Chapter 2-8

CHAPTER EIGHT In which everything gets organised so that it can end happily ever after, as it should Frieda was quite stunned by the arrival of the Good Manner Eagles and the loss of her fairy godmother. "Do you really have to have such very good manners to be a princess?" she asked Florizella. "Yes," Florizella said. "I've got rid of a lot of the more stupid rules. But we're stuck with the eagles." One eagle lifted a feathery eyebrow.

第八章 这一章里一切都安排妥当，自然是迎来了永远幸福的圆满结局，礼仪善鹰的到来，还有教母的消失，都让弗里达惊得目瞪口呆。 “当公主真的得这么讲礼仪吗？” 她问弗洛里泽拉。 “是啊，”弗洛里泽拉说。 “好多特别蠢的规矩我都已经废除了。 但这些鹰我们实在甩不掉。” 一只鹰抬了抬毛茸茸的眉毛。

"I mean, we're lucky to still have the eagles," Florizella said quickly. "They remind us, whenever we need reminding, of the unending importance of good manners." "Key advisors," Bennett said. "Highly regarded." "Have you come far?" Courier asked one of them. "I dropped out of the sky like a hurricane," it replied with quiet pride. "How d'you ever stand it?" Frieda demanded. "I suppose different people like different things," Florizella explained. You probably wouldn't like my things really. You'd definitely prefer your ship to my castle. It's such a nice ship, the good ship Boney!" "What is wrong with you people? Can't you read?" Frieda exclaimed. "It's Bonny! Bonny! After Anne Bonny the pirate." "Of course it is," Courier said smoothly with a little frown at Florizella. "No wonder you prefer the good ship Bonny to a dull old castle." "But I was going to have both!" Frieda exclaimed. "The castle and everything that is yours, as well as keeping my pirate ship. Why shouldn't I have it all?" The Sea Serpent, itself a rather greedy creature, looked impressed by this ambition.

“我是说，我们还能有这些鹰在，已经很幸运啦，”弗洛里泽拉连忙改口。 “只要我们忘了讲礼仪，它们就会提醒我们，懂礼貌有多重要，永远都不能忘。” “核心顾问呢，”班尼特说。 “大家都特别敬重它们。” “你们飞了很远的路来的吗？” 库里尔问其中一只鹰。 “我像飓风一样从天而降哦。”它带着点矜持的骄傲回答。 “这你怎么受得了啊？” 弗里达追问道。 “我觉得不同的人喜欢的东西不一样吧，”弗洛里泽拉解释道。 你大概率不会喜欢我这边的东西的。 你肯定更喜欢你的船，不喜欢我的城堡。 你的船多好呀，好船骨头号！” “你们这群人有毛病吧？ 不认字吗？” 弗里达大叫起来。 “是邦尼号！ 邦尼！ 按海盗安妮·邦尼的名字取的。” “当然是这个名字啦，”库里尔顺着她的话说，还轻轻皱了下眉瞥了弗洛里泽拉一眼。 “难怪你更喜欢邦尼号好船，不喜欢沉闷的老城堡呢。” “可我本来打算两样都要的！” 弗里达喊道。 “城堡还有你的所有东西，我都要，我的海盗船我也不丢。 我凭什么不能全都要啊？” 海 serpent本身就是个挺贪心的家伙，听了她这志向，都露出了佩服的表情。

But Frieda had her eye on Bennett. "And I was going to have a Prince Charming." She turned to him. "Would you marry a pirate?" she asked. "Me, for instance?" Bennett looked awkward under her adoring gaze. He opened his mouth to reply, but he could not find the words. "He wouldn't even marry a princess," Florizella rescued him. "He won't even marry me. We're just friends." "You'd be much better off being friends with me rather than her," Frieda told him. "Why don't you dump her?" One of the Good Manner Eagles clicked its beak. Frieda glanced at him. "Is that rude as well?" she demanded impatiently. "Really?" "A bit," it said. The Sea Serpent looked down its long nose. "Fusssssssy," it said to no one in particular. "Why don't you tell her about the ssssstake?" "What stake?" Frieda demanded. "Where they tie you up," the Sea Serpent explained. "And I come to eat you." "I'd like to see you try!" she exclaimed.

