首发：~第3章 小美人鱼 The Little Mermaid 续
每个人都被迷住了，尤其是王子，他称她为他捡到的小宝贝；
every one was enchanted, especially the prince, who called her his little foundling;
她很乐意再次跳舞来取悦他，尽管每次她的脚触碰到地板，都感觉像是踩在锋利的刀刃上。
and she danced again quite readily, to please him, though each time her foot touched the floor it seemed as if she trod on sharp knives
王子说她应该永远和他在一起，她得到许可睡在他的房门前，睡在一个天鹅绒垫子上。
the prince said she should remain with him always, and she received permission to sleep at his door, on a velvet cushion
他让人给她做了一套侍童的衣服，这样她就可以陪他骑马了。
he had a page’s dress made for her, that she might acpany him on horseback
他们一起骑马穿过香气四溢的树林，绿色的树枝轻拂着他们的肩膀，小鸟在新鲜的树叶间歌唱。
they rode together through the sweet - scented woods, where the green boughs touched their shoulders, and the little birds sang among the fresh leaves
她和王子一起爬上高山之巅；
she climbed with the prince to the tops of high mountains;
虽然她娇嫩的双脚流血了，甚至留下了她的脚印，但她只是笑笑，跟着他，直到他们能看到脚下的云朵像一群飞往远方的鸟儿。
and although her tender feet bled so that even her steps were marked, she only laughed, and followed him till they could see the clouds beneath them looking like a flock of birds travelling to distant lands
在王子的宫殿里，当所有的家人都睡着的时候，她会走出去坐在宽阔的大理石台阶上；
while at the prince’s palace, and when all the household were asleep, she would go and sit on the broad marble steps;
因为把她发烫的双脚浸在冰冷的海水里能让她舒服些；
for it eased her burning feet to bathe them in the cold sea - water;
然后她就会想起海底深处的所有人。
and then she thought of all those below in the deep
一天夜里，她的姐姐们手挽手地浮上海面，悲伤地唱着歌。
once during the night her sisters came up arm - in - arm, singing sorrowfully, as they floated on the water
她向她们招手，然后她们认出了她，并告诉她她让她们多么伤心。
she beckoned to them, and then they recognized her, and told her how she had grieved them
在那之后，她们每晚都来到同一个地方；
after that, they came to the same place every night;
有一次，她远远地看到了她的老祖母，她已经很多年没有到海面上来了，还有老海王，她的父亲，头上戴着王冠。
and once she saw in the distance her old grandmother, who had not been to the surface of the sea for many years, and the old sea king, her father, with his crown on his head
他们向她伸出手，但他们不像她的姐姐们那样冒险靠近陆地。
they stretched out their hands towards her, but they did not venture so near the land as her sisters did
随着日子一天天过去，她更加深情地爱着王子，而王子爱她就像爱一个小孩子一样，但他从未想过要让她成为自己的妻子；
as the days passed, she loved the prince more fondly, and he loved her as he would love a little child, but it never came into his head to make her his wife;
然而，除非他娶了她，否则她无法获得不朽的灵魂；
yet, unless he married her, she could not receive an immortal soul;
而且，在他与别人结婚后的第二天早晨，她就会化为海中的泡沫。
and, on the morning after his marriage with another, she would dissolve into the foam of the sea
“在所有人当中，你难道不是最爱我吗？”
“do you not love me the best of them all”
当王子把她抱在怀里，亲吻她光洁的额头时，小美人鱼的眼神似乎在这样说。
the eyes of the little mermaid seemed to say, when he took her in his arms, and kissed her fair forehead
“是的，你对我来说很珍贵，” 王子说；
“yes, you are dear to me,” said the prince;
“因为你有最善良的心，而且你对我最忠诚；
“for you have the best heart, and you are the most devoted to me;
你就像我曾经见过的一个少女，但我再也见不到她了。
you are like a young maiden whom i once saw, but whom i shall never meet again
我在一艘失事的船上，海浪把我冲到一座圣殿附近的岸上，那里有几个少女在做礼拜。
i was in a ship that was wrecked, and the waves cast me ashore near a holy temple, where several young maidens performed the service
她们中最年轻的那个在岸上发现了我，救了我的命。
the youngest of them found me on the shore, and saved my life
我只见过她两次，她是这个世界上我唯一能爱的人；
i saw her but twice, and she is the only one in the world whom i could love;
但你像她，你几乎把她的形象从我脑海里赶走了。
but you are like her, and you have almost driven her image out of my mind
她属于圣殿，我的好运让你来到我身边代替了她；
she belongs to the holy temple, and my good fortune has sent you to me instead of her;
我们永远不会分开。”
and we will never part”
“啊，他不知道是我救了他的命，” 小美人鱼想。
“ah, he knows not that it was i who saved his life,” thought the little mermaid
“我带着他越过大海来到有圣殿的树林：
“i carried him over the sea to the wood where the temple stands:
