The Odyssey · chapter 7 of 29
The Bag of Winds
装风的袋子
A month with the keeper of the winds ends with a gift that can carry Odysseus home, and for nine days and nights nothing goes wrong.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 海上漂着一座岛，岛的四边是高高的墙。
Hǎi shang piāozhe yí zuò dǎo, dǎo de sìbiān shì gāogāo de qiáng.
An island floated on the sea, with high walls all around it.
- Narrator 风神和他的六个儿子、六个女儿，都住在这儿。
Fēngshén hé tā de liù gè érzi, liù gè nǚ'ér, dōu zhù zài zhèr.
Aeolus lived here with his six sons and six daughters.
- Aeolus 奥德修斯，一个月了！木马的故事，我听了五次！
Àodéxiūsī, yí gè yuè le! Mùmǎ de gùshi, wǒ tīng le wǔ cì!
Odysseus, a whole month! I've heard the wooden horse story five times!
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- Odysseus 您想听，我再给您说一次。可是，我要回家。
Nín xiǎng tīng, wǒ zài gěi nín shuō yí cì. Kěshì, wǒ yào huí jiā.
If you want to hear it, I'll tell it again. But I want to go home.
- Aeolus 好！我送你一个礼物：这个袋子。所有的风，都在里边。
Hǎo! Wǒ sòng nǐ yí gè lǐwù: zhège dàizi. Suǒyǒu de fēng, dōu zài lǐbian.
Good! I'll give you a present: this bag. Every wind is inside it.
- Odysseus 风在一个袋子里？
Fēng zài yí gè dàizi li?
The winds, in a bag?
- Aeolus 西风不在里边。西风会送你回家。
Xīfēng bú zài lǐbian. Xīfēng huì sòng nǐ huí jiā.
Not the west wind. The west wind will carry you home.
- Aeolus 我用一根银色的线绑好了，一点儿风也出不来。
Wǒ yòng yì gēn yínsè de xiàn bǎng hǎo le, yìdiǎnr fēng yě chū bu lái.
I've tied it with a silver string. Not a breath of wind can get out.
- The Crew 西风来了！我们回家了！
Xīfēng lái le! Wǒmen huí jiā le!
Here's the west wind! We're going home!
- A Sailor 奥德修斯，风神给了你什么？那个袋子好大！
Àodéxiūsī, fēngshén gěi le nǐ shénme? Nàge dàizi hǎo dà!
Odysseus, what did Aeolus give you? That bag is huge!
- Odysseus 一个礼物。别碰它。
Yí gè lǐwù. Bié pèng tā.
A present. Don't touch it.
- A Sailor 礼物？又是给国王的。
Lǐwù? Yòu shì gěi guówáng de.
A present? For the king again.
- Narrator 西风一直吹。九天九夜，奥德修斯自己开船，没有睡觉。
Xīfēng yìzhí chuī. Jiǔ tiān jiǔ yè, Àodéxiūsī zìjǐ kāi chuán, méiyǒu shuìjiào.
The west wind blew and blew. For nine days and nights, Odysseus steered the ship himself and never slept.
- A Sailor 奥德修斯，你睡一会儿吧，我来开船。
Àodéxiūsī, nǐ shuì yíhuìr ba, wǒ lái kāi chuán.
Odysseus, get some sleep. I'll steer.
- Odysseus 不，我不累。到了伊萨卡，我再睡。
Bù, wǒ bú lèi. Dào le Yīsàkǎ, wǒ zài shuì.
No, I'm not tired. I'll sleep when we reach Ithaca.
- The Crew 第十天了！看，伊萨卡！
Dì shí tiān le! Kàn, Yīsàkǎ!
The tenth day! Look, Ithaca!
- A Sailor 我看见人了！他们坐在火边，在做晚饭！
Wǒ kànjiàn rén le! Tāmen zuò zài huǒ biān, zài zuò wǎnfàn!
I can see people! They're sitting by their fires, making dinner!
- Odysseus 佩涅洛佩，我回来了。
Pèinièluòpèi, wǒ huílai le.
Penelope, I'm back.
- Odysseus 我就睡一会儿……
Wǒ jiù shuì yíhuìr…
I'll just sleep a little...
- A Sailor 他睡着了。你们看那个袋子。
Tā shuìzháo le. Nǐmen kàn nàge dàizi.
He's asleep. Look at that bag.
- The Crew 我们也想看看！
Wǒmen yě xiǎng kànkan!
We want a look too!
- A Sailor 里边一定有很多金子和银子！
Lǐbian yídìng yǒu hěn duō jīnzi hé yínzi!
There must be lots of gold and silver in there!
- The Crew 金子都给他，我们什么也没有！
Jīnzi dōu gěi tā, wǒmen shénme yě méiyǒu!
All the gold goes to him, and we get nothing!
- A Sailor 就看一眼。他不会知道的。
Jiù kàn yì yǎn. Tā bú huì zhīdào de.
Just one look. He'll never know.
- The Crew 对，打开看看！
Duì, dǎkāi kànkan!
Yes, open it and look!
- A Sailor 银色的线开了！快看，里边是什么？
Yínsè de xiàn kāi le! Kuài kàn, lǐbian shì shénme?
The silver string is loose! Quick, what's inside?
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What changed in the story?
- How long have Odysseus and his men stayed with Aeolus?
“一个月了”
- What does Aeolus say is inside the bag?
“所有的风，都在里边……西风不在里边”
- What does Odysseus say when a sailor offers to steer?
“到了伊萨卡，我再睡”
- What does a sailor see on the tenth day?
“我看见人了！他们坐在火边”
- What do the sailors think is in the bag?
“里边一定有很多金子和银子”