tailieunhanh - THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE - GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE-GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES Một trong những bộ truyện cổ nổi tiếng nhất thế giới đã được dịch ra nhiều thứ tiếng là Truyện cổ Grimm. Sau đây là những câu truyện cổ ấy nhưng với nguyên bản bằng tiếng anh nhằm giúp các bạn nhỏ vừa học ngoại ngữ vừa tiếp xúc với thế giới thần tiên . | THE MOUSE THE BIRD AND THE SAUSAGE Once upon a time a mouse a bird and a sausage entered into partnership and set up house together. For a long time all went well they lived in great comfort and prospered so far as to be able to add considerably to their stores. The bird s duty was to fly daily into the wood and bring in fuel the mouse fetched the water and the sausage saw to the cooking. When people are too well off they always begin to long for something new. And so it came to pass that the bird while out one day met a fellow bird to whom he boastfully expatiated on the excellence of his household arrangements. But the other bird sneered at him for being a poor simpleton who did all the hard work while the other two stayed at home and had a good time of it. For when the mouse had made the fire and fetched in the water she could retire into her little room and rest until it was time to set the table. The sausage had only to watch the pot to see that the food was properly cooked and when it was near dinner-time he just threw himself into the broth or rolled in and out among the vegetables three or four times and there they were buttered and salted and ready to be served. Then when the bird came home and had laid aside his burden they sat down to table and when they had finished their meal they could sleep their fill till the following morning and that was really a very delightful life. Influenced by those remarks the bird next morning refused to bring in the wood telling the others that he had been their servant long enough and had been a fool into the bargain and that it was now time to make a change and to try some other way of arranging the work. Beg and pray as the mouse and the sausage might it was of no use the bird remained master of the situation and the venture had to be made. They therefore drew lots and it fell to the sausage to bring in the wood to the mouse to cook and to the bird to fetch the water. And now what happened The sausage started in search