Chapter 9

Chapter 9 "Wait—what?" Dribble asked. "I'm going to save us?" "You sure are," Princess Pulverizer assured him. Dribble grinned his approval. "I like helping people," he said happily. "Just tell me what I have to do!" "UGGGHHHH!" Just then, the ogre let out a loud groan. He rolled onto his side. "He's waking up," Lucas sobbed. "He's going to be so mad. He'll lock us in here and throw away the key." "Quick!" Princess Pulverizer ordered Lucas. "Climb onto Dribble's back." "Why should I do that?" Lucas asked her.

第九章“等等——什么？”运球问道。 “我要去救我们？”“你当然是。”普莱丽公主向他保证。 运球咧嘴笑着表示赞同。 “我喜欢帮助别人，”他高兴地说。 “告诉我该怎么做！”“UGGGHHHH !”就在这时，食人魔发出了一声响亮的呻吟。 他翻了个身。“他醒了，”卢卡斯抽泣着说。 “他会很生气的。他会把我们锁在这里，然后扔掉钥匙。” “快!”粉碎机公主命令卢卡斯。 “爬到运球背上。” “我为什么要那么做？”卢卡斯问她。

"Yes, why should he do that?" Dribble asked. "Because you're going to fly us right out this window," Princess Pulverizer told the dragon. "That's my plan." "F-f-fly?" Lucas asked nervously. "Like in the air?" "Don't worry, Lucas," Dribble said.

“是的，他为什么要那样做呢？”运球问道。 “因为你要把我们从这扇窗户飞出去。” “这就是我的计划。”“F-f-fly ?”卢卡斯紧张地问。 “就像在空中一样？”“别担心，卢卡斯。”

"Why? Because you're such a great flyer?" Princess Pulverizer wondered excitedly. "No," Dribble said. "Because I can't fly. I still have my baby wings. My adult wings haven't grown in yet. Baby wings aren't big or strong enough to fly." Princess Pulverizer frowned. "You're not a full-grown dragon?" she asked. "But you're huge." "Not for a dragon," Dribble told her. "Grown-up dragons are humongous. I'm sorry," he apologized. He looked longingly back out the window. And let out another giant burp. "Boy, does my stomach hurt. I should never have had that third grilled cheese sandwich this morning." Dribble's burp was so powerful, it blew some of the ogre's treasures off the top of the mountain. Princess Pulverizer watched from her spot near the window as a shiny soup pot, carving knife, and teakettle tumbled over the ogre's

“为什么?因为你是个很棒的飞行员？”粉碎机公主兴奋地想。 “不，”运球说。“因为我不会飞。 我的小翅膀还在。 我成年后的翅膀还没长出来。 婴儿的翅膀还不够大，不够结实，不能飞。” 粉碎机公主皱起了眉头。 “你不是一条成年龙吧？”她问。 “但你块头很大。”“对龙来说可不是。” “成年龙是巨大的。 对不起，”他道歉道。 他恋恋不舍地望着窗外。 然后又打了一个大大的嗝。 “孩子，我的胃疼。 我今天早上不应该吃第三个烤奶酪三明治。” 运球的打嗝是如此有力，它把食人魔的一些宝藏从山顶吹了下来。 粉碎机公主从她靠近窗户的位置上看到一个闪闪发光的汤锅、切肉刀和茶壶从食人魔的手里滚了下来

giant body, out the door, and right down the stairs. "That's it!" Princess Pulverizer shouted excitedly. "What's it?" Dribble and Lucas asked at the same time. "I've got a new plan," she told them. "A better plan." "Yay!" Dribble shouted. Lucas stopped crying immediately. "HEAD HURT!" At just that moment, the ogre began to stir again. "OWIE!" "He's waking up!" Lucas cried out. Burp. Dribble let out a belch. It wasn't a big burp by dragon standards. But it was strong enough to blow a frying pan off the top of the garbage mountain. The pan fell and bonked the ogre on the head. "NIGHTY NIGHT," the ogre groaned as he passed out again.

巨大的身躯，出了门，走下楼梯。 “就是这样!”粉碎机公主兴奋地喊道。 “什么?”运球和卢卡斯同时问道。 “我有一个新计划，”她告诉他们。 “一个更好的计划。”“耶!”运球喊道。 卢卡斯立刻不哭了。 “头很痛!”就在这时，食人魔又动了起来。 “伤口!”“他醒了！”卢卡斯叫道。 打嗝。运球打了个嗝。 以龙的标准来看，这不是一个大嗝。 但它足够强大，足以把一个煎锅从垃圾山上吹下来。 锅掉了下来，砸在了食人魔的头上。 “晚安。”食人魔呻吟着，又昏了过去。

"He's not going to stay that way for long," Dribble told Princess Pulverizer. "If you've got a plan, now's a good time to put it into motion." "Okay," Princess Pulverizer told the dragon. "But first, you probably should have a little snack." Dribble looked at the princess like she was crazy. "You want me to eat now?" "I don't think this is a good time for food," Lucas said. "It's the perfect time," Princess Pulverizer insisted. She held up the bowl of old gruel. "Come on, Dribble. Just a little spoonful." "I'm not hungry," Dribble protested. "And besides, that stuff smells disgusting." Princess Pulverizer frowned. This was not going the way she had hoped.

“他不会一直这样下去的。” “如果你有一个计划，现在就是付诸实施的好时机。” “好吧。”粉碎机公主对龙说。 “但首先，你可能应该吃点零食。” 运球看着公主，就像她疯了一样。 “你要我现在吃饭吗？”“我认为现在不是吃东西的好时机，”卢卡斯说。 “这是一个完美的时机，”粉碎公主坚持说。 她端起那碗陈年稀粥。 “来吧，运球。就一小勺。” “我不饿。”运球抗议道。 “而且，那东西闻起来很恶心。” 粉碎机公主皱起了眉头。 事情并没有按照她所希望的那样发展。

"Please, Dribble, open wide," the princess urged as she held the spoonful of vile stuff up to his mouth. "Here comes the chariot, bringing food to your tummy. Take a bite. Yummy yum yummy..." Before Dribble even realized what was happening, Princess Pulverizer shoved a heaping spoonful of gooey gruel into his mouth. "What is that stuff?" Dribble asked, gagging. "It's the stuff that's going to save us," Princess Pulverizer told him, shoving another heaping spoonful into Dribble's mouth. "Over the teeth and over the gums—look out, stomach, here it comes."

“请把口水张开。”公主把那一勺恶心的东西送到他嘴边，催促道。 “战车来了，把食物送到你的肚子里。 吃一口。好吃，好吃，好吃……” 小不点还没意识到发生了什么，粉碎机公主就把一勺黏糊糊的稀粥塞进了他的嘴里。 “那是什么东西？”运球问道，哽咽着。 “这是能拯救我们的东西。”普瓦瑞尔公主对他说，又往小流嘴里塞了满满一勺。 “在牙齿和牙龈上——当心，肚子，它来了。”