Goldilocks and the Three Bears · chapter 2 of 3
Who's Been Eating My Porridge?
谁吃了我的粥？
Full of porridge, Goldilocks tries out the bears' chairs and beds. Then the three bears come home, and they want to know who has been eating their porridge.
Read what you hear
- Goldilocks 吃饱了！我有点儿累，想坐一下。
Chībǎo le! Wǒ yǒudiǎnr lèi, xiǎng zuò yíxià.
I'm full! And a little tired. I'd like to sit down.
- Goldilocks 看，这里有三把椅子！我先坐大椅子。
Kàn, zhèlǐ yǒu sān bǎ yǐzi! Wǒ xiān zuò dà yǐzi.
Look, three chairs! I'll try the big one first.
- Goldilocks 大椅子太高了！我上去了……可是下不来了！
Dà yǐzi tài gāo le! Wǒ shàngqù le… kěshì xià bù lái le!
The big chair is too high! I'm up… but now I can't get down!
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- Goldilocks 一，二，三，跳！好，下来了！中椅子呢？
Yī, èr, sān, tiào! Hǎo, xiàlái le! Zhōng yǐzi ne?
One, two, three, jump! There, I'm down! And the middle-sized chair?
- Goldilocks 啊，太软了！我坐进去了，起不来了！
À, tài ruǎn le! Wǒ zuò jìnqu le, qǐ bù lái le!
Whoa, too soft! I've sunk right in, and I can't get up!
- Goldilocks 小椅子……不高也不软，刚刚好！
Xiǎo yǐzi… bù gāo yě bù ruǎn, gānggāng hǎo!
The little chair… not too high, not too soft. Just right!
- Narrator 可是小椅子太小了。金发姑娘坐啊坐……小椅子坏了。
Kěshì xiǎo yǐzi tài xiǎo le. Jīnfà gūniang zuò a zuò… xiǎo yǐzi huài le.
But the little chair was too small for her. Goldilocks sat and sat… and the little chair broke.
- Goldilocks 啊，我坐在地上了！小椅子坏了！
Ā, wǒ zuò zài dìshang le! Xiǎo yǐzi huài le!
Ow! I'm on the floor! The little chair's broken!
- Goldilocks 我就坐了一下……没关系，没有人看见。
Wǒ jiù zuò le yíxià… méi guānxi, méiyǒu rén kànjiàn.
I only sat for a second… Never mind. Nobody saw.
- Goldilocks 我好累啊……楼上有什么？我去看看。
Wǒ hǎo lèi a… Lóushàng yǒu shénme? Wǒ qù kànkan.
I'm so tired… What's upstairs? I'll go and see.
- Goldilocks 这里有三张床！大床太大了，也太高了！
Zhèlǐ yǒu sān zhāng chuáng! Dà chuáng tài dà le, yě tài gāo le!
Three beds! The big bed is too big, and too high!
- Goldilocks 中床呢？太软了，我不喜欢。
Zhōng chuáng ne? Tài ruǎn le, wǒ bù xǐhuan.
The middle-sized bed? Too soft. I don't like it.
- Goldilocks 小床刚刚好！我睡一会儿，就一会儿……
Xiǎo chuáng gānggāng hǎo! Wǒ shuì yíhuìr, jiù yíhuìr…
The little bed is just right! I'll sleep for a little while. Just a little while…
- Narrator 很快，金发姑娘在小床上睡着了。
Hěn kuài, Jīnfà gūniang zài xiǎo chuáng shàng shuìzháo le.
Soon Goldilocks was fast asleep in the little bed.
- Narrator 这时候，三只熊回来了。
Zhè shíhou, sān zhī xióng huílái le.
Just then, the three bears came home.
- Papa Bear 到家了！好香啊！我先吃……我的大碗？谁吃了我的粥？
Dào jiā le! Hǎo xiāng a! Wǒ xiān chī… wǒ de dà wǎn? Shéi chī le wǒ de zhōu?
We're home! Mmm, smell that! Me first… My big bowl? Who's been eating my porridge?
- Mama Bear 我的中碗也是……谁吃了我的粥？
Wǒ de zhōng wǎn yě shì… shéi chī le wǒ de zhōu?
My middle-sized bowl too… Who's been eating my porridge?
- Baby Bear 我的呢？谁吃了我的粥？都没有了！
Wǒ de ne? Shéi chī le wǒ de zhōu? Dōu méiyǒu le!
And mine? Who's been eating my porridge? It's all gone!
- Papa Bear 小熊，是你吃的吗？
Xiǎo Xióng, shì nǐ chī de ma?
Baby Bear, was it you?
- Baby Bear 不是我！我还没吃呢！爸爸，是你吃的吧？
Bú shì wǒ! Wǒ hái méi chī ne! Bàba, shì nǐ chī de ba?
It wasn't me! I haven't had a single bite! Papa, it was you, wasn't it?
- Mama Bear 你们看，我们的椅子也不对！
Nǐmen kàn, wǒmen de yǐzi yě bú duì!
Look, you two! Something's wrong with our chairs too!
- Papa Bear 谁坐了我的椅子？
Shéi zuò le wǒ de yǐzi?
Who's been sitting in my chair?
- Mama Bear 谁坐了我的椅子？
Shéi zuò le wǒ de yǐzi?
Who's been sitting in my chair?
- Baby Bear 谁坐了我的椅子？它坏了，我的小椅子坏了！
Shéi zuò le wǒ de yǐzi? Tā huài le, wǒ de xiǎo yǐzi huài le!
Who's been sitting in my chair? It's broken! My little chair is broken!
- Mama Bear 楼上有声音。慢慢来，小声一点儿，我们上去看看。
Lóushàng yǒu shēngyīn. Mànmàn lái, xiǎoshēng yìdiǎnr, wǒmen shàngqù kànkan.
There's a noise upstairs. Slowly now, and quietly. Let's go up and see.
- Baby Bear 妈妈，楼上有什么？我有点儿怕……
Māma, lóushàng yǒu shénme? Wǒ yǒudiǎnr pà…
Mama, what's up there? I'm a little scared…
- Papa Bear 谁睡了我的床？
Shéi shuì le wǒ de chuáng?
Who's been sleeping in my bed?
- Mama Bear 谁睡了我的床？
Shéi shuì le wǒ de chuáng?
Who's been sleeping in my bed?
- Baby Bear 谁睡了我的床？看，她在这儿！她还在我的床上！
Shéi shuì le wǒ de chuáng? Kàn, tā zài zhèr! Tā hái zài wǒ de chuáng shàng!
Who's been sleeping in my bed? Look! She's here! She's still in my bed!
- Goldilocks 谁……谁在说话？啊，熊！三只熊！
Shéi… shéi zài shuōhuà? Ā, xióng! Sān zhī xióng!
Who… who's talking? Aah, bears! Three bears!
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What changed in the story?
- What goes wrong when Goldilocks sits in the big chair?
“大椅子太高了！”……“可是下不来了！”
- What happens to the little chair?
“金发姑娘坐啊坐……小椅子坏了。”
- What does Goldilocks tell herself after the chair breaks?
“没关系，没有人看见。”
- Who does Papa Bear think ate the porridge?
“小熊，是你吃的吗？”
- Where do the bears find Goldilocks?
“她还在我的床上！”