11 Time to Cry Wolf!

Chapter 11 TIME TO CRY WOLF! A round trapdoor beneath Andrew and Judy was pushing up! From under the door crept five long, hairy legs. "Uh-oh," groaned Andrew. "Eeeeeeyaaaaaaah!" hollered Judy, hands clapped over her mouth. "Eeek! Wolf spider!" squeaked Thudd. "Let's get out of here before we see the rest of it," said Andrew. "With legs like that," said Judy in a shaky voice, "it can run a lot faster than we can." meep… "Got giant poison fangs!" squeaked Thudd. "Drewd and Oody gotta run across slug- slime trail. Remember, trail sticky, sticky, sticky! No touch! Use leaf to cross. When spider walk on slime trail, feet get stuck."

第十一章狼来了！安德鲁和朱迪下面的一个圆形活板门正在向上推！从门底下爬出五条毛茸茸的长腿。 “哦哦。”安德鲁呻吟道。“Eeeeeeyaaaaaaah !”朱迪喊叫,双手拍在她的嘴。 “嘿!狼蛛！” “在我们看到剩下的东西之前，我们还是离开这里吧。”安德鲁说。 “有了那样的腿，”朱迪用颤抖的声音说，“它比我们跑得快多了。” “有巨大的毒牙！” “德鲁和伍迪要跑过鼻涕虫黏液的小路。 记住，跟踪粘，粘，粘！不联系!用叶子交叉。 当蜘蛛走在泥泞的小路上时，脚会被卡住。”

Andrew grabbed Judy's arm. "Let's go!" he said. Andrew and Judy picked and tripped their way through wormy strawberries, soft black potatoes, and moldy cheese chunks. Andrew heard soft shuffling behind them and turned to see. Not more than five inches behind them was a giant hairy head with two black eyes on top, two big eyes below them, and a row of four small eyes below those. Most horrible of all were the two huge, fuzzy orange fangs that hung almost to the ground. Andrew could barely breathe. Blocking the way ahead of them was a black and orange beetle. "Cheese Louise!" said Judy. "That's a bombardier beetle!" Judy turned to see where the spider was. Two inches away!

安德鲁抓住朱迪的胳膊。 “我们走吧！”他说。安德鲁和朱迪在长满虫虫的草莓、软的黑土豆和发霉的奶酪块之间捡来捡去。 安德鲁听到他们身后轻微的脚步声，转过身去看。 在他们身后不到五英寸的地方，有一个毛茸茸的大脑袋，上面有两只黑眼睛，下面有两只大眼睛，下面有一排四只小眼睛。 最可怕的是那两个几乎垂到地面的巨大的、毛茸茸的橙色毒牙。 安德鲁几乎无法呼吸。 一只黑橘相间的甲虫挡住了他们的去路。 “奶酪露易丝！”朱迪说。 “那是投弹甲虫！”朱迪转过身去看蜘蛛在哪里。 两英寸远！

"We'll never make it to the slime trail," she gasped. "Time for plan B. Step away from the butt of the beetle." Judy snatched up a cherry stem, whacked the beetle's behind, and dove under a leaf. The beetle swiveled its rear end. Popetta! Popetta! Popetta! With loud pops, a cloud of blue smoke exploded from the beetle's behind. A steaming spray that stunk worse than burning rubber shot into the air. "Ack!" gagged Andrew. "Gack! Gack! Gack!" coughed Judy. meep… "Bombardier beetle make boiling-hot stinky stuff!" said Thudd. "Shoot stinky stuff one thousand times every second!" Through burning, watery eyes, Andrew saw the spider stop. It reared up on its back legs! It looked like it was about to attack! But instead, it backed away, swiveled around, raced into its tunnel, and pulled its trapdoor shut.

