<<野天鹅>>的英文故事梗概

The Wild Swans(野天鹅)
Long ago and far away there lived a King. He was very proud of his eleven sons and one daughter. All of his children were good, kind and wise, even young Eliza who was still only a baby.

The Queen had sadly died and after a while, feeling that his children needed a mother, the King married again.

His new Queen was very jealous of the eleven princes and Eliza, and life for them soon changed. Eliza was sent to the country to be brought up on a farm.

The Queen turned the King from his sons, by telling lies to him about them. Soon the King cared nothing for his sons. The Queen was delighted.

"Go, you big ugly birds," she cried to them one day, casting a spell on them. But the worst she could do was to turn them into swans with golden crowns on their heads. Away they flew.

They flew over the cottage where Eliza lived, but no-one saw them.

Eliza lived happily at the farm, but she mi