Beauty and the Beast · chapter 21 of 23
Beauty's Answer
美儿的回答
By the dark water, Beauty begs the Beast not to leave her, and at last she listens to her heart.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 那天晚上，水边只有美儿和野兽。
Nà tiān wǎnshang, shuǐ biān zhǐ yǒu Měi'ér hé Yěshòu.
That night, only Beauty and the Beast were by the water.
- Beauty 野兽，你不会死的！你不要睡，你听我说！
Yěshòu, nǐ bú huì sǐ de! Nǐ bú yào shuì, nǐ tīng wǒ shuō!
Beast, you are not going to die! Don't sleep, listen to me!
- Beauty 你不能死。你要做我的丈夫！
Nǐ bù néng sǐ. Nǐ yào zuò wǒ de zhàngfu!
You can't die. You're going to be my husband!
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- The Beast 你的丈夫？
Nǐ de zhàngfu?
Your husband?
- Beauty 对，我的丈夫！你听见了！
Duì, wǒ de zhàngfu! Nǐ tīngjiàn le!
Yes, my husband! You heard me!
- Beauty 那时候，我说我只做你的好朋友，我想我只是喜欢你。
Nà shíhou, wǒ shuō wǒ zhǐ zuò nǐ de hǎo péngyou, wǒ xiǎng wǒ zhǐshì xǐhuan nǐ.
Back then, I said I would only be your good friend. I thought I just liked you.
- Beauty 你不说话的时候，我很害怕。现在我知道了：没有你，我也会死。
Nǐ bù shuōhuà de shíhou, wǒ hěn hàipà. Xiànzài wǒ zhīdào le: méiyǒu nǐ, wǒ yě huì sǐ.
When you didn't speak, I was so afraid. Now I know: without you, I would die too.
- Beauty 野兽，我爱你。
Yěshòu, wǒ ài nǐ.
Beast, I love you.
- The Beast 你爱我？我很丑，我只是一只野兽。
Nǐ ài wǒ? Wǒ hěn chǒu, wǒ zhǐshì yì zhī Yěshòu.
You love me? I'm very ugly. I'm only a beast.
- Beauty 我知道你很丑。你的心很好，我只要你的心。
Wǒ zhīdào nǐ hěn chǒu. Nǐ de xīn hěn hǎo, wǒ zhǐ yào nǐ de xīn.
I know you're ugly. Your heart is good, and your heart is all I want.
- Beauty 我答应你：我天天都会在这里，九点等你来。
Wǒ dāying nǐ: wǒ tiāntiān dōu huì zài zhèlǐ, jiǔ diǎn děng nǐ lái.
I promise you: I'll be here every day, waiting for you at nine.
- The Beast 美儿，你说的是真的吗？
Měi'ér, nǐ shuō de shì zhēn de ma?
Beauty, do you really mean it?
- Beauty 是真的。我不说好听的话，你知道的。
Shì zhēn de. Wǒ bù shuō hǎotīng de huà, nǐ zhīdào de.
It's true. I don't say pretty words, you know that.
- The Beast 现在，我不想死了。
Xiànzài, wǒ bù xiǎng sǐ le.
Now I don't want to die anymore.
- Narrator 野兽看美儿，他也哭了。
Yěshòu kàn Měi'ér, tā yě kū le.
The Beast looked at Beauty, and he wept too.
- The Beast 美儿，我还要问你那个问题。
Měi'ér, wǒ hái yào wèn nǐ nàge wèntí.
Beauty, I must ask you that question once more.
- The Beast 美儿，做我的妻子，好吗？
Měi'ér, zuò wǒ de qīzi, hǎo ma?
Beauty, will you be my wife?
- Beauty 好，我的野兽。
Hǎo, wǒ de Yěshòu.
Yes, my Beast.
- Narrator 这时候，宫殿里的灯都亮了，花园里也亮了。
Zhè shíhou, gōngdiàn li de dēng dōu liàng le, huāyuán li yě liàng le.
At that moment, every light in the palace blazed, and the garden lit up too.
- Beauty 天上都是烟花！宫殿里还有音乐！
Tiān shang dōu shì yānhuā! Gōngdiàn li hái yǒu yīnyuè!
The sky is full of fireworks! And there's music in the palace!
- Beauty 这是怎么了？野兽，你看见了吗？野兽？
Zhè shì zěnme le? Yěshòu, nǐ kànjiàn le ma? Yěshòu?
What's happening? Beast, did you see? Beast?
- Narrator 水边没有野兽了。一个很好看的男人跪在美儿的前边。
Shuǐ biān méiyǒu Yěshòu le. Yí gè hěn hǎokàn de nánrén guì zài Měi'ér de qiánbian.
The Beast was no longer by the water. A very handsome man knelt in front of Beauty.
- The Young Man 美儿，谢谢你！你救了我！
Měi'ér, xièxie nǐ! Nǐ jiù le wǒ!
Beauty, thank you! You saved me!
- The Young Man 我等你这个“好”字，等了很多很多年。
Wǒ děng nǐ zhège “hǎo” zì, děng le hěn duō hěn duō nián.
I have waited so many years for that “yes” of yours.
- Beauty 你是谁？我不认识你。
Nǐ shì shéi? Wǒ bú rènshi nǐ.
Who are you? I don't know you.
- The Young Man 美儿，不要哭了。你看看我，好吗？
Měi'ér, bú yào kū le. Nǐ kànkan wǒ, hǎo ma?
Beauty, don't cry. Won't you look at me?
- Narrator 美儿不看他。她看水边，看花园，看大树。
Měi'ér bú kàn tā. Tā kàn shuǐ biān, kàn huāyuán, kàn dà shù.
Beauty did not look at him. She looked at the water, the garden, the big trees.
- Beauty 我的野兽呢？
Wǒ de Yěshòu ne?
Where is my Beast?
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What changed in the story?
- What does Beauty tell the Beast he is going to be?
“你要做我的丈夫！”
- What does Beauty say is all she wants from the Beast?
“你的心很好，我只要你的心。”
- How does Beauty answer the Beast's question this time?
“好，我的野兽。”
- What happens right after Beauty says yes?
“宫殿里的灯都亮了……天上都是烟花！”
- What does Beauty do when the handsome man thanks her?
“你是谁？我不认识你。……我的野兽呢？”