可弗里达的目光落在了班尼特身上。 “我本来还打算要个白马王子呢。” 她转向班尼特。 “你愿意娶个海盗吗？” 她问。 “比如说，我？” 班尼特被她崇拜的目光盯得浑身不自在。 他张嘴想回答，可半个字都挤不出来。 “他连公主都不想娶呢，”弗洛里泽拉出来帮他解围。 “他连我都不愿意娶。 我们就是朋友而已。” “你跟我当朋友可比跟她当朋友划算多了，”弗里达对他说。 “你干嘛不甩了她呀？” 一只礼仪善鹰咔哒了一下喙。 弗里达扫了它一眼。 “这话也没礼貌是吧？” 她不耐烦地追问。 “真的假的？” “有点吧。”它说。 海蛇耷拉着长长的鼻子往下看。 “真~讲~究~啊~”它拉长声音，也没特意说给谁听。 “你干嘛不跟她说说火刑柱的事啊？” “什么火刑柱？” 弗里达追问。 “就是他们把你绑在上面的柱子呀，”海蛇解释道。 “然后我就过来吃你。” “我倒要看看你有没有这个本事！” 她喊道。

"Sssssay the word!" the Sea Serpent said eagerly. "No! No!" Florizella interrupted. "Sea Serpent! You promised!" "Would you like to be friends with me?" Frieda asked Bennett coyly. Bennett bowed in silence. Frieda turned to Florizella. "Does he speak? Or is he just ornamental?" "Yes, of course he speaks!" Florizella said indignantly. "It's just that a pirate has never proposed marriage to him before. He's surprised. But he's happy to be your friend and so am I." "Me too," agreed Courier. "You say something," Frieda ordered Bennett. "Anything. Now." He swallowed. "Have you come far?" She looked blankly at him, then she took Florizella by the arm and whispered in her ear. "I know he's your friend but isn't he a bit weird." Florizella, struggling not to laugh, glanced back at Bennett who glared at her. "Let's all be friends," she said tactfully. "Let's all of us be friends." "Sssssssertainly," the Sea Serpent said with an unconvincing smile.

“你~说~一~声~试~试~啊！” 海蛇迫不及待地说。 “别！别啊！” 弗洛里泽拉赶紧打断。 “海蛇！ 你答应过我的！” “你愿意跟我当朋友吗？” 弗里达羞答答地问班尼特。 班尼特默默鞠了个躬。 弗里达转向弗洛里泽拉。 “他会说话吗？ 还是他就是个摆着看的装饰品啊？” “他当然会说话啦！” 弗洛里泽拉气鼓鼓地说。 “只是从来没有海盗向他求过婚而已。 他是吃惊了。 不过他很乐意当你的朋友，我也一样。”“我也是。”库里尔附和道。 “你说句话啊，”弗里达命令班尼特。 “随便说什么都行。 现在就说。” 他咽了咽口水。 “你飞了很远的路来的吗？” 她茫然地看着他，然后挽住弗洛里泽拉的胳膊，凑到她耳边小声说。 “我知道他是你朋友，可他是不是有点怪怪的啊。” 弗洛里泽拉拼命忍着笑，回头看了眼正瞪着她的班尼特。 “我们大家都当朋友吧，”她圆滑地说。 “我们所有人都当好朋友。” “当~然~可~以~啦~”海蛇说着，挤出了个一点都不真诚的笑。

