双语故事 牧鹅姑娘(12)

　　The false bride said, "She deserves no better fate than to be stripped stark naked, and put in a barrel that is studded inside with sharp nails. Two white horses should be hitched to it, and they should drag her along through one street after another, until she is dead."

　　"You are the one," said the old king, "and you have pronounced your own sentence. Thus shall it be done to you."

　　After the sentence had been carried out, the young king married his true bride, and both of them ruled over their kingdom in peace and happiness.

　　很久以前，有一个老王后，她的国王丈夫已经死了许多年，她有一个美丽漂亮的女儿。女儿长大以后，与很远的国家的一个王子订了婚。到了快结婚的日子，老王后把一切都打点好了，让她启程去王子所在的国家。她为女儿收拾了很多值钱的东西，有宝石、金子、银子、装饰品和漂亮的衣物，总之，王宫里的东西应有尽有。老王后非常爱她这个孩子，给她安排了一个侍女陪同她一道前往，千叮咛，万嘱托，要侍女把她的女儿送到新郎手中。并为她们配备了两匹马作为旅行的脚力。公主骑的一匹马叫法拉达，这匹马能够和人说话。