English Original
There was once a maiden who was pretty, but idle and negligent. When she had to spin flax, she would become so impatient that if there was a little knot, she would pull out a whole heap of it and strew it on the ground.
She had a servant who was industrious. This servant gathered the discarded bits of flax, cleaned them, spun them finely, and had a beautiful gown made for herself.
A young man had wooed the lazy maiden, and their wedding was approaching. On the eve of the wedding, the industrious servant was dancing merrily in her pretty dress. The bride remarked, "Ah, how that girl does jump about, dressed in my odds and ends."
The bridegroom heard this and asked the bride what she meant. She explained that the servant's dress was made from the flax she had thrown away. Upon hearing this, and realizing how idle his bride was and how industrious the poor servant girl was, the bridegroom gave up the lazy maiden and chose the diligent servant as his wife instead.
中文翻译
从前有一位少女，她容貌美丽，却懒惰又粗心。当她不得不纺亚麻时，她会变得非常不耐烦，只要亚麻上有一个小结，她就会扯出一大堆来，扔在地上。
她有一个勤快的女仆。这位女仆收集了被丢弃的亚麻碎料，清洗干净，精细地纺成线，为自己做了一件漂亮的长裙。
一位年轻人向这位懒惰的少女求婚，他们的婚礼即将举行。在婚礼前夜，勤快的女仆穿着她那件漂亮的长裙欢快地跳舞。新娘见状说道：“啊，看那个女孩跳得多欢，穿的还是我那些零碎破烂。”
新郎听到了这句话，便问新娘是什么意思。新娘解释说，女仆的裙子是用她扔掉的亚麻做的。新郎听后，意识到他的新娘是多么懒惰，而那位可怜的女仆又是多么勤勉，于是他放弃了懒惰的少女，转而选择了那位勤勉的女仆作为他的妻子。