4 Beetle Battle

Chapter 4 BEETLE BATTLE Flump… Andrew's brain clunked against his skull as they hit the ground. It was a surprisingly soft landing. They had landed on something squishy. "Worms!" yelled Andrew. Eek! Eeeeeek! Ack! Ack! Ack! the baby bat squawked. It began to creep along the floor of the cave. Andrew and Judy climbed atop the bat's wings. "Euuuw!" said Judy. "Smells like someone didn't clean the litter box—ever!"

第四章甲虫之战扑通一声他们摔在地上，安德鲁的脑袋撞在了头骨上。 这是一次出人意料的软着陆。 他们落在了黏糊糊的东西上。 “虫子！”安德鲁喊道。唷!Eeeeeek !Ack !Ack !Ack !小蝙蝠吱吱叫着。 它开始沿着洞穴的地面爬行。 安德鲁和朱迪爬上了蝙蝠的翅膀。 朱迪说。“闻起来就像有人没打扫过猫砂盒！”

meep… "Bat poop!" said Thudd. "Called guano. Very stinky stuff. Super stinky!" As the baby bat scuttled along, Andrew's flashlight beam lit the floor of the cave. White worms tangled in twisting knots. Beetles were scrambling over the worms. "I don't see any poop," said Andrew. "Just zillions of worms and bugs." meep… "Poop underneath wormy guys," said Thudd. Ploop… A big, dark, sticky drop splashed down in front of the baby bat. Plooorp… plooomp… More drops were falling around them. It sounded a lot like a slow rain. meep… "Now Drewd see bat poop," said Thudd. "Eeeeeuuuw!" groaned Judy. meep… "Bats poop here thousand years, maybe more," said Thudd. "Make lotsa, lotsa poop."

“蝙蝠屎！” “叫鸟粪。非常臭的东西。 超级臭!”小蝙蝠飞快地跑着，安德鲁的手电光束照亮了洞穴的地面。 白色的蠕虫缠在一起打结。 甲虫在虫子上面爬来爬去。 “我没看见便便。”安德鲁说。 “只有无数的蠕虫和虫子。” “在虫子下面拉屎。” 一颗又大又黑又粘的水滴溅落在蝙蝠宝宝面前。 噗……噗……更多的水珠落在他们周围。 听起来很像一场缓慢的雨。 “现在德鲁看见蝙蝠的便便了。” “唉呀！”朱迪呻吟道。 “蝙蝠在这里大便千年，也许更久。” “拉很多很多的便便。”

Judy's face scrunched up. "Yuck-a-roony! Don't make me come over there and take out your batteries, Thudd," she said. meep… "Bat poop is good stuff, Oody," said Thudd. "Is food for lotsa animals in cave. Like little wormy guys. Wormy guys eat bat poop like candy!" A streak of bright green light zigzagged toward the baby bat. It was a centipede. And it was battling three giant beetles! meep… "When this centipede scared, it make glow-in-dark color," said Thudd. The centipede and beetles tumbled toward them. The centipede flung the beetles onto the baby bat's wings! Eeeek! squeaked Thudd. "This kinda beetle eat living animals!" Eeek! Ack! Eeeeeek! the baby bat squeaked loudly. "We can't let them hurt the baby!" said Judy. She crawled over the baby bat's wing and punched one of the beetles between its eyes.

朱迪的脸皱了起来。“Yuck-a-roony !别逼我过去帮你把电池取出来，泰德。”她说。 “蝙蝠屎是好东西，乌迪。” 是洞穴里许多动物的食物。 就像小虫一样。虫子们像吃糖果一样吃蝙蝠屎！”一道明亮的绿光弯弯曲曲地朝小蝙蝠飞来。 那是一条蜈蚣。它正在和三只大甲虫战斗！“当蜈蚣害怕的时候，它会发出暗色的光。” 蜈蚣和甲虫向他们滚来。 蜈蚣把甲虫扔到小蝙蝠的翅膀上！Eeeek !Thudd吱吱地。 “这种甲虫吃活的动物！”嘿!Ack !Eeeeeek !小蝙蝠大声尖叫。 “我们不能让他们伤害孩子！”朱迪说。 她爬过小蝙蝠的翅膀，在一只甲虫的两眼之间打了一拳。

"Take that!" she yelled. Then she grabbed the beetle by its antennas and tossed it off the baby bat. But the beetle was heavy. Judy lost her balance and fell off the bat's wing! Andrew tugged the flashlight off his forehead and whacked another beetle on the head. But that just seemed to make it angry. It charged at Andrew. It shoved him off the wing and onto the squishy worms below. Then it opened its scissor-like jaws and reached for Andrew's neck! meep… "Breathe on beetle!" squeaked Thudd. "Drewd got garlic breath. Beetle hate garlic!" Andrew huffed and puffed as hard as he could at the beetle. It backed away! Another beetle came up behind Andrew. Andrew turned and blew at that one, too. He blew so hard, he felt dizzy. Andrew heard soft flapping above him. The next instant, he saw a big bat swooping down. It plucked the baby from the ground with its clawed feet and zoomed toward the ceiling of the cave.

