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1、中学英语童话故事(三)勇敢的小裁缝〈如发现文中错误,请站内短我,3Q〉TheCleverLittleTailorOnceuponatimetherewasaprincesswhowaseversoproud:ifanymancametowoohershewouldsethimariddle,andifhecouldn'tguessithewaslaughedtoscornandsentpacking.Shealsohaditmadeknownthatwhoeverdidguesstheanswertoherriddleshouldmarryher
2、,nomatterwhohemightbe.Andindeed,intheenditsohappenedthatthreetailorsweremakingtheattemptatthesametime.Thetwoeldestreckonedthatastheyhadalreadysuccessfullysewnmanyadelicatestitch,theycouldhardlygowrongandwereboundtosucceedhereaswell;thethirdwasafeckless,giddyyoungfellowwhodidn
3、'tevenknowhistradeproperlybutthoughthewasboundtohaveluckinthiscase,forifnot,thenwhatluckwouldheeverhaveinanyothercase.Thetwootherssaidtohim:"You'dbetterjuststayathome,youwithyourfeather-brainwon'tgetfar."Buttheyoungtailorwouldn'tbeputoff,sayingthathehadsethisheartonthisenterp
4、riseandwouldmanageallright;andoffhewent,saunteringalongasifthewholeworldbelongedtohim. Soallthreeofthemappearedbeforetheprincessandaskedhertoputherriddletothem:shewouldfind,theysaid,thatshehadmethermatchthistime,becausetheirwitsweresosharpthatyoucouldthreadaneedlewiththem.So
5、theprincesssaid:"Ihavetwokindsofhaironmyhead,whatcoloursarethey?""That'seasy,"saidthefirst,"Ithinkthey'reblackandwhite,likethecloththeycallpepperandsalt."Theprincesssaid:"You'veguessedwrong;letthesecondofyouanswer."Sothesecondsaid:"Ifit'snotblackandwhite,thenit'sbrownandredli
6、kemyrespectedfather'sfrock-coat.""Wrongagain,"saidtheprincess."Letthethirdofyouanswer,Icanseeheknowsitforsure."Sotheyoungtailorsteppedforwardboldlyandsaid:"Theprincesshassilverandgoldhaironherhead,andthosearethetwocolours."Whentheprincessheardthat,sheturnedpaleandnearlyfainte
7、dawayinalarm,fortheyoungtailorhadguessedright,andshehadbeenconvincedthatnooneintheworldwouldbeabletodoso.Whenshehadrecoveredherselfshesaid:"Thisstilldoesn'tgiveyoutherighttomarryme,there'ssomethingelseyoumustdofirst.Downinthestablethere'sabear,andyoumustspendthenightwithhim.I
8、fyou'restillalivewhenIgetuptomorrowmorning,thenyoushallmarryme."Buts