Snow White · chapter 5 of 5
Waking Up
醒来
The little men keep watch over Snow White in a coffin of glass. Then a prince comes through the forest and asks for the one thing they will not sell.
Read what you hear
- Little Man 白雪公主！你怎么了？快起来！
Báixuě gōngzhǔ! Nǐ zěnme le? Kuài qǐlái!
Snow White! What's wrong? Get up, quick!
- Little Man 她不说话，也不动了……我们回来晚了！
Tā bù shuōhuà, yě bú dòng le… wǒmen huílái wǎn le!
She won't speak, she won't move… we came home too late!
- Narrator 七个小矮人在她身边，哭了三天。
Qī gè xiǎo'ǎirén zài tā shēnbiān, kū le sān tiān.
The seven little men stayed by her side and wept for three days.
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- Little Man 她的脸还是红红的，好像在睡觉……
Tā de liǎn hái shi hónghóng de, hǎoxiàng zài shuìjiào…
Her cheeks are still rosy. It's as if she's only sleeping…
- Little Man 我们给她做一个玻璃棺材吧，天天都能看见她。
Wǒmen gěi tā zuò yí gè bōli guāncai ba, tiāntiān dōu néng kànjiàn tā.
Let's make her a coffin of glass. Then we can still see her every day.
- Narrator 很久以后，一个王子走进了森林。
Hěn jiǔ yǐhòu, yí gè wángzǐ zǒujìn le sēnlín.
A long time afterward, a prince came into the forest.
- The Prince 那是什么？一个玻璃棺材？她……真美啊！
Nà shì shénme? Yí gè bōli guāncai? Tā… zhēn měi a!
What's that? A coffin made of glass? She's… so beautiful!
- Little Man 你是谁？别动她！
Nǐ shì shéi? Bié dòng tā!
Who are you? Don't touch her!
- The Prince 别怕，我是一个王子。她是谁？
Bié pà, wǒ shì yí gè wángzǐ. Tā shì shéi?
Don't be afraid. I'm a prince. Who is she?
- Little Man 她是白雪公主，我们的白雪公主。
Tā shì Báixuě gōngzhǔ, wǒmen de Báixuě gōngzhǔ.
She is Snow White. Our Snow White.
- The Prince 请把她给我吧！你们要什么，我都给你们。
Qǐng bǎ tā gěi wǒ ba! Nǐmen yào shénme, wǒ dōu gěi nǐmen.
Please let me have her! Whatever you want, I'll give it to you.
- Little Man 不！给多少金子也不行！
Bù! Gěi duōshao jīnzi yě bù xíng!
No! Not for all the gold in the world!
- The Prince 那就送给我吧。我天天都想看见她。我会一直保护她。
Nà jiù sòng gěi wǒ ba. Wǒ tiāntiān dōu xiǎng kànjiàn tā. Wǒ huì yìzhí bǎohù tā.
Then give her to me as a gift. I want to see her every day. I will always keep her safe.
- Little Man 他是个好人……好吧，你带她走吧。
Tā shì gè hǎorén… hǎo ba, nǐ dài tā zǒu ba.
He's a good man… All right. You may take her.
- Narrator 王子的人抬起玻璃棺材。一个人没站好，棺材动了一下！
Wángzǐ de rén táiqǐ bōli guāncai. Yí gè rén méi zhàn hǎo, guāncai dòng le yíxià!
The prince's men lifted the glass coffin. One of them stumbled, and the coffin gave a jolt!
- Narrator 那一口毒苹果，从她的嘴里掉了出来。
Nà yì kǒu dú píngguǒ, cóng tā de zuǐ lǐ diào le chūlái.
The bite of poisoned apple fell out of her mouth.
- Snow White 我……我在哪儿？
Wǒ… wǒ zài nǎr?
Where… where am I?
- The Prince 你在我身边！你醒了！
Nǐ zài wǒ shēnbiān! Nǐ xǐng le!
You're here with me! You're awake!
- Little Man 白雪公主醒了！她醒了！
Báixuě gōngzhǔ xǐng le! Tā xǐng le!
Snow White is awake! She's awake!
- Snow White 小矮人，是你们！谢谢你们！
Xiǎo'ǎirén, shì nǐmen! Xièxie nǐmen!
My little men, it's you! Thank you!
- The Prince 白雪公主，跟我回家吧。做我的妻子，好吗？
Báixuě gōngzhǔ, gēn wǒ huí jiā ba. Zuò wǒ de qīzi, hǎo ma?
Snow White, come home with me. Will you be my wife?
- Snow White 好。我跟你走。
Hǎo. Wǒ gēn nǐ zǒu.
Yes. I'll go with you.
- Narrator 后来，王子和白雪公主结婚了。坏王后呢？没有人再见过她。
Hòulái, wángzǐ hé Báixuě gōngzhǔ jiéhūn le. Huài wánghòu ne? Méiyǒu rén zài jiàn guo tā.
Later, the prince and Snow White were married. And the wicked queen? No one ever saw her again.
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What changed in the story?
- Why do the little men make a glass coffin?
“我们给她做一个玻璃棺材吧，天天都能看见她。”
- What does the prince offer the little men at first?
“你们要什么，我都给你们。”
- Why do the little men let the prince take her in the end?
“我天天都想看见她。我会一直保护她。”……“他是个好人”
- What wakes Snow White up?
“一个人没站好，棺材动了一下！”……“那一口毒苹果，从她的嘴里掉了出来。”
- What happens to the wicked queen?
“没有人再见过她。”