Episode 2: Sad News・
第二集：噩耗

Ella's father was on a hunting trip.
艾拉的父亲去打猎了。

One morning, stepmother woke Ella.
一天早上，继母叫醒了艾拉。

"Get up, lazy girl," she snapped. "I have some news. Your father is dead."
"起床，懒丫头。" 她厉声说，"我有个消息。你父亲死了。"

Ella gasped. Tears filled her eyes.
艾拉倒吸一口气，泪水充满了眼眶。

"Oh, no," she cried in pain. "Father. My poor father."
"哦，不。" 她痛苦地哭喊，"爸爸。我可怜的爸爸。"

After that, nothing was the same.
从那以后，一切都变了。

Ella was still kind and polite, but stepmother was now mean.
艾拉依然善良有礼貌，但继母变得刻薄起来。

Stepmother gave fancy dresses to her daughters. Ella wore ugly old rags.
继母给她的女儿们买华丽的裙子，艾拉却穿着丑陋的旧破布。

The stepsisters slept in soft feather beds. Ella slept on a hard bed made of straw.
继姐妹们睡在柔软的羽毛床上，艾拉却睡在一张用稻草做的硬床上。

Gert napped all day long. Trudy ate all day long, but stepmother made Ella work.
格特整天打盹，特鲁迪整天吃东西，但继母让艾拉干活。

She scrubbed, swept and mopped.
她擦洗、扫地、拖地。

"Pretty little Ella," stepmother said, "you think you're better than we are? You think you're prettier, too?"
"漂亮的小艾拉，" 继母说，"你以为你比我们强吗？你以为你也比我们漂亮吗？"

"No, I don't," Ella said. "You're my family now. I love all of you."
"不，我没有。" 艾拉说，"你们现在是我的家人了。我爱你们所有人。"

"No." Stepmother sneered. "You're too nice. Go and make my lunch. And tend the fire again. I don't want my daughters to catch a cold."
"不。" 继母冷笑道，"你太善良了。去给我做午饭，再去照看炉火。我可不想让我的女儿们感冒。"

Ella liked to sit near the fire. She remembered her days with father.
艾拉喜欢坐在炉火旁，回忆起和父亲在一起的日子。

"I miss him so much," she thought.
"我好想他。" 她想。

The stepsisters saw Ella by the fire.
继姐妹们看到艾拉在炉火旁。

Trudy giggled. "You're covered in ashes."
特鲁迪咯咯笑。"你浑身都是灰。"

"Ella likes ashes and cinders," Gert said. "Let's call her Cinderella."
"艾拉喜欢灰烬和煤渣。" 格特说，"我们叫她灰姑娘吧。"

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