Saturday, January 19, 2008

A Little Riddle

My daughter is still fond at translating Chinese into English. It's not part of our homework assignment but she is doing it on her own. Here is a little riddle she just translated:

Wash hands, wash face, and take a bath,
Born to love blowing bubbles,
For other people, the more they wash, the cleaner they get,
For me though, the more I wash, the skinnier I get.

The original in Chinese:

洗手,洗脸,又洗澡,
生来就爱吹泡泡,
人家越洗越干净,
它呀,越洗越瘦小。

Notice that she switched the third person singular (它) into the first person singular in her translation. :)

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