第49章 養豬人 The Swineherd(第3/9 頁)

“哦，對呀！音調一樣，演奏方式也一樣。”

“oh yes! these are the same tones, the same execution.”

“是的！是的！” 皇帝說，他想起往事，像個孩子似的哭了起來。

“Yes! yes!” said the Emperor, and he wept like a child at the remembrance.

“我還是希望它不是一隻真鳥。” 公主說。

“I will still hope that it is not a real bird,” said the princess.

“是的，它是一隻真鳥。” 送鳥來的人說。

“Yes, it is a real bird,” said those who had brought it.

“那好吧，讓這隻鳥飛走吧。” 公主說；而且她堅決拒絕見王子。

“well then let the bird fly,” said the princess; and she positively refused to see the prince.

然而，他並沒有氣餒；他把臉塗成棕黑色；把帽子拉下來遮住耳朵，然後去敲門。

however, he was not to be discouraged; he daubed his face over brown and black; pulled his cap over his ears, and knocked at the door.

“向皇帝陛下問安！” 他說。

“Good day to my lord, the Emperor!” said he.

“我能在皇宮裡謀份差事嗎？”

“can I have employment at the palace?”

“哦，當然可以。” 皇帝說。

“why, yes,” said the Emperor.

“我需要有人來照看豬，因為我們有很多豬。”

“I want some one to take care of the pigs, for we have a great many of them.”

於是王子被任命為 “皇宮養豬人”。

So the prince was appointed “Imperial Swineherd.”

他在豬圈旁邊有一間髒兮兮的小屋子；他整天都坐在那裡幹活。

he had a dirty little room close by the pigsty; and there he sat the whole day, and worked.

到了晚上，他做好了一隻漂亮的小燉鍋。

by the evening he had made a pretty little kitchen-pot.

鍋的四周掛滿了小鈴鐺；當鍋煮開的時候，這些鈴鐺就會以極其悅耳的方式叮噹作響，奏響那首古老的曲子：

Little bells were hung all round it; and when the pot was boiling, these bells tinkl