5 Ch5-The Redcaps

CHAPTER 5 THE REDCAPS I think these fairies want to help me! Drake thought. He was about to take a step toward the redcaps when he stopped and turned to Breen. "I guess you won't tell me if we should follow them or not," he said. "No. I can't," Breen said. "That would be cheating!" "But can you tell me something about them?" Drake asked.

我想这些仙女是想帮助我的!德雷克的想法。 他正要向红帽军走去，突然停下来，转向布林。 “我猜你不会告诉我我们该不该跟着他们，”他说。 “没有。我不能，”布林说。 “那是作弊!”“但是你能告诉我一些关于他们的事吗?”德雷克问道。

Breen twirled her finger around one of her curls. "I guess so. What do you want to know?" "Well, what kind of fairies are they?" Drake asked. "Are they nice?" "They mostly like to march around," she answered. "But they do also like to have fun with humans who visit here." "Hmm," Drake said. "What kind of fun?" "You are asking too many questions, Drake," Breen said. "Choose a path!" The redcaps had already begun to march away. "Wait for us!" Drake called out. He ran to catch up to the fairies. Breen followed him.

布林用手指捻着一头卷发。 “我想是的。你想知道什么?”“那么，她们是什么样的仙女呢?”德雷克问道。 “他们好吗?”“他们大多喜欢四处走动，”她回答。 “但它们也喜欢和来这里的人玩得开心。” “嗯，”德雷克说。“什么样的乐趣?”“你问得太多了，德雷克，”布林说。 “选择一条路吧!”红帽兵已经开始行军了。 “等着我们!”德雷克喊道。 他跑去追赶仙女们。 布林跟着他。

The redcaps marched into the woods. "Here we go marching on and on, here and there and overand yon," they repeated. They marched and marched. Drake kept expecting to reach the end of the woods, but they never did. "I think we're going in circles!" he said. "You are right," Breen agreed. She pointed to a tree with a twisted trunk. "We have passed by this same tree three times."

红帽子们大步走进树林。 “我们继续前进，继续前进，这里，那里，那边，还有你。”他们重复道。 他们行进啊行进。德雷克一直期待着到达树林的尽头，但他们从未到达。 “我觉得我们在兜圈子!”他说。 “你说得对。”布林同意道。 她指着一棵树干扭曲的树。 “我们已经经过这棵树三次了。”

"Here we go marching on and on, here and there and over and yon," sang the redcaps. Drake frowned. "I guess we shouldn't have followed them," he said. "Let's go back to the other path." Drake tried to turn around— but he couldn't! His body swung forward and kept marching behind the redcaps. His legs were moving all on their own! "Hey!" Drake yelled. Are the redcaps using some kind of fairy magic? he wondered. Drake couldn't slow down or change direction. Behind him, Breen was marching, too. They couldn't stop!

红帽子们唱道:“我们向前走，向前走，这里，那里，越过，越过。” 德雷克皱起了眉头。“我想我们不应该跟着他们，”他说。 “我们走另一条路吧。” 德雷克试图转身——但他做不到!他的身体向前摆动，一直走在红帽子后面。 他的腿可以自己移动了!“嘿!”德雷克喊道。 红帽子们是在使用某种魔法吗? 他想知道。德雷克不能减速或改变方向。 布林也跟在他后面。 他们停不下来!

Drake made his legs move faster. He caught up to the redcap at the end of the line and tapped him on the shoulder. "Excuse me," he said. "But we would like to stop following you now, please. We need to find Fallyn and save my kingdom." The redcaps stopped marching. They all turned around and looked at Drake. "But you must keep following us!" said one. "We're having too much fun!" said another.

德雷克使他的腿移动得更快。 他追上队伍末尾的小红帽，拍了拍他的肩膀。 “对不起，”他说。“但我们现在不想再跟着你了，拜托。 我们得找到费林，拯救我的王国。” 红帽子们停止了前进。 他们都转过身来看着德雷克。 “但是你必须一直跟着我们!”一个说。 “我们玩得太开心了!”另一个说。

"Yes," said a third. "Going round and round is such a good time." "I'm sorry, but I don't have time for games," Drake said. "My kingdom needs help." "Sorry," one of them said. "We can't let you go." "You have to let us go sometime," Drake said. "How long do you want to keep playing for, anyway?" The redcaps all answered him at once. "Forever!"

“是的，”第三个人说。“转来转去真是一段美好的时光。” “很抱歉，我没有时间玩游戏，”德雷克说。 “我的王国需要帮助。”“对不起，”其中一个说。 “我们不能让你走。”“总有一天你得让我们走，”德雷克说。 “你到底想玩多久?”红帽子们立刻回答了他。 “永恒!”