“我们不可能走到那条泥泞的小路上。”她喘着气说。 b计划时间到了，离甲虫屁股远点 朱迪抓起一根樱桃茎，拍了拍甲虫的屁股，钻到一片叶子下面。 甲虫转动了它的尾部。 Popetta !Popetta !Popetta !随着砰的一声巨响，一团蓝色的烟雾从甲虫的背后爆炸了。 一股比燃烧的橡胶更难闻的蒸汽喷向空中。 “哎呀！”安德鲁哽咽着说。“Gack !Gack !哎呀！”朱迪咳嗽道。 “放屁甲虫会发出滚烫的臭气！” “每秒钟射一千次臭东西！”透过灼烧的水汪汪的眼睛，安德鲁看到蜘蛛停了下来。 它用后腿站起来了！它看起来好像要进攻了！但是，它后退了，转过身，冲进隧道，关上了活板门。

The bombardier beetle spread its wings and took off. "Whew!" said Judy, rubbing her eyes. "I'm sure glad Grandpa taught me about beetles."

投弹手甲虫展开翅膀飞走了。 “哇！”朱迪揉着眼睛说。 “我很高兴爷爷教我关于甲虫的知识。”

"Don't rub your eyes," said Andrew. "They'll just hurt more." Judy kept on rubbing. "So let's get back to getting out of the dump," she said. Andrew pointed ahead. "That eggbeater there is the highest thing near us," he said. "I'll climb it. Maybe I can tell where we are." Andrew crept up to one of the beaters and tried to climb up. But it was too smooth and slippery. "Hmmmm…," he mumbled. Andrew walked back to the slug's slime trail and scooped some slime up with his hands. "Wowzers!" he said. "This stuff is really sticky! It feels like rubber cement." Andrew went back to the eggbeater and began climbing. His sticky hands made it easy. He quickly reached the top. "See anything?" Judy yelled up. "Nothing yet," said Andrew, looking around. "Hey! I see a sign!"

“别揉眼睛，”安德鲁说。 “它们只会更疼。”朱迪不停地擦。 “所以让我们回到离开垃圾场的问题上来，”她说。 安德鲁指着前方。“那个打蛋器是我们附近最高的东西，”他说。 “我要爬上去。也许我能知道我们在哪里。” 安德鲁蹑手蹑脚地走到一个击球手跟前，想爬上去。 但是太光滑太滑了。 “嗯……”他咕哝道。安德鲁走回鼻涕虫的黏液痕迹，用手舀起一些黏液。 “哇！”他说。“这东西真黏！”感觉就像橡胶水泥。” 安德鲁回到打蛋器旁，开始爬。 他那双黏糊糊的手使事情变得容易了。 他很快到达了山顶。 “看见什么?”朱迪大声喊道。 “还没有。”安德鲁环顾四周说。 “嘿!我看到了一个标志！”

"Sign shmine," said Judy. "Someone threw out a sign. So what?" "This sign says GARBOLOGISTS AT WORK!" said Andrew excitedly. meep… "Garbologist mean 'someone who study garbage,'" said Thudd. "The sign is next to a big hole in the ground," said Andrew. "Do you see people?" asked Judy. "Nope," said Andrew. "Maybe they're in the hole studying garbage. Let's go see!" Andrew climbed down the eggbeater and led the way, trying to step on as few worms as possible. In a few minutes, they arrived at the sign. Andrew crept toward the edge of the hole. "YES!" he said. "There's two heads down there!"

“我的天哪，”朱迪说。有人扔了个牌子。 那又怎样?”“这个牌子上写着garbolologist AT WORK!”安德鲁兴奋地说。 “垃圾学家的意思是‘研究垃圾的人’。” “牌子就在地上的一个大洞旁边，”安德鲁说。 “你看见人了吗？”朱迪问。 “不，”安德鲁说。“也许他们在洞里研究垃圾。 我们去看看吧！”安德鲁从打蛋器上爬下来，走在前面，尽量少踩几条虫子。 几分钟后，他们来到了告示牌前。 安德鲁蹑手蹑脚地朝洞口爬去。 “是的！”他说。“下面有两个头！”