Chapter 4

Chapter 4 "I am a happy princess wandering in the woods," Princess Pulverizer sang out as loudly as she could. "All alone, with no one to protect me..." The princess's voice cracked on that last note. She probably should have paid more attention to her music classes at the Royal School of Ladylike Manners. Princess Pulverizer stopped singing and waited for the ogre to come capture her. But the door to the castle didn't open. Still, she wasn't giving up. She was going to get captured by that ogre, no matter how much singing she had to do. Being captured meant she would be brought inside the ogre's castle. And once she was in there, she could

“我是一个快乐的公主，在森林里游荡。”粉碎机公主尽可能大声地唱着。 “孤身一人，没有人保护我……” 公主的声音在最后一个音符上变哑了。 她或许应该在皇家淑女礼仪学校的音乐课上多花点心思。 粉碎机公主停止了歌唱，等待着食人魔来抓她。 但是城堡的门没有打开。 不过，她并没有放弃。 不管她要唱多少歌，她都要被那个食人魔抓走。 被抓住意味着她将被带进食人魔的城堡。 一旦她进去了，她就能

get her hands on the Queen of Shmergermeister's jewels. "I'm all alone," Princess Pulverizer sang, much louder this time. "Just picking flowers. With no one watching over me. And did I mention, I'm a princess?" She waited for a moment and stared at the door. It still didn't open.

让她染指Shmergermeister女王的珠宝 “我孤身一人，”粉碎机公主唱道，这次声音大了很多。 “只是摘花而已。没有人照看我。 我有没有说过，我是一位公主？”她等了一会儿，盯着门。 它仍然没有打开。

What was wrong with this ogre? Didn't he know it was his job to capture princesses and drag them into his castle? "La la la la!" Princess Pulverizer sang, so loud and so out of tune that it sounded more like squawking than singing. Click. A lock opened. The door to the castle swung open. The ogre stomped out—with his dirty fingers shoved into his hairy ears. "NOISE BAD," he grunted. Princess Pulverizer scowled. "Come on. My singing's not that bad." "BAD!" the ogre grumbled. "VERY BAD." "Well, if my singing hurts your ears," Princess Pulverizer said angrily, "I'll just keep my mouth shut, then." "FINE," the ogre bellowed. He turned and started back into his castle. "Don't you want to capture me and hold me prisoner in your tower?" Princess Pulverizer asked him.

这个食人魔怎么了？ 难道他不知道他的工作就是抓住公主并把她们拖进城堡吗？ “啦啦啦！”粉碎机公主唱了起来，声音如此之大，如此跑调，听起来更像是在尖叫，而不是在唱歌。 点击。一把锁打开了。城堡的门开了。 食人魔跺着脚走了出去，肮脏的手指塞进毛茸茸的耳朵里。 “噪音太大了。”他咕哝道。粉碎机公主皱起了眉头。 “来吧。我的歌声没那么糟。” “糟糕！”食人魔抱怨道。“非常糟糕”。 “好吧，如果我的歌声伤害了你的耳朵，”普莱丽公主生气地说，“那我就闭上嘴吧。” “好吧。”食人魔吼道。 他转身向城堡走去。 “难道你不想抓住我，把我关在你的塔楼里吗？”普莱丽公主问他。

The ogre looked at her strangely. "NO SING?" he asked her. The princess shook her head. "No more singing." "OKAY," the ogre said. He took her by the arm and began dragging her inside. "I CAPTURE." Princess Pulverizer sighed. It was about time. "YOU PRISONER," the ogre said as he led Princess Pulverizer up the last and steepest staircase and into the giant tower. The princess could not believe her eyes. What a dump!

食人魔奇怪地看着她。 “不唱歌吗？”他问她。公主摇了摇头。 “别再唱歌了。”“好的。”食人魔说。 他抓住她的胳膊，开始把她拖进屋里。 “我抓住。”粉碎机公主叹了口气。 是时候了。“你被囚禁了。”食人魔一边说，一边领着粉碎机公主爬上最后一道最陡的楼梯，进入巨大的塔楼。 公主简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。 真是个垃圾场！

There were strange objects piled in a mound from floor to ceiling. Bent forks. Crusty spoons. Dulled metal knives. A broken hand mirror. Silk scarves. Copper teakettles. Frying pans. Broken teacups. Chipped dishes. "What is all this junk?" Princess Pulverizer asked. "TREASURES," the ogre barked at her. "MY TREASURES."

从地板到天花板都堆着一些奇怪的东西。 弯曲的叉子。一个易怒的勺子。 磨钝的金属刀。一个破手镜。 丝巾。铜茶壶。 煎锅。破碎的茶杯。 的菜。“这些垃圾是什么？”粉碎机公主问。 “珍宝。”食人魔对她吼道。 “我的宝藏。”

"Treasures?" the princess questioned. "This is just junk." "MY TREASURES," the ogre repeated. "YOU NO TOUCH." Princess Pulverizer looked at a large silver ladle that was covered in a crusty yellow film. No touch. No problem. But a few minutes later, after the ogre had shut the tower door and left, Princess Pulverizer realized she just might have to dig through the pile of junk, after all. The ogre had called this stuff treasures. So maybe the silverware, coins, pots, and pans were things he had stolen and wanted to keep for his own. If so, it was possible that there were some real treasures in that mess. Treasures from a jewelry box that was stolen from the Queen of Schmergermeister! Princess Pulverizer had no choice. She reached into the pile of disgustingness and

“宝物？”公主问。 “这只是垃圾。”“我的宝贝。”食人魔重复道。 “你不碰我。”粉碎机公主看着一个大银勺，上面覆盖着一层硬壳黄色的薄膜。 没有联系。没有问题。但几分钟后，在食人魔关上塔门离开后，粉碎机公主意识到，她可能还是得从那堆垃圾中挖出来。 食人魔称这些东西为珍宝。 所以，也许那些银器、硬币、锅碗瓢盆都是他偷来的东西，他想自己留着。 如果是这样的话，那一堆东西里很可能有一些真正的宝藏。 从施mergermeister女王那里偷来的首饰盒里的财宝！粉碎机公主别无选择。 她把手伸进那堆恶心的东西里，然后