蓝胡子

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从前，有一位富翁，他住着漂亮的房子，还有一座美丽的花园。这位富翁留着一副蓝胡子，因此，大家叫他“蓝胡子”。

在富翁的房子附近住着一个穷女人，她有三个儿子和两个漂亮的女儿。一个女儿的名字叫安，另一个女儿叫法蒂玛。蓝胡子想要娶其中的一个女儿为妻，但是，两个女儿都不愿和蓝胡子结婚。

安和法蒂玛不愿同这位富翁结婚，是因为他的胡子是蓝色的。蓝胡子已经娶了很多妻子，但他的妻子都不见了，谁也不知道他的那些妻子哪儿去了。这俩姑娘不愿和蓝胡子结婚，当他的妻子，因为没人知道他的妻子的去向。因此，她们的母亲对蓝胡子说：“我的女儿不想和你结婚。”

这时，蓝胡子说：“来我家住几天吧。”于是，她们来到蓝胡子家住下。这房子真漂亮，蓝胡子处处对她们都特别好。

法蒂玛说：“他的胡子是蓝色的，但他不是一个坏人，在有些地方，他是很好的，所以我愿嫁给他。”

于是，法蒂玛和蓝胡子结婚了，住到了这所漂亮的房子里。

几天过去了。蓝胡子说：“我要去旅行。”然后，他把这座房子里所有的房间钥匙都给了法蒂玛，他说：“这一把钥匙是那间小屋的，千万别打开那间屋子的门……你说，你一定不会打开小屋子的门!”

法蒂玛就说：“我决不会打开那间小屋的门。”

于是，蓝胡子就走了。

当蓝胡子不在家时，法蒂玛的所有朋友都来看她。她带朋友们观看了许多房间，房子确实很豪华。但是，她没有打开那间小屋的门。

朋友们都走了，她自言自语道：“现在，我能打开那间小屋吗?他为什么说，‘不能打开它?’我想看看小屋里究竟有什么东西。”

near the rich man’shouse there lived a poor woman. she had three sons, and two beautiful girls.the name of one of the girls was ann; the name of the other was fatima. blue beard wanted to marryone of the girls; but the girls did not want to marryblue beard.

ann and fatima did notwant to marry the rich man becausehis beard was blue. blue beard had married many wives, but his wives had goneaway. no one knew where his other wives had gone. the girls did not want to marry blue beard and become his wife, because no oneknew where his other wives had gone. so their mother said to blue beard,"my girls do not want to marryyou."

then blue beard said," come and live in my house for some days." so they went and lived inblue beard’s house. it was a very beautiful house, and blue beard was good tothem in many ways.

fatima said, "his beard is blue, but he is not a bad man. he is verygood in some ways. so i will marry him."

so fatimamarried blue beard and went to live in the beautiful house.

some days went by.then blue beard said, "i shall go on a journey.’ then he gave fatima the keys of all the rooms in the house. he said,"this is the key of that little room; do not open the door of it. …saythat you will not open the door of the little room!"

fatima said, "i will not open the door of that little room."

then blue beard wentaway.

when blue beard wasaway, all fatima’s friends came to see her. she showed them the rooms, and whata beautiful house it was; but she did not open the door of the little room.

the friends went away.then fatima said, "shall i open the door of that little room now? why didhe say, "do not open it’? i want to see what is in the little room."

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fatima took the key;she went to the door of the little room, and opened it. in the room she saw allblue beard’s other wives. they were dead!

the key fell from herhand. when she took it up there was a red mark on it.

she shut the door.then she took the key to her room. she said, "blue beard will see the markon the key; he will know that i have opened the door of the little room, and hewill kill me, as he killed all the other wives." she rubbed the key with acloth, but the mark did not go away. she washed the key in hot water, but themark was not washed away. she rubbed the key on a stone, but she could not rubthe mark away.

blue beard came back.he called fatima, and said, "give me my keys." fatima gave him theother keys; but she did not give him the key of the little room. he said,"where is the key of the little room?" she said, "i will bringit." she went and brought it; and he saw the red mark. he said, "youhave opened the door of the tittle room. now you shall die."

she fell at hisfeet:" give me some hours to live," she said.

he said, "i willgive you one hour."

fatima had threebrothers. her brothers had said, "we shall come and see you today;"but they had not come. she said, "if my brothers come in this hour theywill save me."

her sister ann was inthe house. she called to her, "sister ann, sister ann, go to the windowand see if my brothers are coming."

sister ann went to thewindow; she said, "i see no one coming."

fatima waited alittle; then she cried, " sister ann, sister ann, do you see anyonecoming?"

sister ann said,"i do not see anyone; no one is coming."

blue beard called,"fatima!"

fatima said,"sister ann, sister ann, is anyone coming?"

"i see a littledust," said sister ann, "very far away."

blue beard called,"fatima, come down."

"sister ann,sister ann," said fatima, "is there anyone in the dust?"

"i see men in thedust," said sister ann.

blue beard called,"an hour has gone by. come down, fatima, and i shall kill you."

" sister ann,sister ann, are three men in the dust?"

blue beard called,"an hour has gone by. if you do not come down, i shall come up."

"i see threemen," said sister ann.

"they are mybrothers!" said fatima.

fatima said, "sister ann, sister ann, call to them to come and save me."

blue beard called."i am coming up," he said.

"sister ann, callto them, sister ann!"

blue beard came to thedoor.

the door opened: bluebeard caught fatima’s arm.

the three brotherscame in, and killed blue beard.

so fatima was saved.