篇一:[民间故事英文]英语民间故事【三篇】
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【第一篇：Jack the Giant Killer】
IN the days when King Arthur ruled in Britain, there were many giants in the land--huge, fierce monsters, who kept folks in constant terror. It was at this time that our hero, Jack, was born. He grew up a brave, fearless, little fellow; and before he was ten years old, he had made up his mind to gain a name for himself by ridding the land of some of the giants.
Of all those in Jack"s part of the country, no giant was dreaded more than one named Cormoran, who dwelt on a hill called St. Michael"s Mount, which rises out of the sea near the coast of Cornwall. He was so tall that when the tide was low, he could walk through the sea from his cave over to Cornwall, and this he did quite often--never going back without carrying along some poor farmer"s cattle or sheep.
Jack set his wits to work, and at last thought he had a plan by which he would be able to put an end to the misdeeds of this monster. He took, one evening, a pickaxe and shovel, a lantern, and a horn, and getting on a raft, paddled over to St. Michael"s Mount. He went to work at once and dug a deep pit in front of the giant"s cave. Next he placed sticks across the top of the pit, and on the sticks spread straw, while over the straw he strewed loose earth until all looked like solid ground.
By this time day had dawned; so Jack stepped back a short distance, and blew a loud blast upon his horn. It awaked Cormoran, who came out to see what it meant, and when he beheld Jack was in a great rage.
"You saucy little imp," said he "just wait a moment, and I"ll broil you for my breakfast."
With this he came running to catch Jack; but the pit was right in his way, and the instant he set foot on the earth covering it, the sticks broke, and down he crashed, over his head into it.
"There, Mr. Cormoran," said Jack, "you see it is sometimes a bad thing to be in too much of a hurry for your breakfast."
At this the giant began to make frantic efforts to climb out, so Jack ran up with his pickaxe and gave him a blow on the head which killed him.
Jack returned home, and when the news spread of what he had done, the people were full of joy, and made a great hero of Jack, giving him the title of JACK THE GIANT KILLER; while the Duke of Cornwall made him a present of a sword and belt, upon which, in golden letters, were the words:--
"This is the gallant Cornish man
Who slew the Giant Cormoran."
But this only made Jack crave for more glory; so he started for Wales, where the number of giants was very great indeed. One day, as night fell, he came to a fine large house where he thought he would ask for lodgings. He knocked at the door, and was startled when a giant with two heads came to answer. He was civil, however, and asked Jack in, and gave him his supper and a bed; but Jack did not trust him altogether, and made up his mind not to go to sleep. The giant seemed to have a habit of talking to himself--as would be natural to one having two heads--and presently he began to sing a kind of duet, some of which Jack was able to make out. First, one head sang, in a soft tenor voice:
"Although with me he stays this night,
He shall not see the morning light."
And then the other head growled, in a deep bass:
"For as he lies asleep in bed,
With my trusty club I"ll smash his head."
"Oho!" said Jack, "that"s your game is it, Mr. Giant? Now for a plan to fool you."
Jack thought a moment, and then went to the fire-place, where he found a log of wood. He put this in his place in the bed, covered it up well, and then crawled under the bed.
In the middle of the night the giant stole into the room with a club in his hands. Drawing near the bed, he raised the club and gave the log of wood a number of terrible whacks. Then, thinking Jack must surely be dead, he went away.
When Jack appeared in the morning, without a sign of hurt upon him, the giant could hardly believe his eyes.
"How did you sleep?" he asked. "Did anything disturb you during the night?"
"Oh, at one time I thought I felt a rat switch me with his tail," said Jack, "but for the rest, I slept very soundly."
The giant went to get breakfast ready; and while he was away Jack caught sight of a leather bag in a corner of the room. He thought of another trick to play on the giant; so he put the bag under his coat, which was quite loose. The giant brought in two big bowls of porridge, to which he and Jack sat down. The giant took a spoon in each hand, and began to feed both mouths at once, which made his porridge go pretty fast; but not any faster than Jack"s did, for he was stowing his away in the bag. The giant was so busy feeding that he did not take much notice of Jack until he had finished his bowl, when he looked up and was greatly surprised to find that the little fellow had emptied his also. While he was still wondering, Jack said:--
"Now I"ll show you something strange. I can cut off my head or legs, or any other part of my body, and put them on again a good as ever. Just see this, for instance." And he took a knife and cut the bag, so that all the porridge tumbled out on the floor.
The giant"s conceit had already been very much hurt as being outdone by such a little chap as Jack, and now he lost his wits completely. "Ods splutter my nails," said he, "I can do that myself." So he took the knife, and stuck it in where his porridge was--and dropped dead on the floor.
