Chapter 1-7

CHAPTER SEVEN Courier invents a New Thing that may be of no use at all. Over The two royal children and the Mammoth went back to the palace to prepare for a great adventure. It took them a long time to get there for the Mammoth dawdled as much as he could, and at every road junction suggested that they go a longer way around. Finally, they got to the field outside the palace and found Courier shouting into an empty paper cup. A

第七章 库里尔发明了个可能根本没用的新东西 两个王室小殿下和猛犸一起回到王宫，准备开启一场大冒险。 他们走了好久才到，因为猛犸拼命磨磨蹭蹭，每到一个路口都提议绕远路走。 好不容易到了王宫外面的空地，他们看见库里尔正对着一个空纸杯大喊。 一

piece of string was stretched from the cup right across the field to another empty paper cup. A messenger parrot was standing on the rim of the cup with its little head right inside. When it came out, it looked very confused. "That parrot looks like it doesn't understand a word that Courier is saying," Bennett pointed out. "They never understand," Florizella pointed out. "Hi, Courier, what are you doing?" "I'm inventing," he said. "I have invented a telephone." "Gosh! Does it work?" Florizella asked. "It doesn't work well with a parrot," Courier said. "And you weren't around so I couldn't try it on you." "Try me now," Florizella offered, so Courier sent her to the other end of the field and pulled the string between the two cups so it was taut. He spoke into his paper cup while Florizella put her cup against her ear. "Can you hear anything?" Bennett asked her. "You know, it's amazing, but I can!" she said. "But for some reason he's calling me Over." "Calling you over where?" "Not over anywhere, just Over."

根绳子从这个纸杯拉出来，横穿空地，另一头连在另一个空纸杯上。 一只信鸽站在纸杯边缘，小脑袋整个埋在杯子里。 它探出头的时候，看起来一脸懵。 “那鹦鹉好像完全听不懂库里尔在说什么呀。”贝内特指出。 “它们从来都听不懂。”弗洛里泽拉说道。 “嗨，库里尔，你在干嘛呢？” “我在搞发明呀。”他回答。 “我发明了一部电话！” “哇！ 能用吗？” 弗洛里泽拉问道。 “用鹦鹉试的话不太好用，”库里尔说， “而且你们刚才不在，我没法找你们试。” “现在用我试试呀。”弗洛里泽拉主动提议，于是库里尔让她走到空地另一头，把两个杯子之间的绳子拉得紧紧的。 他对着自己的纸杯说话，弗洛里泽拉把她那边的纸杯贴在耳朵上。 “你听到什么了吗？” 贝内特问她。 “天呐，太神奇了，我真的听到了！” 她说。 但不知道为什么，他一直在叫我“完毕”。 “叫你过来？去哪呀？” “不是去哪的“过来”，就是“完毕”呀。”

Bennett put the cup to his ear. "Oh, he's saying, "Can you hear me? Over!" Meaning that it's your turn to say something." Bennett put the cup to his mouth and said, "Yes, I can hear you. Over." "But why Over?" Florizella asked. Bennett was listening intently. "Now he's calling me Roger," he said. He put the cup down and waved to Courier to come back to their side of the field. "Yes, it works," he said briefly as Courier joined them. "But we don't

贝内特把杯子贴到自己耳朵上。 “哦，他在说：“你能听到我说话吗？ 完毕！” 意思是轮到你说话啦。” 贝内特把杯子凑到嘴边，说：“嗯，我能听到你说话。 完毕。” “为什么要说“完毕”呀？”弗洛里泽拉问。 贝内特正专心听着。 “现在他叫我罗杰了。”他说。 他放下杯子，挥手让库里尔回到他们这边的空地来。 “嗯，能用。”库里尔走过来的时候，他简洁地说， 但我们现在

have time for it right now. We have to go and find the Sea Serpent." "That's what the parrot said." Courier pointed to the bird who had been helping him invent the mobile phone. "He's got a message." "You've got a message from the Sea Serpent?" Bennett demanded. "Why didn't you say so at once? We've been waiting and waiting to hear from it!" "What's the message?" Florizella asked. "Couldn't make it out," Courier told her. "Not on the mobile phone anyway." Florizella said nothing because there was a Good Manner Eagle circling high above them. If he had not been there, she might have said something very rude to her little brother. But she glanced up at the sky, glared at Courier and beckoned to the parrot. It came at once and perched on her shoulder. "Do you have a message?" Florizella asked nicely. "For the Mammoth," the parrot said clearly. "Oh good," Florizella said. "Mammoth! This parrot has a message for you and it said your name really clearly, so maybe the message will be clear too." The Mammoth came closer to listen. They were all silent. The messenger parrot– this one was named

