Chapter 2-9

CHAPTER THE LAST In which Florizella's father; the king, demonstrates his beautiful manners It turned out to be easy. Once it was explained to Bear that he had to lie completely flat on the floor and do nothing else whenever the king was in the castle, he was quite agreeable. In the last week, he had been a not-very-popular attraction in the Nasty Show, a wild bear, a fairy-godmother wish and a pirate deckhand. He was quite prepared to be a rug for a change. He thought he would enjoy the rest.

章节 结局：弗洛里泽拉的父亲 也就是国王，好好展示了一番他的优雅礼仪。这件事做起来其实很简单。 只要跟小熊说清楚，只要国王在城堡里，他就得完全平躺在地上，什么都不用做，他就爽快地答应了。 过去这一周，他先是在“奇葩秀”里当一个没人喜欢的展品，又扮过野熊，当过仙女教母的许愿礼物，还做过海盗的甲板水手。 换个身份当地毯，他可是相当乐意。 他觉得好好歇一歇肯定很舒服。

"But don't snore!" Bennett exclaimed as Bear lay down, closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. "You'll completely ruin the illusion if you snore. When you snore, you look like a lazy bear fast asleep before the fire. Not like a rug at all." Bear opened his eyes and bared his teeth. "Better," Bennett approved. "Much better. Can you keep your eyes open when the king walks past and not blink?" Bear tried a glassy stare. "Really excellent," said Courier. "And we'll feed you," Florizella assured him. "We'll bring you regular meals whenever Daddy King goes out." "He goes out often," Courier promised him. "Kingly work." "Kingly work!" Five-Fathom Frieda scoffed, poking Bear with her toe. "You can't really call it work." "What you do isn't really work, either," Courier pointed out. Frieda drew her enormous cutlass. "Say that again and I'll behead you!" she shouted. She shot a quick glance out of the hall window but the circling Good Manner Eagle was high above the battlements. It had

“可别打呼噜哦！” 小熊躺下来、闭上眼正迷迷糊糊要睡着的时候，班尼特大声提醒他。 “你要是打呼噜，可就全露馅啦。 你打呼噜的时候，看起来就像一只懒熊在炉火边呼呼大睡。 一点都不像地毯。” 小熊睁开眼，露出了牙齿。 “这样好多啦，”班尼特满意地说。 “好多了。 国王路过的时候，你能睁着眼睛不眨眼吗？” 小熊试着摆出了一副呆呆盯人的样子。 “太棒啦。”信使说。 “我们会给你喂吃的哦。”弗洛里泽拉跟他保证。 “国王爸爸一出门，我们就给你送定时的饭食。” “他经常出门的。”信使跟他打包票。 “国王的公务嘛。” “国王的公务！” 五噚弗里达嗤笑了一声，用脚趾捅了捅小熊。 “这哪能算工作啊。” “你做的事也算不上真的工作呀。”信使反驳道。 弗里达拔出了她那把巨大的弯刀。 “你再说一遍，我就砍了你的头！” 她大喊道。 她飞快地扫了一眼大厅窗外，不过那只盘旋的礼仪鹰还在城垛的高处。 它现在对弗里达的

no interest in Frieda's bad manners now she was not royal. "Now just stop," said Florizella, leading the way up the stairs to the gallery that ran all around the hall. "Frieda, put your cutlass away. This is what it's like to have a friend. You don't always agree with them, but you stay friends all the same. You might even have a quarrel, but you make it up. You don't behead your friends to end an argument." Frieda glanced at Bennett. "Is that right?" Bennett was awkward. "It is right," he said. "But you don't need a boy to tell you so. Girls know as much as boys do." "Girls are as good as boys?" Frieda was amazed by this simple truth. "Quite as good," Bennett said. "So a girl doesn't have to shout and wear big boots if she wants to be heard?" "A girl should be heard just as much as a boy," Florizella told her. "Whatever she or he chooses to wear. And you can be friends with someone without shouting at them or beheading them. And you can check things out with me or Bennett."

不礼貌没兴趣，毕竟她不是王室成员。 “现在都别闹了。”弗洛里泽拉说着，带头往通向环绕大厅一圈的廊台的楼梯走去。 “弗里达，把你的弯刀收起来。 有朋友就是这样的呀。 你不会总跟他们想法一致，但你们依然是朋友。 你们甚至可能吵架，但最后总会和好的。 你不能为了结束争吵就把朋友砍头呀。” 弗里达看了看班尼特。 “是这样吗？” 班尼特有点不好意思。 “是对的。”他说。 “但你不需要男孩子来告诉你这个。 女孩子懂的和男孩子一样多。” “女孩子和男孩子一样厉害？” 这么简单的道理让弗里达非常惊讶。 “完全一样厉害。”班尼特说。 “所以女孩子想要别人听她说话，不用大喊大叫，也不用穿大靴子？” “女孩子当然和男孩子一样，有同样的发言权。”弗洛里泽拉告诉她。 不管她或者他选择穿什么都一样。 而且你想和别人做朋友，不用冲他们大喊大叫，也不用砍他们的头。 你有疑问也可以找我或者班尼特确认呀。

