【英语童话基础版】Rapunzel 长发姑娘(附双语文本)

改编自格林童话《长发公主》，讲述了一對贫穷的夫妇非常饥饿，他们无意中闯进了巫婆的花园，里面种满了莴苣，夫妻俩便进花园偷摘了一些。正好被巫婆抓住了，巫婆同意宽恕他们并允许他们拿走莴苣，但妻子生下的孩子必须交给巫婆。不久，妻子生了女孩，巫婆随即出现抱走女婴，后来被起名长发姑娘。巫婆将她关在一座高塔内，直到有一天.......

once upon a time there lived a very poor man and woman. They were looking for something to eat in the woods.
"I'm so hungry. Look. There's a house over there. Maybe they have some food."
"Let's go check."
The man and the woman walked to the house and saw there was a vegetable garden behind it."
"Shoulden't we ask the owner?"
"I don't see anyone and I'm so hungry. Let's just take it."
The man and woman took the lettuce and were just about to leave when they heard a creaky, old voice.
"What are you doing here? That's my lettuce."
"Oh, we're so hungry and you gave a lot of food."
"Yes, can we please take the lettuce?"
"Yes, you can take the lettuce, but when your first child is born you will give her to me."
"What! No, no."
"Yes, you have taken my lettuce so you must give your child when she is born."
The man and woman just shook their heads and ran to their samll home. They thought the witch would never find them. A few months later they had a baby girl.
"We have our baby girl now. Do you think that crazy witch will come?"
"No, how can she even know where we are!"
But the witch did know and that night she came and took the baby away. She put the baby in a tower that had no doors, only one small window. The baby grew up into a beautiful girl with long blond hair.
"Rapunzel, why are you always looking out that window?"
"I want to see the world. Why must I stay in this tower? It's boring"
"You have to stay here. This is your life."
Rapunzel sighed and started singing. It was the only thing made her happy. As she singing, a prince rode by."
"What a beautiful song. I wonder where it's coming from."
The prince loved the song so much that he rode by every day to listen. One day when the prince was riding by, the witch called up to Rapunzel to let her up.
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair and let me come up."
"Yes, yes.Please don't pull too hard."
But the witch pulled very hard as she climbed up the tower wall. The prince watched from behind a tree.
"The girl with the long hair must be the singer. I want to meet her."
The next day, the prince called up to Rapunzel.
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let me down your hair and let me come up."
"Your voice is strange today. Ok come up. Oh you are being gentle today."
"That's because I'm not the witch."
Rapunzel stepped back as the prince came into the tower.
"Who are you?"
"I'm a prince from a nearby kingdom. I heard you singing and wanted to meet you. Why are you in this tower?"
"The witch has kept me locked up in here all my life. Can you help me excape?"
"Of course. I'll come back tomorrow with ropes and take you away with me to my castle."
"Thank you, thank you."
While Rapunzel was dreaming of her escape the witch called up to her.
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair and let me come up."
"Ouch! Why do you hurt me? The prince didn't."
"What prince? Who came to see you?"
"No one. Forget it. I was just talking nonsense."
"No, a prince came to see you. Well he won't be back. Get me the scissors."
"No, no."
The witch cut off all of Rapunzel's hair. Rapunzel cried and cried, but the witch kept cutting. Then she waited for the prince.
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair and let me come up."
The witch threw down Rapunzel's hair and the prince climbed up. When he got to the top he was shocked to see the witch.
"Who are you?"
"I'm the witch who will push you off the tower."
The witch pushed and the prince fell into the bush, hurting his eyes.
"I can't see, I can't see."
Rapunzel ran to the window.
"No, my prince. What has the witch done?"
Rapunzel started crying again and her tears fell on the prince's face.
"I can see again. I'll save you Rapunzel. Grab the rope."
The prince threw the rope to the tower. Rapunzel pushed the witch put of the way and grabbed the rope.
"Goodbye witch. Now you'll stay here forever."
"No, come back here."
The witch tried to grab Rapunzel, but she was already climbing down the rope to the prince.
"Sorry witch, but you can't come."
Rapunzel pulled the rope down to the ground and the witch was stuck in the tower with no way out.
"Come on Rapunzel. Jump on my horse and let's go to my castle."
"Thank you so much. I never want to come back here again."
The prince and Rapunzel got married and lived happily ever after. The witch never left the tower again.
