适合年龄
6岁左右
绘本节选
ONCE upon a time there lived a man and his wife who were very unhappy because they had no children. These good people had a little window at the back of their house, which looked into the most lovely garden, full of all manner of beautiful flowers and vegetables; but the garden was surrounded by a high wall,1 and no one dared to enter it, for it belonged to a witch2 of great power, who was feared by the whole world.
从前，有一个男人和他的妻子非常不幸福，因为他们没有孩子。这些好人在他们的房子后面有一个小窗户，可以看到最可爱的花园，里面种满了各种各样美丽的花和蔬菜;但是花园被一堵高墙包围着，没有人敢进去，因为它属于一个拥有强大力量的巫师，全世界都害怕他。
One day the woman stood at the window3 overlooking the garden, and saw there a bed full of the finest rampion:4 the leaves looked so fresh and green that she longed to eat them.5 The desire grew day by day, and just because she knew she couldn't possibly get any, she pined away and became quite pale and wretched. Then her husband grew alarmed and said:
"What ails you, dear wife?"
"Oh," she answered, "if I don't get some rampion to eat out of the garden behind the house, I know I shall die.
一天，这个女人站在窗前眺望花园，看见那里有一张摆满了最好的莴苣的床。这些叶子看起来如此新鲜和翠绿，她渴望吃它们。这种渴望与日俱增，就因为她知道自己不可能得到任何叶子，她日渐憔悴，变得十分苍白和可怜。然后她的丈夫变得警觉起来，说道:
“亲爱的妻子，你怎么了?”
“哦，”她回答说，“如果我不从房子后面的花园里弄点吃的，我知道我会死的。
