Times soon grew very bad for the poor stepchild.
她们到来之时，也就是这个可怜的小姑娘身受苦难之始。
The girl went out to her mother's grave every day and wept, and she remained pious and good. When winter came the snow spread a white cloth over the grave, and when the spring sun had removed it again, the man took himself another wife.
她被葬在了花园里，小姑娘是一个虔诚而又善良的女孩，她每天都到她母亲的坟前去哭泣。冬天来了，大雪为她母亲的坟盖上了白色的毛毯。春风吹来，太阳又卸去了坟上的银装素裹。冬去春来，人过境迁，他爸爸又娶了另外一个妻子。
"Why should that stupid goose sit in the parlor with us?" they said. "If she wants to eat bread, then she will have to earn it. Out with this kitchen maid!"
她们说：“要这样一个没用的饭桶在厅堂里干什么？谁想吃上面包，谁就得自己去挣得，滚到厨房里做厨房女佣去吧！”
This wife brought two daughters into the house with her. They were beautiful, with fair faces, but evil and dark hearts.
新妻子带着她以前生的两个女儿一起来安家了。她们外表很美丽，但是内心却非常丑陋邪恶。
They took her beautiful clothes away from her, dressed her in an old gray smock, and gave her wooden shoes. "Just look at the proud princess! How decked out she is!" they shouted and laughed as they led her into the kitchen.
说完又脱去她漂亮的衣裳，给她换上灰色的旧外套，并给她一双木鞋，恶作剧似地嘲笑她，“看看那个骄傲的公主！她打扮得多么漂亮啊！”，然后把她赶到厨房里去了。
A rich man's wife became sick, and when she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, "Dear child, remain pious and good, and then our dear God will always protect you, and I will look down on you from heaven and be near you." With this she closed her eyes and died.
从前，有一个富人的妻子得了重病，在临终前，她把自己的独生女儿叫到身边说：“乖女儿，妈去了以后会在九泉之下守护你、保佑你的。”说完她就闭上眼睛死了。
"Beautiful dresses," said the one.
第一个说：“我要漂亮的衣裳。”
There she had to do hard work from morning until evening, get up before daybreak, carry water, make the fires, cook, and wash. Besides this, the sisters did everything imaginable to hurt her. They made fun of her, scattered peas and lentils into the ashes for her, so that she had to sit and pick them out again. In the evening when she had worked herself weary, there was no bed for her. Instead she had to sleep by the hearth in the ashes. And because she always looked dusty and dirty, they called her Cinderella.
她被迫去干艰苦的活儿。每天天不亮就起来担水、生火、做饭、洗衣，而且还要忍受她们姐妹对她的漠视和折磨。到了晚上，她累得筋疲力尽时，连睡觉的床铺也没有，不得不睡在炉灶旁边的灰烬中，这一来她身上都沾满了灰烬，又脏，又难看，由于这个原因她们就叫她灰姑娘。
So he bought beautiful dresses, pearls, and jewels for his two stepdaughters. On his way home, as he was riding through a green thicket, a hazel twig brushed against him and knocked off his hat. then he broke off the twig and took it with him. Arriving home, he gave his stepdaughters the things that they had asked for, and he gave Cinderella the twig from the hazel bush.
父亲回来时，他为前两个女儿带回了她们想要的漂亮衣服和珍珠钻石。在路上，他穿过一片浓密的矮树林时，有一根榛树枝条碰着了他，几乎把他的帽子都要扫下来了，所以他把这根树枝折下来带上了。回到家里时，他给他的继女们想要的东西，然他把榛树的树枝给了他女儿。
"Pearls and jewels," said the other.
第二个叫道：“我要珍珠和钻石。”
"And you, Cinderella," he said, "what do you want?"
他又对自己的女儿说：“孩子，你想要什么？”
One day it happened that the father was going to the fair, and he asked his two stepdaughters what he should bring back for them.
有一次，父亲要到集市去，他问妻子的两个女儿，要他给她们带什么回来。
"Father, break off for me the first twig that brushes against your hat on your way home."
