The Three Musketeers · chapter 6 of 8
Four Days
只有四天
With only four days left, D'Artagnan races home through a night of storms, tired horses and enemies.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 船在海上走了一天一夜。风很大，海很黑。
Chuán zài hǎi shang zǒu le yì tiān yí yè. Fēng hěn dà, hǎi hěn hēi.
The ship sailed a day and a night. The wind was strong and the sea was dark.
- D'Artagnan 我的肚子好难受……阿多斯，你说得对，我真的晕船了。我不要吃东西了……
Wǒ de dùzi hǎo nánshòu… Āduōsī, nǐ shuō de duì, wǒ zhēn de yūn chuán le. Wǒ bú yào chī dōngxi le…
My stomach feels awful... Athos, you were right, I really am seasick. I never want to eat again...
- D'Artagnan 可是不能睡。盒子在我的怀里，我要看着它。
Kěshì bù néng shuì. Hézi zài wǒ de huái lǐ, wǒ yào kàn zhe tā.
But I mustn't sleep. The box is inside my coat, and I have to watch over it.
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- Ship's Captain 喂，年轻人！法国到了！你看，那边的灯！你的脸是绿色的，像一棵青菜！
Wèi, niánqīngrén! Fǎguó dào le! Nǐ kàn, nàbiān de dēng! Nǐ de liǎn shì lǜsè de, xiàng yì kē qīngcài!
Hey, young man! France! Look at those lights over there! Your face is green, like a cabbage!
- D'Artagnan 我不是青菜！我是火枪手！
Wǒ bú shì qīngcài! Wǒ shì huǒqiāngshǒu!
I'm not a cabbage! I'm a musketeer!
- D'Artagnan 太好了！谢谢你，船长！我要一匹最快的马，还有一点吃的！
Tài hǎo le! Xièxie nǐ, chuánzhǎng! Wǒ yào yì pǐ zuì kuài de mǎ, hái yǒu yìdiǎn chī de!
Wonderful! Thank you, Captain! I need the fastest horse there is, and something to eat!
- Ship's Captain 最快的马？年轻人，你要去哪里？
Zuì kuài de mǎ? Niánqīngrén, nǐ yào qù nǎlǐ?
The fastest horse? Young man, where are you going?
- D'Artagnan 巴黎！我只有四天！
Bālí! Wǒ zhǐyǒu sì tiān!
Paris! I have only four days!
- Ship's Captain 四天？那你不要睡觉了！哈哈！
Sì tiān? Nà nǐ búyào shuìjiào le! Hāhā!
Four days? Then don't sleep at all! Ha ha!
- D'Artagnan 我不睡，我一路跑回去！
Wǒ bú shuì, wǒ yílù pǎo huíqù!
I won't sleep. I'll run the whole way back!
- Narrator 夜里，达达尼昂在路上一直跑。他的马跑了一整天，突然倒下了。
Yè lǐ, Dádá Ní'áng zài lù shang yìzhí pǎo. Tā de mǎ pǎo le yì zhěng tiān, tūrán dǎo xià le.
That night D'Artagnan rode without stopping. His horse had run all day, and suddenly it fell.
- D'Artagnan 不！不要倒！求求你，再走一段路……
Bù! Bú yào dǎo! Qiúqiu nǐ, zài zǒu yí duàn lù…
No! Don't fall! Please, just a little farther...
- D'Artagnan 对不起，好马。你已经跑了一整天。我去找另一匹。
Duìbuqǐ, hǎo mǎ. Nǐ yǐjīng pǎo le yì zhěng tiān. Wǒ qù zhǎo lìng yì pǐ.
I'm sorry, good horse. You've run all day. I'll find another.
- D'Artagnan 四天……阿多斯，波尔多斯，阿拉密斯，你们在哪里？
Sì tiān… Āduōsī, Bō'ěrduōsī, Ālāmìsī, nǐmen zài nǎlǐ?
Four days... Athos, Porthos, Aramis, where are you?
- Rochefort 又是你，小朋友。这么晚了，你一个人要去哪儿？你的黄马呢？
Yòu shì nǐ, xiǎopéngyou. Zhème wǎn le, nǐ yí gè rén yào qù nǎr? Nǐ de huáng mǎ ne?
You again, little friend. So late, and all alone. Where are you going? Where's your yellow pony?
- D'Artagnan 罗什福尔！你偷了我的信！今天我没有时间和你打。
Luóshífú'ěr! Nǐ tōu le wǒ de xìn! Jīntiān wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān hé nǐ dǎ.
