014 危险的念头

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" Good, you're all here," Morb said, sneering

“很好，你们都在这儿，”莫布冷笑道。

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" You may have been able to trick those idiotic trolls, but you won't escape from me this time."

“你们也许能骗过那些蠢巨魔，但这次别想从我手上逃走。”

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" Run!" Perda yelled

“快跑！”佩尔达喊道。

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" Not so fast." Morb waved his hand

“别急。”莫布挥了挥手。

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A translucent green bubble appeared over the entire house

一个半透明的绿色泡泡笼罩了整座房子。

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Perda skidded to a stop in front of the glowing green wall

佩尔达在发光的绿墙前猛地刹住脚步。

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" You can't do this!" she yelled. Rubbing both hands together, she aimed a Blast spell at the shield

“你不能这样！”她喊道。两手搓在一起，对准护盾发出一记爆破咒。

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The blast bounced off and shot back at her

爆破咒弹了回来，直冲她而去。

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She ducked, and it blew up a chair behind her

她低头一闪，咒语炸毁了她身后的椅子。

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Morb threw back his head and laughed." I should have used a shield sooner

莫布仰头大笑。“我早该用护盾的。”

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That would have saved me a lot of trouble

那样会省去我很多麻烦。

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But who could have guessed a few kids would be so hard to capture?

但谁能想到几个小孩会这么难抓？

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In any case I've got you now." He turned and smirked at Zann

“无论如何，我现在抓住你了。”他转身对赞咧嘴一笑。

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" Even you. Your grandfather is eager to see you

“连你也一样。你爷爷很想见你。”

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Perhaps you two can share a cell in my dungeon."

也许你们俩可以在我地牢里同住一间囚室。

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Zann's heart pounded." Now what?" he thought

赞的心怦怦直跳。“现在怎么办？”他想。

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They were truly trapped this time. Even Zing was shrinking away from Morb

这次他们真的被困住了。就连小星也害怕地躲着莫布。

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As he looked around, desperate for ideas, Zann noticed something

他环顾四周，急切地想找办法，赞注意到了一样东西。

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That heavy wooden beam was still hanging in midair where his spell had frozen it

那根沉重的木梁仍悬在半空，正是他咒语冻结它的地方。

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And Morb was just a few steps away!

而莫布就在几步之外！

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Zann gulped. Since early childhood he had been taught by his parents that one law in Magica was more important than any other

赞咽了口唾沫。从小，父母就教导他，在魔法界，有一条法则比任何其他法则都更重要。

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That law could be summed up in just a few simple words: Do no harm to others

那条法则可以用几个简单的词来概括：不伤害他人。

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But this was no time to worry about following the rules

但现在不是担心遵守规则的时候。

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He stepped sideways, so the beam now hung above the space between him and Morb

他向旁边迈了一步，让木梁现在悬空正对着他和莫布之间的位置。

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" Hey, Morb," he said." I've got something to say to you — unless you're too scared to face a Red."

“嘿，莫布，”他说。“我有话要对你说——除非你害怕见到赤术师。”

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Zann's friends looked startled, but Morb just chuckled

赞的朋友们看起来吃了一惊，但莫布只是轻笑了一声。

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" Me, afraid of you?" Morb took a step toward Zann

“我，怕你？”莫布向赞走近了一步。

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" You obviously overestimate your own powers — just like your know-it-all grandfather."

“你明显高估了自己的能力——就像你那个自以为无所不知的祖父一样。”

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Morb took another step. The beam was now just above his head

莫布又走了一步。木梁现在就在他的头顶上方。

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If he looked up, he'd see it and move away. Zann had to act immediately

如果他抬头看，就会发现它并避开。赞必须立刻行动。

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" Free," he whispered

“去吧。”他低声说。

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The beam plummeted down and hit Morb square on the head

木梁猛地落下，正中莫布的头部。

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Morb grunted in surprise and crumpled to the ground, unconscious

莫布惊讶地哼了一声，倒在地上，不省人事。

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As soon as Morb fell, the shield blinked out of sight

莫布一倒下，护盾就眨眼间消失了。

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" Wow!" Perda cried." That was great, Zann!"

“哇！”佩尔达喊道。“太棒了，赞！”

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" Yeah. Let's get out of here!" Gliss added

“是啊。我们快离开这儿吧！”格利斯补充道。

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Zing was already flying away from the ruined house. Darb, Perda, and Gliss followed

齐格已经飞离了破屋。达布、佩尔达和格利斯紧随其后。

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" Hurry, Zann!" Darb called

“快点，赞！”达布喊道。

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" Coming." Zann quickly reached under the table and grabbed the diary

“来了。”赞迅速把手伸到桌子底下，抓起了日记。

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Shoving it into his pocket, he raced after his friends

他把日记塞进口袋，追赶朋友们去了。

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The group was soon back at the Hollow

一行人很快就回到了那块空地。

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" You don't think the beam killed Morb, do you?" Zann asked

“你觉得那根木梁不会杀死了莫布吧？”赞问道。

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" Definitely not," said Perda." I saw him breathing when I ran past him."

