In this cutsey-face story intended for kindergarteners, Grandma Bear (熊奶奶 – xióng nǎi nai) comes down with an illness that can only be cured by seeing a rainbow (彩虹 -cǎi hóng), and Uncle Frog (青蛙大叔 – qīng wā dà shū) jumps in to make it happen. HSK 2-3.
熊奶奶病了。好心的熊奶奶曾经给小狐狸做了一个帽子，给小白猪做了一个大花环，当然还为别的小动物做了很多好事儿。现在熊奶奶病了，大家都要去帮助她。
小狐狸给熊奶奶送来了一罐蜂蜜。小白猪给熊奶奶送来了一瓶水。
青蛙大叔来看熊奶奶，熊奶奶说：“我想看彩虹，彩虹是世界上最美的东西，谁看到就会得到幸福，但我可能看不到了。”
青蛙大叔安慰熊奶奶说：“您放心，您会看到彩虹的，您会得到幸福的。”
青蛙大叔从熊奶奶家里出来后，心里想：“听说美丽的彩虹有七种颜色，横跨在空中，我怎么能让熊奶奶看到彩虹呢？” 青蛙大叔终于想出了个好办法：”我没有本事让天空出现彩虹，但是可以在地里种上各种颜色的鲜花，让它像天上的彩虹一样美。
青蛙大叔在熊奶奶的窗外，用各种颜色的鲜花架起了一道花的彩虹。然后，他对着熊奶奶的窗口大声叫喊：“熊奶奶!快打开您的窗子吧！”
熊奶奶看到青蛙大叔用鲜花架起的花的彩虹，笑着说：“啊！和我梦中看到过的彩虹一模一样，太美了。”
这时，天空也出现了一道彩虹，熊奶奶看着两道彩虹，高兴得拍起了手。
熊奶奶看到彩虹，她的病竟然好起来了！青蛙大叔、小狐狸、小白猪都好开心啊。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熊 | xiōng | bear; a scolding; surname Xiong |
| 奶 | nǎi | breast; milk; to breastfeed; variant of 嬭|奶[nai3]; mother; variant of 奶[nai3] |
| 病 | bìng | illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly |
| 好心 | hǎo xīn | kindness; good intentions |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 曾经 | céng jīng | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 给 | gěi | to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier) |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 狐 | hú | fox |
| 狸 | lí | (狐狸) fox |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, frien… |
| 一个 | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 帽子 | mào zi | hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name; CL:頂|顶[ding3] |
| 小白 | xiǎo bái | (slang) novice; greenhorn; (old) (slang) fool; idiot; abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3], pretty boy |
| 猪 | zhū | hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2] |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 花环 | huā huán | garland; floral hoop |
| 当然 | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt |
| 还 | Huán | surname Huan |
| 为 | wéi | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice); variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 别的 | bié de | else; other |
| 动物 | dòng wù | animal |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 好事 | hǎo shì | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead |
| 儿 | ér | child; son |
| 现 | xiàn | to appear; present; now; existing; current |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family; great expert |
| 都 | Dū | surname Du |
| 要 | yāo | (bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part);… |
| 帮助 | bāng zhù | assistance; aid; to help; to assist |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 送 | sòng | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with |
| 来 | lái | to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3… |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out … |
| 罐 | guàn | can; jar; pot; variant of 罐[guan4] |
| 蜂蜜 | fēng mì | honey |
| 瓶 | píng | bottle; vase; pitcher; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for wine and liquids; variant of 瓶[ping2] |
| 水 | Shuǐ | surname Shui; Shui ethnic group |
| 青蛙 | qīng wā | frog (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (old) (slang) ugly guy |
| 叔 | shu | uncle; husband's younger brother |
| 看 | kān | to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard |
| 说 | shuì | to persuade; variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) |
| 彩虹 | cǎi hóng | rainbow; CL:道[dao4] |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 上 | shǎng | used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 最 | zuì | variant of 最[zui4]; old variant of 最[zui4]; (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world") |
| 美的 | Měi dí | Midea (brand) |
| 东 | Dōng | surname Dong |
| 西 | Xī | the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish |
| 谁 | shéi | who; also pr. [shui2] |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 就 | jìu | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precise… |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Tai… |
| 得到 | dé dào | to get; to obtain; to receive |
| 幸福 | xìng fú | happiness; happy; blessed |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just |
| 可 | kě | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however |
| 能 | Néng | surname Neng |
| 不到 | bù dào | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than |
| 安 | An | surname An |
| 慰 | wěi | to comfort; to reassure |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 放心 | fàng xīn | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease |
| 从 | cóng | variant of 從|从[cong2]; surname Cong |
| 家里 | jiā lǐ | home |
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for…; variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 后 | Hòu | surname Hou; back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post- |
| 心里 | xīn li | chest; heart; mind |
| 听说 | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking |
| 美 | Měi | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2]) |
| 丽 | lǐ | used in place names, notably 高麗|高丽[Gao1 li2] and 麗水|丽水[Li2 shui3] |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) |
| 七 | qī | seven; 7 |
| 种 | zhǒng | seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 颜色 | yán sè | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff |
| 横跨 | héng kuà | to span; to stretch across; to travel across |
| 空中 | kōng zhōng | in the sky; in the air |
| 怎 | zěn | how |
| 么 | má | exclamatory final particle; variant of 麼|么[me5] |
