As a merry young huntsman was once going briskly along through a wood, there came up a little old woman, and said to him, ‘Good day, good day; you seem merry enough, but I am hungry and thirsty; do pray give me something to eat.’ The huntsman took pity on her, and put his hand in his pocket and gave her what he had. Then he wanted to go his way; but she took hold of him, and said, ‘Listen, my friend, to what I am going to tell you; I will reward you for your kindness; go your way, and after a little time you will come to a tree where you will see nine birds sitting on a cloak. Shoot into the midst of them, and one will fall down dead: the cloak will fall too; take it, it is a wishing-cloak, and when you wear it you will find yourself at any place where you may wish to be. Cut open the dead bird, take out its heart and keep it, and you will find a piece of gold under your pillow every morning when you rise. It is the bird’s heart that will bring you this good luck.’
从前有个快乐的年轻猎人正轻快地穿过一片树林，这时一位老妇人走上前对他说：‘早上好，早上好；你看起来真快乐，但我又饿又渴，求你给我点吃的吧。’猎人对她心生怜悯，把手伸进口袋，把自己有的东西都给了她。然后他想继续赶路，但老妇人拉住他说道：‘听我说，我的朋友，我要告诉你一件事；我会报答你的善行。你继续走吧，过一会儿你会看到一棵树，树上有一件斗篷，上面坐着九只鸟。朝它们中间射一箭，其中一只会掉下来死去；斗篷也会随之落下；把它拿走，这是一件愿望斗篷，穿上它你就能瞬间到达你想去的任何地方。把死鸟剖开，取出它的 heart 保存起来，每天早上起床时你会发现枕头下有一块金子。正是这只鸟的心脏会给你带来好运。’
The huntsman thanked her, and thought to himself, ‘If all this does happen, it will be a fine thing for me.’ When he had gone a hundred steps or so, he heard a screaming and chirping in the branches over him, and looked up and saw a flock of birds pulling a cloak with their bills and feet; screaming, fighting, and tugging at each other as if each wished to have it himself. ‘Well,’ said the huntsman, ‘this is wonderful; this happens just as the old woman said’; then he shot into the midst of them so that their feathers flew all about. Off went the flock chattering away; but one fell down dead, and the cloak with it. Then the huntsman did as the old woman told him, cut open the bird, took out the heart, and carried the cloak home with him.
猎人向她道谢，心里想着：'如果这一切都成真，那对我将是大好事。'他走了大约一百步，忽然听到头顶树枝间传来尖叫声和啁啾声，抬头一看，只见一群鸟儿正用喙和爪子拉扯一件斗篷；它们尖叫着、争斗着、互相撕扯，仿佛每只都想据为己有。'好吧，'猎人说，'这真是奇妙；正如那位老妇人所说的那样。'于是他向鸟群射出一箭，羽毛顿时四处飞散。鸟群叽叽喳喳地飞走了，但有一只坠地身亡，斗篷也随之落下。于是猎人照老妇人的吩咐，剖开那只鸟，取出心脏，将斗篷带回家去。
The next morning when he awoke he lifted up his pillow, and there lay the piece of gold glittering underneath; the same happened next day, and indeed every day when he arose. He heaped up a great deal of gold, and at last thought to himself, ‘Of what use is this gold to me whilst I am at home? I will go out into the world and look about me.’
第二天早上醒来时，他掀开枕头，发现下面躺着一块闪闪发光的金子；第二天也是如此，此后每天起床时都是如此。他积攒了大量的金子，最后心想：‘我待在家里要这金子有什么用呢？我要到外面世界去闯一闯。’
Then he took leave of his friends, and hung his bag and bow about his neck, and went his way. It so happened that his road one day led through a thick wood, at the end of which was a large castle in a green meadow, and at one of the windows stood an old woman with a very beautiful young lady by her side looking about them. Now the old woman was a witch, and said to the young lady, ‘There is a young man coming out of the wood who carries a wonderful prize; we must get it away from him, my dear child, for it is more fit for us than for him. He has a bird’s heart that brings a piece of gold under his pillow every morning.’ Meantime the huntsman came nearer and looked at the lady, and said to himself, ‘I have been travelling so long that I should like to go into this castle and rest myself, for I have money enough to pay for anything I want’; but the real reason was, that he wanted to see more of the beautiful lady. Then he went into the house, and was welcomed kindly; and it was not long before he was so much in love that he thought of nothing else but looking at the lady’s eyes, and doing everything that she wished. Then the old woman said, ‘Now is the time for getting the bird’s heart.’ So the lady stole it away, and he never found any more gold under his pillow, for it lay now under the young lady’s, and the old woman took it away every morning; but he was so much in love that he never missed his prize.
