Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR The next day, Amethyst dorm used their free time to spy on Mr Longnose. The remote-controlled trolleys that moved bales of straw around the stables were useful for cover. The girls hid behind them and watched him following Ms Tulip around the stable block, clipboard in hand. Then they watched him having a riding lesson in the arena, sitting in front of Ms Tulip on her unicorn, Rocket, as she instructed him. It was fun spying on Mr Longnose but they didn't see him do anything suspicious. Not that he would do anything when he's with Ms Tulip, Zara thought as she headed back to Amethyst's dorm after supper to fetch a book. We need to spy on him when he's on his own, maybe sneak into his room… Her thoughts were interrupted by the sight of Mr Longnose crossing the corridor ahead of her and climbing a spiral staircase that led up one of the

第四章第二天，紫水晶宿舍的人利用空闲时间暗中监视朗鼻nose先生。 遥控小车在马厩周围移动稻草捆，这对掩体很有用。 女孩们躲在他们后面，看着他手里拿着写字板，跟着杜丽普女士绕着马厩转。 然后他们看着他在竞技场上上骑马课，坐在郁金香女士的独角兽“火箭”前面，听她的指导。 监视长鼻子先生很有趣，但他们没有看到他做任何可疑的事。 当他和Tulip女士在一起的时候，他不会做任何事情，Zara在晚饭后回Amethyst的宿舍拿书的时候想。 我们需要在他一个人的时候暗中监视他，也许溜进他的房间……”她的思绪被长鼻子先生在她前面穿过走廊，爬上一段螺旋形楼梯的情景打断了

towers. Zara frowned. Why is he going up there? There were only two rooms up that staircase– Diamond dormitory on the first floor and a storeroom at the very top. Intrigued, Zara ran after Mr Longnose. At the half-landing between the two floors, she heard Mr Longnose's footsteps stop. She halted, hovering outside the door to Diamond dorm. If he came back she'd have to pretend she was just going to see one of the girls there. She listened hard and heard a door open.

塔。Zara皱起了眉头。他为什么要上去？ 楼梯上只有两个房间——戴蒙德宿舍在一楼，一间储藏室在最上面。 扎拉很感兴趣，她追上了朗鼻nose先生。 在两层楼中间的楼梯平台上，她听到Longnose先生的脚步声停了下来。 她停了下来，在戴蒙德宿舍的门外徘徊。 如果他回来了，她就得假装只是去看那里的一个女孩。 她仔细听着，听到一扇门开了。

Zara waited. What was Mr Longnose doing? She crept on up the stairs to the half-landing where there was a large wooden cupboard in the wall. Zara pushed at the door gently, her heart thudding. What would she do if Mr Longnose was inside? But to her relief, she saw that it was empty apart from a stack of old packing crates and some cardboard boxes. Zara continued up the top floor but to her astonishment there was no sign of Mr Longnose there either. Where had he gone? She stepped inside the storeroom, picking her way between the students' suitcases, shelves of empty potion bottles and some old paintings to the window. It was covered in dust. Mr Longnose hadn't left by the window unless he could fly! Feeling very puzzled, Zara went downstairs. This didn't make sense. Mr Longnose had definitely gone up the stairs. So where was he now? She wanted to talk to the others but the dorm room was empty. Glancing at the clock, she realised it was getting late and her friends must have gone to the stables to settle their unicorns for the night. Zara felt a pang of guilt. Moonbeam would be wondering where she was. She hurried outside, running across the dry grass to the stable block.

Zara等。朗鼻大夫在干什么？ 她蹑手蹑脚地爬上楼梯，来到半平台，那里的墙上有一个大木柜。 扎拉轻轻地推着门，她的心怦怦直跳。 如果Longnose先生在里面，她会怎么做？ 但让她松了一口气的是，她看到除了一堆旧的包装箱和一些纸板箱外，里面是空的。 扎拉继续上顶楼，但令她吃惊的是，那里也没有朗鼻nose先生的影子。 他去哪儿了？她走进储藏室，在学生们的行李箱、架子上的空药瓶和一些旧画之间艰难地走到窗前。 它被灰尘覆盖着。除非朗鼻大夫会飞，否则他是不会从窗户离开的！扎拉感到非常困惑，走下了楼。 这说不通。长鼻子先生肯定是上楼去了。 那么他现在在哪里呢？她想和其他人谈谈，但宿舍里空无一人。 她看了一眼钟，意识到时间不早了，她的朋友们一定是去马厩安顿独角兽过夜了。 扎拉感到一阵内疚。 月光一定在想她在哪儿。 她急忙跑出去，穿过干草跑到马厩。

Moonbeam whickered happily when she saw her. "There you are!" she said. "I was worried that I'd done something to upset you." "Of course not!" Zara laid her head against Moonbeam's neck. "I'm sorry I was late. Something really weird happened, Moonbeam… Moonbeam?" She felt a pang of worry as she saw that Moonbeam's eyelids had closed and she was swaying slightly. "I see a cloaked man," Moonbeam whispered. "And a dark-green book." Zara put a hand on her side to steady her. "Are you feeling OK?" Moonbeam's eyes stayed closed. "A red desert that stretches on and rocks falling from the sky," she intoned. "Danger comes." Zara frowned. "Moonbeam! What's happening to you? Is it the heat? Do you want a drink?" It was very warm in the stables despite the fans that Ms Tulip had installed when the heatwave showed no sign of breaking. Moonbeam's eyes flew open. "What just happened?" "I don't know, you went all weird," said Zara. "You were saying stuff about a cloaked man and a book, a desert and rocks."

