3 The Bard

CHAPTER 3

第三章

The Bard Clara stopped searching the sky for clues and listened. Someone was playing a merry tune on a pipe nearby. "It's coming from over there!" she said, pointing to another thicket of berry bushes.

吟游诗人克拉拉停止了在天空中寻找线索，开始倾听。 有人在附近用笛子吹奏着欢快的曲子。 “是从那边来的！”她指着另一片浆果丛说。

The children crept quietly around the thicket and pulled back some branches. Ruskin burrowed under the brush to get a better look. There, in a clearing, stood a slender young man. He had chestnut brown hair tucked under a green felt hat. He wore a wool tunic and trousers, had a number of instruments hanging on straps from his belt, and had a guitar case by his feet. Two fairies fluttered on either side of him.

孩子们悄悄地绕过灌木丛，拔下一些树枝。 罗斯金在灌木丛下挖洞以便看得更清楚。 在那儿的一块空地上，站着一个身材苗条的年轻人。 他一头栗褐色的头发塞在一顶绿色毡帽下面。 他穿着羊毛外衣和裤子，皮带上挂着一些乐器，脚边放着一个吉他盒。 两个仙女在他的两边飞舞。

"It looks like a bard," whispered Lucas. A bard was a traveling musician. Lucas had seen them come to Wrenly before. They traveled throughout kingdoms and played music in the castles and inns along the way. Clara nodded. The bard played his pipe for a small bird in a tree above. Clara thought it might be a fairywren. The sandy-brown bird cocked her head as she listened to the music. Then she chirped and twittered the same tune back to the bard in response.

“看起来像个诗人。”卢卡斯小声说。 吟游诗人是旅行的音乐家。 卢卡斯以前见过他们来兰利。 他们走遍了各个王国，在沿途的城堡和旅馆里演奏音乐。 克拉拉点点头。吟游诗人在上面的树上为一只小鸟吹笛子。 克拉拉觉得可能是一只鹪鹩。 那只沙褐色的鸟听着音乐，把头歪了起来。 然后她唧唧喳喳地叫着，用同样的调子回吟作为回应。

Ruskin let out a growl and leaped through the bramble. He bounded up to the man with the pipe and sniffed his trousers. The bard backed away uncomfortably. The fairies buzzed around Ruskin's head and scolded him.

罗斯金咆哮一声，跳过荆棘。 他跳上那个拿烟斗的人，嗅了嗅他的裤子。 诗人不安地向后退去。 仙女们围着罗斯金的头嗡嗡地叫着，骂他。