从前有一对非常贫穷的夫妻，他们在树林里找东西吃。
“我好饿！你看，那边有一所房子，也许他们有食物。”
“我们去看看。”
夫妻俩走到房子后面，看到有一个菜园。
“要不我们问问主人？”
“我没有看到任何人，我很饿，我们直接拿走吧。”
夫妻俩拿着莴苣，正准备离开，就听到一个嘎吱嘎吱的老声音。
“你在这里做什么？那是我的莴苣。”
“哦，我们好饿，你这儿正好有很多莴苣.......”
“是的，我们可以把莴苣拿走一些吗？”
“嗯，你可以拿莴苣，但是当你的第一个孩子出生时，你得把她送给我。”
“什么！不，不。”
“是的，你拿走了我的莴苣，所以你必须把孩子送给我。”
夫妻俩摇了摇头，就跑回了他们的小家。他们认为女巫永远找不到他们。几个月后，他们生了一个女婴。
“我们现在有小宝宝啦，你认为那个疯女巫会找来吗？”
“不，她怎么可能知道我们在哪里！”
但女巫确实知道，那天晚上她来把孩子偷走了。她把婴儿放在一座没有门，只有一扇小窗户的高塔里。小宝宝慢慢长成了一个金发碧眼的漂亮女孩。
“孩子，你为什么总是看窗外？”
“我想看看这个世界。为什么我一定要呆在这座塔里？好无聊啊”
“你必须留在这里，这是你的命。”
长发姑娘叹了口气，开始唱歌。这是唯一让她开心的事。当她唱歌时，一位王子骑马经过。
“多么美妙的歌声啊！我想知道它是从哪里来的。”
王子非常喜欢这首歌，以至于他每天都骑着马过来听。有一天，当王子骑马经过时，女巫召唤长发姑娘，让她把头发放下来拉她上去。
“长发姑娘，长发姑娘，放下你的头发，让我上来。”
“好的，好的。但请不要拉得太紧。”
但女巫爬上塔壁时，拉得很用力。王子在一棵树后面看着。
“那个长头发的女孩一定是就是唱歌的人，我想见见她。”
第二天，王子来找长发姑娘。
“长发姑娘，长发姑娘，请放下你的头发，把我拉上去。”
“你今天的声音好奇怪！好吧，上来吧。咦，你今天怎么这么温柔？”
“因为我不是女巫。”
当王子进入塔楼时，长发姑娘往后退了一步。
“你是谁？”
“我是附近王国的王子，听到你唱歌，想见见你，你怎么会在这塔里？”
“女巫把我关在这里一辈子。你能救我出去吗？”
“当然。我明天会带着绳子回来，带你去我的城堡。”
“谢谢！”
当长发姑娘梦想王子救她她逃跑时，女巫呼唤了她。
“长发姑娘，长发姑娘，放下你的头发，把我拉上去。”
“哎呀！你为什么要伤害我？王子却没有。”
“什么王子？谁来看你了？”
“没有人，我只是在胡说八道。”
“不，一个王子来看你。好吧，他再也回不来了。给我拿剪刀。”
“不，不。”
女巫剪掉了长发姑娘的头发。长发姑娘伤心的哭了，但女巫却一直剪。剪完以后，她就开始守株待兔了。
“长发姑娘，长发姑娘，放下你的头发，把我拉上去。”
女巫甩下长发姑娘的头发，王子爬了上去。当他到达山顶时，他惊讶地看到了女巫。
“你是谁？”
“我就是要把你推下塔楼的女巫。”
女巫一推，王子掉进了灌木丛，伤了眼睛。
“我看不见了，我看不见了。”
长发姑娘跑到窗边。
“不，你对我的王子做了什么？”
长发姑娘又开始哭了，她的眼泪落在了王子的脸上。
“我又能看见了！我会救你的，长发姑娘，快抓住绳子！”
王子把绳子扔到塔上。长发姑娘推开女巫，抓住绳子。
“再见吧，女巫。现在你将永远留在塔里。”
“不，你给我回来！”
女巫试图抓住长发姑娘，但她已经顺着绳子爬到王子身边。
“对不起，女巫，但不可能带上你！”
长发姑娘把绳子拉到地上，女巫被困在塔里无路可走了。
“来吧，长发姑娘。跳上我的马，带你去我的城堡。”
“非常感谢！我再也不想回到这里了。”
王子和长发姑娘结婚了，从此过上了幸福的生活。而女巫从此再也没有离开过那座塔。