6 Atop the Red Tower

Chapter 6 Atop the Red Tower The Queen of Bones gave a cruel smile. "Time for a little marching. Guards, get a gag ready. The prince knows too many spells. Here we go. Unfreeze, chah- BAR!" The cold suddenly left Ivan, and he dropped to his knees, gasping. Dante did the same right beside him. But his cousin was giggling. "Dude, she monologued!" Ivan tried to smile at his cousin's big word. "Yup. Spilled her entire plan." Dante shrugged. "I guess villains gonna villain." Aztec mummies had gagged Mickey. Cackling cougars were nudging Susana and Malia to their feet with spears.

第六章 红塔之巅 白骨女王露出了残忍的笑容。 “是时候动身走一趟了。 卫兵，准备好堵嘴的东西。 这个王子会的咒语太多了。 我们走。 解冻，嚓——哇！” 寒意瞬间从伊万身上退去，他跪倒在地，大口喘着气。 但丁就在他旁边，也跟着跪了下来。 可他的表弟还在咯咯笑。 “老兄，她刚才在发表反派独白哎！” 听表弟蹦出这么个大词，伊万试着扯了扯嘴角笑了笑。 “是啊。 把她的全盘计划都漏出来了。” 但丁耸了耸肩。 “我猜反派嘛，总得有反派的样子。” 阿兹特克木乃伊已经把米奇的嘴堵上了。 尖笑的美洲狮用长矛抵着苏珊娜和玛利亚，催她们站起来。

Tunk and another screech owl flew over to Dante and Ivan, yanking them to their feet with sharp talons. "Move!" Tunk snarled. Shaking with laughter, the Queen of Bones crooked a finger at the children. "Come, girls and boys. Walk this way."

屯克和另一只鸣角鸮飞到但丁和伊万身边，用锋利的爪子拽着他们站起来。 “快走！” 屯克怒吼道。 白骨皇后笑得浑身发颤，对着孩子们勾了勾手指。 “来吧，孩子们。 往这边走。”

Head held high, the noisy monarch strode toward an archway.

这位闹哄哄的女王昂着头，大步朝一道拱门走去。

"Does she mean walk like a stuck-up evil weirdo," Susana muttered, "or do we follow her?" The cougar behind her laughed. "Good one! But, yeah, move it." Tunk and the guards marched the kids up a spiraling staircase. Ahead of them, the Queen of Bones was whistling away, apparently in a really good mood. The walk was long and it gave Ivan time to think. Not about his library book, but about his first adventure in this world. He remembered being attacked by the Snatch Bats and jumping from rooftop

“她是说让我们像个傲慢的邪恶怪人那样走路，”苏珊娜小声嘀咕，“还是说我们跟着她走啊？” 她身后的美洲狮笑了起来。 “说得好！ 不过嘛，对，赶紧走。” 屯克和卫兵押着孩子们走上螺旋楼梯。 在他们前面，白骨皇后正吹着口哨，看样子心情好得不得了。 路很长，伊万刚好有时间好好想想。 他想的不是自己的图书馆借书，而是自己在这个世界的第一次冒险。 他还记得当时被掠走蝙蝠袭击，在屋顶之间跳来跳去。

to rooftop. He had known nothing about 13th Street, but he had learned on the fly. Maybe that's all he needed to do now. As they reached the very top of the stairs, Tunk shoved Ivan with his claws. Getting his beak close to

一个屋顶又一个屋顶。 那时候他对13号街一无所知，但都是边做边学的。 也许现在他需要做的也不过就是随机应变。 等他们走到楼梯最顶端的时候，屯克用爪子推了伊万一把。 把自己的喙凑到

Ivan's ear, Tunk muttered, "I'm still on your side. Get ready to fly." Ivan's eyes went wide. Tunk was a double agent! He'd been pretending to betray them the whole time! The queen opened a door, and everyone emerged onto the roof of the tower. Ivan drew a sharp breath, startled. Chairs were arranged in a circle all around the edge. Sitting in most of them were dozens of children with their eyes closed.

伊万的耳边，屯克低声说：“我还是站在你们这边的。 准备好飞。” 伊万的眼睛一下子睁大了。 屯克居然是双重间谍！ 他之前一直都是在假装背叛他们！ 女王打开一扇门，所有人都走到了塔楼的屋顶上。 伊万猛地吸了一口气，吓了一跳。 屋顶边缘摆了一圈椅子。 大部分椅子上都坐着孩子，足足有几十个，他们都闭着眼睛。