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1、The Ship with Three Decks有三个货舱的船The Ship with Three DecksOnce there was a poor couple who lived way out in the country A baby boy was born to them, but there was no one anywhere around to be his godfather They went into town, but they didn，t know a soul there and couldn，t have the child baptized wit
2、hout a godfather They saw a man wrapped in a black cloak on the church doorstep and asked, “Kind sir, would you please be this boy，s godfather?” The man agreed, and the child was baptizedWhen they came out of the church, the stranger said, I now must give my godson his present Take this purse, which
3、 is to be used to raise and educate him And give him this letter when he has learned to read The father and mother were thunderstruck, but before they could find words of thanks and ask the man his name, he had disappeared The purse was full of gold crowns, which paid for the boys education Once he
4、could read, his parents gave him the letter, which said:Dear Godson,I am going back to repossess my throne after a long exile, and I need an heir As soon as you read this letter, set out on a journey to your dear godfather, the king of EnglandPS Along the way, beware of a cross-eyed man, a cripple,
5、and a mangy character The youth said, “Father, Mother, farewell I must go to my godfather After a few days of walking, he met a traveler who asked, ，zWhere are you going, my lad? To England”So am I We shall travel together”The youth noticed the man，s eyes: one of them looked east, and the other west
6、, so the boy realized this was the cross-eyed man he must avoid He found a pretext for stopping, then took another roadHe met another traveler sitting on a stone Are you going to England? We 11 therefore travel together, said the stranger, who got up and limped along, leaning on a stick Hes the crip
7、ple, thought the youth, and changed roads againHe met a third traveler, whose eyes, like his legs, bespoke perfect health As for any scalp disease, this man had the thickest and cleanest head of black hair you ever saw As the stranger was also on his way to England, they traveled together They stopp
8、ed for the night at an inn, where the youth, wary of his companion, handed over his purse and the letter for the king to the innkeeper for safekeeping During the night while everybody was sleeping, the stranger rose and went to the innkeeper for the purse, letter, and horse In the morning the young
9、man found himself alone, penniless, on foot, and with no letter for the king“Your servant came to me in the night,“ explained the innkeeper, “for all your belongings Then he left”The youth set out on foot At a bend in the road he spied his horse tethered to a tree in a field He was about to untie it
10、, when from behind the tree rushed last nights companion armed with a pistol If your don，t want to die on the spot,，z he said, “you must become my servant and pretend Im the king of Englands godson“ As he spoke, he removed his black wig, revealing a scalp completely covered with mangeThey set out, t
11、he mangy one on horseback, the youth on foot, and at last reached England With open arms the king welcomed the mangy one, taking him for his godson, while the real godson was assigned to the stables as stable boy But the mangy one couldn，t wait to get rid of his companion, and the opportunity soon p
12、resented itself The king one day said to the false godson, If you could free my daughter from the spell that holds her prisoner on a certain island, Id give her to you in marriage The only difficulty is that nobody who has attempted to free her has ever come back alive The mangy one lost no time in