Five-Fathom Frieda looked at them as if she thought it was a trick. "You mean it?" she asked. "Yes," Florizella said. "If you mean it too?" Frieda nodded. "I would like to be friends. I'd like to be friends with you all. Sorry about trying to take Bennett and Courier away from you." She thought for a moment. "And the castle. And the pony. And the bear." "It's OK," Florizella said. "I don't own him. I don't own them. Nobody owns anybody in the Seven Kingdoms. I don't own Bear, or Mammoth, or Sea Serpent, or even Jellybean. And Bear should be free." "He can go," Frieda said carelessly. "He's a rubbish pirate anyway." Bear, silently offended, put down his mop, and went to stand by the gangplank as if he was more than ready to leave. "I've never had friends before," Frieda confided. "I've always made them walk the plank before getting to know them." "It does take time, sometimes," Florizella said fairly. "But what do you have for lunch?" the Sea Serpent enquired. "If you have no friends?"

五㖊弗里达看着他们，好像觉得这是个圈套。 “你说真的？”她问。 “当然是真的，”弗洛里泽拉说。 “要是你也是真心的话？” 弗里达点了点头。 “我愿意当朋友。 我愿意跟你们所有人都当朋友。 刚才我想把班尼特和库里尔从你身边抢走，对不起哦。” 她想了一会儿。 “还有城堡我也不该抢。 还有小马。 还有熊。” “没事的，”弗洛里泽拉说。 “他不是我的所有物。 他们都不是我的。 七国里没人能把别人当自己的东西。 熊不是我的，猛犸不是，海蛇不是，就连软糖豆小马也不是我的。 熊应该获得自由。” “他想走就走呗，”弗里达满不在乎地说。 “反正他当海盗也菜得很。” 熊默默受了气，放下拖把，走到跳板边站着，看样子早就巴不得走了。 “我以前从来没朋友，”弗里达坦白道。 “以前我还没来得及跟人熟，就逼着他们走跳板喂鲨鱼了。” “交朋友有时候确实得花点时间嘛。”弗洛里泽拉公允地说。 “那你们午饭都吃什么呀？” 海蛇问道。 “要是你没有朋友的话？”

"Burgers," Frieda answered. "And grog." The Sea Serpent took no further interest in her. "Well, you have friends now!" Courier assured her. "Perhaps you would like to visit our castle? Perhaps we could come for a voyage on your ship?" "You don't think it's too dirty and smelling of old fish?" Frieda asked Bennett, as if his opinion was the only one that mattered. Of course, it was very dirty and smelly, but Bennett knew that one of the Good Manner Eagles had a yellow eye on him. "Not at all," he said. The eagle nodded approval. "OK, then," Frieda said agreeably. "I'll leave the crew to finish loading, and I'll come and invade your castle at once." "Visit," Courier corrected quietly. "You mean visit: not invade." "Oh yes," she said, nodding to the eagle. "A lovely visit and no pillaging." Bear ran down the gangplank ahead of them. "But about Bear…" Florizella said. "There's a bit of a difficulty with him. My father won't have him in the castle. He doesn't want another wild animal."

“汉堡。”弗里达回答道。 “还有格罗格酒。” 海蛇听完就对她没别的兴趣了。 “哎呀，你现在有朋友啦！” 库瑞尔对她保证道。 “说不定你愿意去我们的城堡看看？ 或者我们也可以来你的船上航行呀？” “你不觉得这船特别脏，还有一股子陈鱼的臭味吗？” 弗里达问班尼特，仿佛他的意见是唯一重要的。 当然，船确实又脏味儿又大，但班尼特知道有只“礼仪老鹰”正用黄眼睛盯着他呢。 “一点儿也不。”他说。 老鹰赞许地点了点头。 “那行吧。”弗里达爽快地说。 “我留船员们装完货，马上就去入侵你们的城堡。” “是拜访。”库瑞尔轻声纠正她。 “你想说的是拜访，不是入侵。” “哦对呀。”她边说边冲老鹰点点头。 “一次愉快的拜访，不抢东西。” 小熊跑在他们前面下了跳板。 “可是小熊的事……”弗洛里泽拉开口道。 “他有点小麻烦。 我爸爸不会让他进城堡的。 他不想再添一只野生动物了。”