A Flea, a Grasshopper, and a Leap-frog once wanted to see which could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and everybody else besides who chose to come to see the festival. Three famous jumpers were they, as everyone would say, when they all met together in the room.
一只跳蚤、一只蚱蜢和一只跳蛙曾经想看看谁能 跳得最高；他们邀请了全世界以及其他所有人 除了谁选择来看这个节日。三位著名的跳投运动员是 正如每个人都会说的，当他们在房间里见面时。
“I will give my daughter to him who jumps highest,” exclaimed the King; “for it is not so amusing where there is no prize to jump for.”
国王大声说道：“我会把我的女儿嫁给跳得最高的人。” “因为没有奖品可跳的地方就不那么有趣了。”
The Flea was the first to step forward. He had exquisite manners, and bowed to the company on all sides; for he had noble blood, and was, moreover, accustomed to the society of man alone; and that makes a great difference.
跳蚤率先上前。他举止优雅， 四面八方向公司鞠躬；因为他有高贵的血统，而且， 而且，习惯了独自一人的社会；这使得一个伟大的 差异。
Then came the Grasshopper. He was considerably heavier, but he was well-mannered, and wore a green uniform, which he had by right of birth; he said, moreover, that he belonged to a very ancient Egyptian family, and that in the house where he then was, he was thought much of. The fact was, he had been just brought out of the fields, and put in a pasteboard house, three stories high, all made of court-cards, with the colored side inwards; and doors and windows cut out of the body of the Queen of Hearts. “I sing so well,” said he, “that sixteen native grasshoppers who have chirped from infancy, and yet got no house built of cards to live in, grew thinner than they were before for sheer vexation when they heard me.”
然后蚱蜢来了。他的体重明显重了很多，但 彬彬有礼，穿着绿色制服，这是他与生俱来的。 此外，他还说他属于一个非常古老的埃及家庭， 在他当时所在的房子里，他受到了很多人的重视。的 事实上，他刚刚被带出田地，并被安置在一个 纸板房子，三层高，全部由纸牌制成， 彩色面朝内；以及从身体上切出的门窗 红心皇后。 “我唱得很好，”他说，“那十六个本地人 从小就叽叽喳喳，却没有盖房子的蚱蜢 居住的卡片变得比以前更薄，纯粹是为了 当他们听到我的声音时，他们感到很烦恼。”
It was thus that the Flea and the Grasshopper gave an account of themselves, and thought they were quite good enough to marry a Princess.
跳蚤和蚱蜢就是这样描述的 他们自己，并认为自己足够优秀，可以嫁给一位公主。
The Leap-frog said nothing; but people gave it as their opinion, that he therefore thought the more; and when the housedog snuffed at him with his nose, he confessed the Leap-frog was of good family. The old councillor, who had had three orders given him to make him hold his tongue, asserted that the Leap-frog was a prophet; for that one could see on his back, if there would be a severe or mild winter, and that was what one could not see even on the back of the man who writes the almanac.
跳蛙什么也没说。但人们给出了他们的意见 他因此想得更多；当看家狗向他嗅来嗅去时 他用鼻子承认这只跳蛙是出身名门的。旧的 议员下达了三项命令，要求他保留自己的权力 舌头，断言跳蛙是一位先知；因为那个人可以 看看他的背，冬天是严冬还是温和的？ 这是即使在写这本书的人的背面也看不到的东西 年历。
“I say nothing, it is true,” exclaimed the King; “but I have my own opinion, notwithstanding.”
“我什么也没说，这是真的，”国王喊道。 “但我有自己的 尽管如此，还是有意见。”
Now the trial was to take place. The Flea jumped so high that nobody could see where he went to; so they all asserted he had not jumped at all; and that was dishonorable.
现在审判即将开始。跳蚤跳得太高了，没有人 可以看到他去了哪里；所以他们都断言他没有跳下去 全部；这是不光彩的。
The Grasshopper jumped only half as high; but he leaped into the King's face, who said that was ill-mannered.
蚱蜢跳的高度只有一半；但他跳进了国王的宫殿 脸，谁说这是无礼的。
The Leap-frog stood still for a long time lost in thought; it was believed at last he would not jump at all.
跳蛙一动不动地站了很长时间，陷入了沉思。原来是 最后相信他根本不会跳下去。
“I only hope he is not unwell,” said the house-dog; when, pop! he made a jump all on one side into the lap of the Princess, who was sitting on a little golden stool close by.
“我只希望他没有不适，”看门狗说。什么时候，噗！他做了一个 整个人从一侧跳到坐在公主腿上的膝盖上 附近的金色小凳子。
Hereupon the King said, “There is nothing above my daughter; therefore to bound up to her is the highest jump that can be made; but for this, one must possess understanding, and the Leap-frog has shown that he has understanding. He is brave and intellectual.”
国王于是说道：“没有什么比我的女儿更重要的了，所以 跳到她身上是能跳到的最高高度；但为此， 一个人必须具备理解力，而跳蛙已经表明他已经 理解。他很勇敢，也很聪明。”
And so he won the Princess.
就这样他赢得了公主。
“It's all the same to me,” said the Flea. “She may have the old Leap-frog, for all I care. I jumped the highest; but in this world merit seldom meets its reward. A fine exterior is what people look at now-a-days.”
“这对我来说都一样，”跳蚤说。 “她可能有旧 蛙跳，我不在乎。我跳得最高；但在这个世界上 功德很少能得到其回报。好的外表才是人们所看的 现在。”
The Flea then went into foreign service, where, it is said, he was killed.
跳蚤随后进入外交部门，据说，他在那里 被杀了。
The Grasshopper sat without on a green bank, and reflected on worldly things; and he said too, “Yes, a fine exterior is everything--a fine exterior is what people care about.” And then he began chirping his peculiar melancholy song, from which we have taken this history; and which may, very possibly, be all untrue, although it does stand here printed in black and white.
蚱蜢坐在外面的绿色岸边，思考着世俗 事物；他也说：“是的，一个好的外表就是一切——一个好的外表 外观才是人们关心的。”然后他开始叽叽喳喳地叫着 我们从这首独特的忧郁歌曲中汲取了这段历史；和 尽管它确实存在于此，但很可能全部都是不真实的 黑白印刷。