Snow White · chapter 8 of 15
The Comb
梳子
Another old woman calls at the window with something pretty to sell. Snow White has promised the dwarfs twice now. Will she keep her word?
Read what you hear
- Narrator 下午，白雪公主一个人在家做饭。
Xiàwǔ, Báixuě gōngzhǔ yí gè rén zài jiā zuò fàn.
In the afternoon, Snow White was home alone, cooking.
- Snow White 今天的菜，第七个小矮人会说：最好吃！
Jīntiān de cài, dì qī gè xiǎo'ǎirén huì shuō: zuì hǎochī!
Today's dinner? The seventh dwarf will say: the best ever!
- Snow White 今天谁来，我都不开门！
Jīntiān shéi lái, wǒ dōu bù kāi mén!
Whoever comes today, I won't open the door!
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- The Queen 好东西，便宜卖！孩子，你看一看吧！
Hǎo dōngxi, piányi mài! Háizi, nǐ kàn yi kàn ba!
Good wares, going cheap! Come and have a look, child!
- Snow White 窗户外边是一个老奶奶。那天的老奶奶是王后……这个呢？
Chuānghu wàibian shì yí gè lǎonǎinai. Nà tiān de lǎonǎinai shì wánghòu… zhège ne?
There's an old woman outside the window. The old woman that day was the Queen... and this one?
- Snow White 老奶奶，您回去吧。小矮人说，不要给人开门。
Lǎonǎinai, nín huíqù ba. Xiǎo'ǎirén shuō, bú yào gěi rén kāi mén.
Please go home, ma'am. The dwarfs said not to open the door to anyone.
- The Queen 你不开门，没关系。你看一看，可以吧？
Nǐ bù kāi mén, méi guānxi. Nǐ kàn yi kàn, kěyǐ ba?
Never mind the door. You can still look, can't you?
- Snow White 您卖什么？
Nín mài shénme?
What are you selling?
- The Queen 一个梳子，王宫里也没有这么好看的！
Yí gè shūzi, wánggōng li yě méiyǒu zhème hǎokàn de!
A comb! Not even the palace has one this pretty!
- Snow White 天哪，真好看！我很想要一个梳子。
Tiān na, zhēn hǎokàn! Wǒ hěn xiǎng yào yí gè shūzi.
Oh my, it's lovely! I'd so love a comb.
- The Queen 很多女孩子都买了。你不想要吗？
Hěn duō nǚháizi dōu mǎi le. Nǐ bù xiǎng yào ma?
Lots of girls have bought one. Don't you want it?
- Snow White 我开门，只看一下……没关系吧？
Wǒ kāi mén, zhǐ kàn yíxià… méi guānxi ba?
If I open the door just to look... that's all right, isn't it?
- Narrator 白雪公主开了门。
Báixuě gōngzhǔ kāi le mén.
Snow White opened the door.
- The Queen 孩子，你真漂亮！
Háizi, nǐ zhēn piàoliang!
Child, how beautiful you are!
- Snow White 老奶奶，这个梳子多少钱？
Lǎonǎinai, zhège shūzi duōshao qián?
Ma'am, how much is this comb?
- The Queen 不贵。你给多少钱，我都卖给你。
Bú guì. Nǐ gěi duōshao qián, wǒ dōu mài gěi nǐ.
It's not expensive. Whatever you give, it's yours.
- Snow White 我只有一点儿钱。这些，可以吗？
Wǒ zhǐ yǒu yìdiǎnr qián. Zhèxiē, kěyǐ ma?
I only have a little money. Is this enough?
- The Queen 好。来，你坐下。老奶奶给你梳一梳头发。
Hǎo. Lái, nǐ zuò xià. Lǎonǎinai gěi nǐ shū yi shū tóufa.
That will do. Come, sit down. Let me comb your hair for you.
- The Queen 她不知道，这个梳子有毒……
Tā bù zhīdào, zhège shūzi yǒu dú…
She doesn't know this comb is poisoned...
- Snow White 我没有妈妈，没有人给我梳头发。
Wǒ méiyǒu māma, méiyǒu rén gěi wǒ shū tóufa.
I have no mother. No one combs my hair for me.
- The Queen 孩子，今天，老奶奶好好地给你梳一次。
Háizi, jīntiān, lǎonǎinai hǎohǎo de gěi nǐ shū yí cì.
Today, child, this old woman will give it a proper combing for once.
- Narrator 梳子在白雪公主的黑头发里。
Shūzi zài Báixuě gōngzhǔ de hēi tóufa li.
The comb slid into Snow White's black hair.
- Snow White 老奶奶，我看不见您了……
Lǎonǎinai, wǒ kàn bu jiàn nín le…
Ma'am, I can't see you anymore...
- The Queen 现在，你死了！最漂亮的是我！
Xiànzài, nǐ sǐ le! Zuì piàoliang de shì wǒ!
Now you're dead! The most beautiful one is me!
- The Queen 小矮人，带子开了，她醒了。这次，你们还能做什么？
Xiǎo'ǎirén, dàizi kāi le, tā xǐng le. Zhè cì, nǐmen hái néng zuò shénme?
Dwarfs! The laces came undone, and she woke up. What can you do this time?
- Narrator 天要黑了。白雪公主在地上，一动也不动。
Tiān yào hēi le. Báixuě gōngzhǔ zài dìshang, yí dòng yě bú dòng.
Night was coming. Snow White lay on the floor, perfectly still.
- The Queen 小矮人晚上回来。那时候，太晚了！
Xiǎo'ǎirén wǎnshang huílái. Nà shíhou, tài wǎn le!
The dwarfs come home at night. By then, it will be too late!
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What changed in the story?
- What does Snow White first tell the old woman at the window?
“老奶奶，您回去吧。”
- What does the old woman hold up to show Snow White?
“一个梳子，王宫里也没有这么好看的！”
- Why does Snow White say no one combs her hair?
“我没有妈妈，没有人给我梳头发。”
- What happens to Snow White when the comb is in her hair?
“老奶奶，我看不见您了……”
- What does the Queen say about the dwarfs as she leaves?
“小矮人晚上回来。那时候，太晚了！”