第40章 玫瑰精灵 The Elf of the Rose， (第1/10页)

《玫瑰精灵》，1839 年

the Elf of the Rose, 1839

在一个花园中央长着一棵玫瑰树，开满了花朵，在最美丽的一朵玫瑰里住着一个小精灵。

In the midst of a garden grew a rose-tree, in full blossom, and in the prettiest of all the roses lived an elf.

他是那么小的一个小东西，人的眼睛看不见他。

he was such a little wee thing, that no human eye could see him.

在玫瑰的每一片叶子后面他都有一个睡觉的房间。

behind each leaf of the rose he had a sleeping chamber.

他长得像一个小孩子一样完美和美丽，有一对从肩膀一直垂到脚的翅膀。

he was as well formed and as beautiful as a little child could be, and had wings that reached from his shoulders to his feet.

哦，他的房间里有多么甜美的香气啊！墙壁是多么干净和美丽啊！因为它们是玫瑰那泛红的叶子。

oh, what sweet fragrance there was in his chambers! and how clean and beautiful were the walls! for they were the blushing leaves of the rose.

一整天他都在温暖的阳光下尽情享受，从一朵花飞到另一朵花上，在飞舞的蝴蝶翅膀上跳舞。

during the whole day he enjoyed himself in the warm sunshine, flew from flower to flower, and danced on the wings of the flying butterflies.

然后他突然想量一量他要在椴树叶上的那些路和十字路口走多少步。

then he took it into his head to measure how many steps he would have to go through the roads and cross-roads that are on the leaf of a linden-tree.

我们所说的树叶上的叶脉，他把它们当作路；

what we call the veins on a leaf, he took for roads;

是啊，对他来说那些路非常长；因为还没等他走完一半的路程，太阳就落山了：他开始得太晚了。天气变得非常冷，露水落了下来，风刮了起来；所以他觉得他能做的最好的事情就是回家。

y, and very long roads they were for him; for before he had half finished his task, the sun went down: he had menced his work too late. It