Chapter 1

NANCY KRULIK WORSE, WORSER, WORST art by Ben Balistreri

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Chapter 1 "AAAAAHHH! There's a MONSTER in that tree!" Lucas cried out. "A hairy, creepy-crawly MONSTER!" The scared knight-in-training dropped the grilled cheese sandwich he'd been snacking on and ran off as fast as he could.

第一章“啊啊啊啊！”那棵树上有个怪物！”卢卡斯叫道。 “一个毛茸茸的、令人毛骨悚然的怪物！”这位受到惊吓的训练中的骑士丢掉了他一直在吃的烤奶酪三明治，以最快的速度跑开了。

"A monster?" Princess Pulverizer repeated. But she did not sound scared at all. Nothing scared Princess Pulverizer. Well, very little scared her, anyway. "Y-y-yes," Lucas answered from his favorite hiding spot—crouched behind his best friend, Dribble the dragon. "I hate things that creep and crawl!" "I'll defeat it!" Princess Pulverizer said, leaping to her feet.

“怪物?”粉碎机公主重复道。 但她听起来一点也不害怕。 没有什么能吓到粉碎机公主。 反正也没吓到她。 “对——对——对。”卢卡斯从他最喜欢的藏身之处——蹲在他最好的朋友龙运球后面回答。 “我讨厌爬来爬去的东西！”“我要打败它！”粉碎机公主说着，跳了起来。

"H-h-how?" Lucas stammered nervously. "You don't have any weapons." "Sure I do." The princess bent her arms to show off her muscles. "These!" Lucas and Dribble did not seem particularly impressed. But that wasn't stopping Princess Pulverizer. "Watch out, monster! You are no match for me," she shouted. Princess Pulverizer looked up into the tree. But she didn't see a monster. She didn't see anything other than the usual branches, leaves, and blossoms. Hmmm... Maybe the monster was hiding. The princess leaped into the air and grabbed a tree branch. She pulled herself up and began climbing, searching for a monster hidden in the leaves. But there was no monster anywhere. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, Princess Pulverizer noticed a black, white, and

“H-h-how ?”卢卡斯紧张地结结巴巴地说。 “你没有任何武器。” “我当然知道。”公主弯着胳膊，以显示她的肌肉。 “这些!”卢卡斯和运球似乎并没有被打动。 但这并没有阻止粉碎机公主。 “小心，怪物！”你不是我的对手，”她喊道。 粉碎机公主抬头看着树。 但是她没有看到怪物。 除了平常的树枝、叶子和花朵，她什么也没看到。 嗯…也许怪物藏起来了。 公主一跃而起，抓住了一根树枝。 她爬了起来，开始爬，寻找藏在树叶里的怪物。 但是到处都没有怪物。 突然，从她眼角的余光里，粉碎机公主看到了一个黑色、白色和

yellow hairy creature creeping and crawling on a branch. Wait a minute. Hairy? Creeping? Crawling? Oh brother. Lucas hadn't seen a monster at all. He'd seen a caterpillar. Princess Pulverizer wasn't surprised that Lucas was afraid of an insect. Lucas was afraid of everything. The princess let the little caterpillar crawl onto her finger. She tucked him in her pocket and slid down to the ground. Princess Pulverizer walked over to her friends and dangled the tiny creature in front of Lucas's nose. "Is this your monster?"

黄色多毛的生物在树枝上爬行。 等一下。毛吗?爬吗? 爬行吗?哦,哥哥。卢卡斯根本就没见过怪物。 他看见了一只毛毛虫。粉碎机公主对卢卡斯害怕昆虫并不感到惊讶。 卢卡斯什么都害怕。 公主让小毛毛虫爬到她的手指上。 她把他塞进口袋，滑到地上。 粉碎公主走到她的朋友们身边，把这个小生物吊在卢卡斯的鼻子前。 “这是你的怪物吗？”

Lucas shuddered. "Get that away from me!" he cried out. Princess Pulverizer laughed. Dribble looked from the caterpillar to Lucas and back again. He clenched his dragon lips together tightly, trying not to laugh. But he couldn't help himself. "Ha-ha-ha-ha..." SNORT! Dribble laughed so hard, the ground shook beneath him.

卢卡斯战栗。“把它拿开！”他喊道。 粉碎机公主笑了。 小运球看看毛毛虫，看看卢卡斯，又看看卢卡斯。 他紧紧抿紧龙唇，强忍着不笑出来。 但他控制不住自己。 “哈哈哈哈……”SNORT !运球笑得那么厉害，脚下的地面都在颤抖。