Weird Butterfly Ceremony

課文：

Once upon a time there was a king who began to feel under the weather. The court physicians could not cure him. He grew sicker and sicker, and his family began to worry.
One day the king’s wisest adviser spoke with the queen and the prince.

once upon a time：曾經、一度（=at one time、back then、back in the old days）
under the weather：身體不舒服（=in a bad way）
court：宮廷
physician：醫師（=doctor）
adviser：顧問

“Legends tell of magical stones that can cure any disease. Long ago they were scattered to the four winds,” said the adviser. “But I have discovered that there is one in Foggy Kingdom, over the northern mountains.”

legend：傳說
tell of：提到
scatter：散亂的
scattered to the four winds：四散各地
foggy：多霧的

The prince, named Gale, offered to go to Foggy Kingdom and get the stone. He asked many people to go with him, but most refused. Rumor said there was a dangerous monster in Foggy Kingdom.

gale：強風
refused：拒絕（=say no）
rumor：謠言

Finally the prince’s friend Ray agreed to go with him. Ray sometimes had his head in the clouds. But the prince knew he was very loyal and would stay with him come rain or shine. So Prince Gale and Ray began their journey.

ray：光線
head in the clouds：做白日夢、不切實際
loyal：忠心的
come rain or shine：風雨無阻、排除萬難
journey：旅程

文法：
offer to = someone said he/she would V. if it is what people want（提議去做某事；自願去做某事）

特別補充：
tempest in a teapot：小題大做；大驚小怪（= a great fuss、a storm in a teacup）
tempest：暴風雨
teapot：茶壺
and they lived happily ever after：童話傳統結尾
surgeon：外科醫生
adviser to：給…當顧問
advise：給建議
rumor has it that：說明謠言的內容
loyal to：對…忠心