1、Little Claus and Big Claus小克劳斯和大克劳斯by Hans Christian Andersen（1835） IN a village there once lived two men who had thesame name. They were both called Claus. One ofthem had four horses， but the other had only one；so to distinguish them， people called the o
2、wner ofthe four horses，“GREat Claus，” and he who hadonly one，“Little Claus.” Now we shall hear whathappened to them， for this is a true story. Through the whole week， Little Claus wasobliged to plough for GREat Claus， and lend him his one horse； and once
3、a week， on aSunday， Great Claus lent him all his four horses. Then how Little Claus would smack his whipover all five horses， they were as good as his own on that one day. The sun shone brightly，and the church bells were ringing merrily as the people passe
4、d by， dressed in their bestclothes， with their prayer-books under their arms. They were going to hear the clergymanpreach. They looked at Little Claus ploughing with his five horses， and he was so proud thathe smacked his whip， and said，“Gee-up， my five ho
5、rses.” “You must not say that，” said Big Claus；“for only one of them belongs to you.” But LittleClaus soon forgot what he ought to say， and when any one passed he would call out，“Gee-up， my five horses！” “Now I must beg you not to say that again，” said B
6、ig Claus；“for if you do， I shall hityour horse on the head， so that he will drop dead on the spot， and there will be an end ofhim.” “I promise you I will not say it any more，” said the other； but as soon as people cameby， nodding to him， and wishing him “
7、Good day，” he became so pleased， and thought howgrand it looked to have five horses ploughing in his field， that he cried out again，“Gee-up，all my horses！” “I'll gee-up your horses for you，” said Big Claus； and seizing a hammer， he struck theone horse of
8、Little Claus on the head， and he fell dead instantly. “Oh， now I have no horse at all，” said Little Claus， weeping. But after a while he took offthe dead horse's skin， and hung the hide to dry in the wind. T
