英語故事:Fitcher's Bird

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There was once a wizard who used to take the form of a poor man, and went to houses and begged, and caught pretty girls. No one knew whither he carried them, for they were never seen more.   One day he appeared before the door of a man who had three pretty daughters; he looked like a poor weak beggar, and carried a basket on his back, as if he meant to collect charitable gifts in it. He begged for a little food, and when the eldestdaughter came out and was just reaching him a piece of bread, he did but touch her, and she was forced to jump into his basket.   Thereupon he hurried away with long strides, and carried her away into a dark forest to his house, which stood in the midst of it. Everything in the house was magnificent; he gave her whatsoevershe could possibly desire, and said, "My darling, thou wiltcertainly be happy with me, for thou hast everything thy heart can wish for." This lasted a few days, and then he said, "I must journey forthbasin stood in the middle of the room, and therein lay human beings, dead and hewn to pieces, and hard by was a block of wood, and a gleaming axelay upon it. She was so terribly alarmed that the egg which she held in her hand fell into the basin. She got it out and washed the blood off, but in vain, it appeared again in a moment. She washed and scrubbed, but she could not get it out.    It was not long before the man came back from his journey, and the first things which he asked for were the key and the egg. She gave them to him, but she trembled as she did so, and he saw at once by the red spots that she had been in the bloody chamberby her hair, cut her head off on the block, and hewedher in pieces so that her blood ran on the ground. Then he threw her into the basin with the rest.    "Now I will fetch myself the second," said the wizard, and again he went to the house in the shape of a poor man, and begged. Then the second daughter brought him a piece of bread; he caught her like the first, by simply touchingher, and carried her away. She did not fare better than her sister. She allowed herself to be led away by her curiosity, opened the door of the bloody chamber, looked in, and had to atonefor it with her life on the wizard's return.   Then he went and brought the third sister, but she was clever and craftyopened their eyes and were once more alive. Then they rejoiced and kissed and caressedeach other.    On his arrival, the man at once demanded the keys and the egg, and as he could perceive no trace of any blood on it, he said, "Thou hast stood the test, thou shalt be my bride." He now had no longer any power over her, and was forced to do whatsoever she desired. "Oh, very well," said she, "thou shalt first take a basketful of gold to my father and mother, and carry it thyself on thy back; in the meantime I will prepare for the wedding." Then she ran to her sisters, whom she had hidden in a little chamber, and said, "The moment has come when I can save you. The wretchshall himself carry you home again, but as soon as you are at home send help to me." She put both of them in a basket and covered them quite over with gold, so that nothing of them was to be seen, then she called in the wizard and said to him, "Now carry the basket away, but I shall look through my little window and watch to see if thou stoppest on the way to stand or to rest." #p#分頁標題#e#   The wizard raised the basket on his back and went away with it, but it weighed him down so heavily that the perspirationand out of breath, he took the basket with the gold and the two maidens into their parents' house.   At home, however, the bride prepared the marriage-feast, and sent invitations to the friends of the wizard. Then she took a skullwith grinning teeth, put some ornamentson it and a wreath of flowers, carried it upstairs to the garret-window, and let it look out from thence. When all was ready, she got into a barrel of honey, and then cut the feather-bed open and rolled herself in it, until she looked like a wondrousbird, and no one could recognize her. Then she went out of the house, and on her way she met some of the wedding-guests, who asked,    "O, Fitcher's bird, how com'st thou here?" "I come from Fitcher's house quite near." "And what may the young bride be doing?" "From cellar to garret she's swept all clean, And now from the window she's peeping, I ween."   At last she met the bridegroom, who was coming slowly back. He, like the others, asked,    "O, Fitcher's bird, how com'st thou here?" "I come from Fitcher's house quite near." "And what may the young bride be doing? "From cellar to garret she's swept all clean, And now from the window she's peeping, I ween."   The bridegroom looked up, saw the decked-out skull, thought it was his bride, and nodded to her, greeting her kindlyof the bride, who had been sent to rescue her, arrived. They locked all the doors of the house, that no one might escape, set fire to it, and the wizard and all his crew had to burn.

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