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在非洲海岸边的热带雨林里，有一个叫做里查的王子正在同父王争吵。 "但是，父王,我不想娶丛林里的任何人。" "但是，里查，你必须得娶。” “父王，每个人对我都很好,但我要娶的是我喜欢的女孩。" 于是里查离开了父王的宫殿，来到湖边一棵大柳树下坐下，不一会儿就睡着了。在梦中他见到了丛林里的一个女孩。他听到了说话声：“我叫黛娜，你呢？” 里查正要走向女孩，这时手碰到水面就醒了。 大约1000公里外有一个女孩叫黛娜。黛娜也是皇族之女，但是在这个国家另一个地区住。她也做了一个梦，梦到的是里查。 里查派出了他所有的老虎和豹子去寻找黛娜，因为他觉得黛娜是真实存在的。黛娜派出了她所有的鹦鹉和犀鸟去寻找里查。里查和黛娜都好几个星期寝食不安。里查放弃了希望，但是黛娜没有。 一星期之后，理查的老虎和豹子回来了。同样，黛娜的鹦鹉和犀鸟也回来了，但是黛娜又把它们放出去寻找里查。一天后，里查又做了那个同样的梦，但这次他梦里骑着老虎。他又是一碰到水面就醒了。顷刻，里查有了一个主意。他要骑着老虎去黛娜的地区，和她牵手共结良缘。 里查走了三天，也没怎么吃东西。这时候他来到一个高高的悬崖前。他知道这个悬崖太陡了，他和老虎不可能爬上去。于是他沿着悬崖边走，走到不陡的地方就可以爬上去了。里查又走了两天，终于爬上了悬崖。 然后他又走了好几个星期，渴了就在小溪里喝点水，饿了就捕鱼充饥，一直走到了一个小村庄，这个村庄和他梦里见到的一样。里查也看到了一个湖，正如他梦见的一样，渡过湖才能到达村庄。他骑着老虎过了湖，随即向一位村民打听村子里有没有一个叫黛娜的女孩。 村民回答道:“有啊，你是不是叫里查？” "是的，怎么了？”里查问道。 “她一直盼着你来。去那棵大柳树旁的宫殿，她正在那里等你呢。”村民告诉他。 里查来到宫殿。就在大柳树旁，他看见了黛娜，和他梦里看到的一样。 他问道："你会嫁给我吗？”她点点头同意了。 里查没有回自己的村庄。他们结婚了，从此以后过着幸福的生活。 A Girl in Dream In a rainforest off the coast of Africa a young prince named Richard was arguing with his father. “But Father, I don’t want to marry anyone in the jungle.” “But Richard, you must.” “Father, everyone will do anything for me. But I want to marry a girl whom I love. ” So Richard left his father's palace. He sat down next to the great willow beside a lake and fell asleep. In his dream he saw this girl who was in the jungle. He heard a voice, “My name is Dana. What's yours?” Richard just kept walking towards her. Just as he touched the water he woke up. About 1,000 miles away was a girl named Dana. Dana was also royalty but in a different part of the country. She also had a dream, but it was about Richard. Richard sent all of his tigers and cheetahs to find Dana because he knew she really existed. Dana sent all of her parrots and toucans to find Richard. Richard and Dana couldn't eat or sleep for several weeks. Richard gave up hope, but Dana didn’t. One week later，Richard’s tigers and cheetahs returned. Also, Dana's parrots and toucans returned, but Dana sent them back out to find Richard. After a day, Richard had the same dream as before, but this time he was riding a tiger. Again, as soon as he touched the water he woke up. Right then he had an idea. He would ride his tiger to Dana’s land and take her hand in marriage. He traveled for three days and ate very little food. Just then he came across a huge cliff. He knew he couldn’t climb it because it was too steep for him and his tiger. So he traveled beside the cliff, when the cliff was not too steep so that he could climb it. He walked for two days, and then he climbed the cliff. Then he walked for several weeks, drinking at streams along the way when he was thirsty, trying to catch some fish when he was hungry until he came up to a village. The village was like the one he saw in his dream. But he also saw a lake. He had to pass the lake to get to the village just like in his dream. He rode his tiger into the water. Once across, he asked one of the villagers if there was a girl in the village named Dana. The villager responded, “Yes, is your name Richard?” “Yes. Why?” Richard asked. “She has been expecting you. Go to the palace next to the giant willow tree. There she is waiting for you,” The villager said. Richard walked to the palace. Next to the willow tree there he saw Dana, just as he saw her in his dream. He asked, “Will you marry me?” She nodded her head yes. Richard never returned to his village. They got married and lived happily ever after. |
