Nezha and the Dragon King · chapter 4 of 8
The Third Prince
三太子敖丙
The Dragon King's proud third son rides a huge wave to the shore, and he expects the boy who hit the sea guard to come and beg forgiveness.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 天快黑了。海上起了大风，天上都是黑云。
Tiān kuài hēi le. Hǎi shàng qǐ le dà fēng, tiān shàng dōu shì hēi yún.
Night was coming on. A strong wind rose over the sea, and the sky filled with black clouds.
- Nezha 天怎么黑了？要下雨了吗？
Tiān zěnme hēi le? Yào xià yǔ le ma?
Why has it gone so dark? Is it going to rain?
- Narrator 一个少年站在大浪上，从海里出来了。
Yí gè shàonián zhàn zài dà làng shàng, cóng hǎi lǐ chūlái le.
A young man rose out of the sea, standing on top of a huge wave.
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- Ao Bing 你就是那个打了夜叉的小孩？
Nǐ jiù shì nàge dǎ le yèchā de xiǎohái?
So you're the kid who hit our sea guard?
- Nezha 是我。你是谁？
Shì wǒ. Nǐ shì shéi?
That's me. Who are you?
- Ao Bing 我是东海龙王的三太子，敖丙！
Wǒ shì Dōng Hǎi Lóngwáng de sān tàizǐ, Áo Bǐng!
I am Ao Bing, Third Prince of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea!
- Nezha 三太子？我是李靖的第三个儿子，哪吒。我们都是老三！
Sān tàizǐ? Wǒ shì Lǐ Jìng de dì sān gè érzi, Nézhā. Wǒmen dōu shì lǎosān!
Third Prince? Well, I'm Nezha, Li Jing's third son. We're both number three!
- Ao Bing 谁和你一样？我是龙王的儿子！
Shéi hé nǐ yíyàng? Wǒ shì Lóngwáng de érzi!
We are nothing alike! I am the son of the Dragon King!
- Ao Bing 你快去龙宫，给我父王认错！
Nǐ kuài qù lónggōng, gěi wǒ fùwáng rèn cuò!
Get down to the Dragon Palace this minute and apologize to my father!
- Nezha 认错？是夜叉先打我的！我没有错！
Rèn cuò? Shì yèchā xiān dǎ wǒ de! Wǒ méiyǒu cuò!
Apologize? Your guard came at me first! I did nothing wrong!
- Ao Bing 好，今天我来教教你！
Hǎo, jīntiān wǒ lái jiāojiao nǐ!
Fine. Today I'll teach you a lesson!
- Narrator 两个人在海边打了起来。
Liǎng gè rén zài hǎibiān dǎ le qǐlái.
The two of them began to fight on the shore.
- Nezha 他很快……混天绫，看你的了！
Tā hěn kuài… Hùntiān Líng, kàn nǐ de le!
He's fast… Huntian Sash, it's up to you!
- Narrator 红红的混天绫飞了出去，把敖丙包了起来。
Hónghóng de Hùntiān Líng fēi le chūqù, bǎ Áo Bǐng bāo le qǐlái.
The red sash flew out and wrapped itself around Ao Bing.
- Ao Bing 放开我！快放开我！
Fàngkāi wǒ! Kuài fàngkāi wǒ!
Let me go! Let go of me!
- Nezha 你还要我去认错吗？
Nǐ hái yào wǒ qù rèn cuò ma?
Still want me to go and apologize?
- Narrator 敖丙大叫一声，变回了一条龙！
Áo Bǐng dà jiào yì shēng, biàn huí le yì tiáo lóng!
With a great cry, Ao Bing turned back into what he really was: a dragon!
- Nezha 啊！你是一条龙！
À! Nǐ shì yì tiáo lóng!
Whoa! You're a dragon!
- Ao Bing 好疼……父王，父王！
Hǎo téng… Fùwáng, fùwáng!
It hurts… Father! Father!
- The Dragon King 敖丙！谁打了你？
Áo Bǐng! Shéi dǎ le nǐ?
Ao Bing! Who did this to you?
- Ao Bing 是李靖的儿子，哪吒！
Shì Lǐ Jìng de érzi, Nézhā!
Li Jing's son. Nezha!
- The Dragon King 李靖？好！我这就去陈塘关找他！
Lǐ Jìng? Hǎo! Wǒ zhè jiù qù Chéntáng Guān zhǎo tā!
Li Jing? Very well! I'm going to Chentang Pass to find him, right now!
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What changed in the story?
- Who is Ao Bing?
“我是东海龙王的三太子，敖丙！”
- What do Nezha and Ao Bing have in common?
“我是李靖的第三个儿子，哪吒。我们都是老三！”
- What does Ao Bing want Nezha to do?
“你快去龙宫，给我父王认错！”
- How does Nezha catch Ao Bing?
“红红的混天绫飞了出去，把敖丙包了起来。”
- What does the Dragon King decide to do?
“我这就去陈塘关找他！”