027 特普洛

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" Oof!" Zann grunted as he and his friends landed on something soft

“哎哟！”赞恩咕哝了一声，他和朋友们落在了一个软软的东西上。

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" Where are we?" Perda cried." Help!"

“我们在哪儿？”佩尔达叫道，“救命！”

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" Hush, children," said a voice from the darkness

“嘘，孩子们，”黑暗中传来一个声音。

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It didn't sound like a troll. But Zann jumped to his feet

那声音听起来不像巨怪，但赞恩还是一跃而起。

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" Ouch!" Darb yelped." Who stepped on my hand?"

“哎哟！”达布尖叫起来，“谁踩了我的手？”

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" Sorry," Zann said

“对不起，”赞恩说。

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A flame flickered to life. Zann squinted, barely making out a human-shaped shadow behind it

一团火焰忽地燃起。赞恩眯起眼，勉强看出火焰后有个模糊的人形影子。

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Whoever it was didn't look like a troll either

不管那是谁，看起来也不像巨怪。

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" Who's there?" he asked, trying to sound brave

“谁在那儿？”他问道，尽力让声音听起来勇敢些。

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" Don't be frightened, my young friends."

“别害怕，我年轻的朋友们。”

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The torch grew brighter, revealing the person behind the voice: a Red around Boz's age

火把越来越亮，照出了声音背后的人：一个和博兹年纪相仿的红人。

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His gray-streaked hair stuck up in all directions, as if it were trying to escape from his head

他夹杂着灰白的头发四处支棱着，像要从脑袋上逃跑一样。

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His bright blue eyes were shaded by huge, bushy brows

那双明亮的蓝眼睛被又大又浓的眉毛遮住了。

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" Who are you?" Perda stared at the old man's multicolored robe

“你是谁？”珀尔达盯着老人那件五颜六色的袍子。

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It was a little too short, ending just above his bony ankles

袍子有点太短了，刚好到他瘦骨嶙峋的脚踝上面。

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The man smiled." My name is Teplo."

老人微微一笑。“我叫泰普罗。”

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Zann gasped." Teplo? But that woman upstairs said — "

赞恩倒抽一口气。“泰普罗？可楼上那个女人说——”

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" That's Fala, my assistant." Teplo set the torch in a wall bracket and lit two more

“那是法拉，我的助手。”泰普罗把火把插进墙上的托架，又点燃了两支。

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" She's under strict orders to say I've been taken." He peered at Zann

“我给她下了严格的命令，让她说我被抓走了。”他仔细打量着赞恩。

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" You're Boz's grandson, aren't you? You look just like the blink images I've seen of you. Except older, of course."

“你是博兹的孙子，对不对？你看起来跟我见过的你的眨眼影像一模一样。当然，就是更年长些。”

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" Uh, yeah, I'm Zann. These are my friends Perda and Darb."

“呃，对，我是赞恩。这是我的朋友珀达和达布。”

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Teplo didn't look anything like Zann had imagined

泰普罗的样子和赞恩想象的完全不同。

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He'd been expecting someone more like the king — tall, handsome, and strong

他原本以为会是一个更像国王的人——高大、英俊、强壮。

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" Charmed to make your acquaintance." Teplo made an elaborate bow

“幸会。”泰普罗行了个夸张的鞠躬礼。

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" My apologies for the abruptness of your arrival."

“抱歉让你们这样突然掉下来。”

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Perda glanced around the underground room

珀达环顾了一下这间地下室。

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" Did you open a trapdoor to get us down here?"

“你打开了活板门让我们下来的吗？”

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" I did." Teplo chuckled." I built the trapdoor years ago as an experiment

“是的。”泰普罗轻笑道，“这活板门是我多年前做的一个实验。”

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When I heard you mention Boz, I thought perhaps I should use it."

当我听到你提到博兹时，我想也许该用上它了。”

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He hurried to a corner of the room and yanked on a rope

他匆匆跑到房间一角，猛拉了一下一根绳子。

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Somewhere overhead the kids heard the muffled sound of a bell ringing

孩子们听到头顶某处传来低沉的铃响。

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" Fala will be along soon with food and drink."

“法利亚很快会带吃的喝的过来。”

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Teplo grabbed a bowl from a table." In the meantime you can snack on these turnip cookies."

泰普罗从桌上抓起一个碗。“这会儿你们可以先吃点萝卜饼干垫一垫。”

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Perda wrinkled her nose." Turnip cookies?"

佩尔达皱起鼻子。“萝卜饼干？”

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Zann's stomach grumbled and he realized none of them had eaten that day. He reached for a cookie

赞恩的肚子咕咕叫，他意识到他们一整天都没吃东西。他伸手去拿饼干。

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" How'd you dodge the trolls?" he asked Teplo, cautiously nibbling on the cookie

“你是怎么躲过巨魔的？”他小心地啃着饼干，问泰普罗。

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It tasted like dirt mixed with swamp water

味道就像土加沼泽水。

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" It wasn't easy." Teplo held up a cookie, staring at it thoughtfully

“那可不容易。”泰普罗举起一块饼干，若有所思地盯着它。

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" I had to call upon my old friend the turnip for help."

“我不得不向我的老朋友萝卜求助。”

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Zann and his friends traded a glance

赞恩和朋友们交换了一个眼神。

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So far Teplo seemed pretty weird, with his crazy clothes and his talk about turnips

到目前为止，泰普罗显得十分古怪，穿着奇装异服，还老在谈论萝卜。

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Could he really be the great Magic Master whom Zann had heard stories about all his life?

