10 The Cannibals Are Coming!

Chapter 10 THE CANNIBALS ARE COMING! "Eeek!" squeaked Thudd. "Centipede! Centipede is meat-eater. Drewd and Oody gotta hide! Flip spoon!" Judy leapt off the spoon. She and Andrew flipped it over and hid under the bowl. They peered out from under the edge. The centipede's long antennas were wagging. Fang-like claws under its mouth opened like scissors. Its spiky legs moved as smoothly as a wave. "Look!" said Andrew. "There's another one chasing it!" meep… "Centipede is cannibal," said Thudd. "Try to eat other centipede."

第10章食人族来了！“呸！”泰德尖声说。 “蜈蚣!蜈蚣是食肉动物。 德鲁和伍迪得躲起来！翻勺!”朱迪从勺子上跳了下来。 她和安德鲁把它翻过来，躲在碗下面。 他们从边缘下面往外看。 蜈蚣的长触角在摆动。 嘴巴下面的尖牙般的爪子像剪刀一样张开。 它的尖腿像波浪一样平稳地移动着。 “看！”安德鲁说。“蜈蚣是吃人的。” “去吃别的蜈蚣吧。”

Suddenly legs started falling off the first centipede. And those legs kept moving all by themselves! "Wowzers schnauzers!" said Andrew. "Legs on the loose!" meep… "When centipede chased by predator, centipede toss legs," said Thudd. "Try to confuse predator. Can grow legs back." The second centipede came so close to the spoon that Andrew saw the sharp claws at the tips of its legs. The centipede's last long legs whipped by—and knocked the spoon off Andrew and Judy. Both centipedes disappeared behind a watermelon rind.

突然，第一只蜈蚣的腿开始脱落。 这些腿一直在自己移动！“哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁说。 “腿松开！”“当蜈蚣被捕食者追赶时，蜈蚣会甩腿，”泰德说。 “试着迷惑捕食者。可以再长出腿来。” 第二只蜈蚣离勺子很近，安德鲁看到了它腿尖上锋利的爪子。 蜈蚣的最后两条长腿疾驰而过，把勺子从安德鲁和朱迪身上撞了下来。 两只蜈蚣都消失在西瓜皮后面。

"Wowzers schnauzers!" sighed Andrew. "I'm glad that's over!" "Okay, Bug-Brain," said Judy. "The sun is going down. We've got to get out of this dump before dark. That's when really awful things come out—skunks, foxes, even bats! Eeeeuw!" Judy shivered. "We have to find a high place," said Andrew, looking around. "If we can see Hugo's building, then we can figure out how to get there."

“哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁叹了口气。 “我很高兴结束了！”“好吧，虫脑，”朱迪说。 “太阳要下山了。我们得在天黑前离开这破地方。 这时真正可怕的事情就会出现——臭鼬、狐狸，甚至蝙蝠！Eeeeuw !”朱迪颤抖。 “我们得找个高处。”安德鲁环顾四周说。 “如果我们能看到雨果的大楼，我们就能知道怎么去那里了。”

The craggy ground around them was buzzing with flies. There was a teacup, watermelon rinds, a broken eggbeater, and a birthday card smeared with mustard. "I can climb the—" Andrew began, when suddenly he felt the ground below him coming up!

他们周围崎岖的地面上苍蝇嗡嗡作响。 里面有一个茶杯、西瓜皮、一个打碎的打蛋器和一张涂了芥末的生日贺卡。 “我能爬上——”安德鲁刚开口，突然他感到脚下的地面在上升！