小学英语英语故事童话故事ThoseStubbornSoulstheBiellese倔强的彼埃拉人.docx
Those Stubborn Souls, the Biellese 倔强的彼埃拉人Those Stubborn Souls, the BielleseA farmer was on his way down to Biel la one day The weather was so stormy that it was next to impossible to get over the roads But the farmerhadimportantbusinessandpushed onwardinthe face ofthe driving rainHe met anoldman, whosaid tohim,“A good daytoyou! Where are you going, my good man, in such haste?” “To Biella,“ answered the farmer, without slowing down. “You might at least say, 'God willing'"The farmer stopped, looked the old man in the eye, and snapped, “Go d willing, I, m on my way to Biel la But even if God isn't willing,I still have to go there all the same”Now the old man happened to be the Lord “In that case you*11 go t o Biella in seven years, he said "In the meantime, jump into this swamp and stay there for seven years*Suddenly the farmer changed into a frog and jumped into the swamp. Seven years went by The farmer came out of the swamp, turned back into a man, clapped his hat on his head, and continued on his way to market.After a short distance he met the old man again "And where are you going, my good man?” "To Biella" “You might say, 'God willing'”.“If God wills it, fine If not, I know the consequence and can now go into the swamp unassistedNor for the life of him would he say one word more. (Biellese) NOTES: “Those Stubborn Souls, the Biellese” (I biellesi, gente dura) from Vi rginia Majoli Face io (L* incantesimo della mezzanotte, Il Biellese nell e sue leggende, Milan, 1941), Valdengo, PiedmontThis tale is also found in Trieste, starring the Friulians (Pinguenti ,51) Copyright: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino, translated by George Martin, Pantheon Books, New York 1980 倔强的彼埃拉人一个农夫要去彼埃拉。正赶上刮风卜.雨的恶劣天气，路都几乎无法走了。但这个农夫有要紧 的事，他低着头顶着风雨雷电继续往前走。他遇上一个老人，对他说：“你好啊！你这样 急急忙忙的要去哪里啊？好人。” “去彼埃拉。”农夫答道，继续往前走。“你至少应该 说一声愿上帝保佑吧。”农夫停了下来，望着面前的老人高声说：“如果上帝保佑， 我去被埃拉：如果上帝不保佑，我照样得去。”其实，那个老人就是上帝。他对农夫说：“那好吧，你七年以后才能到彼埃拉去，现在，你跳进池塘，在里面待上七年吧。”农夫 立即变成了一只青蛙，跳进了池塘。七年过去了。农夫从池塘中出来，又变回人，他戴紧 帽子，又上路了。没走几步，上次那个老人又出现了。“好人，你这是去哪里啊？ ” “去 彼埃拉。” “你应该祈祷一声'愿上帝保佑。” “要是上帝保佑，那很好；要是不保佑, 那个惩罚我知道，我会自己跳进池塘里去。”说完，他再也不开口说话了。（比埃拉地区）
