双语故事：真正的新娘The Genuine Bride

真正的新娘

Once upon a time, there was a nice young girl. Her mother died and the stepmother was not kind to her and makes the girl work all the day.

One day, the stepmother made the girl peel the velvet cleanly. If not, she would hit her. The pitiful girl sat down to peel the velvet and cried. She knew that she could not do it all. Suddenly, an old woman walked in and said: “girl, do not be worried, let me help you. You have a rest.” So the girl lay down and fell asleep. The old woman finished the job. Then the girl woke up and could not find the woman.

At night, her stepmother came back. When she saw the girl had finished the task. She was surprised and thought: I will give her a more difficult task tomorrow. The morning at the next day, the stepmother let her bail the water up from a big pond with a strainer. The girl bailed water with tears. Just then, that kind woman appeared again. She touched the water tenderly with her hand. The water like the fog, rising up into the sky. The stepmother was angry because the girl had done as she ordered.

The morning of the next day, the stepmother say: “You build a nice palace for me. You must finish it before it is dark. After saying this, she drove the girl out of the house. When the girl was depressed, the old woman came again. She just touched the rock, and the rock began to move. In a while, the palace stood erect like a basilica. At night, the stepmother came and saw the palace. She opened the cellar door, and went down the ladder and crushed the stepmother to death.

Then, the palace belonged to the girl. She felt satisfied with it. Before long, more people knew of the girl’s beauty and fortune. A lot of people proposed to her each day. One prince also wooed her. They felt in love and got engaged. Once day the price said to her: “I want to go back and ask my father to permit us to be married. Please wait here. I will be back after a few hours.”

The girl waited for three days and three nights, but he didn’t come back. She searched for her fiancé everywhere but nobody knew where he was. Finally, she came to a farm to be a shepherdess. But she still missed her fiancé.

After some years, everyone heard that the prince was getting married. One day, when she was watching the sheep, the groom just passed by her. She recognized him and felt a stab a pain in her heart. But the prince only looked at her and walked away. He did not know her. So she felt sadder. Soon a greater banquet was being held in the palace. All the people were invited. The girl put on the skirt and dressed herself up and went to the palace. Everyone was enchanted by her beauty. But nobody knew her. The price invited her to dance and he was so charmed by her that he forgot the bride. He said, “Please tell me! Who are you? I think that I have known you. ” “Don’t you remember me?” She answered. “Don’t you remember the solemn pledge of love?” For a moment, the prince staggered back and recognized the real bride. They walked out of the basilica and went to the nice palace by carriage. All the people were waiting there. The priest was preparing to hold a wedding for the bride and groom. The prince had run away to marry his real genuine bride.