13、replying Try sending my servant, who is surely capable of setting her free”The king summoned the youth at once and asked, “Can you set my daughter free?” “Your daughter? Tell me where she is, Majesty!/zThe king would only say, I warn you that you 11 lose your head if you come back to me without her”
14、The youth went to the pier and watched the ships sail away He had no idea how to reach the princess，s island An old sailor with a beard down to his knees approached him and said, Ask for a ship with three decks”The youth went to the king and had a ship with three decks rigged When it was in port and
15、 ready to weigh anchor, the old sailor reappeared Now have one deck loaded with cheese rinds, another with bread crumbs, and the third with stinking carrion” The youth had the three decks loaded“Now, said the old man, “when the king says, Choose all the sailors you want, you will reply, I need only
16、one, and select me That he did, and the whole town turned out to watch the ship sail off with that strange cargo and a crew of one, who also happened to be on his last legsThey sailed for three months straight, at the end of which time they spied a lighthouse in the night and entered a port All they
17、 could make out on shore were low, low houses and stealthy movement At last a voice asked, “What cargo do you carry?”“Cheese rinds,“ replied the old sailor“Fine, they said on shore Thats what we need”It was the Island of Rats, where all the inhabitants were rats, who said, ，We，11 buy the entire carg
18、o, but we have no money with which to pay you But any time you need us, you have only to say, Rats, fine rats, help us! and we 11 be right there to help you”The youth and the sailor dropped the gangplank, and the rats came aboard and unloaded the cheese rinds in a flashFrom there the men sailed to a
19、nother island It was also night and they could make out nothing at all in port It was worse than the other place, with not a house or a tree anywhere in sight What cargo do you bring?” asked voices in the dark “Bread crumbs,“ replied the sailor “Fine! Thats just what we need!”It was the Island of An
20、ts, where all the inhabitants were ants Nor did they have any money either, but they said, ，zWhenever you need us, you have only to say, Ants, fine ants, help us! and well be right there, no matter where you areThe ants carried all the bread crumbs down the fore and aft moorings, and the ship cast o
21、ff againIt came to an island of rocky cliffs that dropped straight down to port，zWhat cargo do you bring?” cried voices from above “Stinking carrion!zz?Excellent! That，s just what we need,z，and huge shadows swooped down on the ship It was the Island of Vultures, inhabited entirely by those greedy bi
22、rds They flew off with every ounce of carrion, promising in return to help the men whenever they called, Vultures, fine vultures, help us!After several more months of sailing, they landed on the island where the king of Englands daughter was a prisoner They disembarked, walked through a long cave, a
23、nd emerged before a palace in a garden A dwarf walked out to meet them Is the king of England，s daughter here?” asked the youth“Come in and ask Fairy Sibiana, replied the dwarf, showing them into the palace, which had gold floors and crystal walls Fairy Sibiana sat on a throne of crystal and gold“Ki
24、ngs and princes have brought entire armies to free the princess, said the fairy, and every last one of them died”“All I have are my will and my courage, said the youth“Well, then, you must undergo three trials If you fail, you11 not get away from here alive Do you see that mountain shutting out the
25、sun from my view? You must level it by tomorrow morning When I wake up I want the sunlight streaming into my room” The dwarf came out with a pickax and led the youth to the foot of the mountain The young man brought the pickax down once, and the blade snapped in two Now how am I going to dig? he won
