Cinderella · chapter 8 of 15
Run!
快跑！
The clock has begun to strike twelve, and the prince is still at her side. Can she get away before he sees her old clothes?
Read what you hear
- Cinderella 十二点了！我要回家！快跑！
Shí'èr diǎn le! Wǒ yào huí jiā! Kuài pǎo!
It's twelve! I have to go home! Run!
- The Prince 公主？你去哪儿？
Gōngzhǔ? Nǐ qù nǎr?
Princess? Where are you going?
- Narrator 灰姑娘跑了。王子在后边跑，也没有看见她去哪儿了。
Huī gūniang pǎo le. Wángzǐ zài hòubian pǎo, yě méiyǒu kànjiàn tā qù nǎr le.
Cinderella ran. The prince ran after her, but he could not see where she went.
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- The Prince 公主！不要跑！你回来！
Gōngzhǔ! Bú yào pǎo! Nǐ huílai!
Princess! Don't run! Come back!
- Cinderella 不能回去！王子不能看见我的旧衣服！
Bù néng huíqu! Wángzǐ bù néng kànjiàn wǒ de jiù yīfu!
I can't go back! The prince mustn't see my old clothes!
- Narrator 她跑的时候，一只玻璃鞋掉了。
Tā pǎo de shíhou, yì zhī bōli xié diào le.
As she ran, one of her glass slippers fell off.
- Cinderella 我的鞋！不要了，快跑！
Wǒ de xié! Bú yào le, kuài pǎo!
My slipper! Leave it. Run!
- The Prince 这是……公主的玻璃鞋。
Zhè shì… gōngzhǔ de bōli xié.
This is... the princess's glass slipper.
- The Prince 这么小，这么漂亮。现在，它在我这儿了。
Zhème xiǎo, zhème piàoliang. Xiànzài, tā zài wǒ zhèr le.
So small, so beautiful. Now it's with me.
- The Prince 卫兵！你们看见一个公主了吗？她去哪儿了？
Wèibīng! Nǐmen kànjiàn yí gè gōngzhǔ le ma? Tā qù nǎr le?
Guards! Did you see a princess? Where did she go?
- The Guard 王子，您说的公主，我们没有看见。
Wángzǐ, nín shuō de gōngzhǔ, wǒmen méiyǒu kànjiàn.
Your Highness, we did not see the princess you mean.
- The Guard 只有一个穿旧衣服的女孩子跑了。
Zhǐ yǒu yí gè chuān jiù yīfu de nǚháizi pǎo le.
Only a girl in old clothes ran out.
- The Prince 穿旧衣服的女孩子？那公主呢？她的金马车呢？
Chuān jiù yīfu de nǚháizi? Nà gōngzhǔ ne? Tā de jīn mǎchē ne?
A girl in old clothes? Then where is the princess? Where is her gold coach?
- The Guard 对不起，王子，我们不知道。那个女孩子不像公主。
Duìbuqǐ, wángzǐ, wǒmen bù zhīdào. Nàge nǚháizi bú xiàng gōngzhǔ.
I'm sorry, Your Highness, we don't know. That girl didn't look like a princess.
- The Prince 公主……我还不知道你的名字。
Gōngzhǔ… wǒ hái bù zhīdào nǐ de míngzi.
Princess... I still don't know your name.
- Narrator 天很黑。没有金马车，也没有那六个人。
Tiān hěn hēi. Méiyǒu jīn mǎchē, yě méiyǒu nà liù gè rén.
It was dark. There was no gold coach, and none of the six men.
- Cinderella 我的金马车没有了。我的马和车夫，也都没有了。
Wǒ de jīn mǎchē méiyǒu le. Wǒ de mǎ hé chēfū, yě dōu méiyǒu le.
My gold coach is gone. My horses and my coachman are gone too.
- Cinderella 我的漂亮衣服呢？现在是旧衣服了。
Wǒ de piàoliang yīfu ne? Xiànzài shì jiù yīfu le.
And my beautiful dress? It's my old clothes again.
- Cinderella 好了，现在我真的是灰姑娘了。
Hǎo le, xiànzài wǒ zhēn de shì Huī gūniang le.
Well, now I really am Cinderella again.
- Narrator 灰姑娘一个人跑回了家。
Huī gūniang yí gè rén pǎo huí le jiā.
Cinderella ran all the way home alone.
- Cinderella 回到家了……只有一只鞋，我的脚好冷。
Huí dào jiā le… zhǐ yǒu yì zhī xié, wǒ de jiǎo hǎo lěng.
I'm home... With only one slipper, my foot is so cold.
- Cinderella 这只玻璃鞋还在我这儿。
Zhè zhī bōli xié hái zài wǒ zhèr.
This glass slipper is still with me.
- Cinderella 那一只还在王宫里。王子会看见吗？他会找我吗？
Nà yì zhī hái zài wánggōng li. Wángzǐ huì kànjiàn ma? Tā huì zhǎo wǒ ma?
The other one is still at the palace. Will the prince see it? Will he look for me?
- Cinderella 马车！是大姐姐和二姐姐回来了！
Mǎchē! Shì Dà jiějie hé Èr jiějie huílai le!
A coach! Big Sister and Second Sister are back!
- Cinderella 鞋！她们不能看见！
Xié! Tāmen bù néng kànjiàn!
The slipper! They mustn't see it!
- Cinderella 好了。鞋在我的口袋里……谁也不知道。
Hǎo le. Xié zài wǒ de kǒudai li… shéi yě bù zhīdào.
There. The slipper is in my pocket... and nobody knows.
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What changed in the story?
- Why does Cinderella run from the prince?
“王子不能看见我的旧衣服！”
- What falls off while Cinderella is running?
“一只玻璃鞋掉了。”
- What do the guards tell the prince they saw?
“只有一个穿旧衣服的女孩子跑了。”
- What does Cinderella find outside the palace?
“没有金马车，也没有那六个人。”
- Where does Cinderella hide the slipper she still has?
“鞋在我的口袋里……谁也不知道。”