Pinocchio · chapter 23 of 25
Inside the Dogfish
大鲨鱼肚子里
A man hauls up his rope and finds the wrong thing on the end of it, and a little goat calls to Pinocchio from a white rock.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 一个小时过去了。买主在海边，拉起了绳子。
Yí gè xiǎoshí guòqu le. Mǎizhǔ zài hǎibiān, lā qǐ le shéngzi.
An hour went by. On the shore, the Buyer pulled up the rope.
- The Buyer 上来吧，我的鼓！……这是什么？
Shànglai ba, wǒ de gǔ! … Zhè shì shénme?
Up you come, my drum! ...What's this?
- Pinocchio 你好，买主先生！我是匹诺曹！
Nǐ hǎo, Mǎizhǔ xiānsheng! Wǒ shì Pǐnuòcáo!
Hello, Mr. Buyer! I'm Pinocchio!
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- The Buyer 木偶？我的驴呢？！
Mù'ǒu? Wǒ de lǘ ne?!
A puppet? Where's my donkey?!
- Pinocchio 很多小鱼来了，吃了驴的皮。木头，它们不吃！
Hěn duō xiǎo yú lái le, chī le lǘ de pí. Mùtou, tāmen bù chī!
Lots of little fish came and ate the donkey skin. But they don't eat wood!
- Pinocchio 我是木头做的！那些鱼，是妈妈叫来的！妈妈救了我！
Wǒ shì mùtou zuò de! Nàxiē yú, shì māma jiào lái de! Māma jiù le wǒ!
I'm made of wood! Mama sent those fish! Mama saved me!
- The Buyer 我的钱呢？我要卖了你！
Wǒ de qián ne? Wǒ yào mài le nǐ!
What about my money? I'll sell you!
- Pinocchio 卖我？不用了！再见！
Mài wǒ? Bú yòng le! Zàijiàn!
Sell me? No, thanks! Bye!
- Pinocchio 看我游泳！我最会了！
Kàn wǒ yóuyǒng! Wǒ zuì huì le!
Watch me swim! Nobody's better at it!
- Narrator 前边，一块白色的石头上，站着一只蓝头发的小山羊。
Qiánbian, yí kuài báisè de shítou shàng, zhàn zhe yì zhī lán tóufa de xiǎo shānyáng.
Up ahead, on a white rock, stood a little goat with turquoise hair.
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 匹诺曹，快来！快到这儿来！
Pǐnuòcáo, kuài lái! Kuài dào zhèr lái!
Pinocchio, come quickly! Come over here!
- Pinocchio 那只小山羊……蓝头发……和妈妈一样！妈妈，我来了！
Nà zhī xiǎo shānyáng… lán tóufa… hé māma yíyàng! Māma, wǒ lái le!
That little goat... turquoise hair... just like Mama's! Mama, I'm coming!
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 孩子，后边！快一点！
Háizi, hòubian! Kuài yìdiǎn!
Child, behind you! Hurry!
- Narrator 大鲨鱼来了。它的嘴比房子还大，里边有三排牙。
Dà Shāyú lái le. Tā de zuǐ bǐ fángzi hái dà, lǐbian yǒu sān pái yá.
The Terrible Dogfish was coming. Its mouth was bigger than a house, with three rows of teeth inside.
- Pinocchio 好多牙！妈妈，救我！
Hǎo duō yá! Māma, jiù wǒ!
So many teeth! Mama, help me!
- Narrator 大鲨鱼一口吃了匹诺曹。
Dà Shāyú yì kǒu chī le Pǐnuòcáo.
The Dogfish swallowed Pinocchio in one gulp.
- Pinocchio 好黑……这是哪儿？
Hǎo hēi… zhè shì nǎr?
So dark... where am I?
- the Tunny 我们在大鲨鱼的肚子里。
Wǒmen zài Dà Shāyú de dùzi lǐ.
We're in the belly of the Terrible Dogfish.
- Pinocchio 你是谁？你在哪儿？
Nǐ shì shéi? Nǐ zài nǎr?
Who are you? Where are you?
- the Tunny 我是金枪鱼。大鲨鱼也吃了我。
Wǒ shì jīnqiāngyú. Dà Shāyú yě chī le wǒ.
I'm a Tunny. The Dogfish swallowed me too.
- the Tunny 你呢？你是什么鱼？
Nǐ ne? Nǐ shì shénme yú?
And you? What kind of fish are you?
- Pinocchio 我不是鱼！我是木偶，匹诺曹！
Wǒ bú shì yú! Wǒ shì mù'ǒu, Pǐnuòcáo!
I'm not a fish! I'm a puppet, Pinocchio!
- Pinocchio 大鲨鱼！快放我出去！我不好吃！
Dà Shāyú! Kuài fàng wǒ chūqu! Wǒ bù hǎochī!
Dogfish! Let me out! I don't taste good!
- the Tunny 没有用。这里出不去。大鲨鱼会吃了我们。
Méiyǒu yòng. Zhèlǐ chū bu qù. Dà Shāyú huì chī le wǒmen.
It's no use. There's no way out. The Dogfish is going to eat us.
- Pinocchio 别吃我！我还不想死！
Bié chī wǒ! Wǒ hái bù xiǎng sǐ!
Don't eat me! I don't want to die yet!
- Narrator 很远的地方，有一点光。
Hěn yuǎn de dìfang, yǒu yìdiǎn guāng.
Far away, there was a little light.
- Pinocchio 光？那边有光！我去看看！
Guāng? Nàbiān yǒu guāng! Wǒ qù kànkan!
A light? There's a light over there! I'm going to go and see!
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What changed in the story?
- What does the Buyer find on the end of his rope?
“木偶？我的驴呢”
- What happened to the donkey skin?
“很多小鱼来了，吃了驴的皮”
- Who calls Pinocchio from the white rock?
“站着一只蓝头发的小山羊……匹诺曹，快来”
- Where are Pinocchio and the Tunny?
“我们在大鲨鱼的肚子里”
- What does Pinocchio decide to do at the end?
“光？那边有光！我去看看”