5 We Just Ate WHAT

Chapter 5 WE JUST ATE WHAT? "Here I come, Judy!" yelled Andrew. Grabbing on to ferns and mosses, he lowered himself down the tree trunk. "Umf! Ack! Ugh!" came the sounds of Judy's struggle. meep… "Oody fall into ant-house plant!" squeaked Thudd. "Ant-house plant got big, fat thorny stem. Ants live inside. Make lotsa tunnels inside stem. Make tunnels for baby ants. Make tunnels for garbage. "Ants get place to live. Plant get food from ant garbage. Ants happy. Plant happy." "Judy's sure not happy," said Andrew. By the time Andrew made his way through the tall thorns of the ant-house plant, Judy was just pulling herself out of the hole.

第五章我们刚刚吃了什么？ “我来了，朱迪！”安德鲁喊道。 他抓住蕨类植物和苔藓，顺着树干往下爬。 “Umf !Ack !啊！”传来朱迪挣扎的声音。 “哎哟，掉进蚂蚁窝里了！” “蚁屋植物长了又大又肥又多刺的茎。 蚂蚁住在里面。在茎内挖很多隧道。 为小蚂蚁挖地道。 为垃圾挖隧道。“蚂蚁有地方住。 植物从蚂蚁的垃圾中获取食物。 蚂蚁的幸福。植物快乐。”“朱迪肯定不高兴，”安德鲁说。 当安德鲁穿过蚁屋植物的高刺时，朱迪刚刚从洞里爬出来。

"Whew!" she sighed, mopping strands of frizzy hair away from her face. meep… "Drewd and Oody go rest on branch for little bit," said Thudd. "Thudd get treat." "Treat?" asked Judy. "Everything here is nasty." She and Andrew stepped carefully through the sword-like spines and crept toward the tree trunk. meep… "Put Thudd down, please, Drewd," said Thudd. "Drewd and Oody close eyes." "Oh, all right," said Judy, finding a velvety patch of moss to stretch out on. Before long, Thudd came back. He was dragging two leaf pieces. In the middle of each piece was a spot of wetness. meep… "Treat ready!" said Thudd. He handed a piece of leaf to Andrew and a piece to Judy. "Lick leaf!" Andrew held the wet spot up to his nose. "Hmmmm…," he mused. "This reminds me of something. Candy. Some kind of candy." He licked the leaf.

“哇！”她叹了口气，把脸上卷曲的头发拂开。 “德鲁和伍迪到树枝上休息一会儿。” “我要请客。”“请客？”朱迪问。 “这里的一切都很糟糕。” 她和安德鲁小心翼翼地穿过剑一样的刺，向树干爬去。 “把泰德放下来，德鲁。” “德鲁和伍迪闭上眼睛。” “哦，好吧，”朱迪说着，找了一块柔软的苔藓，伸了伸腰。 没过多久，泰德回来了。 他拖着两片树叶。 每一块的中间都有一点湿。 “准备好了！” 他递给安德鲁一片叶子，递给朱迪一片叶子。 “舔叶!”安德鲁把湿点举到鼻子边。 “嗯……”他沉思着。“这让我想起了一件事。 糖果。某种糖果。” 他舔了舔叶子。

"Super-duper pooper-scooper!" Andrew cheered. "This stuff is delicious! Tastes like fizzy lime!" "What is this stuff?" asked Judy, sniffing her leaf. meep… "Oody taste," said Thudd. "Humph," said Judy. She touched the wet spot with the tip of her tongue. "YUM!" she said, beaming Thudd a big smile. "Now you have to tell us what it is." Thudd pinched his way up Andrew's shirt and crept back into his pocket. Then he pointed to a shiny green insect skittering along the branch. meep… "Green ant," said Thudd. "Butt of green ant got powerful lime taste. People in rain forest lick butt of green ant cuz it taste good, good, good!" Judy's face went white. "Blurgh!" She spit out what was in her mouth, then she kept spitting. Andrew grinned. "Aw, come on, Judy," he said. "It tasted great, even if it did come from an ant's butt."

