Chapter 2-6

CHAPTER SiX In which Bennett meets a fan Florizella and Bennett left the three horses in the field at the Purple Forest station, and boarded the train for the seaside. The two royals glanced up at the sky and saw that, high above them, a Good Manner Eagle was circling. At once, they were on their very best behaviour.

第六章 贝内特遇见了一位粉丝 弗洛里泽拉和贝内特把三匹马留在紫森林站的野地里，登上了开往海边的火车。 两位王室成员抬头望天，看见一只礼仪雄鹰正在他们头顶高空盘旋。 他们立刻拿出了自己最得体的举止。

"After you," Prince Bennett said, holding the train door open for Florizella. "No– after you," Florizella replied, letting him go first. "Thank you so much," Bennett said, getting into the carriage and then putting out a hand to pull Florizella in after him. "Thank you," she said politely as she shut the door and the train drew out of the station. The guard, a wallaby with his ticket machine in her pouch, came up to check their tickets. "The service has been delayed by Unforeseen Circumstances," she said. "The engine has broken down and been replaced with Temporary Support." "What support?" Florizella asked.

“您先请。”贝内特王子说着，为弗洛里泽拉扶住了火车门。 “不——你先请。”弗洛里泽拉回答，让他先走。 “太感谢你了。”贝内特说着走进车厢，接着伸出手把跟在后面的弗洛里泽拉拉了进来。 “谢谢你。”她礼貌地说，这时车门关上，火车缓缓驶出了车站。 列车员是一只育儿袋里装着检票机的沙袋鼠，走过来检查他们的车票。 “列车因为意外状况延误了。”她说。 “车头坏了，现在换成临时助力装置来推动列车。” “什么助力装置？” 弗洛里泽拉问道。

"The Mammoth is pushing the train," the guard explained. "My Mammoth?" Florizella asked. The wallaby guard raised her eyebrows. "He's a free Mammoth," she pointed out. "You don't own him, Your Royal Highness." "No, of course I don't," Florizella corrected herself. "This isn't old Fairytale Land, when everything belonged to the king. I don't own anyone. I meant the Mammoth I know. My friend the Mammoth." "That one," the wallaby agreed. "That's the one. The only one in Fairytale Land actually."

“是猛犸象在推火车哦。”列车员解释道。 “我的猛犸象？” 弗洛里泽拉问。 沙袋鼠列车员挑了挑眉。 “他是一头自由的猛犸象，”她指出，“您并不拥有他，王子殿下。” “您并不拥有他，王子殿下。” “哦，我当然没有，”弗洛里泽拉立刻纠正自己的说法， “这里不是以前的童话王国了，那时候所有东西都属于国王。 我不拥有任何人。 我指的是我认识的那头猛犸象。 我的朋友猛犸象。” “就是那头。”沙袋鼠点头同意。 “就是他。 实际上他是童话王国里唯一的一头猛犸象。”

There was a little bump in the carriage as the Mammoth put his big forehead to the back of the train and started to push. Florizella and Bennett leaned out of the window and saw his large fluffy ginger shoulder and the side of his ear. They heard him humming as he pushed the train along. "He loves the work," said the wallaby guard. "He's very reliable." Florizella and Bennett sat down again and watched out of the window as the train stopped at the stations of Rock Pools and Sandy Bay before it arrived at the final destination of the Queasy Quays. "So, how do we sneak up?" Florizella asked. "We have to see how the enemy is placed," Bennett said. "We go under cover." The two royal children got themselves in the middle of the queue of passengers getting off the train and, by ducking down behind a milkmaid with her cow, managed to slip along the platform unseen. "Hide and Seek?" the Mammoth said hopefully, spotting them as he was getting ready to push the train up to top of the Unscalable Cliffs to the train turntable. "No," Bennett told him. "A Brilliant Plan."

猛犸象把大脑袋抵在火车车尾开始推的时候，车厢轻轻晃了一下。 弗洛里泽拉和贝内特探出头去，看见了他蓬松的姜黄色宽肩膀和一侧的耳朵。 他们听见他一边推火车，一边哼着小曲。 “他可喜欢这份工作了，”沙袋鼠列车员说，“他特别靠谱。” “他特别靠谱。” 弗洛里泽拉和贝内特坐回座位，看着窗外，火车先后停靠了岩池站和沙湾站，最后抵达了终点站反胃码头。 “那我们要怎么偷偷行动呀？” 弗洛里泽拉问道。 “我们得先摸清敌人的部署，”贝内特说，“我们要隐蔽前进。” “我们要隐蔽前进。” 两个王室小孩混在下车的乘客队伍中间，蹲在一位牵着奶牛的挤奶女工身后，顺利溜过站台，没被人发现。 “要玩捉迷藏吗？” 猛犸象正准备把火车推上不可攀登悬崖顶端的火车转车台，一眼就看到了他们，满怀期待地问。 “不是，”贝内特告诉他，“是一个绝妙的计划。” “是一个绝妙的计划。”

