5. Tiny Tippy's Tremendous Task

CHAPTER 5 TINY TIPPY'S TREMENDOUS TASK "RATS!" screamed Tippy, as he watched the Purple Potty disappear. "Those kids have a time machine, and I don't know where they went!" "What's going on?" cried Tiny Tippy from the depths of Big Tippy's pocket. "I can't see a thing!"

第五章小提比的艰巨任务“老鼠！”提比看着紫色便盆消失，尖叫起来。 “那些孩子有时光机，我不知道他们去哪儿了！”“怎么回事？”小提比从大提比的口袋深处喊道。 “我什么也看不见！”

"Those kids took off in a time machine," Big Tippy barked at the miniature version of himself. "And they took Captain Underpants with them!" "Where did they go?" asked Tiny Tippy. "How should I know?" Big Tippy yelled. "Hey! I've got an idea," said Tiny Tippy. "Why don't I go back in time and find out?" "Good idea, me!" said Big Tippy. He reached down and placed Tiny Tippy in the library. "You go back in time ten minutes and listen to everything they say. Then when I show up, tell me where they went!" "You got it!" said Tiny Tippy. He set his Tinkle-Time Travelometer for "Ten Minutes Ago," and in a blue-crackling instant, he was gone.

“那些孩子坐着时光机飞走了。”大提比冲着自己的微缩版咆哮道。 “他们还把内裤队长带走了！”“他们去哪儿了？”小提比问。 “我怎么知道？”大提比喊道。 “嘿!我有个主意，”小提比说。 “我为什么不回到过去看看呢？”“好主意，我！”大提比说。 他伸手把小提比放在图书室里。 “你回到十分钟前，听听他们说的一切。 等我来了，告诉我他们去哪儿了！”“你说对了！”小提比说。 他把计时器调到“十分钟前”，就在一阵蓝色的噼啪声中，他走了。

Tiny Tippy arrived in the same spot he had left, only it was now ten minutes earlier. He heard some people running up the stairs, so he decided to hide behind a trash can. Suddenly, George, Harold, and their two pets dashed into the room and locked the door behind them. Tiny Tippy watched as the boys tiptoed toward the tall, time-traveling toilet. "Do you still remember how to use this thing?" asked Harold. "Of course," said George. "We just used it yesterday morning! All I have to do is set the controller for sixty-five million years ago, then pull down on the chain. Easy, squeezy, mac-n-cheezy!" "A-HA!" muttered Tiny Tippy. "They're going back in time to the Mesozoic era!"

小提比又回到了他离开的地方，只不过早了十分钟。 他听到有人跑上楼，所以他决定躲在一个垃圾桶后面。 突然，乔治、哈罗德和他们的两只宠物冲进房间，锁上了门。 小提比看着孩子们蹑手蹑脚地走向那个高大的、能穿越时间的厕所。 “你还记得怎么用这个东西吗？”哈罗德问。 “当然。”乔治说。“我们昨天早上才用过！”我要做的就是把控制器调到六千五百万年前，然后拉下链条。 放轻松，挤压，mac-n- chezy !”“啊哈！”小提比嘟囔着。 “他们要回到中生代！”

Tiny Tippy watched as the four friends climbed into the time machine and closed the door. He saw Mr. Krupp crash through the library door and bang on the lavender lavatory. Then he saw himself (the big version of himself, that is) appear at the window.

小提比看着四个朋友爬进时光机，关上了门。 他看见克虏伯冲进图书馆的门，砰地一声砸在淡紫色的盥洗室上。 接着，他看见自己（就是那个放大版的自己）出现在窗口。

"I'VE GOT YOU NOW!" shouted Big Tippy. "HAW! HAW! HAW!" Suddenly, there was a brilliant flash of green light, and the Purple Potty (along with Mr. Krupp and his cardboard box) disappeared into a whirlwind of electrified ozone. "RATS!" screamed Tippy, as he watched the Purple Potty disappear. "Those kids have a time machine, and I don't know where they went!" "I do," said Tiny Tippy, as he stepped out from behind the garbage can.

“我抓住你了！”大提比喊道。 “唧唧!山楂!唧唧!”突然，一道耀眼的绿光闪过，紫色便盆（还有克虏伯先生和他的纸板箱）消失在带电的臭氧旋风中。 “老鼠！”蒂比看着紫色便盆不见了，尖叫起来。 “那些孩子有时光机，我不知道他们去哪儿了！”“我知道，”小提比从垃圾桶后面走出来说。

"Who are you?" asked Big Tippy. "I'm Tiny Tippy!" said Tiny Tippy. "That's impossible," said Big Tippy. "Tiny Tippy is right here!" He reached into his pocket and pulled out the miniature version of himself, who had been complaining because he couldn't see a thing. "I'm ten minutes older than that guy," said Tiny Tippy. "You sent me back in time so I could find out where those kids went to." "Oh! I get it," said Big Tippy. "Good idea, me! So where'd they go?"

“你是谁？”大提比问。 “我是小提比！”小提比说。 “那不可能，”大提比说。 “小提比就在这里！”他把手伸进口袋，掏出微缩版的自己，他一直在抱怨自己什么也看不见。 “我比那家伙大十分钟，”小提比说。 “你把我送回过去，好让我知道那些孩子去了哪里。” “哦!我明白了。”大提比说。 “好主意，我！”那他们去哪儿了？”