Once upon a time there was a king's son who had fewer beautiful books than he: in them he read all that happened in the world, and saw it in beautiful illustrations.He can know every people and every country.However, where the Garden of Heaven is located is not mentioned in the book.And that's what he wanted to know most. When he was a child but ready to go to school, his grandmother once told him, saying: In the garden of heaven, every flower is the sweetest dessert, and every stamen is the most beautiful wine; It's history, and that flower has geography and multiplication tables written on it.A man can learn a lesson by eating only one piece of pastry; the more he eats, the more history, geography, and multiplication tables he will learn.

He believed it then.But the older he got and the more he learned, the wiser he became.He knew that the beauty of the Paradise Garden must be very special. "Oh, why did Eve pluck the fruit of the tree of knowledge? Why did Adam eat the forbidden fruit? If I were him, this would never happen, and there would never be sin in the world. .” ①According to the mythology of the ancient Hebrews, God used clay to create Adam, the first man in the world; then he took a rib from Adam's body to create the first woman, Eve.God let them live happily in the garden of heaven, but forbid them to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge.Eve was fooled by a snake and persuaded Adam to eat the forbidden fruit.As a result, God found out and drove them out of the Garden of Heaven.Christians believe that: because the ancestors of mankind did not listen to God's words, people are born with "sin".

This is what he said at that time.When he was 17 years old, he still said this sentence. "Paradise Gardens" occupied his whole thoughts. One day he was walking in the forest.He was walking alone because it was the happiest thing in his life. Dusk came, the clouds were thickening, and the rain was pouring down, as if the sky was a sluice specially designed to discharge water.It was very dark, as dark as night in a deep well.Now he slipped on the wet grass, now he stumbled on the bare stones that protruded from the rough ground.Everything is submerged in water.There was not a trace of dryness on the poor prince.He had to climb over a great pile of rocks, where the water had seeped through the thick moss.He almost fell over.Then he heard a strange hissing sound.Then he saw a large glowing hole in the ground before him.There was a fire burning in the hole; it could almost have roasted a stag.In fact it is.There was a beautiful stag with tall horns, on a fork, which was turning slowly between two cedar trunks.By the fire sat a tall old woman who looked very much like a man in disguise.She kept adding pieces of wood to the fire.

"Come in, please!" she said. "Please sit down by the fire and dry your clothes." "Here is a dark wind blowing in!" said the Prince, sitting down on the ground. "When my children come back, it will be worse!" replied the woman. "You have now come to the Cave of the Winds. My sons are the four winds of the world. Do you understand?" "Where is your son now?" asked the Prince. "Hey, it's hard to answer when a person asks a confused question," the woman said. "My sons are each doing their own thing. They are playing shuttlecock with the clouds in the palace of heaven."

So she pointed to the sky. "Oh, there is such a thing!" said the prince. "But your manner of speaking is rude, and there is no tenderness of those women around me at all." "Yes, they probably have nothing else to do! If I'm going to keep my boys in line, I'll have to be tough. I can do that, though they're stubborn fellows. Please." Look at the four bags hanging on the wall; they're as afraid of those things as you were of the bamboo stick hanging behind the mirror. I tell you, I could fold these kids up and stuff them in the bag Go in. We don't need to be polite! They stay in there, and they can't come out and run wild until I don't think it's necessary to let them out. But now one of them is back!"

This is the north wind.He rushed in with an icy chill.Large hailstones danced on the ground, and snowballs flew here and there. He was wearing a bearskin jacket and trousers.Hats made of sealskin go all the way to the ears.Long icicles hung from his beard.Hailstones kept rolling down his coat collar. "Don't come to the fire at once!" said the Prince, "or you will have frostbite on your hands and face." "Frostbite?" Beifeng said, and couldn't help laughing. "Frozen! This is my favorite thing! But what kind of master are you? How did you get into the Cave of Wind?"

