11. 206,784 Years Ago

CHAPTER 11 206,784 YEARS AGO A flash of white light filled the mid-afternoon haze of the Pleistocene epoch. The crystal-blue lake that had once been there was now gone. In its place were vast savanna plains stretching out to thick, forested hillsides and rocky caves. All was quiet, except for the sounds of insects and birds, and a faint rhythmic drumming far off in the forest. "Where are we?" asked George. "I think the better question would be, 'When are we?"' said Harold.

第十一章二十万六千七百八十四年前更新世时代的午后，一道白光照亮了薄雾。 曾经在那里的湛蓝湖水现在不见了。 取而代之的是广阔的热带稀树草原，一直延伸到茂密的山坡和岩石洞穴。 一切都很安静，除了昆虫和鸟的声音，以及远处森林里微弱的有节奏的鼓声。 “我们在哪儿？”乔治问。 “我认为更好的问题应该是，‘我们什么时候到了？’”哈罗德说。

Supa Mega Tippy was surprised to see George and Harold and Crackers and Sulu. "Well, well, well!" he said. "It looks like we have four stowaways!" But what Supa Mega Tippy did not realize is that he had a fifth stowaway as well. It was Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy, who at that very moment was carefully crawling down a button on Supa Mega Tippy's shirt.

超级提比看到乔治、哈罗德、克拉克斯和苏鲁很吃惊。 “好啦，好啦，好啦！” “看起来我们有四个偷渡者！”但是Supa Mega Tippy没有意识到的是，他还有第五个偷渡者。 那是小一点的小蒂比，此刻他正小心翼翼地顺着超级大蒂比衬衫上的纽扣往下爬。

"That Stupid Mega Tippy thinks he can lie to me and get away with it," said Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy, as he jumped onto the control panel. "But I'll teach him a lesson he'll never forget!" Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy pried up an aluminum vent and slipped effortlessly into the wiry innards of the control panel. First, he reversed the polarity on the Emulsifying Sossilflange Inhibitor. Then he switched the blue and the green wires on the Reverse- Somgobulating Tracto-McFractionalizer. Finally, he snipped all the wires to the Freezy-Beam 4000's "Off" button. "Haw! Haw! Haw!" laughed Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy. "The next time that big jerk uses his Freezy-Beam 4000, he's going to get a BIG SURPRISE!"

“那个愚蠢的大提比以为他可以骗我而不受惩罚。”小一点的小提比跳上控制面板说。 “但我会给他一个他永远不会忘记的教训！”稍微年轻一点的小提比撬起一个铝制通风口，毫不费力地滑进了控制面板的金属内部。 首先，他改变了乳化sossil法兰抑制剂的极性。 然后，他调换了反向催眠牵引-麦克分馏器上的蓝线和绿线。 最后，他剪断了冷冻梁4000的“关闭”按钮的所有电线。 “唧唧!山楂!哈哈！”小蒂比笑着说。 “下次那个大混蛋用他的冷冻梁4000时，他会得到一个大惊喜！”

Meanwhile, the drama outside was getting serious. Supa Mega Tippy swatted at our heroes as they soared bravely through the Ionian sky. Crackers skillfully swooped and dived and loop-de-looped as the Extendo-Flex Mechani-Gripper whizzed after him. But Supa Mega Tippy quickly became impatient and unleashed two more Extendo- Flex Mechani-Grippers. Poor Crackers could not outmaneuver them all, and the four friends were soon captured. "I'VE GOT YOU NOW!" screamed supa Mega Tippy. "Hey, LOOK!" said George, pointing at the ground behind Supa Mega Tippy. "There's a bunch of cavepeople down there watching us!" "I'm not falling for that trick!" said Supa Mega Tippy. "As soon as I turn around, you guys are going to try to escape!" "NO, SERIOUSLY!" cried Harold. "We're not lying! Look behind you!"

与此同时，外面的闹剧变得严肃起来。 当我们的英雄们在爱奥尼亚的天空中勇敢地翱翔时，Supa Mega Tippy向他们猛击。 当Extendo-Flex Mechani-Gripper在他身后呼啸而过时，cracker熟练地俯冲、俯冲、绕圈。 但Supa Mega Tippy很快就不耐烦了，又放出了两个Extendo- Flex机械夹具。 可怜的克拉克斯无法智胜他们，四个朋友很快就被抓住了。 “我抓住你了！”超级提比尖叫道。 “嘿，看！”乔治指着超级提比身后的地面说。 “有一群穴居人在下面看着我们！”“我不会上当的！”超级提皮说。 “我一转身，你们就想办法逃跑！”“不，说真的！”哈罗德叫道。 “我们没有撒谎！”回头看看！”

Supa Mega Tippy glanced quickly and noticed that the boys were indeed telling the truth. Standing behind them at the edge of the forest were about a dozen very surprised- looking cavepeople staring up in dumbfounded bewilderment. "You boys shouldn't be surprised to see cavepeople," said Supa Mega Tippy, as he studied the strange prehistoric people. "We're in the middle of the Pleistocene epoch. This is around the time that the first human families started to appear on Earth! I'll bet you dumb kids didn't know that, did you?"

超级提比迅速瞥了一眼，发现男孩们说的确实是实话。 在他们身后的森林边上，站着十几个神情惊讶的穴居人，他们目瞪口呆地抬头望着。 “你们男孩子看到穴居人不应该感到惊讶，”Supa Mega Tippy一边研究这些奇怪的史前人类，一边说。 “我们正处于更新世中期。 这大约是第一批人类家庭开始出现在地球上的时候！我敢打赌你们这些傻孩子不知道，对吧？”

Supa Mega Tippy turned to smile haughtily at George and Harold, but of course, they were gone. Sulu had bitten through three of the Extendo-Flex Mechani-Grippers, and the four friends had fluttered away. "NOOOOOOOO!" screamed Supa Mega Tippy, as he stomped his gigantic feet in frustration. The startled cavepeople screamed and ran in terror back to their homes in the deep forest.

超级提比转身对乔治和哈罗德傲慢地笑了笑，当然，他们已经走了。 苏鲁咬断了三个Extendo-Flex机械钳，四个朋友飞走了。 “不行！”超级提比尖叫着，沮丧地跺着他那双巨大的脚。 受到惊吓的穴居人尖叫着，惊恐地跑回了他们在森林深处的家。