The Three Little Pigs · chapter 2 of 3
The House That Would Not Fall
吹不倒的房子
The Big Bad Wolf chases the runaway pig to his brother's house of sticks. Will sticks stop him any better than straw? And what about bricks?
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- Narrator 猪大哥跑啊跑，一直跑到了猪二哥的树枝房子。
Zhū Dàgē pǎo a pǎo, yìzhí pǎo dào le Zhū Èrgē de shùzhī fángzi.
Big Brother Pig ran and ran, all the way to Middle Brother Pig's stick house.
- Big Brother Pig 二弟，二弟！快开门！大灰狼来了！
Èrdì, èrdì! Kuài kāimén! Dà huī láng lái le!
Brother! Brother! Open the door, quick! The Big Bad Wolf is coming!
- Middle Brother Pig 大哥？你不是在睡觉吗？要不要吃面包？
Dàgē? Nǐ bú shì zài shuìjiào ma? Yào bú yào chī miànbāo?
Big Brother? Weren't you napping? Want some bread?
- Big Brother Pig 还吃面包？我的草房子，被大灰狼吹倒了！
Hái chī miànbāo? Wǒ de cǎo fángzi, bèi dà huī láng chuī dǎo le!
Bread? At a time like this? The Big Bad Wolf blew my straw house down!
- Middle Brother Pig 别怕。我的房子是树枝盖的，比草房子好多了！
Bié pà. Wǒ de fángzi shì shùzhī gài de, bǐ cǎo fángzi hǎo duō le!
Don't worry. My house is made of sticks. It's much better than a straw house!
- The Big Bad Wolf 小猪，小猪，让我进来！
Xiǎo zhū, xiǎo zhū, ràng wǒ jìnlái!
Little pig, little pig, let me in!
- Middle Brother Pig 不开！不开！就不开！
Bù kāi! Bù kāi! Jiù bù kāi!
No! No! I won't open up!
- The Big Bad Wolf 不开？那我就吹啊吹，吹倒你的房子！
Bù kāi? Nà wǒ jiù chuī a chuī, chuī dǎo nǐ de fángzi!
You won't? Then I'll blow and I'll blow, and I'll blow your house down!
- Narrator 大灰狼吹啊吹，吹啊吹……树枝房子也倒了！
Dà huī láng chuī a chuī, chuī a chuī… shùzhī fángzi yě dǎo le!
The Big Bad Wolf blew and blew, and blew and blew… and down came the stick house too!
- Middle Brother Pig 我的房子！还有我的面包！
Wǒ de fángzi! Hái yǒu wǒ de miànbāo!
My house! And my bread!
- Big Brother Pig 面包不要了！快跑，我们去小弟家！
Miànbāo bú yào le! Kuài pǎo, wǒmen qù xiǎodì jiā!
Forget the bread! Run! We'll go to Little Brother's house!
- The Big Bad Wolf 跑吧，跑吧！两只小猪，三只小猪……今天晚上，我要吃三只！
Pǎo ba, pǎo ba! Liǎng zhī xiǎo zhū, sān zhī xiǎo zhū… jīntiān wǎnshang, wǒ yào chī sān zhī!
Run, run! Two little pigs, three little pigs… Tonight I'll have all three!
- Narrator 两只小猪跑啊跑，跑到了猪小弟的砖房子。
Liǎng zhī xiǎo zhū pǎo a pǎo, pǎo dào le Zhū Xiǎodì de zhuān fángzi.
The two little pigs ran and ran until they reached Little Brother Pig's brick house.
- Little Brother Pig 大哥，二哥，快进来！别怕，我关门了！
Dàgē, èrgē, kuài jìnlái! Bié pà, wǒ guānmén le!
Big Brother, Middle Brother, come in, quick! Don't worry, I'm shutting the door!
- The Big Bad Wolf 小猪，小猪，让我进来！
Xiǎo zhū, xiǎo zhū, ràng wǒ jìnlái!
Little pig, little pig, let me in!
