Rumpelstiltskin · chapter 2 of 4
The Promise
戒指和孩子
On the second night, Anna gives away her ring. On the third, she has nothing left, and the little man asks for something much bigger.
Read what you hear
- Anna 这个房间更大！稻草更多！
Zhège fángjiān gèng dà! Dàocǎo gèng duō!
This room is bigger! There's even more straw!
- Anna 小人，你在吗？
Xiǎorén, nǐ zài ma?
Little man, are you there?
- The Little Man 我在这儿！今天你给我什么？
Wǒ zài zhèr! Jīntiān nǐ gěi wǒ shénme?
I'm right here! What will you give me today?
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- Anna 项链没有了。这个戒指，你要吗？
Xiàngliàn méiyǒu le. Zhège jièzhi, nǐ yào ma?
The necklace is gone. Would you like this ring?
- The Little Man 戒指！好看，好看！我很喜欢这个戒指！
Jièzhi! Hǎokàn, hǎokàn! Wǒ hěn xǐhuan zhège jièzhi!
A ring! Pretty, pretty! I love this ring!
- The Little Man 你不要看！我来做金子！
Nǐ bú yào kàn! Wǒ lái zuò jīnzi!
Don't look! I'll make the gold!
- Anna 你真的会做吗？这么多！
Nǐ zhēn de huì zuò ma? Zhème duō!
Can you really do it? There's so much!
- The Little Man 我是谁？我很快！转，转，转！
Wǒ shì shéi? Wǒ hěn kuài! Zhuàn, zhuàn, zhuàn!
Who am I? I'm fast! Spin, spin, spin!
- The Little Man 不说！我不告诉你！转，转，转！
Bù shuō! Wǒ bú gàosu nǐ! Zhuàn, zhuàn, zhuàn!
I won't say! I won't tell you! Spin, spin, spin!
- Anna 小人，你叫什么名字？
Xiǎorén, nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
Little man, what's your name?
- The King 又是金子！这么多金子！你真聪明！我太高兴了！
Yòu shì jīnzi! Zhème duō jīnzi! Nǐ zhēn cōngming! Wǒ tài gāoxìng le!
More gold! So much gold! You're so clever! I'm so happy!
- Anna 谢谢国王。
Xièxie guówáng.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
- The King 可是我还要更多。今天晚上，最大的房间，最多的稻草！
Kěshì wǒ hái yào gèng duō. Jīntiān wǎnshang, zuì dà de fángjiān, zuì duō de dàocǎo!
But I want even more. Tonight, the biggest room, with the most straw!
- The King 今天晚上，你有金子，你就是我的王后！
Jīntiān wǎnshang, nǐ yǒu jīnzi, nǐ jiù shì wǒ de wánghòu!
Tonight, if you have gold, you will be my queen!
- Anna 王后？我？
Wánghòu? Wǒ?
Queen? Me?
- The King 是的！我要最有钱的王后！
Shì de! Wǒ yào zuì yǒuqián de wánghòu!
Yes! I want the richest queen!
- Anna 我没有东西了。今天晚上，我给他什么？
Wǒ méiyǒu dōngxi le. Jīntiān wǎnshang, wǒ gěi tā shénme?
I have nothing left. Tonight, what can I give him?
- Anna 小人！小人！你在吗？
Xiǎorén! Xiǎorén! Nǐ zài ma?
Little man! Little man! Are you there?
- The Little Man 我在！今天你给我什么？
Wǒ zài! Jīntiān nǐ gěi wǒ shénme?
I'm here! What will you give me today?
- Anna 我什么都没有了。
Wǒ shénme dōu méiyǒu le.
I have nothing at all.
- The Little Man 什么都没有？那不行！
Shénme dōu méiyǒu? Nà bù xíng!
Nothing at all? Oh, that won't do!
- Anna 请你帮帮我。国王在等金子，我不能没有金子！
Qǐng nǐ bāngbang wǒ. Guówáng zài děng jīnzi, wǒ bù néng méiyǒu jīnzi!
Please help me. The king is waiting for gold, and I must have some!
- The Little Man 你以后是王后，对不对？
Nǐ yǐhòu shì wánghòu, duì bu duì?
You'll be queen later, won't you?
- Anna 是……国王这样说。
Shì... guówáng zhèyàng shuō.
Yes... that's what the king says.
- The Little Man 那你以后有孩子。第一个孩子，给我！
Nà nǐ yǐhòu yǒu háizi. Dì yī gè háizi, gěi wǒ!
Then you'll have a child. Your first child, give it to me!
- Anna 孩子？不，不行！
Háizi? Bù, bù xíng!
A child? No, I can't!
- Anna 国王在等我。我没有别的办法……
Guówáng zài děng wǒ. Wǒ méiyǒu bié de bànfǎ...
The king is waiting for me. I have no other way...
- Anna 好……我给你。我给你我的第一个孩子。
Hǎo... wǒ gěi nǐ. Wǒ gěi nǐ wǒ de dì yī gè háizi.
All right... I'll give you my first child.
- The Little Man 好！很好！转，转，转！
Hǎo! Hěn hǎo! Zhuàn, zhuàn, zhuàn!
Good! Very good! Spin, spin, spin!
- The Little Man 记住！一年以后，我来拿你的孩子！
Jìzhù! Yì nián yǐhòu, wǒ lái ná nǐ de háizi!
Remember! In one year, I'll come for your child!
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What changed in the story?
- What does Anna give the little man on the second night?
“这个戒指，你要吗？”
- What does the king promise if she makes gold a third time?
“你有金子，你就是我的王后！”
- Why does the little man object on the third night?
“我什么都没有了。”……“什么都没有？那不行！”
- What does the little man ask for on the third night?
“第一个孩子，给我！”
- When will he come for it?
“一年以后，我来拿你的孩子！”