國小英語閲讀聖母瑪麗的孩子

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A long time ago there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. This couple had a daughter. However, they were so poor that they couldn’t even feed their daughter.

Then one day, while the woodcutter was chopping wood in the forest a beautiful Virgin Mary appeared. “Since you are living a hard life, why don’t you give me your daughter. I will take good care of her for you.” “Yes, I understand.” The Virgin Mary carried the child and went up into the heaven.

The child was able to eat delicious food, wear nice clothes, become friends with the angels and lived happily. When the child turned 14years olds, the Virgin Mary left for a long journey.

“While I am gone take care of these 13 keys to heaven. Out of the 13 keys you may open 12 of them, however, you must never open the last key. If you open that door, unhappiness will come upon you." “Yes, I will keep in mind.”

As soon as the Virgin Mary left, the little girl started opening door by door. The little girl who had opened all the twelve doors wanted to open the last door as well. Just then her fingers turned into glimmering gold.

A little while later, Virgin Mary returned. When Virgin Mary saw the little girl’s finger, she knew that the little girl had not kept her promise. “Did you open the 13th door?” “No, I never opened it.” Virgin Mary wanted to give the little girl another chance and asked her two more times. However, the little girl kept lying.

The angry virgin Mary sent the little girl back to earth. When she woke up from her sleep she knew that she was sent to earth and started to cry. However, she was not able to make a sound.

The little girl lived in a oak tree in the forest. Then one day, a prince who was out hunting discovered the little girl. “Who are you?” The little girl could not answer.

Even though the little girl could not utter a word, because she was so beautiful the prince fell in love. And he married the little girl.

A year later the queen bore a son. That night the Virgin Mary went to the queen. “Confess that you opened the 13th door. If you don’t, I will take your son away.” “No, I never opened it.” So, the Virgin Mary took the child and ran away with it.

Afterward, the queen had another son and a daughter, but Virgin Mary took all of them to heaven. From the people, there was a rumor that the queen was a wicked witch. The queen wanted to tell them, but she could not speak.

Eventually, the queen was sentence to death. The queen was set upon the fire post. It was just then, that the queen's heart began to melt. The queen thought, “if only I had confessed that I had opened the door! All of a sudden, she was able to speak.

“Yes, virgin Mary, I did open that door.” Just then, rain came pouring down from the sky and turned out the fire. And then the virgin Mary carried down the three children and spoke tenderly. “Whoever, confesses and repents their sins will be forgiven.” Afterwards, the queen lived happily for a very long time.

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從前有一個貧窮的樵夫和他的妻子。這對夫婦有個女兒。然而，他們太窮了，連女兒都不能養活。

然後有一天，當樵夫砍柴森林中美麗的Virgin Mary出現了。既然你過着艱苦的.生活，為什麼不把你的女兒給我。“我會好好照顧你的。”“是的，我明白。”聖母瑪麗帶着孩子上了天堂。

這個孩子能吃美味的食物，穿漂亮的衣服，和天使交朋友，過着幸福的生活。當孩子14歲時，Virgin Mary需要離開，進行一個漫長的旅程。

“當我走了，照顧這13個天堂鑰匙。在13個鑰匙中，您可以打開其中的12個，但是，您永遠不能打開最後一個鍵。如果你打開那扇門，不幸就會降臨在你身上。“是的，我會記住的。”

Virgin Mary一走，小女孩就開始把門打開。打開所有十二扇門的小女孩也想打開最後的門。這時，她的手指變成了閃閃發光的金子。

過了一會兒，Virgin Mary回來了。當Virgin Mary看到小女孩的手指時，她知道小女孩沒有遵守諾言。“你打開第十三門了嗎?”“不，我從來沒有打開它。”Virgin Mary想給小女孩一個機會，並要求她兩次以上。然而，小女孩不停地躺着。

憤怒的處女瑪麗把小女孩送回地球。當她從睡夢中醒來時，她知道她被送往地球，開始哭泣。然而，她不能發出聲音。

小女孩住在森林裏的一棵橡樹上。有一天，一個外出打獵的王子發現了這個小女孩。“你是誰?小女孩回答不出來。

儘管小女孩一句話也説不出來，因為她太漂亮了，王子愛上了她。他娶了小女孩。

一年後，女王生了一個兒子。那天晚上，Virgin Mary去了皇后。“承認你打開了第十三個門。如果你不這樣做，我就把你的兒子帶走。”“不，我從來沒有打開過它。”於是，聖母瑪麗帶着孩子逃走了。

後來，王后又生了一個兒子和一個女兒，但Virgin Mary把他們都帶到了天堂。從人們那裏，有傳聞説女王是一個邪惡的女巫。王后想告訴他們，但她説不出話來。

最終，女王被判死刑。女王被放在火柱上。就在那時，女王的心開始融化。王后心想：“要是我承認我打開了門就好了!突然，她能説話了。

“是的，聖母瑪麗，我確實打開了那扇門，”就在這時，雨從天空傾瀉而下，把火翻了出來。然後聖母瑪麗帶着三個孩子輕輕地説話。“誰，承認並悔改他們的罪就必蒙赦免。”後來，女王幸福地生活了很長時間。