了家，将他在王宫院中遇到的第一件东西赐予他，他就给国王指明道路。国王心想：”这事容易，刺猬汉斯大字不识，反正我写什么他都不知道。“于是国王取来笔墨，写了一份保证，写完后，刺猬汉斯给他指了路，国王平平安安地回到了家。他的女儿老远就看见了，喜出望外地奔过来迎接他，还高兴地吻了他。这时他想起了刺猬汉斯，并告诉了她事情的经过，他是如何被迫答应将他回家后遇见的第一件东西赏给一只非常奇怪的动物，它像骑马似地骑着一只大公鸡，还演奏着美妙的乐曲。不过他并没有按照它的意思写，他写的是它不应得到它想得到的东西。公主听后很高兴，夸她父亲做的好，因为她从未想过要和刺猬一起生活。
刺猬汉斯同往常一样，照看着他的驴和猪，经常是快快乐乐地坐在树上吹奏他的风笛。
一天，又有一个国王带着随从和使者路过这里，他们也迷了路，森林又大又密，他们迷失了回家的方向。他也听见了从不远的地方传来的乐曲，便问使者那是什么，命令他过去看看。使者走到树下，看见树顶上有只公鸡，刺猬汉斯骑在公鸡的背上。使者问他在上面干什么，”我在放我的驴和我的猪，您想做什么?“使者说他们迷路了，无法回到自己的王国，问他能不能为他们指路。刺猬汉斯和公鸡从树上下来，对年迈的国王说如果国王愿意将他在王宫前面遇到的第一件东西赐给他，他就会告诉他路怎么走。国王回答得干脆：”好啊，“并写下保证书交给刺猬汉斯。然后汉斯骑着大公鸡走在前面，给他们指出了路，国王平平安安地回到自己的王国。当他到了王宫前的庭院时，只见那儿一片欢腾。国王有一个非常美丽的独生女儿，她跑上前来迎接他，一下子搂住了他的脖子，老父亲的归来让她十分欣慰。她问他究竟上哪儿去了这么长的时间。他说了他是如何迷了路，几乎回不来了，可是当他穿过一座大森林的时候，一只在高高的树上骑着公鸡吹风笛的.半刺猬半人的怪物给他指出了方向，并帮助他走出了森林，可是他答应作为回报，将他在宫院里遇到的第一件东西赐予他，现在他首先遇到的是她，为此国王感到很难受。没想到公主却语出惊人，说：为了她所热爱的父亲，她愿意在汉斯来的时候跟他同去。
刺猬汉斯仍旧悉心照料着他的猪群，猪群变得越来越大，以至整座森林已经给挤满了。于是刺猬汉斯决定不再住在林子里面了，他给父亲捎去口信，说把村里的所有猪圈都腾空，他将赶一大群牲畜回去，把所有会杀猪的人都招来。他父亲知道此事后感到很难堪，因为他一直以为刺猬汉斯早就死了呢。刺猬汉斯舒舒服服地坐在公鸡背上，赶着一群猪进了村庄。他一声令下，屠宰开始啦。只见刀起斧落，血肉一片，杀猪的声音方圆数里可闻!此事完毕后刺猬汉斯说：”父亲，请再去铁匠铺给公鸡钉一回掌吧，这回我走后一辈子也不回来啦。“父亲又一次给公鸡上了掌，他感到一阵轻松，因为刺猬汉斯永远不回来了。
刺猬汉斯骑着公鸡到了第一个王国。那里的国王下令，只要看到骑着公鸡手持风笛的人，大家要一起举起弓箭，拿起刀枪，把他阻挡在王宫外面。所以当刺猬汉斯到了城门前的时候，他们全都举起枪矛向他冲来。只见他用鞋刺磕了一下公鸡，那公鸡就飞了起来，越过城门，落在了国王的窗前。汉斯高声叫着国王必须兑现诺言，把属于他的给他，否则他将要国王和他女儿的性命。国王此时很害怕，他央求女儿跟汉斯走，只有这样才能挽救她自己和她父亲的生命。于是她全身穿上了白衣，带着父亲送给她的一辆六匹马拉的马车和一群漂亮的侍女，以及金子和财宝，坐进马车，把汉斯和公鸡还有风笛安置在她身旁，然后一齐起程离去了。国王以为他再也见不着女儿了，可是他万万没想到，他们出城不远，刺猬汉斯便把她漂亮的衣服剥了下来，随后用自己身上的刺把她刺得全身鲜血淋漓。”这就是对你们虚伪狡诈的回报，“他说，”你走吧，我不会要你的。“说完他把她赶了回去，从此以后她一生都让人瞧不起。
刺猬汉斯骑着公鸡，吹着风笛继续向第二个国王的国度走去，他曾经为那个国王指过路。那个国王下令，只要有人长得像刺猬汉斯，要对他行举手礼，保护他的安全，向他高唱万岁，并将他引到王宫。
