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シンデレラ.
シンデレラの生い立ちと苦難
The wife of a rich man fell sick, and when shefelt that her end drew nigh, she called her onlydaughter to her bedside, and said,
Always be a good girl, and I will look down fromheaven and watch over you.
Soon afterward she shut her eyes and died, and wasburied in the garden, and the little girl wentevery day to her grave and wept, and was alwaysgood and kind to all about her.
And the snow fell and spread a beautiful whitecovering over the grave, but by the time thespring came, and the sun had melted it away again,her father had married another wife.
This new wife had two daughters of her own, thatshe brought home with her, they were fair in facebut foul at heart, and it was now a sorry time forthe poor little girl.
What is that good for nothing want in the parlor?Said they, they who would eat bread should firstearn it, away with the kitchen maid.
Then they took away her fine clothes, and gave heran old grey frock to put on, and laughed at herand turned her into the kitchen.
There she was forced to do hard work, to riseearly before daylight and bring the water, to makethe fire, to cook and to wash.
Besides that, the sisters plagued her in all sortsof ways, and laughed at her. In the evening whenshe was tired, she had no bed to lie down on, butwas made to lie by the hearth among the ashes, andas this, of course, made her always dusty anddirty, they called her Ashputtle.
父の贈り物と魔法の木
It happened once that the father was going to thefair, and asked his wife's daughters what heshould bring them.
Fine clothes, said the first, pearls and diamonds,cried the second. Now, child, said he to his owndaughter, what will you have?
The first twig, dear father, that brushes againstyour hat when you turn your face to come homewards, said she.
Then he bought for the first two the fine clothesand pearls and diamonds they had asked for, and onhis way home, as he rode through a green copse, ahazel twig brushed against him, and almost pushedoff his hat, so he broke it off and brought itaway, and when he got home he gave it to hisdaughter.
Then she took it, and went to her mother's graveand planted it there, and cried so much that itwas watered with her tears, and there it grew andbecame a fine tree.
Three times every day she went to it and cried,and soon a little bird came and built its nestupon the tree, and talked with her, and watchedover her, and brought her whatever she wished for.
舞踏会への招待と鳥の助け
Now it happened that the king of that land held afeast, which was to last three days, and out ofthose who came to it his son was to choose a bridefor himself.
Ashputtle's two sisters were asked to come, sothey called her up, and said,
Now, comb our hair, brush our shoes, and tie our sashes for us, for we are going to dance at theking's feast.
Then she did as she was told, but when all wasdone she could not help crying, for she thought toherself, she should so have liked to have gonewith them to the ball, and at last she begged hermother very hard to let her go.
You, Ashputtle! said she, you who have nothing towear, no clothes at all, and who cannot evendance, you want to go to the ball?
And when she kept on begging, she said at last, toget rid of her, I will throw this dishful of peasinto the ash heap, and if in two hours' time youhave picked them all out, you shall go to thefeast too.
Then she threw the peas down among the ashes, butthe little maiden ran out at the back door intothe garden, and cried out.
Hither, hither, through the sky, turtle-doves andlinets, fly! Blackbird, thrush, and chaffinch gay,hither, hither, haste away! One and all come helpme, quick!
Haste ye, haste ye! Pick, pick, pick!
Then first came two white doves, flying in at thekitchen window, next came two turtle-doves,
and after them came all the little birds underheaven, chirping and fluttering in,
and they flew down into the ashes. And the littledoves stooped their heads down and set to work,
pick, pick, pick, and then the others began topick, pick, pick, and among them all they soon
picked out all the good grain, and put it into adish but left the ashes. Long before the end ofthe
hour the work was quite done, and all flew outagain at the windows. Then Ashputtle brought thedish
to her mother, overjoyed at the thought that nowshe should go to the ball. But the mother said,
No, no! you slut, you have no clothes, and cannotdance, you shall not go. And when Ashputtle begged
very hard to go, she said, If you can in one hour's time pick two of those dishes of peas out ofthe
ashes, you shall go too. And thus she thought sheshould at least get rid of her. So she shook two
dishes of peas into the ashes. But the littlemaiden went out into the garden at the back of
the house, and cried out as before. Hither, hither, through the sky, turtle-doves and linets,fly!
Blackbird, thrush, and chaffinch-gay, hither, hither, haste away! One and all come help me,
quick! Haste ye, haste ye! Pick, pick, pick! Thenfirst came two white doves in at the kitchenwindow,
next came two turtle-doves, and after them cameall the little birds under heaven,
chirping and hopping about. And they flew downinto the ashes, and the little doves put their
heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick, andthen the others began pick, pick, pick, and they
put all the good grain into the dishes, and leftall the ashes. Before half an hour's time all was
done, and out they flew again. And then Ashputtletook the dishes to her mother, rejoicing to think
that she should now go to the ball. But her mothersaid, it is all of no use, you cannot go,
you have no clothes, and cannot dance, and youwould only put us to shame, and off she went with
her two daughters to the ball. Now when all weregone, and nobody left at home, Ashputtle went
王子の捜索と金の靴
sorrowfully and sat down under the hazeltree, andcried out. Shake, shake, hazeltree, gold and
silver over me! Then her friend the bird flew outof the tree, and brought a gold and silver dress
for her, and slippers of spangled silk, and sheput them on, and followed her sisters to the
feast. But they did not know her, and thought itmust be some strange princess, she looked so fine
and beautiful in her rich clothes, and they neveronce thought of Ashputtle, taking it for granted
that she was safe at home in the dirt. The king'sson soon came up to her, and took her by the hand
and danced with her, and no one else, and he neverleft her hand, but when anyone else came to
ask her to dance, he said, this lady is dancingwith me. Thus they danced till a late hour of the
night, and then she wanted to go home, and theking's son said, I shall go and take care of you
to your home, for he wanted to see where thebeautiful maiden lived. But she slipped away from
him, unawares, and ran off towards home, and asthe prince followed her, she jumped up into the
pigeon-house and shut the door. Then he waitedtill her father came home, and told him that the
unknown maiden, who had been at the feast, hadhidden herself in the pigeon-house. But when they
had broken open the door they found no one within,and as they came back into the house,
Ashputtle was lying, as she always did, in herdirty frock by the ashes, and her dim little
lamp was burning in the chimney. For she had runas quickly as she could through the pigeon-house
and on to the hazeltree, and had there taken offher beautiful clothes, and put them beneath the
tree, that the bird might carry them away, and hadlain down again amid the ashes in her little
grey frock. The next day when the feast was againheld, and her father, mother, and sisters were
gone, Ashputtle went to the hazeltree, and said.Shake, shake, hazeltree, gold and silver over me.
