Chapter 8

CHAPTER EIGHT "Is this a good idea?" Lily asked anxiously as Zara ran to Mr Longnose's tent and lifted the entrance flap. "What if he catches us?" "I'll watch out and if he comes back unexpectedly then I'll pretend to have heatstroke!" said Phoebe. "I'll help Zara search. Lily, you keep a lookout with Phoebe," said Aisha. Zara ducked into Mr Longnose's tent. It was very neat and tidy. A pair of checked pyjamas was folded neatly on top of his sleeping bag. "These are identical to my grandad's," giggled Aisha. "He's got a teddy bear!" she added, snorting with laughter. She held up a small bear covered with pink love hearts. "Look at this!"

第八章“这样好吗？”莉莉焦急地问，这时扎拉跑向朗鼻nose先生的帐篷，掀开了帐篷的门板。 “要是他抓住我们怎么办？”“我会小心的，如果他突然回来，我就假装中暑！”菲比说。 “我将帮助Zara搜索。莉莉，你和菲比放哨。”艾莎说。 扎拉躲进了朗鼻先生的帐篷。 它非常整洁。 一条格子睡衣整齐地叠在他的睡袋上面。 “这些和我爷爷的一模一样，”艾莎咯咯笑着说。 “他有一只泰迪熊！”她笑着补充道。 她举起一只满是粉红色爱心的小熊。 “看这个！”

"Hang on. I've found something!" Zara held up a slim green exercise book from Mr Longnose's rucksack. The book triggered a memory. Someone had mentioned a green book recently, but who was it? She opened it. It was filled with notes and diagrams. She squeaked as she read a heading: How to Cause Purple Tornadoes. Heart racing, she carried the book outside. Why did Mr Longnose have a book with notes on how to cause purple tornadoes? There was only one possible explanation! Moonbeam whinnied in surprise. "Zara! I know that book! I've seen it in my visions. Was it in Mr Longnose's tent?" "Yes," said Zara. "Are you sure it's the one you saw in your vision though?"

”等等。我找到东西了！”扎拉从朗鼻先生的背包里拿出一本薄薄的绿色练习本。 这本书唤起了我的回忆。 最近有人提到了一本绿皮书，但是是谁呢？ 她打开了它。里面写满了笔记和图表。 当她读到标题“如何引起紫色龙卷风”时，她尖叫起来。 她把书拿了出去，心怦怦直跳。 为什么朗鼻先生有一本关于如何制造紫色龙卷风的笔记？ 只有一个可能的解释！月光惊讶地哼了一声。 “Zara !我知道那本书！我在幻象中看到过。 是在Longnose先生的帐篷里吗？”“是的，”扎拉说。 “你确定这就是你在幻象中看到的那个吗？”

Moonbeam nodded hard. "Open it and you'll find a brown ring on the inside cover that looks like it was made by a cup." Zara turned the book in her hands. The cover page was ripped and it was impossible to read the title. Opening it up, she saw a faded brown stain the same size as the base of a cup just as Moonbeam had described. She caught her breath. How was that possible? "I told you I saw it," said Moonbeam softly, nudging her with her nose. "Wow! You really saw it in a vision? That's amazing, Moonbeam!" said Phoebe. Moonbeam nodded. "I… I think I might be a seer. It's a rare kind of magic that allows glimpses of the future." "You've found your magic?" said Lily in delight. "I can't believe you didn't tell us!" Moonbeam looked uncertain. "I don't know for sure yet. Zara doesn't think it is." Zara bit her lip as her friends all gave her surprised looks. "We'll talk about this later," she said quickly. Hurt flashed across Moonbeam's eyes. "I'm sorry, Moonbeam, but for now we need to focus on this book. It's real evidence that Mr Longnose is involved with all the environmental

月光使劲点了点头。“打开它，你会发现里面的盖子上有一个棕色的戒指，看起来像是杯子做的。” 扎拉翻着手里的书。 封面撕破了，根本看不清标题。 她打开盒子，看到一块褪色的棕色污渍，大小和月光描述的杯子底座差不多。 她屏住了呼吸。这怎么可能呢？ “我告诉过你我看见了。”月光轻声说，用鼻子轻轻碰了碰她。 “哇!你真的在幻象中看到了吗？ 太神奇了，月光！”菲比说。 月光点点头。“我……我想我可能是个预言家。 这是一种罕见的魔法，能让我们瞥见未来。” “你找到你的魔法了？”莉莉高兴地说。 “我真不敢相信你没告诉我们！”月光显得有些迟疑。 “我还不确定。 Zara不这么认为。” 扎拉咬着嘴唇，她的朋友们都惊讶地看着她。 “我们以后再谈这个，”她很快地说。 月光眼中闪过一丝伤痛。 “对不起，月光，但现在我们得把注意力集中在这本书上。 这是朗诺瑟先生参与所有环境事件的确凿证据

disasters." She held it up. "It's got notes on how to cause a purple tornado and also–" she flicked the pages over– "how to cause a volcano to erupt and how to direct a tidal wave. This is the proof we need!" "I knew it!" cried Phoebe. "Now we can tell everyone what an evil villain he is!" "Are you sure it is Mr Longnose's writing?" Aisha asked. "I don't know," said Zara, suddenly realising she hadn't thought about that. "It's got to be his book if it was in his tent," argued Lily. "It seems likely but Aisha's right– how do we know for sure he made these notes?" admitted Zara. She leafed through a few more pages. "Hey, have any of you heard of sun pearls?" she said, seeing a page entitled: How to cause a drought with sun pearls. They shook their heads. Zara's eyes skimmed the page. "It says here that while rain seeds can be used to make it rain, sun pearls can be used to cause a drought." She read the notes out loud: "Once the sun pearls are safely hidden in a place where the sun will shine on them all day, the drought spreads rapidly. The spell can only be reversed by finding