【第二篇：The Giant"s Secret】
Long ago there was a king who had a very brave son. One day the son told his father, "Father, I am going to roam the world in search of adventures."
The king did not want to grant his son permission to do so, but the prince insisted so much that the king finally consented.
The prince mounted a beautiful horse and journeyed seeking adventures. After travelling a long long way, he came to a forest which he had to cross. Penetrating the deep woods, he suddenly heard a hound bay and a lion roar. Then he saw four animals: a lion, a hound, an eagle and an ant, all of them arguing over the carcass of a deer.
Seeing the prince approach, the lion roared, "One moment, hombre. As you see, all of us argue because we cannot decide which part of this dead deer belongs to each. If you make a satisfactory division of the carcass amongst us, we will reward you."
The prince agreed and divided the deer into four parts. To the lion he gave the haunches, to the hound the ribs, to the eagle the entrails, and to the ant the head.
The animals agreed to the division as the lion said to the prince, "We promised to reward you and we will keep that promise." Pulling a hair from its mane and giving it to the prince, the lion continued, "Take this hair. Whenever you want to become a lion just say "God and Lion" and you will be transformed into a lion. To become a man again, all you have to say is "God and Man.""
The hound also gave the prince a hair from its body and told him to effect his transformation into a hound, he had only to change the wording of the phrase to "God and Hound," then "God and Man."
The eagle then gave the prince a feather and told him to say, "God and Eagle," in order to become an eagle. The ant also gave the prince one of its antennae, telling the youth to say "God and Ant" to become an ant.
The prince thanked the animals and went on his way, until one day he came to a castle which appeared to be deserted. The prince desired to see the interior of this castle, but it seemed impossible as the place was completely surrounded by a high wall. He then remembered the gifts he had received from the animals in the forest. Pulling out the feather, the prince said, "God and Eagle." He turned into an eagle and flew over the castle. In the highest tower of the castle he saw an open window, to which he flew and stopped on the sill. He looked into a bedroom and there saw a beautiful maiden asleep.
The prince then said, "God and Man," and turning into a man again, entered the bedroom the better to see the sleeping maiden. The maiden awoke and, seeing the prince bending over her, asked, "Señor, what do you want here? If the giant, owner of this castle, finds you, he will kill you without mercy."
"Señora," answered the prince, "I do not fear the giant, since I seek adventure. As far as I can see, you seem to be a prisoner in this huge castle. If I can be of service, please order me to do what I can."
"True," said the maid, "I am a prisoner of the giant. But it is hopeless to ask for your aid. The giant conquers all who fight against him."
Suddenly a thundering voice was heard echoing through the castle. The maiden exclaimed, "We are lost! The giant will be here any moment and there is no place where you can hide."
"Do not be afraid, señora," and holding the little ant"s antenna the prince said the magic words which made him an ant.
At that instant the giant came in saying, "Señora, I am sure that you were talking to someone." The giant searched everywhere but did not see the ant. Satisfied, he left.
The prince then said, "God and Man," and became a man again.
The maiden was so appy she couldn"t even talk, but finally she spoke to the prince.
"Señor, perhaps you can save me. But to do so, you have to slay the giant, and to slay the giant you must first break the egg in which the giant"s life is kept. That egg is very well hidden. Nobody has ever been able to find it."
The following day the giant came to the maiden"s bedroom and the girl said, "Señor, last night I dreamt that your life was in danger. A man was breaking the egg which hides your secret."
"Do not worry, señora, that egg is very well hidden," he replied.
The giant left, but nevertheless he worried. Perhaps his life was really in danger. Quick as the win of an eye, the giant became a pigeon which flew out of the window.
The prince, who had been watching the giant all this time, said, "God and Eagle" and began to fly in pursuit of the pigeon.
The pigeon landed at a cave from which it took a little box containing an egg. At this particular moment the eagle arrived. The pigeon, seeing the eagle, changed into a coyote who swallowed the egg. The coyote started to run. The prince said "God and Lion," and turned into a lion and gave chase. The coyote then turned into a hare, which hid in the underbrush where the lion was unable to follow it.
The prince said "God and Hound," became a hound and began to chase the hare. The hare, finding itself in danger of being captured, quickly changed itself back into a pigeon. The eagle caught the pigeon, flew to earth with the dead pigeon in its claws, opened up the dead bird and with a single blow of its beak broke the egg. Then instead of a dead pigeon there was a dead giant in its place.
The eagle flew back to the castle and entered the maiden"s bedroom. There he said "God and Man," assumed his human form, and took into his arms the beautiful maiden. Forgetting their fear of the giant, they were married and changed the gloomy castle into a nest of love and happiness.
【第三篇：The Poor Turkey Girl】
A very long time ago in the village of Shufinne, a young orphan girl lived with her aunt.