26、dered, then remembered the rats on the other island Rats, fine rats, help me!He，d not got the words out of his mouth before the mountain was swarming with rats from top to bottom They dug and gnawed and clawed, while the mountain dwindled and dwindled and dwindledNext morning Fairy Sibiana was awake
27、ned by the first rays of sun streaming into her room congratulations!z/ she said to the youth, “but youre not done yet She led him to the palaces underground vauIts, in the center of which was a room with a ceiling as high as a church，s and containing one big heap of peas and lentils that reached th
28、e ceiling You have this whole night to separate the peas from the lentils into two distinct piles Heaven help you if you leave one single lentil in the pea pile, or one single pea in the lentil pile”The dwarf left him a candle wick and went off with the fairy As the wick burned down to nothing, the
29、youth continued to stare at the huge pile, wondering how any human could ever accomplish so intricate a task Then he remembered the ants on the other island Ants, fine ants,“ he called, “help me!No sooner had he said those words than the entire cellar teemed with those tiny insects They converged on
30、 the heap and, with order and patience, made two separate piles, one team of ants carrying peas and the other lentilsIm still not defeated,said the fairy when she saw the task completed A far more difficult trial now awaits you You have from now till dawn to fetch me a barrel of the water of long li
31、fe”The spring of long life was at the top of a steep mountain infested with savage beasts Scaling the mountain was out of the question, much less while carrying a barrel But the youth called, “Vultures, fine vultures, help me! and the sky darkened with vultures circling down to earth The youth attac
32、hed a phial to the neck of each, and the vultures soared in a grand formation straight to the spring on the mountaintop, filled their phials, and flew back with them to the youth, who poured the water into the barrel he had waitingWhen the barrel was full, hoofbeats were heard retreating Fairy Sibia
33、na was fleeing for dear life, followed by her dwarfs, while out of the palace ran the king of England，s daughter, cheering: Im safe at last! You set me free!，zWith the king，s daughter and the water of long life, the youth returned to his ship, where the old sailor was all ready to weigh anchorThe ki
34、ng of England scanned the sea every day through his telescope Seeing a ship approach that was flying the English flag, he ran to port overjoyed When the mangy one beheld the youth safe and sound and escorting the king，s daughter, he was fit to be tied and resolved to have him killedWhile the king wa
35、s celebrating his daughters return with a grand banquet, two grim-looking fellows came to get the youth, saying it was a matter of life and death Puzzled, he followed them When they got to the woods, the two fellows, who were assassins hired by the mangy one, drew their knives and cut the youth，s th
36、roat Meanwhile at the banquet, the king，s daughter was more and more worried, since the youth had gone off with that sinister pair and not returned She went out looking for him and, reaching the woods, found his body covered with wounds But the old sailor had brought along the barrel containing the
37、water of long life, in which he immersed the youth，s body, only to see him jump right back out as sound as ever and so handsome that the king，s daughter threw her arms around his neckThe mangy one was livid with rage /，What，s in that barrel?” he asked “Boiling oil,“ replied the sailorSo the mangy on
