Pinocchio · chapter 17 of 25
There's No Dogfish
没有大鲨鱼
Pinocchio is the best pupil in school, but when the lazy boys say the Terrible Dogfish is at the beach, he skips class to see it.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 第二天，匹诺曹真的去上学了。
Dì èr tiān, Pǐnuòcáo zhēn de qù shàngxué le.
The next day, Pinocchio really did go to school.
- the Schoolboy 你们看！木偶也来上学了！
Nǐmen kàn! Mù'ǒu yě lái shàngxué le!
Look, everybody! A puppet's come to school!
- the Schoolboy 你的鼻子真长！我拉一拉！
Nǐ de bízi zhēn cháng! Wǒ lā yi lā!
Your nose is so long! Let me give it a pull!
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- Pinocchio 别动我的鼻子！我的脚是木头做的！
Bié dòng wǒ de bízi! Wǒ de jiǎo shì mùtou zuò de!
Hands off my nose! My feet are made of wood!
- the Schoolboy 疼！疼！好，好！我们做朋友吧！
Téng! Téng! Hǎo, hǎo! Wǒmen zuò péngyou ba!
Ow! Ow! Okay, okay! Let's be friends!
- Narrator 很多天过去了。一天早上，匹诺曹要去上学。
Hěn duō tiān guòqu le. Yì tiān zǎoshang, Pǐnuòcáo yào qù shàngxué.
Many days went by. One morning, Pinocchio was about to leave for school.
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 匹诺曹，老师说你是最好的学生。
Pǐnuòcáo, lǎoshī shuō nǐ shì zuì hǎo de xuésheng.
Pinocchio, your teacher says you're the best pupil.
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 可是那些孩子不爱学习，别跟他们玩。
Kěshì nàxiē háizi bú ài xuéxí, bié gēn tāmen wán.
But those boys don't like to study. Don't play with them.
- Pinocchio 老师也这么说！你们都一样！
Lǎoshī yě zhème shuō! Nǐmen dōu yíyàng!
Teacher says that too! You two are just the same!
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair 因为我们说得对。
Yīnwèi wǒmen shuō de duì.
Because we're right.
- the Schoolboy 匹诺曹！大鲨鱼来了！在海边！像山一样大！
Pǐnuòcáo! Dà Shāyú lái le! Zài hǎibiān! Xiàng shān yíyàng dà!
Pinocchio! The Terrible Dogfish is here! On the beach! It's as big as a mountain!
- Pinocchio 大鲨鱼？爸爸在它的肚子里！我要去！
Dà Shāyú? Bàba zài tā de dùzi lǐ! Wǒ yào qù!
The Dogfish? Papa's inside it! I have to go!
- Pinocchio 可是……要上课了。下课以后再去，好吗？
Kěshì… yào shàngkè le. Xiàkè yǐhòu zài qù, hǎo ma?
But... class is about to start. Can we go after school?
- the Schoolboy 不行！它马上就走了！快跑！
Bù xíng! Tā mǎshàng jiù zǒu le! Kuài pǎo!
No way! It's leaving any minute! Run!
- Pinocchio 大鲨鱼在哪儿？海里什么也没有！
Dà Shāyú zài nǎr? Hǎi lǐ shénme yě méiyǒu!
Where's the Dogfish? There's nothing in the sea!
- the Schoolboy 我们骗你的！没有大鲨鱼！
Wǒmen piàn nǐ de! Méiyǒu Dà Shāyú!
We tricked you! There's no Dogfish!
- Pinocchio 为什么骗我？
Wèishénme piàn wǒ?
Why did you trick me?
- the Schoolboy 你天天学习，让我们很难看！
Nǐ tiāntiān xuéxí, ràng wǒmen hěn nánkàn!
You study every single day. You make us look bad!
- Pinocchio 那你们也学习啊！
Nà nǐmen yě xuéxí a!
Then you study too!
- the Schoolboy 你说什么？打他！
Nǐ shuō shénme? Dǎ tā!
What did you say? Get him!
- Narrator 他们打架了。书飞来飞去。
Tāmen dǎjià le. Shū fēilái fēiqù.
They started to fight. Books flew back and forth.
- Pinocchio 我跳！我跳！没打到！没打到！
Wǒ tiào! Wǒ tiào! Méi dǎ dào! Méi dǎ dào!
Jump! Jump! Missed me! Missed me!
- the Schoolboy 这是你的书！很重吧？给你！
Zhè shì nǐ de shū! Hěn zhòng ba? Gěi nǐ!
This is your book! Heavy, isn't it? Here you go!
- Narrator 书飞过去，打到了欧金尼奥的头。
Shū fēi guòqu, dǎ dào le Ōujīnní'ào de tóu.
The book flew past him and hit Eugenio on the head.
- the Schoolboy 他倒了！脸好白！不动了！他……他死了！快跑！
Tā dǎo le! Liǎn hǎo bái! Bú dòng le! Tā… tā sǐ le! Kuài pǎo!
He fell! His face is so white! He's not moving! He's... he's dead! Run!
- Pinocchio 别跑！回来！你们回来啊！
Bié pǎo! Huílai! Nǐmen huílai a!
Don't run! Come back! Come back, all of you!
- Pinocchio 欧金尼奥！你看看我！你说话啊！
Ōujīnní'ào! Nǐ kànkan wǒ! Nǐ shuōhuà a!
Eugenio! Look at me! Say something!
- Narrator 这时候，两个警察来了，还有一只大狗。
Zhè shíhou, liǎng gè jǐngchá lái le, hái yǒu yì zhī dà gǒu.
Just then, two policemen came, with a big dog.
- The Policeman 这本书是谁的？
Zhè běn shū shì shéi de?
Whose book is this?
- Pinocchio ……是我的。
…Shì wǒ de.
...It's mine.
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What changed in the story?
- How does Pinocchio stop the boy from pulling his nose?
“别动我的鼻子！我的脚是木头做的！”……“疼！疼！”
- What does the Fairy warn Pinocchio about?
“可是那些孩子不爱学习，别跟他们玩。”
- Why does Pinocchio rush to the beach?
“大鲨鱼？爸爸在它的肚子里！我要去！”
- Why are the boys angry with Pinocchio?
“你天天学习，让我们很难看！”
- Whose book hits Eugenio?
“这是你的书！很重吧？给你！”……“……是我的。”