2 The Witch of Bogburp

CHAPTER 2

第二章

The Witch of Bogburp The royal trumpets trilled. The king and queen looked at each other in surprise. "Who could be at the door on a day like this?" questioned the king. Stefan, one of the king's men, entered the throne room. "Your Majesty, the Witch of Bogburp wishes to see you," he said as he bowed slightly.

博格伯的女巫皇家的号角在颤抖。 国王和王后惊讶地面面相觑。 “这样的天气谁会在门口呢？”国王问道。 国王的手下之一斯戴芬走进了正殿。 “陛下，博格伯的女巫想见您。”他说着微微鞠了一躬。

The king frowned. He hadn't seen the Witch of Bogburp in years, and for good reason. She used to be the king's adviser, and although she had meant well, she had made a lot of terrible mistakes. One time the witch had offered to make the king's apples the sweetest in the entire kingdom. The king loved apples and gave his

国王皱起眉头。他有好多年没见过博格伯女巫了，这是有原因的。 她曾经是国王的顾问，尽管她本意是好的，但她犯了很多严重的错误。 有一次，女巫提出要把国王的苹果变成全国最甜的苹果。 国王喜欢苹果，就把他的苹果给了国王

permission. The witch sprinkled magical plant food on the trees, but instead of making delicious apples, the trees withered and died. Another time the king had wanted a sweet, cuddly kitten. The witch brought him a beautiful white kitten with golden eyes. The cat hissed and spat whenever it saw the king. To make matters worse, it disobeyed all the rules. The king named the cat Mischief because she always got into trouble. She knocked over the queen's perfume collection and smashed all the bottles. Then she fell down the garderobe—the palace toilet—and

许可。女巫把神奇的植物食物洒在树上，但树没有结出美味的苹果，而是枯萎死亡。 还有一次，国王想要一只可爱的小猫。 巫婆给他带来了一只漂亮的白小猫，有一双金眼睛。 猫一看到国王就发出嘶嘶声和吐痰。 更糟糕的是，它违反了所有的规定。 国王给这只猫起名叫“淘气”，因为她总是惹麻烦。 她打翻了女王收藏的香水，打碎了所有的瓶子。 然后她从花园——宫殿的厕所——摔了下来

was flushed into the moat. Stefan had to fish her out and give her a bath. If that wasn't enough, the witch had given the king a special blond tonic to cover a few gray hairs. But instead of covering the gray, it had made his hair fall out! Luckily, the king's hair had grown back, but his friendship with the witch had not. She was no longer welcome at the castle, nor anywhere else on the castle

被冲进了护城河。 斯特凡把她捞出来，给她洗了个澡。 如果这还不够，女巫还给了国王一种特殊的金色补品来遮盖几根白头发。 但是它不但没有遮住他的白发，反而使他的头发脱落了！幸运的是，国王的头发长回来了，但他和女巫的友谊却没有。 她在城堡里不再受欢迎，在城堡的其他地方也不受欢迎

grounds. She had been banished to her tree house in Bogburp. Yet here she was, knocking at the door. The king was about to send the witch away when the queen said, "Perhaps she's changed, Caleb. Let's hear what she has to say."

理由。她被放逐到博格伯的树屋里。 然而她就在这儿，在敲门。 国王正要把女巫打发走，王后说：“也许她变了，迦勒。 让我们听听她是怎么说的。”