Chapter 2

Chapter TWO 'It's them, it's them!' squealed Delphina. The carriage drew up to the bottom of the palace steps, and we all swam over to greet our guests. 'King and Queen Seadragon!' said Auster. 'Welcome to Scallop City!' Two merpeople got out of the carriage, their tail scales shimmering and

第二章是他们，是他们！德尔菲娜尖叫道。 马车停在宫殿台阶的底部，我们都游过去迎接我们的客人。 “海龙国王和王后！”奥斯特说。 “欢迎来到扇贝城！”两个人鱼从马车里走了出来，它们尾巴上的鳞片闪闪发光

glittering with jewels. They were wearing crowns even bigger than ours!

闪闪发光的珠宝。他们戴的皇冠比我们的还大！

'King Auster,' they said, smiling. 'Queen Coral, it's so lovely to meet you and your family! Thank you so much for having us.' The grown-ups started shaking hands as two smaller merpeople emerged from the carriage a boy who looked a bit older than me and a little mergirl. Both of them were wearing heavy-looking

“奥斯特国王，”他们微笑着说。 “珊瑚女王，见到您和您的家人真是太好了！”非常感谢你们邀请我们。”当两个小人鱼从车厢里出来时，大人们开始握手，一个男孩看起来比我大一点，另一个小人鱼。 他们俩都穿着笨重的衣服

royal necklaces. 'This is Prince Mola and Princess Melody, said Queen Seadragon, ushering them forwards. Princess Melody was grinning excitedly, but Prince Mola didn't look too happy.

皇家项链。“这是莫拉王子和美洛蒂公主。”海龙皇后领着他们往前走。 梅洛迪公主兴奋地笑着，但莫拉王子看起来不太高兴。

Delphina immediately took Melody's hand. 'I'll look after you!' she said. 'I can show you all my toys!' Melody gazed up at Delphina adoringly, and I could just tell that she was going to love my stepsister! King Auster beamed. 'It's wonderful to meet you all!' he said. 'The butlers will take your carriage round to the back of the palace. And we have special stables for the manta rays.' Mum and Auster led our guests towards the palace. Delphina and Melody immediately shot off in front, leaving a fizz of bubbles behind them. I trailed

德尔菲娜立刻拉起梅洛迪的手。 “我会照顾你的！”她说。 “我可以给你看我所有的玩具！”梅洛迪抬头爱慕地望着黛尔菲娜，我能感觉到她一定会爱上我的继妹！奥斯特国王笑了。 “见到你们太好了！”他说。 “管家们会把您的马车拉到宫殿后面去的。 我们还有专门为蝠鲼准备的马厩。”妈妈和奥斯特领着客人们向宫殿走去。 德尔菲娜和梅洛迪立刻冲到前面，身后留下了嘶嘶作响的气泡。 我落后

behind with Mola and Inkibelle. She kept squiggling up close to me and trying to hide behind my back. I think she might have been feeling shy.

跟在Mola和Inkibelle后面。 她不停地扭来扭去地靠近我，想躲在我背后。 我想她可能是有点害羞。