Snow White · chapter 3 of 5
Seven Little Men
七个小矮人
Seven little bowls, seven little cups, seven little beds. Snow White falls asleep in a stranger's house, and its owners are on their way home.
Read what you hear
- Snow White 好干净的小房子！桌子上有七个小碗，七个小杯子。
Hǎo gānjìng de xiǎo fángzi! Zhuōzi shang yǒu qī gè xiǎo wǎn, qī gè xiǎo bēizi.
What a clean little house! There are seven little bowls on the table, and seven little cups.
- Snow White 我好饿……每个碗里，我只吃一口。
Wǒ hǎo è… měi gè wǎn lǐ, wǒ zhǐ chī yì kǒu.
I'm so hungry… I'll take just one bite from each bowl.
- Snow White 七张小床！这张太短，这张太小……这张正好！
Qī zhāng xiǎo chuáng! Zhè zhāng tài duǎn, zhè zhāng tài xiǎo… zhè zhāng zhènghǎo!
Seven little beds! This one's too short, this one's too small… this one's just right!
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- Narrator 白雪公主太累了，她很快就睡了。
Báixuě gōngzhǔ tài lèi le, tā hěn kuài jiù shuì le.
Snow White was so tired that she fell asleep right away.
- Narrator 天黑了，七个小矮人从山里回来了。
Tiān hēi le, qī gè xiǎo'ǎirén cóng shān lǐ huílái le.
When night came, seven little men came home from the mountains.
- Little Man 谁坐了我们的椅子？谁吃了我们的饭？
Shéi zuò le wǒmen de yǐzi? Shéi chī le wǒmen de fàn?
Who's been sitting in our chairs? Who's been eating our food?
- Little Man 谁喝了我们的水？谁来过我们家？
Shéi hē le wǒmen de shuǐ? Shéi lái guo wǒmen jiā?
Who's been drinking our water? Who's been in our house?
- Little Man 快拿灯来！你们看，我的床上有一个女孩！
Kuài ná dēng lái! Nǐmen kàn, wǒ de chuáng shang yǒu yí gè nǚhái!
Quick, bring the lamps! Look, there's a girl in my bed!
- Little Man 她好美啊！小声点儿，让她睡吧。
Tā hǎo měi a! Xiǎoshēng diǎnr, ràng tā shuì ba.
She's so beautiful! Quiet, now. Let her sleep.
- Narrator 第二天早上，白雪公主醒了。
Dì èr tiān zǎoshang, Báixuě gōngzhǔ xǐng le.
The next morning, Snow White woke up.
- Snow White 你们……你们是谁？
Nǐmen… nǐmen shì shéi?
Who… who are you?
- Little Man 别怕！这是我们的家。你叫什么名字？
Bié pà! Zhè shì wǒmen de jiā. Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
Don't be afraid! This is our home. What's your name?
- Snow White 我叫白雪公主。
Wǒ jiào Báixuě gōngzhǔ.
My name is Snow White.
- Little Man 白雪公主，你怎么到我们家来了？
Báixuě gōngzhǔ, nǐ zěnme dào wǒmen jiā lái le?
Snow White, how did you end up at our house?
- Snow White 王后是我的后妈。她不要我活着。
Wánghòu shì wǒ de hòumā. Tā bú yào wǒ huózhe.
The queen is my stepmother. She doesn't want me alive.
- Snow White 猎人让我跑。我跑了一天，才找到这里。
Lièrén ràng wǒ pǎo. Wǒ pǎo le yì tiān, cái zhǎodào zhèlǐ.
The hunter let me run away. I ran all day before I found this place.
- Little Man 你就住在我们这里吧！你帮我们做饭、洗衣服，好吗？
Nǐ jiù zhù zài wǒmen zhèlǐ ba! Nǐ bāng wǒmen zuò fàn, xǐ yīfu, hǎo ma?
Then stay here with us! You can cook and wash for us. All right?
- Snow White 好！谢谢你们！
Hǎo! Xièxie nǐmen!
Yes! Thank you all so much!
- Little Man 我们天天去山里工作，你一个人在家。
Wǒmen tiāntiān qù shān lǐ gōngzuò, nǐ yí gè rén zài jiā.
Every day we go off to work in the mountains, and you'll be home alone.
- Little Man 记住：谁来了都不要开门，谁给你东西都不要拿！
Jìzhù: shéi lái le dōu búyào kāi mén, shéi gěi nǐ dōngxi dōu búyào ná!
Remember: no matter who comes, don't open the door, and no matter who offers you something, don't take it!
- Snow White 谁来了都不开？
Shéi lái le dōu bù kāi?
Not for anyone at all?
- Little Man 谁来了都不开！王后很快会知道你在这里。
Shéi lái le dōu bù kāi! Wánghòu hěn kuài huì zhīdào nǐ zài zhèlǐ.
Not for anyone! The queen will soon find out you're here.
- Snow White 王后……她会来找我吗？
Wánghòu… tā huì lái zhǎo wǒ ma?
The queen… will she come looking for me?
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What changed in the story?
- What does Snow White see on the little table?
“桌子上有七个小碗，七个小杯子。”
- How much does she eat from each bowl?
“每个碗里，我只吃一口。”
- Where do the little men find her?
“我的床上有一个女孩！”
- What do the little men ask her to do if she stays?
“你帮我们做饭、洗衣服”
- What is the little men's warning?
“谁来了都不要开门”