The Golden Goose · chapter 2 of 3
The Long Line
长长的一排
Everyone who touches the golden goose gets stuck, and the line grows longer as Hans marches to a city where a sad princess never laughs.
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- Mary 姐姐！你怎么了？别叫了，我来拉你！
Jiějie! Nǐ zěnme le? Bié jiào le, wǒ lái lā nǐ!
Sister! What's wrong? Stop yelling, I'll pull you free!
- Mary 啊！我的手也拿不开了！
Ā! Wǒ de shǒu yě ná bu kāi le!
Ah! My hand is stuck now, too!
- Anna 玛丽！你别动！别拉我！
Mǎlì! Nǐ bié dòng! Bié lā wǒ!
Mary! Don't move! Don't pull me!
- Hans 早上好！你们在做什么？
Zǎoshang hǎo! Nǐmen zài zuò shénme?
Good morning! What are you two doing?
- Anna 快帮帮我们！我们的手拿不开！
Kuài bāngbang wǒmen! Wǒmen de shǒu ná bu kāi!
Help us quickly! Our hands won't come off!
- Hans 哈哈，你们想要金毛吗？
Hāhā, nǐmen xiǎng yào jīn máo ma?
Ha! Did you want a golden feather?
- Hans 我不知道怎么帮你们。可是我要去城里了。
Wǒ bù zhīdào zěnme bāng nǐmen. Kěshì wǒ yào qù chénglǐ le.
I don't know how to help you. But I'm going to the city now.
- Mary 什么？我们也要去吗？
Shénme? Wǒmen yě yào qù ma?
What? We have to go, too?
- Hans 鹅走，你们也走！走吧！
É zǒu, nǐmen yě zǒu! Zǒu ba!
Where the goose goes, you go! Let's walk!
- Mary 我不想去城里！我的早饭还没吃！
Wǒ bù xiǎng qù chénglǐ! Wǒ de zǎofàn hái méi chī!
I don't want to go to the city! I haven't had breakfast yet!
- Anna 不要啊！大家会看见我们的！
Bú yào a! Dàjiā huì kànjiàn wǒmen de!
No! Everyone will see us!
- The Doctor 哎呀！你们为什么走成一排？
Āiyā! Nǐmen wèishénme zǒu chéng yì pái?
Goodness! Why are you all walking in a row?
- The Doctor 女孩子，别哭。我来帮你们。
Nǚháizi, bié kū. Wǒ lái bāng nǐmen.
Girls, don't cry. I'll help you.
- The Doctor 哎呀！我的手也拿不开了！
Āiyā! Wǒ de shǒu yě ná bu kāi le!
Oh no! My hand is stuck, too!
- Hans 医生，你好！你也去城里吗？
Yīshēng, nǐ hǎo! Nǐ yě qù chénglǐ ma?
Hello, Doctor! Are you going to the city, too?
- The Doctor 我不想去城里！我有很多病人！
Wǒ bù xiǎng qù chénglǐ! Wǒ yǒu hěn duō bìngrén!
I don't want to go to the city! I have so many patients!
- The Farmer 你们好！这是什么？我来看一看。
Nǐmen hǎo! Zhè shì shénme? Wǒ lái kàn yi kàn.
Hello, everyone! What is this? Let me take a look.
- The Farmer 我的手！我的脚！都动不了了！
Wǒ de shǒu! Wǒ de jiǎo! Dōu dòng bu liǎo le!
My hands! My feet! I can't move any of them!
- Hans 太好了！大家一起去城里！
Tài hǎo le! Dàjiā yìqǐ qù chénglǐ!
Wonderful! Everyone goes to the city together!
- The Doctor 汉斯，你的鹅太奇怪了！
Hànsī, nǐ de é tài qíguài le!
Hans, your goose is very strange!
- The Doctor 我的病人怎么办？他们都在等我！
Wǒ de bìngrén zěnme bàn? Tāmen dōu zài děng wǒ!
What about my patients? They are all waiting for me!
- The King 我的公主三年不笑了。
Wǒ de gōngzhǔ sān nián bú xiào le.
My princess has not smiled for three years.
- The Princess 爸爸，我不想笑。
Bàba, wǒ bù xiǎng xiào.
Father, I don't feel like smiling.
- The King 谁让她笑，谁就可以和她结婚！
Shéi ràng tā xiào, shéi jiù kěyǐ hé tā jiéhūn!
Whoever makes her laugh may marry her!
- The Princess 没有人可以让我笑。
Méiyǒu rén kěyǐ ràng wǒ xiào.
No one can make me laugh.
- The King 唉……三年了。我只想看她笑一次。
Āi… sān nián le. Wǒ zhǐ xiǎng kàn tā xiào yí cì.
Sigh... three years now. I only want to see her laugh once.
- Hans 公主！国王！等一等！
Gōngzhǔ! Guówáng! Děng yi děng!
Princess! King! Wait a moment!
- Hans 我有一只金鹅，还有很多朋友！
Wǒ yǒu yì zhī jīn é, hái yǒu hěn duō péngyou!
I have a golden goose and lots of friends!
- Hans 大家，跟我来！公主要笑了！
Dàjiā, gēn wǒ lái! Gōngzhǔ yào xiào le!
Everyone, follow me! The princess is about to laugh!
What changed in the story?
- Why can't the inn girl's sister pull her hand away?
“我来拉你！”……“我的手也拿不开了！”
- What does Hans decide when the sisters beg for help?
“可是我要去城里了。”……“鹅走，你们也走！”
- Who gets stuck to the line on the road?
“哎呀！我的手也拿不开了！”……“我的手！我的脚！都动不了了！”
- What is sad about the princess?
“我的公主三年不笑了。”
- What does the king promise?
“谁让她笑，谁就可以和她结婚！”