9 A Hairy Situation

chapter 9 A HAIRY SITUATION Harley's ears were going up like enormous furry tents! "What's going on?" asked Andrew, looking up through the dog hairs. meep… "Harley move ears to find where sound come from," said Thudd. "Dog ears like antennas." Andrew listened. The only sound he heard was the Atom Sucker. It was whistling softly. meep… "Harley hear something coming," said Thudd. "Dog ears hear better than Drewd ears. Human use mostly eyes to find out things. Dog use mostly nose and ears. Dog eyes see things blurry. See just yellow, blue, gray."

哈利的耳朵像巨大的毛茸茸的帐篷一样竖起来了！“怎么回事？”安德鲁透过狗毛往上看，问道。 “哈利动了动耳朵，看看声音是从哪里来的。” “狗耳朵像天线。”安德鲁听。 他唯一听到的声音是原子吸盘的声音。 它轻轻地吹着口哨。“哈利听到有东西过来了。” 狗的耳朵比德鲁的耳朵听得好。 人类主要用眼睛来寻找事物。 狗主要使用鼻子和耳朵。 狗眼睛看东西很模糊。 看，就是黄色、蓝色、灰色。”

"Grrrrr!" Harley growled. "I wonder what he's growling about," said Andrew. "If I climb to the tip of a hair, maybe I can see what's going on." Andrew unbuckled the belts that held them together. The scales on the hair made it easy to climb. From the top of Harley's head, Andrew saw a strange sight. The forest of hair on the back of Harley's neck was standing straight up!

“了呃!”哈雷咆哮道。“我不知道他在咆哮什么。”安德鲁说。 “如果我爬到头发的顶端，也许我能看到发生了什么。” 安德鲁解开了把他们系在一起的腰带。 头发上的鳞片使它很容易攀爬。 从哈利的头顶上，安德鲁看到了一个奇怪的景象。 哈利脖子后面浓密的毛发竖了起来！

meep… "Harley scared!" Thudd said. "Muscles in skin make hair stick out. Happen to humans, too. Called goose bumps! Lotsa hair make animal look big, look scary! But humans not got enough hair to look scary." "I think I see what Harley's growling at!" Andrew shouted down to Judy. "A very long puppy just came up to the fence." "That must be Hot Dog!" Judy shouted up. "He just moved in with the Greenes across the street from us. They're so nice, especially Josh. His birthday is two days before mine." A dreamy smile stretched across Judy's face. "Now Hot Dog is sniffing the fence!" yelled Andrew. "You know, where Harley always pees." meep… "Harley smell on fence tell all about Harley to other dogs," said Thudd. "Smell tell if Harley male or female. Tell if Harley boss dog or shy dog." Harley kept growling. He hunched down low to the ground and crept toward the puppy.

“哈利吓坏了！”Thudd说。 “皮肤上的肌肉使头发突出来。 这也发生在人类身上。叫鸡皮疙瘩！大量的毛发使动物看起来很大，看起来很可怕！但是人类没有足够的头发来看起来吓人。” “我想我明白哈利在咆哮什么了！”安德鲁朝下面的朱迪喊道。 “一只很长的小狗刚走到篱笆边。” “那一定是热狗！”朱迪大声喊道。 “他刚搬到格林家，就住在我们街对面。 他们都很好，尤其是乔什。 他的生日比我早两天。” 朱迪的脸上浮现出梦幻般的笑容。 “现在热狗在嗅栅栏！”安德鲁喊道。 “你知道的，就是哈利经常撒尿的地方。” “篱笆上有哈利的味道，把哈利的一切都告诉别的狗，”萨德说。 “闻一闻哈雷是公的还是母的。 分辨哈利是老板狗还是害羞狗。” 哈利继续咆哮着。他弯下腰，向小狗爬去。

"Harley is right in front of Hot Dog now," said Andrew. "He's putting one of his front paws on Hot Dog's shoulder." meep… "Harley say he boss dog," said Thudd. "Now Hot Dog is rolling over on his back," Andrew reported. meep… "Hot Dog agree. Harley boss dog," said Thudd. Harley started wagging his tail. Hot Dog got up and wagged his tail, too. meep… "Dogs need to know who boss," said Thudd. "Hot Dog and Harley friends now."

“哈利现在就在热狗前面，”安德鲁说。 “他把一只前爪放在热狗的肩膀上。” “哈利说他是老大，”泰德说。 “现在热狗正仰面翻滚着，”安德鲁报告说。 热狗同意了。哈利老板的狗，”泰德说。 哈利开始摇尾巴。 “热狗”站起来，也摇了摇尾巴。 “狗需要知道谁是老板，”泰德说。 “热狗和哈利现在是朋友了。”

The hairs on Harley's neck leaned back down again. As Andrew climbed down the hair to Harley's skin, a shadow fluttered overhead. It was an orange-and-black butterfly. Harley and Hot Dog trotted after it. "Yuck!" said Judy. "Something smells gross." "It's probably the garbage bag by the porch," said Andrew. "I saw Harley sniffing it." "Oh, no!" cried Judy. "We've got to get into Harley's ear right away!" They ran. Andrew slipped on an oily patch. He almost fell into a hair follicle. They were still far away from the huge flaps of Harley's ears when it happened.

哈利脖子上的汗毛又向后退去。 当安德鲁顺着头发爬到哈利的皮肤上时，一个影子在头顶飞舞。 那是一只橙黑相间的蝴蝶。 哈利和“热狗”跟在后面小跑。 “恶心！”朱迪说。“有东西闻起来很恶心。” “可能是门廊旁的垃圾袋，”安德鲁说。 “我看见哈利在闻它。” “哦，不！”朱迪叫道。“我们得马上钻进哈利的耳朵里去！”他们跑。 安德鲁踩到一块油斑滑倒了。 他差点掉进毛囊里。 事情发生的时候，他们离哈利的大耳朵还很远。