13 BZZT! ZAPY OW!

CHAPTER 13 BZZZT! ZAP! OW! Yipes!" Alexander dove behind a row of seats. The swarm of lightning bugs just missed him. The bugs smashed into the control panel. The planetarium lit up like a disco. The bugs spun around in a dizzy whirl. Then they darted toward Alexander, Rip, and Nikki. "Watch out, guys!" shouted Alexander. "Their zaps hurt!"

第13章！杀死!噢!呀!”亚历山大躲到一排座位后面。 一群闪电虫正好没打中他。 虫子撞到了控制面板上。 天文馆像迪斯科舞厅一样灯火通明。 虫子在令人眩晕的旋涡中旋转。 然后他们冲向亚历山大、里普和尼基。 “小心，伙计们！”亚历山大喊道。 “他们的电针很痛！”

BZZZT! A pink bug zapped Rip's ear. "Ow! You weren't kidding!" BZZZT! A blue bug zapped Nikki's hand. "Ack!" BZZZT! A yellow one zapped Alexander on the nose. "Cut it out!" The three friends waved and danced and flailed their arms like string puppets. Quick!" Alexander yelled. "To the roof!" They scrambled up the ladder. surrounded by a cloud of angry, zapping bugs.

BZZZT !一只粉红色的虫子击中了瑞普的耳朵。 “噢!你不是在开玩笑吧！”BZZZT !一只蓝色的虫子击中了妮基的手。 “消!”BZZZT !一颗黄色的子弹击中了亚历山大的鼻子。 “别闹了！”三个朋友像木偶一样挥舞着手臂，跳着舞。 快!”亚历山大喊道。“到屋顶上去！”他们爬上梯子。 被一群愤怒的虫子包围着。

CLACK! They popped out of the hatch. The air on the roof felt dry and crackly. Green forks of lightning ripped through the sky. BZZZT! eouch!" yelled Rip. He swatted a bug, knocking it to the ground. He smiled, and lifted his foot above the bug. "Squishy-Lime!" he said, stomping down hard. His shoe flashed, But the bug had zipped out of the way. It hovered near his shoe and started humming loudly. The rest of the bugs froze in midair.

瓣!他们跳出舱口。 屋顶上的空气又干又脆。 一道绿色的闪电划破天空。 BZZZT !哎哟！”瑞普大叫。 他拍了一只臭虫，把它打倒在地。 他笑了笑，把脚抬到虫子上面。 “软泥青柠！”他说着，重重地踩了下去。 他的鞋子闪着光，但虫子已经滑开了。 它在他的鞋子附近徘徊，开始大声哼唱。 其余的虫子在半空中僵住了。

"What's happening?" asked Alexander. At once, all of the lightning bugs started buzzing around Rip. "Get away!" Rip shouted. He danced an angry jig, but the bugs stuck to his blinking shoes. Then the bugs flew up high and out of sight. Rip took a step. His shoes no longer blinked. "Did you guys see that?!" he said. "Those dumb bugs just sucked the power from my light-up shoes!" Alexander's eyes widened. "That must be why my clock and the pencil sharpeners and the stoplights all stopped working! I bet these zapper-bugs have been sucking power out of everything!" he said. "And that's why the escalators and lights have been wonky, too." Nikki added.

“发生了什么事？”亚历山大问。 立刻，所有的闪电虫开始在里普周围嗡嗡作响。 “走开!”Rip喊道。他愤怒地跳起吉格舞，但虫子粘在他那双闪烁的鞋子上。 然后虫子飞得很高，看不见了。 里普走了一步。他的鞋子不再眨了。 “你们看到了吗？！”他说。 “那些愚蠢的虫子刚刚从我发光的鞋子里吸走了能量！”亚历山大睁大了眼睛。 “这一定就是为什么我的时钟、卷笔刀和红绿灯都不工作了！”我敢打赌，这些吸血虫一直在从万物中吸取能量！”他说。 “这就是为什么电梯和灯也一直不稳定的原因。” 尼基说。

Alexander looked around. Huge cables ran along the rooftop. They were connected to a giant metal box. "This dial must be what Ms. Vanderpants was talking about with that electrician," he said. "The school's power is down to zero!" "Look!" said Nikki. She pointed to a nearby antenna tower. All the humming zapper-bugs zoomed up, up, up. A giant, glowing, green roundish-thing hung from the top of the tower. Arcs of lightning shot out from the pod.

亚历山大环顾四周。巨大的电缆沿着屋顶延伸。 它们被连接到一个巨大的金属盒子上。 “这个表盘一定是她的。 范德培斯正在和那个电工谈什么，”他说。 “学校的力量降为零了！”“看！”尼基说。 她指着附近的一座天线塔。 所有嗡嗡作响的小甲虫都向上，向上，向上。 一个巨大的、发光的、绿色的圆形东西挂在塔顶上。 闪电弧线从舱里射出。

"So that's where the crazy green lightning's coming from," said Rip. The zapper-bugs zipped around the pod, humming and flashing. One-by-one, they landed on the pod, and— BLORP! They were all absorbed into it. "What is that thing?" asked Rip. "It's a cocoon!" said Nikki. "Man, oh, man," said Rip. "The moth inside must be gigantic!" The cocoon blasted open with an explosion of sparks. A nine-foot tall bug monster burst out. "Who are you calling a moth?" It grunted.

“所以这就是疯狂的绿色闪电的来源，”里普说。 飞虱在荚果周围快速移动，嗡嗡作响，闪烁着光芒。 他们一个接一个地降落在舱里，然后-噗！他们都沉浸在其中。 “那是什么东西？”瑞普问。 “这是一个茧！”尼基说。 “天哪，天哪，”瑞普说。“里面的飞蛾一定很大！”随着火花的爆炸，茧炸开了。 一个九英尺高的虫怪突然冒了出来。 “你说谁是飞蛾？”它哼了一声。