Chapter 7

CHAPTER SEVEN It was getting late when they arrived back at the village. Everywhere was looking much tidier and Ms Rosemary sent the girls back to their camp. All Zara, Aisha and Lily talked about on the way was the mysterious man and the button. Phoebe got quieter and quieter. When they reached the tents, the unicorns trotted back down to the beach to have a roll on the sand and a paddle in the sea. Phoebe went to the store tent to get Shimmer some sky berries for when he got back. Lily followed her. "Are you all right, Phoebe? You don't seem yourself." Phoebe wondered whether to tell Lily the truth

第七章他们回到村子时已经很晚了。 到处看起来都整洁多了，罗斯玛丽女士把女孩们送回了她们的营地。 Zara， Aisha和Lily在路上谈论的都是那个神秘的男人和那个纽扣。 菲比变得越来越安静。 当他们到达帐篷时，独角兽们小跑着回到海滩上，在沙滩上打滚，在海里划桨。 菲比去商店的帐篷给微光买一些天空莓，等他回来。 莉莉跟着她。“你没事吧，菲比？” 你好像不太对劲。”菲比不知道该不该告诉莉莉真相

even though Shimmer thought she should just keep lying. She loved him to bits but she wasn't sure he was right this time. Teasing Zara and telling a few small stories was one thing, but letting her arrange a midnight stake-out and getting her hopes up that they were actually going to catch the man doing dark magic was quite another. She decided to confess. "I've… I've done something really stupid, Lily." "What?" Lily asked in concern. Taking a deep breath, Phoebe told her everything. "Oh, Phoebe," said Lily, shaking her head. "What should I do?" Phoebe muttered. "You have to own up," said Lily decisively. "Zara will be cross but she'll get over it. You can't keep leading her on." Phoebe nodded, knowing she was right. "I'd better go and tell her now." Lily put an arm round her. "You'll feel much better once you've confessed. I'll finish up here and feed all the unicorns. You go and see Zara. Good luck!" "Thanks." Once Phoebe made her mind up

尽管希默认为她应该继续撒谎。 她爱他到极点，但她不确定他这次是对的。 取笑扎拉、讲几个小故事是一回事，但让她安排一次午夜监视，让她相信他们真的会抓住那个施黑魔法的人，则是另一回事。 她决定认罪。“我……我做了一件非常愚蠢的事，莉莉。” “什么?”莉莉担心地问。 菲比深吸一口气，把一切都告诉了她。 “哦，菲比，”莉莉摇着头说。 “我该怎么办？”菲比嘟囔着。 “你必须坦白。”莉莉果断地说。 “Zara会生气，但她会挺过去的。 你不能一直误导她。” 菲比点点头，知道自己是对的。 “我最好现在就去告诉她。” 莉莉用胳膊搂住了她。 “一旦你坦白了，你就会感觉好多了。 我会把这里做完，然后喂所有的独角兽。 你去找Zara。祝你好运!”“谢谢。” 菲比一下定决心

about something she liked to get on with it immediately. She went to her and Zara's tent and lifted the tent flap. Zara was inside, writing neat notes in her detective notebook, frowning in concentration. "Um, Zara," said Phoebe, her heart beating uncomfortably fast. "Can I talk to you?" Zara looked up. "Can it wait? I want to draw a picture of the button so we've got a record of it in case we lose it. I'm going to look to see if the man left any more clues while we're on the stakeout." Phoebe's tummy twisted into a knot as she ducked inside "Erm, about this stake out. I need

关于一些她喜欢的事情，她马上就着手去做。 她走到她和扎拉的帐篷前，掀开帐篷的盖子。 扎拉在里面，在她的侦探笔记本上写着整洁的笔记，全神贯注地皱着眉头。 “嗯，扎拉，”菲比说，她的心跳得很不舒服。 “我能和你谈谈吗？”扎拉抬起头。 “能等一等吗？”我想画一个按钮的图片，这样我们就有了它的记录，以防丢失。 我要去看看，在我们监视的时候，这个人是否还留下了什么线索。” 菲比的肚子扭成一个结，她钻了进去，“呃，关于这个木桩。 我需要

to tell you something…" As Phoebe confessed, Zara's smile faded. "It was all made up?" Her voice rose. "You didn't see a man there? You lied to me!" She threw her notebook down. Unhappiness curled through Phoebe as she saw the hurt and disappointment in Zara's eyes. "I'm sorry." "So, this button isn't a clue? It probably doesn't have anything to do with him!" said Zara. "It might," Phoebe pointed out. "The villagers did say they had seen him walking near there. It's just I didn't actually see him in the cottage– or at all." "I can't believe you lied to me, Phoebe!" Zara said angrily. "Did you think it was funny, to trick me? The island is in danger. It's not a joke! I thought you really wanted to help solve the mystery." "I do and I am sorry. I just said that stuff about the man without thinking." "Well, maybe you should think in future!" Zara exclaimed. "Oh, go away!" Phoebe backed away and the tent flap closed.

