7 Ch7-It's Alive!

Chapter 7 It's Alive! Ms. Krup led us to a room with a sign over the door that said IT'S ALIVE! We went inside and saw lots of animals in cages: snakes, tortoises, South American poison dart frogs, and a blue-tongued skink. They were awesome. "These animal friends help us teach people about conservation and the environment," Ms. Krup told us. "They also help us learn to respect wildlife." Ms. Krup led us into another room that was really cool because there were butterflies all over the place. "Look! A Giant Swallowtail!" Ms. Krup said. "And there's a California Dogface! We have thirty different species. In here the butterflies are free." "Great!" I said. "I'll take ten of them." "That means they're free to fly wherever they want, Arlo," said Andrea, rolling her eyes. "I knew that," I lied Bummer. I thought they were giving butterflies away. Next, Ms. Krup took us to the Creepy Critters Room. She was all excited, running from cage to cage to tell us about the Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion, the Funnel-web Spider, the velvet ant, and the Mexican Red Knee Tarantula. They were gross, but cool. I kept an eye on Mr. Docker, to see if he was going to eat any of the bugs.

第七章它还活着!克鲁普女士把我们带到了一个房间，门上挂着一个牌子，上面写着“它还活着!”我们走进去，看到笼子里关着很多动物:蛇、乌龟、南美毒镖蛙，还有一只蓝舌龙。 他们太棒了。“这些动物朋友帮助我们教人们保护环境，”她说。 克鲁普告诉我们的。“它们还帮助我们学会尊重野生动物。” 克鲁普老师把我们带进了另一个非常酷的房间，因为到处都是蝴蝶。 “看!一只大燕尾蝶!”Ms。 Krup说。“还有一只加利福尼亚狗脸!”我们有30种不同的物种。 在这里，蝴蝶是自由的。” “太好了!”我说。“我要买十个。” “这意味着他们可以自由地飞到他们想去的任何地方，阿乐。”安德烈说，翻了个白眼。 “我知道，”我撒了个谎。 我还以为他们要送蝴蝶呢。 接下来，克鲁普老师带我们去了恐怖动物室。 她非常兴奋，从一个笼子跑到另一个笼子，告诉我们关于巨型沙漠毛蝎子、漏斗网蜘蛛、天鹅绒蚂蚁和墨西哥红膝狼蛛的故事。 它们很恶心，但很酷。 我一直盯着多克先生，看他会不会吃虫子。

"Eighty percent of the earth's living creatures are insects," Ms. Krup told us. "So you're in good company, Arlo," Andrea said. I was going to say something mean back to Andrea, but I didn't get the chance because Ms. Krup pulled this disgusting brown thing with wings out of a cage and held it up for us to see. It was about four inches long. "This is General Muffin," she said. "He's a very rare hissing cockroach from Madagascar." "WOW!" we all said, which is "MOM" upside-down. Ms. Krup told us that most cockroaches have eighteen knees. And they can live for a week after their head is cut off. "What do they eat?" asked Emily. "They eat girls named Emily," I said, and everybody laughed. Well, except for Emily. "Cockroaches will eat almost anything," Ms. Krup said. "General Muffin even likes to eat candy." "Why is he called a hissing cockroach?" asked Andrea, who has to know

“地球上80%的生物都是昆虫。” 克鲁普告诉我们的。“阿乐，你有个好伙伴。”安德烈说。 我本想对安德里亚说些刻薄的话，但我没机会，因为。 克鲁普把这个长着翅膀的恶心的棕色东西从笼子里拽出来，举着给我们看。 它大约有四英寸长。 “我是松饼将军，”她说。 “他是来自马达加斯加的一种非常罕见的嘶嘶蟑螂。” “哇!”我们都说，这是颠倒过来的“妈妈”。 克鲁普女士告诉我们，大多数蟑螂都有18个膝盖。 它们在被砍头后还能活一个星期。 “它们吃什么?”爱米丽问。 “他们吃叫艾米丽的女孩，”我说，大家都笑了。 除了艾米丽。“蟑螂几乎什么都吃。” Krup说。“松饼将军甚至喜欢吃糖果。” “为什么叫它嘶嘶的蟑螂?”安德烈问，她想知道

everything. "Because General Muffin can hiss by pushing air through a hole in his tummy," said Ms. Krup. "Make him hiss!" we all chanted. "Make him hiss!" "The general only hisses when he's disturbed," said Ms. Krup. "But he's so used to being handled that he hardly ever hisses. Would anyone like to hold General Muffin?" "No way!" we all shouted. "Psssst! A.J.!" Michael whispered. "I dare you to hold the cockroach." "Forget it," I said. "I'm not touching that thing!" "A.J., if you don't hold the cockroach, it means you love Andrea." "WHAT?" I said. I didn't see what holding a cockroach had to do with Andrea, except that they were both gross. I sure didn't want to hold a disgusting cockroach. But I didn't want anybody to think I loved Andrea, either. I was faced with the hardest decision of my life. If I didn't hold the cockroach, the guys would think I loved Andrea. But if I held the cockroach, then... well, I would have to hold a disgusting cockroach! I couldn't decide what to do. I thought so hard that my brain hurt. "I'll hold it," I finally said. Everybody cheered. Ms. Krup told me to put my palm out flat. Then she placed General Muffin on it. Ew! Yuck! There was a giant hissing cockroach sitting on my hand! I thought I was gonna throw up.

一切。“因为松饼将军可以把空气从肚子上的一个洞里挤出来，发出嘶嘶声。” Krup。“让他发出嘶嘶声!”我们齐声高呼。 “让他嘶嘶!”“将军只有在不安的时候才会发出嘶嘶声，”她说。 Krup。“但它已经习惯了被人摆布，几乎从不发出嘶嘶声。 有人想抱抱松饼将军吗?”“不可能!”我们都喊道。 “Psssst !抗干扰!”迈克尔低声说。 “我看你敢不敢抱蟑螂。” “算了吧，”我说。“我才不要碰那东西!”" a。j。如果你不抱着蟑螂，就说明你爱安德里亚" “什么?”我说。我看不出拿着蟑螂和安德里亚有什么关系，除了他们俩都很恶心。 我可不想抱着一只恶心的蟑螂。 但我也不想让任何人认为我爱安德里亚。 我面临着一生中最艰难的决定。 如果我不拿着蟑螂，他们会以为我爱安德里亚。 但如果我拿着蟑螂，那么… 那我就得抱着一只恶心的蟑螂!我无法决定该做什么。 我想得太用力了，脑子都疼了。 “我来拿着，”我最后说。 每个人都欢呼起来。克鲁普女士让我把手掌摊开。 然后她把松饼将军放在上面。 哟!讨厌的东西!一只发出嘶嘶声的大蟑螂坐在我手上!我以为我要吐了。

And that's when the most amazing thing in the history of the world happened. General Muffin jumped off my hand!

就在那时，世界历史上最神奇的事情发生了。 松饼将军从我手上跳下来了!