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CLEVER GRETEL-GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES Một trong những bộ truyện cổ nổi tiếng nhất thế giới đã được dịch ra nhiều thứ tiếng là Truyện cổ Grimm. Sau đây là những câu truyện cổ ấy nhưng với nguyên bản bằng tiếng anh nhằm giúp các bạn nhỏ vừa học ngoại ngữ vừa tiếp xúc với thế giới thần tiên . | CLEVER GRETEL There was once a cook named Gretel who wore shoes with red heels and when she walked out with them on she turned herself this way and that was quite happy and thought You certainly are a pretty girl And when she came home she drank in her gladness of heart a draught of wine and as wine excites a desire to eat she tasted the best of whatever she was cooking until she was satisfied and said The cook must know what the food is like. It came to pass that the master one day said to her Gretel there is a guest coming this evening prepare me two fowls very daintily. I will see to it master answered Gretel. She killed two fowls scalded them plucked them put them on the spit and towards evening set them before the fire that they might roast. The fowls began to turn brown and were nearly ready but the guest had not yet arrived. Then Gretel called out to her master If the guest does not come I must take the fowls away from the fire but it will be a sin and a shame if they are not eaten the moment they are at their juiciest. The master said I will run myself and fetch the guest. When the master had turned his back Gretel laid the spit with the fowls on one side and thought Standing so long by the fire there makes one sweat and thirsty who knows when they will come Meanwhile I will run into the cellar and take a drink. She ran down set a jug said God bless it for you Gretel and took a good drink and thought that wine should flow on and should not be interrupted and took yet another hearty draught. Then she went and put the fowls down again to the fire basted them and drove the spit merrily round. But as the roast meat smelt so good Gretel thought Something might be wrong it ought to be tasted She touched it with her finger and said Ah how good fowls are It certainly is a sin and a shame that they are not eaten at the right time She ran to the window to see if the master was not coming with his guest but she saw no one and went back to the fowls and thought One of
