格林童話故事第22篇：謎語The riddle
引導語：謎語主要指暗射事物或文字等供人猜測的隱語，也可引申為蘊含奧秘的事物。下文是小編收集的《謎語》格林童話故事，歡迎大家閱讀!
從前有位王子，一時興起去周遊世界，身邊只帶了一個忠實的僕人。 一天，他來到了一片大森林，天黑時，沒有找到住處，不知道該在哪裡過夜。 這時，他看到一個姑娘向一間小屋走去，便跑上前，結果發現這位姑娘既美麗又年輕。 他和她打招呼，說："好姑娘，我和我的僕人可以在這小屋裡過一夜嗎?""唉，"姑娘哀傷地說，"可以是可以，但我勸你們最好還是別進去。""為什麼?"王子問。 姑娘嘆了口氣說："我的繼母會巫術，她對陌生人不懷好意。"王子這才明白自己來到了巫婆的家，可是天已經黑了，他無法再往前走，再加上他膽子很大，便進了屋。 老巫婆坐在爐子旁的一張扶手椅上，紅紅的眼睛望著進來的陌生人。 "晚上好，"她用嘶啞的聲音說，並且竭力裝出一副友好的樣子，"坐下來歇歇腳吧。"她把爐火扇旺一些，爐子上還有一隻小鍋子在煮著什麼東西。 姑娘警告兩位客人千萬要小心，什麼也不要吃，什麼也不要喝，因為老巫婆熬的是魔湯。 他們安安靜靜地一直睡到天亮，然後便準備動身上路，王子這時已經騎到了馬背上了，老巫婆卻說："等一等，我還想請你們喝杯餞行的酒呢。"趁她回去拿酒時，王子趕緊騎馬走了。 所以當邪惡的老巫婆端著酒回來時，只有王子的僕人還在那裡勒馬鞍。 "把這杯酒帶給你的主人，"她說，可就在這一剎那，杯子破了，毒酒濺在馬身上，立刻把馬毒死了。 僕人追上王子，把發生的事情告訴了他。 僕人捨不得那馬鞍，便跑回去取。 可當他跑到死馬那裡時，竟見一隻烏鴉蹲在馬的身上，大口大口地吃著馬肉。 "誰知道今天還能不能找到更好的東西呢。"僕人心想，便打死了烏鴉，帶著它走了。 他們在森林裡繼續走了整整一天，可怎麼也走不出去。 天黑時，他們看到一家旅店，便走了進去。 僕人把烏鴉給店老闆，讓他燒好了當晚飯。 可是，他們來到的是家黑店，黑暗中店裡來了十二個殺人犯，打算殺死這兩位陌生人，搶劫他們的錢財。 不過在動手之前，他們一起坐了下來吃用烏鴉肉燉的湯，店老闆和那老巫婆也加了進來。 他們剛喝了幾口湯便全倒在地上死了，因為烏鴉把死馬身上的毒汁傳給了他們。 旅店裡現在只剩下了店老闆的女兒，這是一個誠實的姑娘，沒有參加那些罪惡的勾當。 她為這兩位陌生人打開了所有的門，讓他們看裡面存放的金銀財寶。 可是王子說那些東西現在全都屬於她了，他自己什麼也不要，然後，他就帶著僕人繼續上路了。
他們又走了很久，來到了一座城市，這座城裡住著一位非常美麗但又非常高傲的公主，她遍告天下，誰要是能出一個她猜不出的謎語，她就嫁給誰;可她要是猜出來了，那個人就要被砍掉腦袋。 她有三天的時間思考，可她聰明極了，總能在規定的時間之前猜出來。 在王子到來之前，已經有九個人這樣送掉了性命。 但王子被她的美貌迷住了，願意拿自己的'性命做賭注。 他來到公主那裡，給她出謎語："什麼東西不殺任何人，卻殺死了十二個人?"她不知道這是什麼東西，想來想去怎麼也猜不出。 她查遍了各種謎語書，可裡面就是沒有，一句話，她的智慧遇到了難題。 她不知道該怎麼辦才好，便派她的女僕溜進王子的房間，偷聽他夢中說些什麼，以為他或許在說夢話時會把謎底漏出來。 但是王子那聰明的僕人卻睡到了主人的床上，女僕一溜進來他就扯掉了她的斗篷，用鞭子把她趕了出去。 第二天夜裡，公主又派她的貼身女僕去碰碰運氣，看她是否能打聽出來，但王子的僕人也扯下了她的斗篷，用鞭子把她趕了出去。 第三天，王子覺得自己已經有了把握，便睡回到了自己的房間。 這次公主本人來了。 她披了件霧一般的灰色斗篷，坐在王子的身邊。 她以為王子已經睡著，便跟他說話，希望他像許多人一樣在夢中說出謎底來。 然而王子並沒有睡著，心裡清楚得很，把她的一舉一動全聽在了耳朵裡。 她問："什麼東西不殺任何人?"他回答："一隻吃了被毒藥毒死、自己又被毒死的烏鴉。"她又問："那什麼殺了十二個人呢?"他回答："十二個吃了烏鴉的兇手也死了。"
公主得知了謎底後便想悄悄溜走，可王子緊緊扯住她的斗篷，逼得她只好把它留下。 第二天早晨，公主宣佈說自己已經猜出了謎語，並且派人叫來十二個法官，當著他們的面說出了謎底。 然而王子請求大家聽他說幾句。 他說："她在夜裡偷偷溜進我的房間，從我這裡問出了答案，否則她是不會知道謎底的。"法官們問："拿出證據來。"王子的僕人拿來了三條斗篷，法官們看到那條霧一般的斗篷正是公主常常披在身上的，便齊聲說："給這件斗篷繡上金絲銀線，它將成為你們的結婚禮服。"
謎語英文版：
The riddle
There was once a King's son who was seized with a desire to travel about the world, and took no one with him but a faithful servant. One day he came to a great forest, and when darkness overtook him he could find no shelter, and knew not where to pass the night. Then he saw a girl who was going towards a small house, and when he came nearer, he saw that the maiden was young and beautiful. He spoke to her, and said, "Dear child, can I and my servant find shelter for the night in the little house?" - "Oh, yes," said the girl in a sad voice, "that you certainly can, but I do not advise you to venture it. Do not go in." - "Why not?" asked the King's son. The maiden sighed and said, "My step-mother practises wicked arts; she is ill-disposed toward strangers." Then he saw very well that he had come to the house of a witch, but as it was dark, and he could not go farther, and also was not afraid, he entered. The old woman was sitting in an armchair by the fire, and looked at the stranger with her red eyes. "Good evening," growled she, and pretended to be quite friendly. "Take a seat and rest yourselves." She blew up the fire on which she was cooking something in a small pot. The daughter warned the two to be prudent, to eat nothing, and drink nothing, for the old woman brewed evil drinks. They slept quietly until early morning. When they were making ready for their departure, and the King's son was already seated on his horse, the old woman said, "Stop a moment, I will first hand you a parting draught." Whilst she fetched it, the King's son rode away, and the servant who had to buckle his saddle tight, was the only one present when the wicked witch came with the drink. "Take that to your master," said she. But at that instant the glass broke and the poison spirted on the horse, and it was so strong that the animal immediately fell down dead. The servant ran after his master and told him what had happened, but would not leave his saddle behind him, and ran back to fetch it. When, however, he came to the dead horse a raven was already sitting on it devouring