002 红族危机

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" Danger for all Reds?" Gliss cried, echoing the crow's warning." What does that mean?"

"对所有红人都有危险？"格丽丝喊道，重复着乌鸦的警告。"那是什么意思？"

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" Hush," Professor Liblow said again." Let it finish its message."

"嘘，"利布洛教授又说了一遍。"让它说完它的信息。"

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Echo crows didn't talk on their own

回声乌鸦不会自己说话。

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They could only repeat what a person told them

它们只能重复别人告诉它们的话。

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The crow flapped its wings." Urgent danger," it said again

乌鸦拍打着翅膀。"紧急危险，"它又说了一遍。

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" Reds are disappearing all over Magica. Nobody knows where they went or what has become of them

"红人在整个马吉卡各地失踪。没人知道他们去了哪里或成了什么样子。

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All Reds, please take precautions. Urgent, urgent."

所有红人，请采取预防措施。紧急，紧急。"

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The echo crow clacked its beak. Then it flew out of the room

回声乌鸦咂了咂嘴。然后飞出了房间。

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Everyone started talking at once. Well, almost everyone

大家立刻开始交谈起来。嗯，几乎所有人。

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Zann didn't say a word. The crow's message had made him think about his parents

赞恩一言不发。乌鸦的信息让他想起了自己的父母。

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Nobody knew where they were either, or what had become of them

也没人知道他们在哪里，或者他们后来怎么样了。

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But that was different. For one thing, they weren't Reds

可那不一样。首先，他们不是红人。

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For another, they had disappeared four long years ago

其次，他们是在整整四年前消失的。

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Perda poked him." Did you hear that?" she said." What do you think it means?"

佩达戳了戳他。"你听到了吗？"她说，"你觉得那是什么意思？"

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" Silence!" Professor Liblow cried. His voice boomed, with the help of a Swelling spell

"安静！"李布洛教授喊道。借助膨胀咒，他的声音震耳欲聋。

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The class quieted down at once. Gliss raised her hand

全班顿时安静下来。格丽丝举起了手。

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" I need to go home," she said, her voice cracking

"我得回家，"她说，声音都劈叉了。

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" Both of my parents are Reds. I should tell them about this warning!"

"我父母都是红人。我应该告诉他们这个警告！"

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" Me too," Zann said." My grandfather, Boz, is a Red."

"我也是，"赞说，"我爷爷，博兹，就是个红人。"

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" What's the big deal?" Jev's voice was loud enough for Zann to hear, but not the teacher

"有什么大不了的？"杰夫的声音大到赞能听见，但老师听不到。

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" All those snooty Reds are probably sneaking off somewhere together

"那些自以为了不起的红人，大概正一起偷偷溜到什么地方去了。

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Maybe they're trying to come up with even more ways to act superior to the rest of us."

说不定他们正在商量，怎么在我们面前更显威风呢。"

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" Be quiet, Jev." Perda glared at him." You're just jealous."

"住嘴，杰夫。"佩达瞪了他一眼，"你分明是在嫉妒。"

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Gliss hadn't heard Jev. She stood up." I just remembered something," she said

格丽丝没有听到杰夫的话。她站起身来，说道："我刚想起来一件事。"

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" Last night I overheard my parents whispering."

"昨晚我无意中听到我父母在低声交谈。"

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" You overheard them?" Professor Liblow gave her a suspicious look." How?"

"你无意中听到的？"利布洛教授怀疑地看着她，"怎么听到的？"

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Gliss blushed." Okay, I admit it. I used a spy fly

格丽丝脸红了。"好吧，我承认。我用了一只间谍苍蝇。

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I know we're not supposed to use them to spy on people

我知道我们不该用它们去偷窥别人。

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But my parents wouldn't tell me why they look so worried lately

可我父母不肯告诉我，他们最近为什么看起来忧心忡忡。

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I had to find out what's going on!"

我必须弄清楚是怎么回事！"

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" Wow," thought Zann. If Gliss had used a spy fly, she must have been very concerned

“哇，”赞心想。格丽丝都动用了间谍苍蝇，看来她一定是非常担心。

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" So what did you hear?" he asked

“那你听到什么了？”他问道。

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" It was about my uncle," Gliss said." He lives in New Mist."

“是关于我叔叔的，”格丽丝说，“他住在新谜城。”

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" You mean the town near Mount Mystery?" Zann said

“你是说幽秘山附近的那个镇子？”赞说。

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" My parents haven't heard from Uncle Gar in three days," Gliss said." He's a Red too."

“我爸妈已经三天没有加叔叔的消息了，”格丽丝说，“他也是个红人。”

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" Oh dear." Professor Liblow shook his head." This sounds rather serious

“哦天哪。”利布洛教授摇了摇头，“这听起来相当严重。”

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Perhaps you'd better go home... It's almost time to go anyway. Class dismissed."

也许你们最好回家去……反正也快放学了。下课。”

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The students started gathering their things and chattering about what had just happened

学生们开始收拾东西，叽叽喳喳地议论着刚才发生的事。

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Zann grabbed his bag and hurried out of the room with Perda

赞抓起书包，和珀达匆匆走出了教室。

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" I should find out what Boz knows about this," Zann said

“我得去问问博兹，看看他都知道些什么。”赞说道。

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" He's a retired Magic Master, remember? Maybe some of his friends in the capital know what's going on."

