安徒生童話02THE SWINEHERD豬倌

<p>[00:31.37]THE SWINEHERD<br /> [00:34.64]<br /> [00:35.15]There was once a poor Prince, who had a kingdom. His kingdom was very small,<br /> [00:42.70]but still quite large enough to marry upon; and he wished to marry.<br /> [00:47.58]<br /> [00:48.44]It was certainly rather cool of him to say to the Emperor's daughter, "Will<br /> [00:53.65]you have me?" But so he did; for his name was renowned far and wide; and there<br /> [00:59.39]were a hundred princesses who would have answered, "Yes!" and "Thank you<br /> [01:03.07]kindly." We shall see what this princess said.<br /> [01:06.59]<br /> [01:07.87]Listen!<br /> [01:09.10]<br /> [01:09.79]It happened that where the Prince's father lay buried, there grew a rose<br /> [01:16.21]tree--a most beautiful rose tree, which blossomed only once in every five<br /> [01:20.32]years, and even then bore only one flower, but that was a rose! It smelt so<br /> [01:26.59]sweet that all cares and sorrows were forgotten by him who inhaled its<br /> [01:32.38]fragrance.<br /> [01:33.26]<br /> [01:33.77]And furthermore, the Prince had a nightingale, who could sing in such a manner<br /> [01:40.08]that it seemed as though all sweet melodies dwelt in her little throat. So the<br /> [01:45.61]Princess was to have the rose, and the nightingale; and they were accordingly<br /> [01:50.80]put into large silver caskets, and sent to her.<br /> [01:54.43]<br /> [01:54.86]The Emperor had them brought into a large hall, where the Princess was playing<br /> [02:01.50]at "Visiting," with the ladies of the court; and when she saw the caskets with<br /> [02:07.02]the presents, she clapped her hands for joy.<br /> [02:10.01]<br /> [02:10.44]"Ah, if it were but a little pussy-cat!" said she; but the rose tree, with its<br /> [02:16.64]beautiful rose came to view.<br /> [02:18.46]<br /> [02:18.89]"Oh, how prettily it is made!" said all the court ladies.<br /> [02:23.92]<br /> [02:24.27]"It is more than pretty," said the Emperor, "it is charming!"<br /> [02:28.17]<br /> [02:28.57]But the Princess touched it, and was almost ready to cry.<br /> [02:34.29]<br /> [02:34.68]"Fie, papa!" said she. "It is not made at all, it is natural!"<br /> [02:40.97]<br /> [02:41.34]"Let us see what is in the other casket, before we get into a bad humor," said<br /> [02:47.85]the Emperor. So the nightingale came forth and sang so delightfully that at<br /> [02:55.34]first no one could say anything ill-humored of her.<br /> [02:58.98]<br /> [02:59.89]"Superbe! Charmant!" exclaimed the ladies; for they all used to chatter French,<br /> [03:05.82]each one worse than her neighbor.<br /> [03:08.17]<br /> [03:08.54]"How much the bird reminds me of the musical box that belonged to our blessed<br /> [03:14.62]Empress," said an old knight. "Oh yes! These are the same tones, the same<br /> [03:20.77]execution."<br /> [03:21.66]<br /> [03:22.09]"Yes! yes!" said the Emperor, and he wept like a child at the remembrance.<br /> [03:28.70]<br /> [03:29.17]"I will still hope that it is not a real bird," said the Princess.<br /> [03:35.50]<br /> [03:35.92]"Yes, it is a real bird," said those who had brought it. "Well then let the<br /> [03:43.09]bird fly," said the Princess; and she positively refused to see the Prince.<br /> [03:48.61]<br /> [03:49.13]However, he was not to be discouraged; he daubed his face over brown and<br /> [03:56.24]black; pulled his cap over his ears, and knocked at the door.<br /> [03:59.76]<br /> [04:00.21]"Good day to my lord, the Emperor!" said he. "Can I have employment at the<br /> [04:06.77]palace?"<br /> [04:07.50]<br /> [04:07.92]"Why, yes," said the Emperor. "I want some one to take care of the pigs, for<br /> [04:13.18]we have a great many of them."