5 Pilwinkle

CHAPTER 5

第五章

Pilwinkle Lucas ordered a carriage and driver from the royal stables. Soon the children and Ruskin and Percy were off to the Stone Forest. Lucas and Clara played I Spy along the way. Bella rebraided her long blond hair. Clara glanced out the window from time to time to check their progress. Suddenly she leaned forward. "I see it!" she exclaimed. "The Stone Forest is on the other side of that river!" The early afternoon sun shone on a thick forest of stone pillars and arches that towered over the landscape.

皮尔温克尔·卢卡斯从皇家马厩里叫了一辆马车和一个车夫。 很快，孩子们、拉斯金和珀西就动身去了石林。 卢卡斯和克拉拉在路上玩了《我是间谍》。 贝拉把她长长的金发重新编成辫子。 克拉拉不时向窗外瞥一眼，看看他们的进展。 突然，她向前倾了倾身子。 “我看见了！” “石林在河的另一边！”午后的阳光照在茂密的石柱和拱门上，这些石柱和拱门耸立在景色之上。

"Wow!" exclaimed Lucas. "They look like the drippy sand castles we make at Mermaid's Cove." "Only life-size!" added Clara.

“哇！”“它们看起来就像我们在美人鱼湾建造的湿沙城堡。” “只有真人大小！”克拉拉补充说。

The carriage rumbled over the uneven ground. Bella stared at the spires uncertainly. "I'm not sure if my father would approve of this place," she said. "Are there wild animals?" "Not that I know of," Clara said. "But you never know." Bella's eyes grew wide.

马车在不平坦的地面上隆隆驶过。 贝拉不确定地盯着塔尖。 “我不确定我父亲是否会同意这个地方，”她说。 “有野生动物吗？”“据我所知没有，”克拉拉说。 “但你永远不会知道。”贝拉睁大了眼睛。

"There are no wild animals," Lucas assured Bella. "But there doesn't seem to be anyone around either." The carriage stopped a short way from the towering pillars and arches. "Look again!" Clara said excitedly. The children looked carefully at the stone structures. Little faces peeked from the chinks and cracks in the stone.

“这里没有野生动物，”卢卡斯向贝拉保证。 “但周围似乎也没有人。” 马车在离高耸的柱子和拱门不远的地方停了下来。 “看了!”克拉拉兴奋地说。 孩子们仔细地看着石头建筑。 小面孔从石头的缝隙中露出来。

"Gnomes!" Lucas cried. Clara smiled and waved at the gnomes. Some of them waved back. The children hopped out of the carriage.

“地精!”卢卡斯哭了。克拉拉微笑着向侏儒们挥了挥手。 有些人也向他挥手致意。孩子们跳下马车。