Pinocchio · chapter 7 of 25
The Fox and the Cat
狐狸和猫
On the road home, a sweet-talking Fox and a Cat who repeats his words tell Pinocchio about a field where gold coins grow.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 回家的路上，匹诺曹在狐狸和猫前边站住了。
Huíjiā de lùshang, Pǐnuòcáo zài Húli hé Māo qiánbian zhànzhù le.
On the road home, Pinocchio stopped short in front of the Fox and the Cat.
- Pinocchio 早上好！你……你怎么知道我的名字？
Zǎoshang hǎo! Nǐ… nǐ zěnme zhīdào wǒ de míngzi?
Good morning! How... how do you know my name?
- The Fox 我认识你爸爸！昨天，我看见他站在门口，没穿大衣。
Wǒ rènshi nǐ bàba! Zuótiān, wǒ kànjiàn tā zhàn zài ménkǒu, méi chuān dàyī.
I know your papa! Yesterday I saw him standing at his door with no coat on.
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- The Cat ……没穿大衣。
…Méi chuān dàyī.
...no coat on.
- Pinocchio 爸爸不会冷了！你们看，我有五个金币！
Bàba bú huì lěng le! Nǐmen kàn, wǒ yǒu wǔ gè jīnbì!
Papa won't be cold anymore! Look, I've got five gold coins!
- Narrator 狐狸那条坏腿，忽然往前一抓！
Húli nà tiáo huài tuǐ, hūrán wǎng qián yì zhuā!
Suddenly the Fox's bad leg made a grab!
- Narrator 猫的眼睛也亮了一下，绿绿的，又闭上了。
Māo de yǎnjing yě liàng le yíxià, lǜlǜ de, yòu bìshang le.
And the Cat's eyes flashed open, bright green, then shut again.
- Pinocchio 狐狸先生，你的腿怎么了？
Húli xiānsheng, nǐ de tuǐ zěnme le?
Mr. Fox, what's wrong with your leg?
- The Fox 读书读的！我读书，读坏了一条腿。
Dúshū dú de! Wǒ dúshū, dú huài le yì tiáo tuǐ.
Too much studying! I studied so hard I ruined a leg.
- The Cat ……读坏了眼睛。
…Dú huài le yǎnjing.
...and I ruined my eyes.
- Pinocchio 读书这么不好？那我不上学了！
Dúshū zhème bù hǎo? Nà wǒ bú shàngxué le!
Studying's that bad? Then I'm not going to school!
- The Fox 对！上学的孩子，都是驴！
Duì! Shàngxué de háizi, dōu shì lǘ!
Right! Kids who go to school are all donkeys!
- the White Blackbird 匹诺曹，别听他们的！他们骗你！
Pǐnuòcáo, bié tīng tāmen de! Tāmen piàn nǐ!
Pinocchio, don't listen to them! They're tricking you!
- Narrator 猫一跳，一口吃了小白鸟。
Māo yí tiào, yì kǒu chī le Xiǎo Báiniǎo.
With one leap, the Cat swallowed the White Blackbird in a single bite.
- Pinocchio 小白鸟！猫先生，你为什么吃它？
Xiǎo Báiniǎo! Māo xiānsheng, nǐ wèishénme chī tā?
The White Blackbird! Mr. Cat, why did you eat it?
- The Fox 它的话太多了。
Tā de huà tài duō le.
It talked too much.
- The Cat ……太多了。
…Tài duō le.
...too much.
- The Fox 我的好朋友，你想要两千个金币吗？
Wǒ de hǎo péngyou, nǐ xiǎng yào liǎngqiān gè jīnbì ma?
My good friend, how would you like two thousand gold coins?
- Pinocchio 两千个？怎么会有两千个？
Liǎngqiān gè? Zěnme huì yǒu liǎngqiān gè?
Two thousand? How could I get two thousand?
- The Fox 捉傻瓜城外边，有一块奇迹田。
Zhuōshǎguā Chéng wàibian, yǒu yí kuài Qíjì Tián.
Just outside Catchfools there's a Field of Miracles.
- Pinocchio 奇迹田？那是什么地方？
Qíjì Tián? Nà shì shénme dìfang?
The Field of Miracles? What kind of place is that?
- The Fox 你把金币放在地里，睡一个晚上。
Nǐ bǎ jīnbì fàng zài dì lǐ, shuì yí gè wǎnshang.
You put your gold coins in the ground and sleep one night.
- The Fox 第二天早上，那儿就有金币树了！
Dì èr tiān zǎoshang, nàr jiù yǒu jīnbì shù le!
And the next morning, there's a gold-coin tree!
- The Cat ……金币树！
…Jīnbì shù!
...a gold-coin tree!
- The Fox 五个金币，就变两千个！
Wǔ gè jīnbì, jiù biàn liǎngqiān gè!
Five gold coins turn into two thousand!
- The Cat ……两千个！
…Liǎngqiān gè!
...two thousand!
- Pinocchio 可是……爸爸还在家等我呢……
Kěshì… bàba hái zài jiā děng wǒ ne…
But... Papa's still waiting for me at home...
- Pinocchio 我可以给爸爸做一件金币大衣……
Wǒ kěyǐ gěi bàba zuò yí jiàn jīnbì dàyī…
I could make Papa a coat of gold coins...
- Pinocchio 两千个金币？好！我们走吧！
Liǎngqiān gè jīnbì? Hǎo! Wǒmen zǒu ba!
Two thousand gold coins? All right. Let's go!
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What changed in the story?
- What does the Fox's bad leg do when Pinocchio shows his coins?
“狐狸那条坏腿，忽然往前一抓！”
- What does the Fox say happened to his leg?
“读书读的！我读书，读坏了一条腿。”
- What does the White Blackbird tell Pinocchio?
“别听他们的！他们骗你！”
- How does the Fox say the gold-coin tree grows?
“你把金币放在地里，睡一个晚上。”
- What does Pinocchio dream of making for Papa?
“我可以给爸爸做一件金币大衣”