3 Keeek! Keeek! Ack!

Chapter 3 KEEEK! KEEEK! ACK! "Looks like ghosts!" said Judy. The bat flew close to one of the spooky balls. Insects were swirling around it. "I can see right through it!" said Andrew. meep… "Swamp lights!" said Thudd. "Sometimes called foxfire. Sometimes called, um, swamp farts." Andrew laughed. Judy rolled her eyes. meep… "Lotsa dead stuff collect under swamp water," said Thudd. "Bacteria eat dead stuff. Burp up stuff called swamp gas. Swamp gas make big bubble. Bubble pop up to top of water. Swamp gas catch fire! Make light!

第三章奇奇！KEEEK !ACK !“看起来像鬼！”朱迪说。 蝙蝠飞得离其中一个幽灵般的球很近。 昆虫在它周围打转。 “我能看透它！”安德鲁说。 “沼泽的灯光！” 有时被称为狐火。 有时被称为，嗯，沼泽屁。” 安德鲁笑了。朱迪翻了个白眼。 “沼泽水里有很多死东西。” “细菌吃死东西。打嗝产生一种叫做沼气的东西。 沼气会产生大气泡。 气泡突然冒出水面。 沼气着火了！让光!

"Swamp gas come from dumps and landfills, too," Thudd added. "Sometimes humans collect swamp gas. Use to cook. Make heat for house." Andrew watched the bat scoop up mouthfuls of insects. "There are so many bugs around the light!" said Andrew. meep… "Lotsa bugs fly to light," said Thudd. "Nobody sure why. Maybe it's cuz bugs think light is moon. Lotsa bugs use moon like map. Help bug fly in right direction." The bat flitted away from the bouncing, flickering lights. Ahead, the sharp peak of a mountain clawed the moonlit sky. The bat was flying straight now. It wasn't hunting. Andrew could see other bats heading in the same direction. "I think our bat is going home," said Andrew. "Oh, great," said Judy. "We'll end up in a disgusting cave where we'll get eaten by snakes or lizards or giant spiders. Maybe there are vampire bats in there!"

“沼气也来自垃圾堆和垃圾填埋场，”Thudd补充道。 “有时人类会收集沼气。 用来做饭。给房子供暖。” 安德鲁看着那只蝙蝠大口大口地叼起昆虫。 “灯周围有这么多虫子！”安德鲁说。 “很多虫子都飞到光里去了。” 没人知道为什么。也许这是因为虫子认为光是月亮。 很多虫子用月亮地图。 帮助虫子飞向正确的方向。” 蝙蝠从弹跳的、闪烁的灯光中掠过。 前方，一座山的尖峰划破了月光下的天空。 蝙蝠现在笔直地飞着。 它不是在打猎。安德鲁看到其他蝙蝠也朝同一个方向飞去。 “我想我们的蝙蝠要回家了，”安德鲁说。 “哦，太好了，”朱迪说。“我们最终会在一个恶心的洞穴里被蛇、蜥蜴或大蜘蛛吃掉。 也许里面有吸血蝙蝠！”

"Oh, come on," said Andrew. "We got back from the beginning of the universe, we can get out of a cave." meep… "Oody not have to worry about vampire bat," squeaked Thudd. "Vampire bat live in South America." As the bat flew closer to the mountain, Andrew saw a jagged crack near the bottom. That must be an entrance to the cave, thought Andrew. The bat swooshed through the crack into deep darkness. ch-ch-ch… caw… thwerp-thwerp… ka-ka-ka… Andrew couldn't see a thing, but he could hear the chattering, buzzing, and clicking of bats. "What a racket!" said Judy. "I thought bats made sounds we can't hear." meep… "Bat use super-high sounds for hunting," said Thudd. "Bat talk to other bat with sound humans can hear." Their bat was slowing down.

