Chapter 8

Chapter 8 Princess Pulverizer felt herself falling. This was it. The end. Any second now she would hit the water and... Boom. Princess Pulverizer landed. But there was no splash. No salt water in her eyes. No sharks swimming toward her.

第八章粉碎机公主感到自己在往下落。 就是这样。最后。现在她随时都可能落水…… 繁荣。粉碎机公主着陆了。 但是没有水花飞溅。她的眼睛里没有盐水。 没有鲨鱼向她游来。

Because Princess Pulverizer hadn't landed in the water! She'd landed on Dribble's back. In midair. Dribble was flying! His grown-up wings had come in! "Am I glad to see you!" Princess Pulverizer exclaimed. "I can't believe you're flying!" "Me either," Dribble admitted. "I didn't know I could. It just happened. We freed

因为粉碎机公主没有掉进水里！她落在了小运球的背上。 在半空中。运球飞起来了！他成熟的翅膀伸了进来！“见到你真高兴！”粉碎机公主叫道。 “我不敢相信你在飞！”“我也是。” “我不知道我可以。就这么发生了。 我们释放

Meri, my wings started flapping with joy, and the next thing I knew, I was in the air." "It's just lucky he's strong enough to fly with us on his back," Lucas added. "Not to mention both of your knapsacks, the mace, and the magic arrow," Dribble said. "You sure travel with a lot of stuff." "We've been given a lot of tokens of gratitude on the Quest of Kindness," the princess reminded him. Then she added, "I bet Meri was glad to see you two." "Lucas untied her net with his bare hands!" Dribble told her proudly. "It was no big deal," Lucas said. "I should untie you, too," he added as he began undoing the knots that held Princess Pulverizer's arms to her sides. "It was a very big deal," Dribble insisted. "You never saw anyone swim away so fast. Tired as she was, Meri knew she had to get away from the ship."

梅里，我高兴地拍打着翅膀，然后我就飞到空中了。” 卢卡斯补充说：“幸运的是，他足够强壮，可以背着我们一起飞行。” “更不用说你的背包、狼牙棒和魔箭了。” “你旅行的时候带了很多东西。” “在‘求善’活动中，我们收到了很多表示感谢的礼物，”公主提醒他。 然后她又说：“我敢打赌，梅里见到你们俩一定很高兴。” “卢卡斯赤手空拳解开了她的网！”运球骄傲地告诉她。 “没什么大不了的，”卢卡斯说。 “我也要给你松绑。”他一边说，一边开始解开绑在普瓦丽泽公主两侧胳膊上的结。 “这是件大事。” “你从没见过有人游得这么快。 梅里虽然很累，但她知道她必须离开这艘船。”

"And you were right—the sharks stayed away from us once Meri ordered them to," Lucas added. "You should have heard her yelling at them. I can't even repeat the words she used. Meri's one tough mermaid." "But she did stop to say thank you. And give us this." Dribble held up Meri's beautiful pearl-covered comb. "We've decided you should have it," Lucas told her. "Why me?" she asked. "You're the one who freed her." "But you're the one who most needs the comb's magic power," Dribble explained. "Meri said that whoever wears it will sing with a voice as lovely as a mermaid's." "And your voice is... well... it's kinda..." Lucas struggled to find the right word. "I get it." Princess Pulverizer took the comb from Lucas and put it in her hair. She began to sing. "Laaaaaa!"

“你是对的——梅里一命令鲨鱼就离我们远了，”卢卡斯补充说。 “你真该听听她对他们大吼大叫。 我甚至不能重复她说过的话。 梅里是个坚强的美人鱼。” 但她还是停下来说了声谢谢。 把这个给我们。”Dribble举起Meri那把漂亮的镶着珍珠的梳子。 “我们决定你应该拥有它，”卢卡斯告诉她。 “为什么是我？”她问。“是你放了她。” “但你是最需要梳子魔力的人。” “梅里说，谁戴上它，就会用像美人鱼一样可爱的声音唱歌。” “你的声音……嗯… 这是有点……”卢卡斯绞尽脑汁想找到合适的词。 “我明白了。”粉碎机公主从卢卡斯手里拿过梳子，插进头发里。 她开始唱歌。“Laaaaaa !”

Wow! Princess Pulverizer sounded just like a mermaid singing. In fact, she sounded so much like a mermaid, the pirates on The Seasick Soaker got very excited.

哇!粉碎机公主听起来就像美人鱼在唱歌。 事实上，她的声音听起来很像美人鱼，晕船上的海盗们非常兴奋。

"I hear that mermaid!" one called out. "Capture her!" Cap'n Bobbie demanded. "We need to know exactly where that treasure is." Princess Pulverizer thought for a minute. "I don't know how far Meri has gotten," she said. "But I think we need to give her more of a head start before Cap'n Bobbie goes looking for her. Do you mind if we stay up here a little while longer? Are you strong enough, Dribble?" "I think so," he replied. "What do you have in mind?" Instead of answering, Princess Pulverizer began to sing, loud enough for the pirates to hear. "The treasure's not underwater. It's buried in the sand. So instead of swimmin' you oughta go find it on land."

“我听到美人鱼的声音了！” “抓住她!”博比船长问道。 “我们需要知道宝藏的确切位置。” 粉碎机公主想了一会儿。 “我不知道梅里已经走了多远，”她说。 “但我认为，在博比船长去找她之前，我们需要给她更多的先机。 你介意我们在这里多待一会儿吗？ 你够强壮吗，运球？”“我想是的，”他回答。 “你有什么想法？”粉碎机公主没有回答，而是开始唱歌，声音大到海盗们都能听到。 “宝藏不在水下。 它被埋在沙子里。所以，与其游泳，不如到陆地上去找。”