灰姑娘说：“亲爱的爸爸，就把你回家路上碰着你帽子的第一根树枝折给我吧。”
Cinderella went to this tree three times every day, and beneath it she wept and prayed. A white bird came to the tree every time, and whenever she expressed a wish, the bird would throw down to her what she had wished for.
灰姑娘每天三次到坟边哭和祈祷，不久，有一只小鸟来树上筑巢，她与小鸟交谈起来。后来她想要什么，小鸟都会给她带来。
Cinderella thanked him, went to her mother's grave, and planted the branch on it, and she wept so much that her tears fell upon it and watered it. It grew and became a beautiful tree.
灰姑娘感谢他，她拿着树枝来到母亲的坟前，将它栽到了坟边。每次伤心地哭泣时，泪水就会不断地滴落在树枝上，浇灌着它，使树枝很快长成了一棵漂亮的大树。
They called Cinderella, saying, "Comb our hair for us. Brush our shoes and fasten our buckles. We are going to the festival at the king's castle."
她们把她叫来说道：“现在来为我们梳好头发，擦亮鞋子，系好腰带，我们要去参加国王举办的舞会。”
Now it happened that the king proclaimed a festival that was to last three days. All the beautiful young girls in the land were invited, so that his son could select a bride for himself. When the two stepsisters heard that they too had been invited, they were in high spirits.
国王为了给自己的儿子选择未婚妻，准备举办一个为期三天的盛大宴会，邀请了不少年青漂亮的姑娘来参加。王子打算从这些参加舞会的姑娘中选一个作自己的新娘。灰姑娘的两个姐姐也被邀请去参加。
Cinderella obeyed, but wept, because she too would have liked to go to the dance with them. She begged her stepmother to allow her to go.
灰姑娘按她们的要求给她们收拾打扮完毕后，禁不住哭了起来，因为她自己也想去参加舞会。她苦苦哀求她的继母让她去。
"You, Cinderella?" she said. "You, all covered with dust and dirt, and you want to go to the festival?. You have neither clothes nor shoes, and yet you want to dance!"
可继母说道：“哎哟！灰姑娘，你也想去？你穿什么去呀！你连礼服也没有，甚至连鞋子也没有，你想去参加什么舞会啊？”
However, because Cinderella kept asking, the stepmother finally said, "I have scattered a bowl of lentils into the ashes for you. If you can pick them out again in two hours, then you may go with us."
灰姑娘不停地哀求着，为了摆脱她的纠缠，继母最后说道：“我把这一满盆碗豆倒进灰堆里去，如果你在两小时内把它们都拣出来了，你就可以去参加宴会。”
But the stepmother said, "No, Cinderella, you have no clothes, and you don't know how to dance. Everyone would only laugh at you."
但她继母却说道：“不行，不行！你这个邋遢女孩，你没有礼服，不会跳舞，你不能去。”
The girl went through the back door into the garden, and called out, "You tame pigeons, you turtledoves, and all you birds beneath the sky, come and help me to gather: The good ones go into the pot, The bad ones go into your crop."
灰姑娘没办法，只好跑出后门来到花园里喊道：“掠过天空的鸽子和斑鸠，飞来吧！飞到这里来吧！快乐的鸟雀朋友们，飞来吧！快快飞到这里来吧！大伙快来帮我忙，快快拣出灰中的碗豆来吧！”
Two white pigeons came in through the kitchen window, and then the turtledoves, and finally all the birds beneath the sky came whirring and swarming in, and lit around the ashes. The pigeons nodded their heads and began to pick, pick, pick, pick. And the others also began to pick, pick, pick, pick. They gathered all the good grains into the bowl. Hardly one hour had passed before they were finished, and they all flew out again.
先飞来的是从厨房窗子进来的两只白鸽，跟着飞来的是两只斑鸠，接着天空中所有的小鸟都叽叽喳喳地拍动着翅膀，飞到了灰堆上。小白鸽低下头开始在灰堆里拣起来，一颗一颗地拣，不停地拣！其它的鸟儿也开始拣，一颗一颗地拣，不停地拣！它们把所有的好豆子都从灰里拣出来放到了一个盘子里面，只用一个小时就拣完了。她向它们道谢后，鸟雀从窗子里飞走开了。
The girl took the bowl to her stepmother, and was happy, thinking that now she would be allowed to go to the festival with them.
