森林中的三个小矮人的故事_0.doc

森林中的三个小矮人的故事 story森林中的三个小矮人的故事 The Three Little Men in the Woods Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm There was a man whose wife died, and a woman whose husband died. The man had a daughter, and the woman also had a daughter. The girls were acquainted with each other and went for a walk together. Afterwards they came to the woman in her house. The woman said to the mans daughter, Listen, tell your father that I would like to marry him, and then you shall wash yourself in milk every morning and drink wine, but my own daughter shall wash herself in water and drink water. The girl went home and told her father what the woman had said. The man said, What shall I do? Marriage is a joy, but also a torment. Finally, being unable to reach a decision, he pulled off his boot and said, Take this boot. It has a hole in its sole. Take it to the attic, hang it on the big nail, and then pour water into it. If it holds the water, then I shall again take a wife, but if the water runs through it, then I shall not. The girl did as she was told, but the water pulled the hole shut, and the boot filled up to the top. She told her father what had happened. Then he himself went up, and when he saw that she was right, he went to the widow and wooed her, and the wedding was held. The next morning when the two girls got up, there was milk for the mans daughter to wash in and wine for her to drink, but there was water for the womans daughter to wash herself with and water for her to drink. On the second morning there was water for washing and water to drink for the mans daughter as well as for the womans daughter. And on the third morning there was water for washing and water to drink for the mans daughter, and milk for washing and wine to drink for the womans daughter, and so it continued. The woman became her stepdaughters worst enemy, and from one day to the next she did whatever she could to make the stepdaughters life more miserable. Furthermore, she was envious because her stepdau