5 Eavesdroppers

CHAPTER 5

第五章

Eavesdroppers Lucas and Clara each collected a bow and quiver of arrows and set them down in the courtyard. Gray clouds rushed by overhead as they prepared their targets. Then they took turns aiming for the bull's-eye. "That makes three out of six!" Lucas said proudly. "Ha-ha! Four out of six for me!" Clara said.

偷听者卢卡斯和克拉拉各自拿了弓和箭筒，放在院子里。 当他们准备攻击目标时，头顶上乌云滚滚。 然后他们轮流瞄准靶心。 “六个人中有三个！”卢卡斯骄傲地说。 “哈哈!六局中有四局是我的！”克拉拉说。

Then they raced to the targets to collect the arrows. As the kids pulled out the arrows, they overheard one of the knights talking to his captain on the walkway above them. "Captain, I've come to report some odd happenings in the castle," he said. Lucas and Clara stopped what they were doing and listened. "What kind of odd happenings?" the captain asked. The knight told his story in a hushed voice. "Well, when I was on my rounds in the West Turret, a wave of cold mist flooded the stairwell." Lucas and Clara looked at each other with wide eyes. The knight continued. "And as I moved into the passageway I heard somebody whispering, but nobody was there." The captain cleared her throat and asked, "It's

然后他们跑到目标处收集箭。 当孩子们拔出箭时，他们无意中听到一个骑士在他们上面的走道上和他的队长说话。 “船长，我是来报告城堡里发生的一些怪事的。” 卢卡斯和克拉拉停下手头的工作，倾听着。 “什么样的怪事？”船长问。 骑士低声讲述了他的故事。 “嗯，当我在西塔楼巡逻的时候，一股冰冷的雾气淹没了楼梯间。” 卢卡斯和克拉拉睁大了眼睛互相看着。 骑士继续说。“当我走进走廊时，我听到有人在窃窃私语，但没有人在那里。” 船长清了清嗓子问道：“这是

good that you brought this to me first. Have any of the other knights reported such happenings?"

幸好你先告诉了我。 其他骑士有没有报告过这样的事？”