8 A Surprise

8 a surprise THE NEXT DAY ON THE BUS RIDE to school, Zeke told Roxy and Harris about what happened with Debbie.

第二天，在乘车上学的路上，齐克把黛比的事告诉了罗克西和哈里斯。

"Sounds like you tried to do something nice," Roxy said, hoping to comfort her friend. "Building something from scratch that you designed yourself says a lot about how much you care for the person you give it to."

“听起来你想做点好事，”罗克西说，希望能安慰她的朋友。 “从头开始设计自己的东西，很大程度上说明了你有多在乎你送给的人。”

"Yeah, too bad it blew up," added Harris. Roxy glared at Harris. "What? It did!" said Harris. "I think I'm just going to give up on Valentine's Day and trying to figure out who sent me that chocolate," Zeke said as the three friends reached school. "I'd probably mess things up even if I knew who it was."

“是啊，可惜它爆炸了。”哈里斯补充说。 罗克西怒视着哈里斯。“什么? 真的！”哈里斯说。三个朋友到达学校时，齐克说：“我想我要放弃情人节了，不要再想是谁送了我巧克力了。” “即使我知道是谁，我也可能把事情搞砸。”

"No, you wouldn't," said Roxy. "Any kid would be lucky to have you for a friend." "Yeah," added Harris. "Just look at us! We're both happy you're our friend." Zeke nodded, but remained quiet the rest of the way as they walked into school.

“不，你不会的，”罗克西说。 “任何孩子有你做朋友都是幸运的。” “是啊。”哈里斯补充道。“看看我们！”我们都很高兴你是我们的朋友。” 齐克点点头，但在他们走进学校的路上，他一直保持沉默。

At recess that day, Zeke sat by himself in the playground, feeling sad. And, for the first time since he became friends with Roxy and Harris, Zeke felt homesick. As kids ran and played all around him, Zeke thought about his life back on Tragas.

那天课间休息时，齐克一个人坐在操场上，心里很难过。 自从和罗克西和哈里斯成为朋友以来，齐克第一次想家了。 当孩子们在他周围跑来跑去玩耍时，齐克想起了他在特拉加斯的生活。

I always knew what was what on Tragas, he thought. I knew what all the holidays were and how I was supposed to celebrate them. I knew the customs and I didn't feel embarrassed by not knowing what the right thing to do was. And, for the first time in a long time, Zeke thought about going home. Maybe it's time to go back to a life we know. Maybe my parents' research on Earth will end soon and we can all go home.

我总是知道在特拉加斯是什么，他想。 我知道所有的节日是什么，以及我应该如何庆祝它们。 我了解当地的习俗，也不会因为不知道该怎么做而感到尴尬。 这么长时间以来，齐克第一次想到了回家。 也许是时候回到我们熟悉的生活了。 也许我父母对地球的研究很快就会结束，我们都可以回家了。