Believing Is Just the Beginning 只有相信，才有可能

孙茜

“If you can see the magic in a fairytale， you can face the future.” —Danielle Steel

Who have not read fairytales？ We all have had the experience of reveling[1] in the beauty and innocence of fairytales. May it be Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty...

谁没有读过童话呢？我们都曾陶醉在童话世界的美丽与纯真之中。也许是《灰姑娘》，抑或是《睡美人》……

The most famous authors of fairytales are the Grimm Brothers whose works include Cinderella， Rapunzel， Sleeping Beauty， Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs and many more； Hans Christian Anderson who wrote Thumbelina， The Ugly Duckling， The Little Mermaid to mention only a few， and Charles Perrault who wrote Puss-in-Boots， Little Red Riding Hood， Bluebeard and so on.

最著名的童话作家要数格林兄弟了，他们的作品包括《灰姑娘》、《长发公主》、《睡美人》、《白雪公主和七个小矮人》等等；安徒生创作了《拇指姑娘》、《丑小鸭》、《小美人鱼》，这些仅仅是他作品的一小部分；查尔斯·佩罗写了《穿靴子的猫》、《小红帽》、《蓝胡子》等等。

The characters and themes of fairytales are simple and similar： innocent princesses and brave princes， ogres， giants， wicked[2] stepmothers， fairy godmothers， talking animals， glass

mountains， witches， castles， meadows and the like. The tale goes into an unreal world and in this never-never land humble heroes kill adversaries， succeed to kingdoms and marry the ever-beautiful princesses. W.H. Auden said “The way to read a fairytale is to throw yourself in.” So whenever you read a fairytale， imagine you are the hero / heroine and try to invoke[3] the feel of the

dramatized series of happenings， and you will be carried to a mystical land where everything will be as you want.

不同童话中的人物和主题简单而相似。单纯的公主、英勇的王子、怪物、巨人、邪恶的继母、仙女、会说话的动物们、玻璃山、女巫、城堡、牧场等等。故事通常发生在虚幻的世界中，在这里，出身卑微的英雄总是能打败敌手，继承王国并迎娶最美丽的公主。W.H. 奥登曾说：“阅读童话就是要置身其中。”所以，每当你阅读童话时，请想象着自己就是主人公，并试着在这戏剧化的事件中调动自己的情绪，你将踏入一片神秘的土地，在这里，你想要的都会发生。

G. K. Chesterton said， “Fairytales do not tell children the dragons exist； they tell the dragons can be killed.” This quote has great weight[4]. Every child believes in fairies， dragons， etc.

They do not need fairytales to tell them that. Instead fairytales tell that good always succeed over evil. So fairytales are necessary for young minds.

G.K 切斯特顿曾说：“童话并不是想告诉孩子们恶龙的存在，而是想告诉他们恶龙是可以被消灭的。”这句话很有分量。每一个孩子都相信精灵、恶龙等等的东西。他们不需要童话来告诉他们这些东西的存在。相反，童话是用来告诉他们正义终能战胜邪恶。因此童话是孩子们的必需品。

Friends， as we grow up we cease to believe in these fantasy-based characters. But as we read the famous stories like Pandora and The Hope Fairy， we know there are loads of[5] evil and deceit in this world but there also lives a fairy called Hope， because of whom we are able to survive these anxieties of life.

朋友们，虽然我们长大后便不再相信这些虚幻的人物，但是当我们读到《潘多拉》和《希望精灵》这些著名的故事时，我们知道了世界上有很多的罪恶和欺骗，可是这里也住着一个精灵名叫“希望”，正是因为它，我们才得以在焦虑的生活中幸存。

Fairytales are narrated to children when they are young. This is very essential[6] indeed， for

if in the beginning of our lives our minds are touched by the beauty， innocence and the morals in these tales， we will be able to trace the optimistic[7] side of happenings. The fairies are like our

wildest dreams， which seem unreachable but we can make them plausible. Friends， in life， sometimes， believing in fairies can lead to great happiness.

童话通常被讲给年幼的孩子听，这确实是非常必要的事情。因为如果在生命的伊始可以接触到童话中的美好、纯真与美德，我们就可以在将来所要面临的事情中寻找它的阳光面。童话就像我们的狂热的梦想，看上去是那么地遥不可及，但我们却可以让它成为可能。朋友们，有时，在生活中相信童话会给你带来无尽的喜悦。

I dont know about you， but I do believe in fairies... and who knows， I may someday meet one because， after all， believing is just the beginning！

我不知道你们怎么想，可我是相信童话的……谁知道呢，也许哪天童话就在我身上发生了。毕竟，只有相信，才有可能。

[1] revel v. 陶醉

[2] wicked v. 邪恶的

[3] invoke v. 调用；唤起

[4] weight v. 重量

[5] loads of 大量；许多

[6] essential adj. 必要的

[7] optimistic adj. 乐观的