"He's my guest!" said the old woman. "If you are not satisfied with this explanation, then please get into that bag—now you see what I mean!" These words take effect immediately.North Wind began to describe where he had come from, and where he had been for nearly a month. "I'm from the Arctic seas," he said. "I have been to Bering Island with the Russian walrus hunters. When they sailed from the North Point, I sat on the helm of their boat and dozed. When I occasionally woke up, petrels were in my boat. Fly by the legs. This is a very funny bird!They flapped their wings violently a few times, then stood still in the air with their wings outstretched, and then suddenly flew forward like arrows. "

①Bering Island (Beeren-Eiland) is an island in the eastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Bering Sea at the northern end of the Pacific Ocean.In the past it was a hunting ground for seals.By 1911 almost all the animals had been hunted. "Don't talk about it," said Mother Feng. "Have you ever been to Bering Island?" "It's beautiful there! There's a dancing floor as flat as a plate! There were mossy slush, sharp rocks, walrus and polar bear wrecks.They were like the limbs of giants covered with green mold.One would think that the sun never appeared there.I blew the mist a few times so people can find the hut.It was a sort of house built of wreck-wood and covered with walrus-skin--the flesh side out.The color of the house was red and green; on the roof sat a live polar bear, howling.I ran to the bank to find the bird's nest, and saw the naked bird screaming with its mouth open.So I blew into their myriad little throats and taught them to keep their mouths shut.A little below, there are many large elephants slapping the water, like some living intestines or huge maggots with ruler handles, teeth and pig's heads! "

"My young master, you tell a good story!" said mother. "When I listened to you, I even drool!" "So the hunt began! The long harpoon went into the walrus' breast, and the blood spurted out like a fountain on the ice. And then I remembered my game too! I blew, and let my boats—mountains Ice as high as - dashed amidst their boats. Hey, the boatman whistled and yelled! But I blew harder than them. They had to throw dead walruses and boxes and cables on the ice I snowed them, and sent them south in wrecks, with their game, to taste the salt water. They would never come to Bering Island again!"

"Then you have done something bad!" said Mother Wind. "As for what good I have done, let others tell!" he said. "But now my western brother has arrived. Of all my brothers I like him best.It smells of the sea and a pleasant coolness. " "Is that the little West Wind?" asked the Prince. "Yes, he is Zephyr," said the old woman. "He's not that young though. He was a lovely kid once, but that's in the past." He looked like a savage, but he wore a wide-brimmed hat to protect his face.In his hand he held a mahogany club--hewn in a mahogany grove in America.This is no small thing.

"Where are you from?" Mom asked. "From the wild forest!" he said. "Where thorny vines build a hedge around every tree, and water snakes sleep in the damp grass, humans seem superfluous there." "What are you doing there?" "I saw a deep river there, and saw it rush down from the rocks, become a spray, splash into the clouds, and hold a rainbow. I saw wild buffalo swimming in the river, but the current washed it away. Gone. He drifted with a flock of wild ducks. The ducks flew up to the point where the river was about to become a waterfall. The buffalo had to roll down with the water! I thought it was fun, and I blew a storm and threw many ancient The tree is blown into the water and smashed to pieces!" "Have you not done anything else?" asked the old woman. "I've turned somersaults in the fields: I've stroked wild horses, shaken cocoa kernels. Yes, yes, I've got stories to tell! But a man can't tell all he has. This You know that, old lady." He kissed his mother and she almost fell backwards.What a savage boy he is! Now the south wind has come.He has a turban wrapped around his head and a broad nomad's cloak over his body. "It's terribly cold in here!" he said, adding a few logs to the fire. "One can immediately feel that the north wind has come here first." "It's so hot here that one could roast a polar bear here," said North Wind. "You are a polar bear yourself!" Nanfeng said. "Do you want to get into that bag?" asked the old woman. "Sit down on that rock over there, please, and tell me quickly where you've been." "Been to Africa, mother!" he replied. "I have hunted lions with the Hottentots in the land of the Kafirs! The plains are as green as olive trees! The wildebeests are dancing. An ostrich raced with me, but My legs outrun it. I go out into the sandy desert--the place looks like the bottom of the sea. I meet a party of traveling merchants, and they kill the last camel, I want to get some water to drink, but they get very little water. The sun is baking on the top, and the sand is baking below. The desert spreads out in all directions without boundaries. So I rolled a few times on the