The Enchanted Horse - 5

Meanwhile the Indian had turned the horse in such a direction that, before many hours had passed, it had entered a wood close to the capital of the kingdom of Cashmere. Feeling very hungry, and supposing that the princess also might be in want of food, he brought his steed down to the earth, and left the princess in a shady place, on the banks of a clear stream. , ,At first, when the princess had found herself alone, the idea had occurred to her of trying to escape and hide herself. But as she had eaten scarcely anything since she had left Bengal, she felt she was too weak to venture far, and was obliged to abandon her design. On the return of the Indian with meats of various kinds, she began to eat voraciously ², and soon had regained ³ sufficient courage to reply with spirit to his insolent ⁴ remarks. Goaded ⁵ by his threats she sprang to her feet, calling loudly for help, and luckily her cries were heard by a troop of horsemen, who rode up to inquire what was the matter. , ,Now the leader of these horsemen was the Sultan of Cashmere, returning from the chase, and he instantly turned to the Indian to inquire who he was, and whom he had with him. The Indian rudely answered that it was his wife, and there was no occasion for anyone else to interfere ⁶ between them. , , ,But rescued though she was from one peril ¹², it seemed as if she had only fallen into another. The Sultan commanded a horse to be given her, and conducted her to his own palace, where he led her to a beautiful apartment, and selected female slaves to wait on her, and eunuchs to be her guard. Then, without allowing her time to thank him for all he had done, he bade her repose¹³（休息，睡眠）, saying she should tell him her adventures on the following day. , ,The princess fell asleep, flattering herself that she had only to relate her story for the Sultan to be touched by compassion ¹⁴, and to restore her to the prince without delay. But a few hours were to undeceive（使醒悟） her. , ,It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。,The bears feed voraciously in summer and store energy as fat. 熊在夏季吃很多东西 ，以脂肪形式储存能量 。 来自《简明英汉词典》