Chapter 3

Chapter THREE The following evening we had a rehearsal for the Ocean Parade. The royal carriage pulled up outside the palace and we all swam out to admire it. It was very beautiful—round like a giant silver bubble, and decorated all over with swirls, twirls, and jewels. Six beautiful dolphins were harnessed to the front of

第三章第二天晚上，我们为海上巡游进行了彩排。 皇家马车停在宫殿外面，我们都游过去欣赏它。 它非常漂亮，圆得像一个巨大的银泡，到处装饰着漩涡、漩涡和珠宝。 前面套着六只漂亮的海豚

the carriage, looking very regal. 'I love dolphins!' exclaimed Delphina, putting out her hand to pat one of them on the snout. The dolphin squeaked happily. 'Right!' said Auster. 'Everyone get inside the carriage! The dolphins will pull it around the palace gardens and we will practise our waving technique. The Ocean Parade is only two days away!' He swam into the carriage and sat down on one of the squashy sea-sponge seats. Mum and Delphina followed with me at the back, and Inkibelle squiggling along behind me. I sat down on the seat next to one of the large, open windows.

马车，看起来很高贵。 “我爱海豚！德尔菲娜叫道，伸出手来拍了拍其中一只的鼻子。 海豚高兴地吱吱叫着。 “正确!奥斯特说。“大家都到马车里去！”海豚会拉着它绕着宫殿花园转，我们会练习挥舞的技巧。 离海洋巡游只有两天了！”他游进马车，在一张软绵绵的海绵椅子上坐了下来。 妈妈和德尔菲娜跟在我后面，英基贝利在我后面弯弯曲曲地走着。 我在一扇开着的大窗户旁边的座位上坐了下来。

There was nowhere to hide everyone would be able to see in as we passed! 'Be careful, Emerald!' said Mum, as I accidentally knocked my headdress into her delicate one. A single pearl came floating off her headdress, and landed in her lap.

没有地方可以躲，我们经过的时候每个人都能看见！“小心，祖母绿！”妈妈说，因为我不小心把我的头饰撞到了她精致的头饰上。 一颗珍珠从她的头饰上飘下来，落在她的膝上。

'Oops, sorry,' I said. 'No worries, Emerald, I'm sure it can be mended before the parade. Mum smiled at me but I felt bad. I knew how excited Mum was about the headdress she had chosen. There was a sudden jerk and the carriage started to float through the palace gardens, pulled along by the dolphins. We passed tall seaweed fronds in all the colours of the rainbow. Colourful fish darted about alongside the carriage. They were pretty to look at but I couldn't help remembering that the day after tomorrow it wouldn't just be fish that I would be seeing outside the carriage window.

“哎呀，对不起，”我说。“别担心，祖母绿，我相信在游行之前它会修好的。 妈妈对我笑了笑，但我感到很难过。 我知道妈妈对她选择的头饰有多兴奋。 马车突然颠簸了一下，在海豚的牵引下，开始漂浮在宫殿的花园中。 我们经过了五颜六色的海草叶子。 五颜六色的鱼在马车旁边游来游去。 它们看起来很漂亮，但我不禁想起后天我在车窗外看到的将不仅仅是鱼。