蝴蝶 好 靚 呀 butterfly|very|beautiful|particle 나비가 너무 예뻐요 Vlinders zijn zo mooi 蝴蝶 好 靚 呀 The butterfly is so beautiful.

「大家 快啲 過嚟 集合 ，我哋 要 出發 喇 ！ everyone|quickly|come over|gather|we|need to|depart|particle indicating action is about to happen "Everyone, hurry over here to gather, we need to set off now!" 阿花 ！ Ah Hua Ah Hua! 快啲 埋嚟 ，等緊 你 呀 ！」 hurry up|come over|waiting for|you|sentence-final particle "Hurry over, we're waiting for you!"

阿花 細細聲 ：「哦 ，我 依家 過嚟 喇 老師 。」 Ah Hua|softly|oh|I|now|come over|particle indicating action completion|teacher Ah Hua said softly: "Oh, I'm coming over now, teacher."

「 大家 好 ， 我 …… 我 叫 阿 ...... 阿花 。 "Hello everyone, I... I am called Ah... Ah Hua." 之前 老師 話 ， 唔 想 我 哋 淨 係 掛 住 讀 ...... 讀書 ， 都 要 多 啲 出去 睇 下 嘢 ， 開 ...... 開 下 眼界 ， 所以 老師 今日 帶 我 哋 一 班 同學 ， 出去 大自然 行 下 …… 」 ||||||||||||||||||||||open||||||||||||||| "Previously, the teacher said that we shouldn't just focus on studying... studying, but should also go out more to see things, to broaden... broaden our horizons. So today the teacher brought our class out to explore nature..."

「我 喺 鄉村 新 搬嚟 冇 耐 ，啱啱 先 入嚟 呢 ......呢間 學校 兩 星期 ……我 唔敢 同 其他 同學仔 講 ......講嘢 ，我 驚 佢哋 話 我 大鄉里 ，睇唔起 我 呢啲 鄉村 嚟 嘅 人 ——」 I|at|countryside|new|moved in|not|long|just|just now|arrived|this|this|school|two|weeks|I|don't dare|with|other|classmates|to talk|talking|I|afraid|they|to say|I|from the countryside|look down on|me|these|countryside|coming|possessive particle|people "I just moved to the countryside not long ago, I just entered this... this school two weeks ago... I don't dare to talk... talk to the other classmates, I'm afraid they will say I'm from the countryside and look down on me, someone from the village—"

「呀 ！」 ah "Ah!" 突然 ，全部 同學 大叫 一 聲 ，原來 有 一 隻 毛毛蟲 躝 過 。 suddenly|all|classmates|shouted|one|sound|originally|there is|one|(measure word for animals)|caterpillar|crawled|past Suddenly, all the classmates shouted at once, it turned out there was a caterpillar crawling by.

老師 就 問 ：「有冇 人 知道 毛毛蟲 大個 咗 會 變 咩 ？」 teacher|then|asked|is there|person|knows|caterpillar|grow|past tense marker|will|become|what The teacher asked: "Does anyone know what a caterpillar turns into when it grows up?"

「乜 佢 會 變身 嘅 咩 ？」 what|he|can|transform|possessive particle|question particle "What, does it transform?" 全部 同學 都 你 眼 望 我 眼 ，冇 人 識 答 呢 條 問題 。 all|classmates|all|you|eyes|looking|me|eyes|no|person|knows|answer|this|measure word for questions|question All the classmates looked at each other, and no one knew the answer to this question.

阿花 好 緊張 ，佢 知道 答案 啊 ！ Ah Hua|very|nervous|she|knows|answer|particle Ah Hua was very nervous; she knew the answer! 佢 諗 咗 一陣 ，終於 慢慢 舉手 話 ：「老師 ，我 知道 ……」 he|thought|past tense marker|for a moment|finally|slowly|raised his hand|said|teacher|I|know She thought for a moment, and finally slowly raised her hand and said: "Teacher, I know..."

老師 見 阿花 平時 咁 文靜 ，就 問 ：「噉 答案 係 咩 呀 ？」 teacher|saw|Ah Hua|usually|so|quiet|then|asked|like this|answer|is|what|question particle The teacher, seeing Ah Fa being so quiet usually, asked: "So what is the answer?"

阿花 答 ：「係 蝴蝶 。 Ah Hua|answered|is|butterfly Ah Fa replied: "It's a butterfly. 佢哋 變 咗 蝴蝶 之後 仲 會 識 飛 ——」 they|become|past tense marker|butterfly|after|still|will|know|fly After they turn into butterflies, they will also know how to fly — "},{

「真係 ？ really Really? 阿花 講 多 啲 俾 我哋 知 吖 ！」 Ah Hua|speak|more|a little|give|us|know|particle Ah Fa, tell us more! 阿心 同學 問 阿花 。 Ah Sum|classmate|asked|Ah Fa Ah Sum asked Ah Fa.

阿花 慢慢 講 ：「毛毛蟲 有 好多 毛毛 ，佢哋 最 鍾意 食 樹葉 。 Ah Hua|slowly|said|caterpillar|has|a lot of|hair|they|most|like|eat|leaves Ah Fa slowly said: "Caterpillars have a lot of hair, and they love to eat leaves. 到 佢哋 慢慢 長大 ，就 會 變成 蛹 ，最後 破繭而出 ，就 會 變成 蝴蝶 。」 when|they|slowly|grow up|then|will|become|pupa|finally|emerge from the cocoon|then|will|become|butterfly When they slowly grow up, they will turn into a pupa, and finally break out of the cocoon, becoming a butterfly."

