6 Quick Thinking

Chapter 6 QUICK THINKING Andrew lifted his head out of the quicksand. He was nose to toes—huge, clawed toes—with the Tyrannosaurus! He looked up past the enormous scaly legs. The dinosaur was holding something shiny in its little front claws. Thudd! thought Andrew. The Tyrannosaurus turned and trudged away. In a few seconds, Judy and Beeper popped to the surface for air. Judy wiped mud from her face. Beeper blew sand out of his nose. "The Tyrannosaurus has Thudd," Andrew whispered.

第六章敏捷的思维安德鲁从流沙中抬起头来。 它的鼻子到脚趾——巨大的爪状脚趾——和暴龙在一起！他抬起头，越过那些巨大的鳞片腿。 那只恐龙的小前爪拿着一件闪闪发光的东西。 Thudd !认为安德鲁。暴龙转过身，步履沉重地走开了。 几秒钟后，朱蒂和哔哔跳出水面换气。 朱迪擦去脸上的泥。 哔哔把沙子从鼻子里吹出来。 “暴龙抓住了泰德。”安德鲁低声说。

Andrew, Judy, and Beeper grabbed branches hanging over the edge of the quicksand and pulled themselves onto solid ground. "Uh-oh," said Andrew, looking at his bare feet. "The quicksand sucked off my slippers." "Me too," said Judy. "This is just great. We're barefoot and we've lost our poopy ferns." "I've got an idea how we can get Thudd back," said Andrew. "Run to the other side of the quicksand. Hurry!" As soon as they reached the far side, Andrew cupped his hands around his mouth and started yelling. "Come and get it, Tyrannosaurus!" "WHAT?" yelled Judy, clapping her hands over Andrew's mouth. Andrew pulled her hands away. "We've got to get the Tyrannosaurus to come back," he said. "When it tries to get us, it'll fall into the quicksand. Then it'll have to use its claws to get out, so it'll have to drop Thudd." "You've got a major case of nuts-o!" groaned Judy.

安德鲁、朱迪和贝珀抓住流沙边缘的树枝，把自己拉到了坚实的地面上。 “哦哦。”安德鲁看着自己光着的脚说。 “流沙把我的拖鞋吸掉了。” “我也是，”朱迪说。“这太棒了。 我们光着脚，我们的粪便蕨类植物也不见了。” “我有个办法把泰德救回来。”安德鲁说。 “跑到流沙的另一边去。 快点!”他们一到达另一边，安德鲁就用手捂住嘴，开始大喊大叫。 “来拿吧，暴龙！”“什么？”朱迪喊道，用手捂住安德鲁的嘴。 安德鲁把她的手拉开。 “我们必须让暴龙回来，”他说。 “当它试图抓住我们时，它会掉进流沙中。 然后它就得用爪子爬出来，所以它就得把砰摔下去。” “你真是疯了！”朱迪呻吟道。

"Super idea!" said Beeper. "Hooeeey!" he yelled at the top of his lungs. "Hooeeey!" "Hey, Tyrannosaurus!" yelled Andrew. "Delicious kids here! Here, dino, dino, dino!" "Oh well," said Judy, rolling her eyes. "Hey, fatso!" she yelled. "Get your big, ugly tail over here!" The Tyrannosaurus stopped. It turned. RRROHHHURROHRR! it bellowed. The front of its body leaned forward. Its tail stuck out straight behind. It began racing toward them at an awful speed. Andrew was sweating with fear, but he waved his hands so the Tyrannosaurus would be sure to see him. As the Tyrannosaurus lunged toward them, one of its legs sank into the quicksand! The enormous creature teetered, twisted, and fell onto its back. It was so huge that its body stretched clear across the quicksand pond. The top half crashed to the ground right in front of Andrew.

