英语民间故事表演

Cowherd and Weaver Girl

The orphan Cowherd lives on his brother and sister-in-law. His sister-in-law was mean and often abused him. He was forced to separate and feed himself on an old cow. The old cow is very clever.

One day, the weaver girl and the fairies went down to play and bathed in the river. The old cow advised the cowherd to meet each other and told him that if the fairies could not go back before dawn, they could only stay in the world.

The cowherd stayed by the river to see seven fairies. He found that the smallest fairy was very beautiful and had a sudden love for her. Remembering the words of the old cow, Niulang quietly took away the fairy's clothes.

The fairies took a bath and were ready to return to heaven. When the fairies found that their clothes were missing, they could only stay. The Cowherd made an encounter with the fairy Weaver Girl.

Later, they talked very well and understood their difficulties. The Weaver Girl became the wife of the Cowherd. After marriage, they farmed and woven, and gave birth to a son and a daughter. Their life was very happy.

Unexpectedly, the Emperor of Heaven found out the matter and ordered the Queen Mother to escort the Zhinu back to heaven for trial.

Lao Niu couldn't bear the separation of their wives, so he broke the horns on his head and turned into a boat, letting the Cowherd chase his children by boat.

Seeing that she was about to catch up with Zhinu, the Queen Mother suddenly pulled out the gold hairpin on her head and drew a galaxy rolling in the sky.

Niulang could not cross the river, but watched and wept with Zhinu by the river. Their steadfast love moved magpies. Countless magpies flew to build a colorful bridge across the Tianhe River with their bodies, so that Cowherd and Weaver Girl could meet on the Tianhe River.

The Emperor had no choice but to allow Cowherd and Weaver Girl to meet on Magpie Bridge once a year on July 7, and Magpie would also be around. Every year after that, Cowherd and Weaver Girl will meet on July 7.

牛郎织女

孤儿牛郎依靠哥嫂过活。嫂子为人刻薄，经常虐待他，他被迫分家出来，靠一头老牛自耕自食。这头老牛很通灵性，有一天，织女和诸仙女下凡嬉戏，在河里洗澡。

老牛劝牛郎去相见，并且告诉牛郎如果天亮之前仙女们回不去就只能留在凡间了，牛郎于是待在河边看七个仙女，他发现其中最小的仙女很漂亮，顿生爱意，想起老牛的话于是牛郎悄悄拿走了小仙女的衣服。

仙女们洗好澡准备返回天庭，小仙女发现衣服不见了只能留下来，牛郎于是跟小仙女织女制造了邂逅，后来他们很谈得来，明白了各自的难处，织女便做了牛郎的妻子。

婚后，他们男耕女织，生了一儿一女，生活十分美满幸福。不料天帝查知此事，命令王母娘娘押解织女回天庭受审。

老牛不忍他们妻离子散，于是触断头上的角，变成一只小船，让牛郎挑着儿女乘船追赶。眼看就要追上织女了，王母娘娘忽然拔下头上的金钗，在天空划出了一条波涛滚滚的银河。牛郎无法过河，只能在河边与织女遥望对泣。

他们坚贞的爱情感动了喜鹊，无数喜鹊飞来，用身体搭成一道跨越天河的彩桥，让牛郎织女在天河上相会。天帝无奈，只好允许牛郎织女每年七月七日在鹊桥上会面一次，喜鹊也会在身边。以后每年的七月七日牛郎织女都会见面了。

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中国民间故事包含丰富的想象成分，充满浪漫色彩。它起源于原始社会，到阶级社会又继续发展，反映古代社会人们的生活、习俗和信念，人与人之间的关系和某些社会矛盾。幻想故事的主人公多为普通劳动者，其中出现的情节、事物和一部分人物，大都带有超自然的性质。

