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" Hurry!" the princess cried to the children

“快一点！”公主对孩子们喊道。

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" I have been gone too long!

“我离开太久了！

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By now the servants will be looking for me!"

现在仆人们一定在找我了！”

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When they reached a courtyard, several servants rushed toward the princess

当他们到达一个庭院时，几个仆人朝公主冲了过来。

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" Where have you been, Your Highness?" cried one woman

“您去了哪里，殿下？”一个女人喊道。

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" Your Highness!" Another servant gasped

“殿下！”另一个仆人倒吸一口气。

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" Who are these strangers?

“这些陌生人是谁？

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Did they kidnap you?"

他们绑架了您吗？”

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" No, they did not kidnap me!" the princess replied

“不，他们没有绑架我！”公主回答。

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" They helped me," she added

“他们帮助了我，”她补充道。

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" And now they are my honored guests."

“现在，他们是我的贵客。”

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The servants did not look happy to hear this

仆人们听了这话，看起来并不高兴。

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But they bowed quietly and then stepped aside

但他们还是默默地鞠了一躬，然后退到了一旁。

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The children followed the princess into a small building

孩子们跟着公主走进了一栋小楼。

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She invited them to sit around a low table

她邀请他们围坐在一张矮桌旁。

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Then she left for a moment to change her clothing

然后她离开了一会儿，去更换衣物。

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Mandy noticed a sheet of paper with unusual writing

曼迪注意到一张纸，上面有着奇怪的文字。

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" Are these Chinese characters?"

“这些是中文字吗？”

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she asked when the princess returned

公主回来时，她问道。

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" No," said the princess

“不是，”公主说。

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" That is hangul, the alphabet that my father invented."

“那是韩文，是我父亲发明的文字。”

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" Your father invented an alphabet?" said Mandy

“你父亲发明了一套文字？”曼迪说。

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" Yes," said the princess

“是的，”公主说。

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" Our people have always spoken in Korean

“我们的人民一直说韩语。”

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But they used Chinese characters to read and write

“但他们用汉字来读写。”

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Chinese characters were very difficult to learn

“汉字非常难学。”

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And only nobles could go to school to learn them."

“而且只有贵族才能去学校学习。”

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" That's not fair!" Mandy said

“那不公平！”曼迪说。

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" I agree," said the princess

“我同意，”公主说。

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" My father didn't think it was fair either

“我父亲也觉得那不公平。”

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That is why he worked with scholars to invent a simple alphabet

所以他与学者们一起发明了一种简单易学的字母。

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Hangul is very easy to learn

韩文非常容易学习。

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And now the Korean people have their own alphabet."

从此，朝鲜人民有了自己的文字。”

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" It sounds like your father was a great king," said Mandy

曼迪说：“听起来你的父亲是一位伟大的国王。”

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" He was. And he loved his people very much," replied the princess

公主回答：“是的，他非常爱他的子民。”

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" But hangul has not spread to everyone yet

“但是韩文还没有普及到每个人。

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Some people are upset by hangul

有些人对韩文感到不满。

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They say that learning is only for nobles and royalty."

他们说学习是贵族和王室才有的特权。”

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The princess pulled out a clean sheet of paper

公主抽出一张干净的纸。

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" Now I will show you just how beautiful hangul is!"

“现在，我来让你们看看韩文有多美！”

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The princess poured water into the inkstone

公主把水倒进砚台里。

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Then she made ink, dipped a brush into it, and wrote two hangul letters

接着她研好墨，用毛笔蘸了蘸，然后写了两个韩文字母。

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" Here you are."

“给你。”

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She gave the paper to Vinnie

她把纸递给了维尼。

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" This says Vi-nnie

“这写的是‘维-尼’。

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For your name!"

是你的名字！”

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" Thank you!" said Vinnie

维尼说：“谢谢你！”

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Next the princess wrote Mandy's and Gildong's names in hangul too

接着，公主也用韩文写下了曼迪和吉童的名字。

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Gildong was very pleased by the gift

吉童非常喜欢这个礼物。

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" Thank you, Princess

“谢谢你，公主。

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I will remember this

我会记住这一刻的。

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I hope I get to learn hangul soon."

我希望我也能很快学会韩文。”

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" I think you will, Gildong," she said with a smile

她微笑着说：“吉童，我想你会的。”

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Just then there was a sound at the door

就在这时，门口传来一阵声响。

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A servant spoke in a worried voice

一个仆人忧心忡忡地说道。

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" Your Highness! The guards are coming!

“殿下！卫兵们来了！

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And they are looking for your friends!"

他们在找您的朋友们！”