随后，他向朋友们告别，将行囊和弓箭挂在颈间，踏上归途。碰巧有一天，他的路穿过一片茂密的森林，森林尽头是一座坐落在绿草地上的大城堡，窗边站着一位老妇人，身旁依偎着一位极美的年轻女子，二人正向外张望。原来那老妇人是女巫，她对年轻女子说：‘有个年轻人正从树林里走出来，他带着珍贵的宝物；我们必须把它弄到手，亲爱的孩子，这宝物更适合我们而非他。他有一颗鸟心，每天清晨都会在他的枕头下带来一块金子。’与此同时，猎人走近了，望着那位女子，心想：‘我旅行了这么久，真想去那座城堡歇歇脚，我有足够的钱支付任何所需之物；’但真正的原因是他想多看看那位美丽的姑娘。于是他走进屋内，受到了热情的款待。没过多久，他便深深爱上了她，眼中再无其他，只愿凝视她的双眼，并顺从她的一切意愿。这时老妇人说：‘现在正是夺取鸟心的时候了。’于是女子悄悄偷走了那颗心，猎人再也无法在枕下找到金子，因为金子如今已移到年轻女子的枕下，而老妇人每天清晨都会将其取走；但他因爱得太深，竟未曾察觉宝物的失落。
‘Well,’ said the old witch, ‘we have got the bird’s heart, but not the wishing-cloak yet, and that we must also get.’ ‘Let us leave him that,’ said the young lady; ‘he has already lost his wealth.’ Then the witch was very angry, and said, ‘Such a cloak is a very rare and wonderful thing, and I must and will have it.’ So she did as the old woman told her, and set herself at the window, and looked about the country and seemed very sorrowful; then the huntsman said, ‘What makes you so sad?’ ‘Alas! dear sir,’ said she, ‘yonder lies the granite rock where all the costly diamonds grow, and I want so much to go there, that whenever I think of it I cannot help being sorrowful, for who can reach it? only the birds and the flies--man cannot.’ ‘If that’s all your grief,’ said the huntsman, ‘I’ll take you there with all my heart’; so he drew her under his cloak, and the moment he wished to be on the granite mountain they were both there. The diamonds glittered so on all sides that they were delighted with the sight and picked up the finest. But the old witch made a deep sleep come upon him, and he said to the young lady, ‘Let us sit down and rest ourselves a little, I am so tired that I cannot stand any longer.’ So they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap and fell asleep; and whilst he was sleeping on she took the cloak from his shoulders, hung it on her own, picked up the diamonds, and wished herself home again.
‘好吧，’老巫婆说，‘我们已经得到了鸟的心，但还没有得到许愿斗篷，而我们也必须得到它。’年轻女子说：‘那就留给他吧，他已经失去了财富。’于是老巫婆非常生气，说道：‘这样的斗篷是非常罕见而神奇的东西，我非得得到它不可。’于是她照老妇人的话去做，坐在窗边，四处张望，显得十分悲伤；猎人便问：‘是什么让你如此伤心？’‘唉，亲爱的先生，’她说，‘那边就是长满珍贵钻石的花岗岩山，我非常想去那里，一想到这件事我就忍不住难过，因为谁能到达那里呢？只有鸟儿和苍蝇能去——人类不能。’‘如果这就是你的烦恼，’猎人说，‘我很乐意带你去。’于是他把年轻女子拉到斗篷下，只要他心想自己到了花岗岩山上，两人便立刻到了那里。钻石在四周闪闪发光，他们看得欣喜若狂，捡起了最精美的几颗。但老巫婆让猎人陷入沉睡，他对年轻女子说：‘我们坐下休息一会儿吧，我太累了，站不住了。’于是他们坐下，他把头枕在她的膝上睡着了；趁他熟睡时，她从他肩上取下斗篷披在自己身上，拾起钻石，然后许愿回到了家。
When he awoke and found that his lady had tricked him, and left him alone on the wild rock, he said, ‘Alas! what roguery there is in the world!’ and there he sat in great grief and fear, not knowing what to do. Now this rock belonged to fierce giants who lived upon it; and as he saw three of them striding about, he thought to himself, ‘I can only save myself by feigning to be asleep’; so he laid himself down as if he were in a sound sleep. When the giants came up to him, the first pushed him with his foot, and said, ‘What worm is this that lies here curled up?’ ‘Tread upon him and kill him,’ said the second. ‘It’s not worth the trouble,’ said the third; ‘let him live, he’ll go climbing higher up the mountain, and some cloud will come rolling and carry him away.’ And they passed on. But the huntsman had heard all they said; and as soon as they were gone, he climbed to the top of the mountain, and when he had sat there a short time a cloud came rolling around him, and caught him in a whirlwind and bore him along for some time, till it settled in a garden, and he fell quite gently to the ground amongst the greens and cabbages.
