Aladdin and the Magic Lamp · chapter 18 of 25
The Flying Palace
会飞的宫殿
The princess wakes up somewhere she has never seen, and someone is waiting for her. Far away in Baghdad, the sultan goes to his window.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 宫殿在天上飞了一个晚上，到了很远的西边。
Gōngdiàn zài tiān shàng fēi le yí gè wǎnshang, dào le hěn yuǎn de xībian.
The palace flew through the sky all night and arrived far away in the west.
- the Princess 早上了？这是我的房间……外边是哪儿？
Zǎoshang le? Zhè shì wǒ de fángjiān… wàibian shì nǎr?
Is it morning? This is my room... but what place is that outside?
- Narrator 这里不是巴格达。外边有一个大城，城里的人她都不认识。
Zhèlǐ bú shì Bāgédá. Wàibian yǒu yí gè dà chéng, chéng li de rén tā dōu bú rènshi.
This was not Baghdad. Outside was a big city, and she knew no one in it.
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- the Princess 这是哪个城？巴格达呢？我爸爸呢？
Zhè shì nǎge chéng? Bāgédá ne? Wǒ bàba ne?
What city is this? Where's Baghdad? Where's my father?
- the Magician 公主，早上好。您不要怕。
Gōngzhǔ, zǎoshang hǎo. Nín búyào pà.
Good morning, Princess. Don't be afraid.
- the Princess 你是谁？你怎么在我的宫殿里？
Nǐ shì shéi? Nǐ zěnme zài wǒ de gōngdiàn li?
Who are you? What are you doing in my palace?
- the Princess 我认识你！你是那个卖灯的人！
Wǒ rènshi nǐ! Nǐ shì nàge mài dēng de rén!
I know you! You're that lamp-seller!
- the Magician 对，公主。我是卖灯的人，也是魔法师。
Duì, gōngzhǔ. Wǒ shì mài dēng de rén, yě shì mófǎshī.
Yes, Princess. I'm the lamp-seller, and a magician too.
- the Magician 您的旧灯，是我的灯。现在，它回到我这儿了。
Nín de jiù dēng, shì wǒ de dēng. Xiànzài, tā huí dào wǒ zhèr le.
Your old lamp is my lamp. Now it has come back to me.
- the Princess 旧灯？我不知道你在说什么。
Jiù dēng? Wǒ bù zhīdào nǐ zài shuō shénme.
The old lamp? I don't know what you're talking about.
- the Magician 我擦了一下，宫殿飞到这儿来了！
Wǒ cā le yíxià, gōngdiàn fēi dào zhèr lái le!
I gave it one rub, and the palace flew here!
- the Princess 是你！宫殿是你骗来的！
Shì nǐ! Gōngdiàn shì nǐ piàn lái de!
It was you! You stole the palace with a trick!
- the Magician 骗？公主，我给了您一个新灯！
Piàn? Gōngzhǔ, wǒ gěi le nín yí gè xīn dēng!
A trick? Princess, I gave you a new lamp!
- the Princess 我不要你的新灯！我要回家！
Wǒ bú yào nǐ de xīn dēng! Wǒ yào huí jiā!
I don't want your new lamp! I want to go home!
- the Magician 这儿是您的家了，公主。您看，我也很好看吧？
Zhèr shì nín de jiā le, gōngzhǔ. Nín kàn, wǒ yě hěn hǎokàn ba?
This is your home now, Princess. Look, I'm handsome too, aren't I?
- the Princess 不好看！一点儿也不好看！
Bù hǎokàn! Yìdiǎnr yě bù hǎokàn!
No, you're not! Not one bit!
- the Princess 阿拉丁，你在哪儿？
Ālādīng, nǐ zài nǎr?
Aladdin, where are you?
- Narrator 那天早上，在巴格达，国王起床了。
Nà tiān zǎoshang, zài Bāgédá, guówáng qǐchuáng le.
That morning in Baghdad, the sultan got up.
- the Sultan 我去窗户那儿看看女儿的宫殿。
Wǒ qù chuānghu nàr kànkan nǚ'ér de gōngdiàn.
I'll go to the window and look at my daughter's palace.
- the Sultan 女儿，早上好！……什么？
Nǚ'ér, zǎoshang hǎo!… Shénme?
Good morning, daughter!... What?
- the Sultan 我女儿的宫殿呢？那边什么都没有！
Wǒ nǚ'ér de gōngdiàn ne? Nàbiān shénme dōu méiyǒu!
Where's my daughter's palace? There's nothing there!
- the Sultan 大臣！你来看！
Dàchén! Nǐ lái kàn!
Vizier! Come and look!
- the Grand Vizier 国王，宫殿……没有了。公主也不在了。
Guówáng, gōngdiàn… méiyǒu le. Gōngzhǔ yě bú zài le.
Your Majesty, the palace... is gone. And the princess is gone too.
- the Sultan 女儿！你还好吗？
Nǚ'ér! Nǐ hái hǎo ma?
Daughter! Are you all right?
- the Grand Vizier 国王，您看，我说对了：阿拉丁是魔法师。
Guówáng, nín kàn, wǒ shuō duì le: Ālādīng shì mófǎshī.
Your Majesty, you see, I was right: Aladdin is a magician.
- the Grand Vizier 一个晚上做好的宫殿，一个晚上也会不见的。
Yí gè wǎnshang zuò hǎo de gōngdiàn, yí gè wǎnshang yě huì bú jiàn de.
A palace made in one night can vanish in one night too.
- the Sultan 阿拉丁！他在哪儿？
Ālādīng! Tā zài nǎr?
Aladdin! Where is he?
- the Grand Vizier 他在山里打猎，国王。
Tā zài shān li dǎliè, guówáng.
He's hunting in the mountains, Your Majesty.
- the Sultan 来人！现在去山里找阿拉丁！给我绑回来！
Lái rén! Xiànzài qù shān li zhǎo Ālādīng! Gěi wǒ bǎng huílái!
Guards! Go to the mountains now and find Aladdin! Tie him up and bring him to me!
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What changed in the story?
- Where does the princess wake up?
“这里不是巴格达。外边有一个大城，城里的人她都不认识。”
- Who does the princess find in her palace?
“你是那个卖灯的人！……对，公主。我是卖灯的人，也是魔法师。”
- How does the princess say the magician got the palace?
“宫殿是你骗来的！”
- What does the sultan see from his window?
“我女儿的宫殿呢？那边什么都没有！”
- What does the vizier remind the sultan of?
“国王，您看，我说对了：阿拉丁是魔法师。”