9 Beetle-Mania!

Chapter 9 BEETLE-MANIA! Andrew fought off the springtails and crept to the edge of the doughnut. "Jeepers creepers!" he whispered as he checked out the scene on the ground. Shiny beetles twice as big as Andrew were hurrying about on thorny legs like bizarre armored vehicles. Some of them were burrowing into underground tunnels. A giant-headed black ant was hauling a dead bug on its back. A dozen tiny red ants had circled a green Froot Loop and were carrying it away. "It's like the dismissal bell rang in bug world!" said Andrew. Beneath the beetles, the ground was a squirming carpet of wormy things big and small.

第九章甲虫狂热！安德鲁击退了弹跳虫，爬到了甜甜圈的边缘。 “该死的爬虫！”他一边查看着地上的情景，一边小声说。 有安德鲁两倍大的闪亮甲虫，像奇怪的装甲车一样，用带刺的腿匆匆走来走去。 他们中的一些人在地下隧道里挖洞。 一只大头黑蚁正背上拖着一只死虫子。 十几只小红蚂蚁围着一个绿色的果鲁特圆环，把它叼走了。 “这就像虫子世界里的下课铃响了！”安德鲁说。 在甲虫的下面，地上爬满了大大小小的虫子。

Beside Andrew's doughnut, a heap of little white worms wriggled over a fish head. meep… "Baby blowflies," said Thudd. "Mother blowfly lay eggs on dead meat. Egg hatch into maggot. Maggot look like worm. Maggot never eat living stuff. Only eat dead meat." "HELP!" Judy was screaming. "I'm coming!" yelled Andrew. As he was about to climb down the doughnut, he turned back and grabbed the peanut shell. "We might need this," he said, tossing it onto the ground. It landed on the maggots.

在安德鲁的甜甜圈旁边，一堆白色的小虫子在一个鱼头上蠕动。 “小苍蝇。” “苍蝇妈妈在死肉上产卵。 卵孵化成蛆。蛆看起来像虫子。 蛆从不吃活物。 只吃死肉。”“救命!”朱迪在尖叫。 “我来了！”安德鲁喊道。 当他正要从甜甜圈爬下来时，他转过身去抓住了花生壳。 “我们可能需要这个，”他说着把它扔到地上。 它落在了蛆上。

When Andrew reached the ground, he dragged the peanut shell away from the maggots. Some of them stuck to the shell. He pushed them off. "These guys feel like a squishy toy," he said. Andrew balanced the peanut shell on his back the way he would carry a canoe. He chuckled. "I'll bet I look like some kind of weird beetle." meep… "Peanut beetle," said Thudd. Andrew tried not to step on worms, bump into bugs, or fall into beetle holes as he clomped toward Judy's screams. As he hiked past the mouth of a ketchup bottle, he spotted Judy. She was skidding and sliding over a slice of moldy meat.

当安德鲁到达地面时，他把花生壳从蛆虫身上拖开。 有些粘在壳上。 他把他们推开了。“这些家伙感觉就像一个软绵绵的玩具，”他说。 安德鲁把花生壳背在背上，就像背独木舟一样。 他咯咯地笑了。“我敢打赌我看起来像某种奇怪的甲虫。” “花生甲虫。”萨德说。 当安德鲁向朱迪的尖叫声走去时，他尽量不踩到虫子，不撞到虫子，也不掉进甲虫洞里。 当他走过番茄酱瓶口时，他发现了朱迪。 她在一块发霉的肉上打滑。

A rough brown ball, two times as high as Judy, was rolling behind her. A beetle was behind the ball, pushing it. The strange beetle ball was about to run Judy over! meep… "Dung beetle!" squeaked Thudd. "Huh?" said Andrew, scrambling toward Judy. meep… "Dung is poop," said Thudd. "Dung beetles live on poop.

