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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,nomatte
2、rwhohemightbe.Andindeed,intheenditsohappenedthatthreetailorsweremakingtheattemptatthesametime.Thetwoeldestreckonedthatastheyhadalreadysuccessfullysewnmanyadelicatestitch,theycouldhardlygowrongandwereboundtosucceedhereaswell;thethirdwasafeckless,giddyyoungfellowwhodidn'tevenknowhistra
3、deproperlybutthoughthewasboundtohaveluckinthiscase,forifnot,thenwhatluckwouldheeverhaveinanyothercase.Thetwootherssaidtohim:"You'dbetterjuststayathome,youwithyourfeather-brainwon'tgetfar."Buttheyoungtailorwouldn'tbeputoff,sayingthathehadsethisheartonthisenterpriseandwouldmanageallrig
4、ht;andoffhewent,saunteringalongasifthewholeworldbelongedtohim. Soallthreeofthemappearedbeforetheprincessandaskedhertoputherriddletothem:shewouldfind,theysaid,thatshehadmethermatchthistime,becausetheirwitsweresosharpthatyoucouldthreadaneedlewiththem.Sotheprincesssaid:"Ihavetwokindsof
5、haironmyhead,whatcoloursarethey?""That'seasy,"saidthefirst,"Ithinkthey'reblackandwhite,likethecloththeycallpepperandsalt."Theprincesssaid:"You'veguessedwrong;letthesecondofyouanswer."Sothesecondsaid:"Ifit'snotblackandwhite,thenit'sbrownandredlikemyrespectedfather'sfrock-coat.""Wronga
6、gain,"saidtheprincess."Letthethirdofyouanswer,Icanseeheknowsitforsure."Sotheyoungtailorsteppedforwardboldlyandsaid:"Theprincesshassilverandgoldhaironherhead,andthosearethetwocolours."Whentheprincessheardthat,sheturnedpaleandnearlyfaintedawayinalarm,fortheyoungtailorhadguessedright,an
7、dshehadbeenconvincedthatnooneintheworldwouldbeabletodoso.Whenshehadrecoveredherselfshesaid:"Thisstilldoesn'tgiveyoutherighttomarryme,there'ssomethingelseyoumustdofirst.Downinthestablethere'sabear,andyoumustspendthenightwithhim.Ifyou'restillalivewhenIgetuptomorrowmorning,thenyoushallm
8、arryme."Buts
