On the second day she had inquiries made in the neighborhood(邻里) as to the names of the people there, and she repeated to the manikin the most uncommon and curious(好奇). Perhaps your name is Shortribs(Shortribs), or Sheepshanks, or Laceleg, but he always answered, "That is not my name."
On the third day the messenger came back again, and said, "I have not been able to find a single new name, but as I came to a high mountain at the end of the forest, where the fox and the hare bid(出价) each other good night, there I saw a little house, and before the house a fire was burning, and round about the fire quite a ridiculous(可笑) little man was jumping, he hopped upon one leg, and shouted -
'To-day I bake, to-morrow brew,
the next I'll have the young queen's child.
Ha, glad am I that no one knew
that Rumpelstiltskin I am styled.'"
You may imagine how glad the queen was when she heard the name. And when soon afterwards the little man came in, and asked, "Now, mistress queen, what is my name?"
At first she said, "Is your name Conrad?"
"No."
"Is your name Harry?"
"No."
"Perhaps your name is Rumpelstiltskin?"
"The devil has told you that! The devil has told you that," cried the little man, and in his anger he plunged(浸入) his right foot so deep into the earth that his whole leg went in, and then in rage he pulled at his left leg so hard with both hands that he tore(撕毁了) himself in two.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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