童话故事第 53 课: Hansel and Gretel汉塞尔和格雷特尔-8

"But," said she, "be sure to come back in the evening. I shall shut the door to keep out the huntsmen, but if you tap and say, 'Sister, let me in,' I shall know you. If you do not speak, I shall keep the door fast."“不过”，她说， “傍晚一定要回来。我关上门，不让猎人进来，如果你轻轻敲门说， ‘妹妹，让我进去，' 我就知道是你，如果你不说，我就把门关紧。”

Then away sprang the fawn, frisking and bounding along in the open air. 小鹿蹦蹦跳跳地跑了，在露天里活泼欢快地跳跃着。

When the King and the huntsmen saw the fawn they again gave chase. 国王和猎人发现小鹿，追赶起来。

The chase lasted the whole day, but at last the huntsmen surrounded him, and one wounded him in the foot, so that he became lame and could hardly crawl home. 追了一整天，终于把他围住了，一个人还打伤了他的脚。小鹿瘸了，艰难地向家里走去。

The man who had wounded him followed behind and heard the little fawn say, 'Sister, let me in." 打伤他的人跟在后面，听见小鹿说： “妹妹，让我进去！”

Upon which the door opened and shut again. The huntsman went to the King and told him what he had seen and heard and the King said, "Tomorrow we will have another chase."随后门开了，又关上。那猎人到国王那儿，把所见所闻告诉了国王。国王说：“我们明天再追。”

Gretel was very frightened when she saw that her dear fawn was wounded; but after washing the blood away she put some healing herbs on the place. 格雷特尔见亲爱的小鹿受了伤，很害怕。她洗去伤口上的血，敷上治伤的草药。

In the morning there was nothing to be seen of the wound, and when the horn blew the little thing said, "I cannot stay here, I must go and look on; I will take care they don't catch me." 第二天早晨，伤口平复了，号角吹响的时候，小鹿说：“我不能待在这儿，我得去看看；我会当心的，他们逮不到我。”

When the king saw the fawn he cried to his men, "Chase him all day long till you catch him; but let no one do him harm." 国王一见小鹿，就对手下人喊道：“整天都追他，直到抓住为止。不过，谁也别伤害他。”

At sunset, however, they had not been able to overtake him, and the King called the huntsmen, saying to the one who had watched, "Now show me the little hut."然而直到太阳落山，他们还没追上小鹿。国王把猎人们叫过来，对那个看到过小茅屋的人说： “ 让我去看看那所小房子。”