Chapter 2

Chapter 2 The very idea of his best buddy floating in midair was enough to stop Dribble from crying.

一想到他最好的伙伴漂浮在半空中，小运球就不哭了。

"Flying?" the dragon repeated. "How? Even I can't fly. And I have wings." "Baby wings," Princess Pulverizer reminded him. "When your grown-up wings grow in, you'll fly just fine." "But I don't have any wings at all," Lucas said. "So how can I fly?"

“飞？”龙重复道。 “如何?连我都不会飞。我有翅膀。” “小翅膀。”普莱尔公主提醒他。 “当你成熟的翅膀长进去时，你就能飞得很好了。” “但我根本没有翅膀，”卢卡斯说。 “那我怎么能飞呢？”

"Who knows?" Princess Pulverizer said. "We'll have to wait until you actually start flying to find out." "That's not happening," Lucas told his friends. "I'm leaving Beeten Wheeten. I can't fly here if I'm not here." "That's just silly," Princess Pulverizer told him. "You mean because it's impossible for a person to fly?" Dribble asked her. "No, because the mirror didn't necessarily show Lucas flying in Beeten Wheeten. It didn't show where or when Lucas was flying at all," Princess Pulverizer said. "If we leave here, he might take flight in the very next town." "That's not exactly reassuring," Lucas said nervously. "Come on," Princess Pulverizer urged. "I know just the thing to take both your minds off your troubles."

“谁知道呢?”粉碎机公主说。 “我们必须等到你真正开始飞行才能找到答案。” “这是不可能的，”卢卡斯告诉他的朋友。 “我要离开Beeten wheten。 如果我不在这里，我就不能飞到这里。” “这太愚蠢了。” “你是说因为人不可能飞吗？”运球问她。 “不，因为镜子里不一定能看到卢卡斯在比滕韦滕飞行。 它根本没有显示卢卡斯在何时何地飞行，”普里尔泽公主说。 “如果我们离开这里，他可能会在下一个城镇逃跑。” “这可不能让人放心，”卢卡斯紧张地说。 “来吧。”粉碎机公主催促道。 “我知道一个办法，可以让你们俩忘掉烦恼。”

Lucas looked at Dribble. "I don't think we're going to like this," he said. "We need to look for someone with really big problems, who needs our help," Princess Pulverizer continued. "Maybe there's a monster in this town that needs defeating. Like a serpent-headed hydra. Or a giant man- eating spider. Or a—" "I told you we weren't going to like this," Lucas whispered to Dribble. "I doubt we will run into any creatures like those," Dribble assured his pal. "Besides, there's no point in staying here in the market," he added sadly. "Why not walk around for a bit?" As Princess Pulverizer and her pals wandered around Beeten Wheeten, the princess found herself getting quite discouraged. It didn't seem like anyone had any troubles at all.

卢卡斯看着运球。“我不认为我们会喜欢这样，”他说。 “我们需要找一个真正有大问题的人，他需要我们的帮助。” “也许这个镇上有个怪物需要打败。 就像一个蛇头的九头蛇。 或者是一只巨大的食人蜘蛛。 “我告诉过你我们不会这样的。”卢卡斯小声对运球说。 “我怀疑我们不会碰到那样的生物。” “此外，留在市场上也没有意义，”他悲伤地补充道。 “为什么不四处走走呢？”当粉碎机公主和她的朋友们在Beeten wheten闲逛时，公主发现自己非常沮丧。 好像谁都没遇到什么麻烦。

Which was very troubling to the princess. Now Dribble and Lucas weren't the only ones who were unhappy. She needed some cheering up as well. This time, it was Lucas who found just the thing. "Hey, look!" he exclaimed. "There's a juggling show. Let's go watch." Princess Pulverizer shrugged. They might as well sit and rest their feet. "Okay," she said. "But just for a little while." The three friends took seats on a crowded bench. Well, the bench started out crowded,

这使公主非常苦恼。 现在不高兴的不只是运球和卢卡斯。 她也需要一些鼓励。 这一次，卢卡斯找到了合适的东西。 “嘿，看！” “有一个杂耍表演。我们去看看吧。” 粉碎机公主耸了耸肩。 他们不妨坐下来歇歇脚。 “好吧，”她说。“但只是暂时的。” 三个朋友在拥挤的长凳上坐下。 一开始长凳上挤满了人

anyway. The minute the people sitting there spotted Dribble, they leaped up and ran off. Dribble looked like he might start crying all over again. "Never mind," Lucas told him gently. "Now there's more room for us." A woman walked onto the small, makeshift wooden stage and smiled at the audience— revealing that she was missing two teeth. "And now The Amazing Ralf will juggle fire!" she announced. A man in a top hat wandered onto the stage. "Thank you, Bertha," The Amazing Ralf said as he held up three wooden torches. "Light these, please." Bertha pulled pieces of flint and steel from her pocket and banged them together until a small spark appeared. Quickly, she used cloth as kindling to make a flame and lit the ends of the torches.

无论如何。坐在那里的人一看见运球，就一跃而起，跑开了。 运球看起来又要哭了。 “没关系，”卢卡斯温和地对他说。 “现在我们有更多的空间了。” 一名女子走上临时搭建的木制小舞台，对着观众微笑，露出缺了两颗牙的样子。 “现在神奇的拉尔夫要耍火了！”她宣布。 一个戴大礼帽的人走上舞台。 “谢谢你，伯莎。”神奇的拉尔夫举起三支木火把说。 “请把这些点燃。”伯莎从口袋里掏出一块块燧石和钢片，使劲敲打着，直到出现了一点火花。 她很快地用布做引火材料，点燃了火把的两端。