资源描述：
《east of the sun and west of the moon》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、EastoftheSunandWestoftheMoonTraditionalOnceuponatimetherewasapoorhusbandmanwhohadmanychildrenandlittletogivetheminthewayeitheroffoodorclothing.Theywereallpretty,buttheprettiestofallwastheyoungestdaughter,whowassobeautifulthattherewerenoboundstoherbeauty.Soonce--itwaslateonaThursda
2、yeveninginautumn,andwildweatheroutside,terriblydark,andrainingsoheavilyandblowingsohardthatthewallsofthecottageshookagain--theywereallsittingtogetherbythefireside,eachofthembusywithsomethingorother,whensuddenlysomeonerappedthreetimesagainstthewindow-pane.Themanwentouttoseewhatcoul
3、dbethematter,andwhenhegotouttherestoodagreatbigwhitebear.‘Good-eveningtoyou,'saidtheWhiteBear.'Good-evening,'saidtheman.'Willyougivemeyouryoungestdaughter?'saidtheWhiteBear,'ifyouwill,youshallbeasrichasyouarenowpoor.'Trulythemanwouldhavehadnoobjectiontoberich,buthethoughttohimself
4、:'Imustfirstaskmydaughteraboutthis,'sohewentinandtoldthemthattherewasagreatwhitebearoutsidewhohadfaithfullypromisedtomakethemallrichifhemightbuthavetheyoungestdaughter.Shesaidno,andwouldnothearofit;sothemanwentoutagain,andsettledwiththeWhiteBearthatheshouldcomeagainnextThursdayeve
5、ning,andgetheranswer.Thenthemanpersuadedher,andtalkedsomuchtoheraboutthewealththattheywouldhave,andwhatagoodthingitwouldbeforherself,thatatlastshemadeuphermindtogo,andwashedandmendedallherrags,madeherselfassmartasshecould,andheldherselfinreadinesstosetout.Littleenoughhadshetotakea
6、waywithher.NextThursdayeveningtheWhiteBearcametofetchher.Sheseatedherselfonhisbackwithherbundle,andthustheydeparted.Whentheyhadgoneagreatpartoftheway,theWhiteBearsaid:'Areyouafraid?''No,thatIamnot,'saidshe.'Keeptightholdofmyfur',andthenthereisnodanger,'saidhe.Andthussherodefar,far
7、away,untiltheycametoagreatmountain.ThentheWhiteBearknockedonit,andadooropened,andtheywentintoacastlewherethereweremanybrilliantlylightedroomswhichshonewithgoldandsilver,likewisealargehallinwhichtherewasawell-spreadtable,anditwassomagnificentthatitwouldbehardtomakeanyoneunderstandh
8、owsplendiditwas.TheWhiteBeargaveh
