Chapter 4

Chapter 4 "Okay, you two stay here and hide in the forest," Princess Pulverizer told Dribble and Lucas a while later, as they stopped near the Wizard of Wurst's tower. "Are you sure you want to go in there alone?" Lucas asked her. "Of course," Princess Pulverizer replied. "Besides, she's not completely alone," Dribble told Lucas. "You and I are going to be in spitting distance of that tower." Princess Pulverizer wiggled a rye seed loose from between her teeth and spit it into the air. The seed whirled. It twirled. It did a loop-the-loop. And landed right at the tower's front door.

“好吧，你们俩呆在这儿，躲到森林里去。”过了一会儿，普瓦瑞尔公主对运球和卢卡斯说，他们在沃斯特巫师的高塔附近停了下来。 “你确定要一个人进去吗？”卢卡斯问她。 “当然可以。” “再说，她也不是孤身一人，”德布尔告诉卢卡斯。 “你和我将会离那座塔很近。” 粉碎机公主把一颗黑麦种子从她的牙齿间扭出来，吐到空中。 种子旋转着。它旋转。 它做了一个循环。正好落在大楼的前门。

"Yup," she agreed. "Spitting distance."

“是的，”她同意了。“吐痰的距离。”

Princess Pulverizer reached into her sack and pulled out a shimmering ruby ring. "You hold on to this for me," she told Lucas. "It's the ring the Queen of Shmergermeister gave me as a reward for returning her jewels. It's got magic powers." "I remember," Lucas said. "Whoever wears it will walk with complete silence. No one will hear him coming." "Exactly," Princess Pulverizer agreed. "That will give you the element of surprise in an emergency." "E-e-emergency?" Lucas stammered nervously. "I'll try not to give you any reason to use the ring," Princess Pulverizer assured him. Lucas didn't look very comforted. "I better get going," Princess Pulverizer said. "The sooner I get in there, the sooner I can rescue Lester the Jester."

粉碎机公主把手伸进口袋，拿出一枚闪闪发光的红宝石戒指。 “你帮我拿着这个，”她对卢卡斯说。 “这是施梅尔迈斯特女王送给我的戒指，作为我归还她的珠宝的奖励。 它有魔力。”“我记得，”卢卡斯说。 “戴着它的人走路时将完全沉默。 没有人会听见他来的。” “没错。” “这将在紧急情况下给你一个惊喜。” “E-e-emergency ?”卢卡斯紧张地结结巴巴地说。 “我尽量不给你任何使用戒指的理由。”普莱尔公主向他保证。 卢卡斯看上去不太舒服。 “我得走了。” “我越早进去，就能越早救出小丑莱斯特”

Knock. Knock. Knock. Princess Pulverizer bit her lip nervously as she knocked on the wizard's front door. She wondered if grown-up knights ever got scared. They didn't seem to. But who knew? Maybe they just pretended to not be scared. Knock. Knock. Knock. Princess Pulverizer knocked even harder this time. She wanted to sound brave. Finally, she heard footsteps coming from inside. The door opened. And there he was: the Wizard of Wurst. Wow. The wizard didn't seem scary at all. He was short and round, and his nose was squishy. He looked a little like a pig. Princess Pulverizer breathed a sigh of relief. There was nothing to be afraid of with this guy. He... "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" Gulp. Uh-oh. The wizard might not have looked scary, but he sure sounded scary.

敲门声。敲门声。敲门声。粉碎机公主紧张地咬着嘴唇，敲了敲巫师的前门。 她想知道成年骑士会不会害怕。 他们似乎没有。但谁知道呢？ 也许他们只是假装不害怕。 敲门声。敲门声。敲门声。粉碎机公主这次打得更狠了。 她想表现得勇敢些。 最后，她听到里面传来了脚步声。 门开了。他就在那里：Wurst巫师。 哇。巫师看起来一点也不可怕。 他又矮又圆，鼻子软绵绵的。 他看起来有点像猪。 粉碎机公主松了一口气。 和这个人在一起没什么好怕的。 他……“你想要什么？”饮而尽。 哦。这个男巫可能看起来并不可怕，但他的声音确实很可怕。

"I... um... I want to be a wizard," Princess Pulverizer stammered nervously. "And I need you to teach me." The wizard gave her an odd look. "You want to be a wizard?" he bellowed. "Y-yes," Princess Pulverizer replied. "But you're just a kid," the Wizard of Wurst said. "I don't want to be a babysitter." That made the princess angry. She was no baby. And she didn't need to be sat. She was perfectly capable of taking care of herself, thank you very much.

“我……嗯…我想成为一名巫师。”粉碎机公主紧张地结结巴巴地说。 “我需要你教我。” 巫师奇怪地看了她一眼。 “你想当巫师？”他吼道。 “是的。”公主回答。 “但你只是个孩子，”沃斯特巫师说。 “我不想当保姆。” 这使公主很生气。 她不是婴儿了。她不需要坐着。 她完全有能力照顾好自己，非常感谢。

But Princess Pulverizer didn't say that. She didn't want to make the Wizard of Wurst angry. "I was told you are the wisest wizard in the world," she said instead. "That's true," the Wizard of Wurst boasted. "I want to learn from the best," Princess Pulverizer continued. The wizard gave her a look. "I can't help feeling you're full of baloney," he said.

但是粉碎机公主并没有这么说。 她不想惹武司法师生气。 “我听说你是世界上最聪明的巫师。” “没错，”武司特巫师夸口说。 “我想向最优秀的人学习。” 巫师看了她一眼。 “我忍不住觉得你满口胡言，”他说。