Chapter 7

Chapter 7 It seemed to Princess Pulverizer that she had been running for hours. She could barely breathe as she darted among the trees, trying to avoid leaving a straight path of footprints that the troll could follow. Lucas was right behind her. He was moving quickly, which was pretty impressive considering he was wearing his suit of armor. Finally, when she didn't think she could take another step, Princess Pulverizer stopped running. She put her hands on her knees, bent over, and tried to catch her breath. "I think we're safe here," she told Lucas. "That troll will have a hard time finding us in this deep dark part of the forest." "So will Dribble," Lucas pointed out sadly. He took a deep breath and looked around. "He's never going to find us here."

第七章普莱泽公主觉得她已经跑了好几个钟头了。 她在树林中疾跑，几乎喘不过气来，尽量避免留下直的脚印，以免巨怪跟着。 卢卡斯就在她后面。 他移动得很快，考虑到他穿着盔甲，这让人印象深刻。 最后，当她觉得自己再也走不动了，粉碎机公主停止了奔跑。 她把手放在膝盖上，弯下腰，试着喘口气。 “我想我们在这里很安全，”她告诉卢卡斯。 “在这片森林深处，那个巨怪是很难找到我们的。” “运球也是，”卢卡斯伤心地指出。 他深吸了一口气，环顾四周。 “他永远不会在这里找到我们的。”

"Then we'll have to find him," Princess Pulverizer said, trying to sound confident. But she wasn't confident at all. They had been running quite a while. And so far they hadn't seen a single sign of the big guy. "I'm getting worried," Lucas said. "Dribble would never travel far if he thought we were still around here. What if he was captured and dragged off?" Lucas was starting to panic. Princess Pulverizer had to get him thinking about something else. Luckily, the perfect thing was right under her nose. "Boy, something sure stinks out here," Princess Pulverizer remarked. "A forest should smell like pine trees and flowers. But this forest smells awful." Lucas didn't answer. Instead he gulped. And shook. And pointed his finger over the princess's shoulder. "Ch-ch-cheese monster," he stammered nervously. "You mean muenster cheese?" Princess Pulverizer corrected him. "No, I don't think

“那我们就得找到他。”普莱丽公主说，尽量装出自信的样子。 但她一点也不自信。 他们已经跑了好一阵子了。 到目前为止，他们还没有看到那个大个子的任何迹象。 “我开始担心了，”卢卡斯说。 “如果运球知道我们还在这里，他就走不远了。 要是他被抓起来拖走了怎么办？”卢卡斯开始惊慌了。 粉碎机公主得让他想点别的。 幸运的是，完美的东西就在她的眼皮底下。 “孩子，这里一定有什么东西发臭了。” “森林应该有松树和鲜花的味道。 但是这片森林闻起来很难闻。” 卢卡斯没有回答。相反，他咽了口气。 和震动。用手指指着公主的肩膀。 “啊——奶酪怪物。”他紧张地结结巴巴地说。 “你是说明斯特奶酪？”粉碎机公主纠正他。 “不，我不这么认为

that's what it is. Muenster cheese isn't usually this stinky." Lucas shook his head, hard. "Ch-ch-cheese monster," he stammered again. "O-o-over thth-there." Princess Pulverizer whipped around to see what Lucas was pointing at. And that's when she saw him: a massive monster made completely of cheese! Gulp. Princess Pulverizer looked up—way up—into the monster's crumbly blue-cheese eyes. The monster glared down at Princess Pulverizer. Princess Pulverizer did not turn away. She didn't even blink. The princess was a champion at staring contests. Not one girl at Lady Frump's Royal School of Ladylike Manners had ever beaten her. So she kept staring. And the monster kept glaring. Zzzap... Just then, a hungry fly landed on the Cheese Monster's cheek. The monster swatted it away

就是这样。明斯特奶酪通常不会这么臭。” 卢卡斯使劲摇了摇头。 “啊——奶酪怪物。”他又结结巴巴地说。 “O-o-over thth-there。”粉碎机公主转过身去看卢卡斯指的是什么。 就在那时，她看到了他：一个完全由奶酪制成的巨大怪物！饮而尽。 粉碎机公主抬头望了望怪物那双易碎的蓝奶酪眼睛。 怪物怒视着粉碎机公主。 粉碎机公主没有转过身去。 她连眼都没眨。公主是凝视比赛的冠军。 在特朗普夫人的皇家淑女礼仪学校里，没有一个女孩打败过她。 所以她一直盯着。怪物不停地瞪着眼睛。 Zzzap……就在这时，一只饥饿的苍蝇落在奶酪怪物的脸颊上。 怪物把它拍走了

and then scratched at his face. One of the holes in his swiss cheese cheek stretched wide, and a glob of cream cheese oozed down the side of his face.

然后抓了抓他的脸。 他的瑞士奶酪脸颊上有一个洞开得很大，一团奶油奶酪从他的脸颊上渗出来。

"Gross!" Lucas gulped and ran off to hide behind a pine tree. Princess Pulverizer thought about hiding, too. But she didn't. Because real knights didn't hide from danger. But real knights had swords to fight with. Princess Pulverizer had nothing but her fists. Strong as she was, the princess was no match for that monster's massive mozzarella muscles. The monster shook his head angrily. Ropes of his string-cheese hair flipped and flopped all around. Flakes of parmesan dandruff fell from his head and drifted to the ground like stinky, smelly snowflakes. AAARRGGG! The monster opened his mouth and let out a frightening growl. Princess Pulverizer jumped back. Boy, that monster had bad breath. Which wasn't surprising, seeing as his shoulders, neck, and armpits were all sculpted from limburger cheese—the smelliest cheese of all. No wonder the troll needed all those cows, sheep, and goats, Princess Pulverizer thought.

“恶心!”卢卡斯咽了口气，跑到一棵松树后面躲了起来。 粉碎机公主也想过躲起来。 但她没有。因为真正的骑士不会躲避危险。 但真正的骑士是有剑的。 粉碎机公主除了拳头一无所有。 尽管公主很强壮，但她还是敌不过那个怪物巨大的马苏里拉式肌肉。 怪物生气地摇了摇头。 他那一缕缕奶酪状的头发四处乱甩。 一片片帕尔马干酪屑从他的头上掉下来，像又臭又臭的雪花一样飘落在地上。 AAARRGGG !怪物张开嘴，发出一声可怕的咆哮。 粉碎机公主跳了回来。 天啊，那个怪物有口臭。 这并不奇怪，因为他的肩膀、脖子和腋窝都是用林堡奶酪雕刻而成的——这是所有奶酪中最臭的。 难怪巨怪需要那么多牛、绵羊和山羊，普莱泽公主想。