The snoring butt


兩位老婦人坐在長椅上等公車。公車遲遲不來,時間過了很久。
两位老妇人坐在长椅上等公车。公车迟迟不来,时间过了很久。

liǎng wèi lǎo fù rén zuò zài cháng yǐ shàng děng gōng chē. gōng chē chí chí bù lái, shí jiān guò le hěn jiǔ.

ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄜ. ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄜ ㄔˊ ㄔˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄞˊ, ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄜ˙ ㄏㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ.

Two old women were sitting on a bench waiting for their bus. The buses were running late, and a lot of time passed.
終於,其中一位婦人轉向另一位。「坐在這裡這麼久,我的屁股都睡著了!」
终于,其中一位妇人转向另一位。「坐在这里这么久,我的屁股都睡着了!」

zhōng yú, qí zhōng yī wèi fù rén zhuǎn xiàng lìng yī wèi.「zuò zài zhè lǐ zhè me jiǔ, wǒ de pì gǔ dōu shuì zháo le!」

ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩˊ, ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ.「ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄓㄜˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄜˋ ㄇㄜ˙ ㄐㄧㄡˇ, ㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜ˙ ㄆㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄡ ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄌㄜ˙!」

Finally, one woman turned to the other. "I've been sitting here so long, my butt fell asleep!"
「我知道」,另一位回答。「我有聽到它打鼾。」
「我知道」,另一位回答。「我有听到它打鼾。」

「wǒ zhī dào」, lìng yī wèi huí dá.「wǒ yǒu tīng dào tā dǎ hān.」

「ㄨㄛˇ ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ」, ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄚˊ.「ㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄚ ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄢ.」

"I know," the other woman replied. "I heard it snoring."


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