海的女儿
The Little Mermaid
Level 4 · World Tales · 世界童话 · 70 vocabulary words
Source: 安徒生童话 · Hans Christian Andersen
海底住着小人鱼公主,十五岁那天浮上海面,救了一个落水的王子。
The little mermaid, fifteen, surfaced and saved a drowning prince.
她爱上了王子,拿自己的声音跟巫婆换了一双腿,每走一步都像踩在刀尖上。
She traded her voice for legs, every step like walking on knives.
王子要娶别的公主。姐姐们把头发换来一把刀:杀了王子,滴在她脚上的血能把她变回人鱼。
The prince wed another. Her sisters bought a knife with their hair: kill him and the blood on her feet restores her tail.
小人鱼把刀扔进大海,跳进水里变成了泡沫,升到天空的女儿那里去了。
She threw the knife into the sea, became foam, and rose to the daughters of the air.