关于格林童话故事第狐狸和猫Thefoxandthecat【六篇】

从前，有个裁缝总爱吵架。 他的妻子善良、勤劳、虔诚，却不能得到他的欢心。

无论她干什么事，他都不满意，总是嘀嘀咕咕，又是打又是骂。 当地的官府最后知道了这件事，就传讯了他并把他关进了监狱，希望能让他改过自新。 他在监狱里只能靠面包和水度日，关了一段时间后，他就被释放了，不过要他发誓从此不再打老婆，要与她和睦相处，休戚与共，像夫妻应该的那样。 开始一阵子还好，随后他又旧病复发，老爱嘀咕争吵。 因为他不敢打她，便扯抓她的头发，女人挣脱了他，逃到外面的院子里，他就拿着尺和剪刀尾随其后，四处追赶她，并用尺和剪刀以及其他所能拿到的东西朝她摔去。 打着她时，他就哈哈大笑;没打中时，他就暴跳如雷，百般诅咒。 这样一直闹到邻居赶来帮他的妻子，他才罢手。 于是裁缝再次被官府传去，官府叫他想想他说过的话。 ”亲爱的大人，“他说，”我信守了我的誓言，并没有打她，而是与她同甘共苦。“法官说，”这怎么可能?她可是再次严厉地控告了你。“”我没有打她，只是因为看见她怪模怪样，我想用手去给她理理头发，她却挣脱了我，恶意地跑开了。于是我就匆匆地去赶她，让她回来做她的事。我把手里东西向她扔，是作为善意的纪念。可我仍和她同甘共苦呀!因为我每次打她，我高兴，她痛苦;如果没打到她，她就高兴，我就难受。“法官对这种回答可不满意，给了他应得的惩罚。

同甘共苦英文版：

Sharing joy and sorrow

There was once a tailor, who was a quarrelsome fellow, and his wife, who was good, industrious, and pious, never could please him. Whatever she did, he was not satisfied, but grumbled and scolded, and knocked her about and beat her. As the authorities at last heard of it, they had him summoned, and put in prison in order to make him better. He was kept for a while on bread and water, and then set free again. He was forced, however, to promise not to beat his wife any more, but to live with her in peace, and share joy and sorrow with her, as married people ought to do. All went on well for a time, but then he fell into his old ways, and was surly and quarrelsome. And because he dared not beat her, he would seize her by the hair and tear it out. The woman escaped from him, and sprang out into the yard, but he ran after her with his yard-measure and scissors, and chased her about, and threw the yard-measure and scissors at her, and whatever else came his way. When he hit her he laughed, and when he missed her, he stormed and swore. This went on so long that the neighbors came to the wife"s assistance. The tailor was again summoned before the magistrates, and reminded of his promise. ”Dear gentlemen,“ said he, ”I have kept my word, I have not beaten her, but have shared joy and sorrow with her.“ - ”How can that be,“ said the judge, ”when she continually brings such heavy complaints against you?“ - ”I have not beaten her, but just because she looked so strange I wanted to comb her hair with my hand; she, however, got away from me, and left me quite spitefully. Then I hurried after her, and in order to bring her back to her duty, I threw at her as a well-meant admonition whatever came readily to hand. I have shared joy and sorrow with her also, for whenever I hit her I was full of joy, and she of sorrow, and if I missed her, then she was joyful, and I sorry.“ The judges were not satisfied with this answer, but gave him the reward he deserved.

童话是根据儿童心理发展的特点创造出来的，运用了想象、幻想和夸张、比喻等修辞手段，给儿童提供了认知世界的一种文本。童话通过“丰富的想象、幻想和夸张来塑造形象，反映生活，增进儿童的思想性格的成长。一般故事神奇曲折，内容和表现形式浅显生动，对自然物的描写常用拟人化手法，能适应儿童的接受能力。”正如有人提出“童话是儿童与大自然的对话，童话是儿童与自己的对话。”

