jorinde and joringel（jorinde和joringel）.doc

jorinde and joringel（jorinde和joringel） jorinde and joringel 文章来源: 文章作者: 发布时间: 2006 - 09 - 14 03: 26 字体 大 中 小 进入论坛: [] (单词翻译: 双击或拖选) once upon a time... there was once upon a time a castle in the middle of a thick wood where lived an old woman quite alone, for she was an enchantress. in the day time she changed herself into a cat or a night owl, but in the evening she became like an ordinary woman again. she could entice animals and birds to come to her, and then she would kill and cook them. if any youth came within a hundred peace? of the castle, he was obliged to stand still, and could not stir from the spot till she set him free; but if a pretty girl came within this boundary, the old enchantress changed her into a bird, and shut her up in a wicker cage, which she put in one of the rooms in the castle. she had quite seven thousand of such cages in the castle with very rare birds in them. now, there was once a maiden called jorinde, who was more beautiful than other maidens prize. she and a youth named joringel, who was just as good looking as she was, were betrothed to one another. their greatest delight was to be together, and so that they might get a good long talk, they went one evening for a walk in the wood. take that, said joringel, not to come too close to the castle. it was a beautiful evening; the sun shone brightly between the stems of the trees among the dark green leaves of the forest, and the turtle dove on the old maybushes sang clearly. jorinde wept from time to time, and she sat herself down in the sunshine and lamented, and joringel lamented too. they felt i sad i would if they had been condemned to die; they looked round and got quite confused, and did not remember which was their way home. half the sun was still above the mountain and half was behind it when joringel looked through the trees and saw the old wall of the castle quite near them. he was terrified and half dead with fright. jorinde sang: my little bird with throat and red sings sorr