“当然不会，”佩尔达说，“我跑过他身边时，还看见他在呼吸呢。”

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" But the way the shield just disappeared..." Zann began

“可是那护盾就那么消失了……”赞刚开口说。

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" We learned about that in school," Gliss reminded him

“我们在学校学过这个，”格丽丝提醒他。

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" Certain types of spells require constant focus to maintain them

“某些类型的咒语需要持续专注才能维持。

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I guess it was one of those."

我猜那护盾就是其中一种。”

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" Don't worry, Zann," Darb said." Even the do-no-harm-to-others rule makes an exception for emergencies."

“别担心，赞，”达布说，“就连‘不可伤害他人’的规则，在紧急情况下也有例外。”

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Zann flashed his friend a grateful smile

赞朝朋友投去感激的微笑。

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It was amazing how Darb could almost always guess what Zann was thinking, even without using any magic

真不可思议，达布几乎总能猜到赞在想什么，甚至不用任何魔法。

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" Okay," Zann said." But that means Morb is going to be really angry when he wakes up

“好吧，”赞说，“但这意味着莫布醒来后肯定会非常生气。”

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We'll have to be more careful than ever."

我们得比以前更加小心了。”

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Perda bit her lip." He'll probably be watching for us at your house

佩尔达咬着嘴唇说：“他很可能会在你家附近盯着我们。”

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How are we going to find that diary now?"

我们现在要怎么找到那本日记呢？”

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" Oh!" Zann stuck his hand in his pocket

“哦！”赞把手伸进了口袋。

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" I almost forgot — I found it." He pulled out the book." That's the good news."

“我差点忘了——我找到了。”他拿出了那本书，“这是个好消息。”

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" What's the bad news?" Perda asked

“那坏消息是什么？”佩尔达问。

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Zann grimaced." It got damaged in the explosion."

赞一脸苦相。“它在爆炸中被弄坏了。”

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From the outside the diary appeared to be in pretty good shape

从外表看，日记本似乎还算完好。

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But as soon as Zann flipped it open, his friends could see that many of the interior pages were ripped, scorched, or missing altogether

但赞刚一翻开，朋友们就发现里面的很多页都破了、烧焦了，甚至完全不见了。

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" Wow," Perda said." Do you think whatever Boz wanted the king and queen to see is still in there?"

“哇，”佩尔达说，“你们觉得博兹想让国王和王后看的东西还在里面吗？”

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" Maybe I should read it and try to figure that out," Zann said

“也许我该读一读，试着找找看。”赞说。

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Gliss looked impatient." We don't have time to sit around and read

格利斯显得不耐烦了。“我们没时间坐在这儿读东西。

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We need to get that diary to the palace."

我们得把日记送到王宫去。”

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" How are we supposed to do that?" Perda asked

“我们该怎么送呢？”佩尔达问。

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" It would take days to reach First City on foot. And we can't use magic, remember?"

“步行去第一城要花好几天。而且我们不能用魔法，记得吗？”

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" Plus traveling to the castle might not be worth the risk if the diary is damaged," Darb put in

“再说，如果日记坏了，冒险去城堡可能就不值得了。”达布插话道。

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" Zann's right. He should read it before we start a dangerous journey across Magica with Morb on our trail."

“赞说得对。我们应该在他穿越马吉卡、被莫布追踪的危险旅程开始前，先让他读一读。”

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" But we need to figure out what Morb is doing with my parents and all those other Reds," Gliss argued

“但我们得搞清楚莫布对我父母还有其他那些红魔法师们在做什么。”格利斯争辩道。

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" It seems like nobody else has ever even heard of Morb. Jev didn't recognize his name."

“看来别人甚至都没听说过莫布。杰夫就不认识他的名字。”

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Zann shrugged." That's because Jev is an idiot."

赞耸耸肩。“那是因为杰夫是个笨蛋。”

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He expected Gliss to protest since she seemed to like Jev. Instead she looked thoughtful

他本以为格利斯会抗议，因为她似乎喜欢杰夫。但她却露出了若有所思的表情。

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" We could try sending a spy fly to spy on Morb," she suggested

“我们可以试试派一只间谍苍蝇去监视莫布。”她提议道。

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" That might tell us what he's doing, and give Zann time to read the diary."

“这或许能告诉我们他在做什么，也能给赞时间读日记。”

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" But we can't send a spy fly without magic," Perda reminded her

“但没有魔法我们没法派出间谍苍蝇。”佩尔达提醒她。

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" And we can't use magic, or Morb will know exactly where we are."

“而且我们不能使用魔法，否则莫布会立刻知道我们在哪儿。”

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" We can't use magic," Gliss said." But someone else could use it for us

“我们不能用魔法，”格利斯说，“但别人可以替我们用。

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Someone who isn't being tracked by Morb

一个没有被莫布追踪的人。

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And I know the perfect person for the job."

而且我知道一个完美的人选。”

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" Who?" Zann asked

“谁？”赞问。

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Gliss smiled." Jev, of course."

格利斯笑了。“当然是杰夫。”