<br /> [04:14.97]<br /> [04:15.53]So the Prince was appointed "Imperial Swineherd." He had a dirty little room<br /> [04:23.49]close by the pigsty; and there he sat the whole day, and worked. By the<br /> [04:29.89]evening he had made a pretty little kitchen-pot. Little bells were hung all<br /> [04:35.29]round it; and when the pot was boiling, these bells tinkled in the most<br /> [04:40.11]charming manner, and played the old melody,<br /> [04:43.07]<br /> [04:43.66]    "Ach! du lieber Augustin,<br /> [04:45.84]    Alles ist weg, weg, weg!"*<br /> [04:47.57]<br /> [04:48.00]    * "Ah! dear Augustine!<br /> [04:53.71]    All is gone, gone, gone!"<br /> [04:54.77]<br /> [04:55.53]<br /> [04:57.53]But what was still more curious, whoever held his finger in the smoke of the<br /> [05:01.74]kitchen-pot, immediately smelt all the dishes that were cooking on every<br /> [05:06.53]hearth in the city--this, you see, was something quite different from the<br /> [05:11.13]rose.<br /> [05:11.55]<br /> [05:13.39]Now the Princess happened to walk that way; and when she heard the tune, she<br /> [05:18.37]stood quite still, and seemed pleased; for she could play "Lieber Augustine";<br /> [05:22.73]it was the only piece she knew; and she played it with one finger.<br /> [05:27.26]<br /> [05:27.71]"Why there is my piece," said the Princess. "That swineherd must certainly<br /> [05:34.46]have been well educated! Go in and ask him the price of the instrument."<br /> [05:38.54]<br /> [05:39.25]So one of the court-ladies must run in; however, she drew on wooden slippers<br /> [05:44.96]first.<br /> [05:46.45]<br /> [05:46.75]"What will you take for the kitchen-pot?" said the lady.<br /> [05:50.99]<br /> [05:51.28]"I will have ten kisses from the Princess," said the swineherd.<br /> [05:56.14]<br /> [05:56.43]"Yes, indeed!" said the lady.<br /> [05:59.95]<br /> [06:00.27]"I cannot sell it for less," rejoined the swineherd.<br /> [06:04.99]<br /> [06:05.29]"He is an impudent fellow!" said the Princess, and she walked on; but when she<br /> [06:12.17]had gone a little way, the bells tinkled so prettily<br /> [06:15.56]<br /> [06:15.85]    "Ach! du lieber Augustin,<br /> [06:17.93]    Alles ist weg, weg, weg!"<br /> [06:19.35]<br /> [06:20.21]"Stay," said the Princess. "Ask him if he will have ten kisses from the ladies<br /> [06:25.16]of my court."<br /> [06:27.24]<br /> [06:27.66]"No, thank you!" said the swineherd. "Ten kisses from the Princess, or I keep<br /> [06:33.74]the kitchen-pot myself."<br /> [06:35.18]<br /> [06:35.66]"That must not be, either!" said the Princess. "But do you all stand before me<br /> [06:42.29]that no one may see us."<br /> [06:44.15]<br /> [06:44.49]And the court-ladies placed themselves in front of her, and spread out their<br /> [06:50.50]dresses--the swineherd got ten kisses, and the Princess--the kitchen-pot.<br /> [06:56.52]<br /> [06:56.97]That was delightful! The pot was boiling the whole evening, and the whole of<br /> [07:02.54]the following day. They knew perfectly well what was cooking at every fire<br /> [07:06.90]throughout the city, from the chamberlain's to the cobbler's; the court-ladies<br /> [07:11.80]danced and clapped their hands.<br /> [07:13.45]<br /> [07:14.04]"We know who has soup, and who has pancakes for dinner to-day, who has<br /> [07:19.62]cutlets, and who has eggs. How interesting!"<br /> [07:21.70]<br /> [07:22.06]"Yes, but keep my secret, for I am an Emperor's daughter."<br /> [07:27.24]<br /> [07:27.59]The swineherd--that is to say--the Prince, for no one knew that he was other<br /> [07:34.25]than an ill-favored swineherd, let not a day pass without working at<br /> [07:39.16]something; he at last constructed a rattle, which, when it was swung round,<br /> [07:44.62]played all the waltzes and jig tunes, which have ever been heard since the<br /> [07:49.42]creation of the world.