The Bremen Town Musicians · chapter 3 of 3
Home at Last
我们的新家
A robber creeps back into the dark house to look for a ghost. He finds much more than he wanted.
Read what you hear
- Little Robber 老大叫我回来看看。这里真的有鬼吗？
Lǎodà jiào wǒ huílái kànkan. Zhèlǐ zhēn de yǒu guǐ ma?
The boss told me to come back and look. Is there really a ghost in here?
- Little Robber 我不怕，我不怕……啊，好黑啊！
Wǒ bú pà, wǒ bú pà… ā, hǎo hēi a!
I'm not scared, I'm not scared... Ah, it's so dark!
- Little Robber 那儿有亮亮的东西！两个亮亮的东西！我去点灯！
Nàr yǒu liàngliàng de dōngxi! Liǎng gè liàngliàng de dōngxi! Wǒ qù diǎn dēng!
There's something shiny over there! Two shiny things! I'll go light my candle!
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- Mimi 喵！这是我们的家！走开！
Miāo! Zhè shì wǒmen de jiā! Zǒu kāi!
Meow! This is our home! Get away!
- Little Robber 啊！鬼！鬼在抓我的脸！
Ā! Guǐ! Guǐ zài zhuā wǒ de liǎn!
Ah! A ghost! The ghost is scratching my face!
- Little Robber 门！门在哪儿？快跑……啊！
Mén! Mén zài nǎr? Kuài pǎo… ā!
The door! Where's the door? Run... ah!
- Dahuang 汪！汪！你想去哪儿？
Wāng! Wāng! Nǐ xiǎng qù nǎr?
Woof! Woof! Where do you think you're going?
- Little Robber 有人咬我的腿！疼！疼！
Yǒu rén yǎo wǒ de tuǐ! Téng! Téng!
Someone is biting my leg! Ow! Ow!
- Little Robber 我出来了！快跑……啊！
Wǒ chūlái le! Kuài pǎo… ā!
I'm out! Run... ah!
- Old Donkey 咿啊！谁在我身上跑？走开！
Yī ā! Shéi zài wǒ shēn shang pǎo? Zǒu kāi!
Hee-haw! Who's running on me? Go away!
- Little Robber 有一个又黑又大的东西打我！
Yǒu yí gè yòu hēi yòu dà de dōngxi dǎ wǒ!
Something big and black hit me!
- Dahong 喔喔喔！小偷！把小偷给我！
Wō wō wō! Xiǎotōu! Bǎ xiǎotōu gěi wǒ!
Cock-a-doodle-doo! Thief! Bring the thief to me!
- Little Robber 房子上还有一个人大叫！快跑！
Fángzi shàng hái yǒu yí gè rén dà jiào! Kuài pǎo!
And there's someone on the roof yelling! Run!
- Robber Boss 你怎么了？房子里有什么？
Nǐ zěnme le? Fángzi lǐ yǒu shénme?
What happened to you? What's in the house?
- Little Robber 老大！有鬼抓我的脸，还有鬼咬我的腿！
Lǎodà! Yǒu guǐ zhuā wǒ de liǎn, hái yǒu guǐ yǎo wǒ de tuǐ!
Boss! A ghost scratched my face, and another ghost bit my leg!
- Robber Boss 别说了！我们去别的森林，不回来了！
Bié shuō le! Wǒmen qù bié de sēnlín, bù huílái le!
Say no more! We're going to another forest, and we're never coming back!
- Little Robber 好！我们走得远一点！
Hǎo! Wǒmen zǒu de yuǎn yìdiǎn!
Yes! Let's go far away!
- Narrator 天亮了。公鸡在房子上大叫。强盗没有回来。
Tiān liàng le. Gōngjī zài fángzi shàng dà jiào. Qiángdào méiyǒu huílái.
Morning came. The rooster crowed on top of the house. The robbers did not come back.
- Dahong 强盗不回来了！这个房子是我们的了！
Qiángdào bù huílái le! Zhège fángzi shì wǒmen de le!
The robbers aren't coming back! This house is ours now!
- Dahong 还有，以后没有人用我做汤了！
Hái yǒu, yǐhòu méiyǒu rén yòng wǒ zuò tāng le!
And nobody will make soup out of me anymore!
- Old Donkey 房子这么大，有吃的，有睡觉的地方。
Fángzi zhème dà, yǒu chī de, yǒu shuìjiào de dìfang.
The house is so big, with food and places to sleep.
- Mimi 我睡在床上。喵……我爱这个家。
Wǒ shuì zài chuáng shang. Miāo… wǒ ài zhège jiā.
I'll sleep in a bed. Meow... I love this home.
- Old Donkey 可是……我们要去不来梅，做音乐家啊。
Kěshì… wǒmen yào qù Bùláiméi, zuò yīnyuèjiā a.
But... we were going to Bremen to be musicians.
- Dahong 不来梅很远。这儿有我们的新家。
Bùláiméi hěn yuǎn. Zhèr yǒu wǒmen de xīn jiā.
Bremen is very far. We have a new home right here.
- Mimi 我们已经开过音乐会了！强盗听了，就跑了！
Wǒmen yǐjīng kāi guo yīnyuèhuì le! Qiángdào tīng le, jiù pǎo le!
We already gave a concert! The robbers heard it and ran!
- Old Donkey 对！我们不去不来梅了！
Duì! Wǒmen bú qù Bùláiméi le!
Yes! We're not going to Bremen!
- Dahong 这里就是我们的家！喔喔喔！
Zhèlǐ jiù shì wǒmen de jiā! Wō wō wō!
This is our home! Cock-a-doodle-doo!
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What changed in the story?
- What does the little robber think is in the house?
“这里真的有鬼吗”
- What does he think the two shiny things are?
“两个亮亮的东西！我去点灯”
- What does the dog do to the robber?
“有人咬我的腿”
- What does the boss decide after hearing the story?
“我们去别的森林，不回来了”
- Why do the animals stay and not go to Bremen?
“这儿有我们的新家”……“这里就是我们的家”