他醒来后发现妻子骗了他，独自将他留在荒凉的岩石上，便叹息道：‘唉！这世上竟有如此狡诈之人！’他坐在那里，心中充满悲伤与恐惧，不知该如何是好。这块岩石属于凶恶的巨人，他们居住于此；当他看见三个巨人在周围大步走动时，心想：‘我唯有假装睡着才能保全自己。’于是他便躺下，装作熟睡的样子。巨人走近后，第一个用脚踢他，说道：‘这蜷缩在地上的虫子是什么？’第二个说：‘踩死它！’第三个却道：‘不必费事，让他活着吧，他会继续往山上爬，届时会有云朵滚来，把他卷走。’说罢他们便离开了。猎人将这一切都听在耳中；待巨人一走，他便爬上山顶，刚坐了一会儿，一朵云便滚到他身边，将他卷入旋风之中，带着他飞行了许久，最终落在一座花园里，他轻柔地落在菜畦和卷心菜丛中。
Then he looked around him, and said, ‘I wish I had something to eat, if not I shall be worse off than before; for here I see neither apples nor pears, nor any kind of fruits, nothing but vegetables.’ At last he thought to himself, ‘I can eat salad, it will refresh and strengthen me.’ So he picked out a fine head and ate of it; but scarcely had he swallowed two bites when he felt himself quite changed, and saw with horror that he was turned into an ass. However, he still felt very hungry, and the salad tasted very nice; so he ate on till he came to another kind of salad, and scarcely had he tasted it when he felt another change come over him, and soon saw that he was lucky enough to have found his old shape again.
于是，他环顾四周，说道：‘我要是有点吃的就好了，否则我会比之前更糟；因为这里既没有苹果也没有梨，没有任何水果，只有蔬菜。’最后，他心想：‘我可以吃沙拉，它能让我恢复精神并增强体力。’于是他挑了一颗漂亮的生菜头开始吃；可刚吞下两口，他就感到自己完全变了样，惊恐地发现自己变成了一头驴。然而，他仍然非常饥饿，而沙拉的味道又十分美味，于是他又继续吃，直到吃到另一种沙拉；刚尝了一口，他便感到身体再次发生变化，很快发现幸运地恢复了原来的模样。
Then he laid himself down and slept off a little of his weariness; and when he awoke the next morning he broke off a head both of the good and the bad salad, and thought to himself, ‘This will help me to my fortune again, and enable me to pay off some folks for their treachery.’ So he went away to try and find the castle of his friends; and after wandering about a few days he luckily found it. Then he stained his face all over brown, so that even his mother would not have known him, and went into the castle and asked for a lodging; ‘I am so tired,’ said he, ‘that I can go no farther.’ ‘Countryman,’ said the witch, ‘who are you? and what is your business?’ ‘I am,’ said he, ‘a messenger sent by the king to find the finest salad that grows under the sun. I have been lucky enough to find it, and have brought it with me; but the heat of the sun scorches so that it begins to wither, and I don’t know that I can carry it farther.’
于是他便躺下休息，稍解疲惫；次日清晨醒来后，他折下一把好生菜和一把坏生菜，心想：‘这能助我重获财富，也能让我向那些背信弃义之人讨回公道。’随后他动身去寻找朋友的城堡；在四处游荡数日后，他幸运地找到了那座城堡。接着他将整张脸涂成褐色，连自己的母亲恐怕也认不出他了，然后走进城堡请求借宿：‘我太累了，’他说，‘再也走不动了。’‘乡巴佬，’女巫问道，‘你是谁？来此何事？’‘我，’他答道，‘是国王派来的使者，前来寻找世间最鲜美的生菜。我很幸运找到了它，并已将其带来；但烈日炙烤，生菜已开始枯萎，我不知是否还能继续携带前行。’
When the witch and the young lady heard of his beautiful salad, they longed to taste it, and said, ‘Dear countryman, let us just taste it.’ ‘To be sure,’ answered he; ‘I have two heads of it with me, and will give you one’; so he opened his bag and gave them the bad. Then the witch herself took it into the kitchen to be dressed; and when it was ready she could not wait till it was carried up, but took a few leaves immediately and put them in her mouth, and scarcely were they swallowed when she lost her own form and ran braying down into the court in the form of an ass. Now the servant-maid came into the kitchen, and seeing the salad ready, was going to carry it up; but on the way she too felt a wish to taste it as the old woman had done, and ate some leaves; so she also was turned into an ass and ran after the other, letting the dish with the salad fall on the ground. The messenger sat all this time with the beautiful young lady, and as nobody came with the salad and she longed to taste it, she said, ‘I don’t know where the salad can be.’ Then he thought something must have happened, and said, ‘I will go into the kitchen and see.’ And as he went he saw two asses in the court running about, and the salad lying on the ground. ‘All right!’ said he; ‘those two have had their share.’ Then he took up the rest of the leaves, laid them on the dish and brought them to the young lady, saying, ‘I bring you the dish myself that you may not wait any longer.’ So she ate of it, and like the others ran off into the court braying away.
