5 Tail on the Loose

Chapter 5 TAIL ON THE LOOSE Suddenly more ants were charging from the opposite direction. These ants were huge. Their long jaws were like jagged saws. meep… "Bulldog ants!" said Thudd. "Fierce fighting ants! Hang on to prey and not let go!" Some of the meat ants let go of their captured prey as they battled. A bulldog ant lunged toward the meat ant that had captured Andrew. Both ants reared up. Andrew looked into the round black eyes of the bulldog ant. Each eye was made up of hundreds of

突然，更多的蚂蚁从相反的方向冲了过来。 这些蚂蚁很大。它们的长下巴像锯齿状的锯。 “牛头犬蚂蚁！” “凶猛的战斗蚂蚁！”抓住猎物，不要松手！”一些食肉蚂蚁在战斗中释放了它们捕获的猎物。 一只牛头犬蚂蚁扑向抓住安德鲁的食肉蚂蚁。 两只蚂蚁都抬起头来。安德鲁看着牛头犬蚂蚁圆圆的黑眼睛。 每只眼睛都是由数百个

tiny tiles. The antennas of the two ants touched. Their front legs tangled. The bulldog ant wrestled the meat ant to the ground. "Burp, Drewd, burp!" squeaked Thudd. "Ants not like garlic smell!" Andrew reached up and grabbed one of the ant's wiry antennas. He dragged it close to his mouth. "URRRP!" he burped loudly. "UKRRP!" The antenna waggled. The next instant, the ant's jaws loosened. Andrew was free! He fell to the ground and rolled clear of the battle. Through the tangle of ant legs, he saw the meat ant that had captured Judy. It was battling another bulldog ant. They seemed to be fighting over which one would get to eat Judy. The bulldog ant clamped its jaws on Judy's neck. Andrew crept between the two ants. "URRRRP!" He burped his biggest burp.

小瓷砖。两只蚂蚁的触角碰在了一起。 它们的前腿缠在一起。牛头犬蚂蚁把肉蚂蚁摔倒在地。 “打个嗝，德鲁，打个嗝！” “蚂蚁不喜欢大蒜的味道！”安德鲁伸手抓住蚂蚁的一根钢丝天线。 他把它拖到嘴边。 “呃……”他大声打了个嗝。 “UKRRP !”天线在晃动。 下一刻，蚂蚁的嘴松开了。 安德鲁自由了！他倒在地上，滚出了战场。 透过一团蚂蚁的腿，他看到了抓住朱迪的肉蚁。 它正在和另一只斗牛犬蚂蚁搏斗。 他们似乎在为谁能吃掉朱迪而争吵。 牛头犬蚂蚁咬住朱迪的脖子。 安德鲁爬到两只蚂蚁中间。 “URRRRP !”他打了个最大的嗝。

Nothing happened. "Judy!" yelled Andrew. "Burp on your ant! You ate garlic pizza, too!" "I don't burp, Bug-Brain!" hollered Judy. "You can do it!" Andrew hollered back.

什么也没有发生。“朱迪！”安德鲁喊道。 “对着你的蚂蚁打个嗝！”你还吃了大蒜披萨！”“我不打嗝，虫脑！”朱迪喊道。 “你能行的！”安德鲁喊道。

"ooo OOO OOOO OOOOORP!" burped Judy. The ants' antennas waggled. Judy fell from the meat ant's jaws. The bulldog ant reared back. Andrew and Judy tried to scramble away but ants were everywhere. Ants were climbing on top of ants. Ants were climbing over Andrew and Judy. They could barely move. Suddenly ants began to scatter in every direction. To keep from being trampled, Andrew and Judy crept around a pile of rocks and onto an island of prickly grass. Andrew climbed up a stiff grass stem to see what was happening. The stem was as rough as sandpaper. Streams of stampeding ants were flowing away from a lump in the sand. Andrew squinted to see it better. The sand-colored lump was as big as a person's hand. Every part of its body was covered with sharp, thick white thorns. Thorns surrounded its eyes. Thorns ran up and down its neck.

“喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔喔！” 蚂蚁的触角在摆动。 朱迪从食肉蚂蚁的嘴里掉了下来。 斗牛犬蚂蚁向后仰着背。 安德鲁和朱迪试图爬开，但到处都是蚂蚁。 蚂蚁爬在蚂蚁的上面。 蚂蚁在安德鲁和朱迪身上爬。 他们几乎不能移动。突然，蚂蚁开始四散开来。 为了不被踩到，安德鲁和朱迪蹑手蹑脚地绕过一堆岩石，来到一个长满带刺草的小岛上。 安德鲁爬上一根僵硬的草茎，想看看发生了什么事。 茎像砂纸一样粗糙。 一群群受惊的蚂蚁从沙堆里流出来。 安德鲁眯起眼睛看得更清楚。 这个沙色的肿块有一个人的手那么大。 它身体的每一部分都长满了又尖又粗的白色刺。 刺围绕着它的眼睛。 荆棘在它的脖子上窜来窜去。

"Holy moly!" Andrew shouted down to Judy. "Something weird is coming! It looks like a mini- Stegosaurus!" As the monster scuttled along the ground, every ant in its path disappeared. Its sticky tongue snapped up ants so quickly that Andrew barely saw it happen. Thudd pulled himself higher up in Andrew's pocket to get a better look. meep… "Thorny devil!" squeaked Thudd. "Shy lizard. Gentle lizard." "It's sure not gentle with ants," said Andrew.

“神圣的魔草!”安德鲁朝下面的朱迪喊道。 “奇怪的东西来了！”它看起来像一只迷你剑龙！”当怪物沿着地面飞奔时，它所经过的每一只蚂蚁都消失了。 它黏糊糊的舌头迅速咬住蚂蚁，安德鲁几乎没看见。 砰砰在安德鲁的口袋里爬得更高，以便看得更清楚。 “多刺的魔鬼！” “害羞的蜥蜴。温柔的蜥蜴”。 “它对蚂蚁肯定不温柔，”安德鲁说。

meep… "Thorny devil gotta eat two thousand ants every day," said Thudd. Andrew climbed down the stem of grass. "We'd better get our ant-sized selves out of here," he said.

“多刺的魔鬼每天要吃两千只蚂蚁。” 安德鲁顺着草茎爬了下来。 “我们最好把我们蚂蚁大小的自己弄出去，”他说。