loose fine sand, stirring Dust sand like a giant column. This is a good dance! You should see how despondent the dromedary stands there. The merchant pulls his robe over his head. He falls on me as if fallen before his Allah. They are buried now - a pyramid of sand is piled on top of them. When I blow it away later, the sun will dry their bones Then the traveler will know that this place has been here before. Otherwise no one would believe such a thing in the desert." ① Kafir (Kaeeer) is a black race in South Africa, known for their bravery, and had fought against the British colonialists for a long time. ②Hottentot is a black race in Southwest Africa. ③This is an antelope-like animal in Africa. ④ Allah (Allah) is Allah in Islam. "So you haven't done anything but bad things!" said Mom. "Get into that bag!" Before he noticed, she had already hugged Nanfeng by the waist and pressed him into the bag.He was rolling on the ground, but she was already sitting on the bag, so he too was silent. "You have a lively group of children!" said the prince. "Not at all," she replied, "and I know how to deal with them! Now the fourth baby is back! " This is Dongfeng, and he is wearing a suit of Chinese clothes. "Oh! Where are you from?" Mom said. "I believe you have been to the Garden of Paradise." "I will fly there tomorrow," Dongfeng said. "Tomorrow will be exactly 100 years since the last time I've been. I'm from China now - I did a little dance around the Porcelain Tower and made all the bells jingle! Officials are at They were beaten in the street; the bamboo strips were split on their shoulders, but they were all officials from the first rank to the ninth rank. They all said: "Thank you benefactor! ' But that's not what they had in mind.So I rang the bell and sang: 'Ding, Dang, clang! '" "You are so naughty!" said the old woman. "You might as well go for a walk in the Garden of Heaven tomorrow; it will educate you and be good for you. Drink some water from the Fountain of Wisdom, and please bring me a small bottle." "This is not a problem," Dongfeng said. "But why did you put my brother Nanfeng in the bag? Let him out! He can tell me something about the phoenix, because the princess in the garden of heaven, every time I go to visit him after a century She always loves to hear stories about the phoenix when she's in. Please open the bag! So you are my sweetest mother, and I will give you two bags of tea—two bags of green and fresh tea that I picked from the place of origin! " "Well, for the tea's sake, and because you're a boy I like, I'll just open the bag!" She did.Nanfeng crawled out, but his expression was very depressed, because the strange prince saw him being punished. "You take this palm leaf to the princess!" said the south wind. "This leaf was brought to me by the only phoenix in the world. He used his sharp beak to draw on the leaf his 100-year life experience. Now she can read this record in person. I saw the phoenix burn his own nest, and sit in it, burning himself like an Indian widow.How loud the dry branches burn!What a smoke!What a smell!In the end, everything turned into flames, and the old Phoenix was reduced to ashes.But his eggs glowed red in the fire.It burst open with a bang, and a little phoenix flew out.He is now the king of the birds and the only phoenix in the world.He pecked a hole in this palm leaf I gave you: this is his salute to the princess! " ①In ancient feudal India, a woman burned herself to death after her husband died to show her "chastity". "Now let's eat something!" said Mother Feng. They all sat down to eat the roasted stag.The prince sat next to Dongfeng, and they became very good friends immediately. "Tell me," said the Prince, "what kind of princess is that princess you are talking about? Where is the Garden of Paradise?" "Ha, ha," Dongfeng said. "Do you want to go there? Well, then you fly with me tomorrow! But I must tell you that no one has been there since Adam and Eve. You have read in the Bible story Have you heard the stories about them?" "Read it!" said the Prince. "When they were driven out, the Garden of Paradise fell into the earth; but it retained its warm sun, its mild air, and all its beauty. The fairies dwelt in it afterward, and the Isle of Happiness was there --Death never comes to this island, and it's beautiful to live here! To-morrow you can sit on my back, and I'll take you: I think it's a good idea. But let's not gossip now, because I want to sleep." So everyone went to bed. When the Prince awoke early in the morning, he was quite surprised, for he was flying high above the clouds.He rode on East Wind's back, and East Wind obediently carried him: they flew so high that the forests, fields, rivers, and lakes below seemed to be reflected on a large map. "Good morning!" Dongfeng said. "You can sleep a little longer, because there's not much to see on the flat ground below. Unless you want to count the churches! They're like little dots drawn with chalk on a green board." His so-called green boards are fields and meadows. "It was very rude of me not to say goodbye to your mother and your brother!" said the prince. "When