- Little Brother Pig 不开！不开！就不开！
Bù kāi! Bù kāi! Jiù bù kāi!
No! No! I won't open up!
- The Big Bad Wolf 不开？那我就吹啊吹，吹倒你的房子！
Bù kāi? Nà wǒ jiù chuī a chuī, chuī dǎo nǐ de fángzi!
You won't? Then I'll blow and I'll blow, and I'll blow your house down!
- Little Brother Pig 好啊，你吹吧。
Hǎo a, nǐ chuī ba.
Go ahead. Blow.
- Narrator 大灰狼吹啊吹，吹啊吹……砖房子一点儿也没动。
Dà huī láng chuī a chuī, chuī a chuī… zhuān fángzi yìdiǎnr yě méi dòng.
The Big Bad Wolf blew and blew, and blew and blew… but the brick house didn't move one bit.
- Middle Brother Pig 你们看！大灰狼的脸都红了！
Nǐmen kàn! Dà huī láng de liǎn dōu hóng le!
Look! The Big Bad Wolf's face has gone all red!
- The Big Bad Wolf 我……我再吹一次！不行了……我吹不动了……
Wǒ… wǒ zài chuī yí cì! Bùxíng le… wǒ chuī bú dòng le…
I'll… I'll blow one more time! It's no good… I can't blow anymore…
- Big Brother Pig 哈哈！大灰狼，你累了吧？快回家睡觉吧！
Hāhā! Dà huī láng, nǐ lèi le ba? Kuài huíjiā shuìjiào ba!
Ha ha! Tired, Big Bad Wolf? Better go home and take a nap!
- Little Brother Pig 我说了吧？要盖，就盖最好的！
Wǒ shuō le ba? Yào gài, jiù gài zuì hǎo de!
What did I tell you? If you're going to build, build the best!
- The Big Bad Wolf 吹不倒？好……我有别的办法。
Chuī bù dǎo? Hǎo… wǒ yǒu bié de bànfǎ.
Can't blow it down? Fine… I have another plan.
- The Big Bad Wolf 小猪们，别生气。山上有很多苹果，又大又红！
Xiǎo zhūmen, bié shēngqì. Shān shang yǒu hěn duō píngguǒ, yòu dà yòu hóng!
Now, now, little pigs, don't be angry. There are lots of apples up on the hill, big and red!
- Middle Brother Pig 苹果？我要吃！我的面包，路上吃完了。我好饿啊！
Píngguǒ? Wǒ yào chī! Wǒ de miànbāo, lùshang chī wán le. Wǒ hǎo è a!
Apples? I want some! I ate all my bread on the way here. I'm starving!
- The Big Bad Wolf 明天早上六点，我来找你们，我们一起去！
Míngtiān zǎoshang liù diǎn, wǒ lái zhǎo nǐmen, wǒmen yìqǐ qù!
I'll come for you at six tomorrow morning, and we'll all go together!
- Little Brother Pig 好啊！明天早上六点见！
Hǎo a! Míngtiān zǎoshang liù diǎn jiàn!
All right! See you at six tomorrow morning!
- Big Brother Pig 小弟！你说什么？他要吃我们啊！
Xiǎodì! Nǐ shuō shénme? Tā yào chī wǒmen a!
Little Brother! What are you saying? He wants to eat us!
- Little Brother Pig 别怕。我有一个办法。明天，你们就知道了。
Bié pà. Wǒ yǒu yí gè bànfǎ. Míngtiān, nǐmen jiù zhīdào le.
Don't worry. I have a plan. You'll see tomorrow.
What changed in the story?
- Why does Middle Brother think his house is safe?
“我的房子是树枝盖的，比草房子好多了！”
- What does Middle Brother cry about when his house falls?
“我的房子！还有我的面包！”
- What happens when the wolf blows at the brick house?
“砖房子一点儿也没动。”
- How does the wolf try to get the pigs to come out?
“山上有很多苹果，又大又红！……明天早上六点，我来找你们，我们一起去！”
- What does Little Brother tell Big Brother at the end?
“我有一个办法。明天，你们就知道了。”