诗翁彼豆故事集（10）

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The Tale of the Three Brothers

三兄弟的传说

1. There were once three brothers who were travel­ling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too dangerous to swim across. However, these brothers were learned in the magical arts, and so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge appear across the treacherous water. They were halfway across it when they found their path blocked by a hooded figure.

从前，有三兄弟在一条僻静的羊肠小道上赶路。天色已近黄昏，他们走着走着，来到一条河边。水太深了，无法蹚过，游过去也太危险。然而，三兄弟精通魔法，一挥魔杖，危险莫测的水上就出现了一座桥。他们走到桥中央时，一个戴兜帽的身影挡住了他们的去路。

2. And Death spoke to them. He was angry that he had been cheated out of three new victims, for travellers usually drowned in the river. But Death was cunning. He pretended to congratu­late the three brothers upon their magic, and said that each had earned a prize for having been clever enough to evade him.