Aladdin and the Magic Lamp · chapter 23 of 25
The Sultan's Window
国王的窗户
The magician is dead, but Baghdad is very far away, and the old lamp is still hidden somewhere in his clothes.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天晚上，在很远的西边，阿拉丁找到了他的旧灯。
Nà tiān wǎnshang, zài hěn yuǎn de xībian, Ālādīng zhǎodào le tā de jiù dēng.
That night, far away in the west, Aladdin found his old lamp.
- Aladdin 旧灯，你回来了！
Jiù dēng, nǐ huílái le!
Old lamp, you're back!
- Aladdin 公主，你回房间睡觉吧。明天早上，你会看见巴格达。
Gōngzhǔ, nǐ huí fángjiān shuìjiào ba. Míngtiān zǎoshang, nǐ huì kànjiàn Bāgédá.
Princess, go back to your room and sleep. In the morning you'll see Baghdad.
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- the Princess 巴格达？明天早上？阿拉丁，你要做什么？
Bāgédá? Míngtiān zǎoshang? Ālādīng, nǐ yào zuò shénme?
Baghdad? In the morning? Aladdin, what are you going to do?
- Aladdin 这是我的秘密。你去睡吧。
Zhè shì wǒ de mìmì. Nǐ qù shuì ba.
That's my secret. Go to sleep.
- Narrator 公主去睡了。阿拉丁擦了擦旧灯。
Gōngzhǔ qù shuì le. Ālādīng cā le cā jiù dēng.
The princess went to sleep. Aladdin rubbed the old lamp.
- the Genie of the Lamp 主人，你要什么？
Zhǔrén, nǐ yào shénme?
Master, what do you want?
- Aladdin 灯神，今天早上，你的主人是魔法师。现在呢？
Dēng Shén, jīntiān zǎoshang, nǐ de zhǔrén shì mófǎshī. Xiànzài ne?
Genie of the lamp, this morning your master was the magician. And now?
- the Genie of the Lamp 你有灯，你是我的主人。
Nǐ yǒu dēng, nǐ shì wǒ de zhǔrén.
You have the lamp. You are my master.
- Aladdin 好。我要这个宫殿飞回巴格达，到国王的宫殿前边！
Hǎo. Wǒ yào zhège gōngdiàn fēi huí Bāgédá, dào guówáng de gōngdiàn qiánbian!
Good. I want this palace to fly back to Baghdad, in front of the sultan's palace!
- the Genie of the Lamp 是，主人。
Shì, zhǔrén.
Yes, master.
- Narrator 宫殿飞了。它飞了一晚上，飞了很远很远。
Gōngdiàn fēi le. Tā fēi le yì wǎnshang, fēi le hěn yuǎn hěn yuǎn.
The palace flew. It flew all night, a very long way.
- the Sultan 天天早上，我在这个窗户前边哭。女儿，你在哪儿？
Tiāntiān zǎoshang, wǒ zài zhège chuānghu qiánbian kū. Nǚ'ér, nǐ zài nǎr?
Every morning I cry at this window. Daughter, where are you?
- the Sultan 什么？那是……我女儿的宫殿！
Shénme? Nà shì… wǒ nǚ'ér de gōngdiàn!
What? That's... my daughter's palace!
- the Sultan 女儿！我的女儿！
Nǚ'ér! Wǒ de nǚ'ér!
Daughter! My daughter!
- the Princess 爸爸，您不要跑！我回来了！
Bàba, nín búyào pǎo! Wǒ huílái le!
Father, don't run! I'm back!
- the Sultan 女儿，你还好吗？你去哪儿了？
Nǚ'ér, nǐ hái hǎo ma? Nǐ qù nǎr le?
Daughter, are you all right? Where have you been?
- Aladdin 国王，一个魔法师骗了公主，宫殿是他骗去的。现在，他死了。
Guówáng, yí gè mófǎshī piàn le gōngzhǔ, gōngdiàn shì tā piàn qù de. Xiànzài, tā sǐ le.
Your Majesty, a magician tricked the princess and cheated us out of the palace. Now he is dead.
- the Sultan 阿拉丁，我说你是魔法师，我还要你死……对不起！
Ālādīng, wǒ shuō nǐ shì mófǎshī, wǒ hái yào nǐ sǐ… duìbuqǐ!
Aladdin, I called you a magician, I even wanted you dead... I'm sorry!
- Aladdin 国王，没关系。公主回来了，我们都很好。
Guówáng, méi guānxi. Gōngzhǔ huílái le, wǒmen dōu hěn hǎo.
Your Majesty, it's all right. The princess is back, and we're all well.
- the Sultan 今天，大家都来吃饭！吃三天……不，吃十天！
Jīntiān, dàjiā dōu lái chīfàn! Chī sān tiān… bù, chī shí tiān!
Today, everyone come and eat! For three days... no, ten days!
- the Princess 爸爸，十天太多了！
Bàba, shí tiān tài duō le!
Father, ten days is too many!
- Narrator 几个月后，在很远的西边，魔法师的弟弟看了看他的沙子。
Jǐ gè yuè hòu, zài hěn yuǎn de xībian, mófǎshī de dìdi kàn le kàn tā de shāzi.
Some months later, far away in the west, the magician's younger brother looked into his sand.
- the Magician's Brother 沙子，我的哥哥在哪儿？
Shāzi, wǒ de gēge zài nǎr?
Sand, where is my brother?
- the Magician's Brother 什么？我的哥哥死了？
Shénme? Wǒ de gēge sǐ le?
What? My brother is dead?
- the Magician's Brother 是谁做的？……是阿拉丁！
Shì shéi zuò de? … Shì Ālādīng!
Who did it? ...It was Aladdin!
- the Magician's Brother 阿拉丁，我要你死。我去巴格达找你。
Ālādīng, wǒ yào nǐ sǐ. Wǒ qù Bāgédá zhǎo nǐ.
Aladdin, I want you dead. I'm coming to Baghdad for you.
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What changed in the story?
- Where does Aladdin send the princess before he rubs the lamp?
“公主，你回房间睡觉吧。”
- What does Aladdin ask the genie of the lamp to do?
“我要这个宫殿飞回巴格达，到国王的宫殿前边！”
- What does the sultan do every morning at his window?
“天天早上，我在这个窗户前边哭。女儿，你在哪儿？”
- What does the sultan say to Aladdin when the palace is back?
“阿拉丁，我说你是魔法师，我还要你死……对不起！”
- What does the magician's brother learn from his sand?
“什么？我的哥哥死了？”