9 Open Wide!

Chapter 9 OPEN WIDE! From the forest, they could see a clearing. Two Triceratopses were charging toward each other. The huge animals looked like enormous rhinoceroses. But these creatures were as long as classrooms, tall as ceilings, and wide as buses! They had beaks like parrots and short horns behind their beaks. Above their eyes were horns as long as a man's leg. Bony collars stood up behind their heads. KRAAAAACK! Their heads butted hard. The horns above their eyes locked together. Each Triceratops was trying

第九章敞开胸怀！从森林里，他们可以看到一片空地。 两只三角龙正朝对方冲去。 巨大的动物看起来像巨大的犀牛。 但是这些生物像教室一样长，像天花板一样高，像公共汽车一样宽！它们长着鹦鹉一样的喙，喙后长着短角。 它们的眼睛上方长着长如人腿的角。 骨瘦如柴的衣领竖立在他们的脑后。 KRAAAAACK !他们的头紧紧地撞在一起。 它们眼睛上方的角紧紧地扣在一起。 每只三角龙都在尝试

to drag the other one to the ground. "The males fight and the winners get a mate," said Winka in a low voice. "After a while, there'll be eggs that hatch into baby Triceratopses. "We'd better catch up with Beeper. He's probably gotten to the Quetzalcoatlus's nest by now." Judy rolled her eyes. "If Bozo-Boy hasn't gotten himself trampled by a Triceratops," she said. They trekked to the edge of a cliff bordered by craggy rocks. Between the rocks, Andrew spied the soles of a pair of sneakers. Beeper had hooked his feet between the rocks and was hanging upside down over the cliff! "Beeper!" yelled Andrew. He dove down and grabbed Beeper's right ankle. "Hoo boy!" came Beeper's voice from below. "Look at that! Four babies in the nest. There's an egg, too!"

把另一个拖到地上。 温卡低声说：“雄性会打架，胜者会得到配偶。” “过了一段时间，就会有蛋孵出小三角龙。 “我们最好赶上哔哔。 他现在可能已经到了风神翼龙的巢穴了。” 朱迪翻了个白眼。“如果Bozo-Boy没有被三角龙踩到的话，”她说。 他们艰难地走到悬崖边上，悬崖两边是嶙峋的岩石。 在岩石之间，安德鲁发现了一双运动鞋的鞋底。 Beeper的脚钩在岩石之间，倒挂在悬崖上！“呼机！”安德鲁喊道。 他扑下去抓住了Beeper的右脚踝。 “好小子！”下面传来了哔哔的声音。 “看那个！”四个宝宝在窝里。 还有一颗蛋！”

"Beeper," said Winka sternly. "Those rocks could come loose. We'll pull you back up." She grabbed Beeper's left foot. "Just a minute," he said. "I'm taking a picture. Aw! Look at that one! It's flapping its wings!" Scrummmmp Suddenly the edge of the cliff started to crumble. Beeper was slipping down! His left shoe came off in Winka's hands, but Andrew still had hold of Beeper's ankle. Then Andrew was sliding, too! "Yowzers!" he cried as he flipped over the cliff. Still gripping Beeper's ankle, Andrew swung through the air. He found himself hanging from Beeper's ankle over the Quetzalcoatlus's nest!

“传呼机。”温卡严厉地说。 “那些石头可能会松动。 我们会把你拉上来的。”她抓住了Beeper的左脚。 “等一下，”他说。“我在拍照。 哦!看那个！它在扇动翅膀！”突然，悬崖的边缘开始崩塌。 传呼机滑下来了！他的左鞋在温卡的手里掉了，但安德鲁仍然抓住了Beeper的脚踝。 然后安德鲁也在滑！“尤瑟斯！”他一边从悬崖上跳下，一边叫道。 安德鲁仍然紧握着Beeper的脚踝，在空中摇摆着。 他发现自己被挂在了蜂鸣器的脚踝上，悬在了风神翼龙的巢穴上方！