“了不起的pooper-scooper !”安德鲁欢呼。 “这东西真好吃！”尝起来像起泡的酸橙！”“这是什么东西？”朱迪闻着叶子问。 “真好吃。” “哼，”朱迪说。她用舌尖碰了碰湿了的地方。 “太好吃了！”她说，给了泰德一个大大的微笑。 “现在你得告诉我们是什么。” 砰砰扒开安德鲁的衬衫，爬回口袋。 然后他指着树枝上一只闪闪发光的绿色昆虫。 “绿蚂蚁。” “绿蚂蚁的屁股有强烈的酸橙味。 人们在雨林里舔绿蚂蚁的屁股，因为它味道很好，很好，很好！”朱迪的脸变白了。 “Blurgh !”她把嘴里的东西吐了出来，然后不停地吐。 安德鲁咧嘴一笑。“哦，别这样，朱迪，”他说。 “味道很好，即使它确实来自蚂蚁的屁股。”

Judy wiped her mouth with her sleeve. "If you ever do anything like that again, Thudd, I'm going to take out your batteries and throw them away!" Suddenly Thudd's purple button started to blink again. It popped open and the hologram of Uncle Al appeared. He was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of an iguana on it. "Hey there!" said Uncle Al with a big smile. "Sorry it took so long to get your message."

朱迪用袖子擦了擦嘴。 “如果你再做这样的事，泰德，我就把你的电池拿出来扔掉！”突然，泰德的紫色按钮又开始闪烁起来。 它突然打开，阿尔叔叔的全息图出现了。 他穿着一件印有鬣蜥图案的t恤。 “嘿，你们好！”艾尔叔叔笑着说。 “抱歉这么久才收到你的信息”

"Hey, Uncle Al!" said Andrew. "Hiya, Unkie!" said Thudd. "We're up a stupid tree, Uncle Al," said Judy. "You've got to get us out of here!"

“嘿，阿尔叔叔！”安德鲁说。 “你好，昂基！” “我们在一棵愚蠢的树上，阿尔叔叔，”朱迪说。 “你得把我们弄出去！”

Uncle Al's eyebrows went up. "You guys are great climbers," he said. "I'm surprised you can't get down by yourselves. But I'll be right over. Where are you?" When Uncle Al visited Andrew and Judy by using his Hologram Helper, he could hear them but not see them. "In the Australian rain forest," said Judy. "Good golly, Miss Molly!" exclaimed Uncle Al. His eyebrows came together. "How did that happen?" "It's a long story," said Andrew. "But—" "It doesn't matter how we got here," Judy interrupted. "All that matters is getting out before we get eaten by beetles or birds or something." "The Australian rain forest is a dangerous place," said Uncle Al, "but you don't have to worry about beetles and birds." "Um, that's not exactly true," said Andrew. "We, uh, got ourselves shrunk by the Goa Constrictor I built to shrink garbage. Now we're the size of small beetles."

艾尔叔叔扬起了眉毛。 “你们是伟大的攀登者，”他说。 “我很惊讶你们不能自己下来。 但我马上就来。你在哪儿？”当艾尔叔叔用他的全息助手拜访安德鲁和朱迪时，他能听到他们的声音，但看不见他们。 “在澳大利亚的雨林里，”朱迪说。 “天哪，莫莉小姐！”艾尔叔叔叫道。 他的眉毛拢在一起。 “这是怎么回事？”“说来话长，”安德鲁说。 “但是——”“我们怎么到这儿的并不重要，”朱迪打断他说。 “最重要的是在我们被甲虫、鸟或其他什么东西吃掉之前出去。” “澳大利亚的雨林是一个危险的地方，”阿尔叔叔说，“但是你不必担心甲虫和鸟类。” “嗯，这并不完全正确，”安德鲁说。 “我们，呃，被我用来收缩垃圾的果阿蟒蛇给收缩了。 现在我们只有小甲虫那么大。”