童话故事可以丰富孩子的想象力。童话故事中的环境描写最具特色，随着故事情节的变化，高山、树林、小溪等空间变化频繁，不同的环境在孩子的大脑中形成不同的画面，把自身融入故事情节中，去感悟、去体会，在潜移默化中丰富孩子的想象力。可以说，童话是培养孩子想象力的最佳材料。

童话故事可以培养孩子的情商。情商是成功人才的基础条件，是人生决胜的关键，在幼儿成长中童话故事具有很明显的培养孩子情商的作用。如《卖火柴的小女孩》，让孩子有同情心，珍惜美好生活;《皇帝的新装》则告诉孩子们要相信自己，做诚实的孩子。在童话故事中，孩子们能学到好与坏、真与假、善与恶、同情与反感等，可以培养孩子的道德判断力与价值观，可以丰富孩子的情感，开启智慧的大门。

童话故事有助于提高孩子的语言表达能力。童话的.语言活泼、简练、流畅、通俗易懂，句式表达无比丰富，是不同民族语言的精华，集语言、心理、环境等描写为一体，语言的作用发挥得淋漓尽致。在讲故事的过程中，注重语言的表达，抑扬顿挫，让孩子感受语言的魅力，如置身于童话世界中。在实践中，深深感受到童话故事是儿童学习语言的好教材。

童话故事也有助于提高孩子的注意力。使孩子集中注意力不是一件容易的事，而集中注意力对孩子成长的重要性是不言而喻的。多给孩子讲童话故事可以达到提高孩子注意力的目的。如孩子在一起活泼好动，不能安静下来，但一开始讲故事，再淘气的宝宝也会很快静下来。

在讲故事的过程中，父母要注意运用一些技巧，效果会更好。如让孩子复述听过的故事情节，重复讲的时候留出关键词让孩子来补充，有良好表现时给予恰如其分的鼓励等，都可以强化孩子的注意力。

格林童话故事第143篇：返老还童

当我们的主还在地上巡视时，有一天晚上，他带着圣彼得到一个铁匠家投宿，铁匠倒还乐意。这时碰巧来了位乞丐，年迈体弱，精神不振，样子十分可怜，他求铁匠施舍点东西给他，圣彼得很同情他，说：”主呀，如果你愿意，请帮他治一下病吧，让他能够自己挣得食物。“上帝非常和蔼地说：”师傅，请把你的铁炉借我用一下，加些炭在里面，我要把这老乞丐炼得年轻些。“铁匠非常乐意，圣彼得便拉起风箱，上帝把乞丐推进炉火中的最旺处，老人在里面烧得像玫瑰般通红，口里还大声赞美着上帝。过了一会儿，上帝踏到水槽前，把这烧红的人放了进去浸在水中，等他冷却后，上帝就向他祝福。过了一会儿，那小个子老人一跃而出，面目一新了，他显得那样挺直、健康，就像一位二十岁的小伙子。铁匠在一旁仔细地瞧着，请他们一起吃了晚饭。铁匠有位半瞎背驼的"老岳母，她走到年轻人的跟前，仔细地瞧着，问他炉火可曾烧了他。那人告诉他从来没有这般舒服过，立在炉火中，就像沐浴在清凉的露水中一样。那年青人的话在老妇人的耳边响了一整夜。第二天早上，上帝准备上路了，他感谢了铁匠，铁匠认为他也能把自己的老岳母变得年轻些，因为昨天的一切他都看在眼里。于是他问岳母是否也想变成个十八岁的少女跳来跳去。她说：”我太想了。“于是铁匠生起了一炉大火，把老妇人推了进去。她在里面翻来覆去，叫得十分可怕。”安静地坐着，你又叫又跳干什么?“铁匠对她叫道。说完他又重新拉风箱，把老妇人的破衣服都烧了个精光。老妇人还是叫不绝口，铁匠便怀疑道：”难到我手艺没学到家?“于是把她拖了出来，扔进水槽里。老人又是一阵尖叫，连住在楼上的铁匠的妻子和老人的媳妇都听见了，她们一齐跑下楼梯来。只见老婆子在水槽里卷成一团，号啕大哭，她的脸已起皱，烧得不成样子了。那两个人正怀着孩子，由于受了惊吓，那天晚上就生下了两个小孩，不像人，而像猴子。后来他们跑进了森林，从此地上就有了猴子。

