16. What Really Caused the Ice Age

CHAPTER 16 WHAT REALLY CAUSED THE ICE AGE "Is— is that—is that all you—you g-g-g—" moaned Tippy, as he fell to his battered, smoldering knees. Tippy's giant robotic pants might have been a technological marvel, but they were no match for caveperson cleverness.

“就是——就是——就是你——你——你——你——你——你——你——”提比呻吟着，他的膝盖受了伤，冒着烟。 提比的巨型机器人裤子可能是一个技术奇迹，但它们无法与穴居人的聪明相媲美。

Tippy was in trouble, but he still had one last trick up his sleeve. He reached down to his control panel and pressed the Freezy-Beam 4000's button. Suddenly, the battered top of the Robo-Pants opened up, and the Freezy-Beam 4000 rose menacingly from the robotic innards. Instantly, a massive burst of ice blasted at the cavepeople. Fortunately, they all got out of the way just in time, but the ice kept blasting anyway.

提比有麻烦了，但他还有最后一个绝招。 他把手伸到控制面板上，按下了冷冻梁4000的按钮。 突然，机器人裤子的破顶打开了，冷冻梁4000从机器人内部威吓地冒了出来。 瞬间，一股巨大的冰涌向了穴居人。 幸运的是，他们都及时闪开了，但冰还是继续爆炸。

"What's wrong with this thing?" said Tippy, as he pressed the Freezy-Beam 4000's "off" button repeatedly. The button was stuck, so Tippy pulled the Emergency Shut-Off Lever. That wouldn't budge either. "It's almost as if someone has just tampered with my control panel!" said Tippy, unaware that tiptoeing across the floor at that very moment was someone who had just tampered with his control panel. Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy, still angry that he had been betrayed by his treacherous twin, had rigged the Freezy-Beam 4000 so that it could never be turned off. Now the ice beam was going berserk.

“这东西怎么了？”蒂皮说，他反复按下冷冻光束4000的“关闭”按钮。 按钮卡住了，所以提比拉了紧急关闭手柄。 那也不会改变。 “就好像有人动了我的控制面板一样！”蒂皮说，他没有意识到在那一刻蹑手蹑脚地走过地板的人刚刚动了他的控制面板。 比他小一点的小提比，还在为自己被奸诈的双胞胎背叛而生气，他在冷冻光束4000上做了手脚，使它永远无法关闭。 现在冰梁发疯了。

Glaciers of synthetic ice, programmed to last for seventy thousand years, cascaded from Tippy's Freezy-Beam 4000, encasing the trees and securing his robotic feet to the frozen ground. Things were getting out of control. Tippy quickly crawled under his command center, desperately trying to figure out a way to turn off the spewing icebergs. This was Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy's chance. He reached out with his Robo-Gloves and grabbed the Goosy-Grow 4000. Then, with a mighty leap, he jumped to the opening at the top of the robotic legs and hopped down to the frosty ground below.

人造冰的冰川从提比的冷冻梁4000上倾泻而下，将树木包裹起来，并将他的机器脚固定在冻土上。 事情开始失去控制。 提比迅速爬到他的指挥中心下面，拼命地想找出一个办法来关闭喷出的冰山。 这是小蒂比的机会。 他伸出他的机械手套，抓起了Goosy-Grow 4000。 然后，他猛地一跳，跳到机器腿顶部的开口上，然后跳到下面结霜的地面上。

The ice was spreading at a dangerous rate. Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy needed to act fast. With no time to spare, he grabbed a piece of bubble gum from his pocket, chewed it up, read the comic on the wrapper, then jammed the sticky bubble gum into the button of the Goosy-Grow 4000. "Now," said Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy, "when I press this button down, it'll STICK!"— which is exactly what happened. GGGGLLUUZZZZZZZZRRRRRT!

冰正以危险的速度扩散。 小一点的小提比需要快点行动。 没有多余的时间，他从口袋里抓起一块泡泡糖，嚼了嚼，读了包装上的漫画，然后把粘性泡泡糖塞进了Goosy-Grow 4000的按钮里。 “现在，”小一点的小提比说，“当我按下这个按钮，它就会粘住！”-事实就是如此。 GGGGLLUUZZZZZZZZRRRRRT !

A continuous beam of growth energy burst forth from the goose-shaped contraption. Quickly, Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy jumped into the energy beam and grew to an impressive thirty feet tall. "AWESOME!" cried Slightly Younger Tiny Tippy, as he jumped in front of the beam again and again, like a child leaping through a lawn sprinkler. Each time he hit the beam of energy, he grew another thirty feet.

一束持续不断的生长能量从鹅形的装置中迸发出来。 很快，小一点的小蒂比跳进了能量束，长到了令人印象深刻的30英尺高。 “太棒了！”比他小一点的小蒂比叫道，他一次又一次地跳到房梁前，就像一个孩子跳过草坪上的洒水器一样。 每次他碰到能量束，他就再长高30英尺。