The Paper Bag Princess紙袋公主了不起

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唔……有個好消息要告訴你！在這悠閑的寒假里，我們來開心地分享一個好玩的童話故事：《紙袋公主》。嘿，等一下！你一定聽說過白雪公主、長發公主、茉莉公主……一大堆童話里的公主，而且一個公主要做的事，就是等待王子前來拯救自己。但是，紙袋公主可完全不一樣——當一頭惡龍把她的城堡燒了個精光，還掠走了王子，這個了不起的公主穿上紙袋，勇敢地追趕火龍，最后她還機智地打敗了火龍，救出了王子呢！

那么，紙袋公主從此會和王子幸福地生活在一起嗎？我們還是趕緊到繪本故事里去一探究竟吧。

Elizabeth was a beautiful

princess.

She lived in a castle and had expensive princess clothes.

She was going to marry a prince named Ronald.

A dragon smashed her castle， burned all her clothes with his fiery breath， and carried off Prince Ronald.

Elizabeth decided to chase the dragon and get Ronald back.

The only thing she could find that was not burnt was a paper bag.

So she put on the paper bag and followed the dragon.

Finally， Elizabeth came to the cave with a large door.

But the dragon said， “Well， a princess！ I love to eat princesses， but I have already eaten a whole

castle today. Come back

tomorrow.”

“Wait！” shouted Elizabeth. “Is it true that you are the smartest and fiercest dragon in the whole world？”

“Yes，” said the dragon.

“Is it true，” said Elizabeth， “that you can burn up ten forests with your fiery breath？”

“Oh， yes，” said the dragon， and he took a huge， deep breath and breathed out so much fire that he burnt up fifty forests.

And the dragon took another huge breath， but this time nothing came out.

Elizabeth said， “Dragon， is it true that you can fly around the world in just ten seconds？”

“Why， yes，” said the dragon， and flew all the way around the world in just ten seconds.

He was very tired when he got back， but Elizabeth shouted，“Fantastic， do it again！”

So the dragon flew around the whole world in just twenty seconds.

When he got back he was too tired to talk， and he lay down and went straight to sleep.

Elizabeth whispered， very softly， “Hey， dragon.”

The dragon didnt move at all.

She shouted as loud as she could， “Hey， dragon！”

The dragon was so tired he didnt even move.

Elizabeth opened the door to the cave.

There was Prince Ronald.

He looked at her and said， “Elizabeth， you are a mess！Come back when you are dressed like a real princess.”

“Ronald，” said Elizabeth， “you look like a real prince， but you are a bum.”

They didnt get married after all.

怎么樣？紙袋公主是不是完全改變了你對童話里的“公主”的認識呢？《紙袋公主》這本備受全世界孩子們喜愛的經典圖畫書，讓我們看到：一個女孩子也可以勇敢又機智地戰勝困難，收獲幸福，而不是傻傻地等待別人的拯救。智慧和力量，就在我們每個人的心中，快找到屬于你的那份吧！