The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · chapter 11 of 25
The Mouse Queen
老鼠女王
By the river, Dorothy sleeps on while the Lion lies among the deadly red flowers. Then a tiny mouse runs for her life, and the Scarecrow gets an idea.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 在河边，多萝西和托托还在睡觉。
Zài hébiān, Duōluóxī hé Tuōtuō hái zài shuìjiào.
By the river, Dorothy and Toto were still asleep.
- Tin Woodman 这儿没有红花，她会醒的。
Zhèr méiyǒu hóng huā, tā huì xǐng de.
There are no red flowers here. She'll wake up.
- Scarecrow 可是狮子还在花里。那些花很香，也很危险。
Kěshì Shīzi hái zài huā lǐ. Nàxiē huā hěn xiāng, yě hěn wēixiǎn.
But the Lion is still out among the flowers. They smell so sweet, and they're so dangerous.
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- Tin Woodman 他太重了，怎么办？
Tā tài zhòng le, zěnme bàn?
He's far too heavy for us. What can we do?
- Scarecrow 看！那只大黄猫要吃小老鼠！
Kàn! Nà zhī dà huáng māo yào chī xiǎo lǎoshǔ!
Look! That big yellow cat is going to eat a little mouse!
- Narrator 铁皮人拿起斧头。大黄猫再也不能吃老鼠了。
Tiěpírén ná qǐ fǔtóu. Dà huáng māo zài yě bù néng chī lǎoshǔ le.
The Tin Woodman raised his axe, and the big yellow cat never ate another mouse.
- Queen of the Field Mice 谢谢你！谢谢你救了我！
Xièxie nǐ! Xièxie nǐ jiù le wǒ!
Thank you! Thank you for saving my life!
- Tin Woodman 不用谢，小老鼠。我没有心，所以要多帮别人。
Bú yòng xiè, xiǎo lǎoshǔ. Wǒ méiyǒu xīn, suǒyǐ yào duō bāng biérén.
Don't mention it, little mouse. I have no heart, so I try extra hard to help others.
- Queen of the Field Mice 小老鼠？我是老鼠女王！
Xiǎo lǎoshǔ? Wǒ shì Lǎoshǔ Nǚwáng!
Little mouse? I am the Mouse Queen!
- Tin Woodman 女王？对不起，对不起！您好！
Nǚwáng? Duìbuqǐ, duìbuqǐ! Nín hǎo!
A queen? I beg your pardon! How do you do?
- Queen of the Field Mice 看，我的老鼠们来了！
Kàn, wǒ de lǎoshǔmen lái le!
Look, here come my mice!
- Toto 汪汪！汪汪！
Wāngwāng! Wāngwāng!
Woof! Woof!
- Queen of the Field Mice 狗来了！快跑！
Gǒu lái le! Kuài pǎo!
A dog! Run!
- Tin Woodman 托托，别动！老鼠们，回来！托托不会咬你们！
Tuōtuō, bié dòng! Lǎoshǔmen, huílai! Tuōtuō bú huì yǎo nǐmen!
Toto, stay still! Come back, mice! Toto won't bite you!
- Queen of the Field Mice 我们能帮你做什么？
Wǒmen néng bāng nǐ zuò shénme?
What can we do for you?
- Scarecrow 我没有脑子……可是我有一个主意！
Wǒ méiyǒu nǎozi… kěshì wǒ yǒu yí gè zhǔyi!
I have no brains... but I have an idea!
- Scarecrow 我们的朋友狮子在花里睡着了。你们能救他吗？
Wǒmen de péngyou Shīzi zài huā lǐ shuìzháo le. Nǐmen néng jiù tā ma?
Our friend the Lion has fallen asleep among the flowers. Can you save him?
- Queen of the Field Mice 狮子？他会吃了我们！
Shīzi? Tā huì chī le wǒmen!
A lion? He'll eat us all!
- Scarecrow 不会！他很胆小。他自己说的！
Bú huì! Tā hěn dǎnxiǎo. Tā zìjǐ shuō de!
He won't! He's a coward. He says so himself!
- Queen of the Field Mice 好吧。你要我们做什么？
Hǎo ba. Nǐ yào wǒmen zuò shénme?
Very well. What do you want us to do?
- Scarecrow 叫你的老鼠都来！都拿一条长长的线！
Jiào nǐ de lǎoshǔ dōu lái! Dōu ná yì tiáo chángcháng de xiàn!
Call all your mice here! And every one of them must bring a long piece of string!
- Queen of the Field Mice 听到了吗？快去！都拿线来！
Tīngdào le ma? Kuài qù! Dōu ná xiàn lái!
You heard him! Hurry! Everyone bring string!
- Scarecrow 铁皮人，你用斧头做个小车！
Tiěpírén, nǐ yòng fǔtóu zuò gè xiǎo chē!
Tin Woodman, use your axe and build a little cart!
- Narrator 小车很快做好了，几千只老鼠也都来了。
Xiǎo chē hěn kuài zuò hǎo le, jǐ qiān zhī lǎoshǔ yě dōu lái le.
The little cart was soon ready, and thousands of mice had come.
- Dorothy 天哪！这么多老鼠！
Tiān na! Zhème duō lǎoshǔ!
Goodness! So many mice!
- Scarecrow 多萝西，你醒了！这是老鼠女王。她的老鼠要救狮子！
Duōluóxī, nǐ xǐng le! Zhè shì Lǎoshǔ Nǚwáng. Tā de lǎoshǔ yào jiù Shīzi!
Dorothy, you're awake! This is the Mouse Queen. Her mice are going to save the Lion!
- Dorothy 老鼠这么小，狮子那么大……它们真的能拉动他吗？
Lǎoshǔ zhème xiǎo, Shīzi nàme dà… tāmen zhēn de néng lādòng tā ma?
The mice are so small, and the Lion is so big... can they really pull him?
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What changed in the story?
- What does the Tin Woodman do when the big yellow cat goes after the mouse?
“铁皮人拿起斧头。大黄猫再也不能吃老鼠了。”
- Why is the mouse cross when the Tin Woodman calls her a little mouse?
“小老鼠？我是老鼠女王！”
- Why is the Mouse Queen afraid to help the Lion at first?
“狮子？他会吃了我们！”
- What does the Scarecrow ask the mice to bring?
“都拿一条长长的线！”
- What worries Dorothy when she wakes up?
“老鼠这么小，狮子那么大……它们真的能拉动他吗？”