3 Nosing Around

NOSING AROUND "Yowzers!" Andrew yelled. It was dark. A cool wind was blowing. In the wind were little chunks of stuff. They smacked into Andrew as they flew by. Where am I? Andrew thought. Ahead of him Andrew could see a faraway dot of light. Behind him was an even darker darkness. Andrew's head felt weird and heavy. I know what this feeling is! Andrew thought. I'm hanging upside down, like a bat in a cave! Andrew tried to move his feet, but they were stuck in goo. The wind was so strong it was sucking him through the goo, back into the darker darkness!

“尤尔斯！”安德鲁喊道。 天很黑。一阵凉风吹来。 风里飘着小块的东西。 他们飞过时撞到了安德鲁。 我在哪儿？安德鲁的想法。 安德鲁可以看到前方远处的一个光点。 在他身后是一片更黑的黑暗。 安德鲁的头感到奇怪而沉重。 我知道这种感觉是什么！安德鲁的想法。 我倒挂着，就像山洞里的蝙蝠！安德鲁试图移动他的脚，但他们被粘住了。 风刮得太猛了，把他从粘稠物中吸了出来，回到更黑暗的黑暗中！

Andrew reached out for something to hold on to. Strange sticky ropes were hanging down all around him. He grabbed one. "Judy!" Andrew yelled. meep… "Dark, dark, dark, Drewd!" said Thudd. "Fraid of dark!" Andrew pulled Thudd out of his pocket. It was good to see Thudd's bright screen, even though there was a frown on it. The wind slowed down. A moment later, it whipped up again. But this time the wind was hot and damp, and going the other way. It pushed Andrew toward the dot of light.

安德鲁伸手去抓东西。 奇怪的黏糊糊的绳子在他周围垂下来。 他抓了一个。“朱迪!”安德鲁喊道。 “好黑，好黑，好黑，德鲁！” “怕黑！”安德鲁把萨德从口袋里拽了出来。 看到萨德那明亮的屏幕真是太好了，尽管屏幕上皱着眉头。 风慢了下来。过了一会儿，它又发动起来了。 但这一次，风又热又湿，而且是从另一个方向吹来的。 它把安德鲁推向那个光点。

"Can you tell where we are, Thudd?" asked Andrew, holding on tight to a rope. Thudd's buttons were blinking yellow. Thudd was upset! meep… "Harley!" Thudd announced. "You mean we're on the dog?" asked Andrew. meep… "In Harley," said Thudd. "In Harley's nose!" "Holy moly!" said Andrew. "We must be really small!" meep… "I show you," said Thudd. Thudd's face disappeared from his screen. In its place appeared a picture of Andrew. The picture began to shrink. First it shrank to the size of a pencil eraser, then to a dot, then to nothing. Andrew felt a little dizzy. Partly it was from being upside down. But mostly it was from thinking about how small he was. Andrew slipped Thudd back into his front pants pocket.

“你知道我们在哪儿吗，泰德？”安德鲁紧紧抓住一根绳子问。 泰德的钮扣闪烁着黄色。 泰德心烦意乱！meep…”哈利!”Thudd宣布。 “你是说我们在遛狗？”安德鲁问。 “在哈雷。” “在哈利的鼻子里！”“天哪！”安德鲁说。 “我指给你看。”萨德说。 泰德的脸从屏幕上消失了。 在原来的地方出现了安得烈的画像。 画面开始缩小。 它先是缩小到铅笔橡皮的大小，然后缩小到一个点，最后什么都没有。 安德鲁感到有点头晕。 部分原因是上下颠倒。 但最主要的原因是他觉得自己太渺小了。 安德鲁把萨德塞回裤子前口袋里。

"Grab the cord that holds my keys, Thudd," said Andrew. "Wrap it around yourself so you won't fall out." meep… "Okey-dokey," said Thudd. Then Andrew reached for his mini-flashlight. He always attached it to his belt loop. Andrew unhooked the flashlight and turned it on. The flashlight's bright yellow beam sliced through the darkness of the nose cave. It was a huge place! The roof of the nose was as wrinkled as a messy bedsheet. Zillions of gooey ropes hung down from the folds. The bottom of the nose was far below. It looked gooey down there, too. Suddenly the sides of the nose cave started moving in and out quickly. The dog-breath wind came in short little gusts.

“抓住系着我钥匙的绳子，泰德。”安德鲁说。 “把它裹起来，这样你就不会掉出来了。” “好吧，好吧。” 然后安德鲁伸手去拿他的迷你手电筒。 他总是把它系在皮带环上。 安德鲁解开手电筒，把它打开。 手电筒明亮的黄色光束划破了鼻子洞的黑暗。 那是一个很大的地方！鼻尖皱得像一张凌乱的床单。 无数黏糊糊的绳子从褶皱处垂下来。 鼻子的底部在下面很远的地方。 下面看起来也很粘稠。 突然，鼻洞的两侧开始快速地进进出出。 一阵阵狗气的风吹来。

meep… "Harley smell something," said Thudd. "Dog nose smell things million times better than human nose. Harley can find place where Drewd walked four days ago. Can find Drewd buried under snow. Can tell if Drewd happy or sad by how Drewd smell."

“哈利闻到了什么味道。” “狗鼻子的嗅觉比人鼻子灵敏百万倍。 哈利能找到德鲁四天前走过的地方。 能找到埋在雪下的德鲁德。 从德鲁的气味就能判断他是高兴还是悲伤。”

"I know Uncle Al programmed you to tell me everything you know about everything," said Andrew. "But right now we've got to concentrate on finding Judy." Just then, Harley gave a big, gusty sniff.

“我知道艾尔叔叔给你编了程序，让你把你知道的一切都告诉我。”安德鲁说。 “但现在我们得集中精力找朱迪。” 就在这时，哈利使劲地吸了一下。