3 Penalties

CHAPTER 3

第三章

Penalties "I'd better go," said Clara. "Okay," Lucas said. "I'll see you later." Clara hurried out the kitchen door and down the steps. Lucas turned to Ruskin. "Get ready for another lecture," said Lucas.

“我得走了，”克拉拉说。 “好吧，”卢卡斯说。“回头见。” 克拉拉匆匆走出厨房门，走下台阶。 卢卡斯转向罗斯金。“准备再上一堂课吧，”卢卡斯说。

Ruskin whimpered. The prince stroked his dragon's swept-back horns. The two of them had gotten into a lot of trouble lately, especially Ruskin. Ruskin had developed a fire-breathing problem. He breathed fire like most children like to blow bubbles. Poor Ruskin. He hadn't meant to cause any harm, but the damage had begun to add up.

Ruskin呜呜咽咽哭了起来。王子抚摸着龙的后掠角。 他们俩最近惹了不少麻烦，尤其是罗斯金。 罗斯金出现了喷火问题。 他喷火，就像大多数孩子喜欢吹泡泡一样。 可怜的拉斯金。他本无意造成任何伤害，但伤害已经开始累积起来。

Ruskin had scorched the castle walls inside and out. He had torched Queen Tasha's favorite tapestry of the royal family crest. He had charbroiled the royal swing set—not to mention the royal teeter-totter and tree fort. Not only that, Ruskin had set the royal apple orchard on fire. The king had lost four of his prized apple trees.

罗斯金把城堡的墙里里外外都烧焦了。 他烧掉了塔莎王后最喜欢的绣有王室纹章的挂毯。 他把皇家秋千架烧焦了，更不用说摇摇晃晃的皇家秋千架和树堡了。 不仅如此，罗斯金还放火烧了皇家苹果园。 国王失去了他珍爱的四棵苹果树。

And now Ruskin had melted almost all the ice in the larder. Lucas heard footsteps in the hallway. Stefan, one of the king's men, entered the kitchen.

现在罗斯金几乎把储藏室里所有的冰都融化了。 卢卡斯听到走廊里有脚步声。 斯戴芬，国王的手下之一，走进了厨房。

"Prince Lucas, the king will see you in the library," he said. Normally, Stefan didn't address Lucas in such a formal way. This is not a good sign, thought Lucas. "Come on, Ruskin," he said to his dragon. "Let's go." "Not so fast," said Stefan. "Ruskin must go straight to his lair." Then Stefan tied a rope around Ruskin's neck and led him away. Ruskin squawked and whined.

“卢卡斯王子，国王要在图书馆见你，”他说。 通常情况下，Stefan不会用这种正式的方式称呼Lucas。 这可不是什么好兆头，卢卡斯想。 “来吧，罗斯金，”他对他的龙说。 “我们走吧。”“别着急。”斯戴芬说。 “罗斯金必须直接回他的老窝去。” 然后斯戴芬用绳子套住罗斯金的脖子，把他带走了。 罗斯金又叫又哀。