8 Fasten Your Seat Belts

Chapter 10 FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS… Eek! squeaked Thudd. "Python snake!" Judy's face went white. "S-s-s-snake?" she stuttered. "Get up here, Judy!" yelled Andrew. "There's a hole in the trunk. We can hide in it!" In an instant, Judy scrambled up to where Andrew was. Andrew pushed away strands of moss that covered the hole and crept inside. Judy followed him. At first it was too dark to see. "We should be safe here," said Andrew. "Wait a minute," said Judy. "You're the one who told me that a snake's tongue can smell prey. And that they've got these little pits near their

第十章系好安全带……周！Thudd吱吱地。 “Python蛇!”朱迪的脸变白了。 “蛇——蛇——蛇？”她结结巴巴地说。 “上来，朱迪！”安德鲁喊道。 “箱子上有个洞。 我们可以躲在里面！”朱迪立刻爬到安德鲁所在的地方。 安德鲁推开盖在洞上的一缕缕苔藓，爬了进去。 朱迪跟着他。起初天太黑，什么也看不见。 “我们在这里应该是安全的。”安德鲁说。 “等一下，”朱迪说。 “是你告诉我蛇的舌头能闻到猎物的味道。 它们在它们的

jaws that feel the heat from warm-blooded animals —like us! So just because it's dark in here doesn't mean a snake can't find us." meep… "Oody and Drewd got peppermint smell," said Thudd. "Hide animal smell. Oody and Drewd small, small, small. Not got lotsa heat. Hard for snake to find, maybe." Andrew thought he heard a soft grumble. He remembered the strange noises he had heard deep inside the tree trunk. "There's something in here," he whispered to Judy. As his eyes got used to the darkness, Andrew made out a shape. It was a creature the size of a chipmunk. It seemed to be asleep. Its ears were as big as bats' ears. Its eyes were closed. But Andrew could tell by its bulging lids that its eyes were enormous. "It's so cute!" said Judy. "But it would, uh, probably eat us if it were awake," said Andrew.

能感受到像我们这样的温血动物的热量的颌！所以，虽然这里很黑，但并不意味着蛇找不到我们。” “乌迪和德鲁身上有薄荷味。” “隐藏动物的气味。伍迪和德鲁小，小，小。 没有太多的热量。也许蛇很难找到。” 安德鲁觉得自己听到了一阵轻微的抱怨。 他想起了他在树干深处听到的奇怪的声音。 “这里有东西，”他低声对朱迪说。 随着眼睛适应了黑暗，安德鲁辨认出了一个形状。 这是一种和花栗鼠一样大的生物。 它似乎睡着了。它的耳朵和蝙蝠的耳朵一样大。 它的眼睛闭着。但安德鲁从它鼓鼓的眼皮看出来，它的眼睛很大。 “太可爱了！”朱迪说。 “但是，如果它醒着的话，它可能会把我们吃掉，”安德鲁说。

"Yoop! Yoop! Yoop!" said Thudd. "Called sugar glider. Live in treetops of rain forest. Eat bugs. "Got flap of skin between front and back legs. When sugar glider jump from trees, stretch legs. Skin flap stretch like sail. Sugar glider glide from tree to tree. "Sugar glider is marsupial like kangaroo. Female marsupial got pouch for baby. Look." By the light of Thudd's face screen, Andrew could see a little slit where a belly button would be. "Well, it's sleeping," said Judy. "We can hide from the snake and it won't even know we're here." Eek! squeaked Thudd. "Sugar glider is snake candy! Sugar glider big enough for snake to smell, feel heat." Andrew examined the opening of the hole. "I don't know if the hole is big enough for the snake to get in," he said. "But it's sure going to try," said Judy.

“Yoop !Yoop !呜！” 叫糖滑翔机。生活在雨林的树梢上。 吃虫子。"前腿和后腿之间长了一块皮。 当糖滑翔机从树上跳下来时，伸展腿。 皮瓣像帆一样伸展。 糖滑翔机从一棵树滑到另一棵树。 “糖滑翔机是像袋鼠一样的有袋类动物。 雌性有袋动物有育儿袋。 看。”通过泰德的面部屏幕，安德鲁可以看到一个小缝，在肚脐的地方。 “嗯，它在睡觉，”朱迪说。 “我们可以躲着蛇，它甚至不会知道我们在这里。” 唷!Thudd吱吱地。“糖滑翔机是蛇糖！”糖滑翔机大到足以让蛇闻到，感觉到热。” 安德鲁检查了一下洞口。 他说：“我不知道这个洞是否大到能让蛇钻进去。” “但它肯定会尝试的，”朱迪说。

