The Velveteen Rabbit · chapter 4 of 4
Real at Last
变成真的
Alone in the dark, the rabbit cries one tear, and a flower grows. Will love be enough to make him Real, and will he ever see his boy again?
Read what you hear
- The Velveteen Rabbit 我好累……我好想男孩，好想他。
Wǒ hǎo lèi… wǒ hǎo xiǎng nánhái, hǎo xiǎng tā.
I'm so tired... I miss the boy, I miss him so much.
- The Velveteen Rabbit 我还是真的吗？我是不是变得很旧了？
Wǒ hái shi zhēn de ma? Wǒ shì bu shì biàn de hěn jiù le?
Am I still Real? Have I become very old?
- Narrator 一滴眼泪掉在地上。一朵花长了出来。
Yì dī yǎnlèi diào zài dìshang. Yì duǒ huā zhǎng le chūlái.
One tear fell to the ground. A flower grew up from it.
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- The Toy Fairy 别哭了，小兔子。你看，我在这儿。
Bié kū le, xiǎo tùzi. Nǐ kàn, wǒ zài zhèr.
Don't cry, little rabbit. Look, I'm here.
- The Velveteen Rabbit 你是谁？你是从这朵花里出来的吗？
Nǐ shì shéi? Nǐ shì cóng zhè duǒ huā lǐ chūlái de ma?
Who are you? Did you come out of this flower?
- The Toy Fairy 我是玩具的仙女。我爱每个被爱过的玩具。
Wǒ shì wánjù de xiānnǚ. Wǒ ài měi gè bèi ài guò de wánjù.
I'm the toy fairy. I love every toy that has been loved.
- The Velveteen Rabbit 可是我又旧又小，一点也不好看啊。
Kěshì wǒ yòu jiù yòu xiǎo, yìdiǎn yě bù hǎokàn a.
But I'm old and small and not pretty at all.
- The Toy Fairy 不，你很好看。男孩爱了你很久很久。
Bù, nǐ hěn hǎokàn. Nánhái ài le nǐ hěn jiǔ hěn jiǔ.
No, you're lovely. The boy loved you for a very long time.
- The Velveteen Rabbit 老马说，要等很久很久。
Lǎo Mǎ shuō, yào děng hěn jiǔ hěn jiǔ.
The Old Horse said it takes a very long time.
- The Toy Fairy 你已经等了很久了，小兔子。
Nǐ yǐjīng děng le hěn jiǔ le, xiǎo tùzi.
You have already waited a long time, little rabbit.
- The Velveteen Rabbit 真的吗？我现在是真的了？
Zhēn de ma? Wǒ xiànzài shì zhēn de le?
Really? Am I Real now?
- The Toy Fairy 来，让我亲你一下，就一下。
Lái, ràng wǒ qīn nǐ yíxià, jiù yíxià.
Come, let me kiss you, just once.
- The Velveteen Rabbit 啊！我的腿！我的腿在动！我能站起来了！
À! Wǒ de tuǐ! Wǒ de tuǐ zài dòng! Wǒ néng zhàn qǐlái le!
Ah! My legs! My legs are moving! I can stand up!
- Narrator 春天来了。花园里的花都开了，很漂亮。
Chūntiān lái le. Huāyuán lǐ de huā dōu kāi le, hěn piàoliang.
Spring came. All the flowers in the garden were open and beautiful.
- Brown Rabbit 嘿，新朋友！来，我们一起去跳吧！
Hēi, xīn péngyou! Lái, wǒmen yìqǐ qù tiào ba!
Hey, new friend! Come on, let's go jump together!
- The Velveteen Rabbit 我会跳了！你看，我跳得多高啊！
Wǒ huì tiào le! Nǐ kàn, wǒ tiào de duō gāo a!
I can jump! Look how high I go!
- Brown Rabbit 太好了！你跳得真好！你是一只好兔子！
Tài hǎo le! Nǐ tiào de zhēn hǎo! Nǐ shì yì zhī hǎo tùzi!
Wonderful! You jump so well! You're a great rabbit!
- The Velveteen Rabbit 我会跑，我会跳，我什么都会！
Wǒ huì pǎo, wǒ huì tiào, wǒ shénme dōu huì!
I can run, I can jump, I can do everything!
- Brown Rabbit 你看！花园那边有一个小男孩。
Nǐ kàn! Huāyuán nàbiān yǒu yí gè xiǎo nánhái.
Look! There's a little boy over there in the garden.
- The Boy 咦？花园里有一只小兔子。
Yí? Huāyuán lǐ yǒu yì zhī xiǎo tùzi.
Oh? There's a little rabbit in the garden.
- The Velveteen Rabbit 是他！是我的男孩！
Shì tā! Shì wǒ de nánhái!
It's him! It's my boy!
- The Boy 他好像我以前的那只小兔子……
Tā hǎoxiàng wǒ yǐqián de nà zhī xiǎo tùzi…
He looks like my old little rabbit...
- The Velveteen Rabbit 男孩，是我！我回来了！
Nánhái, shì wǒ! Wǒ huílái le!
Boy, it's me! I'm back!
- The Boy 你好，小兔子。你好像是我的一个老朋友。
Nǐ hǎo, xiǎo tùzi. Nǐ hǎoxiàng shì wǒ de yí gè lǎo péngyou.
Hello, little rabbit. You seem like one of my old friends.
- Brown Rabbit 他在笑！他喜欢你！
Tā zài xiào! Tā xǐhuan nǐ!
He's smiling! He likes you!
- The Velveteen Rabbit 我明天还来。我们还会在这儿见面！
Wǒ míngtiān hái lái. Wǒmen hái huì zài zhèr jiànmiàn!
I'll come again tomorrow. We'll meet here again!
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What changed in the story?
- What grows where the rabbit's tear falls?
“一滴眼泪掉在地上。一朵花长了出来。”
- Who is the visitor who comes out of the flower?
“我是玩具的仙女。”
- What can the rabbit do after the fairy kisses him?
“啊！我的腿！我的腿在动！”……“我会跳了！”
- Whom does the rabbit see in the spring garden?
“花园那边有一个小男孩。”
- How does the boy think of the rabbit?
“你好像是我的一个老朋友。”