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小蝌蚪长大了

小蝌蚪長大了

The Tadpoles Grow Up

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

Source: 中国童话 · Chinese children's tale

一yì群qún小xiǎo蝌kē蚪dǒu在zài水shuǐ里lǐ游yóu。它们tā men没有méi yǒu妈mā妈mā,要yào去qù找zhǎo妈mā妈mā。

A school of tadpoles swam in the water. They had no mother and went to find her.

它们tā men问wèn鸭子yā zi:你nǐ是shì我们wǒ men的de妈mā妈mā吗ma?鸭子yā zi说shuō:不bú是shì,你们nǐ men的de妈mā妈mā有yǒu大dà眼睛yǎn jing和hé白bái肚dù皮pí。

They asked the duck: are you our mother? No, she said - your mother has big eyes and a white belly.

它们tā men问wèn金鱼jīn yú、问wèn螃páng蟹xiè,都dōu不bú是shì。最后zuì hòu找到zhǎo dào了le青蛙qīng wā:大dà眼睛yǎn jing、白bái肚dù皮pí、四sì条tiáo腿tuǐ,还huán会huì呱gū呱gū叫jiào。

They asked the goldfish and the crab - not her either. At last they found the frog: big eyes, white belly, four legs, and a croak.

原来yuán lái小xiǎo蝌kē蚪dǒu长大zhǎng dà了le,就jiù变成biàn chéng青蛙qīng wā,和hé妈mā妈mā一yí个gè样子yàng zi!

It turns out tadpoles grow up to be frogs, just like their mother!

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