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歡迎來到美國演員工會基金會故事線上

Today we're reading The Kiss That Missed written and illustrated by David Melling.

今天我們要唸的(故事)是擦身而過的晚安吻,由David Melling寫作並繪圖

Once upon a Tuesday the King was in a hurry as usual.

在某一個星期二,國王跟平常一樣匆匆匆忙忙

"Goodnight," he said and blew his son a royal kiss.

"晚安",他說著並給他的兒子一個大大的飛吻

It missed.

它擦身而過了

The young prince watched it rattle around the room,

小王子看它繞著房間移動得格格作響

then bounce out of the window and into the night.

然後跳出窗外跑到黑夜裡

The prince told the Queen.

小王子告訴皇后

The Queen told the King,

皇后告訴國王

and the King had a quick word with his loyal Knight.

國王快速地向他的皇家騎士下令

"Follow that Kiss!" he squawked.

"跟著那個吻" 他粗聲呼叫著

The Knight mounted his horse...

騎士坐上他的馬

Eventually ...

終於

and galloped off in hot pursuit until they came to the wild wood.

奔馳著窮追不捨,直到他們來到荒野森林

Wild creatures with wild eyes,

住在這裡的野生生物眼神很野蠻

too much hair, and very bad manners lived here.

毛髮很多,禮貌很差

It was dark. It was smelly. It was ...

天色很黑,空氣很臭,而且....

...snowing.

正在下雪

They were not alone.

他們(騎士和馬)並不是單獨的

There were bears with long claws and growly roars,

這裡有熊,他有長長的爪子和咆哮的叫聲

swooping owls of all shapes and sizes,

各種形狀大小的貓頭鷹在空中飛撲

and a pack of hungry wolves with dribbly mouths.

還有一群滴著口水的飢餓狼群

"EEK!" squeaked the Knight.

"啊呀"騎士怪叫一聲

And then, suddenly ...

然後,突然.....

...with a sparkle the Royal Kiss came floating by and,

隨著閃耀的亮光這個皇家之吻朝著他飄過去,並且

in turn, said goodnight to everyone.

輪流地向每一個人說晚安

Bears stopped being growly,

大熊們停止咆哮

Owls stopped being swoopy,

貓頭鷹們停止飛撲

Wolves stopped being dribbly,

狼群停止滴口水

And before you could say "Follow that kiss!"

然後在你要說"跟著那個吻"之前

They all settled down for a good night's sleep.

他們全部都安靜下來進入一個晚安吻的好眠

After a while they sat down on a wrinkly old tree trunk to rest.

一會兒之後,他們(騎士和馬)在一棵凹凸不平的老樹幹邊坐下來休息

The wrinkly old tree trunk twitched...

這棵凹凸不平的老樹幹抖動了一下

and slowly rose into the air...

然後慢慢地上升到空中

above the woods and into the clouds.

上升得比森林高然後進入雲裡

At last they found themselves staring into a pair of very hairy nostrils.

最後他們發現他們自己直視著一對毛茸茸的鼻孔

A dragon with "this-pair-would-be-nice-on-toast" eyes leered greedily at them.

一隻惡龍,有著"這雙配吐司會很棒"的眼睛,貪婪地瞥眼看著他們

Suddenly... with a sparkle the Royal Kiss came floating by

突然...隨著火花皇家晚安吻飄了過來

and flew right up the dragon's nose.

然後順著惡龍的鼻子飛上來

He sat up, sniffed, and blinked.

它坐起來,嗅了一下,並且眨了一下眼睛

Slowly, he opened his mouth, took a deep breath, and...

慢慢地,他張開他的嘴巴,深呼吸,然後

Sneezed!

打噴嚏

"Hang on!" he said as they tumbled through the trees.

"抓好" 他說話的同時,他們正穿過樹叢中摔下來

"Come back!" he puffed as he lumbered after them.

"回來!" 他鼻孔噴著氣並大步隆隆地跟在他們身後

"I want to pick you up and...

我要找到你並且

kiss you goodnight."

給你一個晚安吻

Slowly they all made their way back to the castle.

慢慢地他們都回到城堡

That night the prince was happy,

那天晚上小王子很高興

the Queen was happy,

皇后很高興

and the King promised to stop always being in a hurry.

國王也保證不要永遠都是匆匆忙忙地

He made sure everyone was comfortable

他確定每個人都非常地愉快

and slowly read them a bedtime story from beginning to end...

然後慢慢地替他們從頭到尾讀完床邊故事

almost.

幾乎

The end. I'm Karan Brar again and thank you guys for checking out Storyline Online.

結束. 再次介紹 我是Karan Brar.也謝謝你們來到故事線上

See ya!

再見!