A Riddling Tale谜语童话

A Riddling Tale谜语童话

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

　　Three women were transformed into flowers which stood in a field. However， one of them was allowed to be in her own house at night. One time when day was approaching， and she would have to go back to her companions in the field and become a flower again， she said to her husband， “If you will come this morning and pick me， I shall be set free and stay with you from then on.”

　　And that is what happened.

　　Now the question is， how did her husband recognize her， for the flowers were exactly alike， and without any difference？

　　Answer： While she was in her house during the night and not in the field， the dew did not fall on her as it did on the other two， and by this her husband recognized her.

　　三个女人变成了鲜花生长在田间里，但允许其中的一位晚间回家过夜。天亮前，她得赶回田间的同伴那儿去，并变回花朵。她於是对丈夫说：“今天下午如果你来把我摘回来，我就可获得自由，就可和你廝守在一起。”那天下午他去了，但现在的问题是，这些花儿长得一模一样，她的男人怎么才能认识她呢？回答是：由於她晚上在家中没来田间，别的花儿有露珠而她却没有，这样她的丈夫认出了她。