PART II
Looking over the lake, he saw something white in the water; and, in an instant, he had torn off his tunic, kicked off his sandals, and plunged in. He soon reached the white object, and found that it was a woman. There was not light enough to show that she was a princess, but quite enough to show that she was a lady, for it does not want much light to see that.
Now I cannot tell how it came about,—whether she pretended to be drowning, or whether he frightened her, or caught her so as to embarrass her,—but certainly he brought her to shore in a fashion ignominious to a swimmer, and more nearly drowned than she had ever expected to be; for the water had got into her throat as often as she had tried to speak.
At the place to which he bore her, the bank was only a foot or two above the water; so he gave her a strong lift out of the water, to lay her on the bank. But, her gravitation ceasing the moment she left the water, away she went up into the air, scolding and screaming.
"You naughty, naughty, NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY man!" she cried.
No one had ever succeeded in putting her into a passion before.—When the prince saw her ascend, he thought he must have been bewitched, and have mistaken a great swan for a lady. But the princess caught hold of the topmost cone upon a lofty fir. This came off; but she caught at another; and, in fact, stopped herself by gathering cones, dropping them as the stalks gave way. The prince, meantime, stood in the water, staring, and forgetting to get out. But the princess disappearing, he scrambled on shore, and went in the direction of the tree. There he found her climbing down one of the branches towards the stem. But in the darkness of the wood, the prince continued in some bewilderment as to what the phenomenon could be; until, reaching the ground, and seeing him standing there, she caught hold of him, and said,—
"I'll tell papa."
"Oh no, you won't!" returned the prince.
"Yes, I will," she persisted. "What business had you to pull me down out of the water, and throw me to the bottom of the air? I never did you any harm."
"Pardon me. I did not mean to hurt you."
"I don't believe you have any brains; and that is a worse loss than your wretched gravity. I pity you."
The prince now saw that he had come upon the bewitched princess, and had already offended her. But before he could think what to say next, she burst out angrily, giving a stamp with her foot that would have sent her aloft again but for the hold she had of his arm,—
"Put me up directly."
"Put you up where, you beauty?" asked the prince.
He had fallen in love with her almost, already; for her anger made her more charming than any one else had ever beheld her; and, as far as he could see, which certainly was not far, she had not a single fault about her, except, of course, that she had not any gravity. No prince, however, would judge of a princess by weight. The loveliness of her foot he would hardly estimate by the depth of the impression it could make in mud.
第2节
极目远眺，他看到湖水中有个白色的 东西，于是他脱掉束腰上衣，甩掉脚上的鞋子，纵身一跃跳入了湖水中。他很快就游到那个白色物体边上，发现那是一个姑娘。光线很微弱，所以他没看出来她是位公主，但是他看出来那是一个姑娘，因为这一点不需要太清楚就能分辨出来。
接下来到底是怎么回事，我也说不大清楚，究竟是公主假装溺水了，还是王子吓到她了，又或者因为王子抓住了她，让她一下子紧张起来，总之一句话，就是王子用了一种对游泳者来说极不雅观的方式，把公主拖到了岸边，本来好好的公主反倒差一点给淹死了。公主每次刚想说话，湖水就涌进她的嗓子眼儿，让她什么也说不出来。
王子抓住公主的地方距离湖堤只有一两英尺远，所以王子就用力把公主举出了水面，想让她躺到湖堤上。 但是公主一离开水，重力就消失了，随即就升到空中，气得她破口大骂、大喊大叫。
“你这个下流、下流、下流无耻、下流无耻的男人！”她喊道。
在这之前，从来没有一个人能让她如此大发脾气。王子看到她飘起来，还以为自己是被施了魔法，误把一只天鹅当作姑娘给救了起来。公主抓住了一颗高耸的云杉树顶端的球果。它被揪了下来，她又抓住了另一颗……她就用这种采摘球果的方式让自己不至于飘走。她一边前进一边扔球果，在云杉树下延伸出一条球果铺就的小径。王子这时候就呆呆地站在水里， 目不转睛地看着，都忘了从水里出来。不一会儿，公主的身影消失在枝叶间。王子立刻爬上岸，向大树那边跑去。在那儿，他看到公主顺着树干爬了下来。不过在黑暗的树林中，王子还是有些迷惑不解，不知道自己看到的究竟是什么。这时，公主回到了地上，一转身瞧见王子站在那里，就立即抓住了他，说道：
“我要告诉爸爸去。”
“哦，不要，千万别那么做！”王子赶紧说道。
“我就要说，”公主坚持己见，“凭什么你要把我从水里拖出来，然后又把我扔到空中？我又没有对你做什么坏事。”
“请宽恕我吧。我没有要伤害你的意思。”王子说。
“我相信你也没有那个脑子，你的脑子比你那可怜的重力还要少。我可怜你。”
王子这才明白，自己遇到的就是那个被施了魔法的公主，而且自己还冒犯了她。但是他还没有想好接下来该说些什么，公主已经生气地一跺脚，让自己又飘了起来。这次她抓住了王子的胳膊。
“快把我放回去。”
“把你放回到哪儿，美丽的小姐？”王子问道。
他差不多已经爱上了公主，不对，是完全爱上她了！因为公主生气的样子比平时看上去更加迷人，而且在他看来，公主简直一点毛病都没有，当然了，除了她没有一丁点重力之外。然而没有哪个王子会根据体重来评价公主。他还不能说出公主那一双脚的可爱之处，因为它们都沾上了一点泥巴。