返老还童英文版：

The old man made young again

There were once two brothers who both served as soldiers; one of them was rich, and the other poor. Then the poor one, to escape from his poverty, put off his soldier"s coat, and turned farmer. He dug and hoed his bit of land, and sowed it with turnip-seed. The seed came up, and one turnip grew there which became large and vigorous, and visibly grew bigger and bigger, and seemed as if it would never stop growing, so that it might have been called the princess of turnips, for never was such an one seen before, and never will such an one be seen again. At length it was so enormous that by itself it filled a whole cart, and two oxen were required to draw it, and the farmer had not the least idea what he was to do with the turnip, or whether it would be a fortune to him or a misfortune. At last he thought, ”If thou sellest it, what wilt thou get for it that is of any importance, and if thou eatest it thyself, why, the small turnips would do thee just as much good; it would be better to take it to the King, and make him a present of it.“ So he placed it on a cart, harnessed two oxen, took it to the palace, and presented it to the King. ”What strange thing is this?“ said the King. ”Many wonderful things have come before my eyes, but never such a monster as this! From what seed can this have sprung, or are you a luck-child and have met with it by chance?“ - ”Ah, no!“ said the farmer, ”no luck-child am I. I am a poor soldier, who because he could no longer support himself hung his soldier"s coat on a nail and took to farming land. I have a brother who is rich and well known to you, Lord King, but I, because I have nothing, am forgotten by every one.“ Then the King felt compassion for him, and said, ”Thou shalt be raised from thy poverty, and shalt have such gifts from me that thou shalt be equal to thy rich brother.“ Then he bestowed on him much gold, and lands, and meadows, and herds, and made him immensely rich, so that the wealth of the other brother could not be compared with his. When the rich brother heard what the poor one had gained for himself with one single turnip, he envied him, and thought in every way how he also could get hold of a similar piece of luck. He would, however, set about it in a much wiser way, and took gold and horses and carried them to the King, and made certain the King would give him a much larger present in return. If his brother had got so much for one turnip, what would he not carry away with him in return for such beautiful things as these? The King accepted his present, and said he had nothing to give him in return that was more rare and excellent than the great turnip. So the rich man was obliged to put his brother"s turnip in a cart and have it taken to his home. When there he did not know on whom to vent his rage and anger, until bad thoughts came to him, and he resolved to kill his brother. He hired murderers, who were to lie in ambush, and then he went to his brother and said, ”Dear brother, I know of a hidden treasure, we will dig it up together, and divide it between us.“ The other agreed to this, and accompanied him without suspicion. While they were on their way, however, the murderers fell on him, bound him, and would have hanged him to a tree. But just as they were doing this, loud singing and the sound of a horse"s feet were heard in the distance. On this their hearts were filled with terror, and they pushed their prisoner head first into the sack, hung it on a branch, and took to flight. He, however, worked up there until he had made a hole in the sack through which he could put his head. The man who was coming by was no other than a travelling student, a young fellow who rode on his way through the wood joyously singing his song. When he who was aloft saw that someone was passing below him, he cried, ”Good day! You have come at a lucky time.“ The student looked round on every side, but did not know whence the voice came. At last he said, ”Who calls me?“ Then an answer came from the top of the tree, ”Raise your eyes; here I sit aloft in the Sack of Wisdom. In a short time have I learnt great things; compared with this all schools are a jest; in a very short time I shall have learnt everything, and shall descend wiser than all other men. I understand the stars, and the signs of the Zodiac, and the tracks of the winds, the sand of the sea, the healing of illness, and the virtues of all herbs, birds, and stones. If you were once within it you would feel what noble things issue forth from the Sack of Knowledge.“ The student, when he heard all this, was astonished, and said, ”Blessed be the hour in which I have found thee! May not I also enter the sack for a while?“ He who was above replied as if unwillingly, ”For a short time I will let you get into it, if you reward me and give me good words; but you must wait an hour longer, for one thing remains which I must learn before I do it.“ When the student had waited a while he became impatient, and begged to be allowed to get in at once, his thirst for knowledge was so very great. So he who was above pretended at last to yield, and said, ”In order that I may come forth from the house of knowledge you must let it down by the rope, and then you shall enter it.“ So the student let the sack down, untied it, and set him free, and then cried, ”Now draw me up at once,“ and was about to get into the sack. ”Halt!“ said the other, ”that won"t do,“ and took him by the head and put him upside down into the sack, fastened it, and drew the disciple of wisdom up the tree by the rope. Then he swung him in the air and said, ”How goes it with thee, my dear fellow? Behold, already thou feelest wisdom coming, and art gaining valuable experience. Keep perfectly quiet until thou becomest wiser.“ Thereupon he mounted the student"s horse and rode away, but in an hour"s time sent some one to let the student out again.

