7 Bug Zoo

Chapter 7 BUG ZOO Judy peered into the green gloom of the forest. "There's no path," she said. "How do you know where you're going?" "I make a trail by bending branches," said Beeper. "Oh great," said Judy rolling her eyes. "That'll be real easy to follow. Wait a minute." Judy pushed her hands into her pajama pockets. She pulled out a pen, a dime, a tiny notebook, a spool of thread, and a bottle of glue. Judy put back everything but the spool of thread. She tied the loose end around a tree trunk.

朱迪凝视着幽暗的森林。 “没有路，”她说。 “你怎么知道你要去哪里？”“我通过弯曲树枝来留下痕迹，”哔哔说。 “哦，太好了，”朱迪翻着白眼说。 “这真的很容易理解。 等一下。”朱迪把手插进睡衣口袋里。 她拿出一支笔、一个一角钱的硬币、一个小笔记本、一卷线和一瓶胶水。 朱迪把所有东西都放回原处，只留下线轴。 她把松散的一端系在树干上。

"We can follow this back," she said. Beeper stuck out his tongue. "Let's go!" he said, leading the way through the tangle of trunks and vines and roots. The ground was wet and slippery. Needles of sunlight poked through the umbrella of leaves high above. Water dripped from the treetops. They heard small splashes. Little scraping sounds came from inside rotting logs. "I haven't seen a single bird," said Andrew. "Or even a squirrel." meep… "No birds on Earth yet," said Thudd. "No squirrels. No mammals at all." fffffff… fffffff… A shimmer of color flashed through a patch of sunlight. It was the transparent wing of a huge insect! "Wowzers schnauzers!" said Andrew. "A dragonfly!"

“我们可以顺着这条路走回去，”她说。 Beeper伸出舌头。 “我们走吧！”他说，带路穿过树干、藤蔓和树根的纠结。 地面又湿又滑。 缕缕阳光从高高的树叶伞中刺了出来。 水从树梢上滴下来。 他们听到了小水声。 从腐烂的木头里传来轻微的刮擦声。 “我连一只鸟也没看见，”安德鲁说。 “地球上还没有鸟呢。” “没有松鼠。根本没有哺乳动物。” 一片阳光中闪过一丝颜色。 那是一只巨大昆虫的透明翅膀！“哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁说。 “一只蜻蜓!”

"It's the size of a seagull!" said Judy. "Isn't it cool?" said Beeper. "We're gonna take some back with us! My uncle's gonna have a theme park with prehistoric animals. I'm in charge of collecting insects and spiders and stuff." "Um, the Time-A-Tron warned us not to fool around with things in the past," said Andrew. "Yaaaaah!" cried Judy, doing a crazy dance. "A cockroach the size of a shoe just crawled over my foot!" "I've got a bunch of those, too!" said Beeper. "I'll show you. We're almost there."

“它和海鸥一样大！”朱迪说。 “这不是很酷吗？” “我们要带一些回去！”我叔叔要建一个有史前动物的主题公园。 我负责收集昆虫和蜘蛛之类的东西。” “嗯，时空战神警告我们不要玩弄过去的东西，”安德鲁说。 “啊！”朱迪叫着，疯狂地跳着舞。 “一只鞋子大小的蟑螂刚刚爬过我的脚！”“我也有一堆这样的东西！” “我指给你看。我们就快到了。”

They came to a swampy place beside a pond. Giant dragonflies were gliding lazily over the dark water. Hssssss… A snakey sound came from under a fern. Something quick and brown—like a small crocodile—darted out. It snatched a dragonfly resting on a leaf and gobbled it down. Beeper jumped over a log. "Here they are," he said. Near the edge of the pond were wire cages. In one cage, two giant dragonflies fluttered their wings. In another cage, four cockroaches the size of footballs scuttled up the walls. Behind these cages was a cage big enough for a large dog. Inside, a collie-sized scorpion was snapping its giant black claws. It reared its tai— with a sharp stinger at the end—up over its head! "Don't worry," said Beeper. "She's just protecting her babies. See?" As Andrew and Judy got closer, they saw that the scorpion's back was squirming with lots of

他们来到池塘旁的一个沼泽地。 巨大的蜻蜓懒洋洋地在黑暗的水面上滑翔。 一棵蕨类植物下面传来蛇的声音。 一个像小鳄鱼一样棕色的东西飞快地窜了出来。 它抓住一只停在叶子上的蜻蜓，狼吞虎咽地把它吃掉了。 Beeper跳过了一根木头。“在这儿，”他说。 池塘边上放着铁笼。 在一个笼子里，两只巨大的蜻蜓扇动着翅膀。 在另一个笼子里，四只足球大小的蟑螂爬上了墙。 这些笼子后面有一个足够大的笼子，可以放一只大狗。 在里面，一只牧羊犬大小的蝎子正在咬着它巨大的黑爪子。 它把尾巴竖起来——尾巴末端有一根锋利的毒刺——在它的头上！“别担心，”Beeper说。 “她只是在保护自己的孩子。 看到了什么?”当安德鲁和朱迪走近时，他们看到蝎子的背上蠕动着许多

white scorpions the size of kittens. "Aren't they cute?" asked Beeper. "Eeeeeuw!" said Judy. "They're disgusting!" Beeper crouched next to a hollow log. "You've gotta see this guy!" he said. The end of the log was covered with a screen. A scraping sound came from inside. Andrew leaned over. "I can't see anything," he said. "It's too dark in there." Andrew pulled his mini-flashlight out of a pocket, flicked it on, and looked inside. sssssssssssss…

小猫大小的白色蝎子。 “它们是不是很可爱？”Beeper问。 “噫……”朱迪说。“他们真恶心!”Beeper蹲在一根中空的圆木旁边。 “你一定要看看这家伙！”他说。 圆木的末端盖着一块屏风。 里面传来一阵刮擦的声音。 安德鲁俯下身来。“我什么也看不见，”他说。 “里面太黑了。”安德鲁从口袋里掏出袖珍手电筒，打开，朝里面看了看。 sssssssssssss……