Beauty and the Beast · chapter 2 of 23
Just One Rose
我只要玫瑰花
The letter sends Father on a trip, his daughters each ask for a gift, and Beauty asks for the smallest one, but the road home is long and cold.
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- Narrator 那天，家里的人都在看爸爸。
Nà tiān, jiā li de rén dōu zài kàn bàba.
That day, everyone at home was watching Father.
- Father 孩子们！我们有船回来了！
Háizimen! Wǒmen yǒu chuán huílái le!
Children! One of our ships has come back!
- Beauty 真的吗，爸爸？太好了！
Zhēn de ma, bàba? Tài hǎo le!
Really, Father? That's wonderful!
- Eldest Sister 我们有钱了！不要再住这个小家了！
Wǒmen yǒu qián le! Bú yào zài zhù zhège xiǎo jiā le!
We're rich! No more living in this little house!
- Second Sister 对！回城里去！朋友们都会来找我们！
Duì! Huí chéng li qù! Péngyoumen dōu huì lái zhǎo wǒmen!
Yes! Back to the city! All our friends will come to see us!
- Father 孩子们，不要太高兴。我明天去城里看船。
Háizimen, bú yào tài gāoxìng. Wǒ míngtiān qù chéng li kàn chuán.
Children, don't get too excited. Tomorrow I'll go to the city to see the ship.
- Eldest Sister 爸爸，给我买新衣服，还有漂亮的东西！
Bàba, gěi wǒ mǎi xīn yīfu, hái yǒu piàoliang de dōngxi!
Father, buy me new clothes, and pretty things too!
- Second Sister 对！我也要！很多很多！
Duì! Wǒ yě yào! Hěn duō hěn duō!
Yes! Me too! Lots and lots!
- Father 美儿，你呢？你想要什么？
Měi'ér, nǐ ne? Nǐ xiǎng yào shénme?
Beauty, what about you? What would you like?
- Beauty 我什么都不要，爸爸。
Wǒ shénme dōu bú yào, bàba.
I don't need anything, Father.
- Eldest Sister 她不要？那她的也给我！
Tā bú yào? Nà tā de yě gěi wǒ!
She doesn't want anything? Then give me hers too!
- Father 美儿，你也说一个吧。爸爸想给你买。
Měi'ér, nǐ yě shuō yí gè ba. Bàba xiǎng gěi nǐ mǎi.
Beauty, name one thing too. I want to buy you something.
- Beauty 那……我只要玫瑰花。这里有很多花，没有玫瑰花。
Nà… wǒ zhǐ yào méiguīhuā. Zhèlǐ yǒu hěn duō huā, méiyǒu méiguīhuā.
Then... all I want is a rose. There are lots of flowers here, but no roses.
- Second Sister 玫瑰花？那个不能穿！
Méiguīhuā? Nàge bù néng chuān!
A rose? You can't wear that!
- Father 好，爸爸给你找玫瑰花。
Hǎo, bàba gěi nǐ zhǎo méiguīhuā.
All right, I'll find you a rose.
- Beauty 没有也没关系。爸爸，外边冷，你多穿一点儿。
Méiyǒu yě méi guānxi. Bàba, wàibian lěng, nǐ duō chuān yìdiǎnr.
It's all right if there isn't one. Father, it's cold out, so bundle up.
- Narrator 第二天，爸爸去了城里。
Dì èr tiān, bàba qù le chéng li.
The next day, Father went to the city.
- Father 我的船！真的回来了！
Wǒ de chuán! Zhēn de huílái le!
My ship! It really did come back!
- Father 什么？船上的东西，都不是我的了？
Shénme? Chuán shang de dōngxi, dōu bú shì wǒ de le?
What? The goods on the ship aren't mine anymore?
- Father 我还是没有钱。孩子们的新衣服、美儿的玫瑰花，我都不能买了……
Wǒ háishi méiyǒu qián. Háizimen de xīn yīfu, Měi'ér de méiguīhuā, wǒ dōu bù néng mǎi le…
I still have no money. The children's new clothes, Beauty's rose... I can't buy any of it now...
- Narrator 几个星期后，爸爸回家的时候，下大雪了。
Jǐ gè xīngqī hòu, bàba huí jiā de shíhou, xià dà xuě le.
A few weeks later, as Father was on his way home, heavy snow began to fall.
- Father 风太大了！我都摔下马两回了！
Fēng tài dà le! Wǒ dōu shuāi xià mǎ liǎng huí le!
The wind's too strong! I've been thrown off my horse twice!
- Father 到家还有三十里。孩子们，爸爸想你们……
Dào jiā hái yǒu sānshí lǐ. Háizimen, bàba xiǎng nǐmen…
Still thirty miles from home. Children, I miss you so...
- Narrator 天晚了。大森林里，没有人，没有家，只有树和雪。
Tiān wǎn le. Dà sēnlín li, méiyǒu rén, méiyǒu jiā, zhǐyǒu shù hé xuě.
Night was falling. In the great forest there were no people and no houses, only trees and snow.
- Father 这是哪儿？我找不到家了！
Zhè shì nǎr? Wǒ zhǎo bu dào jiā le!
Where am I? I can't find my way home!
- Father 好冷……我不能睡。我还能见到孩子们吗？
Hǎo lěng… wǒ bù néng shuì. Wǒ hái néng jiàndào háizimen ma?
So cold... I mustn't fall asleep. Will I ever see my children again?
- Father 是狼！它们会来吃我吗？
Shì láng! Tāmen huì lái chī wǒ ma?
Wolves! Will they come and eat me?
- Father 美儿……爸爸心里好害怕。
Měi'ér… bàba xīn li hǎo hàipà.
Beauty... I'm so afraid.
- Father 那边的树后边……是灯吗？
Nàbiān de shù hòubian… shì dēng ma?
Behind the trees over there... is that a light?
- Father 这里没有人……那是什么？
Zhèlǐ méiyǒu rén… nà shì shénme?
There's no one out here... so what is that?
What changed in the story?
- What news does the letter bring Father?
“我们有船回来了”
- What does Eldest Sister ask Father to buy her?
“给我买新衣服，还有漂亮的东西”
- Why does Beauty ask Father for a rose?
“这里有很多花，没有玫瑰花”
- What does Father find out when he reaches his ship?
“船上的东西，都不是我的了”
- What does Father see behind the trees in the forest?
“那边的树后边……是灯吗？”