没料到国王的女儿看见他，却被他的怪模样吓了一跳。这时她告诫自己不得改变主意，因为她曾向父亲许过诺言。所以她出来迎接刺猬汉斯，并与他结为百年之好。两人走到王宫的餐桌旁，并排坐下，享受着美酒佳肴。傍晚来临，他们该上床休息了，可是她害怕他身上的刺，他安慰她不必害怕，说她不会受到任何伤害的。同时他还要求老国王派四名士兵守在洞房的门边，点燃一堆火，等他走进洞房门准备上床前，他自己会从刺猬皮中爬出来，把刺猬皮扔在床边，他们要立即跑过去，拿起刺猬皮扔进火里，在它烧光之前不得离开。钟敲响了十一点，他步入洞房，脱掉刺猬皮，扔在床边。士兵飞快跑过来，拣起刺猬皮扔进火中。等火把皮烧成了灰，他得救啦，变成了人的模样躺在床上，全身漆黑好像被火烧过一样。国王派来御医，用昂贵的药膏给他全身擦洗、涂抹，不久，他的皮肤变白了，成了一个英俊的小伙子。国王的女儿见他这样十分高兴，第二天早晨他们快快乐乐地起了床，一起吃喝完毕，在庄严的气氛中再次举行婚礼，刺猬汉斯继承了老国王的王位。
过了几年他带着妻子去见父亲，告诉父亲他是他的儿子。可是他父亲一再表示他没有儿子，说曾经有过一个，生下来就像一只带刺的刺猬，早就离开了，不知哪儿去啦。汉斯证明了自己是谁，老父亲很高兴，跟着他一起去了他的王国。
刺猬汉斯英文版：
Hans my Hedgehog
Hill and vale do not come together, but the children of men do, good and bad. In this way a shoemaker and a tailor once met with each other in their travels. The tailor was a handsome little fellow who was always merry and full of enjoyment. He saw the shoemaker coming towards him from the other side, and as he observed by his bag what kind of a trade he plied, he sang a little mocking song to him,
”Sew me the seam,
Draw me the thread,
Spread it over with pitch,
Knock the nail on the head.“
The shoemaker, however, could not endure a joke; he pulled a face as if he had drunk vinegar, and made a gesture as if he were about to seize the tailor by the throat. But the little fellow began to laugh, reached him his bottle, and said, ”No harm was meant, take a drink, and swallow your anger down.“ The shoemaker took a very hearty drink, and the storm on his face began to clear away. He gave the bottle back to the tailor, and said, ”I spoke civilly to you; one speaks well after much drinking, but not after much thirst. Shall we travel together?“ - ”All right,“ answered the tailor, ”if only it suits you to go into a big town where there is no lack of work.“ - ”That is just where I want to go,“ answered the shoemaker. ”In a small nest there is nothing to earn, and in the country, people like to go barefoot.“ They travelled therefore onwards together, and always set one foot before the other like a weasel in the snow.
