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They were six pretty children, but the youngest was the loveliest of them all. Her sk in was as delicately tinted as a rose-leaf, and her eyes were as blue as the deepest sea, but, like all the others, she had no feet, her body ending in a fish's tail. All day they used to play in the great rooms of th e palace, where living flowers grew upon the walls. When the large amber windows were opened, the fishes would swim into them just as the swallows fly into our houses when we open the windows; only the fishes swam right up to the little p rincesses, ate out of their hands, and let themselves be patted. Around the palace was a large garden full of bright red and dark blue trees; the fruit shone like gold, and the flowers like burning fire, as the stalks and leaves moved to and fro. The soil itself was the finest sand, but blue as sulphur-flames. A wondrous blue tint lay over everything; one would be more inclined to fancy that one was high up in the air and saw nothing but sky above and below than that one was at the bottom of the sea. During a calm, too, one could catch a glimpse of the sun; it looked like a crimson flower from the cup of which light streamed forth. Each of the little princesses had her own garden-plot where she could dig and plant as she pleased. One gave her flowerpot the form of a whale; another preferred hers to look like a little mermaid; but the youngest planted hers in a cir cle to imitate the sun and would only have flowers which shone red like it. | 她们是六个漂亮的孩子，而她们当中，那个最小的是最美丽的一个。 她的皮肤光滑细嫩，像玫瑰的花瓣；她的眼睛是蔚蓝色的，像最深邃的海水。不过，跟其它的公主一样，她没有腿，她的下半身是一条鱼尾。 整个漫长的岁月中，她们都待在那个墙上开着鲜花的皇宫大厅里。 在那些镶嵌着琥珀的大窗一直都是开着的，鱼儿向着她们游来，就好象我们打开窗子的时候，燕子会飞进来一样。而且鱼儿不停的游向这些小公主，在她们手中寻找东西吃，并且让她们随意轻抚。 皇宫外面有一个很大的花园，那边绽放着许多火红和深蓝色的树木，树上的果实明亮得像黄金；花儿开得像燃烧着的火焰；而茎和叶子也不断摇曳着。 地上尽是细致的沙子，但是却像硫磺发出的蓝光。 在那儿，处处都闪烁着一种奇异的、蓝色的光芒，让人很容易以为是在高高的天空而不是在海底，甚而头上和脚下全是一片蔚蓝天空。 当海非常沉静的时候，可以看见太阳，它看起来像一朵深红色的花，从花萼里射出万丈光芒。 在花园里，每一位小公主都有属于自己的小园地，她可以在那里随意栽种。 有的把自己的小园地布置得像一条鲸鱼；有的则认为最好把它布置得像一个小美人鱼。可是那年纪最小的却把自己的小园地布置得圆圆的，像一轮太阳般，同时她也只种像太阳一样红的花儿。 |
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