4 The Manticora

Chapter 4 The Manticora Leo dashed to the library and fetched the book. Back in the garden, he opened it, the tiniest bit, to the page after the dragon page.

利奥冲到图书馆去取书。 回到花园里，他把书打开了，一点点打开，一页接一页地翻到龙的那一页。

All he could see was the end of a word: cora. He had no idea what animal it could be, so he called for the Chancellor.

他所能看到的只有一个词的结尾：科拉。 他不知道那是什么动物，所以他叫来了大法官。

"What animal ends in cora?" Leo asked him. "The manticora," the Chancellor replied. "I wish we had one now. He's the sworn enemy of dragons." But the last manticora died years ago.

“什么动物最后是科拉？”利奥问他。 “那只螳螂。”财政大臣回答。 “我希望我们现在就有一个。他是龙的死敌。” 但最后一只蝠鲼几年前就死了。

Leo raced to the book and threw open the manticora page. The beast took his time, but finally he crept from the book, sleepily rubbing his eyes.

利奥跑到那本书跟前，掀开了那张画着螳螂的纸。 野兽慢慢地爬了出来，睡眼惺忪地揉着眼睛。

"I want you to fight a dragon!" ordered Leo. The manticora gave a squeal, ran away and hid.

“我要你和一条龙决斗！”里奥命令道。 螳螂发出一声尖叫，跑开躲了起来。

The following day, the dragon found the manticora hiding in the Post Office. There was a scuffle and kerfuffle among the brown paper packages... then silence.

第二天，龙发现了藏在邮局里的蝎蝎。 牛皮纸包裹之间发生了混战和混乱。 然后沉默。