The Dream God

Words: Joe

Translator: 范朝颖

Art: 灵绘童工作室

Ole Luk-Oie was the Dream God who knew many stories. He loved giving stories to children while they slept. He did this with two umbrellas. One umbrella had lots of beautiful pictures, and it gave the good children lots of beautiful dreams. The other umbrella had no picture, and this was used for the naughty children. It gave them no dreams at all.

梦神奥列·路却埃知道很多故事，他喜欢趁着孩子们睡觉时给他们讲故事。他有两把伞，一把伞上绘着无数美丽的图画，能给那些好孩子送去许多美梦；另一把伞上却什么也没有，这是给淘气的孩子准备的，它不会给这些孩子送去任何美梦！

Ole Luk-Oie gave seven stories to a boy named Hjalmar for seven nights a week.

On Monday, Ole Luk-Oie made Hjalmar’s room look like a greenhouse with lots of plants and colourful flowers. He also trained the letters in Hjalmar’s exercise book to stand neatly.

The next morning, Hjalmar rewrote the letters in his exercise book carefully.

在一周的七个夜晚里，奥列·路却埃给一个叫哈尔马的男孩讲了七个故事。

周一，奥列·路却埃把哈尔马的房间变得像花房一样，里面长满了植物和五颜六色的花儿。他还训练哈尔马练习本上的那些字母，让它们排列整齐。于是在第二天早晨，哈尔马把练习本上的字母认认真真地重写了一遍。

On Tuesday, Ole Luk-Oie made a picture on Hjalmar’s wall come to life! It was a boat sailing on the ocean, and Hjalmar sailed it all night!

哈尔马房间的墙上有一幅画，周二，奥列·路却埃让这幅画有了生命。画里有一艘正在大海中航行的船，哈尔马驾驶着这艘船，航行了一整夜。

On Wednesday, it was raining outside. Ole Luk-Oie and Hjalmar sailed all around the town in their boat. They met a flock of ducks and saved some chickens.

周三是个雨天，奥列·路却埃和哈尔马驾驶着船在镇上四处航行。他们遇见了一群鸭子，还救起了几只鸡。

On Thursday, they went to a mouse’s wedding! Hjalmar dressed up as a tin soldier. They danced with beautiful lady mice and ate lots of peas.

周四，他们去参加一只老鼠的婚礼！哈尔马把自己打扮成锡兵的样子。他们和漂亮的老鼠小姐们跳舞，还吃了很多豌豆。

On Friday, they went to another wedding. This was the wedding of the dolls of Hjalmar’s sister. All the furniture came along! They sang merry tunes and were all so happy.

周五，他们去参加另一场婚礼，这是哈尔马妹妹的布娃娃的婚礼，家具们也都来了！他们唱着欢快的歌，度过了快乐的时光。

On Saturday, Ole Luk-Oie opened his umbrella with pictures over Hjalmar. The umbrella looked like a beautiful China bowl,and Hjalmar saw willow trees and an arch bridge on it.

周六，奥列·路却埃把绘着很多图画的那把伞在哈尔马的头顶上撑开，展开的伞看起来像是一个漂亮的中国大碗，哈尔马还能看到伞上面的垂柳和拱桥。

Ole Luk-Oie also said that they had to make all the world clean, as the next day would be Sunday, which is a holiday! So they took down stars from the sky and cleaned them.

奥列·路却埃还说，明天就是星期日，是休假的日子，所以他们得把整个世界打扫干净。于是他们把天上的星星摘下来，清洗了一遍。

On Sunday, Ole Luk-Oie told Hjalmar about his brother—the Death God. He only came to everyone once, and he told you the most beautiful story, or one of great terror, depending on how you lived.

周日，奥列·路却埃给哈尔马讲了他哥哥“死神”的故事。死神只会到每个人这里来一次，他会讲两个故事—最美丽动人的故事和最恐怖的故事。至于到底讲哪个故事，就要看你怎样度过自己的一生啦。

Ole Luk-Oie said to Hjalmar, “If you are good,you will have a beautiful story. If you are bad,there will be a lot to fear.” Then Ole Luk-Oie went away. Before he left, he told Hjalmar that he would always lead a good life.

奥列·路却埃对哈尔马说：“如果你一生良善，就会听到一个美丽的故事；如果你坏事做尽，就会迎来无尽的恐惧。”奥列·路却埃说完便离开了。在离开前，他告诉哈尔马，哈尔马的一生都会是美好幸福的。

改编自《安徒生童话》。