Many long, long years later, once again a prince came to the country. He heard an old man telling about the thorn hedge. It was said that there was a castle behind it, in which a beautiful princess named Little pier-Rose had been asleep for a hundred years, and with her the king and the queen and all the royal attendants were sleeping. He also knew from his grandfather that many princes had come and tried to penetrate the thorn hedge, but they had become stuck in it and died a sorrowful death
.許多許多年過去了，一天，又有一位王子踏上了這塊土地。一位老大爺向他講起了蒺藜樹叢的故事，說樹籬之內有一座漂亮的王宮，王宮里有一位仙女般的公主，她的名字叫玫瑰公主，她和整座王宮及里面的人都在沉睡。他還說，他曾聽他的爺爺談起有許許多多的王子來過這兒，他們都想穿過樹籬，但都被纏在里面死去了。
then the young man said, "I am not afraid. I will go there and see the beautiful Little pier-Rose." However much the good old man tried to dissuade him, the prince would not listen to his words.
聽了這些，這位王子說：「所有這些都嚇不倒我，我要看玫瑰公主去！」老人勸他不要去試，可他卻堅持要去。
the hundred years had just passed, and the day had come when Little pier-Rose was to awaken. When the prince approached the thorn hedge, it was nothing but large, beautiful flowers that separated by themselves, allowing him to pass through without harm, but then behind him closed back into a hedge.
這天，時間正好過去了一百年，所以當王子來到樹籬叢時，他看到的全是盛開著美麗花朵的灌木，他很輕松地就穿過了樹籬。隨著他在前面走，身后樹籬又密密地合攏了。
In the courtyard he saw the horses and spotted hunting dogs lying there asleep, and on the roof the pigeons, perched with their little heads tucked under they wings. When he walked inside the flies were asleep on the wall, the cook in the kitchen was still holding up his hand as if he wanted to grab the boy, and the maid was sitting in front of the black chicken that was supposed to be plucked..
最后，他到達了王宮，看見大院內狗躺在那兒沉睡，馬廄里的馬在沉睡，屋頂上的鴿子將頭埋在翅膀下沉睡。他走進王宮內，看見墻上的蒼蠅在沉睡，廚房里的廚師向上舉著手，似乎是要打那童工一耳光，一個女仆手里抓著一只黑母雞準備拔毛。
He walked on still further, and it was so quiet that he could hear his own peath. Finally he came to the tower and opened the door to the little room where Little pier-Rose was sleeping.
他繼續(xù)向里尋去，一切都靜得出奇，連自己的呼吸都清晰可聞。終於，他來到古老的宮樓，推開了玫瑰公主在的那個小房間的門。
there she lay and was so beautiful that he could not take his eyes off her. He bent over and gave her a kiss. When he touched her with the kiss Little pier-Rose opened her eyes, awoke, and looked at him kindly.。
玫瑰公主睡得正香，她是那么美麗動人，他瞪大眼睛，連眨也舍不得眨一下，看著看著，禁不住俯下身去吻了她一下。就這一吻，玫瑰小姐一下子蘇醒過來，她張開雙眼，微笑著充滿深情地注視著他，王子抱著她一起走出了宮樓。
they went downstairs together, and the king awoke, and the queen, and all the royal attendants, and they looked at one another in amazement. The horses in the courtyard stood up and shook themselves. The hunting dogs jumped and wagged their tails. The pigeons on the roof pulled their little heads out from beneath their wings, looked around, and flew into the field. The flies on the walls crept about again. The fire in the kitchen rose up, poke into flames, and cooked the food. The roast began to sizzle once again. The cook boxed the boy's ears, causing him to cry, and the maid finished plucking the chicken.
此刻，國王和王后也醒過來了，王宮里所有的人都醒過來了。他們懷著極大的好奇心互相凝視著，似乎還不明白到底發(fā)生了甚么事情。馬站了起來，搖擺著身體；狗兒歡跳不止，汪汪吠叫；鴿子由翅膀下抬起了頭，昂首四顧，振翅飛向田野；墻上的蒼蠅嗡嗡地飛了開去；廚房里的火又竄起了火苗開始燒飯，燒烤的肉又吱吱作響；廚師怒吼著扇了童工一個耳光；女仆繼續(xù)給雞拔毛，一切都恢復了往日的模樣?！?/p>
And then the prince's marriage to Little pier-Rose was celepated with GREat splendor, and they lived happily until they died.
不久，王子和玫瑰公主舉行了盛大的結婚典禮，他們幸福歡樂地生活在一起，一直白頭到老。
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