一枚金幣 A Gold Coin

1. Duce goes to buy wheat seeds with his donkey. 杜斯趕著驢去買麥種。

2. On his way home, he finds a shining gold coin. 回家時,發現路上有一枚發光的金幣。

3. He finds nobody around him, so he leaves his wheat seeds and picks up the gold coin home. 他見四周沒人看到,便扔下麥種,揀起金幣回家了。

4. Duce asks his wife to buy some wine and the most delicious dishes for him. 杜斯叫老伴打來酒,買最好的菜來吃。

5. The wife has to go shopping and bring the wine and dishes. 老伴只得上街買來些酒菜。

6. While Duce is drinking, he tells his wife the story about the coin. 杜斯喝著酒,把揀金幣的事講了一遍。

7. The wife shouts in surprise, “Oh, a gold coin! Real gold coin!” 老伴吃驚地叫了起來:“喲,金幣!真正的金幣!”

8. When they go to sleep, they put the gold coin under the pillow. 睡覺時,老倆口把金幣放到了枕頭下面。

9. As soon as they lie down, the chatter of the coin makes them upset. 剛躺下,金幣就“嘰-嘰-”地叫起來,讓人聽得發煩。

10. Duce gets out of the bed quickly and hides the coin in the suitcase. 杜斯趕緊下床,把金幣藏到皮箱里。

11. As he lies on the bed, the coin gives out the terrible sounds again. 他上床剛躺下,金幣又發出了那種難聽的聲音。

12. Duce buries the gold coin in the ground, but after a while, he hears the strange sounds again. 杜斯把金幣埋到了地下,可一會兒,又聽到了那種怪聲音。

13. The wife says, “Let be poor. Give back the coin tomorrow morning so as not to suffer from it.” 老伴說:“窮就窮吧,明早把金幣送回去,免得受這罪。”

14. The gold coin gives out no sound any more. The old couple have a sound sleep. 金幣再也不叫了。老倆口也睡上了安穩覺。

15. On the early morning, Duce comes to the place where he found the coin. But the wheat seeds disappear. He meets an old lady with white hair. 一早,杜斯來到了揀金幣的地方,發現麥種不見了,只有一位白發老婦人。

16. The old lady says that she lost the gold coin. “My gold coin will shout in the strangers house.” 婦人說她丟了金幣。又說:“我的金幣到了陌生人家還會叫哩!”

17. Duce gives back the gold coin to the old lady. As soon as he turns around, the old lady disappears. 杜斯把金幣還給了老婦人。剛一轉身,老婦人不見了。

18. Duce looks around, but he doesnt find the wheat seeds. He has to go home with his donkey. 杜斯找了幾圈都沒找到麥種,只好騎著驢回家了。

19. When he gets home, he is surprised that the wheat seeds are at the gate. 走到家門口,他驚呆了,麥種早已放在門口了!