狐狸太太的婚礼
导读
《狐狸太太的婚礼》是格林童话里一出轻快的动物喜剧，格林兄弟当年把流传的两个版本合在一处：前一版，老狐狸疑心妻子，装死试探，结果求亲的狐狸成群上门，婚礼将行，他跳起来把满屋宾客赶出家门；后一版，老狐狸真的死了，狐狸太太挑来挑去，非要一位“与旧人一模一样”的新郎。把这篇改写成中国寓言体，是因为它的筋骨本就与寓言相通：人物类型化，情节短而巧，道理藏在结尾的俏皮话里。它与中国读者还有一段缘分——“九条尾巴的老狐狸”，让人想到《山海经》里的九尾狐；狐狸太太“照着旧模样找新人”，又活脱是“刻舟求剑”的翻版。结尾轻轻一抖：老先生活着时抓了肥鼠只顾独吞，从没想过妻子——模样一样，心肠却不一样。读的时候，不妨陪孩子数一数求婚者的尾巴，再问问孩子：挑朋友、挑伴侣，究竟该看什么？
《狐狸太太的婚礼》词汇精讲
本故事精选 12 个重点词汇，附中英释义与原文例句，帮助孩子扩展英语词汇量。
A feeling that something may not be true or right.
怀疑；疑虑。
For days a dark doubt sat in his head: his wife, he feared, no longer loved him as she used to.
这些日子，他总在暗地里琢磨：妻子待我，怕是不忠了。
Moved quietly and secretly, so nobody noticed.
悄悄溜进；神不知鬼不觉地移动。
One day he slipped into the house, lay down flat under the long bench, tucked in his paws, and shut his eyes.
这一日，他悄悄溜进屋，直挺挺躺在长凳底下，收起爪子，闭紧眼睛。
Moved from one place to many people or places.
传开；散布。
The news of old Mr. Fox's death spread through the forest like wind.
老狐狸过世的消息，转眼传遍了整个森林。
People who come to ask someone to marry them.
求婚者；求亲的人。
From that day on the suitors grew more numerous, and their tails grew too — three tails, four tails, all the way to eight.
打那以后，来求亲的狐狸一天比一天多，尾巴也从三条、四条一直长到八条。
Jumped up suddenly.
猛地跳起；一跃而起。
Old Mr. Fox sprang to his feet, seized a stick, and laid about him left and right.
老狐狸先生猛地跳将起来，抄起一根木棍，照着满屋宾客劈头就打。
Grabbed something quickly and firmly.
一把抓住；夺取。
Old Mr. Fox sprang to his feet, seized a stick, and laid about him left and right.
老狐狸先生猛地跳将起来，抄起一根木棍，照着满屋宾客劈头就打。
Shouted very loudly and angrily.
怒吼；大声喊叫。
"I am not dead yet!" he roared.
“我还没死呢！”他怒声喝道。
Ran away from danger very quickly.
逃走；四散奔逃。
The suitors fled in every direction, and Mrs. Fox was driven out of her own door along with them.
一屋子求亲的狐狸抱头鼠窜，狐狸太太也被赶出了家门。
Long coverings worn on the legs and feet.
长袜。
"Does the gentleman wear red stockings?" asked Mrs. Fox.
狐狸太太问道：“这位先生可穿了红袜子？”
Did not have something that was needed.
缺少；不具备。
But each of them lacked something — no red stockings, or no pointed mouth — and none could match the good points of the old gentleman.
可它们不是缺了红袜子，就是少了一张尖嘴，总也凑不齐老先生的好处。
Sang a tune quietly with closed lips.
哼唱；低声哼曲子。
While she swept and tidied the rooms, Miss Cat hummed a little song: "Sweep the floor and clean the pane, / throw the old one out again! / Fat mice he caught, one, two, three, / but never shared a single one with me — / he gobbled them down all alone."
猫小姐一边收拾屋子，一边哼起一支小调：“扫扫地来擦擦窗，把那个老家伙扔出去！肥老鼠他抓了一只又一只，可从来没分给我半只——他一个独吞了个干净。”
Ate food very quickly and noisily.
狼吞虎咽；大口吞食。
he gobbled them down all alone.
独吞独咽，口口喷香。
延伸阅读与亲子共读
故事寓意
模样可以相同，心肠未必相同；以假意试真心，只会闹出笑话。挑人先看他的所作所为，莫只贪看那副皮囊。
教育价值
让孩子从这则寓言里明白“看人要观其行、察其心”；求婚者尾巴从一条数到九条，正好陪孩子练习数数；猫小姐一问一答的俏皮对白，还能培养语感与节奏。
家长共读提示
读猫小姐跑上跑下、一问一答时，把语气念得俏皮些，孩子最爱听；顺便数一数求婚者的尾巴；结尾处停下来问孩子：老狐狸先生是不是个自私的丈夫？挑朋友该看什么？
和孩子聊一聊
- 老狐狸先生用装死来试探妻子。你觉得，用骗人的法子去考验别人，能试出真心吗？
- 狐狸太太一心要找一个“和老先生一模一样”的新郎。照旧模样挑人，你觉得妥当吗？
- 故事结尾才抖出包袱：老狐狸先生抓了肥鼠只顾自己吃，从没分给妻子。知道这些后，你还替他惋惜吗？
- 求婚者的尾巴从一条数到九条，狐狸太太都不中意。要是换了你，你挑朋友或伴侣，最看重什么？
- 这则故事读起来像一支小调。你还能想出哪些又好笑又押韵的童谣或顺口溜？
