One day it happened that the father was going to the fair,and he asked his two stepdaughters what he should bring back for them.
有一次,父亲要到集市去,他问妻子的两个女儿,要他给她们带什么回来.
"Beautiful dresses," said the one.
第一个说：“我要漂亮的衣裳.”
"Pearls and jewels," said the other.
第二个叫道：“我要珍珠和钻石.”
"And you,Cinderella," he said,"what do you want?"
他又对自己的女儿说：“孩子,你想要什么?”
"Father,break off for me the first twig that brushes against your hat on your way home."
灰姑娘说：“亲爱的爸爸,就把你回家路上碰着你帽子的第一根树枝折给我吧.”
So he bought beautiful dresses,pearls,and jewels for his two stepdaughters.On his way home,as he was riding through a green thicket,a hazel twig brushed against him and knocked off his hat.Then he broke off the twig and took it with him.Arriving home,he gave his stepdaughters the things that they had asked for,and he gave Cinderella the twig from the hazel bush.
父亲回来时,他为前两个女儿带回了她们想要的漂亮衣服和珍珠钻石.在路上,他穿过一片浓密的矮树林时,有一根榛树枝条碰着了他,几乎把他的帽子都要扫下来了,所以他把这根树枝折下来带上了.回到家里时,他把树枝给了他女儿.
Cinderella thanked him,went to her mother's grave,and planted the branch on it,and she wept so much that her tears fell upon it and watered it.It grew and became a beautiful tree.Cinderella went to this tree three times every day,and beneath it she wept and prayed.
她拿着树枝来到母亲的坟前,将它栽到了坟边.她每天都要到坟边哭三次,每次伤心地哭泣时,泪水就会不断地滴落在树枝上,浇灌着它,使树枝很快长成了一棵漂亮的大树.
A white bird came to the tree every time,and whenever she expressed a wish,the bird would throw down to her what she had wished for.
不久,有一只小鸟来树上筑巢,她与小鸟交谈起来.后来她想要什么,小鸟都会给她带来.