<br /> [07:50.92]<br /> [07:51.30]"Ah, that is superbe!" said the Princess when she passed by. "I have never<br /> [07:58.23]heard prettier compositions! Go in and ask him the price of the instrument;<br /> [08:03.57]but mind, he shall have no more kisses!"<br /> [08:05.93]<br /> [08:06.39]"He will have a hundred kisses from the Princess!" said the lady who had been<br /> [08:11.75]to ask.<br /> [08:12.33]<br /> [08:12.82]"I think he is not in his right senses!" said the Princess, and walked on, but<br /> [08:18.65]when she had gone a little way, she stopped again. "One must encourage art,"<br /> [08:24.90]said she, "I am the Emperor's daughter. Tell him he shall, as on yesterday,<br /> [08:30.81]have ten kisses from me, and may take the rest from the ladies of the court."<br /> [08:35.45]<br /> [08:35.86]"Oh--but we should not like that at all!" said they. "What are you muttering?"<br /> [08:42.58]asked the Princess. "If I can kiss him, surely you can. Remember that you owe<br /> [08:49.29]everything to me." So the ladies were obliged to go to him again.<br /> [08:54.52]<br /> [08:55.22]"A hundred kisses from the Princess," said he, "or else let everyone keep his<br /> [09:01.48]own!"<br /> [09:02.49]<br /> [09:02.79]"Stand round!" said she; and all the ladies stood round her whilst the<br /> [09:09.06]kissing was going on.<br /> [09:10.18]<br /> [09:10.49]"What can be the reason for such a crowd close by the pigsty?" said the<br /> [09:16.66]Emperor, who happened just then to step out on the balcony; he rubbed his<br /> [09:21.70]eyes, and put on his spectacles. "They are the ladies of the court; I must go<br /> [09:28.28]down and see what they are about!" So he pulled up his slippers at the heel,<br /> [09:33.00]for he had trodden them down.<br /> [09:35.02]<br /> [09:35.43]As soon as he had got into the court-yard, he moved very softly, and the<br /> [09:42.20]ladies were so much engrossed with counting the kisses, that all might go on<br /> [09:47.05]fairly, that they did not perceive the Emperor. He rose on his tiptoes.<br /> [09:51.13]<br /> [09:52.07]"What is all this?" said he, when he saw what was going on, and he boxed the<br /> [09:59.27]Princess's ears with his slipper, just as the swineherd was taking the<br /> [10:02.65]eighty-sixth kiss.<br /> [10:04.28]<br /> [10:04.79]"March out!" said the Emperor, for he was very angry; and both Princess and<br /> [10:10.78]swineherd were thrust out of the city.<br /> [10:12.65]<br /> [10:13.08]The Princess now stood and wept, the swineherd scolded, and the rain poured<br /> [10:20.25]down.<br /> [10:20.77]<br /> [10:21.21]"Alas! Unhappy creature that I am!" said the Princess. "If I had but married<br /> [10:29.94]the handsome young Prince! Ah! how unfortunate I am!"<br /> [10:33.70]<br /> [10:34.09]And the swineherd went behind a tree, washed the black and brown color from<br /> [10:39.99]his face, threw off his dirty clothes, and stepped forth in his princely<br /> [10:44.29]robes; he looked so noble that the Princess could not help bowing before him.<br /> [10:49.59]<br /> [10:49.91]"I am come to despise thee," said he. "Thou would'st not have an honorable<br /> [10:57.14]Prince! Thou could'st not prize the rose and the nightingale, but thou wast<br /> [11:02.74]ready to kiss the swineherd for the sake of a trumpery plaything. Thou art<br /> [11:06.10]rightly served."<br /> [11:09.10]<br /> [11:09.38]He then went back to his own little kingdom, and shut the door of his palace<br /> [11:14.10]in her face. Now she might well sing,<br /> [11:17.27]<br /> [11:17.78]    "Ach! du lieber Augustin,<br /> [11:20.01]    Alles ist weg, weg, weg!"</p> <p> </p>

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