4 Don’t Eat the Passengers!

Chapter 4 DON'T EAT THE PASSENGERS Hooo… hooo… hooo… Andrew and Judy unbuckled their seat belts. Andrew pulled up the trapdoor in the floor. Then he and Judy climbed down the rope ladder to the lower compartment. It was dark, but Andrew found the light switch and turned it on. Hooo… hooo… hooo… When Andrew turned toward the fuel tank, he was nose to beak with a small, feathery face. Its yellow eyes stared at him fiercely.

第四章不要吃乘客呼……呼……呼……安德鲁和朱迪解开了安全带。 安德鲁拉开了地板上的活板门。 然后他和朱迪顺着绳梯爬到下层隔间。 天很黑，但安德鲁找到了电灯开关，把它打开了。 呼……呼……呼……当安德鲁转向燃料箱时，他的鼻子对着嘴，一张长满羽毛的小脸。 它的黄眼睛凶狠地盯着他。

"An owl!" said Judy. "It's so tiny and cute! But how could it have gotten in here?" meep… "Owl get into Unkie's lab," said Thudd. "Maybe follow prey animal into Time-A- Tron." "A mouse or something?" Judy said. chee chee chee A chirpy sound was coming from a tangle of black tachyon tubes on the floor. Andrew and Judy scrambled over to the tubes. meep… "Look!" said Thudd. Inside a broken black tube was a tiny furry nose.

“一只猫头鹰！”朱迪说。“它又小又可爱！”“猫头鹰进了昂基的实验室。” “也许会跟着猎物进入时空争霸。” “一只老鼠还是什么？”朱迪说。 地板上一堆黑色的超光速粒子管发出了欢快的声音。 安德鲁和朱迪爬到管子旁。 “看！” 在一个破损的黑色管子里有一个毛茸茸的小鼻子。

meep… "Shrew!" Thudd said. Judy leaned down to see. The nose looked like a mouse nose, but longer and pointier. "Cheese Louise!" said Judy. "It's munching on a tachyon tube! That's why we're losing fuel!" Judy glanced back at the owl. It hadn't moved, but it was staring at that twitching nose. "Humph," said Judy. "I know owls eat things like mice and shrews. But there are only four creatures alive on Earth right now. Nobody is going to be eating anybody." Andrew nodded. "We need to get the shrew out of the tube," he said. "Then we've got to fix the tube before we lose any more fuel." Suddenly the pointy nose disappeared into the tube. "Uh-oh," said Andrew. He put his foot on the tube behind the shrew to keep it from moving back. Judy cupped her hands in front of the tube.

meep…“泼妇!”Thudd说。 朱迪俯下身去看。鼻子看起来像老鼠的鼻子，但更长更尖。 “奶酪露易丝！”朱迪说。 “它在大嚼速子管！”这就是我们失去燃料的原因！”朱迪回头看了看猫头鹰。 它没有动，但它正盯着那个抽动的鼻子。 “哼，”朱迪说。“我知道猫头鹰吃老鼠和鼩鼱之类的东西。 但现在地球上只有四种生物活着。 没有人会吃人。” 安德鲁点点头。“我们需要把鼩鼱从管子里弄出来，”他说。 “那我们得在燃料耗尽之前把管子修好。” 突然，尖尖的鼻子消失在管子里。 “哦哦，”安德鲁说。他把脚放在鼩鼱身后的管子上，不让它往后挪动。 朱迪把手放在电视机前成杯状。

The shrew crept out, wobbled, and fell over into Judy's hands! "Oh no!" said Judy. "I think it fainted! I'll take it upstairs." While Judy climbed into the upper compartment, Andrew studied the hole in the tube. "Is there any tape around here?" he asked. bong… "No, Master Andrew," said the Time- A-Tron. "Professor Dubble was kidnapped before he could stock the Time-A-Tron with tools and supplies." Andrew scratched his head. Then he noticed something small and dark and round on the floor beneath the owl. "I guess you can't expect owls to use litter boxes," Andrew said. meep… "Not owl poop," said Thudd. "Owl pellet. Owl not got teeth. Owl eat whole animal. Owl stomach digest meat. Then stomach make bones and fur into lump called pellet. Owl throw up pellet, spit it out."

鼩鼱爬了出来，摇晃着，倒在朱迪的手里！“哦，不！”朱迪说。 “我想它晕倒了！”我把它拿到楼上去。” 当朱迪爬进上层车厢时，安德鲁研究着地铁上的洞。 “这里有胶带吗？”他问。 “不，安德鲁少爷。”时间战神说。 “达布尔教授还没来得及给时空战神准备工具和补给就被绑架了。” 安德鲁挠了挠头。 接着，他注意到猫头鹰下面的地板上有一个又小又黑又圆的东西。 “我猜你不能指望猫头鹰用猫砂盆，”安德鲁说。 “不是猫头鹰的便便。” “猫头鹰颗粒。猫头鹰没有牙齿。 猫头鹰吃整个动物。猫头鹰的胃能消化肉。 然后胃把骨头和皮毛变成一个叫做颗粒的肿块。 猫头鹰吐出来，再吐出来。”

Andrew rolled the owl pellet along the floor with his slipper. It was hard and dry. He tapped it and it fell apart. Inside were little bones—and a tiny skull! meep… "Mouse bones!" said Thudd. Andrew examined the tachyon tube. "Hmmmm," he murmured. "This tube is made out of soft stuff. I wonder…" Andrew put one end of the broken tube inside the other. Then he pushed little bones through both parts to hold them together. Andrew climbed the ladder up to the top compartment. It felt cooler now. Outside, the melted rock had gone from yellow to reddish orange. Judy's bathrobe was piled on the floor next to the chair. In the middle of the bathrobe was the shrew, curled into a ball. "I think he's okay," said Judy. "He even ate some scraps from your stupid fudge."

安德鲁用拖鞋在地板上滚着猫头鹰的小球。 它又硬又干。他轻敲它，它就散了。 里面是一些小骨头——还有一个小小的头骨！“老鼠骨头！” 安德鲁检查了速子管。 “嗯，”他喃喃地说。“这个管子是用软材料做的。 我想知道……”安德鲁把坏掉的管子的一端伸进另一端。 然后，他把小骨头穿过两个部分，把它们固定在一起。 安德鲁爬上梯子，来到顶层包厢。 现在感觉凉爽多了。外面，融化的岩石已经从黄色变成了红橙色。 朱迪的浴袍堆在椅子旁边的地板上。 浴袍中间是那只鼩鼱，蜷缩成一个球。 “我想他没事，”朱迪说。 “他甚至吃了你那愚蠢的软糖里的残羹剩饭。”

"Super-duper pooper-scooper!" said Andrew. "And I fixed the broken tachyon tube!" "Then let's try moving forward in time," said Judy. Andrew and Judy fastened their seat belts. Then Judy smacked the Fast-Forward button. Flack! Flack! Flack! HNNNN… HNNNN… WOOHOOOO!

“超级狗屎铲！”安德鲁说。 “我修好了坏掉的超光速粒子管！”“那我们就试着往前走吧，”朱迪说。 安德鲁和朱迪系好了安全带。 然后朱迪按下快进键。 宣传!宣传!宣传!嗯……嗯……呜呜！