"Shall I come too?" the Mammoth asked eagerly. "I could be bwilliant." He looked down his trunk. "I am quite bwave, you know." "I know," Florizella told him. "But this is between me and the pirate. Would you turn the train around so that it faces back home again, and be our getaway driver?" "Oh yes!" the Mammoth agreed quickly. "I'll do that! I'll be weady." "You're my back-up," Florizella smiled at him. "And Sea Serpent is in the bay," he told her. "It is back-up too." The two royals mingled with the crowd and made their way down to the Queasy Quays without being spotted by any of the crew of the pirate ship Boney. The ship, a brigantine, was in a terribly untidy state. Knots of rope were tangled up on deck and the sails were flapping– half up and half down. Someone had dumped the anchor on the quay, and the ropes tying the ship to the shore were twisted and knitted together as if they would never be untied again. Five- Fathom Frieda herself was seated amidships watching the loading of cargo– barrels and barrels of

“我也能一起去吗？” 猛犸象急切地问道。 “我也可以很聪明的。” 他低头看着自己的长鼻子。 “你知道的，我可勇敢啦。” “我知道呀，”弗洛里泽拉对他说， “但这件事是我和海盗之间的事。 你能不能帮我们把火车掉头，让它朝向回家的方向，然后当我们的逃跑司机呀？” “哦好呀！” 猛犸象立刻答应了。 “我这就去办！我会准备好的。” 我会准备好的。” “你就是我的后盾呀。”弗洛里泽拉笑着对他说。 “还有海蛇就在海湾里呢，”他告诉她，“它也能当后盾。” 它也能当后盾。” 两位王室成员混在人群里，一路走到了反胃码头，没被海盗船“骸骨号”的任何船员发现。 那艘双桅横帆船看起来乱得一塌糊涂。 甲板上堆着一团团缠在一起的绳索，船帆半升半降，飘来晃去。 有人把锚随便扔在了码头上，把船拴在岸边的绳子拧得乱七八糟缠成一团，看起来永远都解不开了。 五英寻弗里达本人正坐在船中部，看着货物装船——一桶又一桶的

food and strong drink. Every now and then, she shouted: "More grog!" Florizella and Bennett, hiding behind some crates could see Bear, patiently scrubbing the wooden floor, a bucket and mop beside him, and– leaning on another mop, talking and talking to Frieda, but actually doing no actual work at all– there was Courier. Bennett and Florizella crept along the quayside, ducking behind boxes and suitcases until they were close enough to hear Courier explaining to Five- Fathom Frieda: "You speak into one end, wherever you are, and at the other end, the person hears you." "He's still going on about a telephone?" Florizella whispered to Bennett. "Unstoppably." "And what do they say back?" Frieda asked. Courier hesitated. "They say whatever they want." "I'm not having that," the pirate chief objected. "I'm not having people say whatever they want to me." "It's a device for listening," Courier tried to explain. "Over huge distances." "I don't want to listen to anybody. Near or far."

食物和烈酒。 时不时地，她就大喊一声：“再来点酒！” 弗洛里泽拉和贝内特躲在几个木箱后面，看见小熊正耐心地擦着木地板，脚边放着水桶和拖把，而靠在另一把拖把上，对着弗里达说个不停、其实一点活都没干的——正是信使。 贝内特和弗洛里泽拉沿着码头悄悄往前走，躲在一个个箱子和行李箱后面，最后靠得足够近，能听见信使正跟五英寻弗里达解释：“你对着这一头说话，不管你在哪，另一头的人都能听见你的声音。” “他还在说那个电话的事吗？” 弗洛里泽拉凑到贝内特耳边小声问。 “说个没完没了。” “那他们会怎么回复呢？” 弗里达问。 信使犹豫了一下。 “他们想说什么就说什么呀。” “我可不要这东西，”海盗头子反对道，“我可不想别人想跟我说什么就跟我说什么。” “我可不想别人想跟我说什么就跟我说什么。” “这是个用来听消息的装置，”信使试着解释，“能隔着很远的距离听见声音。” 能隔着很远的距离听见声音。” 我不想听任何人说话。不管是近在眼前还是远在天边。” 不管是近在眼前还是远在天边。”