经典格林童话：跳破了的舞鞋

格林童话产生于十九世纪初，是由德国著名语言学家，雅可布·格林和威廉·格林兄弟收集、整理、加工完成的德国民间文学。它是世界童话的经典之作，自问世以来，在世界各地影响十分广泛。格林兄弟以其丰富的想象、优美的语言给孩子们讲述了一个个神奇而又浪漫的童话故事。下面本站小编为大家带来经典格林童话：跳破了的舞鞋，欢迎大家阅读!

THERE was once upon a time a King who had twelve daughters, each one

more beautiful than the other. They all slept together in one

chamber, in which their beds stood side by side, and every night when

they were in them the King locked the door, and bolted it. But in

the morning when he unlocked the door, he saw that their shoes were

worn out with dancing, and no one could find out how that had come to

pass. Then the King caused it to be proclaimed that whosoever could

discover where they danced at night, should choose one of them for

his wife and be King after his death, but that whosoever came forward

and had not discovered it within three days and nights, should have

forfeited his life. It was not long before a King's son presented himself, and

offered to undertake the enterprise. He was well received, and in the evening

was led into a room adjoining the princesses' sleeping-chamber. His

bed was placed there, and he was to observe where they went and

danced, and in order that they might do nothing secretly or go away

to some other place, the door of their room was left open.

But the eyelids of the prince grew heavy as lead, and he fell asleep, and

when he awoke in the morning, all twelve had been to the dance, for

their shoes were standing there with holes in the soles. On the

second and third nights it fell out just the same, and then his head

was struck off without mercy. Many others came after this and undertook

the enterprise, but all forfeited their lives. Now it came to pass that a poor soldier,

who had a wound, and could serve no longer, found himself on the road to

the town where the King lived. There he met an old woman, who asked

him where he was going. "I hardly know myself," answered he, and

added in jest, "I had half a mind to discover where the princesses

danced their shoes into holes, and thus become King." "That is not so

difficult," said the old woman, "you must not drink the wine which

will be brought to you at night, and must pretend to be sound

asleep." With that she gave him a little cloak, and said, "If you

put on that, you will be invisible, and then you can steal after the

twelve." When the soldier had received this good advice, he went into the thing

in earnest, took heart, went to the King, and announced himself as a

suitor. He was as well received as the others, and royal garments

were put upon him. He was conducted that evening at bed-time into

the ante-chamber, and as he was about to go to bed, the eldest came

and brought him a cup of wine, but he had tied a sponge under his

chin, and let the wine run down into it, without drinking a drop. Then he lay

down and when he had lain a while, he began to snore, as

if in the deepest sleep. The twelve princesses heard that, and

laughed, and the eldest said, "He, too, might as well have saved his

life." With that they got up, opened wardrobes, presses, cupboards,

and brought out pretty dresses; dressed themselves before the

mirrors, sprang about, and rejoiced at the prospect of the dance.

Only the youngest said, "I know not how it is; you are very happy,

but I feel very strange; some misfortune is certainly about to befall

us." "Thou art a goose, who art always frightened," said the eldest.

"Hast thou forgotten how many Kings' sons have already come here in

vain? I had hardly any need to give the soldier a sleeping-draught, in any case

the clown would not have awakened." When they were all ready they looked

carefully at the soldier, but he had closed his eyes and did not move or stir,

so they felt themselves quite secure. The eldest then went to her bed and

tapped it; it immediately sank into the earth, and one after the other

they descended through the opening, the eldest going first. The

soldier, who had watched everything, tarried no longer, put on his

little cloak, and went down last with the youngest. Half-way down

the steps, he just trod a little on her dress; she was terrified at

that, and cried out, "What is that? who is pulling my dress?" "Don't

be so silly!" said the eldest, "you have caught it on a nail." Then they went all

the way down, and when they were at the bottom,

they were standing in a wonderfully pretty avenue of trees, all the

leaves of which were of silver, and shone and glistened. The soldier

thought, "I must carry a token away with me," and broke off a twig

from one of them, on which the tree cracked with a loud report. The

youngest cried out again. "Something is wrong, did you hear the

crack?" But the eldest said, "It is a gun fired for joy, because we

have got rid of our prince so quickly." After that they came into an

avenue where all the leaves were of gold, and lastly into a third

where they were of bright diamonds; he broke off a twig from each,

which made such a crack each time that the youngest started back in

terror, but the eldest still maintained that they were salutes. They went on

and came to a great lake whereon stood twelve little

boats, and in every boat sat a handsome prince, all of whom were

waiting for the twelve, and each took one of them with him, but the

soldier seated himself by the youngest. Then her prince said, "I can't tell

why the boat is so much heavier to-day; I shall have to row

with all my strength, if I am to get it across." "What should cause

that," said the youngest, "but the warm weather? I feel very warm

too." On the opposite side of the lake stood a splendid, brightly-lit

castle, from whence resounded the joyous music of trumpets and

kettle-drums. They rowed over there, entered, and each prince danced with

the girl he loved, but the soldier danced with them unseen, and when

one of them had a cup of wine in her hand he drank it up, so that the

cup was empty when she carried it to her mouth; the youngest was

alarmed at this, but the eldest always made her be silent. They danced

there till three o'clock in the morning when all the shoes were

danced into holes, and they were forced to leave off; the princes

rowed them back again over the lake, and this time the soldier seated

himself by the eldest. On the shore they took leave of their princes, and

promised to return the following night. When they reached the stairs the

soldier ran on in front and lay down in his bed, and when the twelve had

come up slowly and wearily, he was already snoring so loudly that they could

all hear him, and they said, "So far as he is concerned, we are

safe." They took off their beautiful dresses, laid them away, put the

worn-out shoes under the bed, and lay down. Next morning the soldier

was resolved not to speak, but to watch the wonderful goings on, and

again went with them. Then everything was done just as it had been done the

first time, and each time they danced until their shoes were worn to pieces.

But the third time he took a cup away with him as a token. When the hour

had arrived for him to give his answer, he took the three twigs and the

cup, and went to the King, but the twelve stood behind the door, and

listened for what he was going to say. When the King put the

question, "Where have my twelve daughters danced their shoes to

pieces in the night?" he answered, "In an underground castle with

twelve princes," and related how it had come to pass, and brought out

the tokens. The King then summoned his daughters, and asked them if

the soldier had told the truth, and when they saw that they were

betrayed, and that falsehood would be of no avail, they were obliged

to confess all. Thereupon the King asked which of them he would have

to wife? He answered, "I am no longer young, so give me the eldest."

Then the wedding was celebrated on the self-same day, and the kingdom

was promised him after the King's death. But the princes were

bewitched for as many days as they had danced nights with the twelve.

结束语：

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