tailieunhanh - IRON HANS -GRIMM'S FAIRY TALE

IRON HANS-GRIMM'S FAIRY TALE Truyện cổ Grim là 1 trong những bộ truyện cổ tích nổi tiếng nhất thế giới. Bộ truyện này vốn đã được dịch ra nhiều thứ tiếng . Sau đây là bản tiếng Anh của bộ truyện này | IRON HANS There was once upon a time a king who had a great forest near his palace full of all kinds of wild animals. One day he sent out a huntsman to shoot him a roe but he did not come back. Perhaps some accident has befallen him said the king and the next day he sent out two more huntsmen who were to search for him but they too stayed away. Then on the third day he sent for all his huntsmen and said Scour the whole forest through and do not give up until you have found all three. But of these also none came home again none were seen again. From that time forth no one would any longer venture into the forest and it lay there in deep stillness and solitude and nothing was seen of it but sometimes an eagle or a hawk flying over it. This lasted for many years when an unknown huntsman announced himself to the king as seeking a situation and offered to go into the dangerous forest. The king however would not give his consent and said It is not safe in there I fear it would fare with you no better than with the others and you would never come out again. The huntsman replied Lord I will venture it at my own risk of fear I know nothing. The huntsman therefore betook himself with his dog to the forest. It was not long before the dog fell in with some game on the way and wanted to pursue it but hardly had the dog run two steps when it stood before a deep pool could go no farther and a naked arm stretched itself out of the water seized it and drew it under. When the huntsman saw that he went back and fetched three men to come with buckets and bale out the water. When they could see to the bottom there lay a wild man whose body was brown like rusty iron and whose hair hung over his face down to his knees. They bound him with cords and led him away to the castle. There was great astonishment over the wild man the king however had him put in an iron cage in his courtyard and forbade the door to be opened on pain of death and the queen herself was to take the key into her .