糖果屋历险记英汉双译版

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Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel are young children whose father is a woodcutter. When a great famine settles over the land, the woodcutter's abusive second wife decides to take the children into the woods and abandon them there so that she and her husband will not starve to death, because the children eat too much. The woodcutter opposes the plan but finally and reluctantly submits to his wife's scheme. They are unaware that in the children's bedroom, Hansel and Gretel have overheard them. After the parents have gone to bed, Hansel sneaks out of the house and gathers as many white pebbles as he can, then returns to his room, reassuring Gretel that God will not forsake them.

The next day, the family walks deep into the woods and Hansel lays a trail of white pebbles. After their parents leave them, the children wait for the moon to rise before following the pebbles back home. They return home safely, much to their stepmother's horror. Once again provisions become scarce and the stepmother angrily orders her husband to take the children farther into the woods and leave them there to die. Hansel and Gretel attempt to leave the house to gather more pebbles, but find the doors locked and escape impossible.

The following morning, the family treks into the woods. Hansel takes a slice of bread and leaves a trail of bread crumbs to follow home. However, after they are once again abandoned, the children find that birds have eaten the crumbs and they are lost in the woods. After days of wandering, they follow a beautiful white bird to a clearing in the woods, where they discover a large cottage built of gingerbread and cakes with window panes of clear sugar. Hungry and tired, the children begin to eat the rooftop of the candy house, when the door opens. An old woman emerges and lures them inside with the promise of soft beds and delicious food. Unaware that their hostess is a wicked witch who waylays children to cook and eat them, the children enter the house.

The following morning the witch locks Hansel in an iron cage in the garden, and forces Gretel into becoming a slave. The witch feeds Hansel regularly to fatten him up, but he cleverly offers a bone he found in the cage (presumably a bone from the witch's previous captive) and the witch feels it, thinking it is his finger. Due to her blindness, she is fooled into thinking Hansel is still too thin to eat. After weeks of this, the witch grows impatient and decides to eat Hansel even if he is not fat.

The witch prepares the oven for Hansel, but decides she is hungry enough to eat Gretel too. She coaxes Gretel to open the oven and prods her to lean over in front of it to see if the fire is hot enough. Sensing the witch's intent, Gretel pretends that she does not understand what she is being told to do. Infuriated, the witch demonstrates and Gretel instantly shoves her into the oven and slams and bolts the door shut, leaving "The ungodly witch to be burned to ashes", with the witch screaming in pain until she dies. Gretel frees Hansel from the cage and the pair discover a vase full of treasure and precious stones. Putting the jewels into their clothing, the children set off for home. A swan ferries them across an expanse of water and at home they find only their father; his wife died from unknown causes. Their father had spent all his days lamenting the loss of his children and is delighted to see them safe and sound. With the witch's wealth that they found, they all live happily ever after.

糖果屋历险记
汉赛尔与葛丽特是一个贫穷伐木工人的小孩。由於害怕食物不足，木工的妻子，也就是小孩们的继母，说服木工将小孩带到森林，并将他们遗弃。汉赛尔与葛丽特听到了他们的计画，於是他们事先集了小石头，这样他们就能沿小石头找到回家的路。在他们回来後，他们的继母再度说服木工将他们丢在森林；不过这次，他们沿路布置的是面包屑。不幸的是，面包屑被森林中的动物吃掉了，於是汉赛尔与葛丽特在森林中迷路了。

在森林中，他们发现了一个用面包做的房屋，窗户是糖果做的。房子的主人是一个老妇人，她邀请他们进去屋内并盛宴款待他们。不过，那老妇人其实是一个巫婆，她建了这个房屋来引诱小孩子，这样她就可以把小孩子养肥，并宰来吃掉。她把汉赛尔关起来，并要葛丽特为她服务。当她在准备把汉赛尔煮来吃时，她要葛丽特爬进炉中去确认，不过葛丽特猜巫婆是要把她烤来吃，於是她骗巫婆爬进炉中，并把巫婆活活烫死。

在拿走巫婆屋内所有的珠宝後，他们找到回家的路，并与他们的父亲重聚，这时他们的继母已经死了，从此他们过著幸福快乐的生活。