诗翁彼豆故事集 第25期:三兄弟的传说(2)

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　　The thief took the wand and for good measure, slit¹ the oldest brother's throat. 贼偷走了魔杖，另外还割断了他的喉咙。

　　And so Death took the first brother for his own. 就这样，死神取走了老大的命。

　　Meanwhile, the second brother journeyed to his own home, where he lived alone. 与此同时，老二回到了他独自居住的家。

　　Here he took out the stone that had the power to recall the dead, and turned it thrice in his hand. 他拿出了可以起死回生的石头，在手里转了三次。

　　To his amazement² and his delight, the figure of the girl he had once hoped to marry, before her untimely death, appeared at once before him. 让他惊喜交加的是，他想娶的但不幸早逝的女孩立刻出现在他面前。

　　Yet she was silent and cold, separated from him as by a veil. 可是她无言而冷漠，他们之间似乎隔着一层面纱。

　　Though she had returned to the mortal world, she did not truly belong there and suffered. 她尽管返回了人间，却并不真正属于这里，她很痛苦。

　　Finally the second brother, driven mad with hopeless longing³, killed himself so as to truly join her. 最终，老二被无望的渴求折磨疯了，为了真正能和她在一起而自杀身亡。

　　And so Death took the second brother from his own. 就这样，死神取走了老二的命。

　　But though Death searched for the third brother for many years, he was never able to find him. 但是，死神找了老三好多年，却始终没能找到他。

　　It was only when he had attained⁴ a great age that the youngest brother finally took off the Cloak of Invisibility and gave it to his son. 老三一直活到很老以后，才最终脱下隐形衣，交给了他的儿子。

　　And then he greeted Death as an old friend, and went with him gladly, and, equals, they departed this life. 然后像老朋友见面一样迎接死神，并以平等的身份，高兴地同他一道，离开了人间。

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