经过长途跋涉，她们终於快到这次旅途的目的地了。那个背信弃义的阴险女仆威胁公主说，如果她向任何人提起发生的事，就要将她杀死。可是法拉达把一切都看在眼里，记在了心头。然后女仆骑上法拉达，真正的新娘却骑着女仆的马，沿着大路，一直走进了王宫大院。王子知道她们来了，极为高兴，飞跑出来迎接她们。他把侍女从马上扶下来，以为她就是自己的未婚妻，带着她上楼到了王宫内室，却让真正的公主待在下面的院子里。

　　Then the old king looked out of the window and saw her waiting in the courtyard, and noticed how fine and delicate and beautiful she was, so at once he went to the royal apartment, and asked the bride about the girl she had with her who was standing down below in the courtyard, and who she was。

　　但是，老国王从窗户望出去，发现站在下面院子里的她看上去是那么漂亮，气质是那么超尘脱俗，不像是一个侍女。就跑进内室去问新娘：“与你一同来的，站在下面院子里的姑娘是甚么人？”

　　"I picked her up on my way for a companion. Give the girl some work to do, so she won't stand idly by."

　　However, the old king had no work for her, and knew of nothing else to say but, "I have a little boy who tends the geese. She can help him." The boy was called Kürdchen (Little Conrad)， and the true bride had to help him tend geese。

　　侍女新娘说：“她是我带在路上作伴的丫头，请给她一些活干，以免她闲着无聊。”老国王想了一会儿，觉得没有甚么适合她干的活，最后说：“有一个少年替我放鹅，就请她去帮助他吧。”这样，她这个真正的新娘就被派去帮助那个少年放鹅了，少年的名字叫柯德金。

　　Soon afterwards the false bride said to the young king, "Dearest husband, I beg you to do me a favor."

　　He answered, "I will do so gladly."

　　"Then send for the knacker, and have the head of the horse which I rode here cut off, for it angered me on the way." In truth, she was afraid that the horse might tell how she had behaved toward the king's daughter。

　　不久，假新娘对王子说：“亲爱的丈夫，请帮我做一件令我称心的事吧。”王子说道：“我很愿意效劳。”“告诉你的屠夫，去把我骑的那匹马的头砍下来。因为它非常难以驾驭，在路上它把我折磨得够苦的了。”但实际上她是因为非常担心法拉达会把她取代真公主的真像说出来，所以才要灭口。

　　Thus it happened that faithful Falada had to die. The real princess heard about this, and she secretly promised to pay the knacker a piece of gold if he would perform a small service for her. In the town there was a large dark gateway, through which she had to pass with the geese each morning and evening. Would he be so good as to nail Falada's head beneath the gateway, so that she might see him again and again?The knacker's helper promised to do that, and cut off the head, and nailed it securely beneath the dark gateway。

　　於是忠诚的法拉达被杀死了。当真公主听到这个消息后，她哭了，乞求那个屠夫把法拉达的头钉在城门那堵又大又黑的城墙上，这样，她每天早晨和晚上赶着鹅群经过城门时仍然可以看到它。屠夫答应了她的请示，砍下马头，将它牢牢地钉在了黑暗的城门下面。

　　Early in the morning, when she and Conrad drove out their flock beneath this gateway, she said in passing, "Alas, Falada, hanging there!"

　　Then the head answered: Alas, young queen, passing by, If this your mother knew, Her heart would break in two。

　　第二天凌晨，当公主和柯德金从城门出去时，她悲痛地说：“法拉达，法拉达，你就挂在这里啊！”

　　那颗头回答说：“新娘子，新娘子，你从这儿过去了，哎呀呀！哎呀呀！要是你母亲知道了，她的心会痛苦、会悲哀、会歎惜。”

　　Then they went still further out of the town, driving their geese into the country. And when they came to the meadow, she sat down and unbound her hair which was of pure gold. Conrad saw it, was delighted how it glistened, and wanted to pluck out a few hairs. Then she said: Blow, wind, blow, Take Conrad's hat, And make him chase it, Until I have braided my hair, And tied it up again。

　　他们赶着鹅群走出城去。当他们来到牧草地时，她坐在那儿的地埂上，解开她波浪一般卷曲的头发，她的头发都是纯银的。柯德金看到她的头发在太阳下闪闪发光，便跑上前去想拔几根下来，但是她喊道：

