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Sigurd's Childhood
西格德的童年
Long, long ago, in the palace of good King Alf of Denmark, there lived a little boy named Sigurd.
很久很久以前，在善良的丹麥阿爾夫國王的宮殿里，住著一個名叫西格德的小男孩。
Sigurd's father had been a great warrior and had died in battle.
西格德的父親是個偉大的戰士，在戰場犧牲了。
When King Alf heard of this, he felt so sorry for Sigurd's mother that he asked her to come with her little boy and live in his palace.
阿爾夫國王聽到這個消息時為西格德的母親感到非常難過，于是他邀請西格德的母親和她的兒子一起住在他的宮殿里。
So she came to live in the palace of King Alf.
于是西格德的母親住進了阿爾夫國王的宮殿。
Here she and the little Sigurd were welcomed very kindly, and everyone tried to make them happy.
在這里，她和小西格德受到了非常友好的歡迎，每個人都想辦法讓他們開心。
The boy could not remember his father, and he grew up in this beautiful home feeling the love of a son for King Alf.
小西格德不記得他的父親，他在這個美麗的宮殿里長大，感受著對阿爾夫國王對他像兒子般的疼愛。
Sigurd's mother told him many wonderful stories about his father.
西格德的母親給他講了許多關于他父親的精彩故事。
She told how strong and brave he had been, and how he had always told the truth, even to his enemies.
她告訴西格德，他父親是多么堅強勇敢，他總是講真話，甚至對他的敵人也是如此。
She told Sigurd of his father's wonderful sword, which would cut through iron or stone.
她告訴西格德，他父親有把能砍斷鐵或石頭的神奇寶劍。
In the last battle he had fought, the sword had been broken, but she had picked up the pieces from the battlefield.
劍在父親參加的最后一場戰斗中斷了，但她從戰場上撿起了碎片。
As Sigurd grew older, he loved more and more to hear these wonderful stories about his father.
隨著西格德年齡的增長，他越來越喜歡聽關于他父親的精彩故事。
"Mother, will you give me my father's sword?" the eager boy would often ask.
“母親，你能把我父親的劍給我嗎?”
"Not yet, my Sigurd; you are too young," his mother would say.
“還不行，我的西格德，你太年輕了，”母親說道。
"But, Mother, I am big and strong," the boy would answer.
“可是，母親，我身強體壯，”西格德回答說。
Then his mother would smile lovingly at Sigurd.
然后，他的母親充滿愛意地對西格德微笑著。
