The minotaur

The Minotaur

牛头怪米诺陶

Chapter 1 A Deadly Demand Long ago, a king ruled the city of Athens. One day, he received a terrible letter.

第一章 要命的要求 很久以前，雅典城由一位国王统治。有一天，他收到了一封可怕的信。

Oh no, he sighed. Not again. What shall I do? What's wrong? asked his son, Theseus. King Aedius waved the letter under Theseus's nose. Read this, he moaned.

「哦不，」他叹气道，「怎么又来这一套。我该怎么办啊？」 「出什么事啦？」他的儿子忒修斯问道。 埃勾斯国王把信举到忒修斯眼前晃了晃。 「你念念这个。」他愁眉苦脸地说。

To King Aegeus of Athens, send 14 of your people to me by the end of the month. Signed, King Minos of Crete. P .S. I want 7 men and 7 women. P .P .S. If you don't do as I ask, there will be trouble. I don't understand.

「致雅典国王埃勾斯：月底前给我送14个雅典人过来。」 「落款：克里特岛国王米诺斯」 「附言：要7个男人和7个女人。」 「再附：要是你不照办，有你好果子吃。」 「我没明白。」

Every nine years King Minos demands fourteen people from Athens said Edeus. What for? He sends them into a giant maze called the Labyrinth.

「米诺斯国王每九年就会向雅典索要14个人。」埃勾斯说。 「要他们干嘛呀？」 「他会把这些人送进一个叫‘迷宫’的巨型迷宫里。」

Sounds fun, said Theseus. Fun? spluttered his father. At the heart of the labyrinth is a Minotaur. What's a Minotaur? It's a terrible creature. Egeus shivered. It's half man, half bull. And it eats people.

「听起来挺好玩呀。」忒修斯说。 「好玩？」他爸爸气得差点呛到。 「迷宫的中心住着米诺陶。」 「米诺陶是什么呀？」 「那是个可怕的怪物。」 埃勾斯打了个寒颤。 「它一半是人，一半是牛。」 「而且它还吃人。」