經典格林童話：月亮

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：月亮，歡迎大家閱讀!

In days gone by there was a land where the nights were always dark, and

the sky spread over it like a black cloth, for there the moon never rose,

and no star shone in the obscurity. At the creation of the world, the light

at night had been sufficient. Three young fellows once went out of this

country on a travelling expedition, and arrived in another kingdom, where,

in the evening when the sun had disappeared behind the mountains, a shining

globe was placed on an oak-tree, which shed a soft light far and wide. By

means of this, everything could very well be seen and distinguished, even

though it was not so brilliant as the sun. The travellers stopped and asked

a countryman who was driving past with his cart, what kind of a light that

was. "That is the moon," answered he; our mayor bought it for three thalers,

and fastened it to the oak-tree. He has to pour oil into it daily, and to keep it

clean, so that it may always burn clearly. He receives a thaler a week from us

for doing it."

When the countryman had driven away, one of them said, "We could

make some use of this lamp, we have an oak-tree at home, which is

just as big as this, and we could hang it on that. What a pleasure it

would be not to have to feel about at night in the darkness!" "I'll tell

you what we'll do," said the second; "we will fetch a cart and horses

and carry away the moon. The people here may buy themselves another."

"I'm a good climber," said the third, "I will bring it down." The fourth

brought a cart and horses, and the third climbed the tree, bored a hole

in the moon, passed a rope through it, and let it down. When the shining

ball lay in the cart, they covered it over with a cloth, that no one might

observe the theft. They conveyed it safely into their own country, and

placed it on a high oak. Old and young rejoiced, when the new lamp let

its light shine over the whole land, and bed-rooms and sitting-rooms were

filled with it. The dwarfs came forth from their caves in the rocks, and the

tiny elves in their little red coats danced in rings on the meadows.

The four took care that the moon was provided with oil, cleaned the wick,

and received their weekly thaler, but they became old men, and when one

of them grew ill, and saw that he was about to die, he appointed that one

quarter of the moon, should, as his property, be laid in the grave with him.

When he died, the mayor climbed up the tree, and cut off a quarter with the

hedge-shears, and this was placed in his coffin. The light of the moon

decreased, but still not visibly. When the second died, the second quarter was

buried with him, and the light diminished. It grew weaker still after the death

of the third, who likewise took his part of it away with him; and when the fourth

was borne to his grave, the old state of darkness recommenced, and whenever

the people went out at night without their lanterns they knocked their heads

together.

When, however, the pieces of the moon had united themselves

together again in the world below, where darkness had always

prevailed, it came to pass that the dead became restless and awoke

from their sleep. They were astonished when they were able to

see again; the moonlight was quite sufficient for them, for their

eyes had become so weak that they could not have borne the

brilliance of the sun. They rose up and were merry, and fell

into their former ways of living. Some of them went to the play

and to dance, others hastened to the public-houses, where they

asked for wine, got drunk, brawled, quarreled, and at last took

up cudgels, and belabored each other. The noise became greater

and greater, and at last reached even to heaven.

Saint Peter who guards the gate of heaven thought the lower world

had broken out in revolt and gathered together the heavenly troops,

which are to drive back the Evil One when he and his associates storm

the abode of the blessed. As these, however, did not come, he got on

his horse and rode through the gate of heaven, down into the world below.

There he reduced the dead to subjection, bade them lie down in their graves

again, took the moon away with him, and hung it up in heaven.

　　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。