Chapter 7

Chapter 7 "Turning princes into toads is easy. Turning them into frogs is not." It was early the next afternoon, and the wizard was teaching Princess Pulverizer about spells that transformed one thing into another. "The problem is, you have to get the prince near water to turn him into a frog," the Wizard of Wurst continued. "These days, princes don't like to go near water. They're all too afraid of messing up their hair." That made Princess Pulverizer smile. She knew how vain princes could be. She'd caught more than a few fixing their hair in her father's mirrored ballroom.

第七章把王子变成癞蛤蟆很容易。 把它们变成青蛙就不一样了。” 第二天下午很早，男巫正在教粉碎机公主学习把一种东西变成另一种东西的咒语。 “问题是，你必须让王子靠近水，把他变成一只青蛙，”武司特巫师继续说。 “现在，王子们都不喜欢靠近水。 他们都太害怕弄乱自己的头发。” 这让粉碎机公主笑了。 她知道王子是多么虚荣。 她在父亲那间有镜子的舞厅里看到过好几个人在整理头发。

"Did I tell you about the footman I hired to clean my silver and dust my furniture?" the wizard continued. That surprised Princess Pulverizer. She hadn't seen any servants in the tower. As far as she knew, it was just the wizard and her— and Lester the Jester. "Do you still have a footman?" she asked the wizard curiously. "No," the Wizard of Wurst replied. "Now I have a footstool. That's what I turned the footman into when I caught him stealing my silverware."

“我有没有告诉过你，我雇了一个仆人来帮我擦银器、掸家具上的灰尘？”巫师接着说。 这让粉碎机公主大吃一惊。 她没看见塔楼里有仆人。 据她所知，只有巫师和她——还有小丑莱斯特。 “你还有男仆吗？”她好奇地问巫师。 “不，”巫士回答。 “现在我有一个脚凳了。当我发现那个男仆偷我的银器时，我就把他变成了这个样子。”

A footstool? Quickly, Princess Pulverizer took her feet off the stool in front of her. As she put her feet on the ground, she swore she heard a tiny voice say, "Thanks." The wizard walked across the room and suddenly flung open the doors that led to the balcony. Princess Pulverizer took a deep breath. It was the first fresh air she'd felt on her face since she'd entered the wizard's tower. She wished she were out there in the woods with

一个脚凳?粉碎机公主迅速地把脚从她面前的凳子上挪开。 当她把脚放在地上时，她发誓她听到一个微小的声音说：“谢谢。” 巫师穿过房间，猛地打开通往阳台的门。 粉碎机公主深吸了一口气。 这是她进入巫师塔以来第一次感觉到脸上有新鲜空气。 她真希望自己在树林里和

Dribble and Lucas, enjoying the great outdoors, instead of being stuck here with the wizard. "Come here," the Wizard of Wurst commanded. "I want you to meet the latest victim of my magic." The princess walked out onto the balcony and looked around. Coo. Coo. Suddenly, she heard a pigeon. Sure enough, in the corner of the balcony there was a small pigeon coop. Inside the coop was one lonely white pigeon with just a splash of gray on his wing feathers. "Meet Jacob," the wizard introduced him. "He said he wanted to be my apprentice and learn magic—just like you. But I soon learned that wasn't why he was here at all." Now the wizard had Princess Pulverizer's attention.

小运球和卢卡斯，享受户外美景，而不是被巫师困在这里。 “过来。”武司特法师命令道。 “我想让你见见我的魔法的最新受害者。” 公主走到阳台上环顾四周。 首席运营官。首席运营官。突然，她听到鸽子的叫声。 果然，在阳台的一角有一个小鸽舍。 鸡舍里有一只孤独的白鸽，翅膀上的羽毛上只有一点灰色。 “这是雅各布，”巫师介绍他。 “他说他想做我的徒弟，学魔法——就像你一样。 但我很快就发现，这根本不是他来这里的原因。” 现在巫师引起了粉碎机公主的注意。

"Jacob was a spy for the Wild Witch of Sandwich," the Wizard of Wurst continued. "She sent him here to learn my magic tricks so she could use them against me. I don't take kindly to apprentices helping my enemies." Gulp. Princess Pulverizer wasn't sure if that was a warning—or if the wizard was actually on to her. Either way, it was making her very nervous. Maybe it was best if she left without trying to rescue Lester the Jester. Why should she risk spending her life covered in feathers for a guy who didn't like

“雅各布是桑威奇野女巫的间谍，”沃斯特男巫继续说。 “她把他送到这里来学我的魔术，这样她就可以用它来对付我。 我不喜欢徒弟帮助我的敌人。” 饮而尽。粉碎机公主不确定这是警告，还是巫师真的盯上了她。 不管怎样，这让她非常紧张。 也许她离开时最好不要去救小丑莱斯特。 她为什么要为了一个不喜欢她的人而把自己的一生都花在羽毛上呢

her anyway? Lester was mean. And nasty. And not particularly funny. Was he really worth rescuing? Unfortunately, the answer was yes. It was a knight's job to save people who were in trouble—whether she liked them or not. Princess Pulverizer was going to have to find someone who was pure of heart and have him—or her—open Lester's cell. Because she wasn't going to be able to do it. If the princess was being honest, she was only interested in saving Lester so she could get closer to her goal of getting into Knight School. Which was not exactly the way somebody selfless and pure of heart would act. Grrr. This was so frustrating. The princess had been in the tower two days already and she was no closer to freeing Lester.

她呢?雷斯脱很刻薄。 和讨厌的。而且不是特别有趣。 他真的值得拯救吗？ 不幸的是，答案是肯定的。 拯救陷入困境的人是骑士的职责——不管她喜欢与否。 粉碎机公主要找一个心地纯洁的人，让他或她打开莱斯特的牢房。 因为她做不到。 如果公主是诚实的，她只对救莱斯特感兴趣这样她就能更接近她进入骑士学校的目标。 这可不是一个无私而纯洁的人会做的事。 叽阿。这太令人沮丧了。 公爵小姐在塔里已经呆了两天了，她还没有把雷斯脱释放出来。