The Frog Prince

青蛙王子

A lovely princess sat by the pool and played with a sculpture of a bear. Suddenly, she dropped it, and it rolled away. She chased it, but it fell into the water. She began to cry. A large, ugly frog asked, “Why are you crying?” After the princess told him, the frog said, “I can get the sculpture. What will you give me in exchange for the favor?”

一個漂亮的公主坐在池子旁把玩著一個小熊玩偶。突然，她不小心把玩偶弄掉了，并咕嚕咕嚕滾走了。公主追上去，但玩偶掉進了水里。公主因此開始哭了起來。一只又大又丑的青蛙問道：“你為什么哭啊？”公主把事情一五一十告訴他后，青蛙說：“我能幫你把玩偶找回來。我幫你這個忙，你怎么回報我呢？”

I can pay you a fee in gold, she said.

“我可以給你金子作為酬勞，”公主說。

But the frog protested. “I want to sleep in your bed, and you must kiss me in the morning.”

但青蛙不同意。“我想要睡在你的床上，而且你必須每天早上都親我一下。”

He’d die without water. So, I don’t have to keep my promise, she thought.

“離開水他就活不了了，到時我就不用信守這個承諾了”公主心想。

The frog dove for a brief moment and got the sculpture. Then the princess ran away with it. Later, the frog went to the palace. The king told her to keep her promise. This put the princess in a bad mood. She permitted the frog to sleep on her pillow. In the morning, she gave him a kiss.

青蛙潛到水底，很快就拿到玩偶浮出水面。公主拿著玩偶就跑開了。隨后，青蛙來到皇宮，國王要求公主信守承諾，公主因此變得悶悶不樂。她同意讓青蛙跟自己睡在一起。早上醒來之后，親了青蛙一下。

Suddenly, he turned into a guy. He said, “I’m from a kingdom abroad. In my youth, I angered a tribe of cruel witches, who turned me into a frog.”

突然，青蛙變成了一個男子。他說道：“我是個異域的王子，我年輕的時候得罪了一個可惡的女巫，她把我變成了青蛙。”

The princess asked him, “Can I be your bride and stay with you forever?” But the prince said, “No. You disappointed me. You didn’t keep your promise.”

公主問他：“我能嫁給你并永遠和你在一起嗎？”但王子卻說道：“不，你讓我失望了。不沒有信守你的承諾。”

單詞

abroad adv.在國外

anger v.激怒

bride n.新娘

brief adj.簡短的

chase v.追趕

disappoint v.使失望

dive v.潛水

exchange v.交換

favor n.幫助

fee n.費用

forever adv.永遠

guy n.男人，家伙

lovely adj.秀麗的

mood n.心情

palace n.宮殿

permit v.允許

protest v.抗議

sculpture n.雕塑

tribe n.部落

youth n.青年