And you actually start this game in a drop of water,

Water there is not a drop of water there!

水…那儿一滴水也没有！

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These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier,""The Snow Queen,""The Little Mermaid,""Thumbelina,""The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."

代表作有《小锡兵》、《冰雪女王》、《小美人鱼》、《拇指姑娘》、《卖火柴的小女孩》、《丑小鸭》等等。

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Until Einstein is certified as the tiniest, the record belongs to Thumbelina, a chestnut mare born in 2001 near St. Louis. She weighed 8.5 pounds at birth and stood 11 inches.

在记录被爱因斯坦刷新前，世界上最小的马是桑贝琳娜（小编注：拇指姑娘的名字）。它是2001年生于圣路易斯附近的一匹栗色小母马，出生的时候身高11英寸，体重8.5磅。

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These include" The Steadfast Tin Soldier"," The Snow Queen"," The Little Mermaid"," Thumbelina"," The Little Match Girl", and "The Ugly Duckling".

他的优秀代表作品有《小锡兵》、《冰雪女王》、《小美人鱼》、《拇指姑娘》、《卖火柴的小女孩》、《丑小鸭》等等。

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When she slept little Thumbelina lay in her cradle on a tiny heap of violets, with the petal of a pale pink rose to cover her.

小小拇指姑娘睡觉时躺在用紫罗兰花瓣垫着的胡桃壳里，盖的是粉色玫瑰花瓣。

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Poor Thumbelina stood outside the door, like a beggar-girl, and begged for a little barley-corn, for she had not had anything to eat for two days.

可怜的拇指姑娘站在门口，像一个要饭的穷苦女孩子。她恳求田鼠施舍一颗大麦给她，因为她已经两天没有吃任何东西了。

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But there were other chafers living in the tree, and when they came to see little Thumbelina, they said," She is not pretty at all."

树林里还住着其它金龟子，他们都跑来看拇指姑娘，“呦，她长的一点都不好看呐。”

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Do, pray, fly away with me, you sweet little Thumbelina, who saved my life when I lay frozen in the dark earthy cellar!

甜美的拇指小姑娘！当我在那阴暗的地洞里被冻得僵硬时，是你救了我的生命！

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Butterflies were flitting here and there in the sunshine. A pretty little white one fluttered on to the leaf on which sat Thumbelina.

蝴蝶在阳光下飞来飞去，一只很可爱的白蝴蝶飞落到拇指姑娘坐着的叶子上来，它是那么喜欢拇指姑娘于是它停在了她的身边。

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When she woke up early in the morning, how she wept! Water all around her! How could she reach the shore? Poor little Thumbelina!

拇指姑娘一早醒来的处境后，伤心的哭泣起来，她的四周水！怎么回到岸上呢？可怜的拇指姑娘啊！

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They called her Thumbelina.

大家叫她拇指姑娘。

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Thumbelina was a dwarf among the dwarves, which her owner calls it a complete fluke.

“拇指姑娘”是这些矮马当中的小矮马，而它的主人说这完全是偶然。

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All the lady cockchafers said this, and yet Thumbelina was pretty after all.

所有的金龟子女士们不约而同的说着，然而拇指姑娘的确是非常美丽的。

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Thumbelina was very sorry for it, she was fond of all little birds;

拇指姑娘感到很难过，她很喜欢鸟儿，他们整个夏天对她唱着美妙的歌；

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Only first they carried little Thumbelina down from the tree and placed her on a daisy.

他们带着她从树上飞下来，把她放在一朵雏菊上面。

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They found the green stem which held the leaf on which Thumbelina sat.

它们找到了托着那片绿叶的梗子拇指姑娘就坐在那上面。

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And right behind them, Tom Thumb and thumbelina!

在他们后面的是拇指汤姆和拇指姑娘！

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What besides could little Thumbelina wish?

除此之外小小拇指姑娘还赊求什么呢？

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Then they took away the tiny little bed, and Thumbelina was left alone.

他们搬走了小床，把拇指姑娘一个人留在那里。

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But what could the little fish do to help Thumbelina?

但是小鱼能帮上拇指姑娘什么忙呢？

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