“哦，得了吧，”安德鲁说。 “我们从宇宙之初回来了，我们可以走出洞穴。” “哦，不用担心吸血蝙蝠了。” 吸血蝙蝠生活在南美洲。 当蝙蝠飞得更近时，安德鲁看到山脚下有一道锯齿状的裂缝。 那一定是山洞的入口，安德鲁想。 蝙蝠嗖地一声穿过裂缝，进入了深深的黑暗中。 ————————————————————————安德鲁什么也看不见，但他能听到蝙蝠的叽叽喳喳声、嗡嗡声和咔哒声。 “太吵了！”朱迪说。 “我以为蝙蝠会发出我们听不到的声音。” “蝙蝠用超高的声音捕猎，”泰德说。 “蝙蝠用人类能听到的声音与其他蝙蝠交谈。” 他们的蝙蝠减速了。

meep… "Bat gonna land on ceiling," Thudd squeaked. "Gotta fly slow, slow, slow. Then use foot claws or thumb claws to grab on to ceiling of cave." For a second, the bat seemed to stop flying. Suddenly Andrew felt himself flipping over! "YEOW!" he hollered. "Hang on, Thudd!" "Yaaaaaaah!" screamed Judy. The bat had landed. It was hanging from the ceiling by its feet. Andrew was struggling to keep his grip on the bat's fur as he dangled in the darkness. The bat swung forward, grabbed on to the ceiling with the claws on its wings, and began creeping along. Eeek-eeek… kuh-kuh-kuh, their bat squawked. meep… "This bat is mom bat," said Thudd. "Look for baby bat by sound, by smell. Mom make sound, baby answer. Every baby smell different."

“蝙蝠要掉在天花板上了。” “要飞得慢，慢，慢。 然后用脚爪或大拇指爪抓住洞穴的天花板。” 有那么一瞬间，蝙蝠似乎停止了飞行。 突然，安德鲁觉得自己翻了个身！“耶！”他喊道。 “坚持住，哒哒！”“啊——啊！”朱迪尖叫道。 蝙蝠落地了。它的脚吊在天花板上。 安德鲁在黑暗中晃来晃去，挣扎着抓住蝙蝠的皮毛。 蝙蝠向前摆动，用翅膀上的爪子抓住天花板，开始爬行。 呃，呃，呃，呃，他们的蝙蝠在叫。 “这只蝙蝠是蝙蝠妈妈，”泰德说。 “通过声音和气味来寻找蝙蝠宝宝。 妈妈发出声音，宝宝回答。 每个婴儿的味道都不一样。”

"Babies smell stinky," said Judy. "Erg! I can't hang on much longer. I'm gonna try to get under her wing. Ooomph!" "Me too," said Andrew. After Andrew climbed under the wing, he unhooked his mini-flashlight from his belt and shoved the back of it against his forehead. He had fitted it with a suction cup. That way, he could see and use both hands. He turned on the flashlight. "Wowzers schnauzers!" cried Andrew. As far as he could see, every inch of the cave ceiling was crawling with tiny, noisy bat babies. "There must be thousands of bats here!" said Andrew.

“婴儿闻起来很臭，”朱迪说。 “Erg !我坚持不了多久了。 我会试着去支持她。 惊叹程度!”“我也是。”安德鲁说。 安德鲁爬到机翼下后，从腰带上取下他的迷你手电筒，把它的背面贴在额头上。 他给它装了一个吸盘。 这样，他可以看到并使用双手。 他打开手电筒。 “哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁叫道。 就他所能看到的，山洞的每一寸天花板上都爬满了吵闹的小蝙蝠宝宝。 “这里一定有成千上万只蝙蝠！”安德鲁说。

meep… "Maybe millions," said Thudd. "Too many," said Judy. Chirping and squeaking, their bat crept across the crowded ceiling like a fly. Now and then, she'd stop to sniff a pup. Keeek! Keeek! Ack! chirped a baby bat nearby. Their bat stopped to sniff it. This time she let go of the ceiling with her thumb claws and hung upside down by her feet.

“也许几百万吧。”萨德说。 “太多了，”朱迪说。他们的蝙蝠叽叽喳喳地像苍蝇一样爬过拥挤的天花板。 时不时地，她会停下来嗅嗅小狗。 Keeek !Keeek !Ack !附近一只小蝙蝠叽叽喳喳地叫着。 他们的蝙蝠停下来嗅了嗅。 这一次，她用拇指爪松开了天花板，双脚倒挂在地上。