The Lad and the North Wind
少年与北风
The Wonderful Cloth
神奇的布
One day a poor woman was making some porridge. She sent her son to the cupboard for some meal.
有一天，一个穷女人正在做粥RbX(fno,s]oPJ!q4。她让儿子去橱柜里拿些米lw@Gt)92lTpdP。
As the lad got the meal, the North Wind came along, puffing and blowing. He puffed at the meal and blew it away.
于是少年去拿米，北风来了，它吹啊吹，吹在米上，把它们吹走了|!.Pve#~GJpNaJ,=!qLJ。
The lad went back to the cupboard for more meal, but the North Wind blew it away a second time.
少年回到橱柜拿了更多的米，但北风又把它吹走了XDYWaLrKBjHA!GP。
The lad got more meal, and a third time the North Wind blew it away.
少年又拿了很多米，但北风第三次把它吹走了qzaC5eF4~gQ.。
Then the lad became angry. "I will go to the North Wind and make him give me back my meal." he said.
少年很生气，他说：“我要去找北风，让它把米还回来dSk[A;D+sfIU@|fGt。”
He walked and walked until he came to the North Wind's house.
他走啊走，走到了北风的家里SfV0;Wf0i)。
"Good-day, North Wind." said the lad.
“北风，你好39J4(P2xtp=eV8ER。”少年说&m++[lwLU!(jKA。
"Good-day!" roared the North Wind. "What do you want?"
“你好，你想要什么？”北风咆哮道[3s41B6%&Rbz.bxBrK。
"I want my meal," said the lad. "We are poor and we need it."
“我想要我的米，”少年说，“我们很穷，需要它y[h=OH%]zq..vcg=XJ。”
"Your meal is not here," said the Wind. "But because you are poor, I will give you this cloth instead. When you want food, just say 'Cloth, spread yourself' and you will have plenty to eat."
“你的米不在这里，”北风说，“但因为你穷，我会给你这块布[tFz]n^O)9da1&k。你想要食物时，就说‘布，展开’，然后会有很多食物HVd7c,AA]I]QTDRVi7Oe。”
"Thank you, North Wind," said the lad. "This cloth is certainly worth more than the meal." And he set out for home.
“北风，谢谢你，”少年说，“这块布绝对比米值钱SODj@LZJ_,Aho#Y1pu_D。”然后他就出发回家了u^hB9^XiL_FoDY!.。
The lad could not get home that night. So he went to an inn to stay.
少年晚上到不了家hogV80r_Mr5Hx=。于是，他去了一个旅馆住宿,&TLt!|u=cb。

"I am very hungry," thought the lad. "I will get out my magic cloth and see if it will give me some bread and meat."
“我非常饿，”少年想，“我要拿出魔法布，看看它能否给我一些面包和肉axQDQ*I2Vnj.c|AM;。”
Then he laid the cloth on the table and said, "Cloth, spread yourself." At once he had a fine supper.
于是他把布放在桌子上，说道：“布，展开x.njKKGFwtB3&0;J]nvD。”他立刻吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐D_DG@rU10y。
"What a wonderful cloth!" the inn-keeper said to himself. "I wish it were mine."
“多么神奇的布啊！”旅馆老板自言自语道，“我希望它是我的]B.b%_s;yq,c,R6mH。”
Late that night the inn-keeper went quietly to the room where the boy slept. He took away the magic cloth and put another cloth in its place.
那天深夜，旅馆老板悄悄来到男孩睡觉的房间=E%C_b!AwdaKlOs=;。他拿走了神奇的布，并用另一块布代替Y]mcnQIRvb0U。
In the morning the lad took the cloth and went home to his mother.
少年早上拿着布回家见妈妈v@#CR|@Z4AopUI。
"Where have you been, my son?" she asked.
“儿子，你去哪儿了？”她问KgkJ6Lu7h3silgD-ueD&。
"Oh, I have been to visit the North Wind," said the lad. "I went to get our meal back, but he did not have it. He gave me this cloth instead. When I say, 'Cloth, spread yourself,' it gives me all the good things I can eat."
“噢，我去拜访北风了，”少年说，“我去把我们的米要回来，但它没米D|-7]!IC.=*rk1-=@t@m。于是给了我这块布，当我说‘布，展开’时，它就会给我所有可以吃的美食X7hlfh5j^LIeCd。”
"I can't believe that is true," said his mother, "until I see it myself."
“我不相信这是真的，”他妈妈说，“我自己看到才算N![_@^FmvLL_c。”
So the boy laid the cloth on the table and said, "Cloth, spread yourself." But the cloth did not give him any food.
于是少年把布放在桌子上说：“布，展开uD0f|lF+Z73VG4ZW7。”但布没有给他任何食物75%ucec|gCk_7k|XNwa。
He was too surprised to say a word.
他惊讶地说不出话来]1~;mgTK1KogDru|=T5。