Aladdin and the Magic Lamp · chapter 7 of 25
Two Genies
戒指神和灯神
A giant stands in the room, and Aladdin's mother lies on the floor. What will Aladdin ask for, and can a poor family keep such a secret?
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天早上，妈妈倒了。灯神还在房间里。
Nà tiān zǎoshang, māma dǎo le. Dēng Shén hái zài fángjiān li.
That morning, Aladdin's mother had fainted. The genie of the lamp was still in the room.
- Aladdin 他叫妈妈“主人”……有灯的人，是他的主人！
Tā jiào māma “zhǔrén”… yǒu dēng de rén, shì tā de zhǔrén!
He called Mom "master"... whoever has the lamp is his master!
- Aladdin 灯在我这儿了。你是谁？
Dēng zài wǒ zhèr le. Nǐ shì shéi?
The lamp is with me now. Who are you?
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- the Genie of the Lamp 我是灯神。主人，你要什么？
Wǒ shì Dēng Shén. Zhǔrén, nǐ yào shénme?
I am the genie of the lamp. Master, what do you want?
- Aladdin 灯神，我们想吃饭。给我们吃的！
Dēng Shén, wǒmen xiǎng chīfàn. Gěi wǒmen chī de!
Genie of the lamp, we're hungry. Bring us food!
- the Genie of the Lamp 是，主人。
Shì, zhǔrén.
Yes, master.
- Narrator 灯神不在了。桌子上有十二个大盘子！
Dēng Shén bú zài le. Zhuōzi shàng yǒu shí'èr gè dà pánzi!
The genie was gone. On the table were twelve big plates!
- Aladdin 热菜！面包！还有好多好吃的！妈妈，你看！
Rè cài! Miànbāo! Hái yǒu hǎo duō hǎochī de! Māma, nǐ kàn!
Hot food! Bread! And lots of good things! Mom, look!
- Aladdin's mother 孩子……我怎么了？这些菜是哪儿来的？
Háizi… wǒ zěnme le? Zhèxiē cài shì nǎr lái de?
My boy... what happened to me? Where did all this food come from?
- Aladdin 我们吃饭吧！吃了再说！
Wǒmen chīfàn ba! Chī le zài shuō!
Let's eat! We'll talk after!
- Aladdin's mother 这些盘子真漂亮！我们家没有这么好的东西。
Zhèxiē pánzi zhēn piàoliang! Wǒmen jiā méiyǒu zhème hǎo de dōngxi.
These plates are so beautiful! Our home has never had anything this fine.
- Aladdin 现在有了！有十二个呢！
Xiànzài yǒu le! Yǒu shí'èr gè ne!
It does now! Twelve of them!
- Aladdin 妈妈，在山洞里，我擦了一下戒指，戒指神来了。
Māma, zài shāndòng li, wǒ cā le yíxià jièzhi, Jièzhi Shén lái le.
Mom, in the cave, I rubbed the ring, and the genie of the ring came.
- Aladdin 你擦了灯，灯神来了。他们都叫我们“主人”！
Nǐ cā le dēng, Dēng Shén lái le. Tāmen dōu jiào wǒmen “zhǔrén”!
You rubbed the lamp, and the genie of the lamp came. They both call us "master"!
- Aladdin's mother 戒指神，灯神……我好怕！孩子，我们卖了它们吧！
Jièzhi Shén, Dēng Shén… wǒ hǎo pà! Háizi, wǒmen mài le tāmen ba!
A genie of the ring, a genie of the lamp... I'm so scared! My boy, let's sell them!
- Aladdin 不卖。没有戒指，我还在山洞里。没有灯，我们没有吃的。
Bú mài. Méiyǒu jièzhi, wǒ hái zài shāndòng li. Méiyǒu dēng, wǒmen méiyǒu chī de.
We won't sell them. Without the ring, I'd still be in the cave. Without the lamp, we'd have no food.
- Aladdin's mother 好吧。那你不要对人说，谁都不能知道！
Hǎo ba. Nà nǐ búyào duì rén shuō, shéi dōu bù néng zhīdào!
All right. Then don't tell anyone. No one can know!
- Aladdin 好。这是我们的秘密。
Hǎo. Zhè shì wǒmen de mìmì.
All right. This is our secret.
- Aladdin's mother 也不要对那个“叔叔”说！
Yě búyào duì nàge “shūshu” shuō!
And don't tell that "uncle" either!
- Aladdin 他？我不想再看见他！
Tā? Wǒ bù xiǎng zài kànjiàn tā!
Him? I never want to see him again!
- Narrator 两天后，盘子里什么都没有了。
Liǎng tiān hòu, pánzi li shénme dōu méiyǒu le.
Two days later, the plates were empty.
- Aladdin's mother 孩子，吃的都没有了。你要再擦一擦灯吗？
Háizi, chī de dōu méiyǒu le. Nǐ yào zài cā yi cā dēng ma?
My boy, the food is all gone. Are you going to rub the lamp again?
- Aladdin 不。我们有十二个盘子！我去卖一个，买吃的。
Bù. Wǒmen yǒu shí'èr gè pánzi! Wǒ qù mài yí gè, mǎi chī de.
No. We have twelve plates! I'll go and sell one and buy food.
- the Merchant 你好！你要买什么？
Nǐ hǎo! Nǐ yào mǎi shénme?
Hello there! What would you like to buy?
- Aladdin 先生，我不买，我卖！您买盘子吗？
Xiānsheng, wǒ bù mǎi, wǒ mài! Nín mǎi pánzi ma?
I'm not buying, sir, I'm selling! Would you like to buy a plate?
- Narrator 商人看了看盘子的下边。他不说话了。
Shāngrén kàn le kàn pánzi de xiàbian. Tā bù shuōhuà le.
The merchant turned the plate over and looked underneath. He went quiet.
- the Merchant 这个盘子很贵……这个孩子不知道！
Zhège pánzi hěn guì… zhège háizi bù zhīdào!
This plate is worth a lot... and the boy has no idea!
Hear the chapter
What changed in the story?
- What does Aladdin ask the genie of the lamp for?
“灯神，我们想吃饭。给我们吃的！”
- What is on the table when the genie is gone?
“桌子上有十二个大盘子！”……“热菜！面包！”
- Why won't Aladdin sell the ring and the lamp?
“没有戒指，我还在山洞里。没有灯，我们没有吃的。”
- What do Aladdin and his mother agree on?
“谁都不能知道！”……“这是我们的秘密。”
- What does the merchant think about Aladdin's plate?
“这个盘子很贵……这个孩子不知道！”