Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE "Girls! What are you doing?" Ms Rosemary's voice cut across the stable yard. "I told you to get your ingredients and instructions. Stop chattering and hurry up!" "Sorry, miss!" said Zara quickly. "We'll talk about this later," she hissed to the others, as they jogged to the storeroom. All through the lesson, Zara's mind raced. Could Mr Longnose really be the culprit? The more she thought about it, the more everything seemed to fit together. But suspicions are not enough, she reminded herself firmly. There has to be proof! She was so busy thinking about it that she added too much honey powder to her sun cream. She only realised when Moonbeam couldn't stop sneezing after she tried to lick the cream off her nose because it tasted so good!

第三章“姑娘们！你在干什么？”罗斯玛丽女士的声音穿过马厩的院子。 “我告诉过你去拿食材和说明书。 别唠叨了，快点！”“对不起，小姐！”扎拉赶紧说。 “我们以后再谈这个。”她低声对其他人说，这时他们正小跑着向储藏室走去。 整堂课，扎拉的脑子都在飞快地转。 朗鼻大夫真的是罪魁祸首吗？ 她越想越觉得一切似乎都很吻合。 但怀疑是不够的，她坚定地提醒自己。 一定要有证据！她忙着想这件事，以至于在防晒霜里加了太多的蜂蜜粉。 她才意识到，当她试图舔掉她鼻子上的奶油后，月光不停地打喷嚏，因为它太好吃了！

As soon as the lesson was over, the girls raced up to their dorm where they could talk in private. Amethyst dorm had four beds set around the room, each with a lavender-coloured bedspread. There was a large fluffy purple rug on the floor, which they all sat on in a circle. "It's him! You're right, Zara. I'm sure of it!" exclaimed Phoebe. "Mr Longnose is so horrible. He's really bossy and a complete show-off!" "We've got to tell the teachers," said Lily. "No," said Zara quickly. "At the moment all we

一下课，女孩们就跑到她们的宿舍，在那里她们可以私下交谈。 紫水晶宿舍里有四张床，每张床上都铺着淡紫色的床罩。 地板上铺着一条紫色的大地毯，他们围成一圈坐在上面。 “这是他!你说得对，Zara。 我敢肯定！”菲比喊道。 “长鼻子先生太可怕了。 他真的很专横，而且是个十足的爱炫耀的人！”“我们得告诉老师。”莉莉说。 “不，”扎拉很快地说。“此刻我们都

have are suspicions and no proof, although the evidence does seem to point to him. Listen." She pulled a mini notebook from her pocket where she had scribbled some notes. "Number one: Mr Longnose is very clever. He's written all sorts of scientific articles. He might know a way to make bad weather happen." "Or he could be in league with someone who does," said Phoebe excitedly. "He doesn't have a unicorn himself but he may be working with someone who has a unicorn that can do weather magic." "Good point," said Zara. "What else have you got on your list?" asked Lily. "Number two: The first time Mr Longnose arrived at the academy was just as the dormant volcano near the school began to wake up. It was activity from that volcano that caused the tidal wave, so maybe he did something to the volcano on his way here. "Number three: It was his idea to go camping on the west coast where we were almost drowned by the tidal wave." Zara paused to look round at her friends. "He wanted us to go there!" Phoebe pretended to be the inspector.

只有怀疑，没有证据，尽管证据似乎指向他。 听。”她从口袋里掏出一个小笔记本，上面写着一些潦草的笔记。 “第一，长鼻子先生非常聪明。 他写过各种各样的科学文章。 他可能知道一种让坏天气发生的方法。” “或者，他也可能跟有这种想法的人串通一气。”菲比兴奋地说。 “他自己没有独角兽，但他可能会和某个拥有能施展天气魔法的独角兽的人合作。” “说得好，”扎拉说。“你的清单上还有什么？”莉莉问。 “第二，朗鼻大夫第一次到学院的时候，学校附近的休眠火山刚开始苏醒。 是那座火山的活动引起了海啸，所以也许他在来的路上对火山做了什么。 “第三，去西海岸露营是他的主意，我们差点被海啸淹死。” 扎拉停下来看看她的朋友们。 “他要我们去那儿！”菲比假装是检查员。