| 让 | ràng | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4]) |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation… |
| 终 | zhong | end |
| 于 | Yú | surname Yu; (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used i… |
| 想出 | xiǎng chū | to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) |
| 个 | gě | used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; variant of 個|个[ge4] |
| 好办 | hǎo bàn | easy to do; easy to manage |
| 法 | fǎ | variant of 法[fa3]; France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]; old variant of 法[fa3]; law |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be |
| 本事 | běn shì | source material; original story |
| 天空 | tiān kōng | sky |
| 出现 | chū xiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good |
| 地 | de | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 里 | lǐ | variant of 裡|里[li3]; lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; surname Li |
| 各种 | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 鲜花 | xiān huā | flower; fresh flowers; CL:朵[duo3] |
| 它 | tā | it; it (pronoun for an animal) |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) |
| 天上 | tiān shàng | the sky; the heavens |
| 样 | yàng | manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type |
| 窗 | chuāng | old variant of 窗[chuang1]; variant of 窗[chuang1]; window; CL:扇[shan4] |
| 外 | wài | outside; in addition; foreign; external |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courte… |
| 架 | jiǎ | to support; rack; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc |
| 起 | qǐ | to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; sta… |
| 一道 | yī dào | together |
| 花 | Huā | surname Hua; old variant of 花[hua1]; variant of 花[hua1]; flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3] |
| 然 | rán | correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly |
| 他 | tā | (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2]) |
| 对 | duì | right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to sui… |
| 着 | zhāo | variant of 著|着[zhao1]; a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add |
| 窗口 | chuāng kǒu | window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; fig. medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground |
| 大声 | dà shēng | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly |
| 叫 | jiào | to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood); variant of 叫[jiao4] |
| 喊 | hǎn | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) |
| 快 | kuài | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant |
| 打开 | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on |
| 窗子 | chuāng zi | window |
| 吧 | bā | bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1] |
| 笑 | xiào | old variant of 笑[xiao4]; to laugh; to smile; to laugh at |
| 啊 | ā | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 梦中 | mèng zhōng | in a dream |
| 过 | Guō | surname Guo |
| 模 | mō | to imitate; norm |
| 太 | tài | highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely |
| 这时 | zhè shí | at this time; at this moment |
| 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| 两 | liǎng | two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 道 | dào | road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quot… |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood |
| 得 | dé | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished |
| 拍 | pāi | to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) |
| 手 | shǒu | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 竟 | jǐng | unexpectedly; to go so far as to |
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (… |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb |
Grandma Bear was sick. Good-hearted Grandma Bear had once made a hat for Little Fox, and made a flower wreath for Little White Pig, and of course also did many good deeds for the other animals. Now that Grandma Bear was sick, everyone wanted to go help her. Little Fox brought her a jar of honey. Little White Pit brought her a bottle of water.
Uncle Frog went to visit Grandma Bear, and Grandma Bear said: “I want to see a rainbow, rainbows are the most beautiful things in the world, whoever sees them will have good fortune, but I probably won’t be able to see one.”
Uncle Frog comforted Grandma Bear saying: “You’ll see a rainbow, you’ll have good fortune.”
After Uncle Frog came out of Grandma Bear’s house, in his heart he thought: “I’ve heard that beautiful rainbows have seven colors, stretching across the sky, how can I let Grandma Bear see a rainbow?” Uncle Frog finally thought up a good solution: “I don’t have the ability to make a rainbow appear in the sky, but I can plant all sorts of colored flowers in the ground, so they are just as beautiful as a rainbow in the sky.”
Outside of Grandma Bear’s window Uncle Frog used all sorts of colored flowers to put into a flower rainbow. Then, he loudly shouted towards Grandma Bear’s window: “Grandma Bear! Quick, open your window!”
Grandma Bear saw the flower rainbow that Uncle Frog had made with fresh flowers, and said smiling: “Wow! It’s exactly as beautiful as the rainbow I saw in my dreams, how lovely!”
Just then, a rainbow appeared in the sky, Grandma Bear saw two rainbows, and was so happy she clapped her hands.
Grandma Bear saw the rainbows, and to her surprise her sickness was cured! Uncle Frog, Little Fox, and Little White Pig were all so happy.