Then they gave him the mill. He put it under his arm and went out of fairy-land. He fount the old man waiting for him. 于是，他们把磨给了他，他把磨夹在腋下，走出了妖精的住所。他发现那位老人正等着他。

"That is it," the old man said. "This is how to use it. Only good people can use it. You must never let any other person use it." “就是它，”老人说，“这是使用它的办法。只有好人才能用它，你千万别让其他人使用。”

It was quite late when the poor man reached home.
          这个穷人到家时天已很晚了。

"Where have you been?" said his wife. "There is no fire and no food in the house. The children are cold and crying for food. What is that you are carrying. It looks like an old mill."
“你到哪儿去了？”他的妻子说，“家里没有火烤，没有饭吃，孩子们冷，哭着要东西吃。你带的那个东西是什么？看上去像一个旧磨。”

"It is a mill," he said. "Now watch. Say what you want, and you will have it."
  “就是一个旧磨，”他说，“现在来瞧瞧，你说要什么，他就有什么。”

He put the mill on the table and began to turn it. Out of the little mill came wood for the fire, oil for lighting and cooking, clothes, corn, and many other good things.
他把磨放在桌子上，开始转动。从小磨里出来了烤火用的柴禾，点灯和做饭菜用的油，还有衣服，粮食和其他很多东西。

"It is a magic mill," said his wife. "Now we are rich."
      “真是一个神磨，”他的妻子说，“现在我们富有了。”
"Yes, but no-one must know about it. We must hide it and use it only when no-one is watching."“是的，不过，一定不能让任何人知道它。我们必须把它藏起来，只有在没人看见时才能拿出来用。”

The poor man soon became as rich as his brother. He did not keep all the good things for his own family. He gave many things to poor friends.这个穷人很快变得像他兄弟一样富有。他不是把好东西都留在自己家。他把许多东西送给那些穷苦的朋友。

When his brother heard about this, he said to himself, "I do not know why my brother has become rich. I must find the reason for his riches."他的兄弟听说了这些，心里想：“我不知道为什么我的兄弟变富了，我必须找到他富有的原因。”

For a long time he tried to find the reason, but he could not. But one day he gave a servant some money and ordered him to watch the house of his brother at night. That night, the servant looked through the window and saw the family standing round the mill, which was working. He went back and told what he had seen.
好长时间，他试图找出原因，可是他还是不知道。有一天，他给了一个佣人一些钱，让他在晚上监视他兄弟的家。那天晚上，这个佣人透过窗户看到他们全家人围着磨站着，那个磨正在工作，他就回去把所看到的说了。

The next day the brother got in his boat and sailed across the water. He said to his brother, "I see that you are now quite rich, and I know the reason. You have a little magic mill. Sell it to me. How much money do you want for it?"
第二天，这位富兄弟上了船，开过岸来，他对他的兄弟说：“我发现你现在很富有，并且也知道为什么。你有一个小神磨，把它卖给我吧，你要卖多少钱？”

"I cannot sell it," said the poor man. "It must never leave my hands. The old man said, 'There will be great danger if you sell it or give it to any other person.' That is what he said."
“我不能卖，”那个穷人说，“它绝不能离开我的手。老人说过：'如果你卖掉它或把它给了其他人，必将招来大祸。'他就这么说的。”

Then the rich brother sailed away home. But later, one dark night, he came back, went very quietly into the house, and stole the mill. He quickly carried it to the sea, where his boat was waiting. Then he sailed away to his island.于是，富兄弟把船开回家了。但是，在一个漆黑的夜晚，他又回来了，他悄悄地见了屋，偷走了神磨。带着它飞快地跑到了海边。他的小船正等在那里，然后，他驶向他的小岛。

But the bad brother wanted very much to make the mill work. He did not wait until he reached home. While he was sailing in the boat, he tried to make it work. 这个坏兄弟很想让磨转起来。他等不及回到家，还在船里的时候，就迫不及待地要用。

"Salt," he said. "Salt is what I sell, and salt is what I want." Then he began to turn the mill.Then salt bean to come out of the mill. He laughed and began to sing. Masses of salt came out and began to fill the boat. The boat became low in the water. He tried to throw some of the salt into the sea. But more came in, masses of it. He stopped laughing and singing. Then he began to be afraid.“盐，”他说道，“我是卖盐的，盐就是我所想要的。”说着他开始转动磨盘，盐开始从磨里出来了，他高兴得大笑起来，唱起歌来。一堆一堆的盐出来了，船开始往下沉，他拼命把一些盐扔进海里，但是更多的盐从磨里出来了，一堆堆的。他不笑了，也不再唱了，接着，他开始害怕起来。

More salt came out of the mill, and soon the boat was full of it. Then water came in and filled the boat. The boat went down, down to the bottom of the sea, carrying with it the thief and the magic mill. 越来越多的盐从神磨里出来了，很快填满了整只船。这时，水进来了，淹没了船，船下沉了，连同这个贼和神磨一起，沉到了海底。

There, at the bottom of the sea, the mill is still turning, making more and more salt.
        在海底，神磨仍然转动着，磨出越来越多的盐

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