一只猫在森林里遇到一只狐狸，心想：“他又聪明，经验又丰富，挺受人尊重的。”于是它很友好地和狐狸打招呼：“日安，尊敬的狐狸先生，您好吗?这些日子挺艰难的，您过得怎么样?”

狐狸傲慢地将猫从头到脚地打量了一番，半天拿不定主意是不是该和它说话。 最后它说：“哦，你这个倒霉的长着胡子、满身花纹的傻瓜、饥肠辘辘地追赶老鼠的家伙，你会啥?有什么资格问我过得怎么样?你都学了点什么本事?”

“我只有一种本领。”猫谦虚地说。

“什么本领?”狐狸问。

“有人追我的时候，我会爬到树上去藏起来保护自己。”

“就这本事?”狐狸不屑地说：“我掌握了上百种本领，而且还有满口袋计谋。我真觉得你可怜，跟着我吧，我教你怎么从追捕中逃生。”

就在这时，猎人带着四条狗走近了。猫敏捷地窜到一棵树上，在树顶上蹲伏下来，茂密的树叶把它遮挡得严严实实。

“快打开你的计谋口袋，狐狸先生，快打开呀!”猫冲着狐狸喊道。可是猎狗已经将狐狸扑倒咬住了。

“哎呀，狐狸先生，”猫喊道，“你的千百种本领就这么给扔掉了!假如你能像我一样爬树就不至于丢了性命了!”

格林童话故事第85篇：狐狸和鹅群The fox and the geese

狐狸来到一块草地，看见草地上有一群肥肥大大的鹅，笑道：“我来得正好，你们的队形很不错，我可以毫不费事地把你们一只一只地都吃掉。”鹅群吓坏了，它们哭叫着、蹦跳着、央求着饶命。可是狐狸却装着不听见，威胁说：“无法开恩!你们必须死。”过了一会儿，一只鹅壮着胆子来问：“既然我们不得不放弃我们年轻的生命，那么能不能高抬贵手，让我们做最后一次祈祷，让我们别在自己的罪孽中死去，然后我们会排成一行，让您每次都能选出最肥美的。”“好啊，”狐狸答，“这倒是合情合理、挺虔诚的请求。去祈祷吧，我等着，等你们祈祷完。”于是第一只开始了长长的祷告，它不停地叫着：“嘎!嘎!”好像是没完没了，第二只等不及了，也开始“嘎!嘎!”叫了起来。接着是第三只、第四只，不一会儿它们一起叫了起来。

等它们祈祷完了，咱们再继续讲这个故事，可是事到如今，它们还在不歇气地祈祷着呢。

狐狸和鹅群英文版：

The fox and the geese

The fox once came to a meadow in which was a flock of fine fat geese, on which he smiled and said, “I come in the nick of time, you are sitting together quite beautifully, so that I can eat you up one after the other.” The geese cackled with terror, sprang up, and began to wail and beg piteously for their lives. But the fox would listen to nothing, and said, “There is no mercy to be had! You must die.” At length one of them took heart and said, “If we poor geese are to yield up our vigorous young lives, show us the only possible favour and allow us one more prayer, that we may not die in our sins, and then we will place ourselves in a row, so that you can always pick yourself out the fattest.” - “Yes,” said the fox, “that is reasonable, and a pious request. Pray away, I will wait till you are done.” Then the first began a good long prayer, for ever saying, “Ga! Ga!” and as she would make no end, the second did not wait until her turn came, but began also, “Ga! Ga!” The third and fourth followed her, and soon they were all cackling together.

