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| "Bird, I thank you, and am rejoiced to find in you the sultan and king of birds." As soon as the Emperor saw the dish of cucumbers before him, he reached out his hand, and took one, but when he had cut it he was in extreme surprise to find it stuffed with pearls. "What novelty is this?" he said, "and why were these cucumbers stuffed thus with pearls, since pearls are not to be eaten?" He looked at the two Princes and Princess to ask them the meaning, when the bird, breaking in, said: "Can y our majesty be so greatly surprised at cucumbers stuffed with pearls, which you see with your own eyes, and yet so easily believe that the Queen your wife was the mother of a dog, a cat, and a piece of wood?" "I belie ved these things," replied the Emperor, "because the nurses assured me of the facts." "Those nurses, sire," replied the bird, "were the Queen's two sisters, envious of the honors you bestowed upon her, and burning for revenge. If you examine them, they will confess their crime. The two brothers and the sister whom you see before you are your own children, exposed by them, and saved by the keeper of your gardens, who adopted and bro ught up the children as his own." | 「鸟儿，谢谢你！你使我非常快乐，且发现你是鸟类中的君主与国王。」 陛下一见面前的胡瓜碟子，伸手取了一个，但当他把胡瓜分开的时候，见里面装满珍珠，大大的惊奇！ 「这是什么神奇的事？」他说：「珍珠又不能吃，为何这些胡瓜里装满了珍珠？」 他望着两位王子和公主，问他们是什么原因。这时能言鸟插入说道：「陛下对于胡瓜嵌珍珠就万分惊讶吗？当你看见珠子是因为你亲眼所见，但陛下却会那么轻易相信别人说您的后妻是一只狗、一只猫、一块木头的母亲吗？」 「我之所以相信这些事情，」陛下答道：「因为是保母郑重其事告诉我的。」 「这些保母，陛下！」鸟儿回答道：「是王后的两位姊姊，她们嫉妒着您赐给她的荣耀，所以急欲泄愤。 假使您审问她们一番，她们都会承认所犯的罪行的。 您现在所见的两兄弟和妹妹，是您自己的子女，被她们置之死地，还好被您的御花园管理者所救，他把他们认为养子，并当成自己的孩子抚养长大。」 |
- emperor [´empərə]
n.皇帝 (初中英语单词) - extreme [ik´stri:m] a.尽头的 n.极端 (初中英语单词)
- princess [,prin´ses] n.公主；王妃；亲王夫人 (初中英语单词)
- majesty [´mædʒisti] n.壮丽；崇高；尊严 (初中英语单词)
- confess [kən´fes] vt.供认；坦白；承认 (初中英语单词)
- keeper [´ki:pə] n.管理人；看守；保管人 (初中英语单词)
- sultan [´sʌltən] n.苏丹 (高中英语单词)
- envious [´enviəs] a.妒忌的，羡慕的 (英语四级单词)
- assured [ə´ʃuəd] a.确实的 n.被保险人 (英语六级单词)
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