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1、Fitchers BirdJacob and Wilhelm GrimmOnce upon a time there was a sorcerer who disguised himself as a poor man, went begging from house to house, and captured beautiful girls. No one knew where he took them, for none of them ever returned.One day he came to the door of a man who had three beautiful d
2、aughters. He appeared to be a poor, weak beggar, and he carried a pack basket on his back, as though he wanted to collect some benevolent offerings in it. He asked for a bit to eat, and when the oldest daughter came out to give him a piece of bread, he simply touched her, and she was forced to jump
3、into his pack basket. Then he hurried away with powerful strides and carried her to his house, which stood in the middle of a dark forest.Everything was splendid in the house, and he gave her everything that she wanted. He said, My dear, you will like it here with me. You will have everything that y
4、our heart desires.So it went for a few days, and then he said to her, I have to go away and leave you alone for a short time. Here are the house keys. You may go everywhere and look at everything except for the one room that this little key here unlocks. I forbid you to go there on the penalty of de
5、ath.He also gave her an egg, saying, Take good care of this egg. You should carry it with you at all times, for if you should loose it GREat misfortune would follow.She took the keys and the egg, and promised to take good care of everything.As soon as he had gone she walked about in the house from t
6、op to bottom examining everything. The rooms glistened with silver and gold, and she thought that she had never seen such splendor.Finally she came to the forbidden door. She wanted to pass it by, but curiosity gave her no rest. She examined the key. It looked like any other one. She put it into the
7、 lock and twisted it a little, and then the door sprang open.What did she see when she stepped inside? A large bloody basin stood in the middle, inside which there lay the cut up parts of dead girls. Nearby there was a wooden block with a glistening ax lying on it.She was so terrified that the egg,
8、which she was holding in her hand, fell into the basin. She got it out again and wiped off the blood, but it was to no avail, for it always came back. She wiped and scrubbed, but she could not get rid of the stain.Not long afterward the man returned from his journey, and he immediately asked for the
9、 key and the egg. She handed them to him, shaking all the while, for he saw from the red stain that she had been in the blood chamber.You went into that chamber against my will, he said, and now against your will you shall go into it once again. Your life is finished.He threw her down, dragged her b
10、y her hair into the chamber, cut off her head on the block, then cut her up into pieces, and her blood flowed out onto the floor. Then he threw her into the basin with the others.Now I will go get the second one, said the sorcerer, and, again disguised as a poor man, he went to their house begging.t
11、he second sister brought him a piece of bread, and, as he had done to the first one, he captured her by merely touching her, and he carried her away. It went with her no better than it had gone with her sister. She let herself be led astray by her curiosity, opened the blood chamber and looked insid
12、e. When he returned she paid with her life.then he went and captured the third sister, but she was clever and sly. After he had given her the keys and the egg, and had gone away, she carefully put the egg aside, and then examined the house, entering finally the forbidden chamber.Oh, what she saw! He
13、 two dear sisters were lying there in the basin, miserably murdered and chopped to pieces. In spite of this she proceeded to gather their parts together, placing them back in order: head, body, arms, and legs. Then, when nothing else was missing, the parts began to move. They joined together, and th
14、e two girls opened their eyes and came back to life. Rejoicing, they kissed and hugged one another.When the man returned home he immediately demanded the keys and the egg, and when he was unable to detect any trace of blood on them, he said, You have passed the test. You shall be my bride.He now had
15、 no more power over her and had to do whatever she demanded.Good, she answered, but first you must take a basketful of gold to my father and mother. You yourself must carry it there on your back. In the meanwhile I shall make preparations for the wedding.then she ran to her sisters, whom she had hid
16、den in a closet, and said, The moment is here when I can rescue you. The evildoer himself shall carry you home. As soon as you have arrived at home send help to me.She put them both into a basket, then covered them entirely with gold, so that nothing could be seen of them.then she called the sorcerer in and said, Now carry this basket a
