Jack and the Beanstalk · chapter 3 of 5
The Hen That Lays Golden Eggs
会下金蛋的鸡
When the gold runs out, Jack climbs back up, but the giant's wife remembers him, and the giant keeps something even more amazing than gold.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 几个月以后，巨人的金子都用完了。
Jǐ gè yuè yǐhòu, jùrén de jīnzi dōu yòng wán le.
A few months later, the giant's gold was all spent.
- Jack's Mother 杰克，金子没有了。我们家又没有钱了……
Jiékè, jīnzi méiyǒu le. Wǒmen jiā yòu méiyǒu qián le…
Jack, the gold is gone. We have no money again…
- Jack 放心吧，妈妈！我再去一次，找巨人太太吃早饭！
Fàngxīn ba, māma! Wǒ zài qù yí cì, zhǎo Jùrén tàitai chī zǎofàn!
Don't worry, Mother! I'll go up once more and have breakfast with Mrs. Giant!
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- Jack's Mother 不行！巨人会吃了你的！
Bù xíng! Jùrén huì chī le nǐ de!
No! The giant will eat you up!
- Jack 我没有肉，不好吃！
Wǒ méiyǒu ròu, bù hǎochī!
There's no meat on me. I'd taste terrible!
- Narrator 杰克又爬上了魔豆，走到了巨人的大房子前边。
Jiékè yòu pá shàng le módòu, zǒu dào le jùrén de dà fángzi qiánbian.
Jack climbed the beanstalk again and walked up to the giant's big house.
- Jack 巨人太太会知道金子的事吗？……不会的！
Jùrén tàitai huì zhīdào jīnzi de shì ma? … Bú huì de!
Will Mrs. Giant know about the gold? … No, of course not!
- Jack 巨人太太，早上好！您有早饭吗？
Jùrén tàitai, zǎoshang hǎo! Nín yǒu zǎofàn ma?
Good morning, Mrs. Giant! Do you have any breakfast?
- The Giant's Wife 等等……我见过你！那天你来了以后，巨人少了一包金子！
Děngdeng… wǒ jiàn guo nǐ! Nà tiān nǐ lái le yǐhòu, jùrén shǎo le yì bāo jīnzi!
Wait a minute… I've seen you before! After you came that day, the giant found a bag of gold missing!
- Jack 金子？我知道一点儿。可是我太饿了，吃了早饭，我就说！
Jīnzi? Wǒ zhīdào yìdiǎnr. Kěshì wǒ tài è le, chī le zǎofàn, wǒ jiù shuō!
Gold? I might know a thing or two about that. But I'm too hungry to talk. Breakfast first, then I'll tell you!
- The Giant's Wife 你这个孩子……好吧，进来吧。
Nǐ zhège háizi… hǎo ba, jìnlái ba.
Oh, you rascal… All right, come in.
- The Giant's Wife 好了！你吃了三个面包了！快说，金子是怎么回事？
Hǎo le! Nǐ chī le sān gè miànbāo le! Kuài shuō, jīnzi shì zěnme huí shì?
That's enough! You've eaten three loaves already! Now tell me, what happened to the gold?
- Jack 金子？这个……这个……我还能再吃一个面包吗？
Jīnzi? Zhège… zhège… wǒ hái néng zài chī yí gè miànbāo ma?
The gold? Well… um… could I have just one more loaf?
- The Giant's Wife 你听！路又在动了！快，进炉子里去！
Nǐ tīng! Lù yòu zài dòng le! Kuài, jìn lúzi lǐ qù!
Listen! The road is shaking again! Quick, into the oven!
- The Giant 闻一闻！找一找！小孩的味道我知道！小孩小孩你别跑！
Wén yi wén! Zhǎo yi zhǎo! Xiǎohái de wèidao wǒ zhīdào! Xiǎohái xiǎohái nǐ bié pǎo!
Sniff, sniff! Seek, seek! A child I smell, I know it well! Little child, little child, don't you run!
- The Giant's Wife 你又来了！哪儿有小孩？你闻到的是早饭！
Nǐ yòu lái le! Nǎr yǒu xiǎohái? Nǐ wén dào de shì zǎofàn!
There you go again! What child? All you can smell is your breakfast!
- The Giant 早饭……好吧。老婆，把我的鸡拿来！
Zǎofàn… hǎo ba. Lǎopo, bǎ wǒ de jī ná lái!
Breakfast… oh, all right. Wife, bring me my hen!
- Narrator 巨人吃完早饭，巨人太太拿来了一只红红的小母鸡。
Jùrén chī wán zǎofàn, Jùrén tàitai ná lái le yì zhī hónghóng de xiǎo mǔjī.
When the giant had finished his breakfast, his wife brought in a little red hen.
- The Giant 鸡，下蛋！
Jī, xià dàn!
Hen! Lay!
- The Hen 咯咯哒！
Gēgēdā!
Cluck-cluck-cluck!
- Narrator 小母鸡下了一个蛋，一个金蛋。
Xiǎo mǔjī xià le yí gè dàn, yí gè jīndàn.
The little hen laid an egg, an egg of solid gold.
- Jack 金蛋？！这只鸡会下金蛋！
Jīndàn?! Zhè zhī jī huì xià jīndàn!
A golden egg?! This hen lays golden eggs!
- The Giant 好！再下一个！下蛋！
Hǎo! Zài xià yí gè! Xià dàn!
Good! Another one! Lay!
- The Hen 咯咯哒！
Gēgēdā!
Cluck-cluck-cluck!
- The Giant 一个金蛋，两个金蛋……好累啊……
Yí gè jīndàn, liǎng gè jīndàn… hǎo lèi a…
One golden egg, two golden eggs… I'm so tired…
- Jack 他又睡了！小母鸡，跟我回家吧！
Tā yòu shuì le! Xiǎo mǔjī, gēn wǒ huí jiā ba!
He's asleep again! Little hen, come home with me!
- Narrator 杰克带着小母鸡，快快地往门口跑。
Jiékè dàizhe xiǎo mǔjī, kuàikuài de wǎng ménkǒu pǎo.
Jack tucked the little hen under his arm and ran for the door.
- The Hen 咯咯哒！咯咯哒！
Gēgēdā! Gēgēdā!
Cluck-cluck-cluck! Cluck-cluck-cluck!
- Jack 小声点儿！别叫！别叫！
Xiǎoshēng diǎnr! Bié jiào! Bié jiào!
Shh, quiet! Stop squawking! Stop it!
- The Giant 谁？！老婆！我的鸡呢？！
Shéi?! Lǎopo! Wǒ de jī ne?!
Who's there?! Wife! Where's my hen?!
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What changed in the story?
- Why does Jack climb the beanstalk again?
“巨人的金子都用完了。”……“我们家又没有钱了……”
- Why is the giant's wife suspicious of Jack?
“那天你来了以后，巨人少了一包金子！”
- How does Jack get out of explaining about the gold?
“吃了早饭，我就说！”……“你听！路又在动了！”
- What happens when the giant tells the hen to lay?
“小母鸡下了一个蛋，一个金蛋。”
- What wakes the giant up?
“咯咯哒！咯咯哒！”……“谁？！老婆！我的鸡呢？！”