Snow White · chapter 15 of 15
The Mirror's Last Answer
魔镜最后的话
The wedding day comes. The Queen puts on her finest gown and asks her magic mirror, one more time, who is the most beautiful.
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- Narrator 王子结婚的那天，王后穿上了她最好看的衣服。
Wángzǐ jiéhūn de nà tiān, wánghòu chuān shàng le tā zuì hǎokàn de yīfu.
On the day of the prince's wedding, the Queen put on her most beautiful gown.
- The Queen 这件衣服真好看。今天，大家都会看我。谁也没有我漂亮！
Zhè jiàn yīfu zhēn hǎokàn. Jīntiān, dàjiā dōu huì kàn wǒ. Shéi yě méiyǒu wǒ piàoliang!
This gown is so lovely. Today everyone will be looking at me. No one is as beautiful as I am!
- The Queen 魔镜，魔镜，你说，谁最漂亮？
Mójìng, mójìng, nǐ shuō, shéi zuì piàoliang?
Magic mirror, magic mirror, tell me: who is the most beautiful?
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- The Magic Mirror 王后，您很漂亮。新王后最漂亮。
Wánghòu, nín hěn piàoliang. Xīn wánghòu zuì piàoliang.
My Queen, you are very beautiful. The young queen is the most beautiful.
- The Queen 不！最漂亮的是我！新王后是谁？
Bù! Zuì piàoliang de shì wǒ! Xīn wánghòu shì shéi?
No! I am the most beautiful! Who is this young queen?
- The Queen 我不认识她，也不想看见她！我不去了！
Wǒ bú rènshi tā, yě bù xiǎng kànjiàn tā! Wǒ bú qù le!
I don't know her, and I don't want to see her! I'm not going!
- The Queen 不……我要去。我要看看，她有多漂亮！
Bù… wǒ yào qù. Wǒ yào kànkan, tā yǒu duō piàoliang!
No... I'll go. I have to see just how beautiful she is!
- Narrator 王子爸爸的王宫里，人很多，都很高兴。
Wángzǐ bàba de wánggōng li, rén hěn duō, dōu hěn gāoxìng.
At the prince's father's palace there were crowds of people, all of them full of joy.
- Snow White 王后今天真的会来吗？我有一点儿怕。
Wánghòu jīntiān zhēn de huì lái ma? Wǒ yǒu yìdiǎnr pà.
Will the Queen really come today? I'm a little afraid.
- The Prince 不要怕，有我在。
Bú yào pà, yǒu wǒ zài.
Don't be afraid. I'm here.
- Snow White 带子、梳子，还有苹果……都是她。她想要我死。
Dàizi, shūzi, hái yǒu píngguǒ… dōu shì tā. Tā xiǎng yào wǒ sǐ.
The laces, the comb, and the apple... it was all her. She wants me dead.
- The Prince 今天，谁也不能对你怎么样。
Jīntiān, shéi yě bù néng duì nǐ zěnmeyàng.
Today, no one can hurt you.
- Snow White 人真多！我一个也不认识。
Rén zhēn duō! Wǒ yí gè yě bú rènshi.
So many people! I don't know a single one.
- The Prince 你看，好多好吃的！都不是小矮人做的。
Nǐ kàn, hǎo duō hǎochī de! Dōu bú shì xiǎo'ǎirén zuò de.
Look at all this good food! And none of it made by the dwarfs.
- Snow White 小矮人做的饭也很好吃！好吧……不太好吃。
Xiǎo'ǎirén zuò de fàn yě hěn hǎochī! Hǎo ba… bú tài hǎochī.
The dwarfs' cooking is very good too! Well... not very good.
- The Prince 我们去看他们的时候，我什么都不会说！
Wǒmen qù kàn tāmen de shíhou, wǒ shénme dōu bú huì shuō!
When we go to see them, I won't say a thing!
- The Queen 我来了。新王后在哪儿？
Wǒ lái le. Xīn wánghòu zài nǎr?
I'm here. Where is the young queen?
- Snow White 看，门那边……是王后！
Kàn, mén nàbiān… shì wánghòu!
Look, over by the door... It's the Queen!
- The Queen 那是……白雪公主？她没有死！
Nà shì… Báixuě gōngzhǔ? Tā méiyǒu sǐ!
That's... Snow White? She isn't dead!
- Narrator 王后在门边，不说话了。她很生气，也很怕。
Wánghòu zài mén biān, bù shuōhuà le. Tā hěn shēngqì, yě hěn pà.
By the door, the Queen said no more. She was furious, and afraid.
- Snow White 她知道是我了……她会怎么做？
Tā zhīdào shì wǒ le… tā huì zěnme zuò?
She knows it's me... What will she do?
- The Prince 不要看她。看我，白雪公主。
Bú yào kàn tā. Kàn wǒ, Báixuě gōngzhǔ.
Don't look at her. Look at me, Snow White.
- Narrator 王后只能穿上红红的、很热的铁鞋跳舞，跳到死。
Wánghòu zhǐ néng chuān shàng hónghóng de, hěn rè de tiě xié tiàowǔ, tiào dào sǐ.
The Queen had to put on iron shoes, red and burning hot, and dance until she died.
- Snow White 她不会再来了，是吗？
Tā bú huì zài lái le, shì ma?
She'll never come again, will she?
- The Prince 不会了。现在，你什么都不要怕了。
Bú huì le. Xiànzài, nǐ shénme dōu bú yào pà le.
Never. Now there is nothing for you to be afraid of.
- Snow White 你听，大家还在唱歌。
Nǐ tīng, dàjiā hái zài chànggē.
Listen, everyone is still singing.
- The Prince 来，我们也去吧。白雪公主，你还想要什么？
Lái, wǒmen yě qù ba. Báixuě gōngzhǔ, nǐ hái xiǎng yào shénme?
Come, let's go and join them. Snow White, is there anything else you want?
- Snow White 我只想要一个家，一个爱我的人。现在，我都有了。
Wǒ zhǐ xiǎng yào yí gè jiā, yí gè ài wǒ de rén. Xiànzài, wǒ dōu yǒu le.
All I wanted was a home, and someone who loves me. Now I have both.
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What changed in the story?
- What does the magic mirror tell the Queen on the wedding day?
“王后，您很漂亮。新王后最漂亮。”
- Why does the Queen decide to go to the wedding after all?
“我要去。我要看看，她有多漂亮！”
- What does the prince tell Snow White before the Queen arrives?
“今天，谁也不能对你怎么样。”
- How does the Queen feel when she sees Snow White?
“她很生气，也很怕。”
- What does Snow White say she has now?
“我只想要一个家，一个爱我的人。现在，我都有了。”