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CHAPTER THREE The morning after- everyone has to find their own shoes That night all the beautiful princesses set their alarm clocks for six in the morning to give themselves time to get up early and find their shoes, have their baths, wash their hair and put on new dresses for breakfast.

第三章 转天早晨——人人都得找自己的鞋 那天夜里，所有美丽的公主都把闹钟定在了早上六点，好留出时间早早起床找鞋、洗澡、洗头，再换上新裙子去吃早餐。

The next day, Prince Bennett was in the parlour waiting for them, and as each princess came in, he bowed very low and said, "Good morning!" Each princess curtsied and smiled, and said, "Good morning, Prince Bennett!" Then the tired prince said, "What would you like for breakfast?" And each princess said, "I don't know. What are you having?" When Prince Bennett said he was having porridge, every one of the one hundred and twenty princesses gasped as if he had said something dreadful, and said, "Oh, no! Not for me! Just a glass of herbal tea, please! Nothing else!" One or two of them even said, "Just a glass of hot water!" and all the other princesses looked envious that they had not thought of that, and gazed at Prince Bennett to see if he was impressed. So he was very glad to see Princess Florizella, who came in late because she had been out to the stables to see her horse. And he was very glad

第二天，贝内特王子在客厅等着她们，每位公主走进来的时候，他都深深鞠一躬，说道：“早上好！” 每位公主都屈膝回礼，笑着说：“早上好，贝内特王子！” 然后疲惫的王子问：“你们早餐想吃点什么？” 每位公主都回答：“我不知道呀。 你吃什么呢？” 当贝内特王子说自己喝粥时，一百二十位公主全都倒吸一口冷气，仿佛他说了什么可怕的话，纷纷说道：“哦，不要！ 我可不要喝粥！ 麻烦给我一杯花草茶就好！ 别的都不用！” 其中一两位公主甚至说：“给我一杯热水就好！” 其他公主都一脸羡慕，懊恼自己怎么没想到这么说，还盯着贝内特王子，看他会不会对这话印象深刻。 所以当他看到弗洛里泽拉公主的时候特别开心，她刚才去马厩看自己的马，所以来晚了。 他开心极了

when she said at once that she would like bacon and eggs, and tomatoes and sausages too, if they had any. They had a most peaceful, hearty breakfast while, all around, the one hundred and twenty princesses sipped tea and looked beautiful but hungry. After breakfast, Prince Bennett asked the princess on his right what she would like to do that day. And the princess on his right said, "I don't know. What would you like to do?" Then Prince Bennett asked the princess on his left what she would like to do that day. And she said, "I don't know. What would you like to do?" Then Princess Florizella suggested very helpfully, "Why don't we all ride down to the Deep Lakes and go swimming? We could take a picnic with us." Well– some of the princesses couldn't ride, and some of them couldn't swim. Some of them hadn't got trousers for riding, and some of them hadn't got swimming costumes. Some of them were frightened of cold water, and some of them were frightened of horses, and none of them

因为她一开口就说想吃培根煎蛋，如果有的话，再来点番茄和香肠就更好了。 他俩这顿早餐吃得既安心又丰盛，周围的一百二十位公主都小口抿着茶，看起来美美的，却饿得不行。 早餐过后，贝内特王子问右边的公主今天想做什么。 右边的公主说：“我不知道呀。 你想做什么呢？” 然后贝内特王子又问左边的公主今天想做什么。 她也说：“我不知道呀。 你想做什么呢？” 这时弗洛里泽拉公主热心地提议：“我们干嘛不一起骑马去深湖那边游泳呀？ 我们还可以带上野餐。” 哎呀——有些公主不会骑马，有些不会游泳。 有些没有骑马穿的长裤，有些没带泳衣。 有些怕凉水，有些怕马，而且所有人都

would dream of eating a picnic sitting on the ground where there might be ants or wasps. "Or grass!" one of them exclaimed. And they all said, I "Grass stains! Oh no!" So in the end, no one went… except Princess Florizella and Prince Bennett. They had a lovely day. When they were trotting back to the prince's palace in the evening, just as the stars were starting to come out and the sky was getting grey, Prince Bennett said happily, "Florizella, I've had the most brilliant idea. I won't marry any of the one hundred and twenty beautiful princesses. I'll marry you!"

想都没想过要坐在地上吃野餐，地上说不定有蚂蚁或者黄蜂呢。 “还有草！” 一位公主惊呼道。 所有人都喊起来：“草渍！ 哦，可不行！” 所以最后，谁也没去……除了弗洛里泽拉公主和贝内特王子。 他俩玩得特别开心。 傍晚他们骑着小步跑回王子的宫殿，那时星星刚出来，天空慢慢暗了下来，贝内特王子开心地说：“弗洛里泽拉，我想到了一个超棒的主意。 我不会娶那一百二十位美丽公主里的任何一位。 我要娶你！”

And then Florizella said something that surprised him so much that he nearly fell off his horse. "No, thank you," she said politely. Prince Bennett gawped at her. "Why ever not?" he asked. "I am a fairytale prince, remember. And you would be my queen." "Look here," said Florizella reasonably, "I told you I wasn't going to marry, and I meant it. One day I shall inherit the Seven Kingdoms, and there are a lot of things I want to do there. I don't want to come and be your queen. I'm not even sure that I think kings and queens are a good idea. It might be a lot better for everyone if people made up their own laws and didn't have one person ruling everything. "Why should I come and live in your palace when I've got a perfectly good palace of my own? I'm not even planning to keep that one all to myself– I'm going to share it. Another home would just be greedy. "And I don't want to live in your country. I've

然后弗洛里泽拉说的话让他惊讶到差点从马上摔下来。 “不了，谢谢你。”她礼貌地说。 贝内特王子瞪大了眼睛看着她。 “为什么不愿意呀？”他问。 “我可是童话里的王子，你别忘了。 你会成为我的王后的。” “你看呀，”弗洛里泽拉条理清晰地说，“我之前就告诉过你我不打算结婚，我是认真的。 有一天我会继承七个王国，我有好多想在那里做的事。 我不想来当你的王后。 我甚至都不确定国王和王后是不是好的存在。 如果大家能自己制定法律，不需要一个人统治所有事，说不定对所有人都好得多。 “我自己已经有一座好好的宫殿了，为什么要来住你的宫殿呀？ 我都没打算把那座宫殿全留给自己——我打算和大家分享呢。 再多要一个家就太贪心了。 “而且我不想住在你的国家。 我