it. "Who knows whether we shall find anything better to-day?" said the servant; so he killed the raven, and took it with him. And now they journeyed onwards into the forest the whole day, but could not get out of it. By nightfall they found an inn and entered it. The servant gave the raven to the innkeeper to make ready for supper. They had, however, stumbled on a den of murderers, and during the darkness twelve of these came, intending to kill the strangers and rob them. Before they set about this work, they sat down to supper, and the innkeeper and the witch sat down with them, and together they ate a dish of soup in which was cut up the flesh of the raven. Hardly, however, had they swallowed a couple of mouthfuls, before they all fell down dead, for the raven had communicated to them the poison from the horse-flesh. There was no no one else left in the house but the innkeeper's daughter, who was honest, and had taken no part in their godless deeds. She opened all doors to the stranger and showed him the heaped-up treasures. But the King's son said she might keep everything, he would have none of it, and rode onwards with his servant.
After they had traveled about for a long time, they came to a town in which was a beautiful but proud princess, who had caused it to be proclaimed that whosoever should set her a riddle which she could not guess, that man should be her husband; but if she guessed it, his head must be cut off. She had three days to guess it in, but was so clever that she always found the answer to the riddle given her, before the appointed time. Nine suitors had already perished in this manner, when the King's son arrived, and blinded by her great beauty, was willing to stake his life for it. Then he went to her and laid his riddle before her. "What is this?" said he, "One slew none, and yet slew twelve." She did not know what that was, she thought and thought, but she could not find out, she opened her riddle-books, but it was not in them -- in short, her wisdom was at an end. As she did not know how to help herself, she ordered her maid to creep into the lord's sleeping-chamber, and listen to his dreams, and thought that he would perhaps speak in his sleep and discover the riddle. But the clever servant had placed himself in the bed instead of his master, and when the maid came there, he tore off from her the mantle in which she had wrapped herself, and chased her out with rods. The second night the King's daughter sent her maid-in-waiting, who was to see if she could succeed better in listening, but the servant took her mantle also away from her, and hunted her out with rods. Now the master believed himself safe for the third night, and lay down in his own bed. Then came the princess herself, and she had put on a misty-grey mantle, and she seated herself near him. And when she thought that he was asleep and dreaming, she spoke to him, and hoped that he would answer in his sleep, as many do, but he was awake, and understood and heard everything quite well. Then she asked, "One slew none, what is that?" He replied, "A raven, which ate of a dead and poisoned horse, and died of it." She inquired further, "And yet slew twelve, what is that?" He answered, "That means twelve murderers, who ate the raven and died of it."
When she knew the answer to the riddle she wanted to steal away, but he held her mantle so fast that she was forced to leave it behind her. Next morning, the King's daughter announced that she had guessed the riddle, and sent for the twelve judges and expounded it before them. But the youth begged for a hearing, and said, "She stole into my room in the night and questioned me, otherwise she could not have discovered it." The judges said, "Bring us a proof of this." Then were the three mantles brought thither by the servant, and when the judges saw the misty-grey one which the King's daughter usually wore, they said, "Let the mantle be embroidered with gold and silver, and then it will be your wedding-mantle.