a person is sleeping, he should be forgiven!" Dongfeng said. So they speed up the flight.One could hear them flying over the treetops, for the leaves and twigs rustled as they passed.It was heard also on the sea and on the lake, for as they passed the waves rose, and many great ships bowed their heads to the water like swimming swans. Towards evening, when the sky darkens, many large cities are really beautiful.There were many lamps burning, here and there, here and there.This scene is like a person burning a piece of paper. After seeing the sparks, they spread out, like a child walking out of the school gate.The prince clapped his hands, but Dongfeng begged him not to do so. He had better sit still, otherwise he would easily fall off and hang on the steeple of the church. The goshawks in the black forest are flying briskly.But the east wind flies more lightly. The Cossack on his pony galloped swiftly across the steppe, but the prince flew past even more swiftly through the air. "Now you can see the Himalayas!" Dongfeng said. "This is the highest mountain in Asia. We will be in the Garden of Paradise in a while!" They flew further south, and immediately there was a smell of flowers and spices in the air. Figs and pomegranates grew everywhere, and wild vines were laden with red and purple grapes.Here the two of them descended, sprawled out on the soft grass.The flowers nodded to the wind, as if to say: "Welcome back!" "Are we in the Garden of Paradise now?" asked the Prince. "No, of course not!" Dongfeng replied. "But we'll be there soon. Do you see the stone wall over there? Do you see the big opening over there? Do you see the green curtains of vines hanging over the opening? We're going into That hole! Please wrap your coat tightly. The sun is scorching hot here, but if you take a step forward, you will feel freezing cold. Every bird that flies through this hole always has a wing left In the hot summer, the other wing stays in the cold winter!" "Is this the way to the Garden of Paradise?" asked the Prince. They go into the hole!oh!It was as cold as ice inside, but not for long.The east wind spreads his wings; they shine like the brightest flame.What a strange hole this is!Over their heads hung a mass of grotesquely shaped stones dripping with water.Some places are so narrow that they have to crawl on the ground; others are so wide and high that they seem to be in the sky.The place resembled a cemetery church, with its mute organ pipes and fossilized flags. "We have come to Heaven by the way of Death!" said the Prince. But Dongfeng didn't answer a word.He pointed ahead, where there was a beautiful flash of blue.The stone above gradually turned into a layer of smoke, and finally became like a white cloud in the moonlight.They breathed a cool, mild air now, as fresh as the mountains, and as fragrant as the roses of the valley. There was a river flowing that was as clear as the air, and the fish were like gold and silver.Fuchsia eels play underwater, glowing blue when they roll.The broad water lily leaves shoot out rainbow-like colors.The flowers cultivated by water are as bright as orange flames, like oil cultivating lantern flowers.A bridge of solid marble, so finely and artistically carved that it seemed to be made of ribbons and beads of glass.It lies across the water and leads to the Isle of Happiness, the Paradise Garden, where a flower blooms. Dongfeng hugged the prince with both hands and brought him to this island.The flowers and leaves sang the sweetest songs of his childhood, but they sang so beautifully that no human voice could sing them. Are the things growing here palm trees, or giant aquatic plants?The prince had never seen such green and huge trees.Many very beautiful climbing plants shed countless festoons, like those painted in gold and other colors on the borders of the books of the sages, or in the first letters of a chapter.This can be said to be the "three wonders" composed of flowers, birds and festoons.In a nearby meadow a flock of peacocks spread their shiny tails.Yes, it's all true!But when the prince touched these things, he saw that they were not birds, but plants.They are burdocks, but brilliant like peacock screens.Tigers and lions, like agile cats, hopped around in the green bushes.The scent from these shrubs is like the blossoms of an olive tree.And these tigers and lions are very tame.The wild turtledove shone like the most beautiful pearl. They flapped their wings on the lion's mane.The usually shy antelope now stood by and nodded, as if it wanted to come and play for a while too. The fairies of heaven have arrived.Her dress shone like the sun, and her face was gentle, as a happy mother is when she is happy with her child.She is young and beautiful.She was followed by a company of the most beautiful handmaidens, each with a shining star in his head. Dongfeng handed her the leaf written by Fenghuang, and her eyes shone with joy.She took the prince by the hand and led him into the palace.The walls there are the color of tulips in the sun.The ceiling is a large shining flower.The more one looks in, the deeper the calyx appears.The