1、There was a man who had seven sons, but he had no daughter, greatly though he longed for one. At last his wife told him that they could again expect a child and, sure enough, when it was born it was a baby girl. There was great rejoicing, but the child was weak and puny, so weak that it had to be christened at once. The father told one of the boys to go quickly to the spring and fetch christening water; the other six ran along with him, and because each of them wanted to be the first to dip the jug into the well, it fell in and sank. So there they stood and didn‘t know what to do, and none of them dared go home. When they didn‘t come back their father got impatient and said:“ I‘ll wager they‘ve been playing some game again and forgotten all about it, the godless brats.“ He was afraid the little girl would have to die unbaptized, and in his rage he cried out:“ I wish those boys would all turn into ravens.“ He‘d scarcely spoken the words when he heard a whirring of wings in the air overhead, looked up and saw seven coal-black ravens flying away. 有个人，他有七个儿子，他很希望有个女儿，可是怎么盼也没有。

2、好不容易，妻子又怀孕了。

3、生下来一看，果然是个女孩。

4、他们非常高兴。

5、但是孩子太小，又非常虚弱，非得马上急救洗礼不可。

6、父亲打发一个男孩立即到井台去打洗礼水，其余六个也跟着去了。

7、在井台旁，他们都争着先打水，结果罐子掉进井里，沉了下去。

8、他们不知道该怎么办才好，都真楞楞地站在那儿，谁也不敢回家了。

9、父亲在家里等得不耐烦了，就说:“我敢说这些无法无天的孩子一定是贪玩，把打水的事给忘了。

10、”他担心女孩子不经洗礼会死，就生气地大声喊起来:“淘气鬼，都变成乌鸦才好呢!”这话刚出口，就听到头顶有“吧哒吧哒”鸟儿拍打翅膀的声音。

11、他抬头一看，只见空中有七只漆黑漆黑的乌鸦飞过去了。

12、 The parents were unable now to take back the curse, and yet, grief-stricken as they were at the loss of their seven sons, they look some comfort from their beloved little daughter, who soon got well and strong and became more beautiful with every day that passed. For a long time the little girl didn‘t even know that she had had brothers, for her parents took care not to mention them, but one day by chance she heard some peo。