安徒生童話故事第72篇：兩個姑娘Two Maidens
引導語：姑娘是中國古代對女子的尊稱，下面是小編整理的相關的安徒生童話故事，中英文版本，歡迎大家閱讀!
你曾經看到過一位姑娘沒有?這也就是說鋪路工人所謂的一位“姑娘”。她是一種把石頭打進土里去的器具。她完全是由木頭做成的，下面寬，并且套著幾個鐵箍。她的上部窄小，有一根棍子穿進去，這就是她的雙臂。
在放工具的那個屋子里就有這么兩個姑娘。她們是跟鏟子、卷尺和獨輪車住在一起。它們之間流傳著一個謠言，說姑娘不再叫做“姑娘”，而要叫做“手槌”了。在鋪路工人的字眼中，這是對我們從古時起就叫做“姑娘”的東西起的一個最新、而且也是最正確的名詞。
在我們人類中間有一種所謂“自由女子”，比如私立學校的校長、接生娘娘、能用一條腿站著表演的舞蹈家、時裝專家、護士等。工具房里的這兩位姑娘也把自己歸到這類婦女的行列中去。她們是路政局的“姑娘”。她們決不放棄這個古老的好名稱，而讓自己被叫做“手槌”。
“‘姑娘’是人的稱號，”她們說，“‘手槌’不過是一種物件。我們決不能讓人叫作物件——這是一種侮辱。”
“我的未婚夫會跟我鬧翻的，”跟打樁機訂了婚的那個頂年輕的“姑娘”說。打樁機是一個大器具。他能把許多樁打進地里去，因此他是大規模地做“姑娘”小規模地做的工作。“他把我當做一個姑娘才和我訂婚;假如我是一個‘手槌’，他是不是還愿意娶我就成了問題。因此我決不改變我的名字。”
“我呢，我寧愿我的兩只手折斷。”年長的那位說。
不過，獨輪車卻有不同的見解，而獨輪車卻是一個重要的人物，他覺得自己是一輛馬車的四分之一，因為它是憑一只輪子走路。
“我得告訴你們，‘姑娘’這個名稱是夠平常的了，一點也沒‘手槌’這個名稱漂亮，因為有這個名字你就可以進入到‘印章’①的行列中去。請你想想官印吧，它蓋上一個印，就產生法律的效力!要是我處于你們的地位，我寧愿放棄‘姑娘’這個名稱。”
“不成，我不會幼稚到干這種事情!”年長的那一位說。
“你們一定沒有聽到過所謂‘歐洲的必需品’②這種東西吧!”誠實的老卷尺說。“一個人應該適應他的時代和環境。如果法律說‘姑娘’應該改成‘手槌’，那么你就得叫做‘手槌’。一切事情總得有一個尺度!”
“不成;如果必須改變的話，”年輕的那一位說，“我寧愿改稱為‘小姐’，最低限度‘小姐’還帶一點‘姑娘’的氣味。”
“我寧愿給劈做柴燒。”年長的那位姑娘說。
最后他們一同去工作。那兩位姑娘乘車子——因為她們被放在獨輪車上。這是一種優待。不過她們仍然被叫做“手槌”。
“姑——!”當她們在鋪路石上顛簸著的時候說，“姑——!”她們幾乎把“姑娘”兩字整個念出來了，不過她們臨時中斷，把后面的一個字吞下去了，因為她們覺得沒有理睬的必要。她們一直把自己叫做“姑娘”，同時稱贊過去的那些好日子：在那些日子里一切東西都有它們正確的名字，姑娘就叫做姑娘。她們也就成了一對老姑娘，因為那個大器具——打樁機——真的跟年輕的那位解除了婚約，他不愿意跟一個手槌有什么關系。
①手槌的工作是在地上按壓;印章的工作是在紙上按壓。按照工作性質，它們是同一類東西。
②“歐洲的必需品”是指“尺度”。這是作者對當時社會的一個諷刺。的當時階級森嚴的歐洲，人與人之間的關系都是以地位的高下去衡量的。
兩個姑娘英文版：
Two Maidens
HAVE you ever seen a maiden? I mean what our pavers call a maiden, a thing with which they ram down the paving-stones in the roads. A maiden of this kind is made altogether of wood, broad below, and girt round with iron rings. At the top she is narrow, and has a stick passed across through her waist, and this stick forms the arms of the maiden.
In the shed stood two Maidens of this kind. They had their place among shovels, hand-carts, wheelbarrows, and measuring-tapes; and to all this company the news had come that the Maidens were no longer to be called “maidens,” but “hand-rammers,” which word was the newest and the only correct designation among the pavers for the thing we all know from the old times by the name of “the maiden.”
Now, there are among us human creatures certain individuals who are known as “emancipated women,” as, for instance, principals of institutions, dancers who stand professionally on one leg, milliners, and sick-nurses; and with this class of emancipated women the two Maidens in the shed associated themselves. They were “maidens” among the paver folk, and determined not to give up this honorable appellation, and let themselves be miscalled “rammers.”
“Maiden is a human name, but hand-rammer is a thing, and we won’t be called things—that’s insulting us.”
“My lover would be ready to give up his engagement,” said the youngest, who was betrothed to a paver’s hammer; and the hammer is the thing which drives great piles into the earth, like a machine, and therefore does on a large scale what ten maidens effect in a similar way. “He wants to marry me as a maiden, but whether he would have me were I a hand-rammer is a question, so I won’t have my name changed.”
“And I,” said the elder one, “would rather have both my arms broken off.”
But the Wheelbarrow was of a different opinion; and the Wheelbarrow was looked upon as of some consequence, for he considered himself a quarter of a coach, because he went about upon one wheel.
“I must submit to your notice,” he said, “that the name ‘maiden’ is common enough, and not nearly so refined as ‘hand-rammer,’ or ‘stamper,’ which latter has also been proposed, and through which you would be introduced into the category of seals; and only think of the great stamp of state, which impresses the royal seal that gives effect to the laws! No, in your case I would surrender my maiden name.”
“No, certainly not!” exclaimed the elder. “I am too old for that.”
“I presume you have never heard of what is called ‘European necessity?’” observed the honest Measuring Tape. “One must be able to adapt one’s self to time and circumstances, and if there is a law that the ‘maiden’ is to be called ‘hand-rammer,’ why, she must be called ‘hand-rammer,’ and no pouting will avail, for everything has its measure.”
“No; if there must be a change,” said the younger, “I should prefer to be called ‘Missy,’ for that reminds one a little of maidens.”
“But I would rather be chopped to chips,” said the elder.
At last they all went to work. The Maidens rode—that is, they were put in a wheelbarrow, and that was a distinction; but still they were called “hand-rammers.”
“Mai—!” they said, as they were bumped upon the pavement. “Mai—!” and they were very nearly pronouncing the whole word “maiden;” but they broke off short, and swallowed the last syllable; for after mature deliberation they considered it beneath their dignity to protest. But they always called each other “maiden,” and praised the good old days in which everything had been called by its right name, and those who were maidens were called maidens. And they remained as they were; for the hammer really broke off his engagement with the younger one, for nothing would suit him but he must have a maiden for his bride.
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