聪明的奥丽赛

聪明的奥丽赛

有一个女孩儿，名字叫“聪明的奥丽赛”。有一天，一个叫汉斯的男人来向她求婚。

汉斯问女孩儿的父母：“聪明的奥丽赛真的很聪明吗？”

父亲回答说：“就像她的名字一样，她是非常聪明的奥丽赛。”

汉斯被留下来吃饭。母亲让聪明的奥丽赛去取酒。聪明的奥丽赛拿起酒壶，向地窖走去。一路上，她用壶盖有节奏地敲打着酒壶，免得自己寂寞。

到了地窖，聪明的奥丽赛一边从酒桶里倒酒，一边四下观看。她看到自己头上的木梁上悬挂着一把十字镐，不禁想：“要是我和汉斯结了婚，生了孩子，孩子长大了，我们让他到地窖里来取酒，如果十字镐掉在他头上，就会把他打死了。”

Clever Alice

There was once a girl called,"Clever Alice." One day, a man called Hans came to propose to her.

Hans asked the girl's parents,"Is Clever Alice really so clever?"

The father replied, "Just as her name suggests, she is very clever."

Hans stayed for a meal. The mother made Alice go and fetch some wine. Clever Alice picked up the decanter and headed down to the wine cellar. Along the way, she used the lid to beat steadily at the decanter, so that she wasn't lonely.

When she arrived at the cellar Clever Alice poured wine from the barrel while looking around her. She saw a pickaxe hanging from the beam above her. She could not help but think, "If I get married with Hans and have children, when the children grow up and we make them come down to fetch wine, this pickaxe might fall on their heads and kill them."

聪明的奥丽赛越想越伤心，就痛哭起来。

母亲见聪明的奥丽赛总也不回来，就让一个女仆去看。女仆来到地窖，看见聪明的奥丽赛坐在地上痛哭，就问道：“聪明的奥丽赛，你为什么这样伤心呀？”

聪明的奥丽赛说：“要是我和汉斯结了婚，生了孩子，孩子长大了，我们让他到地窖里来取酒，如果十字镐掉在他头上，就会把他打死了。”

女仆赞叹道：“真是聪明的奥丽赛啊！”于是她也坐在聪明的奥丽赛身边，为这不幸的未来哭了起来。

聪明的奥丽赛的父母等了半天，不见聪明的奥丽赛和女仆回去，就又派了一个男仆去看看发生了什么事情。再后来，他们自己也先后来到了地窖里。他们听了聪明的奥丽赛的哭诉，都说：“真是聪明的奥丽赛啊！”便坐下来，陪着她一起哭。

The more Clever Alice thought, the sadder she became. She burst into tears.

The mother saw that Clever Alice had still not returned so she sent a housemaid to look. The servant reached the basement and saw Alice sitting on the floor crying. She asked, "Clever Alice, why are you so sad?"

Clever Alice said, "If I get married to Hans and have children, when the children grow up and we make them come to the cellar to fetch wine, the pickaxe might fall on their heads and kill them."

The housemaid sighed and said, "You really are clever, Alice!" And so she sat down by Clever Alice's side and started to weep in anticipation of this unfortunate future.

Clever Alice's mother and father waited and waited. Seeing that Clever Alice and the servant had not returned, they sent the butler to see what had happened. Following this, they went down to the cellar themselves. On hearing Clever Alice's sobbing explanation, they both said, "You really are clever, Alice!" They sat down and cried with her.

汉斯一个人在客厅里坐了很久，不见一个人上来，忍不住也下到地窖，看看发生了什么事情。他见五个人哭成一团，就问发生了什么事情。聪明的奥丽赛就告诉他说：“亲爱的汉斯，如果我们结了婚，有了孩子，孩子长大了，也许我们会叫他到这里来取酒。如果十字镐掉下来，落在他的头上，他就会被砸死了。”

汉斯叹道：“既然你是这样一个聪明的奥丽赛，就让我们结婚吧。”

于是，汉斯就和聪明的奥丽赛结了婚。

Hans sat in the drawing room for a very long time. Seeing that no-one was coming up, he could not help but go down to the basement to see what happened. He saw five people crying together and asked what had happened. Clever Alice told him, "Dear Hans, if I get married to you and we have children, when the children grow up and we make them come to the cellar to fetch wine, the pickaxe might fall on their heads and kill them."

Hans sighed, "Since you are so clever, then lets get married."

And so, Hans and Clever Alice got married.

有一天，汉斯让聪明的奥丽赛去田里割麦子。聪明的奥丽赛就带了一罐很香的粥，到田里去了。到了田里，她想了半天，不知是先割麦子好，还是先喝粥好。最后，她决定还是先喝粥，于是就把一罐粥吃光了。这时，她又想：“我是先割麦子好，还是先睡觉好呢？”想了一会儿，她决定先睡觉，就躺在麦田里，睡着了。

黄昏的时候，汉斯见聪明的奥丽赛没有回家，就到麦田里来找她。看见她一点儿麦子也没有割，竟然躺在麦田里睡大觉，不禁很生气，就想捉弄她一下。

汉斯跑回家，拿了几个小铃铛，挂在聪明的奥丽赛身上后，自己回到家里，锁上了门。

One day, Hans sent Clever Alice to the fields to cut wheat. Clever Alice brought a jar of tasty porridge along and went out to the fields. She thought for a long time, but didn't know whether to first cut the wheat or first drink the porridge. In the end she decided to first drink the porridge, so she drank the whole jug. She then thought, "Should I first cut the wheat, or first take a nap?" After thinking for a while, she decided to take a nap first. She lay down in the field of wheat and went to sleep.

At dusk, Hans saw that Clever Alice had still not returned and so he went to the wheat field to look for her. He saw that the wheat had not been cut and that Alice was lying in the field sound asleep. He could not help but be angry, and wanted to play a trick on her.

Hans ran home and fetched some small bells, which he hung around Alice's head. He returned home and locked the door.

天完全黑了，聪明的奥丽赛才睡醒，她站起来，听到“丁零丁零”的响声，觉得很奇怪。再往前走一步，铃声又响起来。她吓糊涂了，不知自己是不是聪明的奥丽赛了。

她回到家里，想问问汉斯。可是，门被锁上了，她就敲敲窗户，问道：“汉斯，聪明的奥丽赛在家吗？”

汉斯说：“是的，她在家里。”

聪明的奥丽赛大吃一惊：“天哪，这么说我不是聪明的奥丽赛了。那么我是谁呢？”

于是，她又跑去敲别人的门，可是，人们听到铃声，都不肯给她开门。

据说，一直到现在，聪明的奥丽赛还不知道自己是谁呢。

Alice didn't wake up until it had turned dark. She stood up and heard a "ding-aling, ding-a-ling" sound. She thought this to be very strange. When she took a step forward, the bells sounded again. She was very scared, and didn't know if she was Clever Alice or not.

She returned home, wanting to ask Hans. But the door was locked. She knocked at the windows, asking, "Hans, is Clever Alice home?"

Hans said, "Yes, she is home."

Clever Alice was astonished, "Oh Lord, then I am not Clever Alice. Who am I?"

And so, she ran off to knock at other people's doors. However, when people heard the sound of the bells, they refused to open the door.

Rumour has it that until now, Clever Alice still does not know who she is.

sound asleep 熟睡

rumour n.谣言