青蛙王子
来源：英语联盟发布时间：2013-06-16
But when she caught sight of the frog, she closed the door and seated herself again at the table. She looked quite pale. When the king saw that his daughter was frightened, he asked, "My child, what is at the door? Has a giant come to carry you away?"
“Oh, no, Father," she replied, "it is no giant, only a very ugly frog."
“A frog! What can he want with you, my daughter?"
"Ah, my dear father, I will tell you all about it. Yesterday when I was playing with my golden ball by the fountain in the forest, it rolled into the water, and because I cried, the frog fetched it for me, and 1 promised him that he could come to the castle and be my companion. I thought he could not get out of the water to come to me, and now here he is."
Just then came a second knock on the door, and a voice cried, "King's daughter, king's daughter, open the door for me. You promised that I could be your companion when you sat in the shade and 1 fetched your ball from the bottom of the fountain."
但是当她看到那只青蛙时，便关上门又坐回她的位子上。她看起来脸色苍白。当国王发觉她女儿被吓到时，便问道：“孩子，在门外的是谁？是巨人要来把你带走吗？”
她回答：“哦！不是的，父亲。那不是巨人，只不过是只非常丑的青蛙。”
“青蛙！它找你做什么呢，女儿？”
“哦，亲爱的爸爸，我会告诉您一切。昨天我在森林里的喷水池旁玩金球时，它滚到水里面去了。因为我哭了，所以那只青蛙就帮我把球找回来，而我答应它可以到城堡来做我的朋友。我以为它不可能从水中跑来找我，但是现在它已经来了。”
就在此时，传来第二次敲门声，一个声音叫道：“国王的女儿，为我开门。你坐在树荫下，而我为你从水底取出你的球时，你曾答应我可以做你的朋友的。”
"Then, my daughter," said the king, "you must keep your promise. Go and let him in at once." So she had to go and open the door, and the frog hopped in after her.
When she sat down, he cried, "Take me up by you." She didn't want to take him up at first, but her father told her to lift the frog onto the chair by her side.
When he was placed on the chair, he jumped upon the table and said, "Now, push your little golden plate nearer, and we will eat together." The princess did as he told her, but everyone could see that she disliked it.
At last he said, "I have eaten and drunk quite enough, and 1 feel very tired, so now carry me upstairs into your little bedroom. Let' s sleep together."
When the princess heard this, she began to weep. She was really afraid of the cold frog. She could not even touch him, and now he wanted to sleep in her neat, beautiful little bed.
国王说：“既然如此，女儿，你必须信守你的诺言。立刻让它进来。”她不得已只好去开门，青蛙跟在她后头跳进来。
当她坐下时，它叫道：“把我抱起来坐在你旁边。”起初她不肯把它抱起来，但是她父亲要她把青蛙捧起来放在她旁边的椅子上。
当它被放到椅子上时，它跳到桌子上说：“现在，把你的小金盘推近一点，我们一起来吃东西。”公主照它的话做了，但是每个人都可以看得出来她非常不愿意。
最后它说：“我已经吃饱喝足，而且觉得累了，所以现在带我上楼到你的小卧房去。让我们睡在一起。”
当公主听到这些话时，她开始哭了起来。她真的很害怕这只冰冷的青蛙。她甚至不敢摸它，而现在它竟然要睡在她整洁、漂亮的小床上。
But the king was displeased at her tears, and he said, "Don’t despise the frog. He helped you when you were in trouble."
Then she took up the frog with two fingers, carried him upstairs and placed him in a comer of her room.
In the evening, however, when the princess was in bed, the frog crept out of his corner and said to her, "1 am very tired. Lift me up and let me sleep in your bed, or I will tell your father."
When the princess heard this, she got very angry. She seized the frog in her hand and threw him against the wall. She said, "You will be quiet now, 1 hope, you ugly frog."
But as he fell, how surprised she was to see the frog! Because the frog had changed into a handsome young prince with beautiful eyes. Afterwards the prince became her constant companion, and at last her father gave his consent to their marriage.
The prince said to her, "I was changed into a frog by a wicked witch, so 1 had to live in the fountain. Only you could release me. No one else in the world had the power to do so.”
但是国王对她的眼泪感到很不悦，就说道：“不要瞧不起青蛙。当你有困难时是它帮了你。”
于是她用两根手指头夹起青蛙，把它带到楼上去放在她房间的一个角落里。
然而，当晚上公主就寝时，青蛙从角落里爬出来说：“我很累了。把我捧上去睡在你的床上，要不然我就告诉你父亲。”
公主听到这些话时，非常地生气。她把青蛙捉在手上扔向墙壁。她说：“我希望你现在能安静一点，丑陋的青蛙。”
但是青蛙落下时，看到它的样子，她大感惊讶！因为青蛙变成了一位有一双美丽眼睛的英俊王子。之后，王子变成她的终身伴侣，最后国王同意了他们的婚事。
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