没工夫玩这个。 我们得去找海蛇。” “刚才鹦鹉也是这么说的。” 库里尔指着刚才帮他发明移动电话的那只鸟。 “它带了个消息来。” “你收到海蛇的消息了？” 贝内特追问道。 “你怎么不立刻说啊？ 我们一直等啊等，就等它的消息呢！” “消息是什么呀？” 弗洛里泽拉问。 “听不清，”库里尔告诉她， 反正用移动电话听不清。 弗洛里泽拉没说话，因为有一只懂礼貌的老鹰正在他们头顶高高地盘旋。 要是它不在这儿，她说不定要对着自己的小弟弟说很不客气的话了。 但她抬头瞥了眼天空，瞪了库里尔一下，然后朝鹦鹉招了招手。 鹦鹉立刻飞过来，停在她的肩膀上。 “你是带了消息来吗？” 弗洛里泽拉语气温和地问。 “是给猛犸的。”鹦鹉说得清清楚楚。 “哦太好了，”弗洛里泽拉说， “猛犸！ 这只鹦鹉有消息给你，它念你的名字都念得特别清楚，说不定消息也能说清楚呢。” 猛犸凑近过来听。 大家都安安静静的。 这只信鸽——它叫

Timothy- put its beautiful navy blue head on one side and said, "I feel a notion, Missy Sue. Let's stew me." "Oh not again!" Bennett said. Florizella shook her head. "What?" Timothy clicked his beak. "I feel a notion, Missy Sue. Let's stew me." "You know, I really think my mobile phone is better than these parrots, over." Courier said. "You don't need to say "over" when you're not transmitting on your paper cup," Bennett told him. "It's a habit, over," Courier said. "I've got it now, and I can't stop, over." "What d'you think the parrot means?" Florizella asked Bennett, completely ignoring Courier. Bennett shrugged. "Mammoth, do you know?" "Did he say the Sea Serpent said not to wowwy about it, not to go to the Nasty Show, and that evewything's fine?" the Mammoth asked hopefully. "And for me to just stay home?" "I don't think so," Florizella said. ""I feel a notion, Missy Sue" sounds like some sort of message. Bother. Now we'll have to go to the Nasty Show in case it's important."

蒂莫西——把它漂亮的藏青色小脑袋歪到一边，说：“我有个主意，苏小姐。 把我炖了吧。” “哦别又来了！” 贝内特说。 弗洛里泽拉摇了摇头。 “啥？”蒂莫西啄了啄喙。 “我有个主意，苏小姐。 把我炖了吧。” “你看嘛，我真的觉得我的移动电话比这些鹦鹉好用，完毕。” 库里尔说。 “你不用纸杯传话的时候，不用说“完毕”的。”贝内特告诉他。 “这是习惯了，完毕。”库里尔说， “我现在改不了啦，张口就想说，完毕。” “你觉得这鹦鹉说的是什么意思呀？” 弗洛里泽拉问贝内特，完全没理库里尔。 贝内特耸了耸肩。 “猛犸，你知道吗？” “他是不是说海蛇让我们不用担星，不用去讨厌秀，一切都很好呀？”猛犸满怀希望地问， “还说我乖乖待在家里就行？” “应该不是哦，”弗洛里泽拉说， ““我有个主意，苏小姐”听起来确实像是什么消息的开头。 真麻烦。 看来我们得去一趟讨厌秀了，万一消息很重要呢。”

"But not meet the nasty wady," the Mammoth urged. "She doesn't wike me. She said so. She said I was common and pweasant." "We won't even see her," Florizella reassured him. "We'll just buy a ticket and whisper to the Sea Serpent when we see it." "We'll go disguised," Bennett said. "I'll wear a big hat." "Me too!" said the Mammoth, cheering up at the thought of dressing up. "I'll wear a princess gown!" declared Courier. "Over." "Over what?" Florizella demanded irritably. "Over all of me," Courier said smugly. "A long one. Over."

“但我们不要见那个讨厌的阿一好不好？”猛犸恳求道， “她不西欢我。 她自己说的。 她说我又普通又讨喜。” “我们连面都不会跟她见的。”弗洛里泽拉安慰他。 “我们就买张票，看到海蛇的时候悄悄跟它说话就行。” “我们乔装打扮去。”贝内特说。 “我要戴一顶大帽子。” “我也要！”猛犸说道，一想到要穿 disguise 衣服，他立刻开心起来了。 “我要穿公主裙！”库里尔宣布。 “完毕。” “完毕什么完毕？”弗洛里泽拉不耐烦地问。 “要长到能把我整个人都盖住呀，”库里尔得意地说， “长长的裙子。 完毕。”