Weird Butterfly Ceremony

課文：

Trying to make hay while the sun shines, the prince and Ray left immediately. After a while, they stopped for a snack. While they were eating, they heard a roar. A monster, which looked like a giant bat, was flying toward them. Prince Gale threw caution to the wind and charged. He swung his sword but missed, and the monster knocked him down.

make hay while the sun shines：把握時機
hay：乾草
immediately：立即
roar：吼叫
giant：巨人
bat：蝙蝠、球拍、球棒
throw caution to the wind：不顧一切
caution：警告
charge：進攻
swing：揮舞、搖擺
sword：刀、劍
knock down：擊倒、擊落
knock：猛力敲擊、打

Ray helped the prince by throwing the first thing he saw – an open bottle of juice. It splashed into the monster’s eyes, blinding it for a moment. That gave Prince Gale time to kill it.
The prince and Ray ran like the wind back to the city to get the magic stone. They returned home and used it to cure the king.

splash：濺、潑
run like the wind：飛奔

After the monster’s defeat, everything was right as rain in Foggy Kingdom. The people built several new cities. When Prince Gale got wind of this news, he visited the kingdom. He and Queen Misty fell in love, got married and lived happily ever after.

defeat：失敗、戰敗、挫折
right as rain：恢復正常、狀況良好、非常準確
get wind of：聽到…風聲、聽聞

文法：
…by V.ing the first thing he/she saw – something（第一眼看到某物就…）

特別補充：
immediate：立即的
make hay now：立刻做
knock you/him/her/its down：代名詞可置於中間

red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.
a cow with its tail to the west makes the weather best; a cow with its tail to the east makes the weather least.