38、e had a barrel of oil heated to boiling and announced to the princess: If you don，t love me I 11 kill myself He stabbed himself with his dagger and leaped into the boiling oil He was instantly scalded to death Also his black wig had flown off when he leaped, revealing his mangy headAh, the mangy one
39、!，z exclaimed the king of England The cruelest of all my enemies He finally got what was coming to him So you, valiant youth, are my godson! You shall marry my daughter and inherit my kingdom!” And so it was(Riviera ligure di ponente)NOTES:“The Ship with Three Decks” (Il bastimento a tre piani) from
40、 Andrews, 2 and 27, Menton, told by Giuanina Piombo dite La Mova, and by Angelina MorettiProsperous sea trading, with unusual cargos coming into ports where the merchandise is highly prized, is a metaphor of luck in the popular mind It recurs in diverse folktales and is woven into various plots (cf
41、my nol73, from Sicily) In this tale from the Italian Riviera border, the curious motifs of the ship with three decks and of the isles inhabited by animals are incorporated into the widespread type featuring the enchanted filly (in one of Andrews，s versions, advice is given by the horse) and grateful
42、 animals (cf my nos 24 and 79) I have freely rendered the two versions summarized in French by AndrewsCopyright: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino, translated by George Martin, Pantheon Books, New York 1980 有三个货舱的船从前，在一个偏僻的乡下住着一对贫穷的夫妻。他们生了个儿子，可是附近找不到人来当孩 子的教父。他们想进城去找，在那儿又没有熟人；没有
43、教父，就不能给孩子洗礼。在教堂门 口的台阶上，他们看见一个披黑斗篷的男人，便问道：“好心的先生，您愿意当这个孩子的 教父吗？ ”那人同意了，这样就给孩子施了洗礼。他们走出了教堂，那个陌生人说：“现在，我要送一件礼物给我的教子。请收下这个钱包， 就用这些钱来抚养他，供他上学。等他识字以后，把这封信交给他。”孩子的父母大吃一惊， 还没来得及问他姓甚名谁，也没来得及感谢他，他已经不见了。钱包里装满了金克郎，孩子后来读书就用的是这笔钱。当孩子能写会念以后，父母便把那封 信交给了他，信上写着： 亲爱的教子：经长期流放以后，我现在回去重新执掌朝政了。我需要一个继承人。你读完此信，马上动身 来找你亲爱的教父
44、一一英格兰国王。又及，旅途中，你务必提防三个人：一个斗鸡眼，一个跛子和一个痢痢头。年轻人读完信说：“爸爸，妈妈，再见啦，我得去找我的教父。”走了几天以后，他在路上 遇到一个行人。这个人问道：“小伙子，你上哪儿去呀？ ”“去英格兰。”“正好跟我同路，咱们一起走吧。”年轻人见那人的眼睛一只眼珠向左，一只眼珠向右，觉察正是他要提防的那个斗鸡眼。于是 他找了个借口，停了下来，后来朝另一条路走了。他又遇到一个坐在石头上休息的行人。“你去英格兰吗？我们一起走吧，”陌生人说。他站 起身来，拄著拐棍一痛一拐地朝前走。年轻人想：他是个跛子，我必须避开他，于是朝另一 条路走了。他遇到的第三个行人的眼睛和腿脚都正常
45、，还长著一头乌黑发亮的头发。也是去英格兰，所 以他们就结伴同行。他们在一家旅店过夜。为了预防意外，年轻人将他的饯包和国王的信交 给旅店老板保管。夜间，趁大家都睡熟了，陌生人爬起来，向老板要了年轻人的钱包、信和 马便逃走了。第二天早晨，年轻人发现只剩下自己一个人，身上一分钱也没有，信也丢了， 马也丢了。“夜里，你的仆人来找我，”老板解释说，“他要了你你的财物，就走了 年轻人只好步行赶路，走到一个岔路口时，蓦地发现他的马拴在田里的一棵树上。他正要解 缰绳，突然，他那个同伴拿著手枪从树后奔了出来。“如果你想活，”他说，“你就得给我 当仆人，就说我是英格兰国王的教子。”说著，他脱下头上的黑色假发，露出
46、了秃顶，头上 满是痢疤。痢痢头骑著马，年轻人步行跟在后头，最后到了英格兰。国王伸开双臂欢迎痢痢头，把他当 作自己的教子，而真教子却被派到马厩里当马信去了。可是，痢痢头急不可耐地还想把真教 子除掉。不久，机会来了。一天，国王对痢痢头说：“我的女儿被符咒镇住了，被囚禁在某 个岛上，假如你能救她出来，我就将她许配给你做妻子。不过，这事不容易做到，以前去救 她的人没有一个能活著回来的。“痢痢头一听，连忙回话说：“派我的仆人去试试吧，他肯 定能行。”国王马上把年轻人叫来，问他：“你能救我的女儿吗？ ”“您的女儿？陛下，请告诉我她在什么地方！”国王只是说：“我警告你，假如你救不回来，我可要砍你的脑袋。”年
47、轻人到了码头，望着一艘艘扬帆出航的船。他不知道怎样才能到达公主居住的岛上。一位 胡须拖到膝盖的老水手走到他面前说：“去要一艘有三个货舱的船吧。”年轻人去见国王，耍了一艘有三个货舱的船。当这艘船停在港口准备起航时，老水手又出现 了。他说：“你在一个货舱里装干酪皮，另一个货舱里装面包屑，第三个货舱里装臭肉。” 年轻人就叫人把三个货舱都装满了这些货。“现在，”老年人说，“当国王说去选你所需要的水手时，你就回答说我只需要一个 水手，就挑选我。”年轻就照这样做了。这艘船扬帆出海的时候，全城的市民都出来看稀 奇：船上装着稀奇古怪的货物；只有一个水手，还是个快要死的老头子。他们连接航行了三个月。一天夜里，他
48、们发现一座灯塔，便驶进了港口。他们模模糊糊地只 看到岸上有一些非常低矮的房子，还有些小东西在鬼鬼祟祟地来回走动。后来，他们听到一 个声音问道：“船上装的什么货啊？ ”“干酪皮。”老水手回答。“妙极啦，”岸上的声音说，“这正是我们需要的。”这是一座鼠岛，上面住的全是老鼠。它们说：“我们要买下全部货物，但我们没有钱付给你 们。不过，无论你们什么时候需要我们，你们只要说，老鼠啊，可爱的老鼠，来帮助我们！ 我们马上就会去帮助你们的。”年轻人和老水手放下跳板，老鼠上了船，转眼间就把干酪皮全卸光了。从鼠岛启航后，两人又到了另一个岛上。这时夜已经深了，港口里什么也没有；这儿比上次 那个地方更糟糕，连一所房子
49、或一棵树也看不到。“你们带来什么货啊？ ”黑夜中，有几个 声音同时问道。“面包屑，”老水手回答。“妙极啦，这正是我们需要的。”这是一座蚂蚁岛，岛上住的全是蚂蚁。它们也付不出钱，不过它们说：“无论什么时候需要 我们，你们只要说，蚂蚁啊，可爱的蚂蚁，来帮助我们！不管你们在什么地方，我们马 上会出现在那儿的。”蚂蚁在船上到处爬著，把全部面包屑都卸下船去。接著，船又启航出发了。船又来到一座悬崖峭壁的海岛，海港就在悬崖下面。“你们带来的什么货啊？ ”声音从悬崖 上面传来。“臭肉！”“妙极啦，这正是我们需要的。”几个巨大的影子在船的上空掠过。这是一座秃鹫岛，岛上全栖息著这种贪婪的巨鸟。它们叼走了船上的所有臭肉；它们容许在 老水手和年轻人需要帮助时，只要喊一声“秃鹫啊，可爱的秃鹫，来帮助我们”时，它们就 会立刻赶到。又航行了几个月，他们抵达了囚禁英格兰国王女儿的那个岛上。他们上了岸，步行穿过一个 长长的山洞，