1 The Horn of the Spires

The Thirteenth Knight

第十三骑士

CHAPTER 1

第一章

The Horn of the Spires The snow-frosted peaks of Flatfrost sparkled in the midmorning sun. Prince Lucas watched his best friend, Clara, try to catch snowflakes on her tongue. "You look ridiculous!" Lucas said, laughing. Clara stuck her tongue out at the prince. "Who cares! I'm just glad it's cold outside!" Back home, the palace had been suffering from a terrible heat wave. Lucas and Clara were happy to have escaped. Prince Lucas's pet dragon, on the other hand, was not. Ruskin was a red dragon and red dragons loved hot weather —the hotter the better.

冰霜覆盖的弗拉弗罗斯特山峰在正午的阳光下闪闪发光。 卢卡斯王子看着他最好的朋友克拉拉试着用舌头捕捉雪花。 “你看起来很可笑！”卢卡斯笑着说。 克拉拉向王子伸出舌头。 “谁在乎!我很高兴外面很冷！”在家里，宫殿一直遭受着可怕的热浪。 卢卡斯和克拉拉很高兴逃了出来。 另一方面，卢卡斯王子的宠物龙却不是。 罗斯金是一条红龙，而红龙喜欢炎热的天气——越热越好。

In spite of hating the cold, Ruskin made the best sled chute ever with his fiery breath. The melted snow had frozen into a smooth, slippery half-pipe.

尽管讨厌寒冷，罗斯金还是用他炽热的呼吸做出了有史以来最好的雪橇滑道。 融化的雪冻成了一条光滑的半管路。

Lucas, Clara, and their giant friends Tublock, Thea, and Farfalee took turns slip-sliding down the chute. As they dragged their sleds back up the mountain for another run, a horn sounded. BALOOOOO! The eerie sound wailed through the mountains and shook snow from the treetops. Deer galloped to safety. Snow bunnies and foxes leaped into their burrows and dens. BALOOOOO! The horn moaned again. "What was that?" cried Tublock, looking this way and that. The horn sounded like the wail of an unhappy giant. Farfalee and Thea huddled together, their eyes wide as saucers.

卢卡斯、克拉拉和他们的巨人朋友塔布洛克、西娅和法法利轮流滑下滑道。 当他们拖着雪橇回到山上准备再跑一圈时，喇叭声响起。 BALOOOOO !那可怕的声音在山间哀号，把树梢上的雪震得粉碎。 鹿飞奔到安全的地方。雪兔和狐狸跳进了它们的洞穴和洞穴。 BALOOOOO !号角又在呻吟。 “那是什么？”塔布洛克一边东张西望，一边叫道。 号角听起来像一个不快乐的巨人的哀号。 法法利和西娅挤在一起，眼睛睁得像两个碟子。