The Kitten and the Puppy

The Kitten and the Puppy Illustration

Tap any word for its meaning

这zhè是shì小猫xiǎo māo。This is the kitten.这zhè是shì小狗xiǎo gǒu。This is the puppy.

小猫xiǎo māo很hěn小xiǎo，很hěn漂亮piào liang。The kitten is very small and very pretty.小狗xiǎo gǒu也yě不bù大dà，很hěn可爱kě ài。The puppy is also not big and very cute.

小猫xiǎo māo喜欢xǐ huān睡觉shuì jiào。The kitten likes to sleep.小狗xiǎo gǒu喜欢xǐ huān玩wán。The puppy likes to play.

小猫xiǎo māo看kàn小狗xiǎo gǒu，小狗xiǎo gǒu也yě看kàn小猫xiǎo māo。The kitten looks at the puppy, and the puppy also looks at the kitten.他们tā men想xiǎng：“我们wǒ men是shì朋友péng yǒu吗ma？”They think: "Are we friends?"

Want to read along with audio? Every story in the Literate Chinese app is narrated by a native speaker — in Mainland or Taiwan Mandarin — so you can listen while you read, and tap any word to save it as a flashcard. See what's in the app.

More free stories: all kitten and puppy adventures and other Chinese reading practice · traditional characters · how graded readers work

Try reading your first story

The fastest way to make characters stick is to meet them in a story you can actually finish. Literate Chinese has 650+ graded stories matched to the words you know — in Mainland or Taiwan Mandarin, Simplified or Traditional. Free on iOS and Android.

Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play

Prefer the browser? Read a free story on the web →