3 You’d Have to Be Awfully Thirsty to Drink That

Chapter 3 YOU'D HAVE TO BE AWFULLY THIRSTY TO DRINK THAT "Androooooo!" hollered Judy. She grabbed on to Andrew's feet and pulled. Andrew looked up at a pair of huge, toothy pliers—open wide! "Bug jaws!" hollered Andrew. meep… "Katydid!" said Thudd. "Kinda big grasshopper. Eat leaves. Eat bugs! "Katydid got good camouflage. Hide in bush. Look like twig. Wait for prey." "It could bite my head off with one chomp!" said Andrew. His heart was beating like a bongo

茱蒂叫道：“你得渴得要命才喝得下那种东西。” 她抓住安德鲁的脚使劲拉。 安德鲁抬头看到了一把巨大的、带齿的钳子——张得大大的！“虫嘴！”安德鲁叫道。 “凯蒂蒂！” “有点像大蚱蜢。吃树叶。 吃虫子!“Katydid有很好的伪装。 躲在灌木丛里。看起来像小树枝。 等待猎物。”“它可以一口咬掉我的头！”安德鲁说。 他的心跳得像手鼓一样

drum. Frantically he tried to pry the katydid's stiff legs off of his chest. The katydid was dragging him up into the bush. meep… "Katydid hide from birds," said Thudd. Plump… Plop… Ploop… The sound was coming from the puddle. Andrew craned his neck to look. The puddle was bubbling! Two big black eyes the size of marbles popped out of the puddle. They stared unblinkingly in Andrew's direction. The creature slowly crept toward the edge of the puddle. Its body looked like a round, puffy brown cushion.

鼓。他疯狂地试图把蝈蝈僵硬的腿从他的胸膛上撬开。 那只蝈蝈正把他拖进灌木丛。 “凯蒂蒂躲着鸟儿，”萨德说。 扑通……扑通……扑通……声音是从水坑里传来的。 安德鲁伸长脖子去看。 水坑在冒泡！两只弹珠大小的大黑眼睛从水坑里跳出来。 他们目不转睛地盯着安德鲁的方向。 那生物慢慢地向水坑的边缘爬去。 它的身体看起来像一个圆形的、蓬松的棕色垫子。

Mwaaah… mwaaah… mwaaah… meep… "Water-holding frog!" squeaked Thudd. "Drink lotsa water when rain come to desert. Then dig tunnel underground. Make cocoon out of old skin. Can stay underground for five years! Come up when rain come again. "Sometime thirsty humans dig up water-holding frog. Stick frog butt in mouth and squeeze. Out come water." "Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!" gagged Judy dangling from Andrew's feet. "I wouldn't drink water from a frog butt if I was dying of thirst!" "Frogs eat bugs," said Andrew as the katydid dragged him higher up the bush—and closer to its jaws. "And that frog must be really hungry if it's been underground for five years." "You're going to get eaten by a stupid bug!" hollered Judy. "And I'm going to get eaten by a dumb frog! This is all your fault, Bug-Brain!" meep… "Got idea!" squeaked Thudd. "Remember when Drewd fight off beetle in bat cave? Katydids and crickets not like garlic. Drewd

“抱水蛙！”泰德尖声叫道。 “沙漠下雨的时候多喝水。 然后在地下挖隧道。 用旧皮肤做茧。 可以在地下呆上五年！下雨时再上来。 “有时口渴的人会挖出保水蛙。 把青蛙屁股放进嘴里挤压。 水出来了。”“啐!讨厌的东西!恶心！”朱迪在安德鲁脚上晃来晃去，喘着粗气。 “就算我快渴死了，我也不会喝青蛙屁股里的水！”“青蛙吃虫子。”安德鲁说着，蝈蝈把他拖到了灌木丛的高处——离它的嘴更近了。 “如果那只青蛙在地下呆了五年，它一定很饿。” “你会被一只愚蠢的虫子吃掉的！”朱迪喊道。 “我要被一只笨青蛙吃掉了！”这都是你的错，笨蛋！” “还记得德鲁在蝙蝠洞里击退甲虫那次吗？” 蝈蝈和蟋蟀不喜欢大蒜。 Drewd

got garlic breath. Gotta blow garlic breath on katydid knees." "On its knees?" said Judy. meep… "Katydid smell with knees," said Thudd. "Blow on them?" said Andrew. "I can do better than that!" Andrew leaned close to one of the prickly legs that had him in its grip. "URRRRRP!" Up came a giant burp of garlic breath. Suddenly the insect pulled its sharp spines out of Andrew's ribs. He and Judy were falling! Splop!