灾难。”她把它举起来。 “书里有关于如何引起紫色龙卷风的说明，还有——”她把书页翻了一遍，“如何引起火山爆发，如何引导潮汐。 这就是我们需要的证据！”“我就知道！”菲比叫道。 “现在我们可以告诉大家他是一个多么邪恶的恶棍了！”“你确定这是朗鼻大夫的笔迹吗？”艾莎问道。 “我不知道，”扎拉说，她突然意识到自己没有想过这个问题。 “如果在他的帐篷里，那一定是他的书。”莉莉争辩道。 “看起来很有可能，但阿伊莎是对的——我们怎么能确定这些笔记是他写的呢？” 她又翻了几页。 “嘿，你们有人听说过太阳珍珠吗？”她看到一页题为《如何用太阳珍珠引发干旱》的文章说。 他们摇了摇头。扎拉的眼睛扫视了一下那一页。 “这里说，虽然雨水种子可以用来下雨，但太阳珍珠可以用来引起干旱。” 她大声念着纸条：“一旦太阳珍珠被安全地藏在一个阳光可以整天照射的地方，干旱就会迅速蔓延。 只有找到。才能解除咒语

the sun pearls, putting them in a dried-up water source and asking a unicorn to shed a tear on them." She turned the page over but it was blank. "Maybe Mr Longnose is using sun pearls to cause this drought!" "And if we find the sun pearls he's used, we can stop it!" said Lily in excitement. "But how do we find them?" said Aisha. "They could be anywhere!" Moonbeam stepped forward. "Maybe my magic can help?" she said shyly. "I could try to have a vision about them– it might give us some clue as to where they are." "Go on– try!" urged Phoebe. "I don't know if it will work," warned Moonbeam. "Visions usually just come to me, I've never tried to have one on demand. But I'll have a go." Zara burned with embarrassment as Moonbeam took a few steps away from them and closed her eyes. If this failed, Moonbeam was going to look so silly. Lily squeezed her arm. "It's OK," she whispered. "Even if it doesn't work, it's worth trying. Go and tell Moonbeam you believe in her. It'll make her magic stronger." Zara reminded herself about the stain inside the

太阳把珍珠放在一个干涸的水源里，让独角兽为它们洒一滴眼泪。” 她把那页翻了一遍，但还是空白的。 “也许长鼻子先生用太阳珍珠造成了这场干旱！”“如果我们找到他用过的太阳珍珠，我们就能阻止它！”莉莉兴奋地说。 “可是我们怎样才能找到他们呢？” “他们可能在任何地方！”月光走上前去。 “也许我的魔法能帮上忙？”她害羞地说。 “我可以试着想象出他们的样子——这可能会给我们一些线索，让我们知道他们在哪里。” “去试试吧！”菲比催促道。 “我不知道它是否会起作用。”月光警告道。 “幻觉通常是自然而然地出现在我的脑海里，我从来没有尝试过随叫随到。 但我要试一试。”月光从他们身边走了几步，闭上了眼睛，Zara感到很尴尬。 如果失败了，“月光”就会显得很傻。 莉莉捏了捏她的胳膊。“没关系，”她小声说。 “即使行不通，也值得一试。 去告诉月光你相信她。 这会让她的魔法更强大。” Zara提醒自己衣服里的污渍

book. There was no way Moonbeam could have known about that unless her visions were real. Maybe she's right and I'm wrong, she thought. She walked over to Moonbeam and put her arms around her neck. "You can do this, Moonbeam," she said. "You can see into the future. I believe you." Moonbeam gave her a grateful look and then shut her eyes. For a moment nothing happened but then she started to sway slightly. "I see a barren red desert," she said dreamily. "And there's a rock that looks like a bear. There's something on its nose. A shiny silver disc with some tiny white beads suspended above it. They're burning hot."

书。月光不可能知道这些除非她的幻象是真的。 也许她是对的，我错了，她想。 她走到月光身边，搂住她的脖子。 “你能做到的，月光，”她说。 “你可以看到未来。 我相信你。”月光感激地看了她一眼，然后闭上了眼睛。 有那么一会儿，什么也没发生，但接着她开始微微摇晃起来。 “我看到一片贫瘠的红色沙漠，”她梦幻般地说。 “还有一块看起来像熊的石头。 它的鼻子上有东西。 一个闪亮的银色圆盘，上面悬挂着一些白色的小珠子。 它们很烫。”