茉莉清茶Jasmine

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給加拿大Ling寫中國神話

作者：茉莉清茶Jasmine 於 2010-10-18 18:16 發表於最熱鬧的華人社交網路--貝殼村

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因為我經常給伊恩和瑪格麗特講中國故事，尤其中國節日故事，我給他們講過除夕傳說、七夕牛郎織女、中秋嫦娥奔月，還有很多中國古代愛情故事比如孔雀東南飛、梁山伯和祝英台等等。瑪格麗特每會和加拿大的兒子兒媳通電話時，總會再複述一遍，一來二往，瑪格麗特的兒媳Ling就感興趣。某天，Ling和大家視頻聊天時候，問我可否用英文把這些中國故事寫下來，她好講給其他人聽，如果英文有困難，叫伊恩幫助我。我答應下來，雖說不容易，但能傳播中國文化畢竟是好事。於是我借用翻譯軟體擠牙膏擠了幾個故事出來，寫完讓伊恩檢查拼寫和語法錯誤。第一個故事就是后羿射日，如下表述：

The Ten Suns 后羿射日

Longlong time ago,there was God named Jade Emperor who lived in the heavens,he had ten sons,they were ten suns.Every morning,one of the suns would take its turn to rise in the east, and travel westwards across the sky. Along the way,the sun』s fire would give warmth and light to the land.the sun』s journey would take it to the far west. Then,just as the day ended,the sun would dip behind mountain in west and disappear. The people lived very happy with one sun』fire.

One night,one sun said something funny when his turn rising in the world,other suns all wanted to go out next day.They argued again and again,at last they decided to go together tomorrow.The next moring, it wasn』t just one sun that rose in the east but ten. The ten suns rose into the sky and looked down.They become brighter and brighter.The ten suns burned everything,the rivers had dried up,crops and animals were dead.

The people were in despair,they would all die soon if the suns weren』t stopped. They prayed to the Jade Emperor for help. So the Jade Emperor talked to one hero called HouYi in the heavens :』 you must not harm any of my children, use your magic bow and arrows to scare them back to mountain in west,let them go home.』

HouYi came to earth,he tried to scrare the ten suns. But the ten suns did n』t listen,they thought it was so funny that everything was burned. They even laughed at HouYi. HouYi looked around at the scorched lands,he realized he must do something to rescue the poor people. He lifted his magic bow and fitted an arrow,he took aim but to kill the ten suns. One by one,the suns fell from the sky until just a single sun left. The last sun was so scrared and begged Houyi not to kill him,he would do his best for warming earth everyday. Houyi lowered his bow and said :』 I should let last sun do his job.』

The world slowly returned to normal. Once again,rivers flowed,plants grew and animals walked in the woods. People went on with their daily lives.

The Jade Emperor was furious with HouYi, he decided to punished HouYi. HouYi and his beautiful wife Chang E were forced to live on earth as mortals.

The end.