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three feathers
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once upon a time there was a girl who was married to a husband that she never saw. and the way this was, was that he was only at home at night, and would never have any light in the house. the girl thought that was funny, and all her friends told her there must be something wrong with her husband, some great deformity that made him want not to be seen.

well, one night when he came home she suddenly lit a candle and saw him. he was handsome enough to make all the women of the world fall in love with him. but scarcely had she seen him when he began to change into a bird, and then he said: "now you have seen me, you shall see me no more, unless you are willing to serve seven years and a day for me, so that i may become a man once more." then he told her to take three feathers from under his side, and whatever she wished through them would come to pass. then he left her at a great house to be laundry-maid for seven years and a day.

and the girl used to take the feathers and say:

"by 1 of my three feathers may the 2 be lit, and the clothes washed, and 3, and folded, and put away to the missus's satisfaction."

and then she had no more care about it. the feathers did the rest, and the lady set great store by her for a better laundress she had never had. well, one day the butler, who had a notion to have the pretty laundry-maid for his wife, said to her, he should have spoken before but he did not want to 4 her. "why should it when i am but a fellow-servant?" the girl said. and then he felt free to go on, and explain he had 70 pounds laid by with the master, and how would she like him for a husband.

and the girl told him to fetch her the money, and he asked his master for it, and brought it to her. but as they were going upstairs, she cried, "o john, i must go back, sure i've left my 5 6, and they'll be 7 and banging all night."

the butler said, "never you trouble, i'll put them right." and he ran back, while she took her feathers, and said: "by virtue of my three feathers may the shutters 8 and bang till morning, and john not be able to fasten them nor yet to get his fingers free from them."

and so it was. try as he might the butler could not leave hold, nor yet keep the shutters from blowing open as he closed them. and he _was_ angry, but could not help himself, and he did not care to tell of it and get the laugh on him, so no one knew.

then after a bit the coachman began to notice her, and she found he had some ?0 with the master, and he said she might have it if she would take him with it.

so after the laundry-maid had his money in her 9 as they went merrily along, she stopt, exclaiming: "my clothes are left outside, i must run back and bring them in." "stop for me while i go; it is a cold frost night," said william, "you'd be 10 your death." so the girl waited long enough to take her feathers out and say, "by virtue of my three feathers may the clothes slash and blow about till morning, and may william not be able to take his hand from them nor yet to gather them up." and then she was away to bed and to sleep.

the coachman did not want to be every one's jest, and he said nothing. so after a bit the footman comes to her and said he: "i have been with my master for years and have saved up a good bit, and you have been three years here, and must have saved up as well. let us put it together, and make us a home or else stay on at service as pleases you." well, she got him to bring the 11 to her as the others had, and then she pretended she was faint, and said to him: "james, i feel so queer, run down cellar for me, that's a dear, and fetch me up a drop of brandy." now no sooner had he started than she said: "by virtue of my three feathers may there be slashing and spilling, and james not be able to pour the brandy straight nor yet to take his hand from it until morning."

and so it was. try as he might james could not get his glass filled, and there was slashing and spilling, and right on it all, down came the master to know what it meant!

so james told him he could not make it out, but he could not get the drop of brandy the laundry-maid had asked for, and his hand would shake and spill everything, and yet come away he could not.

this got him in for a regular scrape, and the master when he got back to his wife said: "what has come over the men, they were all right until that laundry-maid of yours came. something is up now though. they have all 12 out their pay, and yet they don't leave, and what can it be anyway?"

but his wife said she could not hear of the laundry-maid being blamed, for she was the best servant she had and worth all the rest put together.

so it went on until one day as the girl stood in the hall door, the coachman happened to say to the footman: "do you know how that girl served me, james?" and then william told about the clothes. the butler put in, "that was nothing to what she served me," and he told of the shutters clapping all night.

just then the master came through the hall, and the girl said: "by virtue of my three feathers may there be slashing and striving between master and men, and may all get splashed in the pond."

and so it was, the men fell to disputing which had suffered the most by her, and when the master came up all would be heard at once and none listened to him, and it came to blows all round, and the first they knew they had shoved one another into the pond.

when the girl thought they had had enough she took the spell off, and the master asked her what had begun the row, for he had not heard in the confusion.

and the girl said: "they were ready to fall on any one; they'd have beat me if you had not come by."

so it blew over for that time, and through her feathers she made the best laundress ever known. but to make a long story short, when the seven years and a day were up, the bird-husband, who had known her doings all along, came after her, restored to his own shape again. and he told her mistress he had come to take her from being a servant, and that she should have servants under her. but he did not tell of the feathers.

and then he bade her give the men back their savings.

"that was a rare game you had with them," said he, "but now you are going where there is plenty, leave them each their own." so she did; and they drove off to their castle, where they lived happy ever after.



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1 bpqyh     
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
参考例句:
  • he was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
  • you need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。
2 hzxyu     
n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的
参考例句:
  • the students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
  • copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
3 c6ddad2d2b989a3ee0c19033d9ef021b     
vt.乱砍(mangle的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • his hand was mangled in the machine. 他的手卷到机器里轧烂了。
  • he was off work because he'd mangled his hand in a machine. 他没上班,因为他的手给机器严重压伤了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 tlvze     
vt.使烦恼,使苦恼
参考例句:
  • everything about her vexed him.有关她的一切都令他困惑。
  • it vexed me to think of others gossiping behind my back.一想到别人在背后说我闲话,我就很恼火。
5 74d48a88b636ca064333022eb3458e1f     
百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门
参考例句:
  • the shop-front is fitted with rolling shutters. 那商店的店门装有卷门。
  • the shutters thumped the wall in the wind. 在风中百叶窗砰砰地碰在墙上。
6 jfjz6l     
a.未做完的,未完成的
参考例句:
  • he left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。
7 dfc956bca8fba6bcb04372bf8fc09010     
adj.尖锐的;苛刻的;鲜明的;乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 );鞭打;割破;削减
参考例句:
  • slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
  • he stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手,不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句
8 hrsyq     
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩
参考例句:
  • the shop plans to slash fur prices after spring festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
  • don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
9 lvzzo     
n.围裙;工作裙
参考例句:
  • we were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
  • she stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
10 cwvzty     
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
参考例句:
  • there are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
  • enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
11 zjbzgu     
n.存款,储蓄
参考例句:
  • i can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • by this time he had used up all his savings.到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
12 muxzii     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • all the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
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