3 Nissa's Curse

Chapter Three Nissa's Curse The King and Queen moved closer to welcome the angry fairy. "Maybe your invitation was lost in the post?" said the Queen nervously. "I don't think so!" snarled Nissa. "Well, don't worry, I won't stay long. I just wanted to give Princess Rosamund my gift." Nissa waved her wand over the cot.

第三章 妮莎的诅咒 国王和王后走上前，想要迎接这位怒气冲冲的仙子。 “说不定你的邀请函寄丢了呀？”王后紧张地说。 “我才不信！”妮莎凶狠地吼道。 “哼，别担心，我不会待太久的。 我就是来给罗莎蒙德公主送我的礼物的。” 妮莎对着婴儿床挥了挥魔杖。

"Princess Rosamund, you shall indeed dance gracefully, and be wise and happy. But one birthday, you shall prick your finger on a spinning wheel. Then you and everyone in the castle will fall down dead!" said Nissa nastily. Everyone gasped. They couldn't believe Nissa would be so cruel.

“罗莎蒙德公主，你确实会舞姿优雅，既聪明又快乐。 但是在某一个生日，你会被纺车扎破手指。 然后你和城堡里的所有人都会倒地死去！”妮莎恶狠狠地说。 所有人都倒抽了一口冷气。 他们不敢相信妮莎居然这么残忍。

Nissa slammed the huge wooden doors shut as she left. "You can't fall down dead from pricking your finger with a wheel-thingy, can you?" Verity asked Celeste. Verity didn't know much about spinning wheels. But she knew Celeste loved doing cartwheels and she had never hurt herself. "You shouldn't have left Nissa out. You need to put it right," Tatiana said firmly but kindly.

妮莎离开的时候，“砰”地一声关上了巨大的木门。 “被那个什么轮子扎到手指不会死掉的，对不对呀？ 维里蒂问塞莱斯特。 维里蒂不太懂纺车是什么东西。 但她知道塞莱斯特最喜欢翻侧手翻，从来都没伤到过自己。 “你们当初不该漏掉妮莎的。 你们得把这件事解决好。”塔蒂亚娜语气坚定却又温和地说。

"How do I do that?" asked Verity. "You're the only fairy not to have given your gift. You can't take away Nissa's awful curse, but you can make it better. Think carefully before you announce your gift and wave your wand." Tatiana smiled at Verity. "You can do this, Verity." Verity felt proud that Tatiana believed in her. The only problem was, she really wasn't sure what to say. "I keep thinking about what I would want if I were Princess Rosamund." "That's good, Verity," Celeste said encouragingly. "What would that be?" "Marshmallows!" Verity said dreamily. Celeste placed her head in her hands.

“我该怎么做呀？”维里蒂问。 “你是唯一一个还没送出礼物的仙子。 你没法消除妮莎的可怕诅咒，但你可以把它变得没那么糟糕。 在说出你的礼物、挥动魔杖之前，要好好想一想。” 塔蒂亚娜对着维里蒂笑了笑。 “你可以的，维里蒂。” 塔蒂亚娜这么信任自己，维里蒂觉得很骄傲。 可问题是，她真的不知道该说什么才好。 “我一直在想，如果我是罗莎蒙德公主，我会想要什么呢。” “这很好呀，维里蒂。”塞莱斯特鼓励地说。 “你想要什么呀？” “棉花糖！” 维里蒂梦幻地说。 塞莱斯特忍不住用手扶住了额头。

Verity watched the King and Queen as they looked worriedly at their daughter and wept. She felt so sad for them all. "I don't want them to die," sniffed Verity. "Why couldn't Nissa have said that Princess Rosamund will just ‘sleep for a long time" instead?" She pulled a tissue out of Celeste's pocket, wiped her nose and put it back. "She's so mean!" "That's it! Well done, Verity! You've just worked out a way to stop Nissa's spell!" Celeste said eagerly. "I have?" Verity was baffled.

维里蒂看着国王和王后满脸担忧地望着自己的女儿，不停掉眼泪。 她为他们所有人感到特别难过。 “我不想他们死。”维里蒂抽着鼻子说。 “妮莎为什么不说罗莎蒙德公主只是‘要睡很长一觉’呢？” 她从塞莱斯特的口袋里掏出一张纸巾，擦了擦鼻子，又放了回去。 “她太坏了！” “对呀！ 太棒了，维里蒂！ 你刚刚想到破解妮莎咒语的办法啦！” 塞莱斯特迫不及待地说。 “我想到了吗？” 维里蒂一头雾水。