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1、The Swineherd 猪倌OncetherewasapoorPrince.Hehadakingdom;itwasverytiny.Stillitwaslargeenoughtomarryupon,andonmarriagehisheartwasset.Nowitwascertainlyratherboldofhimtosay,"Willyouhaveme?"totheEmperor'sowndaughter.Buthedid,forhisnamewasfamous,andfarandneartherewerehundredsofPrincesseswh
2、owouldhavesaid,"Yes!"and"Thankyou!"too.ButwhatdidtheEmperor'sdaughtersay?Well,we'llsoonfindout.ArosetreegrewoverthegraveofthePrince'sfather.Itwassuchabeautifultree.Itbloomedonlyonceinfivelongyears,andthenitborebutasingleflower.Oh,thatwasaroseindeed!Thefragranceofitwouldmakeamanforg
3、etallofhissorrowsandhiscares.ThePrincehadanightingaletoo.Itsangasifallthesweetsongsoftheworldwereinitslittlethroat.ThenightingaleandtheroseweretobegiftstothePrincess.Sotheyweresenttoherintwolargesilvercases.TheEmperororderedthecasescarriedbeforehim,tothegreathallwherethePrincesswas
4、playingat"visitors,"withhermaids-inwaiting.Theyseldomdidanythingelse.AssoonasthePrincesssawthatthelargecasescontainedpresents,sheclappedherhandsinglee."Oh,"shesaid,"IdohopeIgetalittlepussy-cat."Sheopenedacasketandtherewasthesplendidrose."Oh,howprettyitis,"saidallthemaids-in-waiting
5、."It'smorethanpretty,"saidtheEmperor."It'ssuperb."ButthePrincesspokeditwithherfinger,andshealmoststartedtocry."Ohfie!Papa,"shesaid,"itisn'tartificial.Itisnatural.""Oh,fie,"saidallhermaids-in-waiting,"it'sonlynatural.""Well,"saidtheEmperor,"beforewefretandpout,let'sseewhat'sintheoth
6、ercase."Heopenedit,andoutcamethenightingale,whichsangsosweetlythatforalittlewhilenoonecouldthinkofasinglethingtosayagainstit."Superbe!""Charmant!"saidthemaids-in-waitingwiththeirsmatteringofFrench,eachonespeakingitworsethanthenext."HowthebirddoesremindmeofourlamentedEmpress'smusicb
7、ox,"saidoneoldcourtier."Ithasjustthesametone,andtheverysamewayoftrilling."TheEmperorweptlikeachild."Ahme,"hesaid."Bird?"saidthePrincess."Youmeantosayit'sreal?""Areallivebird,"themenwhohadbroughtitassuredher."Thenletitflyandbegone,"saidthePrincess,whorefusedtohearawordaboutthePrince
8、,muchlesstoseehim.Butitwas
