making this one piece.

“嗯，這太奇妙了；我真不敢相信自己會如此受到命運的眷顧。蕨草唱的那首

‘咔嚓，噼啪，嘶啦，

巴塞 盧啦。’

並沒有錯。

“well, this is quite wonderful; I could not have believed that I should be the so favored by fortune. the fern was not wrong with its song of

‘Snip, snap, snurre,

basse lurre.’

但我確定這首歌還沒唱完呢；它才剛剛開始。多麼奇妙啊，經歷了那麼多苦難之後，我終於派上了用場；我是世界上最幸運的傢伙 —— 如此結實又精美；而且多麼白啊，還那麼長！這和僅僅做一棵開花的植物可大不一樣了。

but the song is not ended yet, I am sure; it is only just beginning. how wonderful it is, that after all I have suffered, I am made something of at last; I am the luckiest person in the world — so strong and fine; and how white, and what a length! this is something different to being a mere plant and bearing flowers.

那時我沒人關注，除非下雨否則也沒有水喝；現在，我有人照看、有人照料。

then I had no attention, nor any water unless it rained; now, I am watched and taken care of.

每天早晨女僕都會把我翻個面，每天晚上我還能從灑水壺裡享受一場淋浴。

Every morning the maid turns me over, and I have a shower-bath from the watering-pot every evening.

是的，而且牧師的妻子也注意到了我，還說我是整個教區裡最好的一塊亞麻布。

Yes, and the clergyman’s wife noticed me, and said I was the best piece of linen in the whole parish.

我現在已經幸福得不能再幸福了。

I cannot be happier than I am now.”

過了一段時間，亞麻布被拿進屋裡，放在剪刀下，被剪成了碎片，然後又用針縫縫補補。

After some time, the linen was taken into the house, placed under the scissors, and cut and torn into pieces, and then pricked with needles.

這當然讓人不太舒服；但最後它被做成了十二件那種人們不太願意提及名字的衣物，然而每個人都應該