When they have done praying, the story shall be continued further, but at present they are still praying without stopping.“

今天，我读完了《格林童话》这一本书。它是由18世纪初，德国的雅可布·格林和威廉·格林兄弟搜集民间整理民间的传说、童话故事编辑而成的格林童话。出版至今，格林童话仍在全球各地流传。

读完了这本《格林童话》，让我感受最深的一篇文章就是《海兔》了。这篇文章主要讲的是一位骄傲的公主她有十二面万能的窗户，只要一看，天下事就了如指掌了。这一天她贴出告示公布：如果谁能躲过公主的眼睛，她就和谁结婚。有三个小伙子前来应征，前面两个都被公主的万能窗户发现了。到第三个小伙子时，他第一次藏在了蛋壳里，被公主用第十一面窗户看见了。第二次他躲在鲤鱼肚子里，被公主第十二面窗户发现了，第三次，聪明的.小伙子变成了一只活波可爱的小海兔藏在了公主的辫子里。公主从每一扇窗户里都没能找到小伙子，公主被小伙子的机智所感动，便嫁给了他。

这一篇童话故事教育我们的两个道理。第一个是;做人不能像公主那样骄傲，看不起别人。第二个是;应该学习小伙子做事都应该善于思考，善于发现。每一篇童话故事都向我们讲了一个做人的道理，而且有些会让我受益无穷，我喜欢《格林童话》。

