老鼠娶新娘The Mouse got married on the third day of the Chinese New Year

從前有一個老鼠市長，他的女兒又聰明又漂亮，許多老鼠都想跟他結婚。Once upon a time there was a mouse mayor. His daughter was smart and beautiful, and many mice admired her and wanted to marry her.

老鼠市長對女兒說：女兒，老鼠又小又沒有本事，你不要和老鼠結婚。Mouse Mayor said to his daughter: My daughter, mice are small in size and incapable, so don’t want you to marry a mouse.

女兒問：那麼，世界上誰最有本事呢？The daughter asked: So, who is the most capable in the world?

(who’s most powerful in the world?)

老鼠市長說： 嗯！我要想想看！Mouse Mayor said: Hmm, I need to think about it! (let me think about that)

那年冬天，天氣很冷，老鼠市長在屋頂上曬太陽。It was a cold winter day, (That winter, the weather was very cold,)

and the mouse mayor did a sunbath on top of the roof.

太陽曬在身上好舒服啊！It was so comfortable to be in the warm sun) The sun feels so good on my body!

老鼠市長說：啊！對了，我相信太陽最有本事，我要把女兒嫁給太陽。The mouse mayor suddenly had an idea: Ah-ha! By the way, I believe the sun is the most capable than anything else in the world, I will marry my daughter to the sun.

於是，老鼠市長自己去找太陽。So Mayor Mouse went to find the sun himself.

太陽說：烏雲比我有本事，因為烏雲能把我擋住。The sun said: The dark clouds is more capable (powerful)than I am, because the dark clouds can block me.

老鼠市長不怕累，他又跑去找烏雲。The mouse mayor was not afraid of getting tired (the restless mouse mayor)

, so he ran to look for dark clouds again.

烏雲說：大風比我有本事，因為大風能把我吹散。The dark cloud said: The strong wind is more capable than me, because the strong wind can blow me away.

老老鼠市長不怕累，他又跑去找大風。The old mouse mayor was not afraid of getting tired, so he ran to find the wind again.

大風說：牆比我有本事，因為牆能把我擋住。Wind said: The wall is more powerful than me, because the wall can block me completely.

老鼠市長在路上，看見一隻老鼠在牆上打洞，The Mayor Mouse was on the road and saw a mouse digging holes in a wall.

(Right at that moment )

他想：哦！原來老鼠比牆還有本事！He thought: Oh! It turns out that mice are more capable than walls!

老鼠市長一路跑回家。 他說：女兒，世界上還是老鼠最有本事，你跟老鼠結婚吧！Mayor Mouse ran all the way home. He said: My daughter, that mice are the most capable in the world. Hence she should definitely marry a mouse!

正月初三是老鼠結婚的日子。The third day of the first lunar month is the day when rats get married.

Which was the third day of Chinese New Year

市長女兒穿上大紅的新衣，坐上花轎，熱熱鬧鬧地結婚了。The mayor’s daughter put on a bright red dress, got on a sedan chair, and got married lively