第25章 飛箱 The Flying Trunk(第4/13 頁)

利地這樣做，因為土耳其人總是穿著晨衣和拖鞋四處走動，就像他自己一樣。

he hid the trunk in the wood under some dry leaves, and then went into the town: he could so this very well, for the turks always go about dressed in dressing-gowns and slippers, as he was himself.

他碰巧遇到一個帶著小孩的保姆。

he happened to meet a nurse with a little child.

“我說，你這個土耳其保姆，” 他喊道，“城邊那座窗戶開得那麼高的城堡是什麼城堡？”

“I say, you turkish nurse,” cried he, “what castle is that near the town, with the windows placed so high?”

“國王的女兒住在那裡，” 她回答說，“有人預言她會因一個愛人而非常不幸，所以除非國王和王后在場，否則任何人都不允許去看她。”

“the king’s daughter lives there,” she replied; “it has been prophesied that she will be very unhappy about a lover, and therefore no one is allowed to visit her, unless the king and queen are present.”

“謝謝你，” 商人的兒子說。

“thank you,” said the merchant’s son.

於是他回到樹林裡，坐在箱子裡，飛到城堡的屋頂上，從窗戶爬進了公主的房間。

So he went back to the wood, seated himself in his trunk, flew up to the roof of the castle, and crept through the window into the princess’s room.

她躺在沙發上睡著了，她是那麼美麗，商人的兒子情不自禁地吻了她。

She lay on the sofa asleep, and she was so beautiful that the merchant’s son could not help kissing her.

然後她醒了，非常害怕；但他告訴她他是一個土耳其天使，從空中飛來見她，這讓她非常高興。

then she awoke, and was very much frightened; but he told her he was a turkish angel, who had e down through the air to see her, which pleased her very much.

他在她身邊坐下，和她交談：他說她的眼睛像美麗的深色湖泊，思想像小美人魚一樣在裡面遊弋，他還告訴她她的額頭像一座雪山，裡面有擺滿畫的華麗大廳。

he sat down by her s