Rochefort! You stole my letter! I have no time to fight you today.
- Rochefort 没有时间？去巴黎的路，我已经叫人守住了。你过不去。
Méiyǒu shíjiān? Qù Bālí de lù, wǒ yǐjīng jiào rén shǒu zhù le. Nǐ guò bú qù.
No time? I've had men guard the road to Paris. You won't get through.
- D'Artagnan 那我就走别的路！你抓不到我！
Nà wǒ jiù zǒu bié de lù! Nǐ zhuā bú dào wǒ!
Then I'll take another road! You won't catch me!
- Rochefort 抓住他！别让他过去！
Zhuāzhù tā! Bié ràng tā guòqù!
Catch him! Don't let him pass!
- D'Artagnan 我不能停！停下来，王后就完了！
Wǒ bù néng tíng! Tíng xiàlái, wánghòu jiù wán le!
I can't stop! If I stop, the queen is finished!
- D'Artagnan 王后的信，还有盒子……朋友们为它留在了路上。我不能输！
Wánghòu de xìn, hái yǒu hézi… péngyoumen wèi tā liú zài le lù shang. Wǒ bù néng shū!
The queen's letter, the box... my friends stayed behind on the road for it. I can't lose!
- Narrator 他躲过了他们，换了三匹马，跑了三天三夜。
Tā duǒ guò le tāmen, huàn le sān pǐ mǎ, pǎo le sān tiān sān yè.
He slipped past them, changed horses three times and rode for three days and three nights.
- Constance 达达尼昂！你回来了！你还活着！我们都以为……
Dádá Ní'áng! Nǐ huílái le! Nǐ hái huózhe! Wǒmen dōu yǐwéi…
D'Artagnan! You're back! You're alive! We all thought...
- D'Artagnan 盒子……在这儿。十二颗，都在里面。
Hézi… zài zhèr. Shí'èr kē, dōu zài lǐmiàn.
The box... here it is. All twelve are inside.
- Constance 我今天一直站在窗边，看着大路。
Wǒ jīntiān yìzhí zhàn zài chuāng biān, kàn zhe dàlù.
I stood at the window all day, watching the road.
- Constance 谢谢你！谢谢你！你救了王后，也救了我们大家！
Xièxie nǐ! Xièxie nǐ! Nǐ jiù le wánghòu, yě jiù le wǒmen dàjiā!
Thank you! Thank you! You've saved the queen, and all of us!
- D'Artagnan 舞会……还没有开始吗？
Wǔhuì… hái méiyǒu kāishǐ ma?
The ball... hasn't started yet, has it?
- Constance 已经开始了！国王和红衣主教都在大厅里等着。国王说，一会儿他要看王后的钻石。
Yǐjīng kāishǐ le! Guówáng hé hóngyī zhǔjiào dōu zài dàtīng lǐ děng zhe. Guówáng shuō, yíhuìr tā yào kàn wánghòu de zuànshí.
It has already begun! The king is waiting in the hall. He says he'll look at the queen's diamonds any moment now.
- D'Artagnan 那你快去！快！别让国王等！
Nà nǐ kuài qù! Kuài! Bié ràng guówáng děng!
Then go! Quickly! Don't keep the king waiting!
- Constance 你的脸，你的手……你几天没有睡了？
Nǐ de liǎn, nǐ de shǒu… nǐ jǐ tiān méiyǒu shuì le?
Your face, your hands... how many days has it been since you slept?
- D'Artagnan 四天……不，我不知道。快去，康斯坦斯！
Sì tiān… bù, wǒ bù zhīdào. Kuài qù, Kāngsītǎnsī!
Four days... no, I don't know. Go, Constance!
- Constance 如果王后没有戴上钻石，红衣主教就赢了！我去了！
Rúguǒ wánghòu méiyǒu dài shang zuànshí, hóngyī zhǔjiào jiù yíng le! Wǒ qù le!
If the queen isn't wearing the diamonds, the Cardinal wins! I'm going!
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What changed in the story?
- What is D'Artagnan afraid of on the ship?
“可是不能睡。盒子在我的怀里，我要看着它。”
- What happens to his horse on the road at night?
“突然倒下了。”
- Who tries to stop D'Artagnan on the road to Paris?
“抓住他！别让他过去！”
- Where does D'Artagnan hand over the box?
“盒子……在这儿。十二颗，都在里面。”
- Why is Constance in such a hurry?
“已经开始了！国王和红衣主教都在大厅里等着。”