5 A Royal Adventure

CHAPTER 5

第五章

A Royal Adventure Queen Tasha sat at her dressing table, dabbing her eyes with a silk handkerchief. Lucas put his hand on his mother's shoulder. He knew the emerald meant a lot to her. It had belonged to her great-grandmother. "Don't cry, Mother," he said. "I'm going to find your emerald." His mother smiled weakly. Then she picked up the gold chain from which her stone no longer dangled.

女王塔莎坐在梳妆台前，用丝巾擦着眼睛。 卢卡斯把手放在妈妈的肩膀上。 他知道翡翠对她很重要。 这是她曾祖母的。 “别哭，妈妈，”他说。 “我要去找你的祖母绿。” 他母亲虚弱地笑了笑。然后她拿起了金链子，她的石头不再从上面晃来晃去了。

"It could be anywhere," she said sadly. "I've been all over the kingdom these past two days. "Where have you traveled to?" Lucas asked. The queen thought for a moment. "I went to Primlox, Burth, and Hobsgrove," she said. Lucas sighed. "You're right. It could be anywhere," he said. "But have no fear; I'm going to find it. I'll need help though."

“它可能在任何地方，”她悲伤地说。 “这两天我跑遍了整个王国。 “你去过哪里？”卢卡斯问道。 王后想了一会儿。 “我去了普里姆洛克斯、伯思和霍布斯格罗夫，”她说。 卢卡斯叹了口气。“你是对的。 可能在任何地方，”他说。 “但是不要害怕；我要找到它。 不过我需要帮助。”

"What kind of help?" his mother asked. "Clara's help," said Lucas. The queen smiled and nodded. "All right," she said. "You have my permission."

“什么样的帮助？”他妈妈问。 “克拉拉的帮助，”卢卡斯说。 王后微笑着点了点头。 “好吧，”她说。“我允许你这么做。”

"Thank you, Mother," said Lucas. "I will find your emerald." Later that afternoon Clara and her mother arrived at the palace. Lucas grabbed Clara by the hand, and they raced to the royal playroom. Then he told her his idea. "We'd search for the missing jewel together?" Clara asked. "Exactly," replied Lucas. "But will your parents allow it?" asked Clara with a frown. "They already have after what happened today," said Lucas.

“谢谢你，妈妈，”卢卡斯说。 “我会找到你的翡翠的。” 那天下午晚些时候，克拉拉和她的母亲到达了宫殿。 卢卡斯抓住克拉拉的手，他们冲向皇家游戏室。 然后他告诉了她他的想法。 “我们会一起寻找丢失的珠宝吗？”克拉拉问道。 “没错，”卢卡斯回答。“但是你的父母会允许吗？”克拉拉皱着眉头问。 “在今天发生的事情之后，他们已经这么做了，”卢卡斯说。