Greek Myths · chapter 6 of 6
Six Seeds
六个石榴籽
Persephone finds a golden flower, and the ground opens. Her mother cannot find her, and the whole world grows cold.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 春天的花园里，有一个女孩。她叫珀耳塞福涅，她最爱花。
Chūntiān de huāyuán lǐ, yǒu yí gè nǚhái. Tā jiào Pò'ěrsàifúniè, tā zuì ài huā.
In a spring garden there was a girl named Persephone. She loved flowers most of all.
- Persephone 妈妈！你看！我有新花了！
Māma! Nǐ kàn! Wǒ yǒu xīn huā le!
Mom! Look! I have new flowers!
- Demeter 真漂亮！我的小花儿，你真会找花。
Zhēn piàoliang! Wǒ de xiǎo huār, nǐ zhēn huì zhǎo huā.
How pretty! My little blossom, you're so good at finding flowers.
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- Persephone 妈妈，花为什么会开？
Māma, huā wèishénme huì kāi?
Mom, why do flowers bloom?
- Demeter 因为我是大地女神。我爱花，也爱你。
Yīnwèi wǒ shì dàdì nǚshén. Wǒ ài huā, yě ài nǐ.
Because I am the goddess of the earth. I love flowers, and I love you.
- Persephone 我去那边看花，好吗？那里有很多花！
Wǒ qù nàbiān kàn huā, hǎo ma? Nàlǐ yǒu hěn duō huā!
Can I go look at flowers over there? There are so many!
- Demeter 好，不要走远。
Hǎo, bú yào zǒu yuǎn.
Yes, but don't go far.
- Persephone 我很快回来！
Wǒ hěn kuài huílái!
I'll be right back!
- Persephone 看！这花是金的！
Kàn! Zhè huā shì jīn de!
Look! This flower is gold!
- Hades 别怕，珀耳塞福涅。
Bié pà, Pò'ěrsàifúniè.
Don't be afraid, Persephone.
- Persephone 你是谁？
Nǐ shì shéi?
Who are you?
- Hades 我是哈迪斯，地下的国王。
Wǒ shì Hādísī, dìxià de guówáng.
I am Hades, king of the world below.
- Hades 地下很黑，我一个人。请你来我家。
Dìxià hěn hēi, wǒ yí gè rén. Qǐng nǐ lái wǒ jiā.
It is dark below, and I am alone. Please come to my home.
- Persephone 不！妈妈！妈妈！
Bù! Māma! Māma!
No! Mom! Mom!
- Persephone 我要回家！我要妈妈！
Wǒ yào huíjiā! Wǒ yào māma!
I want to go home! I want my mom!
- Hades 这里没有花，没有太阳。我想有人和我在一起。
Zhèlǐ méiyǒu huā, méiyǒu tàiyáng. Wǒ xiǎng yǒu rén hé wǒ zài yìqǐ.
There are no flowers here, and no sun. I wanted someone to be with me.
- Hades 你饿吗？吃一点儿石榴吧。
Nǐ è ma? Chī yìdiǎnr shíliu ba.
Are you hungry? Have a little pomegranate.
- Persephone 我好饿……我吃六个石榴籽。
Wǒ hǎo è… wǒ chī liù gè shíliu zǐ.
I'm so hungry... I'll eat six pomegranate seeds.
- Hermes 哈迪斯！宙斯说，让她回家！
Hādísī! Zhòusī shuō, ràng tā huíjiā!
Hades! Zeus says let her go home!
- Hades 好。她可以回家。可是……
Hǎo. Tā kěyǐ huíjiā. Kěshì…
Very well. She may go home. But...
- Hades 她吃了六个石榴籽。
Tā chī le liù gè shíliu zǐ.
She ate six pomegranate seeds.
- Hades 吃了六个，就要在地下住六个月。
Chī le liù gè, jiù yào zài dìxià zhù liù gè yuè.
Six seeds means six months living below.
- Persephone 六个月？那其他六个月呢？
Liù gè yuè? Nà qítā liù gè yuè ne?
Six months? And the other six?
- Hades 其他六个月，你去和妈妈住。
Qítā liù gè yuè, nǐ qù hé māma zhù.
The other six months, you live with your mother.
- Demeter 珀耳塞福涅！你在哪儿？花都不开了！
Pò'ěrsàifúniè! Nǐ zài nǎr? Huā dōu bù kāi le!
Persephone! Where are you? The flowers won't bloom!
- Persephone 妈妈！妈妈！我回来了！
Māma! Māma! Wǒ huílái le!
Mom! Mom! I'm back!
- Demeter 我的女儿！看，花都开了！草也绿了！
Wǒ de nǚ'ér! Kàn, huā dōu kāi le! Cǎo yě lǜ le!
My daughter! Look, the flowers are all blooming! The grass is turning green again!
- Persephone 妈妈，冬天我要回地下。春天，我一定回来。
Māma, dōngtiān wǒ yào huí dìxià. Chūntiān, wǒ yídìng huílái.
Mom, in winter I must go back below. In spring, I'll always come back.
- Demeter 我会等你。你回来，春天就来了。
Wǒ huì děng nǐ. Nǐ huílái, chūntiān jiù lái le.
I'll wait for you. When you come back, spring comes.
- Hermes 好了，故事讲完了！我又要迟到了！
Hǎo le, gùshi jiǎng wán le! Wǒ yòu yào chídào le!
Well, that's the last story! And I'm late again!
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What changed in the story?
- What does Persephone find in the meadow?
“看！这花是金的！”
- Who is Hades?
“我是哈迪斯，地下的国王。”
- What does Persephone eat in the underworld?
“我吃六个石榴籽。”
- What happens because she ate them?
“吃了六个，就要在地下住六个月。”
- Why don't the flowers bloom while Persephone is gone?
“你在哪儿？花都不开了！”