Chapter 3-4

CHAPTER FOUR In which Bennett and a Good Manner Eagle have a major disagreement on etiquette Luckily for Courier, Prince Bennett was listening to all of this, heroically poised outside, waiting for exactly the right moment to come to the rescue. Better than that, he was going to swing in, crash through the windows and drop into a fighting crouch with his sword in his hand. He took a firm grip of a long rope looped over the highest tree, rose up to the tip of his toes and leaped into the air for his Big Entrance when a large hard claw

第四章 这一章里，贝内特和一只礼仪鹰在礼节问题上产生了重大分歧 幸好对信使来说，贝内特王子听到了所有动静，他英姿飒爽地守在门外，正等着最佳时机冲进来救人。 更妙的是，他打算破窗荡进去，落地时就摆好战斗蹲姿，手里还握着剑。 他紧紧攥住挂在最高那棵树上的长绳，踮起脚尖，正要纵身一跃完成盛大登场，突然一只坚硬的大爪子

grabbed him from behind, and a great beak whispered in his ear, "Appropriate attire." The Good Manner Eagle had got a hold of Bennett and wasn't letting him swing anywhere. Bennett struggled in its unbreakable grip. "Not now! Not now!" he whispered fiercely. "I'm rescuing the queen! I'm saving Florizella." The Good Manner Eagle hesitated. "Those trousers won't do," it said. "I'm sure about that. "It doesn't matter!" Bennett promised, watching the Sea Serpent in the banqueting hall flick its long tongue and slither towards Prince Courier. "Anything! Let me go! I've got to rescue Courier! If I was stark naked, it would be OK!" "Not stark naked surely?" the Good Manner Eagle was worried. "I'm sure that's not acceptable." "I swear it, I promise it!" Bennett was dancing on the spot with impatience, held close by the eagle's great foot, which was looped through his belt. "Look at David fighting Goliath! Stark naked except for a leaf."

从后面抓住了他，一个大喙凑到他耳边小声说：“着装不合规。” 是礼仪鹰抓住了贝内特，说什么也不让他荡去任何地方。 贝内特在它牢不可破的爪子里使劲挣扎。 “现在别闹！ 现在别闹！” 他压低声音恶狠狠地说。 “我要去救王后！ 我要救弗洛里泽拉。” 礼仪鹰犹豫了一下。 “这条裤子不行，”它说， “这一点我很确定。” “没关系！” 贝内特保证道，眼睛盯着宴会厅里的海蛇，它正吐着长舌头，朝信使王子滑过去。 “我什么都答应！ 快放开我！ 我得救信使！ 就算我全裸都没问题！” “总不能全裸吧？” 礼仪鹰有点发愁。 “那肯定不符合规矩。” “我发誓，我保证没问题！” 贝内特急得直跺脚，可他的腰带被鹰的大爪子勾住了，动弹不得。 “你看看大卫对战歌利亚的时候！ 全身上下就一片叶子，别的什么都没穿。”

"Bennett! Anyone! Help!" Courier yelled from inside the banqueting hall as the Sea Serpent reared up before him like a giant cobra about to strike, and with a tremendous crash Prince Bennett came smashing through the tall glass window just as the Good Manner Eagle ripped every piece of dirty clothing off him. He was completely naked. "Gosh, Bennett!" Courier said, shocked out of his fear. "No pants?" The Sea Serpent recoiled. "No pink gown?" "I say, Bennett!" the king remarked. "Forgotten something? Too quick out of the shower this morning? Even a towel, dear boy…" Bennett blushed from his face to his bottom, as they could all clearly see. He swung out again on the backswing of the rope and they heard him yelp as he jumped down into the rose bushes.

“贝内特！ 有没有人啊！ 救命啊！” 信使在宴会厅里大喊，海蛇在他面前直立起来，就像一条准备发动攻击的巨型眼镜蛇，就在这时，伴随着一声巨响，贝内特王子撞碎高高的玻璃窗冲了进来，而礼仪鹰刚好把他身上所有脏衣服都扯了个精光。 他全身上下光溜溜的。 “天呐，贝内特！” 信使惊讶得都忘了害怕。 “你没穿裤子？” 海蛇吓得往后缩了缩。 “也没穿粉色礼服？” “我说啊，贝内特！” 国王开口说道。 “是不是忘了什么东西？ 今早洗澡出来太急了？ 至少拿条毛巾啊，孩子……” 贝内特从脸红到了脚后跟，毕竟大家可都看得清清楚楚。 他抓着绳子往回荡，接着大家就听见他跳进玫瑰丛时的痛叫声。

"That was a brilliant rescue plan of Bennett's," Florizella said loyally. "It was just a pity about his clothes." "It was the Good Manner Eagle!" Bennett yelled from outside. "He tore my pants off! And now he won't give them back." "Oh yes– you have to have good manners," Courier said to the Sea Serpent who– rather dazed by the sudden appearance and disappearance of a stark naked prince– had lowered its gills. "If you have good manners, you can eat the queen one piece at a time. Start with her hand."

