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格林童话 谜语 第8节|英语名著

Next morning, the King's daughter announced that she had guessed the riddle, and sent for the twelve judges and expounded it before them. But the youth begged for a hearing, and said, "She stole into my room in the night and questioned me, otherwise she could not have discovered it." The judges said, "Bring us a proof of this." Then were the three mantles brought thither by the servant, and when the judges saw the misty-grey one which the King's daughter usually wore, they said, "Let the mantle be embroidered with gold and silver, and then it will be your wedding-mantle.

第二天早晨,公主宣布说自己已经猜出了谜语,并且派人叫来十二个法官,当着他们的面说出了谜底。 然而王子请求大家听他说几句。 他说:"她在夜里偷偷溜进我的房间,从我这里问出了答案,否则她是不会知道谜底的。"法官们问:"拿出证据来。"王子的仆人拿来了三条斗篷,法官们看到那条雾一般的斗篷正是公主常常披在身上的,便齐声说:"给这件斗篷绣上金丝银线,它将成为你们的结婚礼服。"
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