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
老鼠爸爸想给女儿找个最好的丈夫。他觉得太阳最厉害,就去问太阳。
Father Mouse wanted the best husband for his daughter. The sun seemed mightiest, so he asked the sun.
太阳说:我不行,云一来就把我挡住了。老鼠又去问云,云说:风一吹我就散了。
The sun said: no, a cloud can cover me. He asked the cloud, which said: wind scatters me.
问风,风说:墙挡着我过不去。问墙,墙说:我最怕老鼠打洞!
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!
老鼠爸爸明白了:最厉害的还是老鼠。他把女儿嫁给了一只老鼠。正月初三晚上,是老鼠嫁女儿的日子,人们要早点睡觉,别打扰它们。
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.