小学英语阅读之第八篇

　　The Unwise Hans

　　In the countryside, there lived three brothers. The first and second brothers were very wise. But the third was not very wise. Peo called him unwise Hans. All three of the brothers wanted to marry the princess. The princess had said that she wanted to marry the wisest man on the land. "We only have one week."

　　So in order to marry the princess, they hurried off on their way. The father of the three brothers gave horses to only two of the sons. The first brother got a brown horse and the second brother got a white horse. But, no horse was given to Hans. The unwise Hans left on a goat, instead of a horse.

　　The older brothers laughed at Hans. Still, Hans left with his brothers. After sometime, Hans picked up a dead crow on the road. "Brothers, look at this." "What are you going to do with that?" "I'm going to give it to the princess." The brothers continued to laugh at Hans.

　　As Hans was going along the road, besides the crow, he picked up an old wooden clog and good quality mud. The older brothers no longer paid attention to Hans' strange behavior and hurried off on their horses reaching the castle before Hans.

　　In front of the castle there stood the princess and many peo who wanted to marry her. However, all the peo who went inside of the princess' room came out stuttering and muttering quietly to themselves. Finally the first brother went in. "You're not right. Please go."

　　The first brother had forgotten everything that he had memorized. So, he could not say one word. Next the second brother went in. The princess told him to leave, as well. The second brother could not understand the princess’ question. Hans was the last person to go in.

　　"The room is hot." "The rooster is being roasted." "Then roast my crow, as well, ase." "What should we do? There is no plate." "Here it is."

　　Hans showed the old wooden clog that he had hidden. The princess made a smile on her face. "Then where can we get the sauce?"

　　Hans showed her the mud that he had picked up on the road, too. "Ha, Ha, Ha- this is really fun."

　　The unwise Hans gave the princess the wisest answers. That's how the princess and the unwise Hans got married. The unwise Hans became the king of that land.

　　不明智的汉斯

       在农村，有三个兄弟。第一和第二兄弟是非常聪明的。但第三个不太明智。人们称他是不明智的汉斯。这三个兄弟都想娶公主。公主说她想嫁给这片土地上 聪明的人。“我们只有一周时间。”

　　为了和公主结婚，他们匆匆赶路。三个兄弟的父亲给了他两个儿子。第一个哥哥得到一匹棕色的马，第二个哥哥得到一匹白马。但是，没有一匹马被交给汉斯。那个不明智的汉斯只留在山羊上，而不是马。

　　哥哥们嘲笑汉斯。汉斯还是和他的兄弟们一起离开了。过了一会儿，汉斯在路上捡起一只死乌鸦。“兄弟,看看这个。“你打算怎么办?”“我要把它送给公主。”兄弟们继续嘲笑汉斯。

　　当汉斯沿着路走的时候，除了乌鸦，他捡起了一个旧的木屐和优质的泥浆。哥哥们不再注意汉斯的奇怪行为，急忙骑着马赶在汉斯之前到达了城堡。

　　在城堡前面站着的是公主和许多想娶她的人。然而，所有走进公主房间的人都走出来，小声嘟囔着。 后，第一个哥哥进去了。“你是不正确的。请走吧。”

　　第一个哥哥忘记了他所记得的一切。所以，他一句话也说不出来。第二个弟弟走了进去。公主也叫他离开。二兄弟听不懂公主的问题。汉斯是 后一个进去的人。

　　“房间是热的。“公鸡正在烤。”“那么，请把我的乌鸦也烤好。”“我们该怎么办?”没有板。”“在这儿。”

　　汉斯展示了他所隐藏的旧木屐。公主面带微笑。“那我们到哪儿去弄酱呢?”

　　汉斯向她展示了他在路上捡到的泥。“哈，哈，哈——这真有趣。”

　　不明智的汉斯给了公主 聪明的答案。这就是公主和不明智的汉斯结婚的原因。不明智的汉斯成了那片土地的国王。