Both of them had time enough, but little to bite and to break. When they reached a town they went about and paid their respects to the tradesmen, and because the tailor looked so lively and merry, and had such pretty red cheeks, every one gave him work willingly, and when luck was good the master's daughters gave him a kiss beneath the porch, as well. When he again fell in with the shoemaker, the tailor had always the most in his bundle. The ill-tempered shoemaker made a wry face, and thought, ”The greater the rascal the more the luck,“ but the tailor began to laugh and to sing, and shared all he got with his comrade. If a couple of pence jingled in his pockets, he ordered good cheer, and thumped the table in his joy till the glasses danced, and it was lightly come, lightly go, with him.
When they had travelled for some time, they came to a great forest through which passed the road to the capital. Two foot-paths, however, led through it, one of which was a seven days' journey, and the other only two, but neither of the travellers knew which way was the short one. They seated themselves beneath an oak-tree, and took counsel together how they should forecast, and for how many days they should provide themselves with bread. The shoemaker said, ”One must look before one leaps, I will take with me bread for a week.“ - ”What!“ said the tailor, ”drag bread for seven days on one's back like a beast of burden, and not be able to look about. I shall trust in God, and not trouble myself about anything! The money I have in my pocket is as good in summer as in winter, but in hot weather bread gets dry, and mouldy into the bargain; even my coat does not go as far as it might. Besides, why should we not find the right way? Bread for two days, and that's enough.“ Each, therefore, bought his own bread, and then they tried their luck in the forest.
It was as quiet there as in a church. No wind stirred, no brook murmured, no bird sang, and through the thickly-leaved branches no sunbeam forced its way. The shoemaker spoke never a word, the heavy bread weighed down his back until the perspiration streamed down his cross and gloomy face. The tailor, however, was quite merry, he jumped about, whistled on a leaf, or sang a song, and thought to himself, ”God in heaven must be pleased to see me so happy.“
This lasted two days, but on the third the forest would not come to an end, and the tailor had eaten up all his bread, so after all his heart sank down a yard deeper. In the meantime he did not lose courage, but relied on God and on his luck. On the third day he lay down in the evening hungry under a tree, and rose again next morning hungry still; so also passed the fourth day, and when the shoemaker seated himself on a fallen tree and devoured his dinner, the tailor was only a looker-on. If he begged for a little piece of bread the other laughed mockingly, and said, ”Thou hast always been so merry, now thou canst try for once what it is to be sad: the birds which sing too early in the morning are struck by the hawk in the evening,“ In short he was pitiless. But on the fifth morning the poor tailor could no longer stand up, and was hardly able to utter one word for weakness; his cheeks were white, and his eyes red. Then the shoemaker said to him, ”I will give thee a bit of bread to-day, but in return for it, I will put out thy right eye.“ The unhappy tailor who still wished to save his life, could not do it in any other way; he wept once more with both eyes, and then held them out, and the shoemaker, who had a heart of stone, put out his right eye with a sharp knife. The tailor called to remembrance what his mother had formerly said to him when he had been eating secretly in the pantry. ”Eat what one can, and suffer what one must.“ When he had consumed his dearly-bought bread, he got on his legs again, forgot his misery and comforted himself with the thought that he could always see enough with one eye. But on the sixth day, hunger made itself felt again, and gnawed him almost to the heart. In the evening he fell down by a tree, and on the seventh morning he could not raise himself up for faintness, and death was close at hand. Then said the shoemaker, ”I will show mercy and give thee bread once more, but thou shalt not have it for nothing, I shall put out thy other eye for it.“ And now the tailor felt how thoughtless his life had been, prayed to God for forgiveness, and said, ”Do what thou wilt, I will bear what I must, but remember that our Lord God does not always look on passively, and that an hour will come when the evil deed which thou hast done to me, and which I have not deserved of thee, will be requited. When times were good with me, I shared what I had with thee. My trade is of that kind that each stitch must always be exactly like the other. If I no longer have my eyes and can sew no more I must go a-begging. At any rate do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I shall die of hunger.\" The shoemaker, however, who had driven God out of his heart, took the knife and put out his left eye. Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat, held out a stick to him, and drew him on behind him.
