005 访客

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" Whoa!" Zann cried as he and Darb ran." What are those things?"

"哇！"扎恩边跑边喊。"那些是什么东西？"

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" I don't know." Darb flapped his hands, trying to ward off the angry little creatures

"我不知道。"达布挥着双手，想赶走那些愤怒的小生物。

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They kept diving at the boys, stinging any exposed skin they could reach

它们不停地朝男孩们俯冲过来，叮咬他们裸露的皮肤。

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" Let's go to the Hollow! It's close, and they probably won't follow us there."

"我们去谷地吧！它很近，它们可能不会跟到那里。"

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Zann glanced in the direction of the Hollow. The place made him nervous

扎恩朝谷地的方向瞥了一眼。那地方让他紧张。

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It was a vacuum and magic didn't work in a vacuum

那是个真空地带，魔法在那里不起作用。

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Most magical creatures feared and avoided such places

大多数魔法生物都害怕并避开这样的地方。

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In fact, it was probably the only place Zann would never dare to go

事实上，那可能是扎恩唯一不敢去的地方。

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In the Hollow he'd have no way at all to protect himself

在谷地里，他根本没办法保护自己。

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" I've got a better idea," Zann said. He grabbed Darb's arm and then zapped them both away

"我有个更好的主意。"扎恩说。他抓住达布的胳膊，然后嗖地把他俩传送走了。

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They landed in another part of the swamp, far from the tiny dragons

他们降落在沼泽的另一头，远离了那些小龙。

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" Whew!" Darb grimaced." Can you do anything about these stings?"

“呼！”达布龇牙咧嘴地说。“你能处理一下这些蛰伤吗？”

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" Hold still." Zann rubbed his hands together and touched the red marks on Darb's arms and face. The marks faded away

“别动。”扎恩搓了搓手，碰了碰达布手臂和脸上的红印。那些印子便消退了。

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" Thanks," Darb said

“谢谢。”达布说。

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Zann healed his own stings." So you don't know what those were?" he asked

扎恩治好了自己的蛰伤。“所以你不知道那是什么？”他问。

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" I thought you were an expert in that stuff."

“我还以为你是那方面的专家呢。”

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Darb shook his head." They looked like dragons, but the only dragons that small are mini flowersippers

达布摇了摇头。“它们看起来像龙，但唯一那么小的龙是迷你采花者。

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And you know what they're like. They don't sting."

而且你知道它们什么样。它们不蜇人。”

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" Maybe they're not from Magica!" Zann said." Maybe there's a wormhole near here."

“也许它们不是来自马吉卡！”扎恩说。“也许这附近有个虫洞。”

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" You mean a portal to another world?" Darb looked doubtful

“你是说通往另一个世界的门户？”达布看起来半信半疑。

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" I thought those were really rare. And really dangerous."

“我以为那些非常罕见。而且非常危险。”

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" They are. Most people think my parents got lost in one

“它们确实如此。大多数人认为我的父母迷失在一个传送门里了。

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Or maybe went through an unstable one that closed behind them."

或者可能穿过了一个不稳定的传送门，那个传送门在他们身后关闭了。”

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Zann started to feel excited." Let's go back and — oh!"

扎恩开始感到兴奋。“我们回去吧——哦！”

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Zann was nearly knocked off his feet. He grabbed a tree to steady himself

扎恩差点被撞倒。他抓住一棵树稳住自己。

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" What's wrong?" Darb asked

“怎么了？”达布问道。

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The feeling had already passed." It's Boz," Zann said

那种感觉已经过去了。“是博兹，”扎恩说。

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" I just felt him. He's not happy."

“我刚才感觉到了他。他不高兴。”

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" Was it a Red Share?"

“那是红色共享吗？”

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Zann nodded. A Red Share happened when a Red felt an especially strong emotion

扎恩点了点头。红色共享发生在红色精灵感受到特别强烈的情绪时。

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Any Red with a connection to the other Red would feel it too

任何与另一个赤红有连接的人也会感觉到。

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" Boz probably just realized I sneaked out," Zann said

“博兹大概刚发现我溜出去了。”扎恩说。

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" It was a strong Share, which means he must be really mad

“那阵情绪共享很强，说明他一定气坏了。

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Or really scared — he seemed pretty worried about that warning. Either way I'd better get home."

或者吓坏了——他看起来挺担心那个警报的。不管怎样，我最好回家去。”

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" Okay." Darb tucked an escaping panic bug back into his pocket." See you tomorrow."

“好吧。”达布把一只逃跑的惊慌虫塞回口袋。“明天见。”

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" Yeah. If Boz doesn't lock me in the house with a Super Shield spell, that is." Zann rubbed his hands together

“嗯，如果博兹没用超级护盾咒把我锁在家里的话。”扎恩搓了搓双手。

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" Focus," he thought. The last thing he needed was to miss his mark and land on the roof or in Zing's food dish. Zap!

“专注。”他想。他最不想的就是传送失误，落在屋顶上，或者掉进泽的饭盆里。嗖！

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He landed in the house's main room." Right on target!" he murmured

他落在房子的主厅里。“正中目标！”他喃喃道。

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He glanced around, but Boz was nowhere in sight

他环顾四周，但哪儿都没看见博兹。

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Instead Zann saw a man looking at the family pictures on the wall

相反，扎恩看到一个男人正在看墙上的家庭照片。

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" Who are you?" Zann blurted out." Where's my grandfather?"

