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棉花姑娘

Doctor for the Cotton Girl

Level 2 · 童话故事 · 童话故事 · 53 vocabulary words

Source: 中国语文课文 · Chinese textbook classic

棉花mián hua姑娘gū niang生病shēng bìng了le,叶子yè zi上shàng爬pá满mǎn了le蚜yá虫chóng,疼téng得de直zhí叫jiào。

Cotton Girl was sick - her leaves were crawling with aphids, and she groaned with pain.

燕子yàn zi飞fēi来lái了le,她tā说shuō:请qǐng你nǐ帮bāng我wǒ捉zhuō虫chóng吧ba!燕子yàn zi说shuō:对不起duì bu qǐ,我wǒ只zhǐ会huì捉zhuō天上tiān shàng的de虫chóng。

A swallow flew by. Please eat my bugs! she begged. Sorry, said the swallow, I only catch bugs in the air.

啄zhuó木mù鸟niǎo说shuō:我wǒ只zhǐ会huì捉zhuō树shù干gàn里lǐ的de虫chóng。青蛙qīng wā说shuō:我wǒ只zhǐ会huì捉zhuō田tián里lǐ的de虫chóng。

The woodpecker only caught bugs in tree trunks; the frog only bugs in the fields.

七qī星xīng瓢piáo虫chóng飞fēi来lái了le,几jǐ口kǒu就jiù把bǎ蚜yá虫chóng吃chī光guāng了le。棉花mián hua姑娘gū niang的de病bìng好了hǎo le,开kāi出chū了le雪xuě白bái的de棉花mián hua。

Then the seven-spotted ladybird came and ate every last aphid. Cotton Girl got well and bloomed with snow-white cotton.

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