Prince went to the window and looked out from behind a pane.Then he saw the tree of knowledge, the snake by the tree, and Adam and Eve nearby. "Aren't they kicked out?" he asked. The fairy smiled.She explained that time has burned a picture on each glass, but it is not the kind of picture people are used to seeing.No, there is life in this painting: the leaves on the trees are shaking, people are coming and going like shadows in a mirror.He looked behind another pane of glass.He saw Jacob dreaming of a ladder leading to heaven, and angels with great wings flying up and down.Indeed, everything that happens in the world is moving in the glass.Only time can carve such a singular picture. ①For this story, see "Bible·Old Testament·Genesis" Chapter 28, Verses 11-12: Jacob "arrived at a certain place, and stayed there because the sun had set, and picked up A stone in that place lay under his head and slept there. He dreamed that a ladder was standing on the ground with its head reaching to the sky, and angels of God were going up and down on the ladder." The fairy smiled, and led him into a tall and large hall.The walls are like transparent portraits, and the faces are getting better and better.There are countless happy people here, smiling and singing; these singing and laughter blend into one harmonious music.The top one was so small, smaller than a dot drawn on paper as the smallest rosebud.In the center of the hall stood a large tree with dense green leaves and low-hanging branches; golden apples, large and small, hung between the leaves like oranges.This is the tree of knowledge.Adam and Eve ate from this tree.From every leaf dripped a bright red drop of dew; it was like a tree weeping tears of blood. "Let us go to the ship now!" said the Fairy, "and we can breathe a little air on the waves. The ship will rock, but it will not move from where it is. But all the countries of the world will pass before our eyes." It was a spectacle that the whole bank was moving.The snow-capped Alps, with clouds and pine forests, appear now; horns sound melancholy; shepherds sing in the valleys.Banana trees hung their long branches over the boat; sooty swans swam on the water, and strange animals and flowers showed themselves on the shore.This is New Holland, one of the five continents of the world.It is set off by a series of green hills and floats before the eyes.People heard priests singing and saw primitive men dancing to the sound of drums and trumpets made of bones.The Egyptian pyramids reaching into the sky, the fallen columns, and the sphinx half buried in the sand floated past.The Northern Lights shine on the glaciers of the North—a fireworks that no one can replicate.The prince was very happy.Indeed, what he saw was more than 100 times more than what we are talking about now. ① This is the old name of Australia. ②This refers to the Sphinx near the Egyptian pyramids. "Can I live here forever?" he asked. "That is up to you!" replied the Fairy. "If you don't do the forbidden things like Adam, you can live here forever!" "I will never touch the fruit of the tree of knowledge!" said the prince. "Here are countless fruits as beautiful as that one." "Please ask yourself. If your will is not strong enough, you can go back with the east wind that sent you. He is going to fly back. He will come here only after a hundred years; here, this A period of time is but like a hundred hours; but as far as sin and temptation are concerned, it is a very long time. Every night, when I leave you, I will cry to you, "Come with me!" 'I'll wave to you too, but you can't move.You don't come with me, because you take a step forward and your desire grows.Then you will come to the hall where the tree of knowledge grows.Beneath its fragrant weeping branches I slept; you would bend over me, and I must smile upon you.But if you kiss my lips, heaven will fall to the ground, and you will lose it too.The harsh desert wind will blow around you, and icy rain will drip from your hair.Sorrow and distress will be your lot. " "Here I will live!" said the Prince. So Dongfeng kissed him on the forehead and said at the same time: "Please be strong. We will meet here again in 100 years. Goodbye! Goodbye!" Dongfeng spread his big wings.They give off flashes like autumn wheat fields or the northern lights in cold winter. "Good-bye! Good-bye!" was the voice from the flowers and the woods.The storks and pelicans flew up in a row, like floating ribbons, and accompanied the east wind to the border of the garden. "Now let us dance!" said the Fairy. "When I'm done dancing with you, when the sun goes down, I'll wave to you. You'll hear me shout to you, "Come with me." ' But please don't listen to that, because I must say that every night for 100 years.Every time you pass such a test, you gain more strength; at last you don't think about it at all.Tonight is the first time.I have to warn you! " The fairy led him into a hall filled with transparent lilies.The yellow stamen of each flower is a small golden harp--it makes the sounds of stringed instruments and reed flutes.Many slender and beautiful women, wearing misty gauze clothes, showing