她怀着兴奋的心情，端着盘子去找继母，以为自己可以去参加舞宴了。
Two white pigeons came in through the kitchen window, and then the turtledoves, and finally all the birds beneath the sky came whirring and swarming in, and lit around the ashes. The pigeons nodded their heads and began to pick, pick, pick, pick. And the others also began to pick, pick, pick, pick. They gathered all the good grains into the bowls. Before a half hour had passed they were finished, and they all flew out again.
先飞来的是从厨房窗子进来的两只白鸽，跟着飞来的是两只斑鸠，接着天空中所有的小鸟都叽叽喳喳地拍动着翅膀，飞到了灰堆上。小白鸽低下头开始在灰堆里拣起来，一颗一颗地拣，不停地拣！其它的鸟儿也开始拣，一颗一颗地拣，不停地拣！它们把所有的好豆子都从灰里拣出来放到了盘子里面，这次只用半个小时就拣完了。
Cinderella began to cry, and then the stepmother said, "You may go if you are able to pick two bowls of lentils out of the ashes for me in one hour," thinking to herself, "She will never be able to do that."
灰姑娘又苦苦地哀求她让她去。继母这次说道：“如果你能在一个小时之内把这样的两盘碗豆从灰堆里拣出来，你就可以去了。”她自认为，“灰姑娘不可能完成的。”
The girl went through the back door into the garden, and called out, "You tame pigeons, you turtledoves, and all you birds beneath the sky, come and help me to gather: The good ones go into the pot, The bad ones go into your crop."
但小姑娘又跑到屋后的花园里和前次一样地喊道：“掠过天空的鸽子和斑鸠，飞来吧！飞到这里来吧！快乐的鸟雀朋友们，飞来吧！快快飞到这里来吧！大伙快来帮我忙，快快拣出灰中的碗豆来吧！”
The girl took the bowls to her stepmother, and was happy, thinking that now she would be allowed to go to the festival with them.
灰姑娘端着盘子去找继母，怀着极其兴奋的心情，以为自己可以去参加舞会了。
But the stepmother said, "It's no use. You are not coming with us, for you have no clothes, and you don't know how to dance. We would be ashamed of you." With this she turned her back on Cinderella, and hurried away with her two proud daughters.
但继母却说道：“算了！你别再白费劲了，你是不能去的。你没有礼服，不会跳舞，你只会给我们丢脸。”说完他们夫妻与她自己的两个女儿出发参加宴会去了。
Now that no one else was at home, Cinderella went to her mother's grave beneath the hazel tree, and cried out: Shake and quiver, little tree, Throw gold and silver down to me.
现在，家里的人都走了，只留下灰姑娘孤伶伶地一个人悲伤地坐在榛树下哭泣：“榛树啊！请你帮帮我，请你摇一摇，为我抖落金银礼服一整套。”
Then the bird threw a gold and silver dress down to her, and slippers embroidered with silk and silver. She quickly put on the dress and went to the festival.
她的朋友小鸟从树上飞出来，为她带了一套金银制成的礼服和一双光亮的丝制舞鞋。收拾打扮、穿上礼服之后，灰姑娘在她两个姐妹之后来到了舞厅。
Her stepsisters and her stepmother did not recognize her. They thought she must be a foreign princess, for she looked so beautiful in the golden dress. They never once thought it was Cinderella, for they thought that she was sitting at home in the dirt, looking for lentils in the ashes.
穿上豪华的礼服之后，她看起来是如此高雅、漂亮、美丽动人极了。她们都认不出她，以为她一定是一位陌生的公主，根本就没有想到她就是灰姑娘，她们以为灰姑娘仍老老实实地待在家中的灰堆里呢。
The prince approached her, took her by the hand, and danced with her. Furthermore, he would dance with no one else. He never let go of her hand, and whenever anyone else came and asked her to dance, he would say, "She is my dance partner."
王子看到她，很快向她走来，伸出手挽着她，请她跳起舞来。他再也不和其他姑娘跳舞了，他的手始终不肯放开她。每当有人来请她跳舞时，王子总是说：“这位女士在与我跳舞。”
She danced until evening, and then she wanted to go home. But the prince said, "I will go along and escort you," for he wanted to see to whom the beautiful girl belonged. However, she eluded him and jumped into the pigeon coop. The prince waited until her father came, and then he told him that the unknown girl had jumped into the pigeon coop.