"Volcanoes are a particular interest of mine." Her eyes glimmered with excitement exactly like Mr Longnose's did when he was showing off about how clever he was. "But why would Mr Longnose want to cause such horrible things to happen to the island?" said Aisha. "Well," said Zara. "I looked Mr Longnose up when he was here last time and discovered that he was all set for a career in research but he couldn't find anyone to sponsor his work. That's how he ended up as a school inspector. Maybe he wants to get back at the island because no one would fund his research." Phoebe's eyes widened. "Or… or…" she spluttered in her excitement, "maybe he thinks that if enough bad weather happens then people will pay for him to do research and he'll be able to stop being an inspector!" "Great idea, Phoebs!" said Zara excitedly, writing it down. "What about the other clues we had– the cloaked stranger with the top hat who was seen by the deserted cottage, and the button we found there," said Lily. "The stranger couldn't have been Mr Longnose. He was at the academy with us when

“火山是我特别感兴趣的。” 她的眼睛里闪烁着兴奋的光芒，就像朗鼻子先生在炫耀自己有多聪明时一样。 “可是为什么长鼻鼻子先生要让岛上发生这么可怕的事情呢？” “嗯，”扎拉说。“上次朗鼻nose先生来这里的时候，我查了他的资料，发现他已经做好了从事研究工作的准备，但他找不到任何人赞助他的工作。 这就是他最终成为学校督学的原因。 也许他想回到岛上，因为没有人会资助他的研究。” 菲比睁大了眼睛。“或者……或者……”她激动得结结巴巴地说，“也许他认为，如果坏天气多了，人们就会付钱让他做研究，他就可以不再做巡视员了！”“好主意，菲比！”扎拉兴奋地说，把它记了下来。 “我们掌握的其他线索呢——那个在废弃的小屋旁看见的戴着大礼帽的披着斗篷的陌生人，还有我们在那里找到的纽扣。”莉莉说。 “那个陌生人不可能是朗鼻大夫。 他和我们一起在警校的时候

the villagers say they spotted him." "That's true," said Zara slowly. "I suppose the stranger at the cottage could be completely unrelated to the tidal wave. It could be a red herring– that's what false clues are called." "What about the button?" asked Aisha. Zara jumped to her feet and fetched the button from her bedside drawer. "This could be a red herring too,' she said, turning the pale-grey button over in her fingers. It looked expensive and had an ornate engraving on it that looked like a two- headed serpent twisted around a strange symbol. "Or it could have been dropped by Mr Longnose at some point when we were there," said Phoebe, as Zara put the button down so they could all see it. "He could have gone to the cottage when we were getting our campsites ready and done something there that caused the tidal wave to hit." "If you look at the engraving, it almost looks like a letter in really curly writing," said Aisha, tracing the pattern with one finger.

村民们说他们看到了他。” “那倒是真的，”扎拉慢慢地说。 “我想小屋里的陌生人可能与海啸完全无关。 这可能会转移注意力——这就是所谓的虚假线索。” “那钮扣呢？”艾莎问。 扎拉跳了起来，从床边的抽屉里拿出了纽扣。 “这也可能是转移注意力，”她一边说，一边用手指翻动着淡灰色的按钮。 它看起来很昂贵，上面有一个华丽的雕刻，看起来像一条双头蛇缠绕在一个奇怪的符号上。 菲比说：“也可能是我们在那里的时候，朗鼻先生掉的。”Zara放下纽扣，好让他们都能看到。 “他可能在我们准备露营地的时候去了小屋，在那里做了一些事情，导致了海啸的袭击。” “如果你看一下雕刻，它看起来几乎像一个真正卷曲的字母，”艾莎说，用一个手指描着图案。

"It's an L!" said Lily with a gasp. "Look everyone! L for Longnose!" "I knew it!" exclaimed Phoebe triumphantly. "He is the evil villain!" "We don't know for definite that it's his or that he's responsible for these weather disasters," said Zara quickly. "We need to find hard evidence." "How do we do that?" demanded Phoebe. Zara grinned. "We spy on him, of course!" Phoebe squealed in delight. "Oh yes, let's do that! We'll prove he's to blame!"

“是L!”莉莉喘着气说。 “看!L代表长鼻子！”“我就知道！”菲比得意地叫道。 “他是邪恶的恶棍！”“我们不能确定这是他的，或者他应该对这些天气灾害负责，”扎拉很快地说。 “我们需要找到确凿的证据。” “我们怎么做呢？”菲比问。 Zara咧嘴一笑。“我们当然要监视他！”菲比高兴得尖叫起来。 “哦，好，我们就这么办吧！”我们会证明是他的错！”