一个粗糙的棕色球，有朱迪两倍高，在她身后滚来滚去。 一只甲虫在球后面推着它。 那只奇怪的甲虫球正要从朱迪身上碾过去！“屎壳郎！” “嗯？”安德鲁说着，朝朱迪扑过去。 “屎就是便便，”泰德说。 “蜣螂以粪便为食。

"Male dung beetle find poop. Give it to female dung beetle. Female dung beetle roll poop into big ball. Roll ball into tunnel. Lay egg in poop ball. "Egg hatch into little wormy thing. Worm called larva. Larva eat poop. Grow up. Become big, strong dung beetle." A silver trail glistened just ahead of Andrew. He was about to cross it when Thudd squeaked, "Noop! Noop! Noop!" "What's the matter, Thudd?" asked Andrew. meep… "Shiny stuff is slime," said Thudd. "Slime from giant banana slug. Sticky, sticky, sticky! Like glue! Drewd step, Drewd stuck." "Hmmm…," said Andrew. He looked around, found a leaf, laid it across the slime trail, and hurried toward Judy. Just as Andrew got to Judy, she slipped on the slimy slice of meat. The poop ball was touching her toes! In a split second, Andrew grabbed his peanut shell and used it to give Judy a big shove. Andrew held his breath.

“雄性屎壳郎找便便。 把它给雌性蜣螂。 雌性蜣螂把粪便滚成一个大球。 把球滚进隧道。在便便球里下蛋。 “卵孵化成小虫子。 被称为幼虫的蠕虫。幼虫吃粪便。 长大。变成又大又壮的屎壳郎。” 就在安德鲁的前面，一条银色的痕迹闪闪发光。 他正要过河，砰的一声叫道：“不！等待!等待!”“怎么了，泰德？”安德鲁问。 “发亮的东西是黏液。” “巨大香蕉鼻涕虫的黏液。 粘，粘，粘！像胶!德鲁一步，德鲁卡住了。” “嗯……”安德鲁说。他环顾四周，找到一片树叶，把它铺在泥泞的小路上，急忙向朱迪走去。 安德鲁刚走到朱迪身边，她就被那块黏糊糊的肉滑倒了。 便便球碰到她的脚趾了！刹那间，安德鲁抓起他的花生壳，狠狠地推了朱迪一下。 安德鲁屏住了呼吸。

The globe of poop rolled past. An un-squashed Judy was lying next to a plastic spoon. "Super-duper pooper-scooper!" cheered Andrew. "That stupid dung beetle almost ran me over with its stupid poop ball!" said Judy, sitting up on the edge of the spoon. "You know about dung beetles?" said Andrew. "Of course," said Judy. "Grandpa gave me tons of great stuff from his beetle collection. I know everything about beetles." Judy tried to scrape meat slime off her jacket. "Yeuw!" she said. "Now I smell even worse." meep… "Good thing about bad smell," said Thudd. "In little while, nose not smell bad smell so much. Nose stop sending signal to brain." "Stuff a stinky sock in it, Thudd," said Judy, scanning the ground. She snatched a bread crumb away from three small red ants and wiped meat goo off her face.

便便球滚了过去。 一个没有被压扁的朱迪躺在一个塑料勺子旁边。 “超级狗屎铲！”安德鲁欢呼道。 “那只愚蠢的屎壳虫差点用它愚蠢的便便球从我身上碾过！”朱迪坐在勺子边上说。 “你知道蜣螂吗？”安德鲁说。 “当然，”朱迪说。“爷爷从他收集的甲虫中给了我很多很棒的东西。 我知道甲虫的一切。” 朱迪想把夹克衫上的肉泥刮掉。 “嗯！”她说。“现在我的味道更糟了。” “臭味有个好处。” 过了一会儿，鼻子闻不到那么多臭味了。 鼻子停止向大脑发送信号。” “塞只臭袜子进去，泰德。”朱迪扫视着地面说。 她从三只小红蚂蚁手里抢过一块面包屑，擦去脸上的肉糜。