"Or even Courier," Bennett offered. "He knows things too– quite surprising things." Frieda looked absolutely baffled. "This is a lot more complicated than being the Terror of the Seas," she said. They walked along the gallery past suits of armour and smiling portraits of the royal family. Frieda only looked at the pictures with heaps of treasure or ships. "Anyone can be mean," Courier pointed out. "Anyone can be a bully. Anyone can go around beheading people if they've got a cutlass. But it takes a clever person to be kind, and a particularly clever person to have a cutlass and not to behead people." "I am that," Frieda said, shoving her cutlass back in its scabbard. "I'm a clever person. I am a particularly clever person." "Phew," said Florizella to herself, rather feeling that they had got a long way with Five-Fathom Frieda rather quickly. She led the way down the stairs from the gallery to the great hall. "And attractive," Frieda said with a little glance at Bennett. "Clever and attractive. Don't you think so, Bennett?"

“甚至找信使也行呀。”班尼特主动说。 “他也懂不少东西——还都是挺让人意外的知识呢。” 弗里达看起来完全懵了。 “这比当‘海上霸主’复杂多啦。”她说。 他们沿着廊台走，路过了一套套盔甲，还有挂着的王室成员的微笑肖像。 弗里达只看那些画着成堆财宝或者船只的画。 “谁都能变得凶巴巴的。”信使指出。 “谁都能当恶霸。 只要有弯刀，谁都能到处砍别人的头。 但善良才需要聪明的人才能做到，而有弯刀却不砍人，那是特别聪明的人才能做到的事。” “我就是啊。”弗里达说着，把弯刀插回了刀鞘里。 “我是个聪明人。 我就是特别聪明的人。” “呼。”弗洛里泽拉心里暗自松了口气，觉得他们和五噚弗里达的进展实在太快了。 她带头走下廊台的楼梯，回到了大厅里。 “还好看。”弗里达偷偷瞥了班尼特一眼说。 “聪明又好看。 你说是不是呀，班尼特？

Bennett opened and closed his mouth, and found he had absolutely nothing to say. "Look, he's gone off again," Frieda said irritably to Florizella. "He's as talkative as your rug." "Bear," Florizella said. "Same thing," Frieda said crossly. She turned to Bennett. "Say something!" she ordered. "Anything." Bennett flushed with embarrassment. "Anything!" she repeated. "Tell me something I don't know." "You spell Bonny with two n's and no e!" Bennett, cornered suddenly, burst into speech. Frieda was amazed. "You do?" Bennett nodded. "Don't start that again," she told him. "Carry on speaking. But how do you know that?" "School. I learned how to spell in school." "Never been," she said. "Never needed it." "Except when you painted the name of your ship on the prow?" Courier suggested. "Bonny?" "Two n's," Florizella confirmed. "Well, you've taught me something," Frieda admitted. "Quite a lot of things actually. And, in

班尼特嘴巴张了又合，发现自己完全说不出话来。 “你看，他又卡壳了。”弗里达气呼呼地对弗洛里泽拉说。 “他跟你那块地毯一样话多。” “那是小熊。”弗洛里泽拉说。 “一回事。”弗里达没好气地说。 她转向班尼特。 “说点什么！” 她命令道。 “什么都行。” 班尼特尴尬得脸都红了。 “随便说什么！” 她又重复了一遍。 “告诉我点我不知道的事。” “Bonny这个词拼写的时候有两个n，没有e！” 被突然逼得没办法的班尼特一下子冒出了这么一句。 弗里达惊呆了。 “真的吗？” 班尼特点了点头。 “别又不说话了，”她对他说。 “接着说呀。 不过你是怎么知道的呀？” “学校啊。 我在学校里学的拼写。” “我从来没上过学。”她说。 “从来也不需要。” “那你把船名漆在船头的时候不用吗？”信使提醒她。 “就是Bonny？” “两个n哦。”弗洛里泽拉确认道。 “好吧，你教了我点东西。”弗里达承认道。 “其实还教了不少呢。 而且，在

return, I'll teach you how to be a pirate. Will you come for a raid?" "A sail?" Florizella suggested. "Oh, as you like." "We will!" said Florizella as they arrived in the great hall where a huge fire was burning in the grate and a handsome bearskin rug was laid on the floor. The king was standing in front of the fire, getting warm. He turned when they came in. "Don't step on the rug," he warned them. "It sort of squeaks if you do. It's new, not quite settled in yet." "Probably needs a drop of oil," Florizella said reassuringly. "It's a great rug," Bennett remarked. "It looks very good there, in front of the fire."

回来吧，我来教你怎么当海盗。 你愿意和我们一起去劫掠吗？" "去扬帆出海？" 弗洛里泽拉提议道。 "哦，随你们的便吧。" "我们愿意！"弗洛里泽拉说道，这时他们走进了大厅，壁炉里燃着熊熊大火，地板上铺着一块好看的熊皮地毯。 国王正站在炉火前取暖。 他们进来的时候，国王转过了身。 "别踩到地毯哦。"他提醒他们。 "踩上去的话它会嘎吱响的。 它还是新的，还没完全贴合地板呢。" "可能得加点油就好了。"弗洛里泽拉安慰他说。 "这张地毯真棒。"贝内特评价道。 "铺在炉火前这里，看起来好极了。"