In the winter time, when deep snow lay on the ground, a poor boy was forced to go out on a sledge to fetch wood.
When he had gathered it together, and packed it, he wished, as he was so frozen with cold, not to go home at once, but to light a fire and warm himself a little.
So he scraped away the snow, and as he was thus clearing the ground, he found a tiny, gold key.
Hereupon he thought that where the key was, the lock must be also, and dug in the ground and found an iron chest.
"If the key does but fit it!" thought he; "no doubt there are precious things in that little box.
" He searched, but no keyhole was there.
At last he discovered one, but so small that it was hardly visible.
He tried it, and the key fitted it exactly.
Then he turned it once round, and now we must wait until he has quite unlocked it and opened the lid, and then we shall learn what wonderful things were lying in that box.
在冬天，當雪深躺在地上，一個可憐的男孩不得不出門，滑著雪橇去拾柴。
當他聚集在一起的時候，他希望，因為他是如此的寒冷，而不是回家一次，但要點燃一把火和溫暖自己一點點。
于是，他把雪刮走了，當他在清理地面時，他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個很小的金鑰匙。
他想，關鍵在哪里，鎖也一定，而在地上挖，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個鐵盒子。
“如果關鍵不適合它！”他想：“毫無疑問，在那個小盒子里有一些珍貴的東西。
“他找了，但沒有鑰匙孔。
最后他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個，但很小，幾乎看不見了。
他試了一下，把鑰匙裝在里面。
然后，他轉過身來，現(xiàn)在我們必須等待，直到他已完全打開它，打開蓋子，然后我們將學習什么美好的東西都躺在那個盒子里。
When he had gathered it together, and packed it, he wished, as he was so frozen with cold, not to go home at once, but to light a fire and warm himself a little.
So he scraped away the snow, and as he was thus clearing the ground, he found a tiny, gold key.
Hereupon he thought that where the key was, the lock must be also, and dug in the ground and found an iron chest.
"If the key does but fit it!" thought he; "no doubt there are precious things in that little box.
" He searched, but no keyhole was there.
At last he discovered one, but so small that it was hardly visible.
He tried it, and the key fitted it exactly.
Then he turned it once round, and now we must wait until he has quite unlocked it and opened the lid, and then we shall learn what wonderful things were lying in that box.
在冬天，當雪深躺在地上，一個可憐的男孩不得不出門，滑著雪橇去拾柴。
當他聚集在一起的時候，他希望，因為他是如此的寒冷，而不是回家一次，但要點燃一把火和溫暖自己一點點。
于是，他把雪刮走了，當他在清理地面時，他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個很小的金鑰匙。
他想，關鍵在哪里，鎖也一定，而在地上挖，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個鐵盒子。
“如果關鍵不適合它！”他想：“毫無疑問，在那個小盒子里有一些珍貴的東西。
“他找了，但沒有鑰匙孔。
最后他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個，但很小，幾乎看不見了。
他試了一下，把鑰匙裝在里面。
然后，他轉過身來，現(xiàn)在我們必須等待，直到他已完全打開它，打開蓋子，然后我們將學習什么美好的東西都躺在那個盒子里。