格林童话故事第105篇：穷磨房小工和猫

有一个上了年纪的磨房主，他没有妻子和孩子，只有三个学徒伺候他。由于他们跟他已有多年了，有一天他便对他们说：”我老啦，只想坐在炉子后面取取暖啦。你们都出去吧，谁回来的时候给我带来匹好马，这磨房就归谁啦。可是有个条件，他得伺候我给我送终。“老三最笨，二个师兄觉得他太傻，根本就不配得到磨房，连他自己都没一点信心。他们三个一块出去到了庄子上，二个师兄对傻汉斯说：”你最好等在这里，你一辈子也弄不到一匹马。“可是汉斯还是坚持要跟他们走。到了晚上他们在一个山洞里过夜，二个聪明的师兄等汉斯睡着后起来离去了，把汉斯一人丢在了洞里。他们认为这招很聪明，可事后却让他们后悔。太阳升起来了，汉斯一觉醒来，发现他睡在一个深深的洞里。他看了看四周，感叹道：”噢!老天爷，我这是在哪儿?“他站起来爬出洞，走进了森林。”现在我被遗弃至此，孤单一人，如何弄到马匹呀?“正当满腹愁思，边走边想的时候，他碰见了一只小花猫。小花猫客气地问他：”汉斯，你去哪儿?“”哎，你帮不了我。“”可我知道你在想什么，“猫说，”你不就是想要一匹骏马嘛，跟我来，为我当一名忠实的仆人，伺候我七年，我就给你一匹你一辈子也没见过的最好的骏马。“”阿哈!这只猫真有意思，“汉斯想，”可我得去看看她说的是否是真的。“她带他到了她那被使了魔法的城堡，里面除了一些小猫--他们都是她的仆人，其它一无所有。他们轻快地在楼上楼下跳来跳去，一片快乐无忧的景象。晚上他们坐下吃晚饭，席前有三只小猫在演奏乐曲，一只拉大提琴，一只拉小提琴，第三只吹号，他鼓着腮帮子使劲地吹着。吃完饭，桌子被撤去，花猫说：”现在，汉斯，你陪我跳舞吧。“”不，“他说，”我可不跟母猫跳舞，我从来没这么干过。“”那么，带他上床吧。“她向其它猫命令。于是，一只猫点起灯引他去卧室，一只给他脱鞋，一只脱袜子，最后一只吹灭了蜡烛。第二天早晨他们又来伺候他起床，一只给他穿袜子，一只系袜带，一只穿鞋，一只洗漱，一只用尾巴给他擦干脸，”这感觉好柔和。“汉斯说。但是他还得去伺候花猫，然后每天去砍柴，砍柴工具是一把银斧头，还有银凿子和银锯子，锤子是铜的，他将柴劈得细细的。他留在城堡里天天好吃好喝，天天和花猫以及她的仆人们相守，再也见不到其他任何人了。一天她对他说：”去草地割点草，然后把草晒干。“说着给了他一把银镰刀和一块金磨石，但要他小心使用安全归还。汉斯去草地，把活儿干完了，他拿着镰刀、磨石和干草回到了屋里，问是否该给他工钱了。”不，“花猫拒绝说，”你必须先为我多做些事。这儿有银木，木匠的斧子、角铁和各种所需要的东西，全都是银子的。用这些东西你给我盖座小房子。“汉斯把小房子盖好了，他说他什么事都干了，可仍然没得到马。其实七年过得很快，就如同六个月似的。花猫问他是否愿意去看看她的马，”愿意。“汉斯说。她于是便打开了小房子的"门，里面关有十二匹马，匹匹毛亮体壮。见到这些骏马，汉斯的心里乐开了花。后来她请他吃饭，然后说：”回家吧，只是我现在不能给你马;三天后我会去找你，把马带去。“于是汉斯出发了，她告诉汉斯回磨房的路。然而她连一件新衣服都没给他，他只好还穿着那件又脏又破的外套。这外套是他穿来的，七年过去了，这衣服他穿着哪儿都显小。他到家后，二个师兄也在那里，而且每人都带了一匹马，但一匹是瞎马，另一匹是瘸马。他们问汉斯他的马呢，”三天后就会来的。“他们听后笑道：”真是的，傻汉斯你到哪儿去找马呀?是匹骏马吧!“汉斯进到厅里，可磨房主说不许他入座，因为他穿得又脏又破，如果别人进来的话他会使他们丢脸的。所以他们给他一口饭，让他到外边吃。晚上，大家休息了，可是二个师兄不让他上床，最后他只好钻进了鹅窝，在一堆干草上过了夜。三天已经过去了，来了一辆六匹马拉的马车，这六匹马相当漂亮，看上一眼简直是无比的享受。仆人还拉了第七匹马，这就是给那位贫穷的磨房小工的。有一位高贵的公主从车里出来，走进磨房，这位公主就是那只小花猫，汉斯已经伺候她七年啦。她问磨房主他的笨徒弟在哪儿?磨房主答我们不能让他呆在这磨房里，他太脏啦;他在鹅窝里睡觉呢。可是国王的女儿让他们立刻把他找来，于是他们把他带了出来。他使劲扯着那件小外套想掩住自己的身体。仆人们打开豪华的衣服，替他洗干净，装扮起来。收拾完毕后，他变成了最英俊的国王啦。这时姑娘想看看师兄们带来的马，发现一匹是瞎马，另一匹是瘸马。她命令仆人把第七匹马牵来，磨房主见了这匹马说这样的马从没进过他的院子。”这是给你的第三个徒弟的。“她说。”那他就应该拥有这间磨房。“磨房主答道。可是国王的女儿却说把马留在这儿，磨房还属于他，然后她拉着忠实的汉斯上了车，一同离开了那里。他们先到了那座小房子，这房子是他用银工具盖的，可现在变成了一座大宫殿，里面的东西全是金和银的。然后她嫁给了他，他从此很富有，一辈子不愁吃喝，也再没有人说傻瓜不能成为重要人物啦。