For a moment, the only sound inside the hole was the sugar glider snoring. "I have an idea," said Judy. "Andrew, go see where the snake is now." Andrew peered over the edge of the hole. The snake was curling around the tree trunk. Andrew could see its thin black tongue flicking in and out of its mouth. "It's coming up," said Andrew. "But it's moving slowly." "Get into the pouch, Bug-Brain," said Judy. "Huh?" said Andrew. "Snakes eat sugar gliders." "Not if there aren't any sugar gliders to eat," said Judy. "We'll rumble around inside her pouch. If we're lucky, she'll wake up, scoot out of the hole, and glide away before the snake gets here. "Come on," said Judy. "And be careful not to wake her up till we're ready." "Wowzers!" said Andrew. "If this works, we save us and the sugar glider."

有那么一会儿，洞里唯一的声音是糖滑翔机的鼾声。 “我有个主意，”朱迪说。 “安德鲁，去看看蛇在哪儿。” 安德鲁从洞的边缘往外看。 那条蛇蜷曲在树干上。 安德鲁能看见它那又细又黑的舌头在嘴里一进一出。 “快到了。”安德鲁说。 “但进展缓慢。”“进袋子里去，大笨虫，”朱迪说。 “嗯？”安德鲁说。“蛇吃糖滑翔机。” “如果没有糖滑翔机吃的话就不会了，”朱迪说。 “我们要在她的育儿袋里滚来滚去。 如果我们幸运的话，她会醒过来，从洞里溜出来，在蛇来之前溜走。 “来吧，”朱迪说。“在我们准备好之前，小心别把她吵醒。” “哇！”安德鲁说。“如果成功了，我们就能拯救自己和糖滑翔机。”

Andrew crept quickly to the middle of the furry sleeping body. He began wiggling his way into the pouch, feetfirst. It was like getting into bed with sheets tucked tightly under the mattress. Inside the pouch, it was hot and damp. The sugar glider gave a little sigh and shifted in its sleep. Judy had trouble getting in. She kicked Andrew in the head. She poked the sugar glider in the belly. The sugar glider stirred. It shook itself. It rolled onto its feet and stuck its head out of the hole in the tree trunk. Zih-zuh zih-zuh zih-zuh, it chattered. meep… "Sugar glider afraid," Thudd said. The sugar glider scurried onto the branch outside the hole and stood on its hind legs. Sss sss sss, came a hiss. It sounded close. Ssssssss… A scaly yellow-and-black head rose above the branch. From the sugar glider's pouch, Andrew looked into the snake's black eyes. The snake's

安德鲁迅速爬到毛茸茸的睡着的身体中间。 他开始用脚朝前，扭动着身子往袋子里钻。 这就像钻进被窝，床单紧紧地塞在床垫下面。 袋子里又热又湿。 糖滑翔机轻轻地叹了口气，在睡梦中动了动身子。 朱迪很难进去。 她踢了安德鲁的头。 她戳了戳糖滑翔机的肚子。 糖滑翔机动了起来。它抖了抖自己。 它翻了个身，从树干的洞里探出头来。 zh -zuh zh -zuh zh -zuh zh -zuh，它在打颤。 “我怕糖滑翔机。” 糖滑翔机急忙跑到洞外的树枝上，用后腿站立。 嘶嘶嘶嘶，传来嘶嘶声。听起来很近。 一个黄黑相间的鳞片头从树枝上冒了出来。 安德鲁从糖滑翔机的袋子里看了看蛇的黑眼睛。 蛇的

tongue darted so close, Andrew could have touched it. Suddenly Andrew's stomach seemed to jump into his mouth. The sugar glider had flung itself from the branch. The skin between its front and back legs was stretched tight like a kite. They were sailing through the jungle! The wind in Andrew's face made his eyes water. He looked down through the leafy layers of jungle speeding by and got dizzy. The next instant, they jolted to a stop. The sugar glider had landed on the branch of a small tree. She was licking her paws like a cat. "Eeeuw!" shrieked Judy. "There's something wet and rubbery in here. It's squirming against my leg!"

他的舌头离得太近了，安德鲁差点就碰到它了。 突然，安德鲁的胃好像要跳到嘴里去了。 糖滑翔机从树枝上一跃而下。 它前腿和后腿之间的皮肤像风筝一样紧紧绷着。 他们在丛林中航行！安德鲁脸上的风吹得他热泪盈眶。 他透过茂密的丛林向下看去，一阵眩晕。 下一刻，他们摇晃着停了下来。 糖滑翔机降落在一棵小树的树枝上。 她像猫一样舔爪子。 “呸！”朱迪尖叫起来。“这里有一些潮湿的橡胶状的东西。 它在我腿上蠕动！”