它常把某些现实生活中不可能的事情，当作可能实现的事情表现出来。它借助法术和宝物的帮助，实现贫困、诚实主人公的愿望和憧憬，并对恶人、贪心者予以惩罚。

这类故事中的宝物大多为日常事物，它们的神奇性能实际是人类知识和技能的作用的理想化，并且经过幻想以物质形态表现出来。

幻想故事情节常采用“三段结构法”；人物、情节、语言基本定型，在不同地区也时有变异；叙述经常夹有韵语。晋代干宝《搜神记》（卷十四）中的《毛衣女》、陶潜《搜神后记》中的《白水素女》，唐代段成式《酉阳杂俎》续集“支诺臯上”里的《叶限》、《旁》和《原化记》中的《吴堪》等，记录的都是古代流传的幻想故事。

THE WHITE SNAKEA Chinese mythical tale of wide appeal is that of the White Snake.There are four characters in it-Bai Suzhen,Xiaoqing,Xu Xian and Fahai.Suzhen is a white snake thousands of years old and ,having acquired transcendant powers through self-cultivation,changes herself into a beautiful woman.Xiaoqing,her maid,is a green snake who has likewise assumed the form of a girl.Bored by the lonesome life in the mountains,they go to visit the beautiful city of Hangzhou.They are caught in the rain at the side of West Lake near a place called the Broken Bridge. Here they are offered an umbrella by Xu Xian,a young shop keeper at the apothecary in town.Suzhen(also known as the White Lady)falls in love with him and asks him to call on her the next day to get back his umbrella.At their next meeting,their mutual admiration quickly blossoms into marriage.They live happily together for a few months until Xu Xian meets Fahai,Abbot of Jinshan Monastery.This crafty,meddlesome hypocrite,jealous of the happiness of the lay world,tells Xu Xian that he has fallen into the trap of a demon and that his life is in danger.At length,instigated by the wicked monk,Xu Xian goes home and plies the White Lady with a medicated wine till drunkenness restored her original form.The sight sends Xu Xian into shock and a lasting stupor.To save her husband,the White Lady goes up the Kunlun Mountains to steal a divine cureall herb at the risk of her life.With tender care and Xiaoqing's assistance,she nurses Xu Xian back to health.But the loving yet apprehensive Xu Xian is abducted by Fahai and detained in the monastery.An open,fierce struggle unfolds,culminating in the White Lady besieging Jinshan Monastery with a flood.She is defeated because she is far gone in pregnancy and has to run for her life with Xiaoqing.In the meantime,Xu Xian also escapes from the monastery.

The Little Red HenOnce upon a time, there was a little red hen who lived on a farm . She was friends with a lazy dog , a sleepy cat , and a noisy yellow duck . One day the little red hen found some seeds on the ground. The little red hen had an idea. She would plant the seeds . The little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me plant the seeds ?" "Not I," barked the lazy dog ."Not I," purred the sleepy cat ."Not I," quacked the noisy yellow duck . "Then I will," said the little red hen . So the little red hen planted the seeds all by herself. When the seeds had grown, the little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me cut the wheat ?""Not I," barked the lazy dog ."Not I," purred the sleepy cat ."Not I," quacked the noisy yellow duck . "Then I will," said the little red hen . So the little red hen cut the wheat all by herself. When all the wheat was cut, the little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me take the wheat to the mill to be ground into flour ?""Not I," barked the lazy dog ."Not I," purred the sleepy cat ."Not I," quacked the noisy yellow duck . "Then I will," said the little red hen . So the little red hen brought the wheat to the mill all by herself, ground the wheat into flour , and carried the heavy sack of flour back to the farm . The tired little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me bake the bread ?" "Not I," barked the lazy dog ."Not I," purred the sleepy cat ."Not I," quacked the noisy yellow duck . "Then I will," said the little red hen . So the little red hen baked the bread all by herself. When the bread was finished, the tired little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me eat the bread ?" "I will," barked the lazy dog ."I will," purred the sleepy cat ."I will," quacked the noisy yellow duck . "No!" said the little red hen . "I will." And the little red hen ate the bread all by herself