他真是赞恩从小到大听说的那位伟大的魔法大师吗？

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" Um, the turnip?" Perda said politely

“呃，萝卜？”佩达礼貌地应道。

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Teplo nodded." The turnip comes from another world originally. Did you know that?"

泰普罗点点头。“萝卜最初来自另一个世界。你们知道吗？”

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The kids shook their heads

孩子们摇了摇头。

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" It's true." Teplo continued." That gives it great power if one knows how to harness it."

“是真的。”泰普罗接着说，“若懂得驾驭，它便拥有巨大的力量。”

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Zann wasn't interested in wasting time talking about turnips

赞恩可没兴趣浪费时间谈论萝卜。

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They had to find Gliss before it was too late

他们必须尽快找到格莉丝，以免为时过晚。

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" We tried to visit Lonz and Saffa, but they're both gone," he said

“我们试着去拜访过隆兹和萨法，可他们都不见了。”他说。

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" Unless they're in hiding too?" Perda asked hopefully

“除非他们也躲起来了？”佩达满怀希望地问。

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" No, they're gone," Teplo said." Only a few of us remain free

“不，他们都不在了，”泰普罗说，“我们中只有少数人还自由。

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Of course none of us can use magic, so it's difficult to keep track."

当然，我们谁也无法使用魔法，所以很难追踪情况。”

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" I guess you figured out that Morb can track people through their magic?" Darb asked

“我猜你已经发现，莫布能通过魔法追踪别人？”达布问道。

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" Indeed," said Teplo." Morb is using a very old form of magic that was banned long ago by the Red Council

“没错，”泰普罗说，“莫布用的是红人委员会很久以前就禁止的一种非常古老的魔法。

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But it's easy to detect if you know what to look for

但如果你知道该找什么，就很容易察觉。

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Now tell me your story, young friends."

现在，讲讲你们的故事吧，年轻的朋友们。”

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Zann only hesitated for a moment. Yes, Teplo was odd

赞恩只犹豫了片刻。是的，泰普罗是有点古怪。

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But he was Boz's friend and Zann and his friends clearly needed help from someone

但他是博兹的朋友，而且赞恩和他的朋友们显然需要帮助。

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" It all started when an echo crow came to school..." Zann began

“一切始于一只回音凯克鸦来到学校……”赞恩讲了起来。

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With help from the others, he told Teplo the whole story

在其他人的帮助下，他把整个经过告诉了泰普罗。

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The old man listened carefully, not saying a word until they were finished

老人仔细听着，直到他们说完才开口。

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" Very interesting," Teplo said then." Does anyone else know you're in First City?"

“很有意思，”泰普罗接着说道，“还有谁知道你们在第一城？”

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" Just Slib and Yog and the others at the palace," Zann said

“只有斯利布、约格和宫殿里的那些人，”赞恩说。

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" Plus Lonz's daughter and Saffa's husband, I guess

“大概还有隆兹的女儿和萨法的丈夫。

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We didn't tell them who we were though."

不过我们没告诉他们我们是谁。”

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" Don't forget that strange old woman we talked to in Wormwood when we first arrived," Darb said

“别忘了我们刚到苦艾林时，和我们说话的那个奇怪老太太，”达布说。

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Zann nodded. Darb was very logical and thorough

赞恩点点头。达布非常理性，想得很周全。

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It figured he'd remember that brief encounter

他果然记得那次短暂的相遇。

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Teplo leaned forward." Wormwood?" he echoed, his blue eyes suddenly sharp with interest." What old woman?"

泰普罗倾身向前。“苦艾林？”他重复道，蓝色的眼睛突然因兴趣而变得锐利，“什么老太太？”

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" Just some crazy old lady near the big tree," Zann said

“就是大树附近一个疯疯癫癫的老太太，”赞恩说。

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" She wanted to trade us some disguises for Zing."

“她想用一些伪装道具换走小星。”

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" That's Zann's pet dragon," Darb explained

“那是赞恩的宠物龙，”达布解释道。

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" They took Zing from us at the palace."

“他们在宫殿里把小星从我们身边带走了。”

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Teplo didn't seem to hear him." Wyssa," he muttered." This could be trouble."

泰普罗似乎没听到他说话。“威莎，”他喃喃道，“这可能是个麻烦。”

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" Huh?" Zann said." Who's Wyssa?"

“啊？”赞恩说，“威莎是谁？”

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Teplo waved a hand, his eyes calm again

泰普罗摆了摆手，眼神又恢复了平静。

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" Never mind. Talking to myself," he said." Now where's Fala with our food?"

“没事。自言自语罢了，”他说，“法拉怎么还没把我们的食物拿来？”

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If the others responded, Zann didn't hear it

其他人有没有回应，赞恩没听到。

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A sudden wave of strong emotion overcame him

一股突如其来的强烈情绪淹没了他。

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He grabbed the back of a chair to keep from falling down

他抓住椅背才没摔倒。

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Finally he blinked and looked up. The others were staring at him." A Red Share, huh?" Teplo said

他终于眨了眨眼，抬起头来。其他人正盯着他。“一次红色分享，嗯？”泰普罗说。

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" Was it from Boz?" Perda asked." This could be important!

“是博兹发来的吗？”佩达问道，“这可能很重要！

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Shares can only be felt if the two people are near each other, so that means — "

情绪分享只有两个人离得近时才能感受到，所以这意味着——”

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" N-no!" Zann stammered." It wasn't from Boz

“不——不是！”赞恩结结巴巴地说，“不是博兹。

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It was from Gliss. And she's really scared!"

是格莉丝。她真的吓坏了！”