Chapter 3-7

CHAPTER SEVEN In which the Mammoth proves his point The king and queen and Courier were sitting on their picnic thrones in the courtyard on a huge bed of straw, having a cup of tea, and the Mammoth was sitting beside them with his trunk in a huge bucket of hot chocolate. When he saw Bennett he looked up and waggled his ears in greeting. "Hello, everyone," Bennett said. "So, we've found out what has happened. The Ice Age was a

第七章 猛犸象证明了自己的观点 国王、王后和信使正坐在庭院里铺着厚厚稻草的野餐王座上喝茶，猛犸象坐在他们旁边，鼻子泡在一大桶热巧克力里。 他看见贝内特的时候，抬起头晃了晃耳朵打招呼。 “大家好呀。”贝内特说。 “对了，我们已经弄清楚发生什么事了。 冰河时代是魔法师们

mistake by the enchanters. They're very sorry, and are going to reverse it, but of course it will melt and there will be a flood, so we're all going to have to get into an enormous ark." "Now look here," the king complained. "First it was a Sea Serpent, and then it was you, Bennett, swinging in naked, and then a Mammoth and then an Ice Age, and now a flood. What I want to know, and I think I have a right to know is: am I ever going to get any lunch today?" "In the ark," Florizella said. "Lunch will be served in the ark." This was an interesting sort of lie because she did not actually know if it was true or not. It was more a statement of hope. "Really?" the king said, brightening up. "Undootedly?" "Undoubtedly," Florizella said, moving to a completely solid lie in order to get her parents to head towards the ark and the whole of the palace– friends, servants, animals and even little animals that nobody usually saw from mice to pixies– to follow them.

搞出来的乌龙。 他们非常抱歉，打算把时间倒回去，不过这样一来冰肯定会融化，就会发洪水，所以我们所有人都得登上一艘超大的方舟。” “我说啊，”国王抱怨起来， “先是海蛇，然后是你贝内特光着身子荡进来，接着是猛犸象，再来是冰河时代，现在又要发洪水。 我想知道，而且我觉得我完全有资格知道：我今天到底还能不能吃上午饭啊？” “在方舟里吃哦。”弗洛里泽拉说。 “午饭会在方舟上供应的。” 这是个很有意思的小谎话，因为她自己也不确定这话是不是真的。 这更像是她抱着希望说的话。 “真的吗？” 国王一下子高兴起来，问道。 “千真万确？” “当然千真万确。”弗洛里泽拉说，这下她的谎说得扎扎实实的，就为了让父母往方舟那边走，好让整个王宫的人——朋友、仆人、动物，就连平时没人注意的小生灵，从老鼠到小精灵——都跟着他们一起过去。

Then she turned to the Mammoth who was making an extraordinary loud gurgling, whooshing noise as he sucked the last of the hot chocolate up his trunk. It was the sort of noise you make as you finish a drink through a straw, only about a thousand times louder. Bennett glanced nervously up at the sky, looking for the Good Manner Eagles. He thought they would have an opinion about a Mammoth hoovering up the last drops of his hot chocolate. "I'm sorry to say this Ice Age is going to end very quickly," Florizella said to the Mammoth. "I hope you don't mind?" "I'd be gwad of it," the Mammoth said. "I don't wike snow or ice." "But will you be all right in warm weather?" Bennett asked him. "Are you sure you wouldn't evolve?" Courier asked. "You don't want to become an elephant by accident." "Aww you ever think about is ewephants," the Mammoth complained to Courier. "Nobody

然后她转向猛犸象，他正用鼻子吸着最后一点热巧克力，发出特别大的咕噜咕噜、呼哧呼哧的声响。 那声音就像你用吸管喝光最后一口饮料时的动静，只不过要响一千倍。 贝内特紧张地抬头瞟了瞟天空，找懂礼貌的老鹰们。 他觉得老鹰们看见猛犸象这么呼噜呼噜吸光最后几滴热巧克力，肯定会有意见。 “我得遗憾地告诉你，这次冰河时代很快就要结束啦。”弗洛里泽拉对猛犸象说。 “希望你不会介意哦？” “我高兴还来不及呢，”猛犸象说， “我一点都不喜欢雪和冰。” “可是天气变暖和了你没问题吗？” 贝内特问他。 “你确定你不想进化吗？” 信使问。 “免得你不小心变成大象呀。” “你满脑子就只有大象，”猛犸象对着信使抱怨， “没人

could become an ewephant by accident. It's the sort of thing you'd have to do on purpose." "But about the weather," Bennett repeated patiently. "I'd wike to be a bit hot!" the Mammoth assured them. "Weawwy!" "Well, you can choose," Bennett explained. "You can, by magic, go back to where you came from– Alaska in the Ice Age– or you can come with us into the ark for the big defreeze and there will be a flood and when it's all over you can live here." "Or in Prince Bennett's kingdom, the Land of Deep Lakes," Florizella offered quickly. "You might like it better there." Bennett gave her a hard look. "Only if he wants," he said. "If he evolves, he'll be much smaller," Courier reminded them. "It won't be like having to house and feed a Mammoth at all. It'll just be like keeping an elephant." "What is it with you and ewephants?" the Mammoth demanded crossly. "Maybe you will

会不小心变成大象的。 这种事只有故意去做才会发生。” “可是天气的事哦，”贝内特耐心地又问了一遍。 “我挺喜欢热一点的！” 猛犸象跟他们打包票。 “真的！” “好呀，你可以自己选，”贝内特解释道， “你可以用魔法回到你来的地方——冰河时代的阿拉斯加——也可以跟我们一起上方舟，等大解冻的时候会发洪水，等一切都结束了你就可以住在这里。” “或者住在贝内特王子的王国，深湖之地，”弗洛里泽拉马上补充道。 “你说不定更喜欢那里哦。” 贝内特严厉地看了她一眼。 “只要他愿意就行。”他说。 “要是他进化的话，个头会小很多哦，”信使提醒他们， “那就完全不用操心给猛犸象找住的地方、喂他吃东西啦。 就跟养一头大象差不多。” “你跟大象到底有什么仇什么怨啊？” 猛犸象气呼呼地问。 “说不定你会

evolve into something?" "Actually, he has evolved a bit," Bennett pointed out. "He was a prince with a Permit and now he's something new, something better. He's given up the Permit so he's a fair prince. A new sort of prince. A better prince." "But not an ewephant!" the Mammoth said triumphantly, thinking that he had won the argument. "At any rate," Florizella said, "you can stay with us in the eternal midsummer of fairytale land." The Mammoth raised his furry copper trunk above his head and trumpeted a happy tootle that blew a mist of hot chocolate over everyone. "Midsummer!" he shouted. "Faiwytale wand! Huwwah!"

进化成别的东西呢？” “其实啊，他已经进化一点啦，”贝内特意有所指地说， “他以前是个拿着通行证的王子，现在变成了新的样子，更好的样子。 他放弃了通行证，所以成了公平的王子。 全新的王子。 更好的王子。” “但不是大象！” 猛犸象得意地说，觉得自己吵赢了这场架。 “不管怎么说，”弗洛里泽拉说，“你可以和我们一起住在童话王国永远的仲夏里呀。” 猛犸象把他毛茸茸的古铜色长鼻子举过头顶，开心地吹了个号，喷得大家身上都落了一层热巧克力的小水雾。 “仲夏！” 他大喊着。 “童话王国！ 万岁！”