6 Ch6-A Trick

CHAPTER 6 A TRICK The fairies smiled up at Drake. "You want me to march with you forever? You can't make me do that!" Drake said. His legs were still moving, marching in place. "Yes, we can!" one of the redcaps said cheerfully. Then they all spun around and began to march again. Drake's legs followed them. "Here we go marching on and on, here and there and over and yon." Drake looked at Breen. "You could have warned me about the redcaps!" he said.

仙女们抬头对德雷克微笑。 “你想让我永远和你一起行军?” 你不能逼我这么做!”德雷克说。 他的腿还在动，在原地踏步。 “是的，我们可以!”一个红帽子高兴地说。 然后他们都转过身来，又开始前进。 德雷克的腿跟着他们。 “我们继续前进，继续前进，这里，那里，到处都是。” 德雷克看着布林。“你本可以警告我提防红帽子的!”他说。

"I did," she replied. "I told you they liked to have fun." "This isn't fun," Drake complained. Breen shrugged. "It's fun for them." Drake marched along the path, thinking. I need to find a way to get the redcaps to let us go. But all I know about them is that they like to have fun. Fun... Drake repeated the word in his mind. Back home, the younger kids always wanted to pull him away from the field to play games. Games like sticks and stones, hop and skip, hide-and-seek... Drake tapped the nearest redcap again, and the fairies all stopped marching. "What is it?" the redcap asked.

“是的，”她回答。“我告诉过你他们喜欢玩。” “这一点都不好玩，”德雷克抱怨道。 布林耸耸肩。“这对他们来说很有趣。” 德雷克边走边想。 我得想办法让红帽队放我们走。 但我只知道他们喜欢找乐子。 有趣的…德雷克在心里重复着这个词。 在家里，年幼的孩子们总是想把他从球场上拉出来玩游戏。 像棍棒和石头，跳和跳，捉迷藏…… 德雷克又敲了敲最近的红帽，仙女们都停止了前进。 “什么事?”红帽子问道。

"I know a game we can play," he said. "It's more fun than marching." The redcap's eyes lit up. "More fun! What is it called?" "It's called hide-and-seek," Drake replied. "You close your eyes and count. Breen and I will hide. When you open them, you have to find us." "Ooh, that does sound like fun," said the redcap. "What happens after we find you?" "Then it's your turn to hide," Drake said. The redcaps all huddled together. They whispered to one another. Then they turned back to Drake.

“我知道一个我们可以玩的游戏，”他说。 “这比游行有趣多了。” 红帽子的眼睛亮了起来。“更多的乐趣!它叫什么名字?”“这叫捉迷藏，”德雷克回答。 “你闭上眼睛数数。 布林和我躲起来。当你打开它们的时候，你必须找到我们。” “哦，听起来真有趣，”小红帽说。 “我们找到你之后怎么办?”“然后轮到你躲起来了，”德雷克说。 红帽子们全都挤在一起。 他们互相耳语。 然后他们转向德雷克。

"We will play your game!" they said at once. "Great!" Drake said. "First, you have to release your magical hold on us, so we can hide properly." "Done," the redcaps said, snapping their fingers. Drake tested it. He turned and took a step. My idea is working! he thought. He turned back to the redcaps. "Perfect!" One of the redcaps nodded. "Now we close our eyes and count, right?" "Yes," Drake said.

“我们会玩你的游戏!”他们马上说。 “太好了!”德雷克说。“首先，你必须解除对我们的魔法控制，这样我们才能好好地藏起来。” “好了。”红帽子们打着响指说。 德雷克测试过了。他转身走了一步。 我的主意奏效了!他想。 他转身对着红帽兵。 “完美!”一个红帽子点点头。 “现在我们闭上眼睛数数，对吧?”“是的，”德雷克说。

The redcaps all closed their eyes. One redcap opened his. "How high do we count?" "Ten thousand, six hundred, and twenty- three," Drake replied. "Okay!" the redcap said, and he closed his eyes. Then all the fairies began to count. "One, two, three..." Drake motioned for Breen to follow him. They hurried back to the fork in the path, away from the redcaps.

红帽子们都闭上了眼睛。 一个红帽子打开了他的。“我们算多高?”“一万六百二十三，”德雷克回答。 “好吧!”小红帽说，然后闭上了眼睛。 然后所有的仙女开始数。 “一、二、三……”德雷克示意布林跟他走。 他们赶紧回到岔路口，远离红帽子。