同學仔 聽到 都 話 神奇 。 classmate|heard|also|said|amazing The classmates all said it was amazing.

阿花 好 開心 ，佢 開始 慢慢 繼續 講 ：「佢哋 仲 有 好多 唔同 顏色 ，好 靚 㗎 ！」 Ah Hua|very|happy|she|started|slowly|continued|talking|they|still|have|many|different|colors|very|beautiful|particle indicating affirmation Ah Fa was very happy, and she began to slowly continue: "They also come in many different colors, and they are very beautiful!"

老師 都 接口 ：「係 呀 ！ teacher|also|replied|yes|particle The teacher responded: "Yes!" 蝴蝶 有時 仲 好 鍾意 一齊 飛 去 公園 食嘢 ，嗰度 會 多 啲 嘢 食 。」 butterfly|sometimes|still|very|likes|together|fly|to|park|eat|there|will|more|particle|things|to eat Sometimes butterflies also really like to fly together to the park to eat, because there is more food there."

老師 又 語重心長 噉 話 ：「其實 我哋 同 毛毛蟲 一樣 ，每 個 人 一 開始 都 係 毛毛蟲 。 teacher|again|with earnest words|like this|said|actually|we|with|caterpillar|the same|every|measure word for people|person|one|start|all|are|caterpillar The teacher then said earnestly: "Actually, we are just like caterpillars; everyone starts off as a caterpillar.

「有啲 人 細細個 就 好 有錢 ，有啲 人 嘅 屋企 就 冇 咁 有錢 。」 some|people|when they were young|then|very|wealthy|some|people|possessive particle|family|then|not|so|wealthy "Some people are very wealthy when they are young, while some people's families are not as wealthy."

「但 噉 唔 代表 你哋 將來 都 會 一直 係 噉 ：到 你哋 大個仔 大個女 ，就 會 發現 其實 人 係 會 變 ，當 你哋 變 得 更 叻仔叻女 ，嗰陣 就 係 你哋 破繭成蝶 嘅 時候 喇 ！」 but|like this|not|means|you (plural)|future|also|will|always|be|like this|when|you (plural)|son|daughter|then|will|realize|actually|people|be|will|change|when|you (plural)|change|to be|more|smart|at that time|then|be|you (plural)|break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly|possessive particle|time|particle indicating completion or change of state "But that doesn't mean you will always be like that in the future: when you grow up, you will discover that people can change. When you become better and smarter, that will be the time you break out of your cocoon and become a butterfly!"

阿花 聽 完 老師 嘅 一 番 話 ，再 望 一 望 眼前 嘅 蝴蝶 。 Ah Hua|listen|finish|teacher|possessive particle|one|measure word for actions|speech|again|look|one|look|in front of|possessive particle|butterfly Ah Hua listened to the teacher's words and then looked at the butterfly in front of her.

「 我 都 想 有 改變 —— 我 想 同 其他 同學 做 好 朋友 …… 但 首先 我 要 學 下 唔 好 咁 在意 其他 人 嘅 眼光 …… 」 ||||change|||||||||||||||||so||||possessive particle| "I also want to change - I want to be good friends with other classmates... but first, I need to learn not to care so much about what others think..."

阿心 佢哋 喺 另 一邊 睇緊 蝴蝶 ，阿花 就 行埋去 問 ：「阿心 ，你哋 可唔可以 摻埋 我 一齊 睇 啊 ？」 Ah Sum|they|at|another|side|watching|butterfly|Ah Fa|then|walked over|asked|Ah Sum|you|can or not|mix in|me|together|watch|question particle Ah Sum and the others were watching the butterfly on the other side, and Ah Hua walked over to ask: "Ah Sum, can you all come and watch with me?"

「當然 可以 ！ of course|can "Of course!" 我哋 一齊 玩 吖 ！」 we|together|play|particle "Let's play together!" 阿心 應得 好 爽快 。 Ah Sum|deserves|very|straightforward Ah Sum deserves to feel great.

於是 佢哋 一齊 玩 咗 大半日 。 so|they|together|played|past tense marker|most of the day So they played together for most of the day.

「大家 快啲 過嚟 集合 ，我哋 要 走 喇 ！ everyone|quickly|come over|gather|we|need|leave|particle indicating action is imminent "Everyone hurry over to gather, we need to go!" 阿花 、阿心 ！ Ah Hua|Ah Xin Ah Fa, Ah Sum! 快啲 埋嚟 ，等緊 你哋 呀 ！」 hurry up|come over|waiting for|you all|sentence-final particle Hurry up and come here, we're waiting for you!"

「哦 ！ oh "Oh!" 」阿心 應 完 就 拉住 阿花 隻 手 問 ：「我哋 做 個 好 朋友 ，好唔好 ？」 Ah Sum|should|finish|then|hold|Ah Fa|measure word for hands|hand|asked|we|be|a|good|friend|okay Ah Sum immediately held Ah Hua's hand and asked, "Shall we be good friends, okay?"

阿花 細細 聲 ： 「 好 、 好 …… 」 又 不停 點頭 。 Ah Hua replied softly, "Okay, okay..." and kept nodding.

睇嚟 迎接 阿花 嘅 ，係 個 美麗 嘅 改變 呀 ！ it seems|welcoming|Ah Hua|possessive particle|is|classifier|beautiful|possessive particle|change|sentence-final particle It seems that a beautiful change awaits Ah Hua!