Once, there were three white mice on a white piece of paper.

从前，有三只白色的老鼠，它们站在白色的纸上

The cat couldn't find them.

猫看不见它们

One day, while the cat was asleep, the mice saw three jars of paint-

一天，猫在睡觉时，它们发现三瓶颜料

one red, one yellow, and one blue.

一瓶是红色，一瓶是黄色，还有一瓶是蓝色的

They thought it was Mouse Paint. They climbed right in.

它们感到很好奇就钻了进去

Then one was red, one was yellow, and one was blue.

哇!一只红色的老鼠，一只黄色的老鼠和一只蓝色的老鼠

They dripped puddles of paint onto the paper.The puddles looked like fun.

它们在纸上滴下了一滩滩颜料，看起来真好玩

The red mouse stepped into a yellow puddle and did a little dance.

红色的老鼠踏进红色的颜料，在上面跳起舞来

"Look," he cried."Red feet in a yellow puddle make orange!"

“快看”红色的老鼠说，“我的脚变成橙色的了”

The yellow mouse hopped into a blue puddle.His feet mixed and stirred and stirred and mixed until…

黄色的老鼠蹦进蓝色的颜料，它搅啊搅啊

"Look down," said the red mouse and the blue mouse. "Yellow feet in a blue puddle make green."

“往下看!”红色老鼠和蓝色老鼠说：“你的脚变成绿色的了”

the blue mouse jumped into a red puddle.He splashed and mixed and danced until…

蓝色的老鼠跳进蓝色的颜料，它跳啊、蹦啊、搅啊!

“Purple!" they all shouted.

“紫色”三只老鼠一起大叫起来

But the paint on their fur got sticky and stiff.

颜料很快变得又粘又硬

So they washed themselves down to a nice soft white?

它们洗了个澡，又变成白色的老鼠

and painted the paper instead. They painted one part red

这一次，三只老鼠决定在白色的纸上涂色

They painted one part red

他们把一部分涂成红色

and one part yellow

一部分涂成黄色

and one part blue

一部分涂成蓝色

They mixed red and yellow to paint an orange part,

它们用红色和黄色涂成了橙色

yellow and blue to paint a green part,

用蓝色和黄色涂成了绿色

and blue and red to paint a purple part.

用红色和蓝色涂成了紫色

But they left some white because of the cat.

但是最后它们还是因为那只猫留了一些白色的地方