格林童話故事：十二個懶僕人

格林童話產生於十九世紀初，是由德國著名語言學家，雅可布·格林和威廉·格林兄弟收集、整理、加工完成的德國民間文學。它是世界童話的經典之作，自問世以來，在世界各地影響十分廣泛。格林兄弟以其豐富的想象、優美的語言給孩子們講述了一個個神奇而又浪漫的童話故事。下面本站小編爲大家帶來經典格林童話故事：十二個懶僕人，歡迎大家閱讀，希望對大家學習英語有所幫助!

Twelve servants who had done nothing all the day would not exert themselves

at night either, but laid themselves on the grass and boasted of their idleness.

The first said, "What is your laziness to me, I have to concern myself about

mine own? The care of my body is my principal work, I eat not a little and

drink still More. When I have had four meals, I fast a short time until I feel

hunger again, and that suits me best. To rise betimes is not for me; when it

is getting near mid-day, I already seek out a resting-place for myself. If the

master call, I do exactly as if I had not heard him, and if he call for the second

time, I wait awhile before I get up, and go to him very slowly. In this way life

is endurable."

The second said, "I have a horse to look after, but I leave the bit in his mouth,

and if I do not want to do it, I give him no food, and I say he has had it already.

I, however, lay myself in the oat-chest and sleep for four hours. After this I

stretch out one foot and move it a couple of times over the horse's body, and

then he is combed and cleaned. Who is going to make a great business of that?

Nevertheless service is too toilsome for me."

The third said, "Why plague oneself with work? Nothing comes of it! I laid

myself in the sun, and fell asleep. It began to rain a little, but why should I

get up? I let it rain on in God's name. At last came a splashing shower, so

heavy indeed, that it pulled the hair out of my head and washed it away, and

I got a hole in the skull; I put a plaster on it, and then it was all right. I have

already had several injuries of that kind."

The fourth said, "If I am to undertake a piece of work, I first loiter about for an

hour that I may save up my strength. After that I begin quite slowly, and ask if

no one is there who could help me. Then I let him do the chief of the work, and

in reality only look on; but that also is still too much for me."

The fifth said, "What does that matter? Just think, I am to take away the manure

from the horse's stable, and load the cart with it. I let it go on slowly, and if I have

taken anything on the fork, I only half-raise it up, and then I rest just a quarter of

an hour until I quite throw it in. It is enough and to spare if I take out a cartful in

the day. I have no fancy for killing myself with work."

The sixth said, "Shame on ye; I am afraid of no work, but I lie down for three

weeks, and never once take my clothes off. What is the use of buckling your

shoes on? For aught I care they may fall off my feet, it is no matter. If I am

going up some steps, I drag one foot slowly after the other on to the first step,

and then I count the rest of them that I may know where I must rest.

The seventh said, "That will not do with me; my master looks after my work,

only he is not at home the whole day. But I neglect nothing, I run as fast as

it is possible to do when one crawls. If I am to get on, four sturdy men must

push me with all their might. I came where six men were lying sleeping on a

bed beside each other. I lay down by them and slept too. There was no wakening

me again, and when they wanted to have me home, they had to carry me." The

eighth said, "I see plainly that I am the only active fellow; if a stone lie before me,

I do not give myself the trouble to raise my legs and step over it. I lay myself

down on the ground, and if I am wet and covered with mud and dirt, I stay lying

until the sun has dried me again. At the very most, I only turn myself so that it

can shine on me." The ninth said, "That is the right way! To-day the bread was

before me, but I was too idle to take it, and nearly died of hunger! Moreover a

jug stood by it, but it was so big and heavy that I did not like to lift it up, and

preferred bearing thirst. Just to turn myself round was too much for me, I remained

lying like a log the whole day." The tenth said, "Laziness has brought misfortune

on me, a broken leg and swollen calf. Three of us were lying in the road, and I had

my legs stretched out. Some one came with a cart, and the wheels went over me.

I might indeed have drawn my legs back, but I did not hear the cart coming, for

the midges were humming about my ears, and creeping in at my nose and out again

at my mouth; who can take the trouble to drive the vermin away?"

The eleventh said, "I gave up my place yesterday. I had no fancy for carrying the

heavy books to my master any longer or fetching them away again. There was no

end of it all day long. But to tell the truth, he gave me my dismissal, and would

not keep me any longer, for his clothes, which I had left lying in the dust, were all

moth-eaten, and I am very glad of it."

The twelfth said, "To-day I had to drive the cart into the country, and made myself

a bed of straw on it, and had a good sleep. The reins slipped out of my hand, and

when I awoke, the horse had nearly torn itself loose, the harness was gone, the strap

which fastened the horse to the shafts was gone, and so were the collar, the bridle

and bit. Some one had come by, who had carried all off. Besides this, the cart had

got into a quagmire and stuck fast. I left it standing, and stretched myself on the

straw again. At last the master came himself, and pushed the cart out, and if he had

not come I should not be lying here but there, and sleeping in full tranquillity."

結束語：

格林童話帶有濃厚的地域特色、民族特色，富於趣味性和娛樂性，對培養兒童養成真、善、美的良好品質有積極意義。這些內容豐富又飽含趣味性的童話故事擴展了兒童的思維世界，在輕鬆愉說的閱讀中總結經驗教訓，喚起兒童對生活的熱愛與期待，激發兒童善惡觀的形成。以上的格林童話故事希望大家能夠喜歡。