Snow White · chapter 3 of 15
Seven Little Men
七个小矮人
Night falls over the great forest, and Snow White, hungry and all alone, runs on with nowhere to sleep.
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- Snow White 不要哭，白雪公主！跑！
Bú yào kū, Báixuě gōngzhǔ! Pǎo!
Don't cry, Snow White! Run!
- Narrator 那天晚上，白雪公主一个人在森林里跑。
Nà tiān wǎnshang, Báixuě gōngzhǔ yí gè rén zài sēnlín li pǎo.
That evening, Snow White ran through the forest all alone.
- Snow White 天哪，好多动物！
Tiān na, hǎo duō dòngwù!
Oh no, so many animals!
- Snow White 它们都跑了……它们没有吃我！谢谢你们！
Tāmen dōu pǎo le… tāmen méiyǒu chī wǒ! Xièxie nǐmen!
They've all run off... They didn't eat me! Thank you!
- Narrator 天黑的时候，她看见了一个小家。
Tiān hēi de shíhou, tā kànjiàn le yí gè xiǎo jiā.
As night fell, she saw a little house.
- Snow White 有人在家吗？没有人……门开了！
Yǒu rén zài jiā ma? Méiyǒu rén… mén kāi le!
Is anyone home? No one... The door's open!
- Snow White 小家里什么都是小的：小桌子，小椅子，小杯子。
Xiǎo jiā li shénme dōu shì xiǎo de: xiǎo zhuōzi, xiǎo yǐzi, xiǎo bēizi.
Everything in this little house is little: a little table, little chairs, little cups.
- Snow White 一、二、三……七！七个小盘子，七个小杯子！
Yī, èr, sān… qī! Qī gè xiǎo pánzi, qī gè xiǎo bēizi!
One, two, three... seven! Seven little plates, seven little cups!
- Snow White 还有小刀和小叉子……这是七个孩子的家吗？
Hái yǒu xiǎo dāo hé xiǎo chāzi… zhè shì qī gè háizi de jiā ma?
And little knives and little forks... Is this the home of seven children?
- Snow White 我一天没有吃东西了。我能吃一点儿吗？
Wǒ yì tiān méiyǒu chī dōngxi le. Wǒ néng chī yìdiǎnr ma?
I haven't eaten anything all day. May I have a little?
- Snow White 一个盘子吃一口，一个杯子喝一口。不能只吃一个人的！
Yí gè pánzi chī yì kǒu, yí gè bēizi hē yì kǒu. Bù néng zhǐ chī yí gè rén de!
One bite from each plate, one sip from each cup. I mustn't eat just one person's food!
- Snow White 那边有小床！睡这儿？不好。睡那儿？也不好……
Nàbiān yǒu xiǎo chuáng! Shuì zhèr? Bù hǎo. Shuì nàr? Yě bù hǎo…
There are little beds over there! Sleep here? No good. There? No good either...
- Snow White 这儿好……这个小家真好。我也想有一个家……
Zhèr hǎo… zhège xiǎo jiā zhēn hǎo. Wǒ yě xiǎng yǒu yí gè jiā…
It's good here... This little house is so nice. I'd like a home too...
- Narrator 白雪公主睡了。天很晚了，七个小矮人回家了。
Báixuě gōngzhǔ shuì le. Tiān hěn wǎn le, qī gè xiǎo'ǎirén huí jiā le.
Snow White fell asleep. Late that night, the seven dwarfs came home.
- The First Dwarf 到家了！今天在山里，我们工作了一天。
Dào jiā le! Jīntiān zài shān li, wǒmen gōngzuò le yì tiān.
We're home! We worked all day in the mountains today.
- The Third Dwarf 好冷！灯呢？我来点。
Hǎo lěng! Dēng ne? Wǒ lái diǎn.
So cold! Where are the lamps? I'll light them.
- The First Dwarf 谁坐了我的小椅子？
Shéi zuò le wǒ de xiǎo yǐzi?
Who's been sitting in my little chair?
- The Second Dwarf 谁吃了我小盘子里的东西？
Shéi chī le wǒ xiǎo pánzi li de dōngxi?
Who's been eating off my little plate?
- The Third Dwarf 我的面包！谁吃了？
Wǒ de miànbāo! Shéi chī le?
My bread! Who ate it?
- The Fourth Dwarf 我的菜也少了！
Wǒ de cài yě shǎo le!
Some of my vegetables are gone too!
- The Fifth Dwarf 谁用了我的小叉子？
Shéi yòng le wǒ de xiǎo chāzi?
Who's been using my little fork?
- The Sixth Dwarf 我的小刀，谁用了？
Wǒ de xiǎo dāo, shéi yòng le?
My little knife, who's been using it?
- The Seventh Dwarf 还有我的杯子！谁喝了？
Hái yǒu wǒ de bēizi! Shéi hē le?
And my cup! Who's been drinking from it?
- The First Dwarf 你们看！谁在我的床上睡了？
Nǐmen kàn! Shéi zài wǒ de chuáng shang shuì le?
Look! Who's been sleeping in my bed?
- The Second Dwarf 我的也有人睡了！
Wǒ de yě yǒu rén shuì le!
Someone's slept in mine too!
- The Sixth Dwarf 我的也是！大家的都是！
Wǒ de yě shì! Dàjiā de dōu shì!
Mine too! All of ours!
- The Seventh Dwarf 我的床上……有一个人在睡觉！大家来看！
Wǒ de chuáng shang… yǒu yí gè rén zài shuìjiào! Dàjiā lái kàn!
In my bed... someone is asleep! Everybody, come and look!
- Narrator 七个小矮人和七个小灯，都在小床边。白雪公主还在睡。
Qī gè xiǎo'ǎirén hé qī gè xiǎo dēng, dōu zài xiǎo chuáng biān. Báixuě gōngzhǔ hái zài shuì.
Seven dwarfs and seven little lamps gathered at the little bed. Snow White slept on.
- The Fifth Dwarf 是一个姑娘！她是谁？是好人吗？
Shì yí gè gūniang! Tā shì shéi? Shì hǎorén ma?
It's a young woman! Who is she? Is she a good person?
- The First Dwarf 她吃了我们的饭，睡了我们的床……我们要怎么做？
Tā chī le wǒmen de fàn, shuì le wǒmen de chuáng… wǒmen yào zěnme zuò?
She ate our food and slept in our beds... What do we do with her?
What changed in the story?
- What do the wild animals do when they meet Snow White?
“它们都跑了……它们没有吃我！”
- Who does Snow White think lives in the little house?
“这是七个孩子的家吗？”
- Why does Snow White take only one bite from each plate?
“一个盘子吃一口……不能只吃一个人的！”
- Where have the seven dwarfs been all day?
“今天在山里，我们工作了一天。”
- What does the first dwarf ask the others at the end?
“她吃了我们的饭，睡了我们的床……我们要怎么做？”