3 The False Fairy

CHAPTER 3

第三章

The False Fairy The fairy shielded her face with her arm. Her pearly wings flitted nervously. Lucas knelt beside Clara and peered into the bushes. "Is everything all right?" he asked the fairy. Fairies didn't usually come to the mainland. Falsk uncovered her eyes and shook her head. "My fairy friends are in trouble!" she cried. Lucas tilted his head to one side. "What kind of trouble?" he asked.

假仙女仙女用胳膊护着她的脸。 她珍珠般的翅膀紧张地扇动着。 卢卡斯跪在克拉拉身边，凝视着灌木丛。 “一切都好吗？”他问仙女。 仙女通常不来大陆。 法尔斯克揭开眼睛，摇了摇头。 “我的仙女朋友们有麻烦了！” 卢卡斯把头歪向一边。 “什么样的麻烦？”他问。

Then Falsk explained how the sound of an enchanted flute had put the fairies into a trance. "They abandoned

然后，法尔斯克解释了魔笛的声音是如何使仙女们进入恍惚状态的。 “他们放弃了

Primlox, following the music in a great swarm," she went on. "The strange song was coming from a dark, misty cloud moving across the sky." Lucas and Clara looked at each other in surprise. "You need to talk to the king," Lucas declared. "I can get you to the front of the line." Falsk wrung her hands. "I can't. The king won't listen to me."

普里姆克斯，跟着音乐，成群结队。”她接着说。 “这首奇怪的歌是从天空中移动的一片黑暗的云雾中传来的。” 卢卡斯和克拉拉惊讶地面面相觑。 “你得跟国王谈谈，”卢卡斯说。 “我可以帮你排到队伍的前面。” 福尔斯克绞着双手。“我不能。 王不听我的话。”

Lucas frowned. "What do you mean?" questioned the prince. "Come with me. I'll see to it he does!" But Falsk couldn't look the prince in the eye. "I have a confession to make," she said sorrowfully. "I have a bad reputation in the Kingdom of Wrenly. I'm known as... the False Fairy." Lucas and Clara both gasped.

卢卡斯皱起了眉头。“你是什么意思？”王子问。 “跟我来。我一定要让他知道！”但法尔斯克不敢直视王子的眼睛。 “我要坦白一件事，”她悲伤地说。 “我在雷利王国名声不好。 我被称为……假仙女。” 卢卡斯和克拉拉都倒吸了一口气。

"You're the legendary False Fairy?" Lucas exclaimed. Clara shook her head in disbelief. "You made up the rumor about the Ghost of Wrenly!" The children named rumor after rumor that Falsk had made up—stories of six-headed dogs, giant ice trolls, and bats in the schoolhouse. "Okay, okay," said the mischievous fairy, squeezing her fists. "I know! I am a very bad fairy. The king and

“你就是传说中的假仙女？”卢卡斯喊道。 克拉拉难以置信地摇了摇头。 “关于兰利幽灵的谣言是你编造的！”孩子们说出了一个又一个谣言，说法尔斯克编造了六头狗、巨大的冰怪和校舍里蝙蝠的故事。 “好吧，好吧，”淘气的仙女握紧拳头说。 “我知道!我是一个非常坏的仙女。 国王和