Chapter 5

Chapter 5 The Royal Titles of Hamsters Are a Delicate Affair. Don't Mess Them Up if You Want an Invitation to the Ball! The Ironsword Academy's library was right next door. Ms. Minerva led Morgan there while she explained the situation. "I've tried everything!" she said. "I've given them their favorite treats. They have clean wheels, new beds, and fresh water, but none of it is working. They're not happy." The hamster cages were set next to each other on a table in the back of the room, behind the encyclopedias. Morgan inspected their plastic habitats. The duchess had buried herself in a pile

第五章仓鼠的皇家头衔是一件微妙的事情 如果你想得到舞会的邀请，不要把它们搞砸了！铁剑学院的图书馆就在隔壁。 密涅瓦女士一边解释情况，一边把摩根带到那里。 “我什么都试过了！”她说。 “我给了它们最喜欢的食物。 他们有干净的轮子，新的床和新鲜的水，但没有一个是有效的。 他们不高兴。”仓鼠笼挨个放在房间后面的一张桌子上，就在百科全书后面。 摩根检查了它们的塑料栖息地。 公爵夫人把自己埋在了一堆东西里

of food and woodchips. The baron was lying on his back on a mound of wood shavings, staring out at Morgan with a sad look in his eyes. "Did you try putting them in their hamster balls?" Morgan asked. "Yes. Watch." Ms. Minerva reached in to pick up Baron Sweetcheeks and placed him in a hamster ball on the floor. He sniffed around for a second, then flopped down to take a nap without walking anywhere. "I don't know what's wrong! They were always fine with moving to different rooms before. And they love exploring!"

食物和木片。男爵仰面躺在一堆木屑上，眼睛里带着悲伤的神情望着摩根。 “你试过把它们放进仓鼠球里吗？”摩根问道。 “是的。看。”密涅瓦女士伸手拿起甜颊男爵，把他放在地板上的仓鼠球里。 他四处嗅了一秒钟，然后扑通一声躺下来睡了个午觉，哪儿也没走。 “我不知道怎么了！”他们以前总是愿意搬到不同的房间。 他们喜欢探索！”

While Morgan was thinking, a group of students on the other side of the library all started chattering at once. "Awww, look at him! He's so cute!" He looked toward the front of the library, by the check-out desk, and saw a crowd of Ironsword students around a different cage. The cage was bigger, and it was decorated with a castle-shaped hideaway. There were balls and other toys to play with as well as ample shavings and grass to eat. "That's Prince Pellets," Ms. Minerva explained. "The Ironsword guinea pig. He's still a baby, so he's only a little bigger than

就在摩根思考的时候，图书馆另一边的一群学生突然开始叽叽喳喳起来。 “啊，看他！”他太可爱了！”他朝图书馆前面的退房台那边望去，看见一群铁剑学生围着另一个笼子。 笼子更大，里面装饰着一个城堡状的隐蔽处。 那里有球和其他玩具可以玩，还有充足的刨花和草可以吃。 “那是皮什王子。” 密涅瓦解释道。“铁剑豚鼠。 他还是个婴儿，所以他只比

the hamsters, but he'll grow to be more than twice their size one day." Prince Pellets wiggled. The students all cheered again. The Ironsword librarian quickly shushed them, but their gleeful murmuring could still be heard across the room. "They must really love him," Morgan said. "But nobody else is over here with the hamsters." "Everyone's allowed to choose where they sit for reading club. They all want to be near Prince Pellets."

是仓鼠，但他总有一天会长得比仓鼠大一倍多。” 小球王子扭动了一下。学生们再次欢呼起来。 铁剑图书管理员赶紧让他们安静下来，但他们欢快的窃窃私语在房间的另一头仍然听得见。 “他们一定很爱他，”摩根说。 “但是没有其他人和仓鼠在这里。” “每个人都可以选择读书俱乐部的座位。 他们都想靠近皮什王子。”

Morgan lifted the baron out of his ball and nuzzled his nose. He found a sunflower seed in the cage and offered it as a snack. "I like you, Baron. I'd come sit with you." The hamster seemed to appreciate Morgan's attention and sniffed at the sunflower seed. He reached up with both paws and grabbed it. The hamsters' mood reminded Morgan of how he'd felt when Ash joined their school. Or when Theo joined their team. Or now, if he was honest. Morgan knew the Evoker Kid was going to be a good friend, but the little guy—and the hamsters

摩根把男爵从球里抱起来，用鼻子蹭了蹭他的鼻子。 他在笼子里发现了一颗葵花籽，把它当零食给了他。 “我喜欢你，男爵。我愿意和你坐在一起。” 仓鼠似乎很感激摩根的关注，嗅了嗅葵花籽。 他伸出两只爪子抓住了它。 仓鼠们的心情让摩根想起了阿什加入他们学校时的感受。 或者西奥加入他们团队的时候。 或者现在，如果他是诚实的。摩根知道埃弗克小子会是他的好朋友，但是那个小家伙，还有那些仓鼠

were—feeling the same way he used to: afraid that he'd be left behind. "I think they miss the attention," Morgan said to Ms. Minerva. He picked up the duchess and gave her a little hug. "Eat the grass! Eat the grass! Eat the grass!" the students chanted on the other side of the library. Prince Pellets quickly nibbled away at a small bunch of grass. The students murmured loudly again in approval.

我们的感觉和他以前一样：害怕自己会被抛在后面。 “我想他们错过了人们的关注，”摩根对她说。 密涅瓦。他抱起公爵夫人，轻轻拥抱了她一下。 “吃草吧！”吃草！吃草！”学生们在图书馆的另一边高喊。 小王子迅速地啃了一小束草。 学生们又大声嘟囔着表示赞同。