10 The Truth at Last!

Ten, the truth? at last ZEKE WAS VERY UPSET. "I can't believe Harris did that!" he said when he and his parents got home. "I knew he had his suspicions, but I never thought he would just blurt it out like that! I shouldn't have pushed him...."

十、真相？最后齐克非常难过。 当他和父母回到家时，他说：“我真不敢相信哈里斯会这么做！” “我知道他有所怀疑，但我没想到他会这样脱口而出！”我不应该推他....”

"Don't worry, Zeke," said Quar. "Most humans only believe these things up to a point." "And even those closest to Harris think he's wrong," added Xad. "Forget about it. It'll go away. Anyway, this was very productive. I think our next research topic might be on strange human foods!"

“别担心，齐克。”夸尔说。 “大多数人只是在一定程度上相信这些事情。” “就连哈里斯最亲近的人也认为他错了。” “算了吧。它会消失的。 不管怎样，这是很有成效的。 我想我们的下一个研究课题可能是奇怪的人类食物！”

But Zeke couldn't just let it go. Harris is my friend, he thought. And now he's in trouble, just because he was able to figure out the truth. I really like Harris. He and Roxy were the first kids to be really nice to me at school. Even if he was only nice to me to prove that I'm an alien, we have fun together, right? I feel terrible about this. And now Harris is grounded for who knows how long? But he wasn't wrong! He doesn't deserve to be in trouble.

但齐克不能就这么算了。 哈里斯是我的朋友，他想。 现在他有麻烦了，就因为他发现了真相。 我真的很喜欢哈里斯。他和罗克西是学校里第一批对我很好的孩子。 即使他对我好只是为了证明我是外星人，我们在一起也很开心，对吧？ 我对此感到很难过。 现在哈里斯不知道要被禁足多久？ 但他没有错！他不应该有麻烦。

And I'm going to do something about it!

我要做点什么！

Harris remained grounded for the time being. He went to school each day, but then he had to come right home. He couldn't see his friends. He wasn't even allowed to talk to Roxy on the phone. And he was worried about what she must have thought of him after what happened. A few days later at the dinner table, Harris said to his parents, "I apologize for being rude to our guests on Saturday."

哈里斯暂时被禁足。 他每天去上学，但之后他必须马上回家。 他不能见他的朋友。 他甚至不被允许和罗克西通电话。 他很担心发生了那件事之后她会怎么看他。 几天后，在餐桌上，哈里斯对他的父母说：“我为星期六对客人的粗鲁道歉。”

"And are you ready to admit that what you said is nonsense?" asked his mother. Harris stayed silent. "Well then, it's back to your room as soon as you're finished with dinner," said his father.

“你愿意承认你说的都是废话吗？”他母亲问。 哈里斯保持沉默。“那好吧，你一吃完饭就回你的房间去。”父亲说。