Chapter 2

Chapter 2 "The king here must be brave," Lucas said as he and Princess Pulverizer entered the kingdom of Leononia. "His royal crest has a lion on it. Lions are brave—like I wish I could be."

“这里的国王必须勇敢，”卢卡斯和普瓦瑞尔公主进入利昂妮娅王国时说。 “他的皇冠上有一只狮子。 狮子很勇敢，我希望自己也能勇敢。”

Princess Pulverizer didn't respond. There wasn't much she could say without hurting her friend's feelings. "Come on," she replied instead. "Let's get some food. I'm starving." "Please make sure that roast beef is lean," the princess heard a woman saying as she walked into a nearby food shop. "It's for the king. I'm his chef." "You're not the royal chef I met yesterday," the shopkeeper said. "Or the one I met the day before." "Nobody in the king's kitchen keeps their job very long," the chef admitted. Princess Pulverizer snickered. The king must be one picky eater. Why else would he keep firing chefs? "The king is convinced that his previous chefs were all trying to poison him," the woman continued. That is another explanation.

粉碎机公主没有回应。 她说什么都不伤她朋友的感情。 “来吧，”她答道。 “我们吃点东西吧。我饿死了。” “请确保烤牛肉是瘦的，”公主走进附近一家食品店时听到一个女人说。 “这是给国王的。我是他的厨师。” “你不是我昨天遇到的那个皇家厨师，”店主说。 “或者是我前一天遇到的那个。” 这位厨师承认：“在国王的厨房里，没有人能长期工作。” 粉碎机公主窃笑。 国王一定是个挑食的人。 不然他为什么一直解雇厨师？ “国王确信他以前的厨师都想毒死他，”女人继续说。 这是另一种解释。

"I need a bag of navy beans, too," the chef continued. "King Harvey wants beans with every meal." "Don't they give him gas?" the shopkeeper asked her. "Terribly," the chef agreed. "You can't imagine the sounds that come out of that man. Every time his stomach hurts, he fears he's been poisoned," the chef explained. The shopkeeper laughed. "The king is a bit fearful." "Afraid of his own shadow," the chef added. "Can't the royal doctor convince the king that it's the beans causing his tummy trouble?" the shopkeeper wondered. "He doesn't believe him," the chef replied. "King Harvey is convinced the only way to stay safe from poison is to drink from a unicorn's horn. So he has ordered his knights to bring him one." "Good luck with that. There's no such thing as a unicorn," the shopkeeper scoffed.

“我还需要一袋海军豆，”厨师接着说。 “哈维国王每餐都要豆子” “他们不给他加油吗？”店主问她。 “糟透了，”厨师同意道。 “你无法想象从那个人嘴里发出的声音。 每次他肚子疼，他就担心自己中毒了，”厨师解释道。 店主笑了。“国王有点害怕。” “害怕自己的影子，”厨师补充说。 “难道御医不能让国王相信是豆子导致了他的肚子不舒服吗？” “他不相信他，”厨师回答。 "国王哈维坚信唯一不受毒害的方法就是喝独角兽的角。 所以他吩咐他的骑士给他拿一把来。” 祝你好运。没有独角兽这种东西，”店主嘲笑道。

Princess Pulverizer opened her mouth to insist that unicorns were very real, and that their horns were called alicorns, but before she could get a word out, the chef said something very alarming. "One of the knights actually spotted one— an old fellow, with little strength." "That should have made him easy prey," the shopkeeper pointed out. "If he really saw a unicorn, why didn't he catch him?" "It was before the king gave his order," the chef explained. "I'm hoping the knight will find the old unicorn again and present King Harvey with his horn. It's probably the only way I will keep my job past tonight's dinner." Princess Pulverizer gasped so loudly they both turned to stare at her.

粉碎机公主张开嘴，坚持说独角兽是真的，它们的角被称为独角兽，但她还没来得及开口，厨师就说了一些非常令人震惊的话。 “有个骑士真的发现了一个——一个老家伙，力气不大。” “这应该使他很容易被抓住，”店主指出。 “如果他真的看到了独角兽，为什么不抓住它呢？”“那是在国王下命令之前，”厨师解释说。 “我希望骑士能再次找到那只老独角兽，把他的角送给哈维国王。 这可能是今晚晚饭后我保住工作的唯一办法。” 粉碎机公主喘着粗气，他们俩都转过头来盯着她看。

"Can I help you, miss?" the shopkeeper asked. "Um... no," the princess answered nervously. She grabbed Lucas by the arm. "Come on. We have to get out of here." "But we haven't bought anything," Lucas objected. "We don't have time," the princess argued. "We have to get back. NOW!"

“我能帮你吗，小姐？”店主问。 “嗯……没有。”公爵小姐紧张地回答。 她抓住卢卡斯的胳膊。 “来吧。我们必须离开这里。” “可是我们什么也没买啊。”卢卡斯反对道。 “我们没有时间了，”公主争辩道。 “我们必须回去。现在!”

"How am I supposed to make grilled cheese sandwiches without cheese or bread?" Dribble wondered when Princess Pulverizer and Lucas arrived back in the garden empty-handed. "We can eat later," Princess Pulverizer told him. "After we save a unicorn." "A very old unicorn," Lucas added. Dribble looked at him, confused. "Fortune isn't old," he said. "Not Fortune," Princess Pulverizer explained. "There's an old unicorn who's been spotted by one of the king's knights. He's in big trouble, because the king has ordered the knights to get him a unicorn's horn." Dribble frowned. "So now we have to find Fortune's family and keep the knights from capturing the old unicorn." "Exactly," Princess Pulverizer agreed. "Good thing I know so much about unicorns. The information in this book will give us clues to places they go and how they think."

“没有奶酪和面包，我怎么做烤奶酪三明治呢？”小运球不知道普莱丽公主和卢卡斯什么时候空手而归。 “我们可以待会再吃。” “在我们救了一只独角兽之后。” “一只非常老的独角兽，”卢卡斯补充道。 运球困惑地看着他。 “财富不老，”他说。 “不是运气，”普瓦瑞尔公主解释道。 “有一只老独角兽被国王的一个骑士发现了。 他有大麻烦了，因为国王命令骑士们给他拿一只独角兽的角。” 运球皱起了眉头。“所以现在我们必须找到幸运之神的家人，阻止骑士们抓住那只老独角兽。” “没错。” “幸好我对独角兽很了解。 这本书中的信息将为我们提供线索，让我们了解他们去过的地方以及他们是如何思考的。”