少儿寓言故事是儿童文学的一种。通过丰富的想象、幻想和夸张来塑造形象、反映生活,对儿童进行思想教育。英语网整理少儿寓言故事:莴苣姑娘(双语),供大家学习。 Rapunzel Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Once upon a time there was a man and a woman who had long, but to no avail, wished for a child. Finally the woman came to believe that the good Lord would fulfill her wish. Through the small rear window of these peoples house they could see into a splendid garden that was filled with the most beautiful flowers and herbs. The garden was surrounded by a high wall, and no one dared enter, because it belonged to a sorceress who possessed great power and was feared by everyone. One day the woman was standing at this window, and she saw a bed planted with the most beautiful rapunzel. It looked so fresh and green that she longed for some. It was her greatest desire to eat some of the rapunzel. This desire increased with every day, and not knowing how to get any, she became miserably ill. Her husband was frightened, and asked her, What ails you, dear wife? Oh, she answered,if I do not get some rapunzel from the garden behind our house, I shall die. The man, who loved her dearly, thought, Before you let your wife die, you must get her some of the rapunzel, whatever the cost. |