钉子指的是尖头状的硬金属，作为固定木头等物用途。那么有关格林兄弟的《钉子》，大家是否阅读学习了呢?下面是有关这篇童话故事的中英文版本，欢迎大家阅读!

　　一个商人在集市上生意红火，他卖完了所有的货，钱袋装得满满的。 他想天黑前赶到家，便把钱箱捆在了马背上，骑着马儿出发了。

　　中午时分，他到了一个镇上休息了一会。 当他想继续赶路时，马童牵出马来对他说："老爷，马后腿的蹄铁上需要加颗钉子。""由它去吧，"商人回答说，"这块蹄铁肯定能撑到走完这六里路，我要急着赶路呢!"

　　下午时候，他又一次叫人喂马，马童走进房间对他说："老爷，马后腿上的一块蹄铁掉了，要不要我把它带到铁匠那去呢?""由它去吧!"商人回答说，"这马一定能坚持走完这剩下的几里路，我时间紧着呢!"

　　他骑着马儿继续往前走，但不久以后马就开始一步一瘸的了，再过会儿就开始踉踉跄跄，最后它终于跌倒在地，折断了腿。 那生意人只好扔下他的马 ，解下钱箱扛在背上，步行回家。 等赶回家时已是午夜时分，只听他嘀咕着："都是那颗该死的钉子把我给害惨了。"

　　欲速则不达。

　　钉子英文版：

　　The nail

　　A merchant had done good business at the fair; he had sold his wares, and lined his money-bags with gold and silver. Then he wanted to travel homewards, and be in his own house before nightfall. So he packed his trunk with the money on his horse, and rode away.

　　At noon he rested in a town, and when he wanted to go farther the stable-boy brought out his horse and said, "A nail is wanting, sir, in the shoe of its left hind foot." - "Let it be wanting," answered the merchant; "the shoe will certainly stay on for the six miles I have still to go. I am in a hurry."

　　In the afternoon, when he once more alighted and had his horse fed, the stable-boy went into the room to him and said, "Sir, a shoe is missing from your horse's left hind foot. Shall I take him to the blacksmith?" - "Let it still be wanting," answered the man; "the horse can very well hold out for the couple of miles which remain. I am in haste."

　　He rode forth, but before long the horse began to limp. It had not limped long before it began to stumble, and it had not stumbled long before it fell down and broke its leg. The merchant was forced to leave the horse where it was, and unbuckle the trunk, take it on his back, and go home on foot. And there he did not arrive until quite late at night. "And that unlucky nail," said he to himself, "has caused all this disaster."

　　童话阅读好处

　　1.发展想象

　　童话的基本特征是幻想,而且是最丰富、最神奇的幻想。所以童话是激发儿童想象和幻想能力的最好样式。幻想本是儿童的一种天赋和本能,幻想的成长需要正确的引导和培养。幻想力是创造力的基础,幻想是创造的开端。列宁说过:“甚至数学也是需要幻想的。没有它,甚至不可能发明微积分。幻想是极其可贵的品质。”可以说童话集中了人类最大胆的幻想、最自由的幻想、最优秀的幻想。它的读者长大后一定是最具幻想力、最具创造力的人。

　　2.培养美感

　　优秀的童话往往融思想美、情感美、形象美、意境美、语言美于一体,给儿童以巨大的美的享受。童话中的人物、童话中的故事、童话中的环境,被幻想笼罩着的一切都是美的。而童话的美,最集中表现在有色彩有节奏的意境美。冰波的《大海,梦着一个童话》开头意境的创造很有代表性。“当圆圆的月亮,微笑地望着大海的时候,大海感到了它的温柔。当清凉的海风,缓缓地、轻轻地唱起一支古老的摇篮曲的时候,大海感到了微微的倦意。它轻轻地和着海风的节奏摇荡起来,把雪白的浪花推上金黄的沙滩。大海又轻轻地叹了一口气,说:呵,我真想睡了,看那星星都在眨着眼睛哩。大海睡着了。月亮披上了白云的薄纱,海风还在唱着轻柔的歌。大海安静地睡熟了。”这是让人心旷神怡、让人心灵纯净的美的意境。美的陶冶会使人变得纯真而高尚。

　　3.愉悦童心

　　童话是给儿童最大快乐、最多生趣的文学样式。英国儿童文学家达顿说:“儿童读物是为了给儿童获得内心的快乐而推出的印刷品。”高尚健康的娱乐能使儿童精神净化、进入更高的精神境界。童话的幻想、夸张、拟人等都具有极大的快乐因素,而儿童在童话境界中的大胆自由驰骋更加剧了快乐的感受。