穷磨房小工和猫英文版：

The poor miller"s boy and the cat

In a certain mill lived an old miller who had neither wife nor child, and three apprentices served under him. As they had been with him several years, he one day said to them, ”I am old, and want to sit in the chimney-corner, go out, and whichsoever of you brings me the best horse home, to him will I give the mill, and in return for it he shall take care of me till my death.“ The third of the boys was, however, the drudge, who was looked on as foolish by the others; they begrudged the mill to him, and afterwards he would not have it. Then all three went out together, and when they came to the village, the two said to stupid Hans, ”Thou mayst just as well stay here, as long as thou livest thou wilt never get a horse.“ Hans, however, went with them, and when it was night they came to a cave in which they lay down to sleep. The two sharp ones waited until Hans had fallen asleep, then they got up, and went away leaving him where he was. And they thought they had done a very clever thing, but it was certain to turn out ill for them. When the sun arose, and Hans woke up, he was lying in a deep cavern. He looked around on every side and exclaimed, ”Oh, heavens, where am I?“ Then he got up and clambered out of the cave, went into the forest, and thought, ”Here I am quite alone and deserted, how shall I obtain a horse now?“ Whilst he was thus walking full of thought, he met a small tabby-cat which said quite kindly, ”Hans, where are you going?“ - ”Alas, thou canst not help me.“ - ”I well know your desire,“ said the cat. ”You wish to have a beautiful horse. Come with me, and be my faithful servant for seven years long, and then I will give you one more beautiful than any you have ever seen in your whole life.“ - ”Well, this is a wonderful cat!“ thought Hans, ”but I am determined to see if she is telling the truth.“ So she took him with her into her enchanted castle, where there were nothing but cats who were her servants. They leapt nimbly upstairs and downstairs, and were merry and happy. In the evening when they sat down to dinner, three of them had to make music. One played the bassoon, the other the fiddle, and the third put the trumpet to his lips, and blew out his cheeks as much as he possibly could. When they had dined, the table was carried away, and the cat said, ”Now, Hans, come and dance with me.“ - ”No,“ said he, ”I won"t dance with a pussy cat. I have never done that yet.“ - ”Then take him to bed,“ said she to the cats. So one of them lighted him to his bed-room, one pulled his shoes off, one his stockings, and at last one of them blew out the candle. Next morning they returned and helped him out of bed, one put his stockings on for him, one tied his garters, one brought his shoes, one washed him, and one dried his face with her tail. ”That feels very soft!“ said Hans. He, however, had to serve the cat, and chop some wood every day, and to do that, he had an axe of silver, and the wedge and saw were of silver and the mallet of copper. So he chopped the wood small; stayed there in the house and had good meat and drink, but never saw anyone but the tabby-cat and her servants. Once she said to him, ”Go and mow my meadow, and dry the grass,“ and gave him a scythe of silver, and a whetstone of gold, but bade him deliver them up again carefully. So Hans went thither, and did what he was bidden, and when he had finished the work, he carried the scythe, whetstone, and hay to the house, and asked if it was not yet time for her to give him his reward. ”No,“ said the cat, ”you must first do something more for me of the same kind. There is timber of silver, carpenter"s axe, square, and everything that is needful, all of silver, with these build me a small house.“ Then Hans built the small house, and said that he had now done everything, and still he had no horse. Nevertheless the seven years had gone by with him as if they were six months. The cat asked him if he would like to see her horses? ”Yes,“ said Hans. Then she opened the door of the small house, and when she had opened it, there stood twelve horses, such horses, so bright and shining, that his heart rejoiced at the sight of them. And now she gave him to eat and drink, and said, ”Go home, I will not give thee thy horse away with thee; but in three days" time I will follow thee and bring it.“ So Hans set out, and she showed him the way to the mill. She had, however, never once given him a new coat, and he had been obliged to keep on his dirty old smock-frock, which he had brought with him, and which during the seven years had everywhere become too small for him. When he reached home, the two other apprentices were there again as well, and each of them certainly had brought a horse with him, but one of them was a blind one, and the other lame. They asked Hans where his horse was. ”It will follow me in three days" time.“ Then they laughed and said, ”Indeed, stupid Hans, where wilt thou get a horse?“ - ”It will be a fine one!“ Hans went into the parlour, but the miller said he should not sit down to table, for he was so ragged and torn, that they would all be ashamed of him if any one came in. So they gave him a mouthful of food outside, and at night, when they went to rest, the two others would not let him have a bed, and at last he was forced to creep into the goose-house, and lie down on a little hard straw. In the morning when he awoke, the three days had passed, and a coach came with six horses and they shone so bright that it was delightful to see them! and a servant brought a seventh as well, which was for the poor miller"s boy. And a magnificent princess alighted from the coach and went into the mill, and this princess was the little tabby-cat whom poor Hans had served for seven years. She asked the miller where the miller"s boy and drudge was? Then the miller said, ”We cannot have him here in the mill, for he is so ragged; he is lying in the goose-house.“ Then the King"s daughter said that they were to bring him immediately. So they brought him out, and he had to hold his little smock-frock together to cover himself. The servants unpacked splendid garments, and washed him and dressed him, and when that was done, no King could have looked more handsome. Then the maiden desired to see the horses which the other apprentices had brought home with them, and one of them was blind and the other lame. So she ordered the servant to bring the seventh horse, and when the miller saw it, he said that such a horse as that had never yet entered his yard. ”And that is for the third miller"s boy,“ said she. ”Then he must have the mill,\" said the miller, but the King"s daughter said that the horse was there, and that he was to keep his mill as well, and took her faithful Hans and set him in the coach, and drove away with him. They first drove to the little house which he had built with the silver tools, and behold it was a great castle, and everything inside it was of silver and gold; and then she married him, and he was rich, so rich that he had enough for all the rest of his life. After this, let no one ever say that anyone who is silly can never become a person of importance.