"My T-shirt got caught on a branch!" yelled Beeper. "Uh-oh! My shirt is ripping. We're gonna fall!" "Andrew!" yelled Winka. "Let go of Beeper. If you both crash into the nest, it might break and

“我的t恤被树枝挂住了！” “哦!我的衬衫破了。 我们要掉下去了！”“安德鲁！”温卡喊道。 “放开Beeper。如果你们俩都撞到巢里，巢可能会破裂

you could fall a long way. But the nest should be strong enough for just you." Andrew took a deep breath and let go. Gack! cackled the little Quetzalcoatluses as Andrew landed between them. Gack! Gack! The babies were the size of thin turkeys. Their bodies were covered with soft fuzz and their wings were covered with skin as thin as paper. Their long beaks were open. They looked hungry. "Good work, Andrew!" said Winka. "Judy is gathering some vines to use as a rope. Beeper's shirt could rip any second, so we'll get him first." Winka lowered the vines to Beeper. Judy helped to pull him up. "Now it's your turn, Andrew," said Winka. A shadow came over the nest. The mother Quetzalcoatlus was circling overhead! "Bit of a problem, Andrew," said Winka. "The mother is coming to feed the chicks. She could get quite nasty if she thinks we're bothering her nest. I'm afraid you'll have to stay there until she's finished."

你可能会跌得很惨。 但鸟巢应该足够坚固，只容得下你一个人。” 安德鲁深吸一口气，松手了。 Gack !安德鲁落在它们中间时，小风神翼龙咯咯地笑着。 Gack !Gack !这些婴儿只有瘦火鸡那么大。 它们的身体上覆盖着柔软的绒毛，翅膀上覆盖着像纸一样薄的皮肤。 它们的长喙张开着。 他们看起来很饿。“干得好，安德鲁！”温卡说。 “朱迪正在收集一些藤蔓用作绳子。 贝珀的衬衫随时都可能被扯破，所以我们得先把他救出来。” 温卡把藤蔓放低到哔哔的位置。 朱迪帮忙把他拉了上来。 “现在轮到你了，安德鲁，”温卡说。 一个影子遮住了鸟巢。 母风神翼龙在头顶盘旋！“有点问题，安德鲁，”温卡说。 “妈妈来喂小鸡了。 如果她认为我们打扰了她的巢穴，她会变得很讨厌的。 恐怕你得呆在那儿，等她把话说完。”

"Um, what am I supposed to do while she's feeding the babies?" asked Andrew. "Well," said Winka. "The only safe thing to do is to act just like a chick. She might toss you out of the nest if she thinks you don't belong to her." The airplane-sized lizard glided close to the nest with her wings spread wide. Thump! The nest shook as she landed on the edge. A breeze ruffled Andrew's hair as the Quetzalcoatlus fluttered her enormous wings and folded them next to her body. Uh-oh, thought Andrew. What's that brown gunky stuff in her beak? The chicks crowded around their mother and opened their beaks wider. She crammed some of the lumpy brown gunk into each waiting beak. Then the Quetzalcoatlus shoved her long beak toward Andrew's mouth.

“嗯，她喂孩子的时候我该做什么？”安德鲁问。 “嗯，”温卡说。“唯一安全的办法就是表现得像只小鸡。 如果她认为你不属于她，她可能会把你赶出巢穴。” 这只飞机大小的蜥蜴张开翅膀滑翔着靠近鸟巢。 重打!当她落在边缘时，鸟巢震动了。 风神翼龙扇动着巨大的翅膀，把翅膀叠在身体旁边，一阵微风吹乱了安德鲁的头发。 哦哦，安德鲁想。她嘴里那棕色黏糊糊的东西是什么？ 小企鹅们挤在妈妈身边，把嘴张得更大。 她往每只等待着的鸟嘴里塞了一些棕色的粘稠物。 然后，风神翼龙把它的长喙伸向安德鲁的嘴。