4 Our Guest

CHAPTER 4

第四章

Our Guest "May I join you?" asked Will. "I had planned to visit all of Wrenly and would much rather travel with you and Miss Clara than all by myself." "Of course," Lucas answered. "But we need to leave right away." "I'll gather my things!" the bard said cheerfully. He swung a bag over his shoulder and picked up his guitar case. "I'll be right back," Lucas said. "I have to get our buckets." He ran toward the thicket.

“我可以加入你们吗？”威尔问。 “我本来打算走遍整个兰利，我宁愿和你和克拉拉小姐一起旅行，也不愿独自一人旅行。” “当然，”卢卡斯回答。 “但我们得马上离开。” “我去收拾我的东西！”吟游诗人高兴地说。 他把一个包甩在肩上，拿起他的吉他盒。 “我马上回来，”卢卡斯说。 “我得去拿我们的水桶。” 他朝灌木丛跑去。

"Hurry!" Clara exclaimed. "I will!" said Lucas as he disappeared into the thicket, with Ruskin close at his heels. Lucas grabbed the berry buckets. Then he noticed the beautiful emerald green feather he'd dropped. He wondered again what kind of bird or beast it had come from. He slid the feather inside his vest and ran back to the others.

“快点!”克拉拉喊道。“我会的！”卢卡斯边说边消失在灌木丛中，罗斯金紧跟在他身后。 卢卡斯抓起浆果桶。 然后他注意到他掉在地上的那根美丽的翠绿色羽毛。 他又想知道它是从什么鸟或什么兽身上冒出来的。 他把羽毛塞进背心，跑回其他人身边。

Rainbow Frost and Amber Quill waved good-bye to their friends at the dock. The ship set sail and rolled over the waves toward the mainland. Thunder rumbled and rain began to speckle the ground when they landed near the palace. Clara covered her head with a scarf and ran all the way home. Will and Lucas tramped toward the castle in the light drizzle.

彩虹·弗罗斯特和安布尔·奎尔在码头上向他们的朋友挥手告别。 船启航，破浪向大陆驶去。 当他们降落在宫殿附近时，雷声隆隆，雨水开始打在地上。 克拉拉用围巾蒙住头，一路跑回家。 威尔和卢卡斯在蒙蒙细雨中向城堡走去。

The queen greeted them at the door. She had been waiting. "Lucas!" she cried. "You're late for your music lesson again!" "If you'll excuse me, Your Majesty," Will said, bowing. "The prince is late because of me."

女王在门口迎接他们。 她一直在等。“卢卡斯！”她叫道。 “你的音乐课又迟到了！”“请原谅，陛下。”威尔边说边鞠了一躬。 “王子是因为我才迟到的。”