Chapter 3

Chapter 3 "Here, let me help you carry that heavy basket," Princess Pulverizer said the next morning as she came upon an old woman carrying a basket filled with potatoes. The princess grinned widely as she spoke. She was just beginning her quest and hadn't gotten any farther than a small village on the outskirts of Empiria. Yet already she had found someone who appeared to need her help. What luck!

“来，让我帮你提这只沉重的篮子吧。”第二天早上，当普莱泽公主遇到一个提着装满土豆的篮子的老妇人时，她说。 公主边说边咧嘴一笑。 她刚刚开始她的探索之旅，只走到帝国外围的一个小村庄。 然而，她已经找到了一个似乎需要她帮助的人。 什么运气!

Princess Pulverizer tried to take the basket from the old woman's hands. But the woman wouldn't let go. "Get your hands off my basket!" she demanded. "But you have to let me help you," Princess Pulverizer insisted. She pulled harder at the basket. "Let go of my potatoes!" The old woman gripped the basket tightly. "I need to do a good deed," Princess Pulverizer explained. She gave another tug and... Rrrippp. The basket broke open. Thump. Bump. Flump. The potatoes fell into the mud. "Look what you've done!" the old woman scolded her. "My basket is torn. How am I supposed to get my potatoes home now?"

粉碎机公主试图从老妇人手中夺走篮子。 但是那个女人不肯放手。 “把你的手从我的篮子上拿开！” “但你必须让我帮助你。” 她使劲拉篮子。 “放开我的土豆！”老妇人紧紧地抓着篮子。 “我需要做一件好事。” 她又拉了一下…… Rrrippp。篮子破了。 砰地撞到。肿块。砰然声。土豆掉进了泥里。 “看看你都干了些什么！”老妇人责备她。 “我的篮子破了。现在我怎么把土豆带回家呢？”

"I'll help you carry them," Princess Pulverizer suggested. "That would be a good deed, right?" "I think you've done enough," the old woman said. "Go on your way."

“我来帮你拿吧。” “那是件好事，对吧？”“我想你已经做得够多了，”老妇人说。 “走你的路吧。”

"Can I at least take one of these potatoes as a token—just to show my father that I tried to do a good deed?" Princess Pulverizer asked. "First you break my basket and now you want to steal one of my potatoes?" The woman gasped. "I don't want to steal it, I just—" Princess Pulverizer began to explain. But the old woman didn't let her finish. "HELP!" she shouted. "THIEF!" A crowd of people turned and stared. Uh-oh. Any minute now the sheriff would be there. Princess Pulverizer could stay and try to explain to him that she was a princess on a Quest of Kindness so she could go to Knight School. But considering no other girl had ever gone on a quest like this, or gone to Knight School, she figured no sheriff in his right mind would ever believe her.

“我能不能至少拿一个土豆当信物——让我父亲知道我尽力做了一件好事？”粉碎机公主问。 “你先是打破了我的篮子，现在又想偷我的土豆？”女人喘着气说。 “我不想偷它，我只是——”粉碎机公主开始解释。 但老妇人没有让她说完。 “救命！”她喊道。“小偷!”一群人转过身来盯着他看。 哦。现在警长随时都可能到。 粉碎机公主可以留下来，试着向他解释她是一个寻求仁慈的公主，这样她就可以去骑士学校了。 但考虑到没有其他女孩参加过这样的任务，也没有女孩上过骑士学校，她想没有哪个头脑正常的警长会相信她。

To him, she would just seem like a common thief—especially dressed as she was in a plain cloth tunic and cloak, carrying nothing but a simple knapsack. Oh why hadn't she at least packed her royal tiara? If she stuck around, Princess Pulverizer could be in big trouble. Maybe even wind up in the local dungeon! So the princess did the only thing she could. She ran off. As fast as possible. Princess Pulverizer trudged her way up the hill. It seemed like she'd been running for hours. She was very tired. But at least now she was in another village—far from the old lady and her potatoes. She was safe. Unfortunately, nearly a whole day had gone by and she still hadn't found a single person

对他来说，她看起来就像一个普通的小偷——尤其是她穿着一件朴素的布外衣和斗篷，除了一个简单的背包外什么也没带。 哦，她为什么不至少带上她的王室王冠呢？ 如果她继续留在这里，粉碎机公主可能会有大麻烦。 也许还会被关进当地的地牢！于是公主做了她唯一能做的事。 她跑掉了。越快越好。 粉碎机公主艰难地上山。 她好像跑了好几个小时。 她很累。但至少现在她在另一个村子里——远离老太太和她的土豆。 她很安全。不幸的是，几乎整整一天过去了，她仍然没有找到一个人

who needed her help. At this rate, her Quest for Kindness could go on forever. The princess knelt down by a nearby stream and took a drink of cool, clear water. As she drank, two women came strolling down the path. "The queen was absolutely beside herself," remarked the taller woman, who wore a pale green dress. "Some of the stolen jewels were gifts from her parents and her grandparents. They were priceless."

谁需要她的帮助。照这样下去，她对善良的追求可能会永远持续下去。 公主跪在附近的一条小溪边，喝了一口清凉的水。 她喝着酒，两个女人沿着小路散步过来。 “女王简直疯了，”高个子女人说，她穿着一件淡绿色的连衣裙。 “被盗的一些珠宝是她父母和祖父母送给她的礼物。 它们是无价的。”