The Frog Prince · chapter 2 of 3
A Promise Is a Promise
说话要算话
The king says the princess must keep her word, and the frog wants dinner and a bed. Then she throws him at the wall, and something amazing happens.
Read what you hear
- The Frog 公主，公主，我在门口！请你开门！
Gōngzhǔ, gōngzhǔ, wǒ zài ménkǒu! Qǐng nǐ kāi mén!
Princess, princess, I'm at the door! Please open it!
- The King 公主，你怎么不说话？他是谁？
Gōngzhǔ, nǐ zěnme bù shuōhuà? Tā shì shéi?
Princess, why don't you say anything? Who is he?
- The Princess 爸爸，他是一只青蛙，他帮我拿了金球。
Bàba, tā shì yì zhī qīngwā, tā bāng wǒ ná le jīnqiú.
Papa, he's a frog. He got my golden ball for me.
Chapter 2 is part of SayMei Stories ($2.99 a month) and SayMei Premium. Chapter 1 of The Frog Prince is free, and so are The Second Cup of Tea, Mulan, The Butterfly Lovers, Journey to the West: The Monkey King, Cinderella, The Night of the Nian, Chang'e and the Moon, The Great Race: The Twelve Animals, Aesop's Fables, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling, Pangu and Nüwa: How the World Began, Beauty and the Beast, The Magic Lotus Lantern, Alice in Wonderland, Zhong Kui the Demon Queller, The Odyssey, Robin Hood, Jiang Ziya Goes Fishing, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Kitchen God from start to finish.
- The Princess 我说我做他的朋友，可是那是说笑！
Wǒ shuō wǒ zuò tā de péngyou, kěshì nà shì shuōxiào!
I said I'd be his friend, but that was a joke!
- The King 公主，说过的话，就要做到，开门吧。
Gōngzhǔ, shuō guo de huà, jiù yào zuòdào, kāi mén ba.
Princess, what you say, you must do. Open the door.
- The Princess 好吧……青蛙，请进来吧。
Hǎo ba… qīngwā, qǐng jìnlái ba.
All right... come in, frog.
- The Frog 谢谢你，国王！你好，公主！
Xièxie nǐ, guówáng! Nǐ hǎo, gōngzhǔ!
Thank you, King! Hello, Princess!
- The Frog 请你把我放在你的椅子上。
Qǐng nǐ bǎ wǒ fàng zài nǐ de yǐzi shàng.
Please put me on your chair.
- The Princess 不要，不要！他好湿啊，他好冷啊！
Bú yào, bú yào! Tā hǎo shī a, tā hǎo lěng a!
No, no! He's so wet, and so cold!
- The King 公主，你要听爸爸的话。
Gōngzhǔ, nǐ yào tīng bàba de huà.
Princess, you must listen to your papa.
- The Princess 好，好，好，青蛙，你上来吧！
Hǎo, hǎo, hǎo, qīngwā, nǐ shànglái ba!
Fine, fine, fine, frog, come up!
- The Frog 现在我饿了，我要吃你盘子里的饭。
Xiànzài wǒ è le, wǒ yào chī nǐ pánzi lǐ de fàn.
Now I'm hungry. I want to eat the food on your plate.
- The Princess 你吃吧，我不想吃了。
Nǐ chī ba, wǒ bù xiǎng chī le.
Go ahead. I don't want to eat anymore.
- The Frog 真好吃！现在我累了，我想在你的床上睡觉。
Zhēn hǎochī! Xiànzài wǒ lèi le, wǒ xiǎng zài nǐ de chuáng shàng shuìjiào.
Delicious! Now I'm tired. I'd like to sleep in your bed.
- Narrator 夜里，公主带着青蛙上楼。她很生气。
Yèlǐ, gōngzhǔ dài zhe qīngwā shàng lóu. Tā hěn shēngqì.
At night the princess carried the frog upstairs. She was very angry.
- The Princess 我不要冷冷的青蛙睡在我的床上！
Wǒ bú yào lěnglěng de qīngwā shuì zài wǒ de chuáng shàng!
I won't have a cold frog sleeping in my bed!
- The Frog 公主，我很累，我想睡觉了。
Gōngzhǔ, wǒ hěn lèi, wǒ xiǎng shuìjiào le.
Princess, I'm very tired. I want to sleep.
- The Princess 你太讨厌了，我不想再看你！
Nǐ tài tǎoyàn le, wǒ bù xiǎng zài kàn nǐ!
You're so annoying! I don't want to look at you anymore!
- The Frog 你在井边说过，你是我的朋友。
Nǐ zài jǐng biān shuō guo, nǐ shì wǒ de péngyou.
You said by the well that you were my friend.
- The Princess 好，你去墙那儿睡吧，讨厌的青蛙！
Hǎo, nǐ qù qiáng nàr shuì ba, tǎoyàn de qīngwā!
Fine, go sleep over by the wall, you horrid frog!
- The Prince 哎哟……公主，你看看我。
Āiyō… gōngzhǔ, nǐ kànkan wǒ.
Ow... Princess, look at me.
- The Princess 啊？你是谁？那只青蛙呢？
À? Nǐ shì shéi? Nà zhī qīngwā ne?
What? Who are you? Where's the frog?
- The Prince 我是王子。一个坏巫婆让我变成了青蛙。
Wǒ shì wángzǐ. Yí gè huài wūpó ràng wǒ biànchéng le qīngwā.
I'm a prince. A wicked witch turned me into a frog.
- The Prince 巫婆说，只有公主可以帮我。
Wūpó shuō, zhǐyǒu gōngzhǔ kěyǐ bāng wǒ.
The witch said only a princess could help me.
- The Princess 可是我对你太不好了，对不起。
Kěshì wǒ duì nǐ tài bù hǎo le, duìbuqǐ.
But I was so unkind to you. I'm sorry.
- The Prince 没关系！你开了门，也带我上楼了。
Méi guānxi! Nǐ kāi le mén, yě dài wǒ shàng lóu le.
It's all right! You opened the door, and you carried me upstairs.
- The Prince 我的好朋友亨利，一定很想我。
Wǒ de hǎo péngyou Hēnglì, yídìng hěn xiǎng wǒ.
My good friend Henry must miss me very much.
- The Princess 亨利？谁是亨利？
Hēnglì? Shéi shì Hēnglì?
Henry? Who is Henry?
- The Prince 听，马车来了！是亨利来了！
Tīng, mǎchē lái le! Shì Hēnglì lái le!
Listen, a carriage is coming! It's Henry!
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What changed in the story?
- Why does the king tell the princess to open the door?
“公主，说过的话，就要做到，开门吧。”
- What does the frog say when he is at the table?
“现在我饿了，我要吃你盘子里的饭。”
- What happens after the princess sends the frog to the wall?
“我是王子。”
- Who turned the prince into a frog?
“一个坏巫婆让我变成了青蛙。”
- What does the prince hear at the end?
“听，马车来了！是亨利来了！”