Third TaleA mother had her child taken from the cradle by elves.In its place they laid a changeling with a thick head and staring eyes who would do nothing but eat and drink. 只有急家长和学生之所急、以人才市场为导向去培养学生,这样的大学才有光明的前途。
They accused her of being a changeling, a type of doppelganger who replaces the original version of a person.
他们指责她是一个换形灵,一种替代人原始版本的二重身。
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And then, at two and a half, like a changeling in a fairy story, he lost the little speech that he had and turned into a wild, unmanageable toddler.
后来,两岁半的时候,就像童话故事里被仙女偷换了一样,他不再言语,变成了焦躁、不听话的小孩。
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Having Patsy was strangely like having a child of my own; a black one, as though she were a changeling. She must have felt the same way. We walked one day up Old Boss' path on an errand.
By the bye, I must mind not to rise on your hearth with only a glass of water then: I must bring an egg at the least, to say nothing of fried ham." " You mocking changeling—fairy-born and human-bred!
A changeling is a creature found in folklore and folk religion. A changeling child was believed to be a fairy child that had been left in place of a human child stolen by the fairies. The theme of the swapped child is common in medieval literature and reflects concern over infants thought to be afflicted with unexplained diseases, disorders, or developmental disabilities.