9 Saved by the Smell

Chapter 9 SAVED BY THE SMELL Judy pushed her face next to Andrew's. "You'd better be right, Bug-Brain," she said. "Or else we're jungle chow." The deep shadows of this place gave Andrew the spooks. "Let's get going," he said. "We have to get to the river." "And we've got to find the ghost mushrooms before we get there," said Judy. They began their trudge across the rainforest floor. The jungle floor buzzed and chattered. Here and there, dead leaves twitched. Kakaka kakaka… came a sound from behind them.

第九章被气味拯救朱迪把脸凑近安德鲁的脸。 “你最好是对的，笨蛋，”她说。 “不然我们就是丛林食物。” 这地方的阴影让安德鲁感到害怕。 “我们走吧，”他说。 “我们必须到河边去。” “我们必须在到达那里之前找到幽灵蘑菇，”朱迪说。 他们开始在雨林地面上跋涉。 丛林的地面发出嗡嗡的响声。 到处都是枯叶在抽搐。 卡卡卡卡，从他们身后传来一个声音。

Andrew turned to see a slender flying insect, long as a pinkie finger, darting above a dark lump on the ground. Then two legs—long, thin, dark, hairy legs— shot up from the lump. The lump was a fat, hairy spider. Its legs clawed the air, reaching for the insect. From leg to leg, the spider was the size of a dinner plate. Andrew froze. "That spider looks as big as Godzilla!" he whispered. meep… "Tarantula," said Thudd. "Called bird- eating spider! Eat lizards, snakes, frogs, birds!" Kakaka kakaka kakaka… "It's making weird sounds," said Judy. meep… "Called barking spider, too," said Thudd. "Spider in big fight with giant wasp called tarantula hawk. Cuz female wasp hunt tarantulas. "If wasp sting spider, spider not able to move. Then wasp lay egg inside spider. When egg hatch, baby wasp eat spider alive."

安德鲁转过身，看见一只纤细的飞虫，有小指那么长，在地上一个黑色的肿块上方飞快地飞着。 接着，两条又长又细又黑又多毛的腿从那块地方蹿了出来。 那肿块是一只又肥又多毛的蜘蛛。 它的腿在空中抓着昆虫。 从一条腿到另一条腿，蜘蛛有一个餐盘那么大。 安德鲁冻结。“那只蜘蛛看起来和哥斯拉一样大！”他低声说。 “狼蛛。” “叫吃鸟蜘蛛！”吃蜥蜴、蛇、青蛙、鸟！”“它发出奇怪的声音，”朱迪说。 “也叫吠蛛。” “蜘蛛与被称为狼蛛鹰的巨型黄蜂大打出手。 因为雌性黄蜂捕食狼蛛。 “如果黄蜂螫了蜘蛛，蜘蛛就动弹不得。 然后黄蜂在蜘蛛体内产卵。 当卵孵化时，小黄蜂会生吃蜘蛛。”

"Yuck!" said Judy. "That is soooo disgusting!" meep… "In lotsa places, people eat tarantulas. Taste like crab meat!" "Neato mosquito!" said Andrew. "Aaaaack!" Judy gagged. With one of its front legs, the spider was scraping hairs off the front of its body. Then it flung them at the wasp! "Duck! Duck! Duck!" squeaked Thudd. "Tarantula hair got lotsa poison!" The fierce battle was scuffling closer to Andrew and Judy. "Let's get out of here!" gasped Judy. meep… "Hide behind gympie-gympie tree!" said Thudd. He pointed to a small, pretty tree with heart- shaped leaves the size of pizzas. "But no touch! Gympie-gympie tree got hairs on leaves, hairs on trunk. Every hair is tiny glass needle filled with strong poison.

