湖北省潜江市园林高中 倪达虎编译

Once upon a time,there was a fisherman who lived with his wife in a small house by the sea,and every day he went out fishing.One day,his line suddenly went down,far down below,and when he drew it up,he brought out a large flounder.从前，有个渔夫，他和妻子住在海边的一间小渔舍里。渔夫每天都去钓鱼。有一天，忽然钓钩猛地往下沉，沉得好深。他把钓钩拉上来，发现了一条很大的比目鱼。

And the flounder told him that he was a prince cast by magic and asked to be put back to water.“Oh,I certainly will not keep a flounder that can speak,”said the fisherman.Then,he put it back to the water and went home.比目鱼对他说：“我是一位中了魔法的王子，请把我放回水里。”“哎，”渔夫说，“一条会说话的比目鱼，我怎么会强留它呢？”说着，他把比目鱼放回水里就回家了。

“Haven’t you got anything?”asked his wife.“Yes”,he answered,“I got a flounder,but he said he was a prince cast by magic,so I set him free.”他妻子问道，“今天你什么也没钓到吗？”“钓到了，”他回答说，“我钓到了一条比目鱼，可他说他是一位中了魔法的王子，我就把他放了。”

“You should have wished for a beautiful villa.He would satisfy us.”said the wife.He did not want to make his wife angry.So he went to the sea,though he was not willing to.妻子说，“你该提希望得到一座漂亮小别墅的愿望呀。他会满足咱们的愿望的。”渔夫不太愿意去，可又不想惹他妻子生气，于是，就去了海边。

Standing on the seashore,the fisherman said,“Flounder,I set you free without any requirements,and my wife won’t forgive me.She wants a small villa.”渔夫站在海岸上说“：比目鱼啊，我没有提要求就放了你，我老婆对此不依不饶。她想要一幢小别墅。”

“Go home,”said the flounder,“She already had a villa.”The fisherman went home and found a villa standing there instead of the small house.“回去吧，”比目鱼说，“她已经有一幢小别墅啦。”渔夫回到家，看到以前的小渔舍不见了，原地上已矗立起一幢小别墅。

They lived one or two weeks in the villa.One day,the wife suddenly said,“Listen!This villa is too small.I want to live in a stone palace.Go to find the flounder and have him give us a palace.”他们在小别墅里生活了一两个星期。有一天，妻子突然说“：听着！这房子太小了。我要住在一座石头建造的大宫殿里。快去找比目鱼，叫他送咱们一座宫殿。”

“No,”said the husband,“He has just given us a villa.He would be unhappy if I ask him again.”The wife said,“Go ahead！He is able and ready to help us.”The fisherman left with a heavy heart.“不行啊，老婆，”丈夫说，“比目鱼刚刚送给咱们一幢别墅，我再去找他，他会不高兴的。”妻子大声说“：快去吧！他做得到，也会乐意这么做的。”渔夫心情沉重地离开了。

When he came to the sea,the water was muddy but still very calm.He told the flounder his wife wanted to live in a stone palace.The flounder said,“Go home！She is now at the palace gate.”他来到海边时，海水已变得混浊不清，不过仍然很平静。渔夫告诉比目鱼他的妻子想住在一座石头建造的宫殿里。比目鱼说“：回去吧，她现在正站在宫殿门前呢。……