Chapter 8

CHAPTER EIGHT "Go away!" said Zara again when Phoebe stuck her head inside her tent. She was sitting cross- legged on her sleeping bag, talking to Lily and Aisha. Phoebe still felt bad about before but Shimmer getting his magic was far more important than any argument. "Shimmer's found his magic!" she exclaimed. "What?" said Lily. "It's awesome!" Phoebe rushed on. "But we don't know exactly what it is. He keeps exploding things!" "Are you joking?" Zara gave her a withering look. "Phoebe, have you seriously not learned

第八章“走开！”菲比把头伸进帐篷时，扎拉又说。 她盘腿坐在睡袋上，跟莉莉和艾莎说话。 菲比仍然为之前的事感到难过，但希默得到他的魔法比任何争吵都重要得多。 “微光找到了他的魔力！” “什么？”莉莉说。“这真是太棒了!”菲比继续赶路。 “但我们不知道它到底是什么。 他老是炸东西！”“你在开玩笑吧？”扎拉恶狠狠地看了她一眼。 “菲比，你真的不懂吗？

anything today? Making stuff up just isn't funny." "But I'm not making this up!" Phoebe protested. "Shimmer was messing around, banging his hoof on the ground, when suddenly a mini bolt of magic flew out and a stone exploded. Then he shattered a boulder– a whole boulder– and a water bucket! It was incredible." Zara studied her hands. "Phoebe, be honest. Is this just another of your stories?" asked Lily, her eyes meeting hers. "No, it's the truth," insisted Phoebe. "Cross my heart and hope to die. Come and see!" Aisha and Lily got to their feet. "Are you coming, Zara?" Lily asked. Zara sighed. "All right, I'll come. But you'd better be telling the truth this time, Phoebe." They trooped outside and went to Shimmer. He'd called the other unicorns over. "OK, everyone, are you going to watch my magic?" he said. "Stand back then, it's very powerful," he boasted. With a lot of show, Shimmer brought his hoof down on the ground. Nothing happened. He tried

今天什么?编造故事一点都不好笑。” “但这不是我编的！”菲比抗议道。 微光正在四处游荡，用蹄子敲打着地面，突然，一道小小的魔法箭飞了出来，一块石头爆炸了。 然后他打碎了一块大石头——一整块大石头——还有一个水桶！太不可思议了。” 扎拉审视着自己的双手。“菲比，说实话。 这是你的又一个故事吗？”莉莉问，两眼相接。 “不，这是事实，”菲比坚持说。 “我发誓，我宁愿去死。 快来看！”艾莎和莉莉站了起来。 “你来吗，扎拉？”莉莉问。 Zara叹了口气。“好吧，我来。 不过这次你最好说真话，菲比。” 他们成群结队地走到外面去找希默。 他把其他独角兽都叫过来了。 “好了，各位，你们要看我变魔术吗？”他说。 “站在后面，它非常强大，”他吹嘘道。 在一番炫耀之后，微光把他的蹄子踩在地上。 什么也没有发生。他试着

again and all he managed to do was to dislodge a clod of turf with his hoof. The other unicorns snorted and looked at each other. Zara exclaimed in disbelief and stomped back to her tent. "I knew it!' she called over her shoulder. "I just knew you were lying, Phoebe!" "Phoebe!" Lily said in frustration. "I really believed you. How could you upset Zara again?" "Wait, Zara!" Aisha called. She and Lily ran after her. Their unicorns all went too. Phoebe fought back tears as she watched Aisha and Lily put their arms round Zara. "Phoebe, I'm so sorry." Shimmer's eyes were huge. "I think I must have worn myself out using my magic before, and now I've let you down and made you look like a liar in front of everyone."

他又一次用蹄子踢开了一块草皮。 其他的独角兽都哼了一声，面面相觑。 扎拉难以置信地叫了起来，跺着脚回到了她的帐篷。 “我就知道！”她回过头来喊道。 “我就知道你在撒谎，菲比！”“菲比!”莉莉沮丧地说。 “我真的相信了你。你怎么能再惹Zara生气呢？”“等等,Zara !”阿伊莎。 她和莉莉跟着她跑。 他们的独角兽也都走了。 菲比强忍住泪水，看着艾莎和莉莉搂着扎拉。 “菲比，我很抱歉。”微光的眼睛很大。 “我想我以前一定是用魔法把自己累坏了，现在我让你失望了，让你在大家面前像个骗子。”

"It's all right." Phoebe buried her face in Shimmer's mane so that he couldn't see how upset she was. "It's not your fault, it's mine. I do always make things up. I don't blame Zara and the others for not believing me this time." She shook her head. "I tried to change before but didn't manage it. From now on, I really am going to tell the truth. If I start exaggerating, then you must stop me and not encourage me." Phoebe looked Shimmer in the eyes. "If we're going to make good guardians of Unicorn Island then we have to bring out the best in each other, not the worst." Shimmer nodded solemnly. "You're right, Phoebe. I love the way you tell stories and make everything so exciting but people need to be able trust us, particularly now that I have my magic, whatever it is." "I'll help you find out. We'll start tomorrow." Phoebe cuddled up closer to Shimmer. "I love you, Shimmer. You're the best unicorn ever." "I love you too, Phoebe," he said, nuzzling her. Shimmer lay down and Phoebe snuggled

