Pinocchio · chapter 1 of 25
The Log That Talked
会说话的木头
In Master Cherry's little shop, a plain piece of wood cries out, giggles and calls people names, and old Geppetto wants it for a puppet.
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- Narrator 很久很久以前，有一个……大王？不，是一块木头。
Hěn jiǔ hěn jiǔ yǐqián, yǒu yí gè… dàwáng? Bù, shì yí kuài mùtou.
Long, long ago, there was a... king? No. It was a piece of wood.
- Narrator 这块木头在樱桃师傅的小店里。
Zhè kuài mùtou zài Yīngtáo Shīfu de xiǎodiàn lǐ.
The wood lay in Master Cherry's little shop.
- Master Cherry 好木头！我要用它做一条桌子腿。
Hǎo mùtou! Wǒ yào yòng tā zuò yì tiáo zhuōzi tuǐ.
Fine wood! I'll make a table leg out of it.
- Pinocchio 别打我！好疼！
Bié dǎ wǒ! Hǎo téng!
Don't hit me! Ouch!
- Master Cherry 谁？谁在说话？这儿没有人啊！
Shéi? Shéi zài shuōhuà? Zhèr méiyǒu rén a!
Who? Who's talking? There's nobody here!
- Master Cherry 我听错了吧……好，我用刀，轻轻地。
Wǒ tīngcuò le ba… Hǎo, wǒ yòng dāo, qīngqīng de.
I must be hearing things... All right. The knife, nice and gentle.
- Pinocchio 好玩！好玩！再来一次！
Hǎowán! Hǎowán! Zài lái yí cì!
That's fun! Fun! Do it again!
- Narrator 樱桃师傅一下坐到了地上，红鼻子都变蓝了。
Yīngtáo Shīfu yíxià zuò dào le dìshang, hóng bízi dōu biàn lán le.
Master Cherry sat down with a bump, and his red nose turned blue.
- Geppetto 樱桃师傅！你坐在地上做什么？
Yīngtáo Shīfu! Nǐ zuò zài dìshang zuò shénme?
Master Cherry! What are you doing on the floor?
- Master Cherry 杰佩托？我……我在找东西。
Jiépèituō? Wǒ… wǒ zài zhǎo dōngxi.
Geppetto? I'm... I'm looking for something.
- Geppetto 我也来找东西，找一块木头。我想做一个木偶！
Wǒ yě lái zhǎo dōngxi, zhǎo yí kuài mùtou. Wǒ xiǎng zuò yí gè mù'ǒu!
I've come looking for something too: a piece of wood. I want to make a puppet!
- Geppetto 它会跳，会跳舞！看的人都会给钱！
Tā huì tiào, huì tiàowǔ! Kàn de rén dōu huì gěi qián!
It will jump and dance! Everyone who watches will pay!
- Pinocchio 玉米糊！玉米糊！
Yùmǐhú! Yùmǐhú!
Polendina! Polendina!
- Geppetto 什么？你叫我玉米糊？
Shénme? Nǐ jiào wǒ Yùmǐhú?
What? You called me Polendina?
- Narrator 杰佩托的假发是黄的，孩子们都叫他玉米糊。他最不喜欢这个名字。
Jiépèituō de jiǎfà shì huáng de, háizimen dōu jiào tā Yùmǐhú. Tā zuì bù xǐhuan zhège míngzi.
Geppetto's wig was yellow, so the boys all called him Polendina, corn porridge. He hated that name.
- Master Cherry 我？我没说话啊！
Wǒ? Wǒ méi shuōhuà a!
Me? I didn't say a word!
- Master Cherry 我的假发！快还给我！
Wǒ de jiǎfà! Kuài huán gěi wǒ!
My wig! Give it back!
- Geppetto 你先还给我！你拿着我的假发！
Nǐ xiān huán gěi wǒ! Nǐ názhe wǒ de jiǎfà!
You give it back first! You've got my wig!
- Master Cherry 好了，好了。我们是老朋友啊。
Hǎo le, hǎo le. Wǒmen shì lǎo péngyou a.
All right, all right. We're old friends, aren't we?
- Geppetto 对，老朋友。那这块木头，可以给我吗？
Duì, lǎo péngyou. Nà zhè kuài mùtou, kěyǐ gěi wǒ ma?
Yes, old friends. So, may I have this piece of wood?
- Master Cherry 给你！快拿去！快！
Gěi nǐ! Kuài ná qù! Kuài!
It's yours! Take it! Quick!
- Geppetto 我的腿！好疼！你打我？
Wǒ de tuǐ! Hǎo téng! Nǐ dǎ wǒ?
My leg! Ow! Did you hit me?
- Master Cherry 不是我！是木头！它会跳！
Bú shì wǒ! Shì mùtou! Tā huì tiào!
It wasn't me! It was the wood! It jumps!
- Geppetto 木头会跳？太好了！我的木偶一定会跳舞！
Mùtou huì tiào? Tài hǎo le! Wǒ de mù'ǒu yídìng huì tiàowǔ!
Wood that jumps? Wonderful! My puppet is sure to dance!
- Geppetto 到家了！木偶，木偶，我叫你什么呢？
Dào jiā le! Mù'ǒu, mù'ǒu, wǒ jiào nǐ shénme ne?
Home at last! Now, puppet, what shall I call you?
- Geppetto 匹诺曹！就叫你匹诺曹。好名字！
Pǐnuòcáo! Jiù jiào nǐ Pǐnuòcáo. Hǎo míngzi!
Pinocchio! I'll call you Pinocchio. A good name!
- Geppetto 先做眼睛。一个，两个……好了！
Xiān zuò yǎnjing. Yí gè, liǎng gè… hǎo le!
Eyes first. One, two... there!
- Narrator 木头眼睛动了。它们看着杰佩托，一直看，一直看。
Mùtou yǎnjing dòng le. Tāmen kànzhe Jiépèituō, yìzhí kàn, yìzhí kàn.
The wooden eyes moved. They looked at Geppetto, and kept on looking.
- Geppetto 木头眼睛……你们为什么看我？
Mùtou yǎnjing… nǐmen wèishénme kàn wǒ?
Wooden eyes... why are you looking at me?
What changed in the story?
- What did Master Cherry want to make from the wood?
“我要用它做一条桌子腿”
- What did Master Cherry tell Geppetto he was doing on the floor?
“我在找东西”
- Why did Geppetto get angry with Master Cherry?
“你叫我玉米糊？”
- Why was Geppetto happy that the wood could jump?
“木头会跳？太好了！我的木偶一定会跳舞！”
- What did Geppetto carve first?
“先做眼睛”