女巫和那位年轻小姐听说他做的沙拉如此美味，便渴望尝一尝，说道：‘亲爱的乡邻，让我们尝尝吧。’‘当然可以，’他回答说，‘我带了两颗，分给你们一颗。’于是他便打开袋子，把其中一颗交给了她们。接着，女巫亲自将这颗沙拉拿到厨房准备；待沙拉备好后，她已迫不及待要端上去，便立刻抓了几片叶子放入口中。刚吞下，她的原形便消失了，化作一头驴，在院子里嘶叫着奔跑起来。这时，女仆走进厨房，见沙拉已准备好，正欲端上楼去；途中她也像那位老妇人一样起了尝鲜的念头，吃了几片叶子，结果也被变成了驴，跟着另一头驴跑了起来，同时将盛着沙拉的盘子掉落在地。此时，信使一直陪在美丽的年轻小姐身边，因无人送来沙拉，她心生渴望，说道：‘不知沙拉在哪里了。’他心想定是出了什么事，便说：‘我去厨房看看。’当他走进院子时，看见两头驴正在奔跑，而沙拉就散落在地上。‘没事！’他说，‘那两位已经尝过了。’于是他将剩下的叶子拾起，重新放在盘中，端给年轻小姐，说道：‘我亲自为您送来，让您不必再等。’她吃了一些，随即也像其他人一样，化作驴在院子里嘶叫着跑开了。
Then the huntsman washed his face and went into the court that they might know him. ‘Now you shall be paid for your roguery,’ said he; and tied them all three to a rope and took them along with him till he came to a mill and knocked at the window. ‘What’s the matter?’ said the miller. ‘I have three tiresome beasts here,’ said the other; ‘if you will take them, give them food and room, and treat them as I tell you, I will pay you whatever you ask.’ ‘With all my heart,’ said the miller; ‘but how shall I treat them?’ Then the huntsman said, ‘Give the old one stripes three times a day and hay once; give the next (who was the servant-maid) stripes once a day and hay three times; and give the youngest (who was the beautiful lady) hay three times a day and no stripes’: for he could not find it in his heart to have her beaten. After this he went back to the castle, where he found everything he wanted.
于是猎人洗了脸，走进庭院，让他们认出自己。'现在你们要为自己的恶行付出代价了，'他说着，将三人用绳子捆在一起，带他们来到一座磨坊前敲窗。'出什么事了？'磨坊主问。'我这里有三个讨厌的家伙，'猎人说，'如果你愿意收留他们，管吃管住，并按我说的方式对待他们，我会付给你任何你要求的报酬。''我非常乐意，'磨坊主说，'但我该如何对待他们呢？'猎人便说：'每天给那匹老马抽打三次，喂一次干草；给第二位（那位女仆）抽打一次，喂三次干草；给最年轻的那位（那位美丽的姑娘）每天喂三次干草，但绝不打她。'因为他实在不忍心让她受罚。
Some days after, the miller came to him and told him that the old ass was dead; ‘The other two,’ said he, ‘are alive and eat, but are so sorrowful that they cannot last long.’ Then the huntsman pitied them, and told the miller to drive them back to him, and when they came, he gave them some of the good salad to eat. And the beautiful young lady fell upon her knees before him, and said, ‘O dearest huntsman! forgive me all the ill I have done you; my mother forced me to it, it was against my will, for I always loved you very much. Your wishing-cloak hangs up in the closet, and as for the bird’s heart, I will give it you too.’ But he said, ‘Keep it, it will be just the same thing, for I mean to make you my wife.’ So they were married, and lived together very happily till they died.
几天后，磨坊主来找他，告诉他那头老驴已经死了；‘另外两头还活着，也在吃草，但非常悲伤，恐怕活不了多久了。’猎人听了心生怜悯，便让磨坊主把它们赶回来。它们一到，猎人便分给它们一些美味的沙拉。那位美丽的年轻女子随即跪在他面前，说道：‘哦，最亲爱的猎人！请原谅我对你所做的一切恶行；是母亲逼我的，违背了我的意愿，因为我一直非常爱你。你的许愿斗篷挂在壁橱里，至于那颗鸟心，我也一并给你。’但他回答说：‘留着吧，反正都一样，因为我要娶你为妻。’于是他们举行了婚礼，从此幸福地生活在一起，直到终老。