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"I have seen tears in the Emperor's eyes—there is no richer treasure for me." And then it sang again with its marvelously sweet voice. That night the Nightingale had a real success.
“我看見(jiàn)皇帝眼中的淚水，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)沒(méi)有比這更珍貴的了。”然后，夜鶯再次用甜美的聲音唱了起來(lái)。那天晚上，夜鶯獲得了很大的成功。
It was now to remain at court, to have its own cage, with liberty to go out twice every day and once at night. Twelve servants came along when the Nightingale went out, each of whom had a silken string fastened to the bird's leg, which they held very tight.
夜鶯便在宮里住下了，有它自己的籠子，并有白天外出兩次、晚上外出一次的自由。當(dāng)夜鶯外出時(shí)，12個(gè)侍者相隨，每個(gè)人的手中都緊攥著一條系在夜鶯腿上的絲繩。
The whole city spoke of the remarkable bird, and eleven grocers' children were named after the bird, but not one of them could sing a note.
整個(gè)城市都在談?wù)撝@只讓人驚奇的鳥(niǎo)。11個(gè)雜貨商的孩子都用這只鳥(niǎo)來(lái)命名，但是，他們中沒(méi)有一個(gè)人會(huì)唱歌。
One day the Emperor received a large parcel, on which was written "The Nightingale".
有一天，皇帝收到一個(gè)上面寫(xiě)著“夜鶯”的大包裹。
It was a little work of art, lying in a box, an artificial nightingale, which was decorated with diamonds, rubies, and sapphires. When it was wound up, it could sing one of the pieces that the real bird sang, and then its tail moved up and down, and glittered with silver and gold.
這是一個(gè)放在盒子里的小藝術(shù)品：一只人造夜鶯。它是用鉆石、紅寶石和藍(lán)寶石裝飾的。當(dāng)它上了發(fā)條，就會(huì)唱夜鶯所唱過(guò)的一首歌曲，它的尾巴上下?lián)u動(dòng)，金光燦爛。
"Isn't that lovely?" they all said. It made just as much of a hit as the real one, and it was much handsomer to look at.
人們都說(shuō)：“難道不可愛(ài)嗎？”它獲得了和夜鶯一樣的成功，而且它比夜鶯看上去更漂亮。
Three-and-thirty times over, it sang the same piece; still it was not tired. The people would gladly have heard it again, but the Emperor said that the living Nightingale ought to sing something now.
它33次唱著同一首歌曲，然而，它并不疲倦。人們很高興聽(tīng)它一遍又一遍地唱歌。但是皇帝說(shuō)現(xiàn)在該聽(tīng)一聽(tīng)真夜鶯唱點(diǎn)兒什么了。
