Beauty and the Beast · chapter 12 of 23
Nine O'Clock
九点
Three months on, Beauty counts the hours until nine, and tonight, after his question, she tells the Beast the truth.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 美儿在野兽的宫殿里住了三个月。
Měi'ér zài Yěshòu de gōngdiàn li zhù le sān gè yuè.
Beauty had lived in the Beast's palace for three months.
- Beauty 现在几点了？还没到九点吗？
Xiànzài jǐ diǎn le? Hái méi dào jiǔ diǎn ma?
What time is it? Isn't it nine yet?
- Beauty 美儿，你看你！三个月前，你很害怕他。现在，你在等他来！
Měi'ér, nǐ kàn nǐ! Sān gè yuè qián, nǐ hěn hàipà tā. Xiànzài, nǐ zài děng tā lái!
Beauty, look at you! Three months ago you were so afraid of him. Now you're waiting for him to come!
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- Beauty 他很丑，也不会说好听的话。他说的，都是真话。
Tā hěn chǒu, yě bú huì shuō hǎotīng de huà. Tā shuō de, dōu shì zhēnhuà.
He's very ugly, and he can't make pretty speeches. Everything he says is true.
- Beauty 我想要什么，他都给我。他的心真好。
Wǒ xiǎng yào shénme, tā dōu gěi wǒ. Tā de xīn zhēn hǎo.
Whatever I want, he gives me. He has such a good heart.
- Beauty 只有一件事，我不喜欢：九点的那个问题。
Zhǐyǒu yí jiàn shì, wǒ bù xǐhuan: jiǔ diǎn de nàge wèntí.
There's only one thing I don't like: that question at nine.
- The Beast 美儿，晚上好。
Měi'ér, wǎnshang hǎo.
Good evening, Beauty.
- Beauty 野兽，你来晚了！我在这里等了你一个下午！
Yěshòu, nǐ lái wǎn le! Wǒ zài zhèlǐ děng le nǐ yí gè xiàwǔ!
Beast, you're late! I've been waiting here for you all afternoon!
- The Beast 我没有来晚。我天天九点来。
Wǒ méiyǒu lái wǎn. Wǒ tiāntiān jiǔ diǎn lái.
I'm not late. I come at nine every day.
- Beauty 好吧，是我来早了！来，你坐。
Hǎo ba, shì wǒ lái zǎo le! Lái, nǐ zuò.
All right, I was early! Come, sit down.
- The Beast 一个下午？今天天气很好，你没有去花园吗？
Yí gè xiàwǔ? Jīntiān tiānqì hěn hǎo, nǐ méiyǒu qù huāyuán ma?
All afternoon? The weather was fine today. Didn't you go to the garden?
- Beauty 去了，早上去的！花园里的玫瑰花都开了，真漂亮！
Qù le, zǎoshang qù de! Huāyuán li de méiguīhuā dōu kāi le, zhēn piàoliang!
I did, this morning! All the roses in the garden are in bloom. They're so beautiful!
- The Beast 花园是你的。我的玫瑰花，也都是你的。
Huāyuán shì nǐ de. Wǒ de méiguīhuā, yě dōu shì nǐ de.
The garden is yours. My roses are all yours too.
- Beauty 你的玫瑰花？我爸爸只拿了一朵，你要他死！
Nǐ de méiguīhuā? Wǒ bàba zhǐ ná le yì duǒ, nǐ yào tā sǐ!
Your roses? My father took just one, and you wanted him to die!
- The Beast 那时候，我不认识你。现在……我也天天等九点。
Nà shíhou, wǒ bú rènshi nǐ. Xiànzài… wǒ yě tiāntiān děng jiǔ diǎn.
Back then, I didn't know you. Now... I wait for nine every day too.
- Beauty 你看，你也会说好听的话！
Nǐ kàn, nǐ yě huì shuō hǎotīng de huà!
See? You can say sweet things too!
- The Beast 不是好听，是真的。
Bú shì hǎotīng, shì zhēn de.
Not sweet. True.
- Beauty 九点的那个问题，要来了……
Jiǔ diǎn de nàge wèntí, yào lái le…
That nine o'clock question is coming...
- 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 不，野兽。
Bù, Yěshòu.
No, Beast.
- Narrator 野兽没有说话，也没有看她。
Yěshòu méiyǒu shuōhuà, yě méiyǒu kàn tā.
The Beast said nothing, and he did not look at her.
- Beauty 野兽，你不高兴，我也不高兴。
Yěshòu, nǐ bù gāoxìng, wǒ yě bù gāoxìng.
Beast, when you're unhappy, I'm unhappy too.
- Beauty 我很想说“好”。我要对你说真话：我不能做你的妻子。
Wǒ hěn xiǎng shuō “hǎo”. Wǒ yào duì nǐ shuō zhēnhuà: wǒ bù néng zuò nǐ de qīzi.
I'd love to say yes. I have to tell you the truth: I can't be your wife.
- Beauty 我会一直做你的好朋友，好吗？
Wǒ huì yìzhí zuò nǐ de hǎo péngyou, hǎo ma?
I'll always be your good friend. All right?
- The Beast 好……我知道，我很丑。
Hǎo… wǒ zhīdào, wǒ hěn chǒu.
All right... I know I'm very ugly.
- The Beast 美儿，我很爱你。
Měi'ér, wǒ hěn ài nǐ.
Beauty, I love you very much.
- Beauty 野兽……
Yěshòu…
Beast...
- The Beast 你在这里，我很高兴。答应我，你不会走。
Nǐ zài zhèlǐ, wǒ hěn gāoxìng. Dāying wǒ, nǐ bú huì zǒu.
With you here, I'm happy. Promise me you won't leave.
- Narrator 美儿的脸红了。
Měi'ér de liǎn hóng le.
Beauty's face turned red.
- The Beast 美儿？你怎么不说话？
Měi'ér? Nǐ zěnme bù shuōhuà?
Beauty? Why don't you say anything?
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What changed in the story?
- What has changed for Beauty after three months in the palace?
“三个月前，你很害怕他。现在，你在等他来！”
- What does the Beast say when Beauty tells him he is late?
“我没有来晚。我天天九点来。”
- What does the Beast tell Beauty about his roses?
“我的玫瑰花，也都是你的。”
- What does Beauty offer the Beast after her no?
“我会一直做你的好朋友，好吗？”
- What does the Beast ask Beauty to promise?
“答应我，你不会走。”