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The old folks fell on their knees to thank him, but behold! neither he nor Quicksilver was there.
那對老夫妻跪下來感謝他，但是一瞧！他和水銀都不在那里了。
So Philemon and Baucis lived in the marble palace, and spent their time in making everybody comfortable who happened to pass that way.
就這樣，菲利蒙和柏西斯夫婦住進了大理石宮殿，讓每一個碰巧路過這里的人都感到舒適。
The milk-pitcher, I must not forget to say, was never empty.
那個牛奶罐，我不能忘記說，當然永遠不會空。
Whenever an honest and good-humored guest took a drink from this pitcher, he found it the sweetest fluid that ever ran down his throat.
無論何時，一個誠實而且脾好的客人，從這個牛奶罐里倒一碗牛奶喝，他都會發現那是他喝過的最香甜的牛奶。
But if anyone cross and disagreeable happened to sip, he was pretty certain to twist his face into a hard knot and call it a pitcher of sour milk!
但是任何一個性情乖戾的不友好的人碰巧來喝一口，他肯定會一臉難受的表情，并且會說那罐牛奶餿了！
Thus the old couple lived in their palace a great, great while, and grew older and older, and very old indeed.
就這樣。對老年夫婦在他們的官殿里生活了好長好長時間，他們也越來越老，確實非常老了。
But at last there came a morning when Philemon and Baucis did not come to invite the guests to breakfast.
終于在一天早晨來臨的時候，菲利蒙和柏西斯沒有出來邀請客人吃早餐。
The guests searched everywhere, all to no purpose.
客人們到處尋找他們，最終也沒有找到。
But they saw in front of the entrance to the palace two trees which nobody could remember having seen before.
但是他們在通往官殿的入口前看見了兩棵大樹，沒有人記得之前見過它們。
Yet there they stood, with their roots fastened deep into the soil.
然而它們站在那里，把根深深地扎在泥土里。
One was an oak, and the other a linden tree.
一棵是橡樹，另一棵是菩提樹。
Their boughs embraced one another, so that each tree seemed to live in the other tree's bosom.
它們的大樹枝互相擁抱著，像是每棵樹都生活在對方的懷抱里。
