我曾多次尝试改写俄罗斯民间故事,因为这些故事一百年来(直到今天)都是从许多讲故事的人那里记下来的。而每个人的讲法又各不一样:有的简略,有的冗长;有的开头好,有的结尾好,还有的中间好。讲故事的人,有的长于诙谐和辞藻,有的以趣味横生的细节取胜。讲故事的人中,有故事的作者——真正的诗人,但也有学识不高的——普通的说书人。 I have tried many times to rewrite Russian folktales, because these stories have been written down from many storytellers for a hundred years (until today). And everyone’s story is different: some simple, some lengthy; some good beginning, some ending good, and some good in the middle. Storytellers, some longer than humor and rhetoric, and some with interesting details to win. The storyteller, the author of the story - the real poet, but also have low knowledge - ordinary storyteller.