9 Friends

CHAPTER 9

第九章

Friends But Ruskin continued to sniff the wall in front of him. Then he stood on his hind legs and whined. Tucked on a ledge sat Percy, shaking from head to tail. Pilwinkle carefully scooped Percy into his arms and handed him to Bella. "Percy, you're filthy!" she scolded as she rocked her dog like a baby. "But I'm so glad to see you!" Then Bella, with her own face smudged with dirt and tears, looked down at Pilwinkle. "I'm sorry I was mean to you," she said softly. The gnome smiled and patted Bella on the back.

但是罗斯金继续嗅着他前面的墙。 然后它用后腿站立，呜咽着。 珀西蜷缩在窗台上，从头到尾都在发抖。 皮尔温克尔小心翼翼地把珀西抱在怀里，递给贝拉。 “珀西，你真脏！”她一边骂一边像摇婴儿一样摇着她的狗。 “但我很高兴见到你！”然后，贝拉的脸也被泥土和泪水弄脏了，她低头看着皮尔温克尔。 “对不起，我刚才对你那么刻薄，”她轻声说。 侏儒微笑着拍了拍贝拉的背。

"I now realize that every member of the kingdom is as important as a royal," said Bella. "I'm glad I could help," he said. "You helped me too!" Clara said. "You've shown me one of the most beautiful lands in Wrenly."

“我现在意识到，王国里的每一个成员都和王室成员一样重要。”贝拉说。 “我很高兴能帮上忙，”他说。 “你也帮助了我！”克拉拉说。 “你带我参观了兰利最美丽的土地之一。”

"And there's still so much to see," Pilwinkle said. "There is?" questioned Clara.

“还有很多值得看的东西，”皮尔温克尔说。 “有吗？”克拉拉问。

Pilwinkle grinned. "You have yet to see the River of Rubies," he said, stroking his beard. "There's also the Emerald Oasis and the Fountain of Sapphires. We even

Pilwinkle咧嘴一笑。“你还没见过红宝石河呢。”他边说边捋着胡子。 “还有翡翠绿洲和蓝宝石喷泉。 我们甚至

have the Pearly Gates, a cavern filled with freshwater pearls." After climbing out of the caverns, Clara crouched by a small stone stump. She could hardly take it all in. She wrote every detail on one of her animal hides. She listed the things she had seen and the things she would see another time. Then she sat down and finished her sketches of the Stone Forest.

那里有珍珠门，一个装满淡水珍珠的洞穴。” 爬出洞穴后，克拉拉蹲在一个小石桩旁。 她几乎无法全部接受。 她把每一个细节都写在她的兽皮上。 她列出了她所看到的东西和她下次要看到的东西。 然后她坐下来完成了她的石林草图。