有一次，猫到森林里散步，遇见一只红狐狸。猫心想狐狸比我壮多了，而且聪明伶俐，能和狼做朋友，说不定还跟老虎攀上亲戚。于是，猫就谦卑地向狐狸打招呼：“啊，亲爱的狐狸先生，你好吗？好高兴能见到你！”狐狸先生是一个骄傲的家伙，它看见向它打招呼的竟然是一只不起眼的小猫，就很不高兴地说：“哦，是你呀，我正要去拜访虎太太，别挡了我的路。”

猫赶紧向狐狸说：“亲爱的狐狸先生，我一直很崇拜你。想向你请教一个问题，你是怎样度过这饥荒的日子的呀，”那满身都写满了“骄傲”二字的狐狸把猫从头到脚，从背到尾端详了半天，不知道该不该回答这个问题。最后狐狸说：“你这个爱摸胡子的家伙，你这个呆子，你这个爱追逐老鼠的小丑，你这个常常挨饿的小东西，你有资格问我吗？你又懂得多少本领呢？”猫谦虚地说：“我只有一种本领。”狐狸问它：“你居然还会一种本领。那么，你究竟有哪种本领呢？”描说：“如果狗从后面追过来，我能爬到树上去躲开它。”狐狸听r哈哈大笑起来，然后说：“你这个胆小的家伙，只知道躲避和逃跑。告诉你，对付狗，我有100多项本领，还有满满一袋子的计策。”

就在骄傲的狐狸正在夸夸其谈的时候，一群猎狗赶了过来。猫对狐狸说：“朋友，现在就看你有什么锦囊妙计了，多动脑筋想想看，赶紧找一个逃生之计吧，对我来讲就这招了。”话音未落，猫纵身跳到树上爬了上去。这只狐狸只得动脑筋想办法了，然而，它想出的上百条计策根本不管用，不得已只得钻进洞穴，到处找安全隐蔽之处，却没有找到一个像样的地方。在受到猎狗的追咬后，狐狸冒险钻出了地面，随便被两只动作利索的狗一拥而上，咬住咽喉被活活咬死了。

学习本领是必要的，但这并不是说：学得越多越好。由于人的.精力和时间是有限的，不可能样样精通，学习的门类多了，难免浮光掠影，即所谓”样样都会，样样不精”。“半瓢水”式的学问不仅派不上用场，却束手无策。所以，与其说什么都学，倒不如扎扎实实学深、学进一门技能。只要这门技能达到一定纯熟的程度，足以解决大问题。