你是在做好吃的东西,
我说的对不对呀?"
猫回答说:
"对了,这是我今天的午餐。
面包加牛奶,
阁下愿意留下来吃饭还是去给你倒一杯酒来喝?"
狼说道:"谢谢你,别客气!我想知道狐狸太太是不是在家。"猫回答说:
"她整天孤零零地坐着,
悲伤地哭泣,
哎呀,哎呀!
都是因为狐狸先生过世了。"
狼说道:
"哎--,亲爱的猫咪小姐这的确是一件伤心的事,
但你认为我怎么样?
她能同意我作她的丈夫吗?"
猫回答道:
"狼先生,我可不知道她的意思,
你在这儿坐一坐,
我上楼去看一看。"
猫搬了一把椅子,非常乐意地摇着耳朵,轻快地上楼去了。她来到狐狸太太的门前,用戴在脚爪上的戒指敲着门说道:"狐狸太太,你在里面吗?"
寡妇说道:"喔!我在,请进来!我的乖乖,我听见厨房里有说话声,告诉我那是谁呀?"
猫回答说:
"那时一只漂亮的狼,
他长着一身光滑的皮毛,
他正打这儿经过,
走进来看了看(因为老狐狸先生死了),
说你是否愿意,
嫁给他做他的妻子。"
狐狸太太说问:"可他有红红的脚,尖尖的嘴鼻吗?"猫说:"没有。""那他不适合做我的丈夫。"
狼很快就被打发走了。接着来了一条狗,然后是山羊,再接着是一头熊、一头狮子,所有的兽类动物都来过,一个接一个,它们都只有老狐狸具有的某些特征,都不合狐狸太太的意,猫奉命把他们送走了。
最后,终于有一只年青的狐狸来了,狐狸太太问:"他有四条红红的脚和尖尖的嘴鼻吗?"猫回答说:"是的。"
狐狸太太吩咐道:
"那么,猫咪,把客厅打扫一下,
看起来要干净整洁。
把老家伙仍到街上去,
这个愚蠢的老无赖,
他死了我真高兴。
我现在就要嫁给,
一只年青可爱的狐狸。"
婚礼举行了,欢乐的钟声敲响了。朋友和亲戚们都唱起了歌,跳起了舞,举杯畅饮,谁也不知道他们欢跳了多久,也许现在他们还在跳呢!
狐狸太太的婚事英文版:
The wedding of Mrs. Fox
There was once on a time an old fox with nine tails, who believed that his wife was not faithful to him, and wished to try her. He stretched himself out under the bench, did not move a limb, and behaved as if he were stone dead. Mrs. Fox went up to her room, shut herself in, and her maid, Miss Cat, sat by the fire, and did the cooking. When it became known that the old fox was dead, wooers presented themselves. The maid heard some one standing at the house-door, knocking. She went and opened it, and it was a young fox, who said,
"What may you be about, Miss Cat.?
Do you sleep or do you wake?"
She answered,
"I am not sleeping, I am waking,
Wouldst thou know what I am making?
I am boiling warm beer with butter so nice,
Will the gentleman enter and drink some likewise?"