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海的女儿

海的女儿

The Little Mermaid

Level 4 · World Tales · 世界童话 · 70 vocabulary words

Source: 安徒生童话 · Hans Christian Andersen

海底hǎi dǐ住zhù着zhe小人xiǎo rén鱼yú公主gōng zhǔ,十shí五wǔ岁suì那nà天tiān浮fú上shàng海面hǎi miàn,救jiù了le一yí个gè落luò水shuǐ的de王子wáng zǐ。

The little mermaid, fifteen, surfaced and saved a drowning prince.

她tā爱ài上shàng了le王子wáng zǐ,拿ná自己zì jǐ的de声音shēng yīn跟gēn巫婆wū pó换huàn了le一yì双shuāng腿tuǐ,每měi走zǒu一yí步bù都dōu像xiàng踩cǎi在zài刀dāo尖jiān上shàng。

She traded her voice for legs, every step like walking on knives.

王子wáng zǐ要yào娶qǔ别的bié de公主gōng zhǔ。姐姐jiě jie们men把bǎ头发tóu fa换huàn来lái一yì把bǎ刀dāo:杀shā了le王子wáng zǐ,滴dī在zài她tā脚jiǎo上shàng的de血xuè能néng把bǎ她tā变biàn回huí人rén鱼yú。

The prince wed another. Her sisters bought a knife with their hair: kill him and the blood on her feet restores her tail.

小人xiǎo rén鱼yú把bǎ刀dāo扔rēng进jìn大海dà hǎi,跳tiào进jìn水shuǐ里lǐ变成biàn chéng了le泡沫pào mò,升shēng到dào天空tiān kōng的de女儿nǚ ér那里nà li去qù了le。

She threw the knife into the sea, became foam, and rose to the daughters of the air.

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