“你是谁？”扎恩脱口问道，“我爷爷呢？”

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The stranger spun around. He was tall and gaunt, with glittering amber eyes

陌生人猛地转过身。他又高又瘦，一双琥珀色的眼睛闪闪发亮。

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An odd expression flickered across his narrow face

一种古怪的表情掠过他那张瘦削的脸。

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" Another Red," the man said. He pointed at one of the blink images." Are these your parents, young man?"

“又一个红魔法师。”男人说，指着一张闪烁的照片，“年轻人，这是你的父母吗？”

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Zann noticed his grandfather's diary on the floor under the table

扎恩注意到爷爷的日记在桌子底下的地板上。

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That was strange. Boz never went anywhere without his diary

这很奇怪。博兹从不离身不带日记的。

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And he'd never leave it lying around on the floor

而且他绝不会把它随便扔在地板上。

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" That's none of your business," Zann told the stranger, suddenly nervous." Where's Boz?"

“这不关你的事，”扎恩对陌生人说，突然紧张起来，“博兹在哪儿？”

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" Is that any way to speak to a guest in your home?"

“你就这样对家里的客人说话吗？”

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The corners of the man's thin lips twisted into a half smile

男人薄薄的嘴角扭曲成一个似笑非笑的弧度。

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" I happen to be an old friend of your grandfather's."

“我碰巧是你爷爷的一位老朋友。”

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Zann wasn't sure what to say." Boz?" he yelled." Where are you?"

扎恩不知该说什么。“博兹？”他喊道，“你在哪儿？”

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The stranger smirked." You can call as loudly as you like; he won't hear you

陌生人得意地笑了笑。“你尽管大声叫，他听不见的。

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But I can take you to him if you wish."

不过，如果你愿意，我可以带你去见他。”

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" Who are you? What are you doing here?" Zann clenched his fists at his sides

“你是谁？你在这里做什么？”扎恩在身侧攥紧了拳头。

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" And what have you done with Boz?"

“还有，你对博兹做了什么？”

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Just then he heard scratching at the door. Zing!

就在这时，他听到门口的刮擦声。是辛！

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Zann quickly rubbed his hands together and pointed at the door." Open!"

扎恩迅速搓了搓双手，指向门口。“开！”

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It flew open. Zing leaped into the room, shooting a stream of flame toward the stranger

门猛地弹开了。辛跳进房间，朝陌生人喷出一道火焰。

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" Good boy!" Zann cried." That'll teach him to — "

“好样的！”扎恩喊道，“看他以后还敢——”

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But quick as a wink, the stranger lifted his hand

但说时迟那时快，陌生人抬起了手。

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" No!" shouted Zann

“不！”扎恩喊道。

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" Freeze!" said the stranger, pointing at the dragon

“冻结！”陌生人指着小龙说道。

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Zing instantly crashed to the floor, not moving

辛瞬间栽倒在地，一动不动。

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" Zing!" Zann fell to his knees

“辛！”扎恩跪倒在地。

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Zing was breathing very slowly. Realizing what the man had done, Zann turned to face him

辛的呼吸非常缓慢。意识到这男人做了什么，扎恩转身面对他。

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" You used a Flash Freeze on him!" he accused." That's illegal! He's a tame dragon!"

“你对他用了闪冻术！”他指责道，“那是违法的！它是一条驯龙！”

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Magica had few laws, aside from the important one taught to everyone from birth: Do no harm to others

除了每个人一出生就被教导的那条重要法则——不伤害他人，马吉卡几乎没有别的法律。

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But everyone knew that a Flash Freeze should only be used in emergencies such as immobilizing a large, rampaging wild dragon

但每个人都知道，闪冻术只应在紧急情况下使用，比如制伏一头横冲直撞的大型野生龙。

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It was never supposed to be used on people or pets

它绝不应该被用在人或宠物身上。

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" I never did like dragons," the man said, examining the sparks that still ran across his hand." Or Reds, for that matter."

“我向来不喜欢龙，”男人说，一边查看仍在他手上窜动的火花。“至于红袍法师，也一样。”

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He rubbed his fingers together

他搓了搓手指。

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Sparks leapt from his hand now, much more strongly than Zann would have expected from such a small amount of friction

火花从他手上迸出，那强度远超出扎恩对这么一点摩擦所能产生的预期。

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" Freeze!" the man said, pointing toward Zann

“冻结！”男人说着，指向扎恩。

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Acting on instinct, Zann quickly grabbed Zing and rubbed his hands together

扎恩凭着本能，迅速抓住辛，然后搓动双手。

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He felt the Flash Freeze sizzle within a hairbreadth of his face as he zapped himself and Zing away

在他将自己和辛传送走的瞬间，他感到闪冻术就在离他脸不到一丝距离的地方咝咝作响。

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Within half a second, they landed in the front yard

半秒之内，他们落在了前院里。

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And half a second after that, Zann's house exploded into a million pieces

又过了半秒，扎恩的房子炸成了无数碎片。