画像里的公主

类别：寓言

菲奥拉公主诱使求婚者相继失踪，被其美貌画像迷惑的菲利克斯王子执意前往求婚。

时长 57 秒 · 语速 145 wpm

字幕原文

After that, Fiora no longer waited. 打那以后，菲奥娜再也不等了。

"Father," she said, with tears in her eyes, “父亲，”她眼含泪水说道，

"people will say that every man runs away from me. “大家都会说，每个男人见到我都吓跑了。

Please, invite princes from everywhere." 求求您，向各地的王子广发邀请吧。”

So they came. 于是他们纷纷赶来。

And one by one, 可接二连三地，

on the morning of the wedding, they were gone. 每到大婚当天的早晨，新郎都不见了踪影。

People began to whisper. 人们开始窃窃私语。

But nobody could believe anything bad about a face like hers. 但面对她那样一张面孔，谁也不忍心往坏处想。

Only Lena counted the beads. 只有莉娜在默默数着那些珠子。

Ten of them now. 现在已经有十颗了。

In a distant country lived a young prince named Felix. 在遥远的国度，住着一位名叫菲利克斯的年轻王子。

His best friend was Gavin, a big, loyal man. 他最好的朋友叫加文，是个高大忠诚的汉子。

One day, Felix saw a portrait of Princess Fiora. 一天，菲利克斯看到了一幅菲奥娜公主的画像。

"I'm going to marry her," he said. “我要娶她为妻，”他说道。

"Many have tried," said Gavin. “很多人都试过了，”加文说，

"Where are they now?" “可他们现在人呢？”

"I don't know, and I don't care." “我不知道，我也不在乎。”

Beauty has a way of making smart people stop asking questions. 美貌总有办法让聪明人不再去追问原由。

Gavin packed his bag with a heavy heart. 加文怀着沉重的心情收拾起了行囊。