Chapter 9

Chapter 9 The Cheese Monster had done the one thing the Knights of the Skround Table were warned never to do—he'd let his enemies see him sweat. Stinky, slimy, cheesy sweat! That growing puddle around the monster's feet was actually melted cheese. The more the monster moved around in the hot sun, the more his cheesy body dissolved.

第九章奶酪怪做了一件圆桌骑士们被告诫绝不能做的事——让敌人看到他流汗。 又臭又黏的臭汗！怪物脚边越来越大的水坑实际上是融化的奶酪。 怪物在烈日下移动得越多，他那俗气的身体就溶解得越多。

But the monster was huge. At this rate it would take days, even weeks, to get him to melt away. And the pink-haired troll would be back soon. Princess Pulverizer had to rush this melting thing along. Somehow she had to raise the temperature around here. But how? "Dribble!" she cried out suddenly. "Breathe fire!" Dribble looked at her in shock. "Breathe what?" he asked her.

但是这个怪物太大了。照这样下去，他得花上几天，甚至几个星期才能融化掉。 粉红头发的巨魔很快就会回来。 粉碎机公主不得不加快这个融化的过程。 她想办法提高了这里的温度。 但如何?“运球！”她突然喊道。 “呼吸火!”运球吃惊地看着她。 “呼吸什么？”他问她。

"Fire!" she repeated. "You have to shoot your flames at the monster." "You know I don't use my fire to hurt anyone," Dribble reminded her. "That's why the other dragons threw me out of our lair." "This isn't anyone," Princess Pulverizer insisted. "It's just a big mound of cheese. And when you grill the bread to make sandwiches, the cheese melts, doesn't it?" "I guess so," Dribble agreed. "Then start grilling," Princess Pulverizer told him. "Well, when you put it that way," Dribble replied. He took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and let out a roaring flame. Almost instantly, the monster's knees began to melt down into his ankles. "It's working!" Princess Pulverizer shouted excitedly. The smell of smoked cheese filled the air. "Yum!" Dribble said. He blew a heavy flame right at the monster's arm. His mozzarella muscles melted. "I love smoked mozzarella."

“着火了！”她重复道。“你必须向怪物发射火焰。” “你知道我不会用我的火来伤害任何人。” “这就是为什么其他龙把我赶出巢穴的原因。” “这不是任何人。” “那只是一大堆奶酪。 当你烤面包做三明治时，奶酪融化了，不是吗？”“我想是的。” “那就开始烤吧。”普瓦瑞尔公主告诉他。 “好吧，既然你这么说，”运球回答。 他深吸了一口气，张开嘴，喷出一团咆哮的火焰。 几乎在一瞬间，怪物的膝盖开始融化成他的脚踝。 “这是工作!”粉碎机公主兴奋地喊道。 空气中弥漫着烟熏奶酪的味道。 “好吃!”运球说。他向怪物的手臂喷出了一团烈焰。 他的马苏里拉奶酪肌肉融化了。 “我喜欢烟熏马苏里拉奶酪。”

So did Princess Pulverizer. The smell was making her hungry—until Dribble aimed a fiery flame at the Cheese Monster's belly. "Oh, yuck!" Lucas exclaimed. "Smoked limburger cheese actually smells worse than regular limburger cheese." Princess Pulverizer had to agree. The air around her was starting to stink. She held her nose and tried to breathe through her mouth. "Come on, Dribble. Breathe harder," she said. "We gotta get out of here." "I'm doing the best I can," Dribble told her. It wouldn't be long before the griffin would awaken from his nap and alert the troll that his prisoners had escaped. Princess Pulverizer had to speed things up. Quickly, she grabbed Lucas and turned him toward the sun. The hot rays bounced off his metal armor and up toward the monster's neck.

粉碎机公主也是如此。 那气味让她感到饥饿——直到小运球把一团炽热的火焰对准奶酪怪物的肚子。 “哦,恶心!”卢卡斯喊道。 “烟熏林堡奶酪实际上比普通林堡奶酪闻起来更难闻。” 粉碎机公主不得不同意。 她周围的空气开始发臭。 她捏着鼻子，试着用嘴呼吸。 “来吧，运球。用力呼吸，”她说。 “我们得离开这里。” “我已经尽力了，”运球告诉她。 过不了多久，狮鹫就会从午睡中醒来，通知巨魔他的俘虏逃走了。 粉碎机公主必须加快速度。 她迅速抓住卢卡斯，把他转向太阳。 炽热的光线从他的金属盔甲上反射回来，射向怪物的脖子。

Aarrrggghhhhh! The monster tried to lunge toward the princess. But his legs had already melted away. And his arms were shrinking by the second. "Help me, Lucas," Princess Pulverizer called out. "Make this guy really sweat!" Lucas jumped into action, running in circles around the melting monster. The Cheese Monster turned his body around and around, trying to catch the knight-in-training. And the more the monster turned, the more he sweat. "It's working!" Princess Pulverizer cheered. The monster was now nothing more than a head made of swiss cheese floating in a sea of melted monster mush.

Aarrrggghhhhh !怪物试图向公主扑去。 但是他的腿已经融化了。 他的手臂一秒一秒地萎缩。 “救救我，卢卡斯。”粉碎机公主喊道。 “让这家伙大汗淋漓！”卢卡斯跳了起来，围着融化的怪物转了一圈。 奶酪怪物转过身来，想抓住这位训练中的骑士。 怪物转得越多，他的汗就越多。 “这是工作!”粉碎机公主欢呼起来。 怪物现在只不过是一个瑞士奶酪做的头，漂浮在融化的怪物糊的海洋里。

"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!" Princess Pulverizer stopped cheering. She would know that voice anywhere. It was the pink-haired troll. He was back. And he was angry! "What have you done? Do you have any idea how long it takes to build a monster from cheese?" the troll demanded. "Now how am I going to take over and become King of the Trolls? It will take me years to build another monster as strong and obedient as this one." "You want to be King of the Trolls?" Princess Pulverizer asked him. "Yeah," the troll said. "Why not me? Are you saying I can't?" "Well, I—" Princess Pulverizer began.

“这是怎么回事？！”粉碎机公主停止了欢呼。 她在任何地方都能听出那个声音。 是粉红头发的巨怪。 他回来了。他很生气！“你做了什么？” 你知道用奶酪做一个怪物需要多长时间吗？” “现在我怎样才能接管，成为食人妖之王呢？” 要再造一个像这只一样强壮听话的怪物，得花上好几年的时间。” “你想成为食人妖之王？”普莱丽公主问他。 “是的，”巨魔说。“为什么不是我？” 你是说我不能？”“嗯，我——”普莱丽公主开始说。