“恶心！”朱迪说。“太恶心了！”“在很多地方，人们都吃狼蛛。 尝起来像蟹肉！”“蚊子！”安德鲁说。 “Aaaaack !”朱迪堵住。这只蜘蛛正用它的一条前腿刮掉身体前侧的毛发。 然后它把它们扔向黄蜂！“鸭子!鸭子!鸭子！”泰德尖叫道。 “狼蛛的头发里有很多毒药！”激烈的战斗越来越接近安德鲁和朱迪。 “我们离开这里吧！”朱迪喘着气说。 “躲到体操树后面去！” 他指着一棵小而漂亮的树，叶子像披萨那么大，呈心形。 “但是没有碰！”Gympie-gympie树的叶子上有毛，树干上有毛。 每一根头发都是装着剧毒的小玻璃针。

"If animal touch gympie-gympie tree, hairs dig into skin. Hurt! Hurt! Hurt! Even spider not touch gympie-gympie tree." Andrew and Judy scurried behind the gympie- gympie tree. They watched as the tarantula and the wasp charged each other. At last, the tarantula scuttled under a thorny bush. The wasp flew off. "Let's go," said Andrew. Careful to stay away from its horrible hairs, Andrew and Judy crept away from the gympie- gympie tree. They continued their trek over the wet, slippery leaves. The light was getting dimmer. They strained to see the glow of ghost mushrooms on the shadowy forest floor. Suddenly Andrew felt something grab his ankles. "Erf!" he cried. The next instant, he was upside down! Eek! squeaked Thudd, clinging to the edge of Andrew's pocket.

“如果动物摸到gympie-gympie树，毛发就会扎进皮肤。 伤害!伤害!伤害!就连蜘蛛也不能碰这棵树。” 安德鲁和朱迪急忙跑到金碧树后面。 他们看着狼蛛和黄蜂互相攻击。 最后，狼蛛逃到了一丛荆棘下。 黄蜂飞走了。“我们走吧。”安德鲁说。 安德鲁和朱迪小心翼翼地远离它可怕的毛发，蹑手蹑脚地离开了金桃树。 他们继续在湿滑的树叶上跋涉。 光线越来越暗了。 他们竭力想看清森林阴暗的地面上幽灵蘑菇发出的光。 突然，安德鲁感到有什么东西抓住了他的脚踝。 “呸！”他叫道。下一秒，他就倒过来了！唷!泰德紧紧抓住安德鲁的衣袋边缘，尖声叫道。

"Aaaack!" hollered Judy. They were upside down and speeding away! They were heading for a long black snout attached to a small head with beady black eyes! The animal's body was completely covered with long, sharp brown quills. "Yowzers!" cried Andrew. "Noooooo!" cried Judy. "Echidna!" squeaked Thudd. "Spiny ant-eater! Nose feel electric signals from living things. From

“啊！”朱迪叫道。他们上下颠倒，疾驰而去！它们正朝着一个长着长长的黑鼻子、长着一对黑眼睛的小脑袋走去！这种动物的身体完全覆盖着又长又尖的棕色刺。 “尤尔斯！”安德鲁叫道。“不！”朱迪叫道。 “针鼹！” “带刺的只食蚁兽!鼻子能感觉到生物发出的电信号。 从

ants, from bugs, from Drewd and Oody!" Just as they reached the dark tunnel of the echidna's mouth, the tongue stopped reeling them in. Snoof snoof, sniffed the echidna. Judy shuddered. "We're going to be eaten by a pincushion with a head," she moaned. Then, as fast as the echidna's tongue had reeled them in, it spun them out and shook them off. Judy and Andrew landed in a brown slimy puddle. The echidna turned and waddled away. "Cheese Louise!" shouted Judy. "We got lucky!" "I wonder why it didn't eat us," said Andrew. meep… "Drewd and Oody still smell like peppermint," said Thudd. "Maybe echidna not like peppermint." Andrew and Judy wiped the slime off as best they could and trudged on. As the day grew late, the colors of the rain forest faded to black and gray. The screeches and

蚂蚁，虫子，德鲁和乌迪！”就在他们到达针鼹鼠口中的黑暗通道时，它的舌头停止了把他们卷进去的动作。 “鼻涕，鼻涕，”针鼹嗅着。 朱迪战栗。“我们要被一个带头的针垫吃掉了，”她呻吟道。 然后，针鼹的舌头以同样快的速度把它们卷进去，然后把它们甩出来。 朱迪和安德鲁降落在一个棕色的泥泞的水坑里。 针鼹转过身，摇摇摆摆地走开了。 “奶酪露易丝！”朱迪喊道。 “我们很幸运！”“我想知道它为什么不吃我们。”安德鲁说。 “德鲁和乌迪身上还有薄荷味。” “也许针鼹不喜欢薄荷。” 安德鲁和朱迪尽可能地擦掉黏液，然后继续跋涉。 随着天色渐晚，雨林的颜色逐渐褪为黑色和灰色。 尖叫声和