3 Peasant Girl

CHAPTER 3

第三章

Peasant Girl Clara ran down the lane and up the hill toward the castle. She had some animal hides for her class geography project tucked in her pocket. I can't wait to tell Lucas the plan, she thought. First, Clara stopped by the royal stables to give her horse, Scallop, a carrot muffin from her father's bakery. A fancy horse and carriage was parked near the stall. The palace must have visitors, she thought.

农家女孩克拉拉跑下小路，爬上小山，奔向城堡。 她的口袋里塞着一些动物的皮，准备做班级地理作业。 我等不及要告诉卢卡斯这个计划了，她想。 首先，克拉拉在皇家马厩停了下来，给她的马扇贝吃了一块她父亲面包店里的胡萝卜松饼。 马厩附近停着一辆漂亮的马车。 这座宫殿一定有人来参观，她想。

Clara hugged Scallop and rubbed her cheek along her horse's neck. Then she ran up the back stairs to the palace. She opened the heavy oak door and bumped right into her mother, Anna Gills, Queen Tasha's seamstress. "Hello, honey," her mother said. "I was just on my way to town to pick up some thread. Lucas is in the

克拉拉抱着扇贝，在她的马脖子上摩擦她的脸颊。 然后她跑上后面的楼梯，来到宫殿。 她打开沉重的橡木门，正好撞到她的母亲安娜·吉尔斯，她是塔莎女王的裁缝。 “你好，亲爱的，”她妈妈说。 “我正要去镇上买些线。 卢卡斯在

playroom with Princess Bella."

和贝拉公主一起玩。”

"Princess who?" questioned Clara. "Princess Bella," repeated her mother. "Lucas's cousin. Be sure to curtsy when you meet her, and please stay away from the throne room. The king and queen are entertaining." I wonder what Princess Bella is like, thought Clara as she watched her mother tap down the stone stairs. And curtsy? she wondered. I've never had to curtsy for Lucas.

“谁的公主？”克拉拉问。 “贝拉公主，”她母亲重复道。 ”卢卡斯的表亲。见到她时一定要行屈膝礼，请远离正殿。 国王和王后在招待客人。” 我想知道贝拉公主是什么样的，当克拉拉看着她的母亲轻拍着走下石阶时，她想。 行屈膝礼?她想知道。我从来没为卢卡斯行过屈膝礼。

But then again, she never thought of Lucas as royalty. She knew he was a prince, but they had been friends for so long, she never had to behave formally around him. Clara went inside and bounded up the stairs to the playroom. She swung open the door, and it banged against the wall accidentally. Bella's dog growled and scampered toward Clara. "Be quiet, Percy!" ordered Bella as she looked Clara up and down.

但话又说回来，她从没把卢卡斯当成皇室成员。 她知道他是一位王子，但他们是老朋友了，她在他面前从来不需要表现得很正式。 克拉拉走了进去，蹦蹦跳跳地上楼去了游戏室。 她推开门，门不小心撞在墙上。 贝拉的狗咆哮着跑向克拉拉。 “安静，珀西！”贝拉上下打量着克拉拉，命令道。