Chapter 2

Chapter 2 RUMBLE! GRUMBLE! A loud noise filled the village square the trio had just entered. The ground began to shake beneath Princess Pulverizer's feet. "Earthquake!" Lucas shouted nervously. His skinny legs shook, rattling his armor. RUMBLE! GRUMBLE! "I'm getting out of here!" shouted a tall man in a red hat as he covered his head and ran for safety. "Wait! I'm coming with you!" Lucas cried to the man. He started to run. But Princess Pulverizer grabbed him by the arm and held him in place. "You're not going anywhere," she told him. "But the earthquake...," Lucas began.

第二章隆隆声！抱怨!三人刚刚进入的村庄广场上充满了喧闹声。 粉碎机公主脚下的大地开始摇晃起来。 “地震!”卢卡斯紧张地喊道。 他的细腿颤抖着，把盔甲弄得格格作响。 轰鸣!抱怨!“我要离开这里！”一个戴着红帽子的高个子男人喊道，他捂着头跑向安全的地方。 “等等!我跟你一起去！”卢卡斯向那人喊道。 他开始跑。但是粉碎机公主抓住他的胳膊，把他固定在原地。 “你哪儿也不能去，”她告诉他。 “但是地震……卢卡斯开口说。

Princess Pulverizer studied the ground. There were no cracks in the road below her feet. And none of the houses or shops nearby were tilting or crumbling—the way they might if there had really been an earthquake. So if this isn't an earthquake, what is it? Princess Pulverizer thought nervously to herself. RUMBLE! GRUMBLE! Princess Pulverizer turned around quickly. The noise was definitely coming from behind

粉碎机公主端详着地面。 她脚下的路没有裂缝。 附近的房屋和商店都没有倾斜或倒塌——如果真的发生了地震，它们可能会这样。 如果这不是地震，那是什么？ 粉碎机公主紧张地想。 轰鸣!抱怨!粉碎机公主迅速转过身来。 那声音肯定是从后面传来的

her. And if she wasn't mistaken, it was coming from inside of something. Make that inside of someone. "Dribble, it's your stomach making all that noise!" she said. The dragon's green cheeks blushed purple. "Excuse me," he apologized meekly. "It's not my fault. I'm starving." "So am I," Lucas admitted. "We haven't eaten in hours." "No problem," Princess Pulverizer said. "Dribble will just cook up some more of his amazing grilled cheese sandwiches for us." "No can do," Dribble told the princess. "Why not?" she asked him. "We're out of cheese and bread," Dribble replied. "But we had a whole brick of gouda and a huge loaf of sourdough just yesterday," Princess Pulverizer pointed out. "We ate it all," Dribble told her. "You had three sandwiches just for lunch." "Oh right," she admitted. "I forgot. Good thing my father gave me lots of gold and silver

她的。如果她没弄错的话，那是从什么东西里面发出来的。 让它进入某人体内。 “运球，那是你的肚子发出的声音！” 龙的绿脸颊涨得通红。 “对不起，”他温顺地道了歉。 “这不是我的错。我饿死了。” “我也是，”卢卡斯承认。 “我们好几个小时没吃东西了。” “没问题。”公主说。 “运球会再给我们做一些美味的烤奶酪三明治。” “不行。”运球对公主说。 “为什么？”她问他。“我们没有奶酪和面包了。” “但是昨天我们吃了一整块豪达奶酪和一大块酸面包，”普里尔泽公主指出。 “我们把它全吃了。” “你午饭就吃了三个三明治。” “哦，好吧，”她承认。“我忘了。 还好我父亲给了我很多金银

pieces before I left on my quest. I'll just buy some more bread and cheese. Problem solved. Easy peasy." "I can sell you plenty of bread," the old woman who ran the food shop on Old Curds Way told Princess Pulverizer a few minutes later. "But we haven't got any cheese." "So much for easy peasy," Dribble grumbled. "More like hard as lard." Lucas gave him a funny look. "Lard isn't hard. It's kind of mushy, actually." "I only meant that nothing is ever as easy as Princess Pulverizer says it's going to be," Dribble told Lucas. "Do you know where we can buy some cheese?" Princess Pulverizer asked the shopkeeper.

在我开始我的探索之前 我再买些面包和奶酪。 问题解决了。容易peasy。” “我可以卖给你很多面包，”几分钟后，在老凝乳路上开食品店的老妇人对普瓦瑞尔公主说。 “但是我们没有奶酪了。” “太容易了。”运球抱怨道。 “更像是硬得像猪油。”卢卡斯奇怪地看了他一眼。 “猪油不硬。实际上，它有点糊状。” “我只是想说，没有什么事情会像粉碎机公主说的那么容易。” “你知道我们在哪里可以买到奶酪吗？”普赖斯公主问店主。

The old woman stared at Dribble. "Is that a dragon?" she asked nervously. Princess Pulverizer nodded. "It's okay," she assured her. "He's a nice guy." "If you say so," the old woman said, moving farther away behind the counter. "I have a real hankering for some baked brie on sourdough bread," Princess Pulverizer continued. She patted her knapsack. "And I have plenty of gold and silver to buy it with." "You won't be able to get brie in any store around here," the shopkeeper replied. "How about swiss cheese, then?" Lucas suggested. "Or havarti?"

老妇人盯着Dribble。 “那是一条龙吗？”她紧张地问。 粉碎机公主点点头。 “没关系，”她向她保证。 “他是个好人。”“既然你这么说，”老妇人说着，走到柜台后面更远的地方。 “我真的很想吃酸面包上的烤布里干酪，”普里尔泽公主继续说道。 她拍了拍她的背包。“而且我有足够的金银来买它。” “你在这附近的任何商店都买不到布里干酪，”店主回答。 “那瑞士奶酪怎么样？”卢卡斯。 “还是哈瓦蒂干酪?”

"You can't get cheese anywhere in the village of Ire-Mire-Briar-Shire," the woman told him. Dribble's eyes grew wide. "No cheese?" He gasped. "None at all?" The woman shook her head sadly. "IreMire-Briar-Shire used to be the cheese capital of this whole kingdom. We were overflowing with butter and yogurt, too. But someone has stolen all our cows, goats, and sheep. We have no way to get milk. And without milk, we can't make cheese." "Hmmm...," Princess Pulverizer mused. "Come to think of it, I haven't heard a single moo since we arrived in Ire-Mire-Briar-Shire." "Or a baaaa," Lucas added. "Or a maaaa." "This is an outrage!" Dribble shouted so loudly, the whole shop shook.

“你在荆棘郡的任何地方都买不到奶酪，”女人告诉他。 运球的眼睛睁得大大的。“没有奶酪?”他气喘吁吁地说。 “一点也没有？”女人悲伤地摇了摇头。 “IreMire-Briar-Shire曾经是整个王国的奶酪之都。 我们也满是黄油和酸奶。 但是有人偷走了我们所有的牛、山羊和绵羊。 我们没有办法弄到牛奶。 没有牛奶，我们就不能做奶酪。” “嗯…粉碎公主若有所思地说。 “我想起来了，自从我们到了火沼泽野蔷薇郡，我就没听到过一声哞哞叫。” “或者是一个糟糕的，”卢卡斯补充道。 “或者是maaaa。”“这是一种暴行！”运球叫得那么大声，整个商店都在颤抖。