菲比坦白的时候，Zara的笑容消失了。 “都是瞎编的？”她的声音提高了。 “你没看见那儿有个人吗？” 你骗了我！”她把笔记本扔了下去。 菲比看到扎拉眼中的伤害和失望时，心头一阵不快。 “我很抱歉。”“所以，这个按钮不是线索？” 这可能和他没有任何关系！”扎拉说。 “有可能。”菲比指出。 “村民们确实说过他们看到他在附近走。 只是我并没有在小屋里看到他——或者根本没有看到他。” “我不敢相信你对我撒谎，菲比！”扎拉生气地说。 “你觉得骗我好玩吗？” 这座岛处于危险之中。这不是玩笑！我还以为你真的想帮忙解开这个谜团呢。” “我知道，我很抱歉。我只是不假思索地说了那些关于那个男人的话。” “好吧，也许你应该以后再考虑！”Zara喊道。 “哦，走开！”菲比往后退，帐篷的门帘合上了。

She almost never cried but now she could feel tears stinging her eyes. She hated knowing she had hurt and upset one of her best friends. She crept off to find Shimmer. He was tucking into the bucket of sky berries Lily had left for him. "Hi, Phoebe," he said, through a mouthful of berries. "We just had the best water fight in the sea. I'm so good at splashing, and guess what, we saw Mr Longnose down by the water. I almost got him with a big splash!" He saw her face and broke off. "What's the matter?" "Zara is really cross with me," Phoebe confessed. "I told her that I made up the story about seeing the man." Shimmer looked astonished. "What did you do that for?" "I felt bad that she was planning the stake-out and everything based on what I said I saw. Now she's really angry and not talking to me." Shimmer huffed. "Oh, she's just being silly and making a big deal out of nothing. Ignore her." Phoebe stroked his mane but didn't say anything. It was lovely of him to be on her side

她几乎从不哭，但现在她能感觉到眼泪刺痛了她的眼睛。 她讨厌知道她伤害了她最好的朋友，让她心烦意乱。 她蹑手蹑脚地去找微光。 他正在吃莉莉留给他的那桶野莓。 “嗨，菲比，”他嘴里含着浆果说。 “我们刚刚在海里打了一场最棒的水战。 我很擅长溅水，你猜怎么着，我们看见长鼻子先生在水边。 我差点把他溅了个水花！”他看见她的脸，就打住了。 “怎么啦？”“Zara真的很生我的气，”菲比坦白道。 “我告诉她，我编造了见到那个男人的故事。” 微光看起来很惊讶。 “你为什么要那样做？”“我感觉很糟糕，因为她是根据我所说的我所看到的来计划监视和一切的。 现在她真的很生气，不和我说话了。” 微光怒喝道。“哦，她只是在犯傻，杞人忧天。 忽视她。”菲比抚摸着他的鬃毛，但什么也没说。 他站在她这边真是太好了

but she was the one in the wrong, not Zara. Shimmer nudged her. "Hey, should we go to the beach? Then you can see how brilliant I am at splashing. If I stamp my hoof like this–" Shimmer struck the ground with a hoof– "POW! The water explodes everywhere!" Phoebe caught something bright pink flicker around Shimmer's hoof. Her eyes widened. "Shimmer, what was that?" "What?" he said. "I saw a spark fly up. Do it again, Shimmer. Stamp your hoof!" "Are you tricking me?" he said suspiciously. "No!" Shimmer half-heartedly banged his hoof on the ground, looking as if he didn't trust Phoebe. "Harder!" she urged him. Shimmer smacked his hoof to the floor with a bang. "Like that? Woah!" A tiny bolt of magic shot from his hoof, criss-crossing over the grass and striking a stone. CRACK! The stone shattered, leaving a strong, sugary smell hanging in the air. Phoebe gawped at Shimmer. "You've found

但错的是她，不是Zara。 微光推了她一下。“嘿，我们要去海滩吗？” 然后你就能看到我有多擅长泼水了。 如果我像这样跺我的蹄子——”微光用蹄子敲打着地面——“噗！到处都是水！”菲比看见微光的蹄子周围有亮粉红色的东西在闪烁。 她睁大了眼睛。“微光，那是什么？”“什么？”他说。 “我看到一个火花飞了起来。再来一次，微光。 跺跺脚！”“你在骗我吗？”他怀疑地说。 “不!”微光半心半意地用蹄子跺着地面，看起来好像他不信任菲比。 “用力点！”她催促他。微光的蹄子砰的一声落在地板上。 “这样吗?哇!”他的蹄子里射出一道小小的魔法闪电，在草地上纵横交错，击中了一块石头。 裂缝!石头碎了，空气中弥漫着一股浓烈的甜味。 菲比呆呆地看着微光。“你发现