Pinocchio · chapter 4 of 25
Papa's Coat
爸爸的大衣
Papa is home, but Pinocchio has no feet, no breakfast and no book for school. Papa finds a way to pay for everything.
Read what you hear
- Pinocchio 爸爸，我不能开门！我的脚没有了！
Bàba, wǒ bù néng kāimén! Wǒ de jiǎo méiyǒu le!
Papa, I can't open the door! My feet are gone!
- Geppetto 什么？你又不听话！好，我从窗户进去！
Shénme? Nǐ yòu bù tīnghuà! Hǎo, wǒ cóng chuānghu jìnqu!
What? Up to your tricks again! Fine, I'm coming in through the window!
- Geppetto 我的孩子！你的脚……
Wǒ de háizi! Nǐ de jiǎo…
My boy! Your feet...
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- Pinocchio 爸爸，我醒了，脚已经烧没了！我好饿！
Bàba, wǒ xǐng le, jiǎo yǐjīng shāo méi le! Wǒ hǎo è!
Papa, I woke up and my feet were burned away! And I'm so hungry!
- Geppetto 别哭。这是三个水果，是爸爸的早饭。你吃吧。
Bié kū. Zhè shì sān gè shuǐguǒ, shì bàba de zǎofàn. Nǐ chī ba.
Don't cry. Here are three pieces of fruit, Papa's breakfast. You have them.
- Pinocchio 有皮！我不吃皮！
Yǒu pí! Wǒ bù chī pí!
They've got skins! I don't eat skins!
- Geppetto 好，好。爸爸用刀……好了！皮放在这儿。
Hǎo, hǎo. Bàba yòng dāo… hǎo le! Pí fàng zài zhèr.
All right, all right. Papa's knife... there! I'll keep the skins right here.
- Pinocchio 好吃！好吃！爸爸，你不吃吗？
Hǎochī! Hǎochī! Bàba, nǐ bù chī ma?
Yum! Yum! Papa, aren't you having any?
- Geppetto 爸爸不饿。
Bàba bú è.
Papa's not hungry.
- Pinocchio 太好了！那我都吃了！我还饿……皮呢？皮我也吃！
Tài hǎo le! Nà wǒ dōu chī le! Wǒ hái è… Pí ne? Pí wǒ yě chī!
Great! Then I'll eat them all! I'm still hungry... Where are the skins? I'll eat the skins too!
- Pinocchio 爸爸，给我做新脚吧！我会做一个好孩子！我去上学！
Bàba, gěi wǒ zuò xīn jiǎo ba! Wǒ huì zuò yí gè hǎo háizi! Wǒ qù shàngxué!
Papa, make me new feet! I'll be a good boy! I'll go to school!
- Geppetto 真的？你会去上学？
Zhēn de? Nǐ huì qù shàngxué?
Really? You'll go to school?
- Pinocchio 真的！明天就去！
Zhēn de! Míngtiān jiù qù!
Really! Tomorrow!
- Geppetto 好。爸爸拿刀和木头，给你做新脚。
Hǎo. Bàba ná dāo hé mùtou, gěi nǐ zuò xīn jiǎo.
All right. Papa will get his knife and some wood, and make you new feet.
- Geppetto 这是你的新衣服，花纸做的。这是你的新鞋，树皮做的。
Zhè shì nǐ de xīn yīfu, huāzhǐ zuò de. Zhè shì nǐ de xīn xié, shùpí zuò de.
Here are your new clothes, made of flowered paper. And here are your new shoes, made of bark.
- Geppetto 还有帽子，是面包做的！
Hái yǒu màozi, shì miànbāo zuò de!
And a cap, made of bread!
- Pinocchio 面包帽子？好玩！饿了，我就吃帽子！
Miànbāo màozi? Hǎowán! È le, wǒ jiù chī màozi!
A bread cap? Fun! When I get hungry, I'll eat my cap!
- Pinocchio 可是爸爸，上学要有书。我没有书。
Kěshì bàba, shàngxué yào yǒu shū. Wǒ méiyǒu shū.
But Papa, I need a book for school. I don't have one.
- Geppetto 书……好，你等一下。
Shū… hǎo, nǐ děng yíxià.
A book... All right. Wait here.
- Narrator 外边下着大雪。杰佩托穿着大衣，走了出去。
Wàibian xiàzhe dà xuě. Jiépèituō chuānzhe dàyī, zǒu le chūqu.
Outside, heavy snow was falling. Geppetto put on his coat and went out.
- Narrator 他回来的时候，书有了，大衣没有了。
Tā huílai de shíhou, shū yǒu le, dàyī méiyǒu le.
When he came back, he had a book, and no coat.
- Pinocchio 爸爸，你的大衣呢？
Bàba, nǐ de dàyī ne?
Papa, where's your coat?
- Geppetto 我卖了。
Wǒ mài le.
I sold it.
- Pinocchio 为什么？外边下雪啊！
Wèishénme? Wàibian xià xuě a!
Why? It's snowing out there!
- Geppetto 大衣太热了。
Dàyī tài rè le.
It was too warm.
- Narrator 匹诺曹跳起来，抱着爸爸，亲了又亲。
Pǐnuòcáo tiào qǐlai, bàozhe bàba, qīn le yòu qīn.
Pinocchio jumped up, threw his arms around Papa, and kissed him again and again.
- Pinocchio 爸爸，我爱你！我一定天天上学！
Bàba, wǒ ài nǐ! Wǒ yídìng tiāntiān shàngxué!
Papa, I love you! I'll go to school every single day!
- Geppetto 匹诺曹，醒了吗？早上了，拿好书，去上学吧！
Pǐnuòcáo, xǐng le ma? Zǎoshang le, ná hǎo shū, qù shàngxué ba!
Pinocchio, are you awake? It's morning. Hold on to your book, and off to school!
- Pinocchio 再见，爸爸！我是好孩子，我去上学了！
Zàijiàn, bàba! Wǒ shì hǎo háizi, wǒ qù shàngxué le!
Bye, Papa! I'm a good boy. Off to school!
- Pinocchio 什么声音？是音乐！从哪儿来的？
Shénme shēngyīn? Shì yīnyuè! Cóng nǎr lái de?
What's that sound? It's music! Where's it coming from?
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What changed in the story?
- How did Geppetto get into the house?
“好，我从窗户进去”
- Whose breakfast did Pinocchio eat?
“这是三个水果，是爸爸的早饭”
- What was Pinocchio's new cap made of?
“还有帽子，是面包做的”
- Why did Geppetto come home without his coat?
“书有了，大衣没有了……我卖了”
- What did Pinocchio hear on his way to school?
“什么声音？是音乐！”