1 Music Lessons

The Bard and the Beast

吟游诗人与野兽

CHAPTER 1

第一章

Music Lessons "Yes! Sir Archie won!" Prince Lucas shouted. "No, Sir Fred won!" cried Clara. "Squawk!" crowed Ruskin, Lucas's pet dragon. He was definitely on the prince's side. "Okay, let's call it a tie!" Lucas said. "No way!" argued Clara. "Sir Fred won fair and square!" Prince Lucas and his best friend, Clara, had just had a toad race. They argued and laughed as they ran down the castle halls. Then, all at once, Lucas's muddy leather boots skidded to a stop. Clara didn't see in time and bumped into Lucas. Ruskin smacked into the back of Clara's knees. Queen Tasha blocked the hallway. She tapped

音乐课“是的！阿奇爵士赢了！”卢卡斯王子喊道。 “不，弗雷德爵士赢了！”克拉拉叫道。 “嘎嘎！”卢卡斯的宠物龙罗斯金叫道。 他肯定是站在王子这边的。 “好吧，就当是平局吧！”卢卡斯说。 “不可能！”克拉拉争辩道。“弗雷德爵士光明正大地赢了！”卢卡斯王子和他最好的朋友克拉拉刚刚进行了一场蟾蜍赛跑。 他们在城堡的大厅里跑着，又吵又笑。 突然，卢卡斯那双沾满泥巴的皮靴滑了下来。 克拉拉没有及时看到，撞到了卢卡斯。 罗斯金重重地打在克拉拉的膝盖后面。 塔莎王后堵住了走廊。 她了

her black velvet shoe on the stone floor and stared disapprovingly at the mud-covered children. "Where on earth have you been, Lucas?" she said sternly. "You are late for your first music lesson!"

她把黑丝绒鞋放在石头地板上，不以为然地盯着那些浑身是泥的孩子们。 “你到底上哪儿去了，卢卡斯？”她严厉地说。 “你第一节音乐课要迟到了！”

Clara peeked out from behind Lucas. "Um, I'd better be going," she said uncomfortably. Then she turned and hurried toward the door.

克拉拉从卢卡斯身后探出头来。 “嗯，我得走了，”她不安地说。 然后她转身匆匆向门口走去。

The queen kept her eyes on her son. Lucas wiped some toad slime on his pants and sighed heavily. "Come on, Mother," he complained. "You know I don't want to play a musical instrument!" "It's not up for discussion," his mother said. "Music is part of your royal education." Then she grabbed Lucas by the hand and marched him to the music room. Lucas stumbled along behind his mother.

王后的眼睛一直盯着她的儿子。 卢卡斯在裤子上擦了擦蟾蜍黏液，重重地叹了口气。 “来吧，妈妈，”他抱怨道。 “你知道我不想玩乐器！”“这事没得商量，”他母亲说。 “音乐是王室教育的一部分。” 然后她抓住卢卡斯的手，把他带到音乐室。 卢卡斯跌跌撞撞地跟在母亲后面。