小学英语 英语故事（童话故事）And Seven! 七

1 andand seven seven 七七 andand seven 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 when the daughter asked for a seventh bowl of soup her mother instead of filling the bowl whacked her over the head shouting and seven 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 his fancy immediately he went in and asked seven of what ashamed of her daughter s 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 she s already spun seven spindles of hemp this morning and still wants to spin to make her stop i have to beat her if she s that hard working give her to me said the young man i ll try her out to see if you re telling the truth and then i ll marry her he took her to his house and shut her up in a room full of hemp waiting to be spun i m a sea captain and i m leaving on a voyage he said if you ve spun all this hemp by the time i return i ll marry you the room also contained exquisite clothes and jewels for the captain happened to be very rich when you become my wife he explained these things will all be yours then he left her the girl spent her days 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 tears 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 don t be afraid she told the girl i ve come to help you i ll spin while you make the skein you never saw anyone spin with the speed of that old woman in just a 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 longer when the work was finished the girl said how can i repay you my good lady i don 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 ll come but heaven help you if you forget my name it would be as though i d never helped you and you d be undone 2 the next day the captain arrived and found the hemp all spun excellent he said i believe you re 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 i ll marry 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 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 the 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 and find you ve spun this third load of hemp which is much bigger than the other two i promise we ll 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 spinning spinning even faster and the more she spun the longer grew her teeth to invite me to your wedding banquet said the old woman you must call columbun but if you forget my name it would be better if you d never seen me when the captain came home and found the hemp all spun he was completely satisfied fine he said now you will be my wife he ordered preparations made for the wedding to which he invited all the nobility in town caught 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 but 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 name from 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 would 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 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 her 3 since 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 a hovel he was in there in the dark when he heard voices o columbina o columbara o 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 lips that hung down to her feet and the third teeth that grazed her knees well well he thought to himself now i can tell her something that will make her laugh if she doesn t laugh over what i ve just seen she ll never laugh at anything he went home and said to his bride just listen to this today 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 o columbina o columbara o columbun the bride s face brightened instantly and she burst out laughing and laughed and laughed order the wedding banquet right away but i m 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 three 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 what when dinner was over the bridegroom asked columbina tell me good lady why are your lashes so long that s from straining my eyes to spin fine thread 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 that s from biting the knot of the thread said columbun i see said the bridegroom and he turned to his wife go get the spindle when she brought it to him he threw it into the fire you ll 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 were 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 4 swedish or german origin according to scholars subjected to literary treatment in the seventeenth 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 七 从前有一对母女 女儿又高又胖 吃得又多 妈妈端上的肉汁菜汤 她吃了一盘 两盘 三盘 还不停地要 而妈妈边为她盛 边说 三 四 五 当女儿要第 七盘汤的时候 妈妈没有盛 而是用棍子敲了一下女儿的头 大喊 七 一个穿着体面的小伙子从这里路过 从窗外看见妈妈打着女儿喊 七 看见这个高大丰满的姑娘挺漂亮 小伙子一下子就喜欢上了 他走进姑娘的家 问道 七个什么 妈妈因为自己有这么个贪吃的女儿而羞愧 就说 七个线槌啊 我的女儿是个工作狂 她甚至能到羊身上去纺毛线 这不 今天早上她已经纺了七槌线了 可是还没完没了地干 为了让她停手 我才打了她一下 小伙子说 要是这样 您把她交给我吧 我试试她 看她是不是真的这么能干 如果是 真的 我就娶她为妻 小伙子把她领回家 关进一间屋子 里面堆满了要纺的麻 他说 我是一个船长 马上 要出海 如果我出海回来你已经纺好这些线 我就娶你 房间里还有很多漂亮的衣服和珠宝 因为船长非常有钱 如果你成为我的妻子 这些东 西就是你的了 说完 他就走了 姑娘每天对着镜子试那些衣服和珠宝 让家里的仆人为她做吃的 而麻还在那里没有纺 剩下最后一天了 明天船长就回来了 姑娘想到永远不会成为船长的新娘了 就失望地哭 了起来 正当她失望哭泣的时候 一个破布口袋从窗口飞落进房间 破布口袋站立起来 原来是一个长着长眉毛的老妇人 老妇人说 你别怕 我是来帮你的 你把线分成缕 我来替你纺 从没见过比这老妇人更快的纺织女了 她只用了一刻钟 所有的麻都被纺好了 但是 越 纺 她的眉毛长得越长 长过了鼻子 长过了下巴 最后长得超过了一掌长 而且她的眼 皮也跟着变长了 当活干完了 姑娘说 好心的夫人 我怎么才能报答您呢 我不想要报答 你跟船长结婚的时候 能邀请我参加结婚宴会 我就很满足了 那我怎么邀请你呢 你只要念 哥隆比娜 我就会来 不过 我可提醒你 千万别忘记我的名字 如果 忘了 我就不会再帮助你了 你也就完了 第二天船长回来了 看到所有的麻都纺好了 就说 你真能干 我相信你就是我想娶的 新娘 这是我为你买回来的珠宝和衣服 但我还必须再出去一次 我们来试第二次 这里 的麻有上次的两倍 当我回来的时候 你能把它纺完 我就会跟你结婚 像上次一样 姑娘每天试着不同的珠宝和衣服 吃着汤和面包 这样打发着时间 又到了 最后一天 一根线也没纺 她又哭了起来 这时她听到从烟囱上掉下来一个东西 一看是 一个破布包滚到屋子里来了 破布包站了起来 原来是一个耷拉着嘴唇的老妇人 这个老 妇人也愿意帮助她 开始帮她纺线 纺得比上次那个老妇人还快 但是越纺 她的嘴唇长 得越长 她只用了半小时就把所有的麻纺完了 老妇人同样不要回报 只要求姑娘邀请她 5 参加婚宴 你只要念 哥隆巴拉 我就会出现 你千万别忘记我的名字 不然我给你 的帮助就会失效 你小心记着 船长回来了 还没进门就问 你全都纺完了吗 姑娘说 咳 早就完了 这是给你带回来的珠宝和衣服 这一次 如果我第三次出海回来的时候 你能纺完比上 两次都多的麻 我向你保证马上举行婚礼 这一次也跟以前一样 姑娘一根线也没纺 当只剩最后一天的时候 从屋檐下掉下来一个 破布包 一个露着牙齿的老妇人从破布包里面走了出来 她开始替姑娘纺线 她纺得很快 而且越纺越快 并且她的牙齿就长得越长 老妇人说 你想邀请我参加你的婚宴 就必须喊 哥隆布恩 不过你要是忘了我的 名字 你会后悔今天遇见了我 船长回来的时候 看到所有的