And the bird came and brought a still finer dressthan the one she had worn the day before.
And when she came in it to the ball, everyonewondered at her beauty, but the king's son,
who was waiting for her, took her by the hand, anddanced with her, and when anyone asked her to
dance, he said as before, this lady is dancingwith me. When night came she wanted to go home,
and the king's son followed here as before, thathe might see into what house she went,
but she sprang away from him all at once into thegarden behind her father's house.
In this garden stood a fine large pear-tree fullof ripe fruit, and Ashputtle, not knowing where to
hide herself, jumped up into it without beingseen. Then the king's son lost sight of her and
could not find out where she was gone, but waitedtill her father came home and said to him,
the unknown lady who danced with me has slippedaway, and I think she must have sprung into the
pear-tree. The father thought to himself, can itbe Ashputtle? So he had an axe brought,
and they cut down the tree, but found no one uponit. And when they came back into the kitchen,
there lay Ashputtle among the ashes, for she hadslipped down on the other side of the tree,
and carried her beautiful clothes back to the birdat the hazeltree, and then put on her little
grey frock. The third day, when her father andmother and sisters were gone, she went again into
the garden and said. Shake, shake, hazeltree, goldand silver over me. Then her kind friend the
bird brought a dress still finer than the formerone, and slippers which were all of gold, so that
when she came to the feast no one knew what tosay, for wonder at her beauty, and the king's son
danced with nobody but her, and when anyone elseasked her to dance, he said, this lady is my
partner, sir. When night came she wanted to gohome, and the king's son would go with her, and
said to himself, I will not lose her this time,but, however, she again slipped away from him,
though in such a hurry that she dropped her leftgolden slipper upon the stairs. The prince took
the shoe, and went the next day to the king hisfather, and said, I will take for my wife the
lady that this golden slipper fits. Then both thesisters were overjoyed to hear it, for they had
beautiful feet, and had no doubt that they couldwear the golden slipper. The eldest went first
into the room where the slipper was, and wanted totry it on, and the mother stood by. But her
great toe could not go into it, and the shoe wasaltogether much too small for her. Then the
mother gave her a knife, and said, never mind, cutit off, when you are queen you will not care
about toes, you will not want to walk. So thesilly girl cut off her great toe, and thussqueezed
on the shoe, and went to the king's son. Then hetook her for his bride, and set her beside him on
his horse, and rode away with her homewards. Buton their way home they had to pass by the hazel
tree that Ashputtle had planted, and on the branchsat a little dove singing. Back again!
Back again! Look to the shoe! The shoe is toosmall, and not made for you. Prince! Prince!
Look again for thy bride, for she's not the trueone that sits by thy side. Then the prince got
down and looked at her foot, and he saw, by theblood that streamed from it, what a trick she
had played him. So he turned his horse round, andbrought the false bride back to her home,
and said, this is not the right bride, let theother sister try and put on the slipper.
Then she went into the room and got her foot intothe shoe, all but the heel,
which was too large. But her mother squeezed ituntil the blood came, and took her to the
king's son, and he set her as his bride by hisside on his horse, and rode away with her.
But when they came to the hazel tree the littledove sat there still, and sang.
Back again! Back again! Look to the shoe! The shoeis too small, and not made for you.
Prince! Prince! Look again for thy bride, for she's not the true one that sits by thy side.
Then he looked down, and saw that the blood streamed so much from the shoe,
that her white stockings were quite red. So heturned his horse and brought her also back again.
真のシンデレラと結末
This is not the true bride, said he to the father,have you no other daughters? No, said he,
there is only a little dirty ash-puddle here, thechild of my first wife, I am sure she cannot
be the bride. The prince told him to send her. Butthe mother said, no, no, she is much too dirty,
she will not dare to show herself. However, theprince would have her come, and she first washed
her face and hands, and then went in and curtsiedto him, and he reached her the golden slipper.
Then she took her clumsy shoe off her left foot,and put on the golden slipper, and it fitted her
as if it had been made for her. And when he drewnear and looked at her face he knew her, and said,
this is the right bride. But the mother and boththe sisters were frightened,
and turned pale with anger as he took ash-puddleon his horse, and rode away with her.
And when they came to the hazel tree, the whitedove sang.
THE END
