Snow White · chapter 14 of 15
Down the Mountain
下山
The prince's men carry the glass coffin down the stony mountain path, with the prince close beside it, until one of them misses what lies ahead.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 这天早上，王子和他的人在下山。
Zhè tiān zǎoshang, wángzǐ hé tā de rén zài xià shān.
That morning, the prince and his men were going down the mountain.
- The Prince 白雪公主，你在玻璃棺材里，真像在睡觉。我在这儿。
Báixuě gōngzhǔ, nǐ zài bōli guāncai li, zhēn xiàng zài shuìjiào. Wǒ zài zhèr.
Snow White, in the glass coffin you look just as if you're asleep. I'm right here.
- Narrator 有一个人没有看见前边的小树。
Yǒu yí gè rén méiyǒu kànjiàn qiánbian de xiǎo shù.
One of the men didn't see a bush in front of him.
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- The Prince 天哪！你们看！她吃的那一口毒苹果，出来了！
Tiān na! Nǐmen kàn! Tā chī de nà yì kǒu dú píngguǒ, chūlái le!
Oh my! Look! The bite of poisoned apple she ate has come out!
- The Prince 白雪公主？你醒了？
Báixuě gōngzhǔ? Nǐ xǐng le?
Snow White? Are you awake?
- Snow White 我在哪儿？
Wǒ zài nǎr?
Where am I?
- The Prince 你在我这儿！不要怕。
Nǐ zài wǒ zhèr! Bú yào pà.
You're here with me! Don't be afraid.
- Snow White 你是谁？你不是老奶奶吧？
Nǐ shì shéi? Nǐ bú shì lǎonǎinai ba?
Who are you? You're not an old woman, are you?
- The Prince 老奶奶？不是！我是王子。
Lǎonǎinai? Bú shì! Wǒ shì wángzǐ.
An old woman? No! I'm a prince.
- Snow White 王子？这是……玻璃棺材？我死了吗？
Wángzǐ? Zhè shì… bōli guāncai? Wǒ sǐ le ma?
A prince? Is this... a glass coffin? Am I dead?
- The Prince 你没有死！你吃了王后的毒苹果，睡了很多年。
Nǐ méiyǒu sǐ! Nǐ chī le wánghòu de dú píngguǒ, shuì le hěn duō nián.
You're not dead! You ate the Queen's poisoned apple and slept for many years.
- Snow White 那个卖苹果的老奶奶……也是王后？
Nàge mài píngguǒ de lǎonǎinai… yě shì wánghòu?
The old woman selling apples... was she the Queen too?
- The Prince 对。小矮人给你做了这口玻璃棺材，天天都来看你。
Duì. Xiǎo'ǎirén gěi nǐ zuò le zhè kǒu bōli guāncai, tiāntiān dōu lái kàn nǐ.
Yes. The dwarfs made you this glass coffin, and they came to see you every day.
- Snow White 很多年……那谁给小矮人做饭呢？
Hěn duō nián… nà shéi gěi xiǎo'ǎirén zuò fàn ne?
Many years... then who's been cooking for the dwarfs?
- The Prince 他们做的饭，我吃了……不太好吃！
Tāmen zuò de fàn, wǒ chī le… bú tài hǎochī!
I ate their cooking... it's not very good!
- Snow White 不要对他们说！他们会不高兴的。
Bú yào duì tāmen shuō! Tāmen huì bù gāoxìng de.
Don't tell them! They'd be upset.
- The Prince 白雪公主，你是我最爱的人。我不能没有你。
Báixuě gōngzhǔ, nǐ shì wǒ zuì ài de rén. Wǒ bù néng méiyǒu nǐ.
Snow White, you're the one I love most. I can't be without you.
- Snow White 真的吗？
Zhēn de ma?
Really?
- The Prince 真的。我们去我爸爸的王宫吧。做我的妻子，好吗？
Zhēn de. Wǒmen qù wǒ bàba de wánggōng ba. Zuò wǒ de qīzi, hǎo ma?
Really. Let's go to my father's palace. Will you be my wife?
- Snow White 我没有妈妈。在我爸爸的王宫里，也没有人爱我……
Wǒ méiyǒu māma. Zài wǒ bàba de wánggōng li, yě méiyǒu rén ài wǒ…
I have no mother. And in my father's palace, no one loved me...
- Snow White 现在，我有一个爱我的人了。好，我和你去！
Xiànzài, wǒ yǒu yí gè ài wǒ de rén le. Hǎo, wǒ hé nǐ qù!
Now I have someone who loves me. Yes, I'll go with you!
- The Prince 太好了！
Tài hǎo le!
Wonderful!
- Narrator 他们下了山，来到了王子爸爸的王宫。王宫很大，也很漂亮。
Tāmen xià le shān, lái dào le wángzǐ bàba de wánggōng. Wánggōng hěn dà, yě hěn piàoliang.
They went down the mountain and came to the prince's father's palace. It was big, and very beautiful.
- The Prince 这是我的家。现在，也是你的家。
Zhè shì wǒ de jiā. Xiànzài, yě shì nǐ de jiā.
This is my home. Now it's your home too.
- Narrator 王宫里的人都很忙：王子和白雪公主要结婚了。
Wánggōng li de rén dōu hěn máng: wángzǐ hé Báixuě gōngzhǔ yào jiéhūn le.
Everyone in the palace was busy: the prince and Snow White were going to be married.
- Snow White 我们结婚的时候，谁会来呢？
Wǒmen jiéhūn de shíhou, shéi huì lái ne?
Who will come to our wedding?
- The Prince 我爸爸请了好多人。王后……也会来。
Wǒ bàba qǐng le hǎo duō rén. Wánghòu… yě huì lái.
My father has invited a great many people. The Queen... will come too.
- Snow White 王后也来？她还会认识我吗？
Wánghòu yě lái? Tā hái huì rènshi wǒ ma?
The Queen is coming too? Will she still recognize me?
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What changed in the story?
- What makes the bite of poisoned apple come out?
“一个人没有看见前边的小树……她吃的那一口毒苹果，出来了！”
- What does Snow White ask the prince when she wakes?
“你不是老奶奶吧？”
- What did the dwarfs do while Snow White slept?
“小矮人给你做了这口玻璃棺材，天天都来看你。”
- What does the prince ask Snow White to do?
“我们去我爸爸的王宫吧。做我的妻子，好吗？”
- Who does the prince say will come to the wedding?
“我爸爸请了好多人。王后……也会来。”