9 Worms, Beautiful Worms

Chapter 9 WORMS, BEAUTIFUL WORMS meep… "Can open eyes now, Oody," said Thudd. They were in a dark, narrow, rocky tunnel. A strong current was speeding them along. The tunnel was getting wider and higher. Ahead, patches of light danced on the water. The stream dragged them around a bend and into another enormous room of the cave. The stalactites above twinkled with blue-green lights. "Jumping gerbils!" said Andrew. "Looks like someone put holiday decorations on the stalactites!"

第九章蠕虫，美丽的蠕虫在哭泣……“现在可以睁开眼睛了，乌迪。” 他们在一条黑暗、狭窄、布满岩石的隧道里。 一股强劲的水流加速着他们的前进。 隧道越来越宽，越来越高。 前方，一片片的光在水面上舞动。 小溪把他们拖过一个弯，进入洞穴的另一个大房间。 上面的钟乳石闪烁着蓝绿色的光。 “跳沙鼠！”安德鲁说。 “看起来有人在钟乳石上放了节日装饰品！”

meep… "Glowworms!" said Thudd. "Glowworm is kind of baby insect. "Glowworm make silk thread, like spider. Sticky! Sticky! Sticky! Hang thread from top of cave. "Mosquitoes, other bugs fly to light of glowworm. Fly through sticky threads. Get caught! Glowworm crawl down thread and eat prey." "Sheesh," Judy grumbled, slapping her hand on the side of the boat. "Everybody's always eating some— Youch!" she cried. "Something bit my hand!"

“萤火虫！” “萤火虫是一种小昆虫。 萤火虫像蜘蛛一样织丝线。 粘!粘!粘!把线挂在洞顶上。 “蚊子，其他昆虫飞到萤火虫的光。 穿过黏糊糊的线。 被抓到!萤火虫沿着丝线爬行，吃猎物。” “哎呀，”朱迪嘟囔着，用手拍着船舷。 “每个人都在吃——呸！”她叫道。 “什么东西咬了我的手！”

Andrew looked down into the clear water. Fish the size of fingers were darting everywhere! "Leaping lizards!" said Andrew. "Look at all these fish! And they're all white! And there's one of those white salamanders we were following!" meep… "Lotsa cave animals got no color. Color not help animal here cuz everything dark, everything blind. "Animal with color need more food than animal that not got color. Animal that not got color live longer here than animal with color." "Strange-a-mundo!" said Judy. Ahead of them, a rocky ledge jutted out in the stream. The bug boat was speeding toward it. "Hang on, Judy!" said Andrew. "We're gonna crash!" Plumph… It was a soft crash. "Whew!" said Andrew. "That was like hitting a pillow!"

安德鲁低头看着清澈的海水。 手指大小的鱼到处乱窜！“会跳的蜥蜴！”安德鲁说。 “看这些鱼！”它们都是白色的！还有一只我们跟踪的白色蝾螈！“喵……”许多洞穴动物是没有颜色的。 这里的颜色对动物没有帮助，因为一切都是黑暗的，一切都是盲目的。 “有颜色的动物比没有颜色的动物需要更多的食物。 没有颜色的动物在这里比有颜色的动物活得长。” “奇怪的世界！”朱迪说。 在他们前面的小溪中，有一块突出的岩石。 那艘小汽艇正飞快地向它驶来。 “坚持住，朱迪！”安德鲁说。 “我们要坠毁了！”普朗夫，这只是轻微的撞击。 “呼！”安德鲁说。“就像打枕头一样！”

Andrew reached out to push the boat off the ledge. Instead of touching rock, his hands touched something soft. "This stuff feels like cotton candy!" he said. When Andrew tried to pull his hands away, he couldn't! He tugged. Then he yanked. "What are you doing, Andrew?" asked Judy. "Um, this stuff is really sticky," said Andrew. "I'm kind of super stuck." meep… "Glowworm web!" said Thudd. "Web fall from top of cave!" "Judy," said Andrew. "Grab my belt. When I count to three, give me a big jerk." "You already are a big jerk!" said Judy. "One, two, three!" said Andrew. Judy jerked. Andrew came loose and fell into the bottom of the bug boat. The boat teetered and water slopped in. "You know," said Andrew, "this glowworm web is really neat stuff. Maybe I can use it in one of

安德鲁伸出手把船推下了礁石。 他的手摸的不是石头，而是柔软的东西。 “这东西感觉就像棉花糖！”他说。 当安德鲁试图把他的手抽开时，他做不到！他拖着。 然后他猛拉了一下。“你在干什么，安德鲁？”朱迪问。 “嗯，这东西真的很粘，”安德鲁说。 “我被困住了。” “萤火虫网！” “蛛网从洞顶掉下来！”“朱迪，”安德鲁说。 “抓住我的腰带。当我数到三的时候，给我一个大把手。” “你已经是个大混蛋了！”朱迪说。 “一，二，三！”安德鲁说。 朱迪猛地。安德鲁松了下来，掉进了虫子船的底部。 船摇摇晃晃，水溅了进来。 “你知道吗，”安德鲁说，“这张萤火虫网真的很整洁。 也许我可以把它用在

my inventions." "Don't you dare touch that stuff again, Bug- Brain," said Judy. "I won't touch it," said Andrew. He leaned over the side of the bug boat and grabbed a hollow cockroach leg. He bent it from side to side and twisted it until it came loose. "Woofers!" said Andrew. "This leg is heavy!" He shoved the cockroach leg into the glob of glowworm web. He spun the leg around till he had collected a big glob of web. Then he tossed it into the bottom of the bug boat. Andrew snapped off another cockroach leg and used the tip of it to push them away from the ledge. The tiny boat lurched into the stream again. It bounced and dipped as fish and salamanders snapped at it. A fish's head popped up so close to Andrew, he could have kissed its fishy lips.

我的发明。”“你敢再碰那东西，虫脑，”朱迪说。 “我不碰它。”安德鲁说。 他俯身在捕虫船的一侧，抓住一只空心的蟑螂腿。 他把它从一边弯到另一边，一直拧到松了为止。 “低音炮！”安德鲁说。“这条腿很重！”他把蟑螂腿塞进了一团萤火虫网。 他把腿转了一圈，直到收集了一大团网。 然后他把它扔进了虫子船的底部。 安德鲁折断了另一条蟑螂腿，用腿尖把它们从窗台上推了出去。 小船又摇摇晃晃地驶进了小溪。 当鱼和蝾螈咬住它时，它又弹又沉。 一条鱼头突然出现在离安德鲁很近的地方，他真想吻它那鱼腥味的嘴唇。

"Holy moly!" said Andrew. "These guys don't have eyes!" meep… "Cave fish and cave salamander born with eyes," said Thudd. "Then skin grow over eyes. Eyes sink into head." "That's disgusting!" said Judy. "Cave animals not need eyes in cave that got no light. Cave animals find prey by smell. Feel prey move.

“天哪！”安德鲁说。“穴居鱼和穴居蝾螈天生就有眼睛，”萨德说。 “然后眼睛上长出了皮肤。 眼睛陷进了脑袋。”“太恶心了！”朱迪说。 “洞穴动物在没有光线的洞穴里不需要眼睛。 洞穴动物靠嗅觉寻找猎物。 感受猎物的移动。