非得是童話啊.Once upon a time there were a fisherman and his wife who lived together in a filthy shack near the sea.Every day the fisherman went out fishing,and he fished,and he fished.Once he was sitting there fishing and looking into the clear water,and he sat,and he sat.Then his hook went to the bottom,deep down,and when he pulled it out,he had caught a large flounder.
從前,有個漁夫,他和妻子住在海邊的一所骯臟的小漁舍里.漁夫每天都去釣魚,他總是釣啊釣的,不愿休息有一天,他拿著釣竿坐在海邊,兩眼望著清澈的海水,竟就這樣望啊望的,坐在那里一直發(fā)呆.
　　Then the flounder said to him,"Listen,fisherman,I beg you to let me live.I am not an ordinary flounder,but an enchanted prince.How will it help you to kill me?I would not taste good to you.Put me back into the water,and let me swim."
忽然,釣鉤猛地往下沉,沉得很深很深,都快沉到海底了.等他把釣鉤拉上來時,發(fā)現(xiàn)釣上來一條很大的比目魚.誰知比目魚竟對他說：「聽著,漁夫,我懇求你放我一條生路.我并不是甚么比目魚,我是一位中了魔法的王子,你要是殺死我,對你又有多大好處呢?我的肉不會對你的口味的.請把我放回水里,讓我游走吧.」
　　"Well," said the man,"there's no need to say more.I can certainly let a fish swim away who knows how to talk."
「哎,」?jié)O夫說,「你不必這么費口舌.一條會說話的比目魚,我怎么會留下呢?」
　　With that he put it back into the clear water,and the flounder disappeared to the bottom,leaving a long trail of blood behind him.Then the fisherman got up and went home to his wife in the filthy shack.
說著,他就把比目魚放回清澈的水里.比目魚立刻就游走了,身后留下一條長長的血痕.隨后,漁夫回到他的小屋,走到他妻子的身邊.