5 Knock, Knock Who’s There

Chapter 5 KNOCK, KNOCK, WHO'S THERE? The display lit up. 4 BILLION YEARS AGO Judy held down the Fast-Forward button. bong… "Bravo, Miss Judy!" said the Time-A- Tron. "We are moving through time again!" They had traveled 500 million years since they were trapped inside the baby Earth. Andrew and Judy watched the gooey rock outside the Time-A-Tron change from fiery red- orange to dull brown. meep… "Rock not so hot now," said Thudd.

第五章敲，敲，谁在那儿？ 显示屏亮了起来。40亿年前朱迪按下了快进键。 “太棒了，朱迪小姐！” “我们又在穿越时间了！”自从他们被困在襁褓中的地球里，他们已经旅行了5亿年。 安德鲁和朱迪看着时间战神外面黏糊糊的岩石从火红的橙色变成了暗褐色。 “现在岩石不那么热了。”

bong… "Do check the Super-Peeper, little Dubbles," said the Time-A-Tron. "You can watch what is happening on the surface of the Earth." The Super-Peeper showed a lumpy ball covered with pimples—and the pimples were steaming! "Eeeuw!" said Judy. "The Earth looks disgusting!" meep… "Earth got lotsa volcanoes now," said Thudd. "Volcanoes erupt! Throw up lotsa stuff from inside Earth. Lava. Gas. Steam.

“一定要检查超级窥视者，小达布尔斯。” “你可以看到地球表面发生了什么。” “超级偷窥者”展示了一个布满痘痘的圆球——这些痘痘冒着热气！“呃！”朱迪说。 “现在地球上有很多火山。” “火山爆发!从地球内部抛出很多东西。 熔岩。气体。蒸汽。

"Lava turn into land. Make little continents. Gas turn into air. Steam turn into water!" As Andrew and Judy watched, enormous storms began to swirl over the Earth. Water collected in the shallow places. meep… "Rain make oceans," said Thudd. bong… "And somewhere out there, life is beginning," said the Time-A-Tron. "Wowzers!" said Andrew. "It'll be great to have company!" bong… "It is not the kind of company you would like," said the Time-A-Tron. "It is not even the kind of company you could see. The only things alive now are bacteria. Perhaps you would call them germs." Andrew and Judy watched as chunks of land crept across the Earth like bugs across a kitchen table. meep… "Continents moving," said Thudd. "Continents always moving. Crunch together. Break up. Then smoosh together in different way. Move as fast as fingernails grow."

“熔岩变成了陆地。制造小大陆。 气体变成空气。蒸汽变成了水！”安德鲁和朱迪看着，巨大的风暴开始在地球上空盘旋。 水在浅水区聚集。 “雨水形成海洋。” “在外面的某个地方，生命正在开始。”时间战神说。 “哇！”安德鲁说。“这可不是你想要的那种伴，”时间战神说。 “这甚至不是你能看到的那种公司。 现在唯一活着的是细菌。 也许你会称它们为细菌。” 安德鲁和朱迪看着一块块的陆地像虫子爬过餐桌一样爬过地球。 “大陆在移动。” “大陆总是在移动。 紧缩在一起。分手。 然后用不同的方式挤在一起。 跟指甲长得一样快。”

bong… "That is right, little friend," said the Time-A-Tron. "The changes you see inside the Super-Peeper take millions of years." "Wowzers schnauzers!" said Andrew. "Our piece of land is creeping from the South Pole to the equator!" 600 MILLION YEARS AGO flashed the display. chee chee chee The shrew had scurried up the chair and skittered across Judy's hand. "Ohhhh!" yelled Judy. Her hand flew off the Fast-Forward button. BUH-BUH-BUH ZNERKKK! The digital display stopped at 360 MILLION YEARS AGO. KRAAAAAAAAACK! KRUUUUNK! The Time-A-Tron dropped back into normal time. Instantly, they were caught in a gushing river of rock. They were shooting up through the Earth like a cannonball!

“没错，小朋友。”时间战神说。 “你在超级窥视器里看到的变化需要数百万年的时间。” “哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁说。 “我们的土地正在从南极向赤道延伸！”6亿年前，显示屏闪过。 那只鼩鼱急匆匆地爬上椅子，从朱迪的手上掠过。 “哦！”朱迪叫道。她的手飞离了快进键。 BUH-BUH-BUH ZNERKKK !数字显示停在3.6亿年前。 KRAAAAAAAAACK !KRUUUUNK !时空创回到了正常时间。 顷刻间，他们被困在汹涌的岩石河中。 它们像炮弹一样从地球上射出！

SSSSSSSSSSSSS… With a sizzle, the Time-A-Tron hit black water. An instant later, they burst to the surface. Through twisting pillars of smoke, Andrew saw blue! "Wowzers schnauzers!" he yelled. "The sky!" "Look!" said Judy, peering through the dome. "Land!" A big wave rolled the Time-A-Tron sideways onto a patch of sandy beach. They were surrounded by ferns as tall as refrigerators. Beyond the beach was a forest of strange- looking trees. Their long, skinny trunks rose toward the sky. At the tops of the trees were bushy branches that looked like feather dusters. Clack! Clack! Clack!

随着“嘶嘶”的一声，“时空霸王”撞到了黑水里。 过了一会儿，他们突然浮出水面。 透过扭曲的烟雾柱，安德鲁看到了蓝色！“哇兹雪纳瑞！”他喊道。 “天!”“看！”朱迪说，透过圆顶往外看。 “土地!”一个大浪把“时空战神”卷到了一块沙滩上。 它们被像冰箱一样高的蕨类植物包围着。 海滩那边是一片树木奇形怪状的森林。 它们又长又细的树干直指天空。 树梢上长着浓密的树枝，看起来像鸡毛掸子。 瓣!瓣!瓣!

Andrew turned toward the sound. A fist was poking out of a fern and knocking on the Time-A- Tron's dome!

安德鲁转向声音。 一只拳头从一棵蕨类植物中伸出来，敲打着时间-创的穹顶！