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老鼠嫁女

The Mouse Marries His Daughter

Level 3 · 童话故事 · 童话故事 · 56 vocabulary words

Source: 中国童话 · Chinese children's tale

老lǎo鼠shǔ爸爸bà ba想xiǎng给gěi女儿nǚ ér找zhǎo个gè最好zuì hǎo的de丈夫zhàng fu。他tā觉得jué de太阳tài yang最zuì厉害lì hai,就jiù去qù问wèn太阳tài yang。

Father Mouse wanted the best husband for his daughter. The sun seemed mightiest, so he asked the sun.

太阳tài yang说shuō:我wǒ不行bù xíng,云yún一yì来lái就jiù把bǎ我wǒ挡dǎng住zhù了le。老lǎo鼠shǔ又yòu去qù问wèn云yún,云yún说shuō:风fēng一yì吹chuī我wǒ就jiù散sàn了le。

The sun said: no, a cloud can cover me. He asked the cloud, which said: wind scatters me.

问wèn风fēng,风fēng说shuō:墙qiáng挡dǎng着zhe我wǒ过不去guò bu qù。问wèn墙qiáng,墙qiáng说shuō:我wǒ最zuì怕pà老lǎo鼠shǔ打dǎ洞dòng!

He asked the wind, which said: a wall stops me. He asked the wall, which said: what I fear most is a mouse digging through me!

老lǎo鼠shǔ爸爸bà ba明白míng bai了le:最zuì厉害lì hai的de还是hái shi老lǎo鼠shǔ。他tā把bǎ女儿nǚ ér嫁jià给gěi了le一yì只zhī老lǎo鼠shǔ。正月zhēng yuè初chū三sān晚上wǎn shang,是shì老lǎo鼠shǔ嫁jià女儿nǚ ér的de日子rì zi,人们rén men要yào早点zǎo diǎn睡觉shuì jiào,别bié打扰dǎ rǎo它们tā men。

Father Mouse understood: the mightiest is the mouse. He married his daughter to a mouse. On the third night of the first month the mice wed - people sleep early so as not to disturb them.

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