2 Ssssssss keekeekee keekeekee

Chapter 2 SSSSSSSS… KEEKEEKEE KEEKEEKEE "Yaaaargh!" hollered Andrew, tumbling down and down. He waved his hands, frantically trying to grab a leaf or a vine. Finally, he snagged something with his right hand. "Wowzers schnauzers!" cried Andrew. He was clutching a tall blade of grass. The forest floor was inches below. But he was dangling above something strange. It looked like a red-and-white tub covered with hairs. It was so big that beetle-sized Andrew could have taken a bath in it.

“啊！”安德鲁大叫一声，摔倒了又摔倒。 他挥舞着双手，疯狂地想抓住一片叶子或一棵藤蔓。 最后，他用右手勾住了什么东西。 “哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁叫道。 他手里抓着一片高高的草叶。 森林的地面在下面几英寸。 但他悬在一个奇怪的东西上面。 它看起来像一个覆盖着毛发的红白相间的浴盆。 它太大了，甲虫大小的安德鲁都可以在里面洗澡了。

"Holy moly!" said Andrew. "What's that?" meep… "Pitcher plant!" said Thudd. "Pitcher plant carnivorous. Eat meat. "Got special juice at bottom of pitcher. Juice digest bug meat that fall inside plant. Like stomach digest pizza inside Drewd." "Jumping gerbils!" said Andrew. "A meat- eating plant, and I'm meat!" He began walking his hands along the blade of grass to get away from the pitcher plant. Suddenly the blade bent. Andrew dipped lower. One of Andrew's legs slipped inside the pitcher! Uh-oh, thought Andrew. He tried to pull his leg out, but the inside of the pitcher was too smooth and slippery. Andrew was sweating. The screeching, cackling jungle noises made it hard to think. With his free leg, Andrew gave a mighty push against the outside of the pitcher plant. He got his other leg out! "Whew!" he sighed, still dangling from the grass. His ears picked up a new sound nearby.

“天哪！”安德鲁说。“猪笼草！” 猪笼草食肉动物。 吃肉。"水罐底部有特殊的果汁。 果汁消化掉在植物里的虫子肉。 就像胃消化披萨在德鲁德体内一样。” “跳沙鼠！”安德鲁说。 “一种食肉植物，而我是肉！”他开始用手沿着草叶走，想离开猪笼草。 突然，刀刃弯了。安德鲁把头探得更低了。 安德鲁的一条腿滑进了投手！哦哦，安德鲁想。 他试图把腿拉出来，但是投手的内部太光滑太滑了。 安德鲁满头大汗。刺耳的、咯咯的丛林噪音让人难以思考。 安德鲁用那只空着的腿狠狠地推了一下猪笼草的外面。 他把另一条腿伸出来了！“呼！”他叹了口气，仍然悬在草地上。 他的耳朵听到附近有一种新的声音。

Ssssssss… keekeekee… keekeekee… On the ground beside the pitcher plant, two gigantic black beetles were creeping toward each other. They were hissing and clicking. At the front of each beetle's head was a curved horn as long as the rest of its body. "Holy moly!" whispered Andrew. "Those guys look as big as trucks!" meep… "Rhinoceros beetles!" said Thudd. Now the beetles' enormous horns were almost touching. They stopped. They stamped their clawed feet and wagged their armored heads.

在猪笼草旁边的地上，两只巨大的黑甲虫正朝对方爬去。 它们发出嘶嘶声和咔哒声。 在每只甲虫头部的前面都有一个弯曲的角，和它身体的其他部分一样长。 “天哪！”安德鲁低声说。 “那些家伙看起来像卡车那么大！” 现在甲虫的大角几乎要碰到了。 他们停止了。它们用爪跺着脚，摇着带甲的头。

One beetle charged the other. They locked horns under Andrew's blade of grass. They shook their giant heads from side to side. The bigger beetle flipped the smaller one on its back. The feet of the smaller beetle clawed at the bigger beetle's head. meep… "Male rhinoceros beetles fight to get mate," said Thudd. "Horn strong, strong, strong! Can cut off head of other rhinoceros beetle!" "Watch out below!" came a yell from above. Andrew looked up to see Judy tumbling through the air. "Ooomph!" Judy landed on a taller blade of grass right next to Andrew. Her feet smacked the top of Andrew's head. "Youch!" he hollered. His stem bent lower. His feet clunked against the horn of the bigger beetle! Ssssssssss… hissed the beetle. It reared up on its back legs. Its front legs clawed the air. The tip of its terrible horn touched Andrew's nose! "YAAAAARGH!" screamed Andrew.

一只甲虫冲向另一只。 它们在安德鲁的草叶下互相角力。 他们摇晃着巨大的脑袋。 大甲虫把小甲虫颠在背上。 小甲虫的脚抓大甲虫的头。 “雄性犀牛甲虫会为了交配而打架，”泰德说。 “角强，角强，角强！可以砍下其他犀牛甲虫的头！”“下面小心！”上面传来一声喊叫。 安德鲁抬头看到朱迪在空中翻滚。 “惊叹程度!”朱迪落在安德鲁旁边一片更高的草地上。 她的脚踩在安德鲁的头顶上。 “嘿！”他喊道。他的茎弯得更低了。 他的脚重重地撞在那只大甲虫的角上！甲虫嘶嘶地叫着。 它用后腿站立起来。 它的前腿抓着空气。 它那可怕的角尖碰到了安德鲁的鼻子！“啊！”安德鲁尖叫起来。

"Andrew!" shouted Judy. "There's a bright green twig sticking out from the tree trunk behind you. Grab it!" Andrew swung himself toward the tree. He spotted the twig and wrapped his legs quickly around it. "Make room for me," yelled Judy, swinging herself at the twig. She slammed into it and scrambled on behind Andrew. "Now climb a little way up the tree trunk," said Judy. "Before we fall into the middle of this stupid beetle battle. Then we've got to call Uncle Al again." Andrew felt a jolt. "Um, maybe we don't have to climb up the tree trunk," said Andrew. "This twig is climbing."

“安德鲁！”朱迪喊道。“你身后的树干上伸出了一根嫩绿的小树枝。 抓住它!”安德鲁朝那棵树荡去。 他发现了那根小树枝，迅速地把腿绕了上去。 “给我腾点地方，”朱迪喊着，朝树枝挥去。 她猛地撞上去，爬到安德鲁身后。 “现在往树干上爬一段路，”朱迪说。 “在我们陷入这场愚蠢的甲虫大战之前。 那我们又得给阿尔叔叔打电话了。” 安德鲁感到一阵震动。“嗯，也许我们不需要爬上树干，”安德鲁说。 “这根树枝在往上爬。”