月光看见她时高兴地低声叫着。 “你在这儿！”她说。 “我担心我做了什么让你不高兴的事。” “当然不会！”扎拉把头靠在月光的脖子上。 “对不起，我迟到了。发生了一件很奇怪的事，月光……月光？”她看到月光的眼皮闭上了，身子微微摇晃，心里一阵揪心。 “我看见一个披斗篷的人。”月光轻声说。 “还有一本深绿色的书。”扎拉伸出一只手扶住她。 “你感觉还好吗？”月光的眼睛一直闭着。 “红色的沙漠绵延不绝，岩石从天而降，”她吟诵道。 “危险。”Zara皱起了眉头。 “月光!你怎么了？ 是太热了吗？你想喝点什么吗？”尽管Tulip女士在热浪没有减弱的迹象时安装了风扇，但马厩里还是很暖和。 月光的眼睛一下子睁开了。 “刚才发生了什么事？”“我不知道，你变得很奇怪，”扎拉说。 “你说的是一个披着斗篷的人和一本书，沙漠和岩石之类的东西。”

"I was seeing pictures in my head again, Zara. Clearer this time." Excitement lit up Moonbeam's dark eyes. "I think I've started to see things that are going to happen. Yesterday, I had a vision about a man arriving at the school and then, just after that, Mr Longnose appeared. This morning, I had a vision that Ms Tulip would give him a riding lesson in the arena and she did. I… I think I might have seer magic– magic that lets me look into the future!" Moonbeam looked so hopeful that Zara didn't want to disappoint her, but it didn't sound very likely. "Moonbeam, if this was your magic, there should be sparks and you should be able to smell burnt sugar, shouldn't you? That's what happens when the other unicorns use their powers." "My magic's different," said Moonbeam. "I feel it inside me. It's like having sparks in my head." "That doesn't sound like magic to me," said Zara doubtfully. Moonbeam stamped a hoof in frustration. "So why do I keep seeing the same pictures over and over again? A cloaked man who makes me feel scared, a desert, a damaged green book and rocks falling." She glanced at Zara. "How do you explain that?"

“我又在脑海里看到了一些画面，Zara。 这次更清楚了。”兴奋使月光的黑眼睛亮了起来。 “我想我已经开始看到即将发生的事情。 昨天，我梦见一个男人来到学校，然后，就在那之后，朗鼻nose先生出现了。 今天早上，我想象着郁金香老师会在竞技场上给他上马术课，她做到了。 我……我想我可能看到了魔法——能让我看到未来的魔法！”月光看起来很有希望，扎拉不想让她失望，但听起来不太可能。 “月光，如果这是你的魔法，应该会有火花，你应该能闻到烧焦的糖味，不是吗？” 其他独角兽使用它们的力量就会这样。” “我的魔法不同。”月光说。 “我能感觉到它在我体内。就像我脑子里有火花一样。” “对我来说，这听起来不像魔法，”扎拉怀疑地说。 月光沮丧地跺着蹄子。 “那为什么我一遍又一遍地看到同样的照片呢？” 一个让我感到害怕的披着斗篷的人，一片沙漠，一本破损的绿皮书和落下的岩石。” 她瞥了Zara一眼。“你怎么解释呢？”

Zara hesitated. "I… I don't know but I'm sure there is a logical explanation and I don't think it's because it's your magic." Moonbeam's face fell. Zara felt bad. She hated upsetting her, but she knew it was wrong to lie to her unicorn. "I love you, Moonbeam," she went on awkwardly. "You know that. You're a dreamer and I'm scientific so there are bound to be things we disagree on but just because we're different and don't always agree, it doesn't mean that we can't be really good partners

Zara犹豫了。“我……我不知道，但我肯定有一个合乎逻辑的解释，我不认为这是因为你的魔法。” 月光的脸垂了下来。Zara感到很难过。 她讨厌惹恼她，但她知道对她的独角兽撒谎是不对的。 “我爱你，月光。”她尴尬地接着说。 “你知道的。你是一个梦想家，我是一个科学家，所以我们肯定会有意见不一致的地方，但是仅仅因为我们不同，并不总是意见一致，这并不意味着我们不能成为很好的伴侣