their lovely limbs, are dancing lightly.They sang of the joy of being, that they never perish, that the gardens of heaven bloom forever. The sun went down.The whole sky turned golden, and dyed the lilies the most beautiful rose color.The prince drank the frothy wine poured out by these girls, and felt happier than ever.He saw the backdrop of the Great Hall unfold before him; the Tree of Knowledge was beaming, dazzled his eyes.The singing was soft and beautiful, like his mother's voice, and like a mother singing: "My child! My dear child!" So the fairy waved to him and said to him affectionately: "Come with me! Come with me!" So he went to her.He forgot his promise, forgot that first night.She is waving and smiling. The fragrant breath around him grew thicker, and the harp played better.In the hall where the tree of knowledge grew, there seemed to be several faces nodding and singing to him now, "Everyone should know that man is the master of the world!" What dripped from the leaves of the tree of knowledge was no longer blood. Tears; in his eyes, it seemed to be bright red stars. "Come with me! Come with me!" said a trembling voice.With every step the prince took, he felt his face burn hotter and his blood flow faster. "I will come!" he said. "It's not a sin, it can't be a sin! Why not pursue beauty and pleasure? I want to see her sleeping! I have nothing to lose if I don't kiss her. I will never do it, I am Strong, I have a decisive will!" The fairy took off her dazzling coat, parted the weeping branches, and hid in the branches after a while. "I have not sinned," said the Prince, "and I never will." So he parted the branches to the sides.She had fallen asleep, and only the Fairies in the Garden of Paradise could have had her beauty. She smiled in her dream, and he bent over her, and he saw tears quivering under her eyelashes. "Are you crying for me?" he said softly. "Don't cry, you—beautiful woman! Now I know the bliss of heaven! It runs in my blood, in my thoughts. In my mortal body, I now feel Angel's strength, feeling eternal life. Let this eternal night be mine, and one minute like this is enough." So he kissed the tears from her eyes, and his lips pressed to hers—and then there was a heavy and dreadful thunderclap, which no one had ever heard before.Everything sank down; the fair nymph, the flowery paradise—all sank down, sunk down very deep.The prince saw all this sinking into the night, like a little star shining in the distance.He felt a deadly cold all over him.He closed his eyes and lay there for a long time as if dead. Cold rain fell on his face, and a harsh wind blew on his head, and he regained consciousness. "What have I done?" He sighed. "I sinned like Adam! So the kingdom of heaven has sunk!" So he opened his eyes.That star in the distance, the star that shines like a sunken heaven—is a morning star in the sky. He stood up and found himself near the Cave of Wind in the great forest, and Mother Wind was sitting beside him: she was a little angry, and raised her hand in the air. "On the first night," said she, "I expected it to be so! Yes, if you were my child, you'd have to get in the bag!" "Yes, you should get in!" said Death.It was a strong old man with a scythe in his hand and two big black wings growing from his body. "He ought to lie in the coffin, but his time is not yet; I'm just writing him down, so that he may travel a little longer in the world, that he may atone and be better! One day I'll come Yes. When he is not expecting, I will put him in a black coffin, and I will put him on my head, and fly to the star. There is also a heavenly garden full of flowers. .If he is good and pious, he can go in. But if he has evil thoughts, if his heart is still full of sins, he will fall with his coffin, deeper than heaven. Only I came to him only after a thousand years had passed, so that he might have a chance to sink a little deeper, or to rise to the star—the star that shines high!" (1839) This story was originally collected in the fifth episode of "Stories for Children". About this story Andersen said: "This is the first fairy tale I heard when I was a child. I like it very much, but I also like it very much. Disappointed because it wasn't long enough." He's now reinventing it, giving it a new twist, adding a more explicit theme: "Everyone should know that human beings are the masters of the world!" But there are many shortcomings in human beings: "sin and temptation" are always beckoning to him.He faces new tests almost every day, and only a strong will can avoid the temptation of evil.The protagonist in this story, the prince, also believed in his own will and determination, but failed in the face of the practical test.But he still has a chance of being saved.Death, who held his destiny in his hands, said: "I will come to him only after a thousand years, so that he may have a chance to fall a little deeper, or to rise to the star-the one that shines high. star!" The question is whether you have a strong will.As long as you have a strong will, you can still "rise to... the bright star" and become "the master of the world" in a veritable name.