他们一起跳到很晚，她才想起要回家去了。王子想知道这位美丽的姑娘到底住在哪里，所以说道：“我送你回家去吧。”灰姑娘表面上同意了，但却趁他不注意时，悄悄地溜走，拔腿向家里跑去。王子一直等到她父亲来，然后他告诉他那个不认识的女孩跳进了鸽子笼里。
When they got home Cinderella was lying in the ashes, dressed in her dirty clothes. A dim little oil-lamp was burning in the fireplace. Cinderella had quickly jumped down from the back of the pigeon coop and had run to the hazel tree. There she had taken off her beautiful clothes and laid them on the grave, and the bird had taken them away again. Then, dressed in her gray smock, she had returned to the ashes in the kitchen.
当她们回到家时，灰姑娘已经身穿邋遢的衣服躺在灰堆边上了，就像她一直躺在那儿似地，昏暗的小油灯在烟囱柱上的墙洞里摇晃着。实际上，灰姑娘刚才很快穿过鸽子房来到榛树前脱下了漂亮的礼服，将它们放回树上，让小鸟把它们带走，自己则回到屋里坐到了灰堆上，穿上了她那灰色的外套。
The old man thought, "Could it be Cinderella?"
父亲想：“可能是灰姑娘吗？”
He had them bring him an ax and a pick so that he could break the pigeon coop apart, but no one was inside.
他让人带上斧头和铁锹，当他们砸开鸽子房门时，里面却已空无一人。
The next day when the festival began anew, and her parents and her stepsisters had gone again, Cinderella went to the hazel tree and said: Shake and quiver, little tree, Throw gold and silver down to me.
第二天，当舞会又要开始时，她的爸爸、继母和两个姐妹都去了。灰姑娘来到树下说：“榛树啊！请你帮帮我，请你摇一摇，为我抖落金银礼服一整套。”
Then the bird threw down an even more magnificent dress than on the preceding day. When Cinderella appeared at the festival in this dress, everyone was astonished at her beauty. The prince had waited until she came, then immediately took her by the hand, and danced only with her. When others came and asked her to dance with them, he said, "She is my dance partner."
那只小鸟来了，它带来了一套比她前一天穿的那套更加漂亮的礼服。当她来到舞会大厅时，她的美丽使所有的人惊讶不已。一直在等待她到来的王子立即上前挽着她的手，请她跳起舞来。每当有人要请她跳舞时，他总是和前一天一样说：“这位女士在与我跳舞。”
When evening came she wanted to leave, and the prince followed her, wanting to see into which house she went. But she ran away from him and into the garden behind the house. A beautiful tall tree stood there, on which hung the most magnificent pears. She climbed as nimbly as a squirrel into the branches, and the prince did not know where she had gone. He waited until her father came, then said to him, "The unknown girl has eluded me, and I believe she has climbed up the pear tree.
到了半夜她要回家去的时候，王子也和前一天一样跟着她，以为这样可以看到她进了哪一幢房子。但她还是甩掉了他，并立即跳进了她父亲房子后面的花园里。花园里有一棵很漂亮的大梨树，树上结满了成熟的梨。灰姑娘不知道自己该藏在什么地方，只好爬到了树上。王子不知道她去哪儿了，只好又一直等到她父亲回来，才走上前对他说：“那个与我跳舞的不知姓名的姑娘溜走了，我认为她肯定是跳上梨树去了。”
The father thought, "Could it be Cinderella?"
父亲暗想：“难道是灰姑娘吗？”
He had an ax brought to him and cut down the tree, but no one was in it.
于是他叫人去拿来一柄斧子，把树砍倒了一看，树上根本没有人。
When they came to the kitchen, Cinderella was lying there in the ashes as usual, for she had jumped down from the other side of the tree, had taken the beautiful dress back to the bird in the hazel tree, and had put on her gray smock.
