Beauty and the Beast · chapter 19 of 23
Back at the Palace
回到宫殿
Beauty opens her eyes in the palace, puts on her finest dress for the Beast and counts every hour until nine.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 第二天早上，美儿醒了。她不在爸爸的家里。
Dì èr tiān zǎoshang, Měi'ér xǐng le. Tā bú zài bàba de jiā li.
The next morning, Beauty woke up. She was not in Father's house.
- Beauty 这是我的房间……我在野兽的宫殿里！
Zhè shì wǒ de fángjiān… wǒ zài Yěshòu de gōngdiàn li!
This is my room... I'm in the Beast's palace!
- Beauty 梦里，野兽在哭。他很想我。
Mèng li, Yěshòu zài kū. Tā hěn xiǎng wǒ.
In the dream, the Beast was crying. He missed me so much.
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- Beauty 那个女人说，我不能再晚了。
Nàge nǚrén shuō, wǒ bù néng zài wǎn le.
The woman said I couldn't be any later.
- Beauty 还好，现在是早上。野兽，我回来了！
Hái hǎo, xiànzài shì zǎoshang. Yěshòu, wǒ huílái le!
Thank goodness, it's morning. Beast, I'm back!
- Beauty 戒指，谢谢你！你真是一个好戒指！
Jièzhi, xièxie nǐ! Nǐ zhēn shì yí gè hǎo jièzhi!
Ring, thank you! You really are a good ring!
- Beauty 爸爸，对不起。我没有说再见……
Bàba, duìbuqǐ. Wǒ méiyǒu shuō zàijiàn…
Father, I'm sorry. I didn't say goodbye...
- Beauty 我的鸟！你们都来了！你们还想坐在我的头上吗？
Wǒ de niǎo! Nǐmen dōu lái le! Nǐmen hái xiǎng zuò zài wǒ de tóu shang ma?
My birds! You've all come! Do you still want to sit on my head?
- Beauty 你们还会叫我的名字！你们也想我了吗？
Nǐmen hái huì jiào wǒ de míngzi! Nǐmen yě xiǎng wǒ le ma?
You can still call my name! Did you miss me too?
- Beauty 你们看见野兽了吗？他怎么样？
Nǐmen kànjiàn Yěshòu le ma? Tā zěnmeyàng?
Have you seen the Beast? How is he?
- Beauty 你们不说。好吧，九点他会来的。
Nǐmen bù shuō. Hǎo ba, jiǔ diǎn tā huì lái de.
You won't tell me. All right, he'll come at nine.
- Beauty 今天，我要穿漂亮的衣服。
Jīntiān, wǒ yào chuān piàoliang de yīfu.
Today, I'm going to wear something beautiful.
- Beauty 这件最漂亮。野兽看见了，会高兴吧？
Zhè jiàn zuì piàoliang. Yěshòu kànjiàn le, huì gāoxìng ba?
This one is the most beautiful. When the Beast sees it, he'll be happy, won't he?
- Beauty 他不会说好听的话。他只会说：“美儿，很好看。”
Tā bú huì shuō hǎotīng de huà. Tā zhǐ huì shuō: “Měi'ér, hěn hǎokàn.”
He can't make pretty speeches. He'll just say, “Beauty, it looks nice.”
- Narrator 上午过去了。下午也过去了。
Shàngwǔ guòqù le. Xiàwǔ yě guòqù le.
The morning went by. The afternoon went by too.
- Beauty 今天怎么这么长？一天有一百个小时吗？
Jīntiān zěnme zhème cháng? Yì tiān yǒu yìbǎi gè xiǎoshí ma?
Why is today so long? Does a day have a hundred hours?
- Beauty 野兽，你在做什么？你在看我的椅子吗？
Yěshòu, nǐ zài zuò shénme? Nǐ zài kàn wǒ de yǐzi ma?
Beast, what are you doing? Are you looking at my chair?
- Beauty 今天晚上，他还会问我那个问题吗？
Jīntiān wǎnshang, tā hái huì wèn wǒ nàge wèntí ma?
Tonight, will he still ask me that question?
- Beauty 晚饭来了。我的椅子在这里，你的椅子也在这里。
Wǎnfàn lái le. Wǒ de yǐzi zài zhèlǐ, nǐ de yǐzi yě zài zhèlǐ.
Supper's here. My chair is here, and your chair is here too.
- Beauty 九点了！野兽要来了！
Jiǔ diǎn le! Yěshòu yào lái le!
It's nine! The Beast is coming!
- Narrator 门外没有一点儿声音。
Mén wài méiyǒu yìdiǎnr shēngyīn.
Outside the door, there was not a sound.
- Beauty 好吧，我晚了三天。你也可以晚一点儿。
Hǎo ba, wǒ wǎn le sān tiān. Nǐ yě kěyǐ wǎn yìdiǎnr.
All right, I was three days late. You can be a little late too.
- Beauty 他怎么还没有来？他天天都是九点来的！
Tā zěnme hái méiyǒu lái? Tā tiāntiān dōu shì jiǔ diǎn lái de!
Why hasn't he come yet? He comes at nine every day!
- Beauty 他病了吗？还是……不！不会的！
Tā bìng le ma? Háishi… bù! Bú huì de!
Is he sick? Or... no! It can't be!
- Beauty 野兽，我去找你！
Yěshòu, wǒ qù zhǎo nǐ!
Beast, I'm coming to find you!
- Beauty 这个房间没有……那个房间也没有……
Zhège fángjiān méiyǒu… nàge fángjiān yě méiyǒu…
Not in this room... not in that room either...
- Narrator 宫殿很大，没有人说话。
Gōngdiàn hěn dà, méiyǒu rén shuōhuà.
The palace was huge, and no one spoke.
- Beauty 野兽！野兽！你在哪儿？
Yěshòu! Yěshòu! Nǐ zài nǎr?
Beast! Beast! Where are you?
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What changed in the story?
- Where is Beauty when she wakes up?
“这是我的房间……我在野兽的宫殿里！”
- What do Beauty's birds do when they see her?
“你们都来了！……你们还会叫我的名字！”
- Why does Beauty pick her most beautiful dress?
“这件最漂亮。野兽看见了，会高兴吧？”
- What does Beauty think the Beast is doing while she waits?
“你在看我的椅子吗？”
- What happens when the clock strikes nine?
“门外没有一点儿声音。……他怎么还没有来？”