The story of Ye Xian
导读:同学们,这个单元我们学习了外国童话故事《灰姑娘》。其实在比《格林童话》早近一千年的《酉阳杂俎》里,就有我们自己的"灰姑娘"故事。下面读一读叶限姑娘的故事吧!
Ye Xian was a daughter of a tribal chief(部落首领) during the time before
Qin and Han Dynasties. Her mother passed away(去世) when she was little.
She was smart and able(有才能的), and her father loved her very much.
After her father died, her stepmother

treated her badly(恶劣地). The only
friend was a beautiful fish with big
golden eyes. Each day the fish came
out of the water, and Ye Xian gladly
fed it.
Her stepmother heard about the
fish. She dressed herself as Ye Xian
and tricked the fish from the water. She
caught it and cooked the fish for
dinner.
Ye Xian was so sad when she knew it. As she sat crying, a wise old man
came. He told her the fish bone(骨头) was magic and could help her.
Ye Xian found the bone and hid it in a safe place.
At the Spring Festival, the stepmother and her daughter left for the
festival. Ye Xian asked the bone for nice clothes for the festival.
Suddenly she was wearing a beautiful dress. On her feet were beautiful
shoes. They were made of gold.
Ye Xian arrived at the festival. Her stepmother moved close to her. Ye
Xian ran out of the village and left behind one of the golden shoes.
The lost shoe was given to the King of the island kingdom Tuohan(陀汗国
的国王). The King sent his people to look for the owner of this beautiful shoe.
But no one would fit in the golden shoe.
One dark night, Ye Xian took the golden shoe and turned to leave, but the
King's men rushed out. She was taken to the King. The King knew that she was
the one for him. He took her and her fish bone home.
One day, the stepmother and her daughter were hit and died in a shower
of flying stones(被一阵飞来的石头砸死).
The King married Ye Xian. But the King became greedy(贪婪的). He
prayed to the fish bone and got a lot of jewels(珠宝).
After a year, he asked for jewels again, but got nothing. The fish bone
lost its magic. The King buried(埋藏) the fish bone and the jewels by the sea.
After one night, the place was buried by the sea tide(潮汐).

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