安徒生童话：The Flying Trunk 飞箱 There once was a merchant so wealthy that he could have paved a whole street with silver， and载） ”Thank you,” said the merchant's son。 Back he went to the woods, sat in his trunk, and whisked off to the roof of the palace. From there, he climbed in at the Princess’s window.（精品文档请下载） She lay fast asleep on a sofa， and she looked so lovely that the merchant’s son couldn’t help kissing her. She woke up and was terribly frightened, but he told her he was a Turkish prophet， who had sailed through the air just to see her. This pleased her very much.（精品文档请下载） As they sat there， side by side， he told her stories about her eyes。 He said they were beautifully dark， deep lakes in which her thoughts went swimming by like mermaids。 He told her about her forehead, which he compared to a snow-covered mountainside with its many wonderful halls and pictures。 Then he told her about the stork， which brings lovely little children from over the sea. Oh, they were such pretty stories! Then he asked her to marry him， and the Princess said yes, right away。 （精品文档请下载） "But you must come on Saturday，” she told him， "when my mother and father will be here to have tea with me。 They will be so proud when I tell them I am going to marry a prophet. But be sure you have a really pretty tale to tell them, for both my parents love stories. My mother likes them to be elevating and moral， but my father likes them merry， to make him laugh。"（精品文档请下载） ”I shall bring no other wedding present than a fairy tale,” he told her， and so they parted. But first the Princess made him a present of a gold saber all covered with gold pieces， and this came in very handy。（精品文档请下载） He flew away， bought himself a new dressing gown， and went to the woods to invent a fairy tale。 That wasn’t so easy。 However， he had it ready promptly on Saturday. The Sultan, his wife and the whole court awaited him at the Princess's tea party。 They gave him a splendid reception.（精品文档请下载） "Won't you tell us a
