The Pied Piper 花衣吹笛人

昕慧供稿

難度指数：★★★★☆

故事导读：

很久很久以前，德国的哈梅林小镇出现了很多老鼠。这些老鼠非常猖狂，让人们无法正常地生活，于是大家都要求市长想办法恢复往日的平静。正当市长为难时，一个穿着花衣服的吹笛人说他能消灭小镇上的老鼠，但要收一笔酬劳。事情会如此顺利地发展下去吗？让我们一起来看看吧！

Long， long ago， but not so far away， there was a town called Hamelin.

The people of Hamelin were angry because there were rats in the streets andthere were rats in the houses.

There were rats all over the town.

So the people went to see the mayor.

"We want you to do something and w. e want you to do it now，" they said.

"The rats have got to go or you will h aye to ，go."

"Oh no，" said the mayor. "Who can help us？"

Just then a man walked to th e mayor.

"I can help you ，" he said. "I can mak e the rats go away.

The man was very tall.

He had a yellow and red coat， a yellow and red hat， and a yellow and red scarf.

In his hand the re was a pipe.

"But how can you make the rats go away？" asked the mayor.

"When I play ru y pipe， all the rats will run after rue，" said th e ruan.

"I will make them jump into the river and then they will be gone for good."

"But I will only play m y pipe if you give me some money，" said the-man.

"Oh， we will give youlots of money，" said themayor. "Just get the ratsout of our town."

So the man went outinto the street.

He blew on his pipeand he looked very happywhen he played and playedand played.

Next the rats came running and jumping out of the houses.

There were big rats， little rats， brown rats and black rats.

There were rats all over the street.

The piper danced down to the river playing his pipe， and the rats went withhim.

When the piper jumped into a boat， the rats jumped into the water.

But the rats could not swim.

The people of' Haru elin were verv

happy because the rats had gone.

So the piper asked for his m oney，but the mayor and his people just laughedat the pip. er.

"We have no money for you，" theysaid.

Then the pipe r was very angry.

He r'an out into the street an d blewon his pipe again.

All the children of Harrielin couldhear the piper playing and they came outof their houses. laughing and dancing.

The piper danced out of the townand climbed up into the mountains.

The children climbed into themountains， too.

The people of Haruelin calledout and tried to stop theru but thechildren could only hear the piper.

The piper and thechildren danced off intothe ruountain. into amagic land.

There was just onelittle boy who could notwalk as fast as hisfriends.

When he got to thetop of the mountain， allhis friends had gone.

So the little boywent back to Hamelinand said， "My friendshave gone to a magic land where they candance and play all day."

"Oh no！" said the ruayor. "We ruust findthe piper and give him his ruoney. It' s theonly way to get our children back."

The people of Hamelin looked here andthere for the piper. But they couldn ' t find thepiper and they couldn' t find their children.The people were very sad.

But the children

were very happy in themagic land.

They danced andplayed all day as thepiper played his pipe.

中文大意

很久很久以前，在离这儿不远的地方，有一个叫哈梅林的小镇。

小镇里的居民很生气。因为街上有老鼠，房子里有老鼠。小镇到处都有老鼠。

于是，人们去找镇长。“我们希望您能尽快想办法解决鼠患问题。”他们说，“要么让老鼠离开，要么您离开。”“哦，不！”镇长说，“谁能帮助我们？”

就在这时，一个男子走到镇长面前。“我能帮助你们。”他说，“我能让老鼠离开。”这个男子非常高。他身穿一件红黄相间的外套，头戴一顶红黄相间的帽子，脖子上还有一条红黄相间的围巾。他手中握着一根笛子。

“你怎么让老鼠离开呢？”镇长问。“当我吹响我的笛子，所有的老鼠都会跟着我跑。”那个男子说。“我会让它们跳进河里，这样鼠患问题就解决了。”

“但只有您給我钱，我才会吹响我的笛子。”那个男子说。“好！我们会给你很多钱。”镇长说，“只要你能将老鼠赶出小镇。”

那个男子走到大街上。他吹响了笛子。他不停地吹呀吹，看起来非常高兴。接着，老鼠们都跑着跳着，从房子里出来了，有大老鼠、小老鼠、棕色老鼠和黑色老鼠。

满街上都是老鼠。他边吹着笛子边跳舞，最后来到河边，老鼠们全都跟着他。吹笛人跳上一条船，老鼠们也都跟着跳进水里。但老鼠们不会游泳。

没有了老鼠，哈梅林的人们都非常高兴。于是吹笛人索要他应得的酬劳，但是镇长和人们都嘲笑他。“我们没有钱给你。”他们说。

吹笛人非常生气。他又走到大街上，重新吹响了他的笛子。

哈梅林所有的孩子都听到了笛声，他们笑着、跳着，从房子里出来了。

吹笛人跳着舞，走出了小镇，爬上了高山。孩子们也跟着爬上了高山。

哈梅林的人们叫喊着，想阻止他们，但孩子们只听得见笛声。吹笛人和孩子们跳下山崖，进入到一个神奇的地方。

只有一个小男孩走得没有他的朋友们快。当他到达山顶的时候，他的朋友们都不见了。于是，这个小男孩回到了哈梅林镇。他说：“我的朋友们都去了一个神奇的地方，在那里他们能整天跳舞和玩耍。”

“哦，不！”镇长说，“我们必须找到那个吹笛人，并给他应得的酬劳，这是让我们的孩子回来的唯一办法。”

哈梅林的人们到处寻找那个吹笛人，但他们没有找到，也没有找到他们的孩子，人们都非常伤心。

但孩子们在那个神奇的地方却非常开心，吹笛人整天吹着笛子，孩子们跟着笛声跳舞、玩耍。

（昕 慧/供稿）

Words：

far awav遥远的

rat老鼠

town城镇

mavor市长

have got to必须，不得不（相当于have to，后跟动词原形）

scarf围巾

pipe笛子;piper吹笛子的人

run after…跟在……后面跑

be gone走了，不见了，消失了

for good永远地

hlow吹（过去式：blew）

climb爬

mountam山

call out大声叫喊

maglc神奇的，有魔力的

land土地，陆地，国土

as…as…与……一样

gone去，走（go的过去分词）

mouse与rat：通常以大小来区分二者，rat比mouse要大.，另一个重要差别存在于文化（Culcure）中。西方往往将rat与负面意义联系在一起。mouse则经常被看做是好玩的、可爱的宠物（ pet），例如经典卡通形象米老鼠就叫Mickey Mouse。