双语故事 牧鹅姑娘(9)

　　"Why not?" asked the old king.

　　"Oh, because she angers me all day long."

　　Then the old king ordered him to tell what it was that she did to him. Conrad said, "In the morning when we pass beneath the dark gateway with the flock, there is a horse's head on the wall, and she says to it, 'Alas, Falada, hanging there！' And the head replies: Alas, young queen, passing by, If this your mother knew, Her heart would break in two."

　　Then Conrad went on to tell what happened at the goose pasture, and how he had to chase his hat.

　　The old king ordered him to drive his flock out again the next day. As soon as morning came, he himself sat down behind the dark gateway, and heard how the girl spoke with Falada's head. Then he followed her out into the country and hid himself in a thicket in the meadow. There he soon saw with his own eyes the goose-girl and the goose-boy bringing their flock, and how after a while she sat down and took down her hair, which glistened brightly. Soon she said: Blow, wind, blow, Take Conrad's hat, And make him chase it, Until I have braided my hair, And tied it up again.