安徒生童话 The Leap-Frog — Part 1

　　It was thus that the Flea and the Grasshopper gave an account of themselves, and thought they were quite good enough to marry a Princess.

　　The Leap-frog said nothing; but people gave it as their opinion, that he therefore thought the more; and when the housedog snuffed at him with his nose, he confessed the Leap-frog was of good family.The old councillor, who had had three orders given him to make him hold his tongue, asserted that the Leap-frog was a prophet; for that one could see on his back, if there would be a severe or mild winter, and that was what one could not see even on the back of the man who writes the almanac.

　　"I say nothing, it is true," exclaimed the King; "but I have my own opinion, not with standing."

　　有一次，跳蚤、蚱蜢和跳鹅想要知道它们之中谁跳得最高。它们把所有的人和任何愿意来的人都请来参观这个伟大的场面。它们这三位著名的跳高者就在一个房间里集合起来。

　　这是丹麦一种旧式的玩具，它是用一根鹅的胸骨做成的；加上一根木栓和一根线，再擦上一点蜡油，就可以使它跳跃。

　　“对啦，谁跳得最高，我就把我的女儿嫁给谁！”国王说，“因为，假如让这些朋友白白地跳一阵子，那就未免太不像话了！”

　　跳蚤第一个出场。它的态度非常可爱：它向四周的人敬礼，因为它身体中流着年轻小姐的血液，习惯于跟人类混在一起，而这一点是非常重要的。

　　接着蚱蜢就出场了，它的确很粗笨，但它的身体很好看。它穿着它那套天生的绿制服。此外，它的整个外表说明它是出身于埃及的一个古老的家庭，因此它在这儿非常受到人们的尊敬。人们把它从田野里弄过来，放在一个用纸牌做的三层楼的房子里——这些纸牌有画的一面都朝里。这房子有门也有窗，而且它们是从“美人”身中剪出来的。

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