Chapter 1-6

CHAPTER SiX In which the Mammoth too learns a great lesson. (Really, I am quite impressed with myself: this story is becoming highly moral!) Back at the beach, the Mammoth was building a solitary sandcastle. Sadly, he put a little flag in the single turret. "Are you all right?" Florizella and Bennett came to admire the castle. "Nice work," Bennett said. "It's the Sea Serpent's own fwag," the Mammoth said.

第六章 猛犸象也在这一章里学到了重要的一课。 （说实话，我都有点佩服我自己了：这个故事变得越来越有教育意义啦！） 回到海滩上，猛犸象正孤零零地堆着沙堡。 他蔫蔫地把一面小旗子插在唯一的那座塔楼顶上。 “你还好吗？” 弗洛里泽拉和贝内特走过来欣赏这座沙堡。 “做得真不错。”贝内特说。 “这是大海蛇自己的小旗子。”猛犸象说道。

"It had it's own flag?" Florizella asked. "A half-eaten pwincess," the Mammoth replied. "On a stake, over a wave." "Nice," Florizella said politely if not completely truthfully. "We used to pway together," the Mammoth said, sitting back on his plump back legs and looking at the castle. "Pray?" Bennett asked, bewildered. "Play," Florizella explained. "He's missing the Sea Serpent. And we've not heard from it. We don't know how it is at all. But he won't go to the Nasty Show to see it." "I can't bear to wook!" the Mammoth explained. "Not at a Nasty Show. It hasn't asked us to go." "We'd come with you," Bennett offered. "No." The Mammoth quickly refused. "Not if it doesn't want us.. "It's not good manners." "DON'T SAY THAT!" Florizella shouted as two enormous Good Manner Eagles came screaming down from the sky, their giant wings blowing sand over everyone, landing beside Bennett and Florizella and glaring at them with their stern yellow eyes.

“它还有属于自己的旗子呀？” 弗洛里泽拉问。 “是个被咬了一半的小公主。”猛犸象回答。 “插在杆子上，飘在海浪上方。” “真好看。”弗洛里泽拉礼貌地说，虽然这话不完全是真心话。 “我们以前总是一起玩的。”猛犸象说着，肥嘟嘟的后腿一屈坐了下来，望着眼前的沙堡。 “祈祷？” 贝内特困惑地问。 “是玩啦。”弗洛里泽拉解释道。 “他想念大海蛇了。 我们一直没有它的消息。 完全不知道它现在怎么样。 可他不肯去“糟糕表演秀”看它。” “我不忍心看嘛！” 猛犸象解释道。 “才不要去什么糟糕表演秀。 它又没邀请我们去。” “我们可以陪你一起去呀。”贝内特主动提议。 “不去。” 猛犸象立刻拒绝了。 “如果它不希望我们去的话就不去.. 那样不礼貌的。” “不许说这种话！” 弗洛里泽拉大喊起来，就在这时两只巨大的“礼貌鹰”尖叫着从天上俯冲下来，它们巨大的翅膀扬起沙子撒了大家一身，落在贝内特和弗洛里泽拉身边，用严厉的黄眼睛瞪着他们。

"Not good manners?" one asked at once. "Did someone say you were planning to do something that was not good-mannered?" "It was a perfectly polite visit to the Sea Serpent at the Nasty Show," Bennett explained. "We'd buy a ticket and we'd queue. We'd sit in the right seats and applaud when appropriate. Nothing bad-mannered at all."

“不礼貌？” 其中一只立刻开口问道。 “是不是有人说你们打算做什么不礼貌的事呀？” “我们只是打算礼貌地去糟糕表演秀探望大海蛇而已。”贝内特解释道。 “我们会买票，会排队。 我们会坐对位置，该鼓掌的时候就鼓掌。 一点不礼貌的地方都没有。”

"Now that is a person who is really bad-mannered," the other Good Manner Eagle observed. "The Countess N'Asty. Rude." "Why don't you tell her?" Florizella demanded. "Why don't you teach her to behave better? Instead of…" Florizella found that her sentence had disappeared as she realised it would be rude to say, "always picking on us!" to a Good Manner Eagle. "She is beyond help," the first Good Manner Eagle ruled. "Our job is to make sure that the young royals behave well. Especially princesses. Especially you. After all—" It paused and then the two of them chanted together, in perfect harmony: "Politeness is a princess's greatest gift!" "Yes," Florizella said through gritted teeth. "I know. You've said so. Often." "But not princes?" Bennett teased. "Not Mammoths?" asked the Mammoth, joining in. "The greatest gifts of a prince are generosity and kindness," the Good Manner Eagle said sternly to

