阿簪和阿甘（越南版灰姑娘）

小鱼

The Little Fish

很久以前，在越南的一个村子里住着一个姑娘。她的名字叫阿簪。在阿簪很小的时候，她的妈妈就去世了。

Long ago, a girl lived in a village in Vietnam. Her name was Tam. Her mother died when Tam was very small.

她的爸爸又结婚了。他的新妻子有一个女儿，名字叫阿甘。几年以后，阿簪的爸爸也去世了。

Her father married again. His new wife had a daughter, and her name was Cam. Some years later Tam’s father died too.

继母很爱阿甘，把什么都给她。阿簪做所有辛苦的活儿。她做饭、打扫，还要照看水牛。

The stepmother loved Cam and gave her everything. Tam did all the hard work. She cooked, cleaned and looked after the buffalo.

一天，继母给每个姑娘一个篮子。“去抓鱼和虾，”她说，“谁的篮子更满，谁就能得到一件新的红上衣。”

One day the stepmother gave each girl a basket. “Go and catch fish and shrimp,” she said. “The girl with the fuller basket gets a new red blouse.”

阿簪在泥泞的稻田里干了一整天，到了傍晚，她的篮子满了。阿甘玩了一整天，她的篮子几乎是空的。

Tam worked all day in the muddy rice fields, and by evening her basket was full. Cam played all day, and her basket was almost empty.

“姐姐，你的头发上都是泥，”阿甘说，“快去深水里洗洗吧。”

“Sister, your hair is full of mud,” said Cam. “Go and wash it in the deep water.”

阿簪去洗头发了。她不在的时候，阿甘把阿簪所有的鱼和虾都装进了自己的篮子。然后她跑回了家。

Tam went to wash her hair. While she was away, Cam put all of Tam’s fish and shrimp into her own basket. Then she ran home.

当阿簪回来时，她的篮子底只剩下一条小鱼了。

When Tam came back, only one little fish lay at the bottom of her basket.

阿簪坐下来哭了。突然，一位留着长长白胡子的好心老人站在了她身边。那是佛陀。

Tam sat down and cried. Suddenly a kind old man with a long white beard stood beside her. It was the Buddha.

“孩子，你为什么哭呢？”他问。阿簪把所有的事情都告诉了他。

“Why are you crying, my child?” he asked. Tam told him everything.

“把小鱼带回家，放进井里，”他说，“每天用你的一些米饭喂它。你来到井边的时候，就唱这首歌。”

“Take the little fish home and put it in the well,” he said. “Feed it every day with some of your rice. And when you come to the well, sing this song.”

“小鱼，小鱼，游上来见我。吃我的金米饭，不要吃别人的米饭。”

“Little fish, little fish, come up to me. Eat my golden rice, not the rice of strangers.”

阿簪照老人说的去做了。每天她都唱那首歌，小鱼就游上来吃米饭。

Tam did everything the old man said. Every day she sang the song, and the little fish came up to eat.