七只乌鸦

The seven crows

七只乌鸦

Once upon a time, there was, far away the mid high mountains, a green valley. The valley was crossed by a clear stream and a woodsman had built his stone house on its shore. The woodsman was married and had seven sons and one daughter. 

从前，在遥远的不大高的一座山上，有一个绿色的山谷。一条清澈的小溪穿过山谷，一位樵夫在岸边建起了他的石头房子。樵夫结了婚，有七个儿子和一个女儿。

Bye dear bye kids. He often had to travel from home to work and his wife had a hard time bringing up the children alone. Oh, good lord. What a nasty bunch... Actually, the daughter did not cause her any trouble because she was kind, pretty and helpful. But the boys were the cause of her problems because they were rude, disobedient and quarrelsome. They had no respect for their mother, and she was very worried for them. 

再见，亲爱的孩子们。他经常要从家到外地上班，而他的妻子一个人抚养孩子很不容易。哦，上帝。多讨厌的一群人……事实上，这个女儿没有给她带来任何麻烦，因为她很善良，漂亮，乐于助人。但那些男孩是她问题的根源，因为他们粗鲁、不听话、爱吵架。他们不尊重他们的母亲，母亲很为他们担心。

Boys... Time for bed. Beds are for old people mom. When the husband returned from home tired after a week's hard work, the poor wife couldn't bring herself to tell him of his sons' mischievous behavior because she didn't want to worry him further. Oh, poor thing is so tired. I must not disturb him with such petty things. 

男孩们……到上床睡觉的时候了。妈妈，床是给老人用的。辛苦工作一周后，丈夫疲惫地回家，可怜的妻子不忍心告诉他儿子的淘气行为，因为她不想让他再担心了。哦，可怜的家伙太累了。我不能用这种小事去打扰他。

So the woman kept her sorrow to herself not realizing that by doing so, her sons would only get worse and worse. As a matter of fact, when their father was not home to punish them, the boys kept on taking advantage of the situation which continued to get worse. 

妇人把悲痛藏在心里，没有意识到这样做，她的儿子只会越来越糟。事实上，父亲不在家的时候，孩子们就乘人之机。

Boys enough already... Brothers ... please pay heed to mamma. Shut up stupid girl. Their sister suffered most because she loved her brothers even if they were wicked. But she loved her mother especially. Being the youngest, however, none of the brothers paid any attention to her reprimands. One day, the seven boys got into the biggest trouble yet. In the woods grew a dangerous grass which causes the animals stomachs to swell. The woodsman had always told his sons to make sure that their goats never ate any.

男孩们，够了…兄弟们……请听妈妈的话。闭嘴，傻姑娘。他们的妹妹最痛苦，因为她爱她的兄弟们，即使他们很坏。但她特别爱她的母亲。然而，由于她是最小的，兄弟们都不理会她的责备。有一天，七个男孩遇到了最大的麻烦。树林里长着一种危险的草，会使动物的胃肿胀。樵夫总是告诉他的儿子们，确保他们的山羊不吃那些草。

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