中午前，小慧发现一只小羊不见了。
Before noon, Xiao Hui discovered that a little lamb was missing.
她不敢大意，马上去问同事。
She didn't dare take it lightly and immediately asked her coworker.
同事说他没有看到小羊跑出去。
Her coworker said he hadn't seen the lamb run out.
小慧到草地上找，可是怎么找也找不到。
Xiao Hui searched the grass, but no matter how she looked, she couldn't find it.
她一边找一边说：“别怕，我不会丢下你。”
As she searched, she said, "Don't be scared — I won't leave you behind."
这时，她听到一声轻轻的“咩”。
Just then, she heard a soft "baa."
小羊在树后面，正在吃花，好像不觉得自己做错事。
The little lamb was behind a tree eating flowers, as if it didn't think it had done anything wrong.
小慧松了口气，说：“不可以乱跑哦。”
Xiao Hui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You mustn't run off like that."
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 中午 | zhōng wǔ | noon; midday |
| 前 | qián | front; before |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; little |
| 慧 | huì | intelligent |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to discover; to find out |
| 一只 | yī zhī | A measure word for animals, meaning 'one' or 'a single' |
| 小羊 | xiǎo yáng | lamb |
| 不见了 | bù jiàn le | to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 不敢 | bù gǎn | dare not; not dare to |
| 大意 | dà yì | the main idea; (also) careless |
| 马上 | mǎ shàng | right away; immediately |
| 去 | qù | to go |
| 问 | wèn | to ask |
| 同事 | tóng shì | colleague |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to say |
| 他 | tā | he; him |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | don't have; haven't |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 跑 | pǎo | to run |
| 出去 | chū qù | to go out |
| 到 | dào | to arrive; to reach |
| 草 | cǎo | grass |
| 地上 | dì shang | on the ground; on the floor |
| 找 | zhǎo | to look for; to seek |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how?; what? |
| 也 | yě | also |
| 找不到 | zhǎo bù dào | can't find |
| 一边 | yī biān | while; on one side |
| 别 | bié | don't; other; do not |
| 怕 | pà | to be afraid; to fear |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me |
| 不会 | bù huì | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth |
| 丢下 | diū xià | to abandon |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 这时 | zhè shí | at this time; at this moment |
| 听到 | tīng dào | to hear |
| 一声 | yī shēng | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) |
| 轻轻 | qīng qīng | lightly; softly |
| 的 | de | possessive particle |
| 咩 | miē | the bleating of sheep; final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surpri… |
| 在 | zài | to be (located); at; in |
| 树 | shù | tree |
| 后面 | hòu mian | back; behind; later |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | in the middle of (an action) |
| 吃 | chī | to eat |
| 花 | huā | flower; to spend (money, time) |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | to seem; to appear as if |
| 不 | bù | no; not |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think; to feel |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; one's own |
| 做错 | zuò cuò | to make an error |
| 事 | shì | matter; thing |
| 松了 | sōng le | relieved; loosened; relaxed (result state) |
| 口气 | kǒu qì | tone of voice; manner of speaking |
| 不可以 | bù kě yǐ | may not |
| 乱跑 | luàn pǎo | to run around all over the place |
| 哦 | ó | oh (interjection expressing realization or surprise) |