小学英语童话故事丛林中的守财奴Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、However, this time the servant said, Master, I have served you honestly for three years. Be so good as to give me what by rights I have coming to me. I would like to be on my way and see something else of the world.Yes, my good servant, answered the old miser, you have served me without complaint, a

2、nd you shall be kindly rewarded.With this he put his hand into his pocket, then counted out three hellers one at a time, saying, There, you have a heller for each year. That is a large and generous reward. Only a few masters would pay you this much.The good servant, who understood little about money

3、, put his wealth into his pocket, and thought, Ah, now that I have a full purse, why should I worry and continue to plague myself with hard work?So he set forth, uphill and down, singing and jumping for joy.Now it came to pass that as he was passing by a thicket a little dwarf stepped out, and calle

4、d to him, Where are you headed, Brother Merry? You dont seem to be burdened down with cares.Why should I be sad? answered the servant. I have everything I need. Three years wages are jingling in my pocket.How much is your treasure? the dwarf asked him.How much? Three hellers in real money, precisely

5、 counted.Listen, said the dwarf, I am a poor and needy man. Give me your three hellers. I can no longer work, but you are young and can easily earn your bread.Now because the servant had a good heart and felt pity for the dwarf, he gave him his three hellers, saying, In Gods name, I wont miss them.T

6、hen the dwarf said, Because I see that you have a good heart I will grant you three wishes, one for each heller. They shall all be fulfilled.Aha, said the servant. You are a miracle worker. Well, then, if it is to be so, first of all I wish for a blowpipe that will hit everything I aim at; second, f

7、or a fiddle, that when I play it, anyone who hears it will have to dance; and third, that whenever I ask a favor of anyone, it will be granted.You shall have all that, said the dwarf. He reached into the bush, and what do you think, there lay a fiddle and a blowpipe, all ready, just as if they had b

8、een ordered. He gave them to the servant, saying, No one will ever be able to deny any request that you might make.What more could my heart desire? said the servant to himself, and went merrily on his way.Soon afterward he met a Jew with a long goatee, who was standing listening to a bird singing hi

9、gh up in the top of a tree.One of Gods own miracles, he shouted, that such a small creature should have such a fearfully loud voice. If only it were mine! If only someone would sprinkle some salt on its tail!If that is all you want, said the servant, then the bird shall soon be down here. He took ai

10、m, hit it precisely, and the bird fell down into a thorn hedge.Rogue, he said to the Jew, Go and fetch the bird out for yourself.My goodness, said the Jew, dont call me a rogue, sir, but I will be the dog and get the bird out for myself. After all, youre the one who shot it.Then he lay down on the g

11、round and began crawling into the thicket. When he was in the middle of the thorns, the good servant could not resist the temptation to pick up his fiddle and begin to play.The Jews legs immediately began to move, and he jumped up. The more the servant fiddled the better went the dance. However, the

12、 thorns ripped apart the Jews shabby coat, combed his beard, and pricked and pinched him all over his body. cried the Jew, what do I want with your fiddling? Stop playing, sir. I dont want to dance.But the servant did not listen to him, and thought, You have fleeced people often enough, and now the

13、thorn hedge shall do the same to you. He began to play all over again, so that the Jew had to jump even higher, leaving scraps from his coat hanging on the thorns.Oh, woe is me! cried the Jew. I will give the gentleman anything he asks, if only he quits fiddling, even a purse filled with gold.If you are