当父亲和继母她们到厨房来看时，灰姑娘和平时一样正躺在灰烬里。原来她跳上梨树后，又从树的另一边溜下来，脱下漂亮的礼服，让榛树上的小鸟带了回去，然后又穿上了她自己的灰色小外套。
On the third day, when her parents and sisters had gone away, Cinderella went again to her mother's grave and said to the tree: Shake and quiver, little tree, Throw gold and silver down to me.
第三天，当她父亲、继母和两个姐妹走了以后，她又来到花园里说道：“榛树啊！请你帮帮我，请你摇一摇，为我抖落金银礼服一整套。”
The next morning, he went with it to the man, and said to him, "No one shall be my wife except for the one whose foot fits this golden shoe."
第二天来到他的国王父亲面前说：“我要娶正好能穿上这只金舞鞋的姑娘作我的妻子。”
This time the bird threw down to her a dress that was more splendid and magnificent than any she had yet had, and the slippers were of pure gold. When she arrived at the festival in this dress, everyone was so astonished that they did not know what to say. The prince danced only with her, and whenever anyone else asked her to dance, he would say, "She is my dance partner."
她善良的朋友又带来了一套比第二天那套更加漂亮的礼服和一双纯金编制的舞鞋。当她赶到舞会现场时，大家都被她那无法用语言表达的美给惊呆了。王子只与她一个人跳舞，每当有其他人请她跳舞时，他总是说：“这位女士是我的舞伴。”
The prince, however, had set a trap. He had had the entire stairway smeared with pitch. When she ran down the stairs, her left slipper stuck in the pitch. The prince picked it up. It was small and dainty, and of pure gold.
然而王子，设了一个陷阱。他把整个楼梯上都涂满了沥青。当她跑下楼梯，她的一只鞋沾在沥青上。王子把它捡了起来。这是小而精致，和纯黄金。
The two sisters were happy to hear this, for they had pretty feet. With her mother standing by, the older one took the shoe into her bedroom to try it on. She could not get her big toe into it, for the shoe was too small for her. Then her mother gave her a knife and said, "Cut off your toe. When you are queen you will no longer have to go on foot."
两姐妹听到这个消息后非常高兴，因为他们有漂亮的脚。她妈妈站在旁边，大女儿把鞋拿进入她的卧室试试。她的大脚趾穿不进去，鞋子对她来说太小了。她妈妈给了她一把刀说：“砍掉你的脚趾。只要你当上了王后，你将不再需要去步行。”
When evening came Cinderella wanted to leave, and the prince tried to escort her, but she ran away from him so quickly that he could not follow her.
当午夜快要来临时，灰姑娘要回家了，王子试图护送她，但她很快就从他身边跑开了，以至于他跟不上她。
The girl cut off her toe, forced her foot into the shoe, swallowed the pain, and went out to the prince. He took her on his horse as his bride and rode away with her.
大女儿听了，觉得有道理，这傻姑娘忍着痛苦切掉了自己的大脚趾，勉强穿在脚上来到王子面。王子看她穿好了鞋子，就把她当成了新娘，与她并排骑在马上，把她带走了。
However, they had to ride past the grave, and there, on the hazel tree, sat the two pigeons, crying out: Rook di goo, rook di goo! There's blood in the shoe. The shoe is too tight, This bride is not right!
但在他们出门回王宫的路上，经过后花园灰姑娘栽的那棵榛树时，停在树枝上的一只小鸽子唱道：“再回去！再回去！快看那只鞋！鞋太小，不是为她做的！王子！王子！再找你的新娘吧，坐在你身边的不是你的新娘！”
Then her mother gave her a knife, and said, "Cut a piece off your heel. When you are queen you will no longer have to go on foot."
然后母亲给了她一把刀，说：“把你的脚后跟切一块。”只要你当上了王后，你将不再需要去步行。”
The girl cut a piece off her heel, forced her foot into the shoe, swallowed the pain, and went out to the prince. He took her on his horse as his bride and rode away with her. When they passed the hazel tree, the two pigeons were sitting in it, and they cried out: Rook di goo, rook di goo! There's blood in the shoe. The shoe is too tight, This bride is not right!