“他是个退休的魔法大师，记得吗？也许他在首都的一些朋友知道发生了什么情况。”

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Perda gave him a look." You sound almost excited," she said

珀达看了他一眼。“你听起来几乎有点兴奋呢，”她说。

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" Aren't you scared? You and Boz are both Reds."

“你不害怕吗？你和博兹都是红人呢。”

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Before Zann could respond, Jev came into the hall with some friends

赞还没来得及回答，杰夫就和一些朋友走进了大厅。

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" Rushing home to hide under your bed, Red?" Jev jeered

“赶着回家躲到床底下吗，红人？”杰夫嘲笑道。

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Zann didn't answer. Jev had never forgiven him for an incident on Zann's first day at the Swamp Bottom School almost four years earlier

赞没有回答。杰夫一直没原谅他，因为快四年前赞第一天到沼泽底部学校时发生的一件事。

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But even if that had never happened, they still wouldn't be friends. Jev seemed to hate all Reds

但就算那件事从没发生过，他们也不会成为朋友。杰夫似乎恨所有红人。

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Well, not all Reds. Just then Gliss hurried out of the classroom, and Jev's voice instantly changed from sneering to sympathetic

嗯，也不是所有红人。就在这时格丽丝匆匆走出教室，杰夫的声音立刻从嘲笑变成了同情。

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" Hey, Gliss. Sorry your uncle is missing. Want me to walk you home?"

“嘿，格丽丝。听说你叔叔失踪了，真遗憾。要我送你回家吗？”

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" Thanks, that's sweet. But I'm in too much of a hurry to walk."

“谢谢，你真好。但我实在匆匆忙忙的，来不及走路了。”

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Gliss rubbed her hands together and muttered the word " zap." A second later she disappeared

格丽丝搓了搓手，低声念了一个词：“闪。”下一秒，她就消失了。

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Jev frowned and then zapped himself away too. Zann was glad to see him go

杰夫皱了皱眉，然后也把自己闪送走了。赞很高兴看到他离开。

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" Come on," he told Perda." I'll walk you home in case you're afraid of disappearing without a trace."

“走吧，”他对珀达说，“我送你回家，免得你担心自己也会消失得无影无踪。”

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" I'm not the one who should be afraid," she retorted

“该担心的可不是我。”她反驳道。

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" The crow said the warning was only for Reds."

“那只乌鸦说警告只是针对红人的。”

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" Okay," Zann said." Then you can walk me home."

“好吧，”赞说，“那你送我回家好了。”

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She smiled." It's a deal. Let's go."

她笑了。“一言为定。我们走吧。”

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They headed for home. It was a bright, clear day with a light breeze that blew Perda's soft, caramel-colored hair around her face

他们朝家走去。这是一个明亮晴朗的日子，微风轻拂，吹动着珀达柔和的焦糖色头发，缠绕在她脸庞。

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Was it magic, or did she seem to get prettier every day?

这是魔法吗，还是她真的一天比一天更漂亮了？

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Zann tried not to notice that. It made him feel confused and nervous — a lot more nervous than he'd felt on hearing the echo crow's message

赞努力不去注意这一点。这让他感到困惑和紧张——比听到回声乌鸦的警告时要紧张得多。

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When they reached Perda's house, she sighed." Looks like Mom's been redecorating again."

当他们到达珀达家时，她叹了口气。“看来妈妈又在重新装修了。”

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The house had been square and blue that morning when the kids left for school. Now it was a multicolored blob

早上孩子们去上学时，房子还是方方正正的蓝色。现在却变成了一团五颜六色的不规则形状。

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" Hey, she lives in Swamp Bottom, remember?" Zann joked

“嘿，她住在沼泽底嘛，记得吗？”赞开玩笑说。

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" She has to do something to lessen the boredom."

“她总得做点什么来解解闷。”

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Perda rolled her eyes." See you tomorrow," she said

珀达翻了个白眼。“明天见。”她说。

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" Bye." Zann headed next door. His grandfather wasn't very interested in redecorating, so their house looked the same as always

“再见。”赞走向隔壁的家。他祖父对重新装修没什么兴趣，所以他们的房子看起来和往常一样。

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In other words, it was just as boring as everything else in Swamp Bottom

换句话说，它就跟沼泽底的其他一切东西一样无聊。

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For a second Zann wondered how his mother might redecorate the place

有那么一瞬间，赞心想，如果是他妈妈，会怎么重新装修这个地方。

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She'd always been good at that sort of thing

她一直都很擅长做这种事。

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She'd loved to surprise him by turning his bedroom into a spooky cave or a mysterious jungle..

她以前喜欢给他惊喜，把他的卧室变成一个阴森的洞穴，或是一片神秘的丛林……

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He snapped out of those thoughts when he heard a rustling sound directly overhead

当听到头顶正上方传来一阵窸窣声时，他顿时从思绪中回过神来。

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Glancing up, he barely had time to take in a dragon's snarling face hissing down at him

他抬头一瞥，几乎来不及看清，只见一张龙的脸正咆哮着，嘶嘶作响地朝他逼近。

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Zann jumped back just in time. A bolt of flame sizzled down, incinerating the ground where he'd just stood

赞及时向后跳开。一道火焰嘶嘶地射下，瞬间烧焦了他刚才站着的地面。