　　“吹吧，风儿，吹过来吧！

　　吹走柯德金的帽子！

　　吹吧，风儿，吹走吧！

　　让他去追赶自己的帽子！

　　吹过小山，吹过山谷，吹过巖石，卷着帽子走吧！

　　直到我银色的头发，都梳完盘卷整齐。”

　　Then such a strong wind came up that it blew Conrad's hat across the fields, and he had to run after it. When he came back, she was already finished combing and putting up her hair, so he could not get even one strand. So Conrad became angry, and would not speak to her, and thus they tended the geese until evening, and then they went home。

　　她的话声刚落，真的吹来了一阵风。这风真大，一下子把柯德金的帽子给吹落下来了，又卷着帽子吹过小山，柯德金跟着它追去。等他找着帽子回来时，公主已把头发梳完盘卷整齐，他再也拔不到她的头发了。他非常气恼，绷着脸始终不和她说话。俩人就这样看着鹅群，一直到傍晚天黑才赶着它们回去。

　　The next morning when they were driving the geese out through the dark gateway, the maiden said, "Alas, Falada, hanging there!"Falada answered: Alas, young queen, passing by, If this your mother knew, Her heart would break in two.　She sat down again in the field and began combing out her hair。

　　第三天早晨，当他们赶着鹅群走过黑暗的城门时，可怜的姑娘抬眼望着法拉达的头又哭着叫道：“法拉达，法拉达，你就挂在这里啊！”

　　马头回答说：“新娘子，新娘子，你从这儿过去了，哎呀呀！哎呀呀！要是你母亲知道了，她的心会痛苦、会悲哀、会歎惜。”

　　When Conrad ran up and tried to take hold of some, she quickly said: Blow, wind, blow, Take Conrad's hat, And make him chase it, Until I have braided my hair, And tied it up again。

　　接着，她赶着鹅群来到牧草地，又坐在草地上和前一天一样开始梳她的头发，柯德金看见了跑上前来，又要拔她的头发，但她很快说道：

　　“吹吧，风儿，吹过来吧！

　　吹走柯德金的帽子！

　　吹吧，风儿，吹走吧！

　　让他去追赶自己的帽子！

　　吹过小山，吹过山谷，吹过巖石，卷着帽子走吧！

　　直到我银色的头发都梳完盘卷整齐。”

　　Then the wind blew, taking the hat off his head and far away. Conrad had to run after it, and when he came back, she had already put up her hair, and he could not get a single strand. Then they tended the geese until evening。

　　风马上吹过来了，吹落了他的帽子，卷着它很快飞过小山，到了很远的地方，柯德金只好跟着追去。当他回来时，她已经盘起了自己的头发，他又拔不到了。他们和前一天一样，一起看守着鹅群，一直到天黑。

　　That evening, after they had returned home, Conrad went to the old king and said, "I won't tend geese with that girl any longer."

　　"Why not?" asked the old king。

　　"Oh, because she angers me all day long."

　　Then the old king ordered him to tell what it was that she did to him. Conrad said, "In the morning when we pass beneath the dark gateway with the flock, there is a horse's head on the wall, and she says to it, 'Alas, Falada, hanging there!' And the head replies: Alas, young queen, passing by, If this your mother knew, Her heart would break in two."

　　晚上，他们回来之后，柯德金找着老国王说：“我再也不要这个奇怪的姑娘帮我放鹅了。”国王问：“为甚么？”“因为她整天甚么事都不做，只是戏弄我。”国王就要少年把一切经历都告诉他。柯德金说道：“当我们早上赶着鹅群经过黑暗的城门时，她会哭泣着与挂在城墙上的一个马头交谈，说道：

　　'法拉达，法拉达，你挂在这里啊！'然后马头会说：

　　'新娘子，新娘子，你从这儿过去了，哎呀呀！哎呀呀！

　　要是你母亲知道了，她的心会痛苦、会悲哀、会歎惜。

　　Then Conrad went on to tell what happened at the goose pasture, and how he had to chase his hat。

　　柯德金把发生的所有事都告诉了国王，包括在放鹅的牧草地上，他的帽子如何被吹走，他被迫丢下鹅群追帽子等等。

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