Then the girl fell into a deep sleep, and when she awoke she lay on the earth below, and in the midst of a wilderness. She wanted to cry out, but she could bring forth no sound. She sprang up and wanted to run away, but whithersoever she turned herself, she was continually held back by thick hedges of thorns through which she could not break. In the desert, in which she was imprisoned, there stood an old hollow tree, and this had to be her dwelling-place. Into this she crept when night came, and here she slept. Here, too, she found a shelter from storm and rain, but it was a miserable life, and bitterly did she weep when she remembered how happy she had been in heaven, and how the angels had played with her.

小姑娘昏昏沉沉地睡着了。当她醒来时，她发现自己躺在人间的一片荒野中。她想喊叫，可是她发不出任何声音。她站起来想逃走，却发现自己无论走哪个方向，总有密密的荆棘丛挡住她的去路，怎么也越不过去。在包围她的荒地上立着一棵空心的老树，这便成了她的家。夜晚来临时，她就爬进树洞，睡在里面。刮风下雨的时候，她也躲在里面。这种生活非常凄惨。每当她想起天堂里的幸福生活，想起和小天使们玩耍的情景，她都会伤心痛哭。

Roots and wild berries were her only food, and for these she sought as far as she could go. In the autumn she picked up the fallen nuts and leaves, and carried them into the hole. The nuts were her food in winter, and when snow and ice came, she crept amongst the leaves like a poor little animal that she might not freeze. Before long her clothes were all torn, and one bit of them after another fell off her. As soon, however, as the sun shone warm again, she went out and sat in front of the tree, and her long hair covered her on all sides like a mantle. Thus she sat year after year, and felt the pain and the misery of the world.

草根和野果是她唯一的食物，而这些她还得努力寻找。秋天到来的时候，她捡起掉在地上的核桃和树叶，把它们搬进洞。这些核桃是她冬天的食粮，而在雪花纷飞、天寒地冻的日子里，她只能像可怜的小动物一样爬进那些树叶里，免得被冻死。不久，她的衣服就破了，一片一片地掉了下来。当太阳重新暖洋洋地照耀大地时，她便爬出来坐在树前。她的长头发像一件斗篷，把她全身遮得严严实实。她就这样一年一年地坐在那里，感受着世间的凄苦与不幸。

One day, when the trees were once more clothed in fresh green, the King of the country was hunting in the forest, and followed a roe, and as it had fled into the thicket which shut in this part of the forest, he got off his horse, tore the bushes asunder, and cut himself a path with his sword. When he had at last forced his way through, he saw a wonderfully beautiful maiden sitting under the tree; and she sat there and was entirely covered with her golden hair down to her very feet. He stood still and looked at her full of surprise, then he spoke to her and said, "Who art thou? Why art thou sitting here in the wilderness?" But she gave no answer, for she could not open her mouth. The King continued, "Wilt thou go with me to my castle?" Then she just nodded her head a little. The King took her in his arms, carried her to his horse, and rode home with her, and when he reached the royal castle he caused her to be dressed in beautiful garments, and gave her all things in abundance. Although she could not speak, she was still so beautiful and charming that he began to love her with all his heart, and it was not long before he married her.

冬去春来，树木重新换上了新绿。一天，国王在森林里打猎，追赶一头狍子，可狍子钻进了包围着这片树林的灌木丛。国王下了马，拨开灌木，用剑为自己砍出了一条路。等他终于穿过灌木丛时，他看到树下坐着一位非常美丽的姑娘。只见她坐在那里，金色的长发一直垂到脚跟，把她全身上下遮得严严实实。国王呆呆地站在那里，无比惊讶地看着她，然后才问她：“你是谁？怎么坐在这荒野里？”可是她无法说话，因为她张不了嘴。国王又问：“你愿意跟我回王宫吗？”她只是稍稍点了点头。国王抱起她，把她放到马背上，带着她骑马回宫。到了王宫后，他让人给她穿上最美的衣服，还给了她各种各样的东西。她虽然不会说话，却非常美丽温柔，国王真心实意地爱上了她，没过多久就娶她做了妻子。