Snow White · chapter 9 of 15
The Secret Room
没有人去的房间
The sun goes down over the little house, where Snow White lies with the comb in her hair. Far away, the Queen hurries home to her mirror.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 晚上，七个小矮人回到家，看见白雪公主在地上。
Wǎnshang, qī gè xiǎo'ǎirén huí dào jiā, kànjiàn Báixuě gōngzhǔ zài dìshang.
That evening, the seven dwarfs came home and saw Snow White on the floor.
- The Seventh Dwarf 不要！白雪公主，你不要死！
Bú yào! Báixuě gōngzhǔ, nǐ bú yào sǐ!
No! Snow White, please don't die!
- The First Dwarf 带子没有问题……是王后！她今天也来了。
Dàizi méiyǒu wèntí… shì wánghòu! Tā jīntiān yě lái le.
Her laces are fine... it's the Queen! She came today too.
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- The Seventh Dwarf 这是什么？她的头发里有一个梳子！
Zhè shì shénme? Tā de tóufa li yǒu yí gè shūzi!
What's this? There's a comb in her hair!
- The First Dwarf 给我！好了，梳子出来了。
Gěi wǒ! Hǎo le, shūzi chūlái le.
Give it here! There, the comb is out.
- The Seventh Dwarf 白雪公主醒了！她在看我们！
Báixuě gōngzhǔ xǐng le! Tā zài kàn wǒmen!
Snow White is awake! She's looking at us!
- Snow White 对不起……一个老奶奶来卖梳子，我开门了。
Duìbuqǐ… yí gè lǎonǎinai lái mài shūzi, wǒ kāi mén le.
I'm sorry... an old woman came selling a comb, and I opened the door.
- The First Dwarf 那个梳子有毒。那个老奶奶，也是王后！
Nàge shūzi yǒu dú. Nàge lǎonǎinai, yě shì wánghòu!
That comb was poisoned. That old woman was the Queen too!
- Snow White 有毒？那么好看的梳子……
Yǒu dú? Nàme hǎokàn de shūzi…
Poisoned? Such a pretty comb...
- Snow White 也是王后？我真不知道……
Yě shì wánghòu? Wǒ zhēn bù zhīdào…
The Queen again? I really didn't know...
- The First Dwarf 她今天来了，明天也会来。
Tā jīntiān lái le, míngtiān yě huì lái.
She came today, and she'll come tomorrow too.
- The Seventh Dwarf 白雪公主，不要给人开门！
Báixuě gōngzhǔ, bú yào gěi rén kāi mén!
Snow White, don't open the door to anyone!
- Snow White 谁来，我都不开。老奶奶来，我也不开！
Shéi lái, wǒ dōu bù kāi. Lǎonǎinai lái, wǒ yě bù kāi!
Whoever comes, I won't open it. Not even for an old woman!
- The Seventh Dwarf 那我们回来呢？
Nà wǒmen huílái ne?
And when we come home?
- Snow White 你们？我天天给你们开门！
Nǐmen? Wǒ tiāntiān gěi nǐmen kāi mén!
You? I'll open the door for you every day!
- Narrator 回到王宫，王后去问魔镜。
Huí dào wánggōng, wánghòu qù wèn mójìng.
Back at the palace, the Queen went to ask her magic mirror.
- 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?
- The Magic Mirror 王后，您很漂亮。在山那边，在七个小矮人的家里，白雪公主最漂亮。
Wánghòu, nín hěn piàoliang. Zài shān nàbiān, zài qī gè xiǎo'ǎirén de jiā li, Báixuě gōngzhǔ zuì piàoliang.
My Queen, you are very beautiful. Beyond the mountains, in the house of the seven dwarfs, Snow White is the most beautiful.
- The Queen 白雪公主还没有死？是那七个小矮人！
Báixuě gōngzhǔ hái méiyǒu sǐ? Shì nà qī gè xiǎo'ǎirén!
Snow White still isn't dead? It's those seven dwarfs!
- The Queen 白雪公主要死！我死，她也要死！
Báixuě gōngzhǔ yào sǐ! Wǒ sǐ, tā yě yào sǐ!
Snow White must die! Even if it costs my life, she will die!
- Narrator 王宫里有一个房间，没有人去。
Wánggōng li yǒu yí gè fángjiān, méiyǒu rén qù.
In the palace there was a room where no one ever went.
- The Queen 这个房间里，没有人能看见我。
Zhège fángjiān li, méiyǒu rén néng kànjiàn wǒ.
In this room, no one can see me.
- The Queen 白雪公主，你想吃苹果吗？
Báixuě gōngzhǔ, nǐ xiǎng chī píngguǒ ma?
Snow White, would you like an apple?
- The Queen 我要做一个苹果。一半白，一半红。
Wǒ yào zuò yí gè píngguǒ. Yíbàn bái, yíbàn hóng.
I'll make an apple. Half white, half red.
- The Queen 红的一半有毒。只吃一口，也会死！
Hóng de yíbàn yǒu dú. Zhǐ chī yì kǒu, yě huì sǐ!
The red half is poisoned. Just one bite is enough to kill!
- The Queen 白白的，红红的，多好看的苹果！
Báibái de, hónghóng de, duō hǎokàn de píngguǒ!
So white, so red, what a pretty apple!
- Narrator 第二天早上，苹果做好了。
Dì èr tiān zǎoshang, píngguǒ zuò hǎo le.
By the next morning, the apple was ready.
- The Queen 现在，我是一个卖苹果的老奶奶。
Xiànzài, wǒ shì yí gè mài píngguǒ de lǎonǎinai.
Now I am an old woman who sells apples.
- The Queen 好苹果，便宜卖！白雪公主，你会吃吗？
Hǎo píngguǒ, piányi mài! Báixuě gōngzhǔ, nǐ huì chī ma?
Good apples, going cheap! Snow White, will you take a bite?
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What changed in the story?
- What do the dwarfs find in Snow White's hair?
“她的头发里有一个梳子！”
- Who does the first dwarf say the old woman with the comb was?
“那个梳子有毒。那个老奶奶，也是王后！”
- What does Snow White say she will do when the dwarfs come home?
“你们？我天天给你们开门！”
- Where does the Queen make her apple?
“王宫里有一个房间，没有人去。”
- Which half of the Queen's apple is poisoned?
“红的一半有毒。”