8 Victory

Chapter 8 Victory The wreath was so close, yet out of reach. We can't fail now, thought Rosa. "Cuckoo!" chirped Tempo, on her shoulder. Kingsley reached over to pet Tempo's chest feathers. "I think she's saying, 'I can help you!'"

第八章胜利花圈离得那么近，却够不着。 我们现在不能失败，罗莎想。 “布谷鸟！”Tempo在她的肩膀上叫道。 金斯莱伸手抚摸着泰普胸前的羽毛。 “我想她是在说，‘我可以帮助你！’”

"Cuckoo!" Tempo looked up at Zeus's head. "She's offering to fly up and get the wreath!" Rosa said. Then something struck her. "Wait, Tempo." She glanced around. "Remember how the Spartan Prince called her a bad omen? We don't want to worry everyone here. We need a distraction." Kingsley grinned, and beckoned to Karpos. "Are you ready to perform your ode?" he asked. "I can't wait," said Karpos. "It's ready now, thanks to your help with the rhymes. But someone normally plays my lyre as I recite."

“杜鹃!”Tempo抬头看着宙斯的头。 “她提出要飞上去取花圈！”罗莎说。 然后，她突然想到了什么。 “等等,节奏。”她环顾四周。 “还记得斯巴达王子是怎么叫她不祥之兆的吗？” 我们不想让大家担心。 我们需要分散注意力。”金斯莱咧嘴一笑，向卡波斯示意。 “你准备好表演你的颂歌了吗？”他问道。 “我等不及了，”卡波斯说。 “现在已经准备好了，谢谢你帮我押韵。 但通常会有人在我背诵的时候弹我的七弦琴。”

"Kingsley will play it," said Rosa. "He's a fantastic musician." "I've never played a lyre," said Kingsley. "But I'd love to try." The boys stood by the temple doorway. Kingsley strummed the lyre, just like a guitar, and Karpos began to recite. "When at Olympia a prince did race, Wowing the crowd with his impressive pace..." The people from the temple were listening in silence. They're spellbound by the performance, thought Rosa. Now's the time! "Go quickly, Tempo," she said. "No cuckooing!" The bird flapped upward, disappeared from sight for a moment, then reappeared

“金斯莱会演奏的。”罗莎说。 “他是一位了不起的音乐家。” “我从来没有弹过七弦琴。”金斯利说。 “但我很想试试。”男孩们站在寺庙门口。 金斯利像弹吉他一样弹着七弦琴，卡波斯开始背诵。 “当一位王子在奥林匹亚参加比赛时，他令人印象深刻的速度令人群惊叹……” 寺庙里的人静静地听着。 他们被表演迷住了，罗莎想。 现在是时候了！“快去，Tempo，”她说。 “没有cuckooing !”那只鸟拍打着翅膀向上飞，消失了一会儿，然后又出现了

with the wreath in her beak. She dropped it into Rosa's waiting hands and fluttered to her shoulder. "Thanks, Tempo," said Rosa, grinning at her friend. "I knew that bird was a good omen," said a voice behind her. Rosa's heart flipped. She smelled the familiar scent of incense... Turning around, she expected to see DeLay. But it was the priest, in his yellow robes.

嘴里衔着花环。 她把它扔到罗莎等着的手里，拍着翅膀飞到她的肩上。 “谢谢，Tempo，”罗莎对她的朋友咧嘴笑着说。 “我知道那只鸟是个好兆头，”她身后的一个声音说。 罗莎的心怦怦直跳。她闻到了熟悉的香味。 她转过身来，以为会看见迪莱。 但那是穿着黄袍子的牧师。

Rosa held out the wreath. "This is the one that was stolen," she said. Applause broke out. The boys had finished. Kingsley bowed to the audience and hurried over to join them. "Since you found it, I think you should be the ones to carry it back where it belongs," the priest said. He smiled. "Mysterious strangers, Zeus must have sent you here to bring peace back to the Olympic Games. Follow me!" As they left the temple, Rosa and Kingsley waved goodbye to Karpos. He was happily taking requests from his audience, and waved back. "I've thought of an ode," Kingsley whispered to Rosa. "Tell me," she said.

罗莎伸出花圈。“这就是被偷的那个，”她说。 掌声响起。男孩们吃完了。 金斯利向观众鞠了一躬，匆匆走过去加入他们。 “既然你找到了它，我想应该由你来把它带回它该去的地方。”牧师说。 他笑了。“神秘的陌生人，宙斯一定是派你们来给奥运会带来和平的。 跟我来!”离开神庙时，罗莎和金斯利向卡尔波斯挥手告别。 他愉快地接受了听众的提问，并向听众挥手致意。 “我想到了一首颂歌，”金斯利低声对罗莎说。 “告诉我，”她说。

Kingsley began: "My little rhyme Tells how Keepers of Time Saved an olive leaf crown By bringing it down—" "Cuck-OOO!" squawked Tempo. "She's right," Rosa laughed. "We didn't bring the wreath down, she did!" "I know," said Kingsley. "But you try finding a rhyme for 'cuckoo' or 'Tempo.' It's almost as hard as 'Agesipolis.'" Rosa laughed. "Good point!" Back in the stadium, the priest stood between the Prince of Sparta and the Prince of Athens. "The Athenians didn't steal the wreath," he announced to the spectators. "Neither did the Spartans.

金斯利开始说：“我的小押韵讲的是时间守护者如何把一顶橄榄叶皇冠弄下来，从而拯救了它——”“咕咕！” “她说得对，”罗莎笑着说。 “不是我们把花圈拿下来的，是她！”“我知道。”金斯莱说。 “但你试着给‘布谷鸟’或‘节奏’找个押韵。这几乎和《老城》一样难。’”罗莎笑着说。 “说得好!”回到体育场，牧师站在斯巴达王子和雅典王子之间。 “雅典人没有偷花圈，”他向观众宣布。 “斯巴达人也没有。