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拇指姑娘

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Level 4 · World Tales · 世界童话 · 72 vocabulary words

Source: 安徒生童话 · Hans Christian Andersen

一yí个gè女人nǚ rén在zài大dà麦mài粒lì里lǐ种zhòng出chū一yì朵duǒ花huā,花huā里lǐ坐zuò着zhe一yí个gè拇mǔ指zhǐ大dà的de小xiǎo姑娘gū niang。

From a barleycorn grew a flower holding a thumb-sized girl.

癞lài蛤há蟆má把bǎ她tā偷tōu去qù给gěi儿子ér zi做zuò媳妇xí fù,鱼yú儿ér咬yǎo断duàn莲lián叶xié梗gěng救jiù了le她tā,金jīn龟guī子zǐ抓zhuā了le她tā又yòu丢diū下xià她tā。

A toad stole her for his son; fish freed her leaf; a beetle caught and dropped her.

冬天dōng tiān拇mǔ指zhǐ姑娘gū niang住zhù在zài田tián鼠shǔ家jiā,被迫bèi pò要yào嫁jià讨厌tǎo yàn的de鼹yǎn鼠shǔ。她tā救jiù过guò的de一yì只zhī燕子yàn zi回来huí lai,把bǎ她tā驮tuó到dào了le温暖wēn nuǎn的de南方nán fāng。

Wintering at the field-mouse's, promised to the hated mole, a swallow she'd rescued carried her south.

南方nán fāng的de花huā里lǐ有yǒu拇mǔ指zhǐ大dà的de王子wáng zǐ,他们tā men结jié了le婚hūn,拇mǔ指zhǐ姑娘gū niang成chéng了le花朵huā duǒ的de王后wáng hòu。

In the warm lands the flower-prince was her size, married, she became queen of the flowers.

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