Chapter 1

NANCY KRULIK Quit BuggiN me! Ben Balistreri "Very funny series... —Publishers Weekly, starred review

别再烦我了！Ben Balistreri“非常有趣的系列…… ——《出版人周刊》，星级评论

Chapter 1 "I wanna play! I wanna play!" Dribble shouted excitedly. The ground shook beneath the big green dragon as he jumped up and down. He pointed toward the group of kids who had gathered in the middle of the town square. "I bet I can break that pi.ata with one swing!" he boasted. "I don't think those kids need any help," Dribble's best friend, a knight-in-training named Lucas, said. "That last kid got really close to hitting it." But Dribble didn't hear Lucas. He was already halfway down the road, bouncing toward the square, shouting, "I wanna play! I wanna play!"

第1章“我想玩！我想玩！”运球兴奋地喊道。 大绿龙跳上跳下，脚下的地面震动了。 他指着聚集在镇广场中央的一群孩子。 “我打赌我能打破圆周率。一个秋千！”他得意地说。 “我认为那些孩子不需要任何帮助，”运球最好的朋友，一位名叫卢卡斯的准骑士说。 “最后一个孩子差一点就击中它了。” 但是运球没有听到卢卡斯的声音。 他已经走到路的一半了，蹦蹦跳跳地朝广场走去，喊着：“我要玩！我想玩！”

"I wish he would stop jumping." Princess Pulverizer groaned, tossing her long braid over her shoulder. "All this shaking is giving me a bellyache." "That could also be from the four grilled cheddar cheese on rye sandwiches you had for breakfast," Lucas pointed out. Princess Pulverizer shrugged. "Dribble makes delicious grilled cheese. I couldn't help myself." The earth shook beneath her feet. "Whoa!" she exclaimed. "That was a big one," Lucas agreed. "Come on," Princess Pulverizer urged him. "We better catch up to Dribble before he breaks something. And I don't mean the pi.ata." "AAAAAHHHHHHH!" Princess Pulverizer and Lucas reached the town square in time to see all the children

“我希望他不要再跳了。” 粉碎机公主呻吟着，把她的长辫子甩到肩上。 “抖得我肚子都痛了。” 卢卡斯指出：“这也可能是你早餐吃的四块烤切达干酪黑麦三明治造成的。” 粉碎机公主耸了耸肩。 “Dribble做的烤奶酪很好吃。 我忍不住了。”大地在她脚下震动。 “哇！”她惊叫道。“这是一个大问题，”卢卡斯同意道。 “来吧。”普莱丽公主催促他。 “我们最好在运球摔坏东西之前追上他。 我说的不是皮塔。” “AAAAAHHHHHHH !”粉碎机公主和卢卡斯及时到达了镇广场，看到了所有的孩子

running off to hide—leaving Dribble alone by the pi.ata. "I just wanted to play with them," Dribble said sadly, looking around the empty square. "It's probably time for their lunch," Lucas said, trying to spare his feelings. Dribble shook his head. "That's not it. They're scared of me because I'm a dragon. Which is ridiculous. I wouldn't hurt anyone. Do I look scary to you?"

跑去躲起来，留下运球一个人守在球场。 “我只是想和他们一起玩。”运球伤心地说，环顾着空荡荡的广场。 “可能是他们吃午饭的时间了，”卢卡斯说，尽量不让自己难受。 运球摇了摇头。“不是这样的。 他们怕我，因为我是龙。 这很荒谬。我不会伤害任何人。 你觉得我吓人吗？”

Dribble smiled broadly and bared his big teeth. Then he fluttered his eyelashes over his big, bulging eyes. Princess Pulverizer gulped. Dribble didn't just look scary. He looked a little crazy, too. "I wonder where we are," she said, trying to change the subject. "I've never been to this kingdom before."

小运球笑得很开心，露出了他的大牙齿。 然后他用睫毛在他那又大又鼓的眼睛上眨了眨。 粉碎机公主咽了口气。 运球不只是看起来吓人。 他看起来也有点疯狂。 “我想知道我们在哪儿，”她说，试图转移话题。 “我从来没来过这个王国。”

The princess began to walk around the square, searching for a sign that might give her a clue as to her whereabouts. As she passed by a big bale of hay, she heard whispering. "Do you think that big green thing is the Yabko-kokomo Beast?" one voice said. "I don't know," someone else whispered back. "But we better stay here till he leaves, just in case. We don't want to be the next kids from Yabko-kokomo to be captured and dragged off into the forest." Princess Pulverizer hurried back to where Lucas and Dribble were standing. "We're in a place called Yabko-kokomo," she told them. "How did you find that out?" Lucas asked her. He looked around. "I don't see any signs or anything." "I have my ways," Princess Pulverizer replied mysteriously. "I also learned why the kids all ran away, Dribble. And it's not because you're a dragon."

公主开始在广场上走来走去，寻找一个可能给她提供行踪线索的标志。 当她经过一大捆干草时，她听到耳语声。 “你认为那个绿色的大东西是亚布科-科科莫野兽吗？”一个声音说。 “我不知道，”另一个人小声回答。 “但我们最好留在这里，直到他离开，以防万一。 我们不想成为下一个被捕获并被拖进森林的亚布科科科莫孩子。” 粉碎机公主急忙回到卢卡斯和运球站着的地方。 “我们在一个叫Yabko-kokomo的地方，”她告诉他们。 “你是怎么知道的？”卢卡斯问她。 他环顾四周。“我没有看到任何迹象或任何东西。” “我有我的办法。”普莱丽公主神秘地回答。 “我也明白了为什么孩子们都跑掉了，运球。 不是因为你是龙。”