Aladdin and the Magic Lamp · chapter 12 of 25
The Second Night
第二个晚上
The princess is pale and silent, and the palace wants to know why. Who would believe what happened in the night, and what if it happens again?
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天早上，王后来到公主的房间。
Nà tiān zǎoshang, wánghòu lái dào gōngzhǔ de fángjiān.
That morning, the sultana came to the princess's room.
- the Sultana 女儿，你爸爸说你不说话。你怎么了？
Nǚ'ér, nǐ bàba shuō nǐ bù shuōhuà. Nǐ zěnme le?
Daughter, your father says you won't speak. What's wrong?
- the Princess 妈妈，昨天晚上，我的床在天上飞！
Māma, zuótiān wǎnshang, wǒ de chuáng zài tiān shàng fēi!
Mother, last night my bed flew through the sky!
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- the Princess 大臣的儿子在一个很黑的房间里，冷了一个晚上。
Dàchén de érzi zài yí gè hěn hēi de fángjiān li, lěng le yí gè wǎnshang.
The vizier's son spent the whole night cold in a dark room.
- the Princess 还有一个人，他说爸爸要我和他结婚！
Hái yǒu yí gè rén, tā shuō bàba yào wǒ hé tā jiéhūn!
And there was a man who said Father wants me to marry him!
- the Sultana 女儿，床不会飞。你做了一个不好的梦。
Nǚ'ér, chuáng bú huì fēi. Nǐ zuò le yí gè bù hǎo de mèng.
Daughter, beds don't fly. You had a bad dream.
- the Sultana 这个梦，不要对你爸爸说。
Zhège mèng, búyào duì nǐ bàba shuō.
Don't tell your father about this dream.
- the Princess 不是梦。今天晚上，还会飞吗？
Bú shì mèng. Jīntiān wǎnshang, hái huì fēi ma?
It wasn't a dream. Will it fly again tonight?
- the Genie of the Lamp 主人，你要什么？
Zhǔrén, nǐ yào shénme?
Master, what do you want?
- Aladdin 灯神，昨天晚上的事，今天晚上你再做！
Dēng Shén, zuótiān wǎnshang de shì, jīntiān wǎnshang nǐ zài zuò!
Genie of the lamp, what you did last night, do it again tonight!
- the Genie of the Lamp 是，主人。
Shì, zhǔrén.
Yes, master.
- the Vizier's Son 床在飞！我不要再去那个很冷的房间！
Chuáng zài fēi! Wǒ bú yào zài qù nàge hěn lěng de fángjiān!
The bed is flying! I don't want to go to that cold room again!
- the Princess 是你！你是谁？你要什么？
Shì nǐ! Nǐ shì shéi? Nǐ yào shénme?
It's you! Who are you? What do you want?
- Aladdin 公主，您不要怕。今天晚上也不会有事。
Gōngzhǔ, nín búyào pà. Jīntiān wǎnshang yě bú huì yǒu shì.
Princess, don't be afraid. Nothing will happen tonight either.
- Narrator 第二天早上，公主对国王都说了。
Dì èr tiān zǎoshang, gōngzhǔ duì guówáng dōu shuō le.
The next morning, the princess told the sultan everything.
- the Princess 爸爸，那不是梦。两个晚上，我的床都飞了！
Bàba, nà bú shì mèng. Liǎng gè wǎnshang, wǒ de chuáng dōu fēi le!
Father, it wasn't a dream. Two nights running, my bed flew away!
- the Sultan 什么？大臣！你的儿子在哪儿？
Shénme? Dàchén! Nǐ de érzi zài nǎr?
What? Vizier! Where is your son?
- the Vizier's Son 国王，公主说的是真的。我冷了两个晚上！
Guówáng, gōngzhǔ shuō de shì zhēn de. Wǒ lěng le liǎng gè wǎnshang!
Your Majesty, the princess is telling the truth. I've been cold for two nights!
- the Vizier's Son 我不想和公主结婚了！我怕还有第三个晚上！
Wǒ bù xiǎng hé gōngzhǔ jiéhūn le! Wǒ pà hái yǒu dì sān gè wǎnshang!
I don't want to marry the princess any more! I'm afraid there'll be a third night!
- the Grand Vizier 国王，对不起。我的儿子……他不能做公主的丈夫。
Guówáng, duìbuqǐ. Wǒ de érzi… tā bù néng zuò gōngzhǔ de zhàngfu.
Your Majesty, forgive me. My son... he cannot be the princess's husband.
- the Sultan 好！他不是你的丈夫了，女儿！
Hǎo! Tā bú shì nǐ de zhàngfu le, nǚ'ér!
Very well! He is not your husband any more, daughter!
- the Sultan 大家都回家吧！不要吃了，不要喝了！
Dàjiā dōu huí jiā ba! Búyào chī le, búyào hē le!
Everyone, go home! No more eating, no more drinking!
- the Grand Vizier 大家都在看我们……我真不想见人。
Dàjiā dōu zài kàn wǒmen… wǒ zhēn bù xiǎng jiàn rén.
Everyone is looking at us... I can't bear to face anyone.
- Narrator 宫殿里，没有人知道这是怎么了。阿拉丁知道。
Gōngdiàn li, méiyǒu rén zhīdào zhè shì zěnme le. Ālādīng zhīdào.
In the palace, no one knew what had happened. Aladdin knew.
- Aladdin 公主不和大臣的儿子结婚了！三个月，还有一个月……
Gōngzhǔ bù hé dàchén de érzi jiéhūn le! Sān gè yuè, hái yǒu yí gè yuè…
The princess isn't married to the vizier's son any more! Three months... one month to go...
- Narrator 一个月后，三个月到了。
Yí gè yuè hòu, sān gè yuè dào le.
A month later, the three months were up.
- Aladdin 妈妈，明天你再去宫殿吧！
Māma, míngtiān nǐ zài qù gōngdiàn ba!
Mother, go back to the palace tomorrow!
- Aladdin 你对国王说：您说的三个月，到了！
Nǐ duì guówáng shuō: nín shuō de sān gè yuè, dào le!
Tell the sultan: the three months you promised are over!
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What changed in the story?
- What does the sultana think happened to her daughter in the night?
“你做了一个不好的梦”
- What does Aladdin tell the genie of the lamp to do on the second night?
“昨天晚上的事，今天晚上你再做”
- What does the princess tell her father the next morning?
“那不是梦。两个晚上，我的床都飞了”
- Why does the vizier's son not want to marry the princess any more?
“我冷了两个晚上”……“我不想和公主结婚了”
- What does Aladdin want his mother to tell the sultan?
“你对国王说：您说的三个月，到了”