Baba Yaga邪惡女巫——芭芭亞加

從前，在俄羅斯有一個小女孩兒，她叫娜塔莎。她聰明又可愛，但繼母卻不喜歡她。有一天，繼母讓她去森林里找邪惡女巫芭芭亞加借針線。女巫芭芭亞加最喜歡吃小女孩，娜塔莎害怕極了。接下來會發生什么事情呢？Let’s read the story.

Once upon a time，there was a girl called Natasha. She was sweet，kind and clever. Natasha’s mother died when she was a baby. Her father got married again. But Natasha’s stepmother hated her.

One day，the stepmother told Natasha to do a special job. “I need a needle and thread. Borrow them from my sister，” said the stepmother. “My sister lives in the forest. Her name is Baba Yaga.”

Natasha took some food and left for the forest. Baba Yaga was a bad witch. She lived in a strange hut. The hut stood on giant chicken legs.

Baba Yaga came out of the hut. She had red eyes and iron teeth. “Please，Baba Yaga，” Natasha said. “Your sister wants to borrow a needle and thread.”

Words：

once upon a time很久很久以前

died去世（動詞原形：die）

got married結婚的

stepmother繼母

hated討厭（動詞原形：hate）

special特別的

needle針

thread線

left離開（動詞原形：leave）

witch女巫

hut小屋

stood站立（動詞原形：stand）

giant巨大的

iron鐵的

“Well，you’d better come and wait in my hut. I’ll find them，my dear，” said the witch. Natasha saw Baba Yaga wasn’t looking for a needle and thread. She was fetching wood for the stove.

“Baba Yaga just loves to eat sweet little girls，” a thin black cat said. “I knew she wasn’t nice.” said Natasha. “And I can see she doesn’t feed you much，either.” Natasha gave the cat some food. “What a kind girl you are！” said the cat. “I can help you.”

The cat gave Natasha a towel，a comb and a small stone. “Take these things and run for your life，” said the cat. “Throw each one behind when Baba Yaga gets close.”

Natasha thanked the cat. She jumped out from the hut. She ran down the forest path. The witch was very angry. She hurried off to catch Natasha.

Natasha threw the towel behind her. The towel turned into a river. But it didn’t stop Baba Yaga. She drank the river.

Words：

fetch取來

stove火爐

feed喂

towel毛巾

comb梳子

path小路

hurried off匆匆離去（動詞原形：hurry）

turned into變成（動詞原形：turn）

drank喝（動詞原形：drink）

Natasha threw the comb. The comb turned into another forest. But the witch kept on coming.

Natasha threw the small stone. The stone beat Baba Yaga. The stone turned into a mountain.

Natasha went back home. Her stepmother was very surprised. Natasha told her father all about the bad witch. Her father was so angry. He drove away his wife.

Words：

threw扔出（動詞原形：throw）

kept on繼續（動詞原形：keep）

beat打中（動詞原形和過去式均為：beat）

mountain山

surprised驚訝的

drove away趕走（動詞原形：drive）