Egg #141 is another Piratelli! And not only that but it's a SNAIL! I was hoping to get a snail character all on its own looking cute and here I have one! Whew. Exciting. No assembly required with this one; he comes all in one piece. This is usually disappointing to me but this one makes up for it with a huge amount of translating to do on the back of the paper.
'Kapt'n Knautsch und die schnecklichen Sieben' doesn't want to translate into anything that makes sense and Google translate insists it should be 'schrecklichen' which would make the sentence read 'Kapt'n Crush and the terrible Seven'. That makes sense but the paper clearly reads 'schnecklichen' so I don't know. Anyhow, this is Navi Schneck, the navigator, and he is freaking adorable. Look at him balancing the map on his little shell!
Here is the major wordage on the back of the paper translated:
Es schien, als könne nichts den langsamen Tagesablauf auf der Insel der Schnecken stören - bis sich eines Tages eine Gruppe fieser Piraten auf die Insel verirrt! Von da an ändert sich die Zukunft unserer kleinen Gesellen gewaltig. Bei ihrem Versuch zu flüchten, finden sich die Piratelli plötzlich auf dem Piratenschiff wieder, das Kurs auf die Insel "Gildenlos" nimmt. Wo liegt diese geheimnisvolle Insel? Und ist es Zufall, dass die Buchstaben von "Gildenlos" in anderer Reihenfolge das Wort "Goldinsel" ergeben…?
It seemed as though nothing could disturb the slow daily schedule on the island of snails - until one day a group of nasty pirates lost on the island! From then on, the future of our young fellows changes enormously. In their attempt to escape, the Piratelli find themselves on the pirate ship again, taking the course on the island "Guildless". Where is this mysterious island? And it's a coincidence that the letters of "Guildless" in a different order, the word "Gold Island" result …?
Er ist ein wandelndes Navigationssystem mit Fühlern und ein echter Besserwisser. Seine abgedroschenen Geschichten sind bei jedem Piratelli gefürchtet. Zur Zeit versucht er, die mysteriöse Karte zur Insel "Gildenlos" zu entschlüsseln, sodass die Mannschaft ein wenig Ruhe vor ihm hat!
He is a walking navigation system with sensors and a real smart aleck. His hackneyed stories are feared by every Piratelli. He is currently trying to unravel the mysterious map to the island "Guildless", so the team has a little rest before him!



"die schnecklichen Sieben" means the snail-like seven (schneck = snail)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Kathy! I really should have figured that one out on my own but posting the entries late in the day now seems to have me a bit brain-dead. Hopefully after our move I'll be more able to post them earlier.
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