“拿去！”她喊道。然后，她抓住甲虫的触角，把它从蝙蝠宝宝身上扔了出去。 但是甲虫很重。朱迪失去平衡，从蝙蝠的翅膀上摔了下来！安德鲁把手电从额头上拿下来，又往甲虫头上敲了一下。 但这似乎只会让它生气。 它冲向安德鲁。它把他从机翼上推了下来，落到下面黏糊糊的虫子身上。 然后它张开剪刀一样的下颚，伸向安德鲁的脖子！“对着甲虫呼气！” 德鲁有一口大蒜味的口臭。甲虫讨厌大蒜！”安德鲁对着甲虫使劲地吹气。 它后退了！另一只甲虫出现在安德鲁身后。 安德鲁转过身来，也朝那一个吹了口气。 他吹得太用力了，他感到头晕。 安德鲁听到头顶上传来轻轻的拍打声。 下一刻，他看到一只大蝙蝠俯冲下来。 它用爪状的脚把婴儿从地上拽了起来，然后飞快地飞向洞穴的天花板。

meep… "Bats help bats," said Thudd. "Big bats help baby bats. Healthy bats help sick bats." "Ooooof!" Andrew heard Judy yelling nearby. "That's what you get for trying to eat me! Now get out of here!" "What are you doing?" hollered Andrew. "Beating this ugly bug's butt!" Judy yelled back. Andrew was swimming in an ocean of squirmy, wormy creatures. Their slimy little bodies rubbed against Andrew's legs. "It's like walking through a field of wiggly sausages," said Andrew. "Andrew!" yelled Judy. "Watch out behind you!"

“蝙蝠帮助蝙蝠。” “大蝙蝠帮助小蝙蝠。健康的蝙蝠帮助生病的蝙蝠。” “Ooooof !”安德鲁听到朱迪在附近大喊大叫。 “这就是你想吃我的下场！”现在给我滚出去！”“你在干什么？”安德鲁喊道。 “打这只丑虫子的屁股！”朱迪喊道。 安德鲁在蠕动的蠕虫生物的海洋中游泳。 他们黏糊糊的小身体摩擦着安德鲁的腿。 安德鲁说：“这就像走在一片长满弯曲香肠的田野里。” “安德鲁！”朱迪喊道。“小心你后面！”

Andrew turned to see a wide, flat, armored creature scurrying straight at him. Compared to Andrew, it was as big as a tank. "Woofers!" hollered Andrew, leaping over worms. The creature was faster than Andrew. It shoved him facedown into the wriggling sea of baby beetles. meep… "Giant cave cockroach!" squeaked Thudd. Andrew pulled himself up and wiped slime off his face. He looked up to see Judy standing over him. She was still catching her breath from her bug battle. "Okay Disaster Master," she said. "How are we going to get out of here without being eaten by bugs or something worse?" meep… "Drewd! Look!" squeaked Thudd from Andrew's pocket. He was pointing to a strange white shape. It looked like the monster roach they had just seen. But it was upside down with its legs in the air.

安德鲁转过身来，看见一个又宽又平、浑身铠甲的生物正朝他跑来。 与安德鲁相比，它和坦克一样大。 “低音炮！”安德鲁大叫着，跳过了虫子。 那家伙比安德鲁跑得快。 它把他脸朝下推到扭动的甲虫宝宝的海洋里。 “山洞里的大蟑螂！” 安德鲁站起身来，擦去脸上的黏液。 他抬起头来，看见朱迪站在他身边。 她还在和虫子战斗后喘着气。 “好的，灾难大师，”她说。 “我们怎么才能离开这里，而不被虫子或更糟的东西吃掉呢？”看！”泰德从安德鲁的口袋里尖声说。 他指着一个奇怪的白色物体。 看起来就像他们刚刚看到的那只怪物蟑螂。 但它是倒立着的，腿翘在空中。