“没关系。”菲比把脸埋在微光的鬃毛里，不让他看到她有多难过。 “这不是你的错，是我的错。 我总是瞎编。 我不怪Zara和其他人这次不相信我。” 她摇了摇头。“我以前试过改变，但没有成功。 从现在起，我真的要说实话。 如果我开始夸大其词，那么你必须阻止我，不要鼓励我。” 菲比看着微光的眼睛。 “如果我们要成为独角兽岛的好守护者，那么我们必须激发出彼此最好的一面，而不是最坏的一面。” 微光严肃地点点头。“你说得对，菲比。 我喜欢你讲故事的方式，让一切都如此激动人心，但人们需要能够信任我们，尤其是现在我有了我的魔力，不管它是什么。” “我会帮你找出答案的。我们明天就开始。” 菲比更靠近微光。 “我爱你，闪闪。你是最好的独角兽。” “我也爱你，菲比，”他说，用鼻子蹭着她。 微光躺下，菲比依偎着

under his mane, cuddling it like a soft silky blanket. It had been a long day and she suddenly realised how tired she was. She was just dozing off to sleep when Aisha and Lily came out to find her. "Are you OK?" Aisha asked softly. Phoebe nodded sleepily. "I think I'm going to sleep under the stars tonight with Shimmer." "But you haven't had any dinner," said Aisha. "I'm OK," said Phoebe. She didn't want to go back to camp and face Zara. "I'll have a big breakfast in the morning." "Wait here!" said Lily. She and Aisha hurried away and came back with Phoebe's dinner of sandwiches and an apple. "Thanks," Phoebe said. "See you in the morning," they said. She smiled as they crept away. At least Aisha and Lily didn't hate her. The hard knot of upset inside her began to loosen. She ate her cheese sandwiches, shared the crusts and her apple with Shimmer, then closed her eyes and seconds later she was fast asleep.

在他的鬃毛下，像一条柔软的丝绸毯子一样搂着它。 这是漫长的一天，她突然意识到自己有多累。 当艾莎和莉莉出来找她的时候，她正在打瞌睡。 “你还好吗？”艾莎轻声问。 菲比睡眼惺忪地点了点头。“我想今晚我要和微光一起睡在星空下。” “可是你还没有吃过晚饭。” “我没事。”菲比说。她不想回到营地面对扎拉。 “我早上要吃一顿丰盛的早餐。” “在这儿等着！”莉莉说。她和艾莎匆匆离开，带着菲比的三明治和一个苹果回来了。 “谢谢。”菲比说。他们说：“明早见。” 她们悄悄走开时，她笑了。 至少艾莎和莉莉不恨她。 她内心的不安开始松动了。 她吃了芝士三明治，和微光分享面包皮和苹果，然后闭上眼睛，几秒钟后就睡着了。

Phoebe woke at first light to the cry of seagulls as they swooped overhead. Sitting up, she ran a hand through her tangled hair. "Morning," Shimmer whickered, his breath warm on her cheek. "Morning," said Phoebe, stretching. Shimmer got to his feet. "I feel much better after a good night's sleep. I've got loads of energy. I bet my magic will work again now." Moving away from Phoebe, he stamped a hoof. Sparks fizzed up into the air and a nearby rock shattered into hundreds of pieces. Phoebe clapped with delight. "That's awesome, Shimmer. If only we knew exactly what magic it is. I wish we could ask Zara about it. She's really good at scientific stuff like that." "There's Zara now," said Shimmer, nodding towards the coastal path. Phoebe followed his gaze and saw Zara riding Moonbeam down towards the beach. "I think I might go after her and try apologising again," she said.

破晓时分，菲比被从头顶飞过的海鸥的叫声惊醒。 她坐起来，用手捋了捋她那乱糟糟的头发。 “早上好。”微光低声说，他温暖的气息吹在她的脸颊上。 “早上好。”菲比伸伸懒腰说。 微光站了起来。“睡个好觉后，我感觉好多了。 我精力充沛。我打赌我的魔法现在又会起作用了。” 他从菲比身边走开，跺着蹄子。 火星嘶嘶作响地飞向空中，附近的一块岩石碎成了数百块碎片。 菲比高兴得鼓掌。 “太棒了，希默。要是我们知道这到底是什么魔法就好了。 真希望我们能问问Zara。 她真的很擅长科学方面的事情。” “现在有Zara了。”希默说着，朝海边的小路点了点头。 菲比顺着他的目光，看见扎拉骑着月光朝海滩走去。 “我想我可能会去找她，再试着道歉，”她说。