女孩从脚后跟上切下一块，把脚插进鞋子里，咽下疼痛，然后走到王子面前。他把她当做新娘扶上马，带着她骑马走了。他们经过榛树时，小鸽子坐在里面，他们喊着：车车嘀咕迪咕！鞋里有血。鞋太紧了，这个新娘是不正确的！
Then he looked at her foot and saw how the blood was running from it. He turned his horse around and took the false bride home again, saying that she was not the right one, and that the other sister should try on the shoe. She went into her bedroom, and got her toes into the shoe all right, but her heel was too large.
王子听见后，下马盯着她的脚看，发现鲜血正从鞋子里流出来，他知道自己被欺骗了，马上掉转马头，把假新娘带回她的家里说道：“这不是真新娘，让另一个妹妹来试试这只鞋子吧。”于是妹妹试着把鞋穿在脚上，脚前面进去了，可脚后跟太大了，就是穿不进去。
"This is not the right one, either," he said. "Don't you have another daughter?"
“这不是真新娘，或者，“他说。”你不是还有个女儿吗？”
"No," said the man. "There is only a deformed little Cinderella from my first wife, but she cannot possibly be the bride."
父亲回答说：“没有了，只有我前妻生的一个叫灰姑娘的小邋遢女儿，她不可能是新娘的。”
The prince told him to send her to him, but the mother answered, "Oh, no, she is much too dirty. She cannot be seen."
王子叫他把她带过来，但母亲回答说：“哦，不，她太脏了。看不见她。”
He looked down at her foot and saw how the blood was running out of her shoe, and how it had stained her white stocking all red. Then he turned his horse around and took the false bride home again.
王子低头一看，发现血正从舞鞋里流出来，连她的白色长袜也浸红了，他拨转马头，同样把她送了回去。
When she stood up the prince looked into her face, and he recognized the beautiful girl who had danced with him. He cried out, "She is my true bride."
当她站起来后，王子走上前仔细看清楚她的脸后，认出了她，马上兴奋的说道：“这才是我真正的新娘。”
The stepmother and the two sisters were horrified and turned pale with anger. The prince, however, took Cinderella onto his horse and rode away with her. As they passed by the hazel tree, the two white doves cried out: Rook di goo, rook di goo! No blood's in the shoe. The shoe's not too tight, This bride is right!!
继母和两姐妹吓得脸色发白，气得脸色发白。王子把灰姑娘带到马背上，和她一起骑马走了。当他们经过榛树，两个白色的鸽子喊道：车嘀咕，咕车迪！鞋子里没有血。鞋不能太紧，这新娘是正确的！！
But the prince insisted on it, and they had to call Cinderella. She first washed her hands and face clean, and then went and bowed down before the prince, who gave her the golden shoe. She sat down on a stool, pulled her foot out of the heavy wooden shoe, and put it into the slipper, and it fitted her perfectly.
然而，王子一定要他把她带来试一试。灰姑娘先把脸和手洗干净，然后走进来很有教养地向王子屈膝行礼。王子把舞鞋拿给她穿，鞋子穿在她脚上就像是专门为她做的一样。
When the wedding with the prince was to be held, the two false sisters came, wanting to gain favor with Cinderella and to share her good fortune. When the bridal couple walked into the church, the older sister walked on their right side and the younger on their left side, and the pigeons pecked out one eye from each of them. Afterwards, as they came out of the church, the older one was on the left side, and the younger one on the right side, and then the pigeons pecked out the other eye from each of them. And thus, for their wickedness and falsehood, they were punished with blindness as long as they lived.
当和王子举行婚礼时，两个假姐妹来了，想得到灰姑娘的欢心，分享她的好运。当新娘夫妇走进教堂时，姐姐走在右边，年轻的在左边，鸽子从她们每个人的眼睛里啄出一只眼睛。后来，当她们从教堂出来的时候，年长的一个在左边，年轻的在右边，然后鸽子从另一只眼睛中啄出另一只眼睛。因此，由于他们的邪恶和谎言，她们被惩罚失明。
After they had cried this out, they both flew down and lit on Cinderella's shoulders, one on the right, the other on the left, and remained sitting there.
他们喊完后，都飞下来，站在灰姑娘的肩膀，一个在右边，另一个在左边，一直坐在那里。