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“If you can see the magic in a fairytale， you can face the future.” —Danielle Steel

Who have not read fairytales？ We all have had the experience of reveling[1] in the beauty and innocence of fairytales. May it be Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty...

誰沒有讀過童話呢？我們都曾陶醉在童話世界的美麗與純真之中。也許是《灰姑娘》，抑或是《睡美人》……

The most famous authors of fairytales are the Grimm Brothers whose works include Cinderella， Rapunzel， Sleeping Beauty， Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs and many more； Hans Christian Anderson who wrote Thumbelina， The Ugly Duckling， The Little Mermaid to mention only a few， and Charles Perrault who wrote Puss-in-Boots， Little Red Riding Hood， Bluebeard and so on.

最著名的童話作家要數格林兄弟了，他們的作品包括《灰姑娘》、《長發(fā)公主》、《睡美人》、《白雪公主和七個小矮人》等等；安徒生創(chuàng)作了《拇指姑娘》、《丑小鴨》、《小美人魚》，這些僅僅是他作品的一小部分；查爾斯·佩羅寫了《穿靴子的貓》、《小紅帽》、《藍胡子》等等。

The characters and themes of fairytales are simple and similar： innocent princesses and brave princes， ogres， giants， wicked[2] stepmothers， fairy godmothers， talking animals， glass

mountains， witches， castles， meadows and the like. The tale goes into an unreal world and in this never-never land humble heroes kill adversaries， succeed to kingdoms and marry the ever-beautiful princesses. W.H. Auden said “The way to read a fairytale is to throw yourself in.” So whenever you read a fairytale， imagine you are the hero / heroine and try to invoke[3] the feel of the

dramatized series of happenings， and you will be carried to a mystical land where everything will be as you want.

不同童話中的人物和主題簡單而相似。單純的公主、英勇的王子、怪物、巨人、邪惡的繼母、仙女、會說話的動物們、玻璃山、女巫、城堡、牧場等等。故事通常發(fā)生在虛幻的世界中，在這里，出身卑微的英雄總是能打敗敵手，繼承王國并迎娶最美麗的公主。W.H. 奧登曾說：“閱讀童話就是要置身其中?！彼?，每當你閱讀童話時，請想象著自己就是主人公，并試著在這戲劇化的事件中調動自己的情緒，你將踏入一片神秘的土地，在這里，你想要的都會發(fā)生。

G. K. Chesterton said， “Fairytales do not tell children the dragons exist； they tell the dragons can be killed.” This quote has great weight[4]. Every child believes in fairies， dragons， etc.

They do not need fairytales to tell them that. Instead fairytales tell that good always succeed over evil. So fairytales are necessary for young minds.

G.K 切斯特頓曾說：“童話并不是想告訴孩子們惡龍的存在，而是想告訴他們惡龍是可以被消滅的?！边@句話很有分量。每一個孩子都相信精靈、惡龍等等的東西。他們不需要童話來告訴他們這些東西的存在。相反，童話是用來告訴他們正義終能戰(zhàn)勝邪惡。因此童話是孩子們的必需品。

Friends， as we grow up we cease to believe in these fantasy-based characters. But as we read the famous stories like Pandora and The Hope Fairy， we know there are loads of[5] evil and deceit in this world but there also lives a fairy called Hope， because of whom we are able to survive these anxieties of life.

朋友們，雖然我們長大后便不再相信這些虛幻的人物，但是當我們讀到《潘多拉》和《希望精靈》這些著名的故事時，我們知道了世界上有很多的罪惡和欺騙，可是這里也住著一個精靈名叫“希望”，正是因為它，我們才得以在焦慮的生活中幸存。

Fairytales are narrated to children when they are young. This is very essential[6] indeed， for

if in the beginning of our lives our minds are touched by the beauty， innocence and the morals in these tales， we will be able to trace the optimistic[7] side of happenings. The fairies are like our

wildest dreams， which seem unreachable but we can make them plausible. Friends， in life， sometimes， believing in fairies can lead to great happiness.

童話通常被講給年幼的孩子聽，這確實是非常必要的事情。因為如果在生命的伊始可以接觸到童話中的美好、純真與美德，我們就可以在將來所要面臨的事情中尋找它的陽光面。童話就像我們的狂熱的夢想，看上去是那么地遙不可及，但我們卻可以讓它成為可能。朋友們，有時，在生活中相信童話會給你帶來無盡的喜悅。

I dont know about you， but I do believe in fairies... and who knows， I may someday meet one because， after all， believing is just the beginning！

我不知道你們怎么想，可我是相信童話的……誰知道呢，也許哪天童話就在我身上發(fā)生了。畢竟，只有相信，才有可能。

[1] revel v. 陶醉

[2] wicked v. 邪惡的

[3] invoke v. 調用；喚起

[4] weight v. 重量

[5] loads of 大量；許多

[6] essential adj. 必要的

[7] optimistic adj. 樂觀的