10 Needle in a Field of Haystacks

Chapter 10 NEEDLE IN A FIELD OF HAYSTACKS The purple button in the middle of Thudd's chest popped open. A purple beam popped out and at the end of it was a pale purple Uncle Al hologram. His eyebrows came together like fat caterpillars in the middle of his forehead. "Hi, guys!" he said. "I've been trying to reach you, but I've had trouble with the Hologram Helper." "Hey Uncle Al!" said Andrew. "We're in a tumbleweed! We're rolling toward Uluru rock!" "Good golly, Miss Molly!" said Uncle Al. "You did it! You found a way to use the wind!

第十章干草堆里的针泰德胸口中间的紫色钮扣突然打开了。 一束紫色的光束弹了出来，在它的末端是一个淡紫色的阿尔叔叔全息图。 他的眉毛像肥毛毛虫一样在前额中间拢在一起。 “嗨，伙计们！”他说。“我一直在试图联系你，但我的全息助手出了问题。” “嘿，艾尔叔叔！”安德鲁说。 “我们在风滚草里！”我们正向乌鲁鲁岩石滚去！”“天哪，莫莉小姐！”艾尔叔叔说。 “你做到了！”你找到了利用风的方法！

"I'm super proud of you guys. Winka and I are at Uluru right now." "But how are you going to find us?" asked Judy. "Do you have your flashlight?" asked Uncle Al. "Yup," said Andrew. "Turn it on," said Uncle Al. "But it's such a small light," said Judy. "How can you see it in this huge desert?" "Winka brought her telescope," said Uncle Al. "It can find the tiniest glimmers of light from stars that are billions of miles away. Now we'll use it to find a speck of light that's much closer." Andrew reached over to where his flashlight was caught on a tumbleweed twig. He turned it on. Suddenly the tumbleweed stopped tumbling. "Uh-oh," said Andrew. "The tumbleweed must be stuck on something. And we're still pretty far from Uluru rock." "Look!" said Judy. "Headlights! Is that you, Uncle Al?"

“我为你们感到超级骄傲。 温卡和我现在在乌鲁鲁。” “但是你要怎么找到我们呢？”朱迪问。 “你带手电筒了吗？”阿尔叔叔问。 “是的。”安德鲁说。“打开它，”阿尔叔叔说。 “但是这盏灯太小了，”朱迪说。 “你怎么能在这么大的沙漠里看到它呢？”“温卡带来了她的望远镜，”阿尔叔叔说。 “它可以发现数十亿英里外恒星发出的最微小的光。 现在我们将用它来寻找距离我们更近的光点。” 安德鲁伸手去摸手电筒被风滚草树枝勾住的地方。 他打开了它。突然，风滚草停止了翻滚。 “哦哦，”安德鲁说。“风滚草一定是粘在什么东西上了。 我们离乌鲁鲁岩石还很远。” “看！”朱迪说。“车头灯!是你吗，阿尔叔叔？”

"Probably" said Uncle Al. "There's not much traffic out here. We're going to stop so we can use the telescope." Andrew and Judy watched the headlights come to a standstill. "I have an idea," said Andrew. He untangled his flashlight and the Drastic Elastic from the tumbleweed. He climbed onto a twig near the outside of the tumbleweed and began to twirl the flashlight like a lasso. The flashlight made a big circle of light as it went round and round. "I see you!" said Uncle Al. "Even without the telescope." Now the headlights began moving toward them. They could see Uncle Al and Winka waving! They were getting out of the jeep! They were running toward the tumbleweed! Uncle Al picked up the tumbleweed, gently plucked Andrew and Judy out of it, and placed them in the palm of Winka's hand.

“可能吧，”阿尔叔叔说。“这里的车辆不多。 我们要停下来，这样我们就可以用望远镜了。” 安德鲁和朱迪看着车灯停了下来。 “我有个主意，”安德鲁说。 他从滚草上解开他的手电筒和剧烈弹力。 他爬到风滚草外面的一根小树枝上，开始像转动套索一样转动手电筒。 手电筒打了一圈又一圈的光。 “我看见你了！”阿尔叔叔说。 “即使没有望远镜。” 现在车灯开始朝他们移动。 他们看见阿尔叔叔和温卡在挥手！他们从吉普车里出来了！他们朝风滚草跑去了！艾尔叔叔捡起风滚草，轻轻地把安德鲁和朱迪拔了出来，放在温卡的手掌上。

"Ooorf…," Judy burped. Her eyes rolled dizzily. "Blurk…" A sound between a hiccup and a burp came out of Andrew. "Hiya, Unkie! Hiya, Winka!" said Thudd. "There's a great pizza place at Uluru," said Uncle Al. "They even have witchetty grub topping!" Even by moonlight, Winka could tell that Andrew and Judy were looking a little green.

“呃……”朱迪打了个嗝。她的眼睛转得头晕目眩。 “哔……”安德鲁发出了一种介于打嗝和打嗝之间的声音。 “你好,Unkie !你好，温卡！” “乌鲁鲁有一家很棒的披萨店，”艾尔叔叔说。 “他们甚至还有巫妖蛴螬做配料！”即使在月光下，温卡也能看出安德鲁和朱迪的脸色有点发青。

Winka smiled kindly. "How about pepperoni?" she said. "Ooooorp!" said Judy. "Give me five minutes!" said Andrew.

温卡亲切地笑了。“意大利辣香肠怎么样？”她说。 “哦哦！”朱迪说。“给我五分钟！”安德鲁说。