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But by the messenger he sent asking her to marry him, she returned a refusal; she knew that if she married the prince,
王子通過送信人要求公主嫁給他，她拒絕了，她知道如果她嫁給了王子，
her province would lose its independence, and this her people did not wish. The prince replied that if she did not agree to marry him,
她的省份將不再獨立，這是她的子民不希望的，王子回復道，如果公主不答應，
he would conquer her country and marry her by force. Quickly she gathered together an army, went out to meet the army of the prince,
他將征服她的國家，并用武力讓她嫁給他，她立即召集了一支軍隊，前去和王子的軍隊碰面。
and defeated it. Then, fearing that her great beauty might cause further trouble to her country, she threw herself into the Vistula River.
并打敗了王子的軍隊，之后她害怕她的美貌會再次讓國家遭遇麻煩，她跳進了維斯杜拉河。
And to this day, yearly, on the twenty-fourth of June, the people of Krakow cast wreaths of flowers upon the river in memory of the unselfish deed of the lovely Wanda.
直到今天，每年的6月24日，克拉科夫的子民會向這條河敬獻花圈，紀念這位無私，可愛的旺達。
So Ivor and Marya jogged along, sometimes down in the valley of the Vistula River,
所以伊沃和瑪利亞慢跑起來，有時沿著維斯杜拉河河谷，
whose silver water flowed through a great plain where wheat fields ripened and potato patches were like little dark-green forests;
金色的河水流淌在雄偉的平原上，麥田熟透了，土豆田地就像小小的很綠色森林；
sometimes along a ridge covered with oaks and poplars, and here and there a grove of aspens or pines.
有時山脊沿線會覆蓋著橡樹和楊樹，你會在這里或是那里看到山楊林或松樹林。
So clear was the day that they could see, far off on the southern horizon, the faint blue outlines of the Carpathian Mountains.
天空晴朗，他們清晰可見，在南邊遠處的地平線上，朦朦朧朧地可以看到喀爾巴阡山脈的藍色輪廓。
Arriving at Krakow about noon, they drove eastward out Copernicus Street nearly to the Botanical Gardens, and there,
抵達克拉科夫是大約中午，他們開車向東出了哥白尼大街，即將進入植物園，在那里，
on the corner of Vladimir Alley, Ivor drew up before a modest little house with a bakery shop in front. Out came Uncle Ludwik Kemmel,
弗拉基米爾巷的拐角處，伊沃在一座不起眼的小房子門前停車，房子前面是一個面包店，出來的是陸德維克·肯梅爾叔叔，
in his white baker's cap and apron, followed by Aunt Anni, to welcome them. Their son Lothar, a boy of about fifteen, stood scowling in the doorway.
他穿著面包師傅的白帽子和圍裙，跟著出來的是安妮阿姨，他們來迎接他們，他們的兒子，大約15歲的洛塔爾站在門前，繃著臉。
He was a big lazy boy who thought pretty well of himself, and he was not at all pleased at the thought of having to amuse his country cousins.
他是一個體型碩大的懶男孩，他對自己特別滿意，他對取悅他的鄉村堂兄弟不感興趣。
For it was Lothar's way to amuse himself first of all. And indeed, Ivor and Marya were not at all anxious to be amused by Lothar.
洛塔爾首先要取悅一下自己，確實，伊沃和瑪利亞對讓洛塔爾取悅他們一點也不焦慮。
He had done so much boasting and made such poor efforts at entertaining them once before,
他之前自夸自擂了一番，而且并沒有怎么招待他們，
that all they wanted now was to get away by themselves and see the city that always thrilled them.
而他們想要做的是自己待著，欣賞這個總能夠讓他們激動的城市。
In particular they wished to see their Grandfather and Grandmother Stannik.
特別是，他們希望看到斯坦尼克爺爺和奶奶。
