Pinocchio · chapter 12 of 25
The Nose That Grew
鼻子长了
Four black rabbits are waiting by his bed, and when the Fairy asks about his gold coins, Pinocchio's nose starts to give him away.
Read what you hear
- Pinocchio 等一下！我还没死！
Děng yíxià! Wǒ hái méi sǐ!
Wait a minute! I'm not dead yet!
- the Black Rabbit 还没有。可是快了。
Hái méiyǒu. Kěshì kuài le.
Not yet. But soon.
- Pinocchio 药！仙女，快给我药！
Yào! Xiānnǚ, kuài gěi wǒ yào!
The medicine! Fairy, quick, give me the medicine!
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- Pinocchio 喝了！你们看，我好了！我能跳了！
Hē le! Nǐmen kàn, wǒ hǎo le! Wǒ néng tiào le!
I drank it! Look, I'm well! I can jump now!
- the Black Rabbit 好吧……今天白来了。
Hǎo ba… jīntiān bái lái le.
Oh well... we came for nothing today.
- Pinocchio 箱子带回去！我不要！
Xiāngzi dài huíqu! Wǒ bú yào!
Take your box back! I don't want it!
- Pinocchio 药真难喝……糖还有吗？
Yào zhēn nánhē… táng hái yǒu ma?
That medicine was horrible... is there any more sugar?
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 糖等一下。匹诺曹，那两个强盗要什么？
Táng děng yíxià. Pǐnuòcáo, nà liǎng gè qiángdào yào shénme?
The sugar can wait. Pinocchio, what did those two robbers want?
- Pinocchio 我的四个金币！我不给，他们就把我挂在树上了！
Wǒ de sì gè jīnbì! Wǒ bù gěi, tāmen jiù bǎ wǒ guà zài shùshang le!
My four gold coins! I wouldn't give them up, so they hung me from a tree!
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 那四个金币，现在在哪儿？
Nà sì gè jīnbì, xiànzài zài nǎr?
And those four gold coins, where are they now?
- Narrator 金币就在他的口袋里。
Jīnbì jiù zài tā de kǒudai lǐ.
The coins were right there in his pocket.
- Pinocchio 我……我的金币掉了。
Wǒ… wǒ de jīnbì diào le.
I... I lost my gold coins.
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 掉了？……你的鼻子怎么了？
Diào le? …Nǐ de bízi zěnme le?
Lost them? ...What's happened to your nose?
- Pinocchio 没什么！金币掉在大橡树下边了！
Méi shénme! Jīnbì diào zài Dà Xiàngshù xiàbian le!
Nothing! The coins fell under the Big Oak!
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 那我们去找吧。
Nà wǒmen qù zhǎo ba.
Then let's go and look for them.
- Pinocchio 不用找！我……我吃了！喝药的时候吃了！
Bú yòng zhǎo! Wǒ… wǒ chī le! Hē yào de shíhou chī le!
No need to look! I... I swallowed them! I swallowed them with the medicine!
- Pinocchio 我的鼻子！鼻子长了！门……我出不去了！
Wǒ de bízi! Bízi zhǎng le! Mén… wǒ chū bu qù le!
My nose! My nose is growing! The door... I can't get out!
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 你骗我，鼻子就长。
Nǐ piàn wǒ, bízi jiù zhǎng.
When you lie to me, your nose grows.
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 有的假话腿很短，有的假话鼻子很长。你的，是长鼻子的！
Yǒude jiǎhuà tuǐ hěn duǎn, yǒude jiǎhuà bízi hěn cháng. Nǐ de, shì cháng bízi de!
Some lies have short legs, and some lies have long noses. Yours are the long-nosed kind!
- Pinocchio 仙女，我不骗你了！真的！
Xiānnǚ, wǒ bú piàn nǐ le! Zhēn de!
Fairy, I won't lie to you again! Really!
- Narrator 一千只鸟飞了进来。一点一点，他的鼻子又变短了。
Yìqiān zhī niǎo fēi le jìnlai. Yìdiǎn yìdiǎn, tā de bízi yòu biàn duǎn le.
A thousand birds flew in. Bit by bit, his nose grew short again.
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 匹诺曹，住在这儿吧。你做我的弟弟，我做你的姐姐。
Pǐnuòcáo, zhù zài zhèr ba. Nǐ zuò wǒ de dìdi, wǒ zuò nǐ de jiějie.
Pinocchio, stay here with me. You can be my little brother, and I'll be your big sister.
- Pinocchio 好！姐姐！……可是，我爸爸呢？
Hǎo! Jiějie! …Kěshì, wǒ bàba ne?
Yes! Big sister! ...But what about my papa?
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 我告诉你爸爸了。今天晚上，他就到。
Wǒ gàosu nǐ bàba le. Jīntiān wǎnshang, tā jiù dào.
I've sent word to your papa. He'll be here tonight.
- Pinocchio 我去接他！
Wǒ qù jiē tā!
I'll go and meet him!
- Narrator 在大橡树下边，他看见了狐狸和猫。
Zài Dà Xiàngshù xiàbian, tā kànjiàn le Húli hé Māo.
Under the Big Oak, he saw the Fox and the Cat.
- Pinocchio 狐狸先生！猫先生！昨天晚上，两个强盗抓了我！
Húli xiānsheng! Māo xiānsheng! Zuótiān wǎnshang, liǎng gè qiángdào zhuā le wǒ!
Mr. Fox! Mr. Cat! Last night two robbers caught me!
- The Fox 强盗？太坏了！
Qiángdào? Tài huài le!
Robbers? How wicked!
- The Cat ……太坏了！
…Tài huài le!
...How wicked!
- Pinocchio 猫先生……你的爪子呢？
Māo xiānsheng… nǐ de zhuǎzi ne?
Mr. Cat... where's your paw?
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What changed in the story?
- What finally makes Pinocchio drink his medicine?
“还没有。可是快了。”……“药！仙女，快给我药！”
- Where are the four gold coins really?
“金币就在他的口袋里。”
- What happens when Pinocchio lies to the Fairy?
“你骗我，鼻子就长。”
- How does his nose get small again?
“一千只鸟飞了进来。一点一点，他的鼻子又变短了。”
- What does the Fairy offer Pinocchio?
“你做我的弟弟，我做你的姐姐。”