14 But You Can Stop One with a Little Screwdriver

CHAPTER FOURTEEN BUT YOU CAN STOP ONE WITH A LITTLE SCREWDRIVER Franny smiled confidently. She hadn't expected the gum, hut everything else was going according to plan. "All have to do now is slip this teeny little screwdriver into this great big screw and then I can open the bomb and turn it off.

但你可以用一把小螺丝刀就把它停掉。弗兰尼自信地笑了。 她没有料到会有口香糖，但其他一切都在按计划进行。 “现在我要做的就是把这个小螺丝刀塞进这个大螺丝里，然后我就可以打开炸弹，把它关掉。

"Great big screw? Teeny little screwdriver?" Franny gasped. "Gadzooks! I miscalculated! The screwdriver is too small to open this screw. I can't get the device open before it explodes!" Franny looked around Igor's stomach. "If only there were something in here I could use." But Igor hadn't swallowed a screwdriver. Yet. "The walkie-talkie!" Franny said. "I'll just tell Igor to swallow a screwdriver!"

“大螺丝钉？”小小的螺丝刀？”弗兰妮气喘吁吁地说。 “诅咒!我计算错误!螺丝刀太小，打不开这个螺丝。 我没法在它爆炸之前把它打开！”弗兰妮看了看伊戈尔的肚子。 “要是这儿有什么我能用的东西就好了。” 但伊戈尔并没有吞下螺丝刀。 然而。“对讲机!”弗兰妮说。 “我要叫伊戈尔吞下一把螺丝刀！”

She looked at her watch again. "But I've got to hurry. We're running out of time!" Franny pushed the button on the walkie-talkie. "Igor! Can you hear me? Igor." She looked at the small screen on her wrist. Igor was not responding. He just kept staring at the television. "Igor! Can you hear me?"

她又看了看表。 “但是我得快点了。我们快没时间了！”弗兰妮按下对讲机的按钮。 “伊戈尔!你能听到我说话吗？伊戈尔。” 她看着手腕上的小屏幕。 伊戈尔没有回应。他一直盯着电视看。 “伊戈尔!你能听到我说话吗？”

Franny looked at the tiny screwdriver again and she realized the second miscalculation she had made. "My mouth, my vocal chords, my voice! They all got smaller. Of course Igor can't hear me. My teensy voice is just too soft now!" Franny sat down on a lump of what may have once been a pancake—gooey, yes, but actually kind of comfy.

弗兰妮又看了看那个小螺丝刀，她意识到自己又算错了。 “我的嘴，我的声带，我的声音！”它们都变小了。 伊戈尔当然听不到我说话。 我那细小的声音现在太软了！”弗兰妮坐在一块曾经可能是煎饼的东西上，是的，很黏，但实际上还挺舒服的。

"Let's see now. Trapped in dog stomach. No way to radio for help. Bomb going off any minute. Even if Igor were to lie down on his own, I still could never roll the bomb out in time. "Think, Franny, think."

“现在让我们看看。困在狗肚子里。 没法用无线电求救。炸弹随时可能爆炸。 即使伊戈尔自己躺下，我也不可能及时把炸弹扔出来。 “想一想，弗兰妮，想一想。”