Cinderella · chapter 3 of 15
The Fairy Godmother
仙女来了
Why a pumpkin? In the cold garden the fairy wants mice and a rat too, and before Cinderella goes anywhere, there is one thing she must remember.
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- Narrator 那天晚上，花园里很冷，一个人也没有。灰姑娘在找南瓜。
Nà tiān wǎnshang, huāyuán li hěn lěng, yí gè rén yě méiyǒu. Huī gūniang zài zhǎo nánguā.
That night the garden was cold, and no one was about. Cinderella was looking for a pumpkin.
- Cinderella 这个南瓜很大，也很好看。南瓜能做什么呢？
Zhège nánguā hěn dà, yě hěn hǎokàn. Nánguā néng zuò shénme ne?
This pumpkin is big, and pretty too. What can a pumpkin do?
- The Fairy Godmother 很好，孩子。看我的！
Hěn hǎo, háizi. Kàn wǒ de!
Very good, child. Watch this!
- Narrator 仙女在南瓜上一点，南瓜变成了金马车。
Xiānnǚ zài nánguā shang yì diǎn, nánguā biànchéng le jīn mǎchē.
The fairy gave the pumpkin one tap, and it became a gold coach.
- Cinderella 天哪！马车都是金的！
Tiān na! Mǎchē dōu shì jīn de!
Oh my! The coach is all gold!
- The Fairy Godmother 马车有了，还要马。家里有老鼠吗？快去看看！
Mǎchē yǒu le, hái yào mǎ. Jiā li yǒu lǎoshǔ ma? Kuài qù kànkan!
That's the coach. Now we need horses. Are there mice in the house? Quick, go and look!
- Cinderella 有！您看，六只小老鼠！
Yǒu! Nín kàn, liù zhī xiǎo lǎoshǔ!
There are! Look, six little mice!
- Cinderella 老鼠都变成了马！好大的马！
Lǎoshǔ dōu biànchéng le mǎ! Hǎo dà de mǎ!
The mice have all turned into horses! Such big horses!
- The Fairy Godmother 马也有了。还要一个车夫……
Mǎ yě yǒu le. Hái yào yí gè chēfū…
Now we have horses too. We still need a coachman...
- Cinderella 大老鼠可以吗？我去看看！
Dà lǎoshǔ kěyǐ ma? Wǒ qù kànkan!
Would a big rat do? I'll go and look!
- The Fairy Godmother 好孩子！去吧！
Hǎo háizi! Qù ba!
Good girl! Off you go!
- Cinderella 有三只大老鼠！您要哪一只？
Yǒu sān zhī dà lǎoshǔ! Nín yào nǎ yì zhī?
There are three big rats! Which one do you want?
- The Fairy Godmother 我要这只。它有大胡子！
Wǒ yào zhè zhī. Tā yǒu dà húzi!
I'll take this one. It has big whiskers!
- Cinderella 它变成了胖胖的车夫！他的胡子还在！
Tā biànchéng le pàngpàng de chēfū! Tā de húzi hái zài!
It's turned into a big fat coachman! He still has his whiskers!
- The Fairy Godmother 笑什么？车夫要有大胡子！那边有六只蜥蜴，快去找来！
Xiào shénme? Chēfū yào yǒu dà húzi! Nàbiān yǒu liù zhī xīyì, kuài qù zhǎo lái!
What's so funny? A coachman needs a big mustache! There are six lizards over there. Quick, go and fetch them!
- Narrator 仙女一点，蜥蜴变成了六个穿新衣服的人。
Xiānnǚ yì diǎn, xīyì biànchéng le liù gè chuān xīn yīfu de rén.
One tap from the fairy, and the lizards became six men in fine new clothes.
- Cinderella 他们都到马车后边去了！真快！
Tāmen dōu dào mǎchē hòubian qù le! Zhēn kuài!
They've all gone up behind the coach! That was quick!
- The Fairy Godmother 好了，你可以去舞会了。高兴吗？
Hǎo le, nǐ kěyǐ qù wǔhuì le. Gāoxìng ma?
There. Now you can go to the ball. Are you happy?
- Cinderella 高兴！那我穿这件旧衣服去吗？
Gāoxìng! Nà wǒ chuān zhè jiàn jiù yīfu qù ma?
I am! So do I go in these old clothes?
- Narrator 仙女再一点，旧衣服变成了漂亮的新衣服。
Xiānnǚ zài yì diǎn, jiù yīfu biànchéng le piàoliang de xīn yīfu.
One more tap from the fairy, and the old clothes became beautiful new ones.
- Cinderella 有金的，也有银的……这是我吗？
Yǒu jīn de, yě yǒu yín de… Zhè shì wǒ ma?
There's gold, and silver too... Is this me?
- The Fairy Godmother 还有这个：一双玻璃鞋，很漂亮吧？你试试！
Hái yǒu zhège: yì shuāng bōli xié, hěn piàoliang ba? Nǐ shìshi!
And there's this: a pair of glass slippers. Aren't they pretty? Try them on!
- Cinderella 不大也不小！穿在脚上真好看！
Bú dà yě bù xiǎo! Chuān zài jiǎo shang zhēn hǎokàn!
Not too big, not too small! They look so pretty on my feet!
- The Fairy Godmother 听好了！你要记住：十二点前回家。
Tīng hǎo le! Nǐ yào jìzhù: shí'èr diǎn qián huí jiā.
Now listen carefully! You must remember: be home before twelve.
- Cinderella 十二点？我不回来，会怎么样呢？
Shí'èr diǎn? Wǒ bù huílai, huì zěnmeyàng ne?
Twelve? And if I don't come back, what will happen?
- The Fairy Godmother 到了十二点，马车会变成南瓜，马会变成老鼠。
Dào le shí'èr diǎn, mǎchē huì biànchéng nánguā, mǎ huì biànchéng lǎoshǔ.
At twelve o'clock, the coach will turn into a pumpkin, and the horses into mice.
- Cinderella 那六个人呢？我的新衣服呢？
Nà liù gè rén ne? Wǒ de xīn yīfu ne?
And the six men? And my new clothes?
- The Fairy Godmother 他们会变成蜥蜴，新衣服也会变成旧衣服！
Tāmen huì biànchéng xīyì, xīn yīfu yě huì biànchéng jiù yīfu!
They'll turn into lizards, and your new clothes will turn back into old ones!
- Cinderella 我记住了！十二点前，我会回家的。
Wǒ jìzhù le! Shí'èr diǎn qián, wǒ huì huí jiā de.
I'll remember! I'll be home before twelve.
- The Fairy Godmother 孩子，记住：十二点！
Háizi, jìzhù: shí'èr diǎn!
Child, remember: twelve o'clock!
What changed in the story?
- What does the pumpkin turn into after the fairy's tap?
“南瓜变成了金马车”
- Why does the fairy pick that rat?
“它有大胡子”
- What worries Cinderella when the fairy says she can go?
“那我穿这件旧衣服去吗？”
- How do the glass slippers fit Cinderella?
“不大也不小”
- What will happen to the six men at twelve?
“那六个人呢？……他们会变成蜥蜴”