1 It’s a Jungle down There

Chapter 1 IT'S A JUNGLE DOWN THERE I wonder where we are now, thought Andrew Dubble. Andrew, no bigger than a beetle, poked his head above a feather on the bird's back. A cold wind smacked his face as he peered at the earth far below. "Wowzers schnauzers!" Andrew shouted. "I see green down there! It's land! Now maybe this bird will take a break. She's been flying over the ocean for ages!" Another feather on the bird's back twitched. A pile of frizzy dark hair popped up and went wild in the wind. It was Andrew's thirteen-year-old cousin, Judy. Judy shook her hair away from her face. "Fat chance, Bug-Brain," she yelled above the wind.

第一章下面是一片丛林我不知道我们现在是在什么地方，安德鲁·杜布尔想。 比甲虫大不了多少的安德鲁把头探到鸟背上的一根羽毛上方。 当他凝视着下面的大地时，一阵冷风打在他的脸上。 “一雪纳瑞!”安德鲁喊道。 “我看到下面有绿色！”它的土地!也许这只鸟该休息一下了。 她已经在海上飞了好长时间了！”鸟背上的另一根羽毛抽搐了一下。 一堆卷曲的黑发突然冒了出来，在风中乱舞。 那是安德鲁十三岁的表妹朱迪。 朱迪把头发从脸上抖开。 “不可能，笨蛋。”她在风中喊道。

"This bird is an arctic tern! She's on her way to Antarctica! Unless Uncle Al gets our messages, we're penguin chow!" Uncle Al was Andrew and Judy's uncle, and he was also a super-smart, super-secret scientist. meep… "Unkie Al not call back yet," came a squeaky voice from Andrew's shirt pocket. It was Andrew's little silver mini-robot and best friend, Thudd. "And penguin not eat bugs." "Oh, great," groaned Judy. "So we'll just turn into bug-sized ice cubes." The bird spread her wings wide and glided. "She's going lower," said Andrew. Now Andrew could see a wide, sandy beach and a forest beyond. "Looks like a deserted island," said Andrew. "Noop! Noop! Noop!" said Thudd. "Australia! Continent!" "Australia!" said Judy. "Cities! People! Someone could find us!"

“这只鸟是北极燕鸥！”她在去南极洲的路上！除非阿尔叔叔收到我们的信息，否则我们就是企鹅的食物！”艾尔叔叔是安德鲁和朱迪的叔叔，他也是一个超级聪明，超级神秘的科学家。 “恩基·艾尔还没回电话。”从安德鲁的衬衫口袋里传来一个尖细的声音。 那是安德鲁的银色迷你机器人，也是他最好的朋友，泰德。 “企鹅不吃虫子。” “哦，太好了，”朱迪呻吟道。 “所以我们会变成虫子大小的冰块。” 那只鸟张开翅膀滑翔。 “她往下潜了。”安德鲁说。 现在安德鲁看到了宽阔的沙滩和远处的森林。 “看起来像个荒岛。”安德鲁说。 “等待!等待!不！” “澳大利亚!大陆!”“澳大利亚！”朱迪说。 “城市!人!有人会找到我们的！”

As the bird glided lower still, Andrew saw driftwood and heaps of seaweed on the beach. But he didn't see any people. Now the bird was flying over the forest. It looked like a bumpy blanket of green. Here and there, tall trees poked through. A river zigzagged through the greenness like a silver snake. The bird swooped down through the tree-tops and into the forest. At first Andrew could hardly see in the dim light under the leaves. His eyes were used to the brightness of the open sky. The air was alive with screeches and cries and cackles, chirps and whistles, and a sound like crazy laughter. The bird dove under huge fan-shaped leaves. "Look at this place!" Judy said. "Nothing but tangles of trees and vines! It's a jungle!" meep… "Rain forest," said Thudd. "Australian rain forest strange, strange, strange! "Got plants and animals that not live any other place. Got most poisonous snakes in world!

当鸟儿飞得更低时，安德鲁看到了海滩上的浮木和成堆的海藻。 但是他一个人也没看见。 现在这只鸟正飞过森林。 它看起来像一条凹凸不平的绿色毯子。 到处都有高大的树木插进来。 一条河像一条银蛇一样在绿色中蜿蜒而过。 那只鸟从树梢上俯冲下来，飞进了森林。 起初，在树叶下昏暗的光线下，安德鲁几乎什么也看不见。 他的眼睛习惯了开阔天空的明亮。 空气中充满了尖叫声、哭喊声、咯咯声、啾啾声和口哨声，还有一阵疯狂的笑声。 那只鸟躲在巨大的扇形树叶下。 “看看这个地方！”朱迪说。 “除了树木和藤蔓，什么也没有！”“雨林，”泰德说。 “澳大利亚雨林真奇怪，真奇怪，真奇怪！”“这里有其他地方没有的植物和动物。 这里有世界上最多的毒蛇！

