第12章 打火匣 The Tinder－Box (第1/17页)

《打火匣》，1835 年

the tinder-box, 1835

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安徒生早期的童话故事借鉴了口头讲故事的传统，这些传统热衷于残酷、暴力、粗俗和低俗，并且以一种滑稽的模式发展，这与《卖火柴的小女孩》这类故事的虔诚基调非常不同。

Andersen’s early fairy tales draw on oral storytelling traditions that revel in cruelty, violence, earthiness, and vulgarity and move in a burlesque mode very different from the pious tone of tales like “the Little match Girl.”

因为其荒谬的过度情节（《打火匣》中的士兵犯了从忘恩负义、杀人到盗窃和弑君等一切罪行），但也因为其极为迷人的时刻（三条狗对婚礼充满惊奇），这个故事保留了一定的吸引力，使其尽管有许多暴力情节转折却依然流传。

In part because of its preposterous excesses (the soldier in “the tinderbox” is guilty of everything from ingratitude and homicide to theft and regicide) but also its exquisitely charming moments (the three dogs filled with wonder at the wedding), the story has retained a certain appeal that allows it to stay alive despite its many violent turns.

《打火匣》是安徒生《童话集》的开篇故事，是他童话的第一部分。

“the tinderbox” was the opening tale of Andersen’s Eventyr, the first installment of his fairy tales.

它基于一个名为《蜡烛精灵》的丹麦民间故事，并且多次暗指其他童话故事 ——《长发公主》（塔中的公主）、《汉赛尔与格莱特》（谷粒的踪迹）和《阿里巴巴和四十大盗》（门的标记）。

It is based on a danish folktale known as “the Spirit of the candle” and has multiple allusions to other fairy tales—“Rapunzel” (the princess in the tower), “hansel and Gretel” (the trail of grain), and “Ali baba and the Forty thieves” (the marking of doors).

在他早期的儿童故事中，安徒生从不同文化的口头讲故事传统中借用了故事的片段，将它们拼凑在一起形成一个完整的叙述。

In his early stories for children, Andersen borrowed bits and pieces of tales fr