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
棉花姑娘生病了,叶子上爬满了蚜虫,疼得直叫。
Cotton Girl was sick - her leaves were crawling with aphids, and she groaned with pain.
燕子飞来了,她说:请你帮我捉虫吧!燕子说:对不起,我只会捉天上的虫。
A swallow flew by. Please eat my bugs! she begged. Sorry, said the swallow, I only catch bugs in the air.
啄木鸟说:我只会捉树干里的虫。青蛙说:我只会捉田里的虫。
The woodpecker only caught bugs in tree trunks; the frog only bugs in the fields.
七星瓢虫飞来了,几口就把蚜虫吃光了。棉花姑娘的病好了,开出了雪白的棉花。
Then the seven-spotted ladybird came and ate every last aphid. Cotton Girl got well and bloomed with snow-white cotton.