有大蒜味。要对着凯蒂的膝盖吹蒜味。” “在它的膝盖上？”朱迪说。 “凯蒂用膝盖闻。”萨德说。 “吹？”安德鲁说。 “我可以做得更好！”安德鲁靠向一条被它抓住的带刺的腿。 “URRRRRP !”一阵巨大的蒜味呼了出来。 突然，那只昆虫从安德鲁的肋骨上拔出了它锋利的刺。 他和朱迪在坠落！Splop !

Andrew and Judy splashed down into a smaller puddle. Splat! The fat frog jumped out of the mud toward the bush. In one flick of the frog's tongue, the katydid disappeared. Mwaaah… mwaaah… mwaaah… The frog hopped into a nearby patch of grass. He stopped to munch, then disappeared behind a pile of stones. "Woofers!" said Andrew, scooping mud off his pants. "Let's look for a safer place to stay." Just then, the purple button in the middle of Thudd's chest began to blink. It popped open and a beam of purple light zoomed out. At the end of the beam was a pale purple hologram of Uncle Al. "Hi, Uncle Al!" shouted Andrew. "Hiya, Unkie!" squeaked Thudd. "Where are you, Uncle Al?" hollered Judy.

安德鲁和朱迪扑通一声掉进了一个小水坑里。 长条木板!那只胖青蛙从泥里跳出来，朝灌木丛走去。 青蛙的舌头轻轻一弹，蝈蝈就消失了。 Mwaaah…Mwaaah…Mwaaah…青蛙跳到附近的一片草地上。 他停下来咀嚼，然后消失在一堆石头后面。 “低音炮！”安德鲁说着，把裤子上的泥铲掉。 “我们找个更安全的地方住吧。” 就在这时，泰德胸口中央的紫色纽扣开始闪烁。 它突然打开，一束紫光嗖地射了出来。 在光束的末端是艾尔叔叔的淡紫色全息图。 “嗨，阿尔叔叔！”安德鲁喊道。 “你好，昂基！” “你在哪儿，阿尔叔叔？”朱迪喊道。

"What's important is where are you?" said Uncle Al. When Uncle Al visited Andrew and Judy by using his Hologram Helper, he could hear them but not see them. "I don't know," said Judy, "but we almost got eaten by a katydid. Then we almost got eaten by a frog." Uncle Al's fuzzy eyebrows met in the middle of his forehead. "Good golly, Miss Molly!" he exclaimed. "I'd better find you before you almost get eaten by something else! Are you near anything big?" "We can see a giant wall of rock," said Andrew. "But it's awfully far away." "That must be Uluru," said Uncle Al. "It's the highest spot in this desert. "It's such a beautiful place that people come to see it. There are hotels and restaurants. We can meet there." "But how can we get there?" asked Judy. "It's far away and we're the size of ants!"

“重要的是你在哪里？”阿尔叔叔说。 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。 “我不知道，”朱迪说，“但我们差点被一只蝈蝈吃了。 然后我们差点被一只青蛙吃掉。” 艾尔叔叔毛茸茸的眉毛在前额正中相遇。 “天哪，莫丽小姐！” “我最好在你差点被别的东西吃掉之前找到你！”你在什么大东西附近吗？”“我们可以看到一堵巨大的岩壁，”安德鲁说。 “可是那儿太远了。” “那一定是乌鲁鲁。”艾尔叔叔说。 “这是这片沙漠的最高点。 “这是一个非常美丽的地方，人们都来看它。 这里有旅馆和餐馆。 我们可以在那里见面。”“但是我们怎么才能到那里呢？”朱迪问。 “它很远，我们只有蚂蚁那么大！”