6 Who Wants to Eat a Scab

Chapter 6 WHO WANTS TO EAT A SCAB? Andrew was staring into a tube that looked bigger than a train tunnel. Sticking out from its walls were thousands of finger-shaped things that stretched and wriggled like strange worms. Andrew pulled himself farther into Uncle Al's intestines. He pulled Thudd up, too. "The blood is dragging me away!" came Judy's voice. Andrew jerked the Drastic Elastic. "Yoof!" cried Judy. Andrew smiled. "She's back!" He ran his hand over the finger-y things. They were as soft as velvet.

第六章谁想吃痂？ 安德鲁凝视着一条看起来比火车隧道还大的管道。 墙上伸出成千上万个手指形状的东西，像奇怪的蠕虫一样伸展和扭动。 安德鲁把自己拉进了阿尔叔叔的肠子里。 他把达达也拉了上来。“血把我拖走了！”朱迪的声音传来。 安德鲁猛拉了一下弹力绷带。 “呜！”朱迪叫道。安德鲁笑了。 “她回来了!”他用手摸了摸那些有手指的东西。 它们像天鹅绒一样柔软。

meep… "Called villi," said Thudd. "Stomach turn food into mush. Intestines break mush into tiny molecules. "Villi pick up food molecules like sponge. Send molecules into blood to feed body." A clump of rod shapes was slithering slowly toward Andrew. "What's that?" asked Andrew. meep… "Bacteria," said Thudd. "What's going on up there?" shouted Judy from inside the capillary. "Herds of germs are crawling around like slime carpets," said Andrew. "Yuck-a-roony!" Judy exclaimed. "That's soooooo disgusting!" "Noop! Noop! Noop!" said Thudd. "Lotsa good, good germs here. "Animals not live without bacteria in intestines. Bacteria help break down food. Make vitamins." "It's still disgusting!" said Judy from below. Glurg glurg glurg…

“叫绒毛。”萨德说。 胃把食物变成糊状。 肠子把糊状物分解成微小的分子。 绒毛像海绵一样吸收食物分子。 将分子送入血液，供给身体所需。” 一堆杆状的东西慢慢地向安德鲁滑来。 “那是什么？”安德鲁问。 “细菌。”萨德说。 “上面发生了什么事？”朱迪从毛细血管里喊道。 “成群的细菌像黏糊糊的地毯一样爬来爬去，”安德鲁说。 “Yuck-a-roony !”朱迪喊道。 “太恶心了！”“等待!等待!不！” “这里有很多很好的细菌。 “动物的肠道里不能没有细菌。 细菌帮助分解食物。 使维生素。”“还是很恶心！”朱迪在下面说。 汩汩汩汩汩汩……

A rumbling sound was coming from above. Suddenly a waterfall of glop began pouring into Uncle Al's intestines. meep… "Unkie's lunch coming!" said Thudd. The villi wriggled and stretched wildly. meep… "Villi trying to soak up lotsa food," said Thudd. Andrew pulled himself back into the capillary before the flood of food hit him. He let the stream of blood carry them off. "I'm glad we're not getting out of Uncle Al that way," said Judy. The walls of their capillary widened. Streams of dish-shaped red blood cells and squid-like white blood cells swirled by. Small odd-shaped bits and pieces mixed among the crowds of cells. "Where are we?" asked Judy. meep… "Going down Unkie's leg now," said Thudd. "Ouch!" came the voice of Uncle Al. It sounded far away. "Now, how did I get this sliver in my

上面传来隆隆的声音。 突然，一股粘液像瀑布一样涌进了艾尔叔叔的肠子。 “恩基的午饭来了！” 绒毛疯狂地扭动和伸展。 “我想多吃点东西。”泰德说。 在潮水般的食物袭击他之前，安德鲁把自己拉回了毛细血管。 他任由血流把他们带走。 “我很高兴我们不用那样从阿尔叔叔那里逃出来，”朱迪说。 毛细血管壁变宽。 碟子状的红血球和鱿鱼状的白血球在周围旋转。 形状怪异的小碎片混杂在牢房的人群中。 “我们在哪儿？”朱迪问。 “现在要钻进昂基的腿里去了。” “哎哟！”传来艾尔叔叔的声音。 声音听起来很远。“现在，我是怎么把这条银放进我的。

leg? Must have rubbed up against the side of the boat. There! I've got it." Suddenly, ahead of Andrew and Judy, stringy strands began growing in the stream of blood. The strands tangled together like a messy spiderweb. Red blood cells and white blood cells were getting trapped in the web. A second later, Andrew and Judy were tangled in the web, too! "Yaaargh!" yelled Andrew. "Aaaaack!" hollered Judy. Andrew ripped at the strands, but new strands kept appearing out of nowhere. He got more and more tangled. meep… "Unkie got cut from sliver," said Thudd. "When someone bleed, molecules in blood come together, make sticky strings. Strings trap blood cells and other stuff. Make plug to stop bleeding. Called clot. Clot turn into scab." "I'm not going to be part of anybody's scab!" said Judy battling the strands. "How do we get out of here?"

腿吗?一定是擦到船舷上了。 在那里!我知道了。”突然，在安德鲁和朱迪的前面，血液中开始长出丝丝。 这些线缠在一起，像一张凌乱的蜘蛛网。 红细胞和白细胞被困在蛛网里。 一秒钟后，安德鲁和朱迪也被网缠住了！“啊！”安德鲁叫道。 “啊！”朱迪叫道。安德鲁撕扯着头发，但新的头发不知从哪里冒出来。 他越来越纠结了。 “哎呀呀……”“哎呀呀……” “当有人流血时，血液中的分子聚集在一起，形成粘绳。 绳子会困住血细胞和其他东西。 用塞子止血。 称为血栓。血块变成了结痂。” “我不想成为任何人的结痂的一部分！”朱迪说。 “我们怎么离开这里？”

meep… "Sticky strands made of same kinda stuff as spiderweb and meat," said Thudd. "Called protein. Remember how Drewd and Oody escape from spiderweb?" "Yuck-a-rama!" said Judy turning a little green. "We had to eat the spiderweb!" "Yoop! Yoop! Yoop!" said Thudd. "Now gotta eat stringy stuff!" "Uggggh!" said Judy, watching Andrew begin to gobble the sticky strands. "Tastes like raw hamburger," said Andrew. Judy rolled her eyes, but she pushed a small wad of the webby stuff into her mouth. "Tastes awful!" she gagged.

“粘乎乎的线，跟蜘蛛网和肉是一种东西。” “蛋白质。还记得德鲁和伍迪是怎么从蜘蛛网里逃出来的吗？”“啊呀啊呀！”朱迪的脸有点绿了。 “我们不得不吃蜘蛛网！”“Yoop !Yoop !呜！” “现在该吃粘稠的东西了！”“啊哈！”朱迪看着安德鲁开始狼吞虎咽地吃那些黏糊糊的丝线，说。 “尝起来像生汉堡，”安德鲁说。 朱迪翻了个白眼，但她把一小团网状的东西塞进嘴里。 “难吃极了！”她哽咽着说。

Andrew stuffed the strands into his mouth till he felt he would burst. Judy kept chomping away, too. When just a few strands were left, they ripped their way out. Soon they were tumbling through Uncle Al's blood again.

安德鲁把头发塞进嘴里，直到他觉得自己要炸开。 朱迪也不停地咬着。 当只剩下几根头发时，它们挣脱了出来。 不久，他们又在阿尔叔叔的鲜血中翻滚。