Chapter 10

Chapter 10 "This is awful," Princess Pulverizer whispered to Lucas as she spit a piece of apple pie into her napkin. "Sir Surly was right. Madame Zucker is an awful baker." "It's better than a banquet of slugs and centipedes," Lucas reminded her. "Not by much," Princess Pulverizer insisted. Burp! Dribble let out a belch. A dragon belch. Which came with a little flame, and a little stink. "Sorry," he apologized. "Must be something I ate."

“这太可怕了，”普莱丽公主小声对卢卡斯说，她把一块苹果派吐在餐巾上。 “萨利爵士说得对。朱克夫人是个糟糕的面包师。” “这比鼻涕虫和蜈蚣的宴会好，”卢卡斯提醒她。 “差不了多少。” 打嗝!运球打了个嗝。 龙打了个嗝。它带着一点火焰，还有一点臭味。 “对不起，”他道了歉。“一定是我吃了什么东西。”

Princess Pulverizer leaned back in her chair and looked up at the stage where the King of Yabko-kokomo was sitting in his throne, droning on. "That guy sure can talk, can't he?" she whispered impatiently to her friends. "With Sir Surly in prison, the apple orchard belongs to our kingdom once again. And Madame Zucker has returned to bake apple pies for us all," the king was saying. "Are you sure that one was a good deed?" Dribble joked, pushing the tasteless pie farther away from him on his plate. "At least Dr. Cuspid was able to finally brush his teeth," Princess Pulverizer pointed

普莱泽公主靠在椅背上，抬头望着舞台，亚布科-科科莫国王正坐在他的宝座上，嗡嗡地说着话。 “那家伙肯定会说话，不是吗？”她不耐烦地对朋友们小声说。 “萨利爵士入狱后，苹果园又归我们王国所有了。 扎克夫人回来为我们大家烤苹果派了。”国王说。 “你确定那是一件好事吗？”运球开玩笑说，把盘子里无味的馅饼推得离他更远。 “至少库斯皮德医生终于可以刷牙了。

out. "That's a good thing—for everyone in this kingdom who has a nose." Just then, Lucas stood up. "Where are you going?" Dribble asked him. "Nowhere," Lucas assured him. "I just need to stretch for a minute. We've been sitting for hours. My rear end hurts." "Sit down," Princess Pulverizer whispered to Lucas. "No one is allowed to stand up until the king does. That's a royal rule." "Oh. Sorry," Lucas apologized. He started to sit down. But before Lucas could reach his seat, someone pulled the chair out from under him. Clink. Clank. Clunk. He landed right on his bottom. Everyone turned and stared. Even the king stopped speaking. The only sound in the room was Nate Jape's hysterical laughter. "That wasn't funny," Lucas hissed at the practical joker. "Won't you ever learn?" Dribble asked him.

出去了。“这是一件好事——对这个王国里所有有鼻子的人来说。” 就在这时，卢卡斯站了起来。 “你要去哪儿？”运球问他。 “哪儿也不去。”卢卡斯向他保证。 “我只需要舒展一下身体。 我们已经坐了几个小时了。 我的屁股疼。”“坐下，”普莱丽公主小声对卢卡斯说。 “在国王站起来之前，任何人都不能站起来。 这是王室的规矩。”“哦。 对不起，”卢卡斯道歉道。他开始坐下来。 但卢卡斯还没来得及坐到座位上，就有人把椅子从他身下拉开了。 发出叮当声。叮当作响。发出咚咚的声音。他正好摔了个底朝天。 每个人都转过身来盯着看。 连国王也不说话了。 房间里唯一的声音是Nate Jape歇斯底里的笑声。 “这一点都不好笑，”卢卡斯对这个恶作剧的人嘘声道。 “你永远学不会吗？”运球问他。

Nate shrugged. "Probably not," he admitted. Ahem. The King of Yabko-kokomo cleared his throat to bring the attention back to himself. He rose to speak. "Now, will our three brave heroes please come up onstage with me." Princess Pulverizer walked proudly onto the stage along with Lucas and Dribble. "As a token of our gratitude, I present you with this golden mace," the king said, handing Princess Pulverizer a heavy metal stick with a golden apple on the top. Princess Pulverizer took the stick graciously. Her knees buckled slightly. The mace was heavy. She probably would have been better off keeping the crown of worms as evidence of a good deed. They were wiggly, but at least they didn't weigh a lot. "That is not just any mace," the king continued. "It is one of our crown jewels. And as such, it has magical powers."

内特耸耸肩。“可能不会，”他承认。 嗯哼。亚布科-科科莫的国王清了清嗓子，想把注意力转移到自己身上。 他站起来讲话。“现在，请三位勇敢的英雄和我一起上台。” 粉碎机公主骄傲地与卢卡斯和运球一起走上舞台。 “为了表达我们的感激之情，我送给你这把金狼牙棒。”国王说着，把一根上面有一个金苹果的重金属棍子递给了粉碎机公主。 粉碎机公主优雅地接过棍子。 她的膝盖微微弯曲。 狼牙棒很重。也许她还不如把虫子做成的王冠作为做好事的证据。 它们是摇摇晃晃的，但至少它们不重。 “这可不是普通的狼牙棒，”国王继续说道。 “这是我们皇冠上的宝石之一。 因此，它具有神奇的力量。”

Princess Pulverizer brightened. That was something the worms didn't have. At least she'd never heard of a magic worm before. "The mace of Yabko-kokomo can be used to heal the wounds of anyone who fights on the side of what is good and right," the king explained. "But a word of caution: It is important to be sure that the person you are healing really is a good person," the king warned. "If you try to use the mace's power on

粉碎机公主亮了起来。 这是蠕虫所没有的。 至少她以前从未听说过魔法蠕虫。 “Yabko-kokomo的权棒可以用来治愈任何为正义而战的人的伤口，”国王解释说。 国王警告说：“但有一点要注意：确保你正在治疗的人确实是个好人，这很重要。” “如果你试图使用狼牙棒的力量

someone who is deceitful or evil, its magic will disappear." "Thank you so much," Princess Pulverizer replied. "We're just glad we could rescue the prisoners and return your orchard." "Now let the banquet continue!" the king declared. As Princess Pulverizer and her friends walked down the stairs from the stage, the king continued speaking. "The rescuing of our fellow countrymen reminds me of a story I heard when I was just a young prince," he said. "Once upon a time, there was a princess who was trapped in a tower by an evil beast. She had long, long hair, because no barber was ever allowed in the tower..." "Uh-oh," Dribble whispered to Princess Pulverizer. "We could be here for hours if he starts telling stories. Do something." "Like what?" Princess Pulverizer whispered back.

诡诈或邪恶的人，它的魔力就会消失。” “非常感谢你。” “我们很高兴能救出囚犯，还你果园。” 国王说：“现在让宴会继续吧！” 当粉碎公主和她的朋友们从舞台上走下楼梯时，国王继续说话。 他说：“营救我们的同胞让我想起了我还是个年轻王子时听到的一个故事。” “从前，有一位公主被一只邪恶的野兽困在一座塔上。 她的头发又长又长，因为塔里从来不允许理发师进来……” “哦哦。”小运球小声对粉碎机公主说。 “如果他开始讲故事，我们可能会在这里待上几个小时。 做点什么。”“像什么?”粉碎机公主小声回答。