【正文】 you what you want, but it will make you unhappy. You want me make all your body like the bodies of the land people. You want two feet, then a young prince may love you and you makeget a soul. I will make you something to drink. You must take it to the land. When you drink it, you will get two feet. Your body will bee like the bodies of the land people. But the change will give you GREat pain. You will be very beautiful. But when you walk, you will hav much pain. Your feet will be very painful. Do you still want to bee like the people on land? 中文　　“你決不能這么想?！彼婺富卮鸬溃拔覀兊膲勖汝懙厣系娜碎L(zhǎng)，我們的生活比他們幸福?！钡『９髡f(shuō)：“要是我死了，我就再不能到海 面上去了。我再也聽(tīng)不到大海可愛(ài)的濤聲，再也看不見(jiàn)美麗的花朵和太陽(yáng)！告訴我，祖母，有什么辦法讓我得到一個(gè)靈魂？” 　　祖母回答道：“如果陸地上有一個(gè)有愛(ài)你，把你當(dāng)作比父母還親切的人。如果他說(shuō)，他永遠(yuǎn)愛(ài)你。那 么，他的靈魂就會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)移到你的身上，你可以從陸地上愛(ài)你的人那里得到一個(gè)靈魂。但是，這種事情是永遠(yuǎn) 不會(huì)有的！陸地上的人們不象我們，他們認(rèn)為腿是美麗的！” 　　小海公主悲傷地向下看著。她身體的大部是美麗的，和陸地上的人的身體一樣。但她沒(méi)有腿，她的下 半身同魚(yú)的身體一樣。 　　“我要到那個(gè)懂得所有巫術(shù)的老巫婆那里去?！焙９髡f(shuō)，“我一直怕她，但她可以幫助我?！?于是小海公主去找那個(gè)老巫婆。 　　老巫婆信的房子周?chē)L(zhǎng)著很多丑陋的植物。它們?nèi)虚L(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的手臂，捕捉附近的每樣?xùn)|西。小海公主害怕了。她想轉(zhuǎn)身回去，但她想起了王子，就又有了勇氣，穿過(guò)那些難看的植物。她看到在植物手臂里的死 人。最后她來(lái)到老巫婆住的地方。 　　“我知道你是來(lái)求我什么的?！彼龑?duì)小海公主說(shuō)，“我會(huì)給你你所要的東西，可是這會(huì)使你痛苦的。你想叫我使你全身都和陸地的人類(lèi)一樣。你要兩條腿，這樣，年輕的王子就會(huì)愛(ài)你，而你可以得到一個(gè)靈 魂。我要讓你喝一點(diǎn)東西，你必須把這東西帶到陸地上去，喝下去以后，你就會(huì)有兩條腿，你的身體就會(huì) 變得跟陸地上人類(lèi)的身體一樣了，但這種變化會(huì)使你非常疼。你會(huì)變得非常美，可是你一走路，就會(huì)疼， 你的腳非常疼。你是不是還要變成陸地上那樣的人呢？” 童話：海的女兒（九）英文　 Yes, I do, the princess answered. She remembered her prince and the soul which she might get. 　 You can never again bee a sea princess. You will never get back your fish’s body. You can never go back to live with your sisters. The prince must love you so much that he will go away from his father and mother. If he does not marry you, you will die. The you will be changed to water in the sea. 　 I still want to bee like the land people, said the little sea princess. 　 There is one more thing, said the old woman. You now speak and sing very beautifully. When you are like the and people, you cannot speak and sing. You will not to be able to speak and sing. 　But how can I make the prince love me if I cannot speak to him? the sea princess asked. 　 Your beautiful body, the way you walk, and your speaking eyes, the old woman answered. It will not be hard to make him love you. Do you still want me to make you like the land people? 　 Yes, said the little princess. 　 Here is the magic drink, said the old woman. The little princess took it in her hand. 　 She went away from the old woman’s house. 　 She looked once again at her father’s house. There was no light in it: everyone was asleep. She did not want to go in. She was going away from her home for ever. She was very sad. She went into the garden and took a flower from each of her sister’s little gardens. Then she went through the blue waters, up and up. 　 Before the sun came in the sky the sea princess went to the prince’s house. She drank the magic drink which the old woman gave to her. It ran through her body. Then it gave her GREat pain. She fell down and knew nothing more. When the sun came into the sky, she awoke. There was a burning pain in her arms and in her feet. But she saw the beautiful young prince standing near her. 中文　　“是的，我愿意?！惫骰卮鸬馈Ｋ肫鹆怂耐踝?，想起了她可能得到的靈魂。 　　“你再也不能變成海公主，再也不能有你的魚(yú)身體，再也不能回來(lái)和你的姐妹們一同生活了。王子一 定非常愛(ài)你，不惜離開(kāi)他的父母。如果他不能和你結(jié)婚，你就會(huì)死去。然后你就會(huì)變成海里的水?！?　　“我仍然愿意變得同陸地上的人一樣。”小海公主說(shuō)。 　　“還有一件事。“老巫婆說(shuō)，“你現(xiàn)在說(shuō)話和唱歌的聲音都很優(yōu)美，當(dāng)你變得和陸地上的人一樣的時(shí) 候，你就不會(huì)說(shuō)話唱歌，你就不能說(shuō)話和唱歌了。” 　　“如果我不能和王子說(shuō)話，我怎么能使他愛(ài)我呢？”海公主問(wèn)。 　　“你有美麗的身材呀，你走路的姿態(tài)呀，還有你富于表情能說(shuō)話的眼睛呀。”老巫婆回答，“你很容 易讓他愛(ài)上你，你是不是還要讓我把你變成象陸地上的人那樣呢？” 　　“是的。”海公主說(shuō)。 　　“這是具有魔力的藥水?！袄衔灼耪f(shuō)。小公主把它拿在手里。 　　她從老巫婆的屋子里走出來(lái)。 　　她再一次看看她父親的宮殿。那兒沒(méi)有燈光，人人都入睡了。她不想進(jìn)去。她要永遠(yuǎn)離開(kāi)自己的家了 ，她很難過(guò)。她走進(jìn)花園，從每個(gè)姐姐的小花園里摘下一朵花，然后穿過(guò)藍(lán)色的水，浮上去，浮上去。 　　海公主游到王子的宮殿時(shí)，太陽(yáng)還沒(méi)有升起來(lái)。她把老巫婆給她的摩法藥水喝了下去，藥水流遍了她的全身，她疼痛難忍，暈倒在地上。太陽(yáng)升起來(lái)的時(shí)候，她才蘇醒過(guò)來(lái)。她的手臂和兩腿火辣辣地痛?？墒?，她看到年輕美貌的王子正站在她身旁。 環(huán)球托業(yè)英語(yǔ)中心為您整理提供。官方網(wǎng)站：　　　　環(huán)球托業(yè)英語(yǔ)官方網(wǎng)站：