People found eighty-six thousand kindsa insects! Found ten thousand kindsa spiders! "People always finding new kindsa plants and animals. Maybe Drewd and Oody find new stuff." "Neato mosquito!" said Andrew. "Maybe I'll find a new kind of spider." "Eeeuw!" Judy groaned. "Ten thousand kinds of spiders are way too many!" meep… "Maybe Oody find new kinda plant," said Thudd. "Rain forest got lotsa plants. Make lotsa oxygen for earth. Lotsa medicines come from rain-forest plants." Judy rolled her eyes. "We don't need to find plants," she said. "We need to find people." meep… "Rain forest not got lotsa people," said Thudd. The bird slowed down. She settled herself on a branch midway up a tall tree. The air felt warm and damp against Andrew's skin.

人们发现了八万六千种昆虫！发现了一万种蜘蛛！“人们总能发现新的动植物种类。 也许德鲁和伍迪会发现新的东西。” “蚊子！”安德鲁说。 “也许我会找到一种新的蜘蛛。” “Eeeuw !”朱迪呻吟着。“一万种蜘蛛真是太多了！”“也许乌迪会发现一种新的植物。” “雨林里有很多植物。 为地球制造大量氧气。 很多药物来自热带雨林植物。” 朱迪翻了个白眼。“我们不需要找植物，”她说。 “我们需要找人，”呜呜……“雨林里没有很多人，”萨德说。 鸟儿慢了下来。她在一棵高树上的一根树枝上坐了下来。 安德鲁的皮肤感到温暖潮湿的空气。

Andrew sniffed in the jungle smells— green leaves, sweet flowers, and something musty, like a wet basement. Andrew looked down to the floor of the rain forest way below. "We must be six stories above the ground," he said. "But at least we're on land again." "Let's get off this bird chop-chop," said Judy, "before she heads for penguin country." Andrew climbed down through the feathers on the tern's back. He reached a long flight feather at the edge of a wing. "Hmmmm…," he pondered. "We can jump from this feather to the branch below." Just then, the bird swiveled her head. Andrew saw his reflection in a shiny black eye. "Um, I wonder what arctic terns eat," he said. meep… "Eat little fish. Shrimp. Insects, too," said Thudd. "Or insect-sized humans," said Andrew. He ducked under a flight feather and pulled it down tightly over himself.

安德鲁嗅了嗅丛林里的气味——绿叶、芬芳的花朵，还有一些发霉的东西，像是潮湿的地下室。 安德鲁俯视着下方雨林的地面。 “我们必须在离地面六层的地方，”他说。 “但至少我们又回到陆地上了。” “我们快点离开这只鸟吧，”朱迪说，“在她去企鹅国之前。” 安德鲁从燕鸥背上的羽毛中爬了下来。 他摸到了一只翅膀边缘的一根长长的飞行羽毛。 “嗯……”他沉思着。“我们可以从这根羽毛跳到下面的树枝上。” 就在这时，那只鸟转了转头。 安德鲁从一只发亮的黑眼睛里看到了自己的影子。 “嗯，我想知道北极燕鸥吃什么，”他说。 “吃小鱼。”虾。 还有昆虫，”泰德说。 “或者昆虫大小的人类，”安德鲁说。 他躲到一根飞羽下面，把它紧紧地拉下来盖在身上。

A pointy red beak dove into the feathers behind Andrew. Then it plunged into the feathers close to Andrew. The beak grabbed the bottom of one of the feathers. It nibbled along the edges right up to the tip. meep… "Bird preen feather," said Thudd. "Spread oil to keep feather dry. Preening make feather smooth for flying. Get rid of little bugs, too." The beak preened another feather even closer to Andrew. "Wowzers schnauzers!" said Andrew. "We've got to get out of here!" Just then, the red beak grabbed the feather he was clinging to and began to preen it. The beak pushed Andrew to the very tip of the feather. He was barely hanging on. That black eye was looking right at him. She's hungry and I'm a bug, thought Andrew. He let go.

一只红色尖尖的鸟喙扎进了安德鲁身后的羽毛里。 然后它钻进了安德鲁身边的羽毛里。 鸟嘴咬住了一根羽毛的底部。 它沿着边缘一直咬到尖端。 “鸟是用羽毛整理的。” “涂油保持羽毛干燥。 整理羽毛使羽毛光滑，便于飞行。 也要除掉小虫子。” 鸟嘴在离安德鲁更近的地方梳理着另一根羽毛。 “哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁说。 “我们必须离开这里！”就在这时，红喙抓住了他紧紧抓住的羽毛，开始梳理它。 鸟嘴把安德鲁推到了羽毛的顶端。 他勉强撑了下来。那个黑眼圈正盯着他。 她饿了，而我是一只虫子，安德鲁想。 他放手了。