《聰明的小牧童》，是著名的格林童話故事之一，大家是否喜歡閱讀呢?下面是相關(guān)的中英文版本，與大家分享學(xué)習(xí)。

　　從前有個小牧童，由于別人無論問什么，他都能給出個聰明的回答，因而名聲遠揚。 那國的國王聽說了，不相信他有這么厲害，便把牧童招進了宮。 國王對他說："如果你能回答我所提出的三個問題，我就認你做我的兒子，讓你和我一起住在宮里。"牧童問："是什么問題呢?"國王說："第一個是：大海里有多少滴水?"小牧童回答："我尊敬的陛下，請你下令把世界上所有的河流都堵起來，不讓一滴水流進大海，一直等我數(shù)完他才放水，我將告訴你大海里有多少滴水珠。"國王又說："第二個問題是：天上有多少星星?"牧童回答："給我一張大白紙。"于是他用筆在上面戳了許多細點，細得幾乎看不出來，更無法數(shù)清。 任何人要盯著看，準(zhǔn)會眼花繚亂。 隨后牧童說："天上的星星跟我這紙上的點兒一樣多，請數(shù)數(shù)吧。"但無人能數(shù)得清。 國王只好又問："第三個問題是：永恒有多少秒鐘?"牧童回答："在后波美拉尼亞有座鉆石山，這座山有兩英里高，兩英里寬，兩英里深;每隔一百年有一只鳥飛來，用它的嘴來啄山，等整個山都被啄掉時，永恒的第一秒就結(jié)束了。"

　　國王說："你像智者一樣解答了我的三個問題，從今以后，你可以住在宮中了，我會像親生兒子一樣來待你的。"

　　聰明的小牧童英文版：

　　A smart shephe boy

　　There was once on a time a shepherd boy whose fame spread far and wide because of the wise answers which he gave to every question. The King of the country heard of it likewise, but did not believe it, and sent for the boy. Then he said to him: "If thou canst give me an answer to three questions which I will ask thee, I will look on thee as my own child, and thou shall dwell with me in my royal palace." The boy said: "What are the three questions?" The King said: "The first is, how many drops of water are there in the ocean?" The shepherd boy answered: "Lord King, if you will have all the rivers on earth dammed up so that not a single drop runs from them into the sea until I have counted it, I will tell you how many drops there are in the sea." The King said: "The next question is, how many stars are there in the sky?" The shepherd boy said: "Give me a great sheet of white paper," and then he made so many fine points on it with a pen that they could scarcely be seen, and it was all but impossible to count them; any one who looked at them would have lost his sight. Then he said: "There are as many stars in the sky as there are points on the paper; just count them." But no one was able to do it. The King said: "The third question is, how many seconds of time are there in eternity." Then said the shepherd boy: "In Lower Pomerania is the Diamond Mountain, which is two miles and a half high, two miles and a half wide, and two miles and a half in depth; every hundred years a little bird comes and sharpens its beak on it, and when the whole mountain is worn away by this, then the first second of eternity will be over."

　　The King said: "Thou hast answered the three questions like a wise man, and shalt henceforth dwell with me in my royal palace, and I will regard thee as my own child."