“好主意！”哔哔说。 “胡伊！”他扯开嗓子叫道。 “Hooeeey !”“嘿，暴龙！”安德鲁喊道。 “孩子们真好吃！”来，迪诺，迪诺，迪诺！”“哦，好吧，”朱迪翻着白眼说。 “嘿，胖子！”她喊道。“把你又大又丑的尾巴拿过来！”暴龙停住了。 结果。RRROHHHURROHRR !它大声。 它身体的前侧向前倾。 它的尾巴笔直地伸在后面。 它开始以可怕的速度向他们奔来。 安德鲁吓得满头大汗，但他还是挥了挥手，好让暴龙肯定能看见他。 当暴龙扑向他们时，它的一条腿掉进了流沙里！这个巨大的生物摇摇晃晃，扭动着，仰面摔倒了。 它是如此之大，以至于它的身体伸展在流沙池塘上。 上半部分摔在了安德鲁面前的地上。

"Run!" yelled Andrew to Judy and Beeper. "Head for the forest!" RRROHHHURROHRR! Andrew was so close that he got a stinky blast of Tyrannosaurus breath. It smelled like a garbage dump. The dinosaur's little arms were thrashing. It was still holding Thudd in its claws!

“快跑！”安德鲁对朱迪和Beeper喊道。 “往森林里走！”RRROHHHURROHRR !安德鲁离得太近了，他闻到了一股暴龙的臭味。 闻起来像垃圾场。 恐龙的小手臂在摆动。 它的爪子还抓着砰！

Andrew stayed out of range of the sharp hooks. But as they came by, Andrew swatted at Thudd. Thudd fell to the ground. meep… "Scared! Scared! Scared!" said Thudd. "It's okay Thudd," said Andrew, scooping Thudd up. He ran to the other side of the quicksand pond, picked up the DNA Detector where Judy had dropped it, and raced to catch up with the others. meep… "Hurry, Drewd!" yelped Thudd. "Tyrannosaurus get out soon!" "It's going to be one angry dinosaur when it does," said Andrew, running fast. He was almost out of breath when he heard a voice. "Hot doggies!" came a shout. It was Beeper. The ground got swampier as Andrew followed the voice into the forest. He sloshed through the muck in his bare feet. When he found Beeper and Judy they were waist-deep in a stream. Judy was washing

安德鲁躲在锋利钩子的射程之外。 但当他们经过时，安德鲁朝泰德打了一巴掌。 砰的一声倒在地上。meep…”害怕!害怕!害怕！” “没事的，哒哒。”安德鲁说着，把哒哒抱了起来。 他跑到流沙池塘的另一边，捡起朱迪掉在那里的DNA探测器，然后跑去追赶其他人。 “快点，德鲁！” “暴龙快出来！”“那将是一只愤怒的恐龙。”安德鲁说着，飞快地跑着。 当他听到一个声音时，他几乎喘不过气来。 “热狗！”有人喊道。 是哔哔。安德鲁跟着声音走进森林，地面变得更加泥泞。 他光着脚淌过淤泥。 当他发现Beeper和Judy时，他们已经在齐腰深的小溪里了。 朱迪在洗衣服

quicksand out of her hair. "Come on in!" said Beeper, slapping the water at Andrew. Andrew looked around. The trees were thick. It didn't look like the Tyrannosaurus could follow them here. Hmmmmm…, thought Andrew. It sure would feel good to get this quicksand off of me. SLUUUUURRRSHHHHHH… Andrew turned toward the slithery sound. Something as big as a giant tree trunk was sliding into the water—a tree trunk with dead- looking eyes….

流沙从她的头发里流出。 “进来吧！”哔哔说着，把水拍向安德鲁。 安德鲁环顾四周。树很茂密。 看起来暴龙不可能跟着它们来到这里。 嗯……，安德鲁想。 把这些流沙从我身上弄走感觉一定很好。 安德鲁转向那滑溜溜的声音。 一个像巨大树干一样大的东西滑入水中——一个长着死气沉沉的眼睛的树干....