The aunt spoilt her own children but was very mean to the little girl. She made her work from sunrise to sunset gathering wood, working in the fields, patching the mud walls of their house and looking after the turkeys.
Each morning the girl would let the turkeys out of their cages and take them into the canyons to let them search for food.
Each night she would go up into the canyons and call the turkeys to come home. They would gather round her and follow her back to their cages. Everyone in the village, including her cousins, called her Turkey Girl.
She was often sent off with the turkeys without any breakfast, and many times she went to bed hungry at night.
Turkey Girl worked hard for years. No one showed her any kindness. But she was very kind and caring to the turkeys. They loved her in return and came immediately she called them at night to lead them back to their cages.
Gradually Turkey Girl grew into a young woman. But she always looked dirty and tired from all the hard work she did. Her hair was a tangled, untidy mess and her clothes were patched and tattered hand downs from her cousins.
One day it was announced there would be a big dance in the village in four days time. Everyone was excited. Turkey Girl’s cousins began sewing new mantas or dresses for the dance. They laughed as they sewed, and talked about how wonderful they would look at the dance.
Turkey Girl knew she was not invited and even if she was, she had nothing to wear. Everyone would laugh at her dirty and patched clothes.
For the next three days as Turkey Girl walked with her turkeys into the canyons, she sighed and talked to the birds about the dance.
“It would be so cool to go to that dance.” she sighed.
The turkeys kept walking.
“But it’s never going to happen. And even if I could go I don’t have a nice dress to wear. Everyone would laugh at me,” she said to the turkeys.
The turkeys kept walking.
On the fourth day as Turkey Girl talked and thought about the dance she didn’t notice that the turkeys had led her further into the canyons than she had ever been before.
The turkeys stopped and circled her.
The oldest turkey flapped his wings, strutted up to her and said “We can help you go to the dance.”
Turkey Girl stared at the old turkey with her mouth wide open, unable to speak
Finally she screamed, “You spoke to me, you really spoke to me! Wow! My turkeys can talk!”
“Yes we can talk when we want to,” said the old turkey. “Now get over it!”
“Ok, talking turkeys! I’m cool with that,” said Turkey Girl. “Now what were you saying about the dance?”
The old turkey said, “If you trust us and do what we say, we can help you go to the dance.”
“But I’ve got nothing to wear except these old clothes, and I’m dirty,” cried the girl.
The turkeys stared at her without saying a word.
“Ok, I trust you,” said Turkey Girl. “You"ve been my only friends all these years.”
The old turkey told her to take off her dress and put it on the ground. He then strutted back and forth on it, picking at it with his beak and beating it with his wings.
The other turkeys circled around Turkey Girl, brushing her with their wings and combing her hair with their beaks until her skin was clean and smooth and her long black hair was shining and wavy.
When the turkeys stepped away from her, the old turkey stood there, holding a beautifully embroidered white dress in his beak. Turkey Girl put it on.
A large turkey lifted his wing and out fell a pair of the finest white moccasins.
Another turkey coughed and out came a sparkling shell necklace.
Dressed in her new clothes and with her glowing face, Turkey Girl looked truly beautiful.
She thanked the turkeys and turned to leave the canyon to go to the dance.
“Before you go” said the old turkey “You must promise not to forget us here in the canyon and come back before it is dark, to take us back to our cages.”
“I promise!” shouted Turkey Girl, as she turned and ran towards the village. “You can trust me.”
When Turkey Girl reached the village no one recognised her in her gorgeous new clothes.
All the young men looked at her admiringly, wondering who this beautiful young woman was. All the young women greeted her warmly.
At first Turkey Girl was a bit shy and found it hard to talk but gradually she joined in the dancing.
The more she relaxed, the more she enjoyed herself and danced and danced, forgetting about the turkeys.
It wasn’t until she noticed the long shadows cast by the sun as it sank behind the mountains, that she remembered the turkeys.
Turkey Girl ran from the village, ignoring all her new friends who called after her.
When she reached the canyon where she had left the turkeys it was dark and all the turkeys had gone.
Turkey Girl ran through the canyons and mountains calling out to the turkeys. She called and called but the turkeys would not answer her.
The faster she chased them the faster the turkeys ran away from her.
Brush and thorns ripped her new clothes and they became covered in dust and dirt. The beautiful necklace broke and the shells were lost in the dark.
Finally Turkey Girl stopped chasing the turkeys and walked back to the village, sobbing and dirty. She knew life would be much harder now without her good friends the turkeys.
That is why to this day wild turkeys are scattered throughout the canyons and mountains.
And because of Turkey Girl’s broken promise turkeys no longer trust humans and run away whenever we come near.
The End
篇二:[民间故事英文]英语民间故事【五篇】
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