“贝内特的救援计划超棒的，”弗洛里泽拉忠心地说道。 就是可惜了他的衣服。” “都怪那只礼仪鹰！” 贝内特在外面大喊。 “它把我的裤子扯掉了！ 现在还不肯还给我。” “哦对啦——你得讲礼貌才行，”信使对海蛇说，刚才一个全裸王子突然出现又突然消失，把海蛇搞得晕乎乎的，连鳃都耷拉下来了。 “要是你懂礼貌，你可以一点点吃王后， 先从她的手开始吃。”

He nodded to the queen who very quickly and cleverly took off her long white glove and threw it to the Sea Serpent. As it flew through the air it looked just like a hand and an arm, and she hid her real arm in the long sleeve of her dress. "Tasty?" Courier asked the Sea Serpent. "Mmmm! Not as chewy as I would have thought… no gristle," the Sea Serpent mumbled, its mouth filled with leather glove. "OH NO!" Courier shouted out through the smashed window. "Here's someone talking with his mouth full! Not using his knife and fork! And not the least idea of a napkin!" At once, the three enormous Good Manner Eagles came screaming through the broken window. One seized the Sea Serpent by its neck, another uncoiled its tail, and the third grabbed its middle, which was wrapped round Florizella and the king and queen. Together, they swooshed up into the air, without pausing for anything, shocked to their tail feathers by the dreadful manners of the Sea Serpent. Without a word they

他朝王后点了点头，王后反应很快，立马摘下长长的白手套，朝海蛇扔了过去。 手套飞在空中的时候，看着就像真的手和胳膊，而王后把自己真正的胳膊藏在了长裙的长袖里。 “好吃吗？” 信使问海蛇。 “嗯！ 比我想的要有嚼劲……还没软骨，”海蛇含着皮手套，含含糊糊地说。 “哦不对啊！” 信使对着破掉的窗户大喊。 “这里有个家伙嘴里塞满东西还说话！ 不用刀叉吃饭！ 连餐巾是什么都不知道！” 三只硕大的礼仪鹰立刻尖叫着从破窗户冲了进来。 一只抓住海蛇的脖子，一只拉开它盘着的尾巴，第三只抓住它缠在弗洛里泽拉和国王王后身上的躯干部分。 它们被海蛇糟糕的礼节惊得尾羽都竖起来了，二话不说就带着它直冲上天。 它们一声不吭地

flew through the broken window and carried it far, far out to sea. "What about my dinner?" the Sea Serpent shouted as they lowered it gently into the deep ocean. "When you have learned to behave," one of the Good Manner Eagles said sternly, soaring over the waves. "And it's called lunch." "Very nice meeting you," said the other tremendously politely. "I hope we meet again under happier circumstances," said the third. "Well, I don't," said the Sea Serpent, and it stuck out its long green tongue at the Good Manner Eagles and dived deep beneath the sea before they could complain. Bennett climbed in through the broken window. He was dressed in his ragged clothes and smelled strongly of horses. "Sorry," he said to Florizella.

飞过破窗户，把它带得远远的，扔到了大海里。 “我的晚餐怎么办？” 海蛇被轻轻放进深海的时候，大声喊着问。 “等你学会守规矩再说，”一只礼仪鹰掠过海浪，严肃地说， “而且现在是午餐时间。” “很高兴认识你，”另一只礼仪鹰特别有礼貌地说。 “希望下次我们能在更愉快的场合见面，”第三只说。 “我可不想，”海蛇说完，对着礼仪鹰吐出长长的绿舌头，没等它们提出抗议，就一头扎进了深海里。 贝内特从破窗户爬了进来。 他身上穿着自己那套破衣服，闻着有一股浓浓的马味。 “对不起，”他对弗洛里泽拉说。