“要说真的没礼貌的人，那就是纳斯蒂伯爵夫人。”另一只礼貌鹰评价道。 “纳斯蒂伯爵夫人。 粗鲁极了。” “那你们怎么不去说她呀？” 弗洛里泽拉质问道。 “你们怎么不教她守规矩啊？ 反而老是……”弗洛里泽拉忽然说不下去了，因为她意识到对礼貌鹰说“老是找我们的茬！”太不礼貌了。 对一只礼貌的老鹰来说。 “她已经没救了。”第一只礼貌鹰判定道。 “我们的工作是确保年轻的王室成员举止得体。 尤其是公主们。 尤其是你。 毕竟——”它顿了顿，接着两只鹰一起用完美的和声念道：“礼貌是公主最棒的天赋！” “是。”弗洛里泽拉咬着牙回答。 “我知道。 你们已经说过了。 好多遍了。” “那王子就不用吗？” 贝内特打趣道。 “猛犸象也不用吗？”猛犸象也跟着问道。 “王子最棒的天赋是慷慨和善良。”礼貌鹰严厉地对

Bennett. "Of those to whom much is given, much is expected." "Come again?" Bennett asked. "If you are born with everything handed to you on a plate (a golden plate, as it happens), and you have everything your own way, like a prince always does, then you're expected to give something back," Florizella told him bluntly, still a bit irritated that princesses had to specialise in politeness. "Fair enough," Bennett said. "That's why we gave up the Prince Permit– so that we didn't have everything our own way without giving something back. Us boys agreed it was unfair, and that girls should have a fair chance." "Yes, that's right," Florizella said, feeling a bit happier. "And Mammoths…" The Good Manner Eagle turned to the Mammoth, startling him with its stern look and big yellow beak. "I don't do anything," the Mammoth said quickly. "I'm only wittle." "Wittle?" the Good Manner Eagle checked. "Little," Bennett and Florizella said together.

贝内特说。 “予之愈多，责之愈重。” “啥意思啊？” 贝内特问。 “就是说如果你生来就什么都有人给你端到盘子里（顺便说还是金盘子），什么事都能顺着你的心意来，就像王子一直那样，那大家就会期望你能回馈些什么。”弗洛里泽拉直白地给他解释，想到公主非得专门讲礼貌，她还是有点气鼓鼓的。 “有道理。”贝内特说。 “所以我们才放弃了王子特权——这样我们就不用什么都顺风顺水，却什么都不回馈了。 我们男孩子都觉得这不公平，女孩子也该有公平的机会。” “对，没错。”弗洛里泽拉说，心情好了一点。 “那猛犸象嘛……”礼貌鹰转向猛犸象，它严厉的眼神和大黄喙把猛犸象吓了一跳。 “我什么都没做呀。”猛犸象连忙说。 “我还小呢。” “小？”礼貌鹰没听清，确认道。 “是小。”贝内特和弗洛里泽拉一起说道。

"Oh, but you do!" the Good Manner Eagle told the Mammoth. "You have to learn to be brave." "Too wittle!" repeated the Mammoth piteously. "You miss your friend," the Good Manner Eagle explained. "It misses you." "Weawwy?" "It wants to come home to you, but it is trapped in a tank in the Nasty Show." "It can't wun away?" "It can't. You have to find the courage to rescue it." "Wescue?" "Wescue." The Good Manner Eagle found the Mammoth's accent catching. Then it recovered itself. "Its task is to learn that it has feelings. Like missing you. Your task is to find your courage." "Where do I find couwage?" The Mammoth's eyes were round with wonder. "In your loving heart," the Good Manner Eagle said gently. "You have a gweat heart." "A gweat heart?" the Mammoth repeated in a whisper. "Many wittle things have a gweat heart. You'll see." Then the two Good Manner Eagles spread their

“哦，可你有要做的事呀！” 礼貌鹰对猛犸象说。 “你得学着勇敢。” “我太小啦！”猛犸象可怜巴巴地重复道。 “你想念你的朋友，”礼貌鹰解释道， “它也想念你。” “真的吗？” “它想要回到你身边，可是它被困在糟糕表演秀的水箱里了。” “它不能自己跑掉吗？” “它跑不掉。 你得鼓起勇气去救它。” “救？” “救。” 礼貌鹰被猛犸象的口音带偏了。 接着它马上恢复了正常语气。 “它的任务是明白自己是有感情的。 比如想念你的心情。 你的任务就是找到自己的勇气。” “我要去哪里找勇气呀？” 猛犸象眼睛睁得圆圆的，满是好奇。 “在你充满爱的心里呀。”礼貌鹰温和地说。 “你有一颗很棒的心。” “很棒的心？” 猛犸象小声重复道。 “很多小小的生物都有一颗很棒的心。 你会知道的。” 说完两只礼貌鹰展开了它们的