6 So Fuzzy, So Soft, So Not a Kitten

Chapter 6 SO FUZZY, SO SOFT, SO NOT A KITTEN... The death adder's tongue flicked from its closed mouth. meep… "Snake smell stuff with tongue," said Thudd quietly. The thick yellow-and-brown-striped death adder slithered slowly away from the rock pile. It looped its way over the sand. Andrew and Judy watched it till it was too far away to see. meep… "Sun gonna set," said Thudd. He pointed to the sun, now lower in the sky and more orange. "Lotsa animals gonna wake up. Start to hunt. Big danger."

第六章毛茸茸的，柔软的，不像小猫… 死蝰蛇的舌头从紧闭的嘴里弹了一下。 “蛇用舌头闻东西。” 厚厚的黄棕色条纹的死蝰蛇慢慢地从岩石堆上爬了出去。 它在沙滩上盘旋而过。 安德鲁和朱迪一直看着它，直到它远远地看不见为止。 “太阳要落山了。” 他指着太阳，太阳现在在天空中更低了，橙色更浓了。 “很多动物都会醒来。 开始狩猎吧。大的危险。”

Judy slapped at her clothes, trying to get rid of the sticky, stinky gecko spray. "Yeesh!" she said. "I smell like a litter box!" meep… "Nose get used to smell," said Thudd. "In little while, Drewd and Oody not smell stinky stuff anymore." Andrew shrugged. "Maybe the smell will keep some dangerous animals away," he said. The sky lit up with ribbons of color— orange and rose and red and purple. Far away, Uluru rock glowed like polished copper. Judy lifted her sunglasses to get a better look. "Cheese Louise!" she exclaimed. "Wild colors!" meep… "Desert sunset got lotsa color," said Thudd, "cuz desert got lotsa dust. "Color happen when light bounce off stuff. Light bounce off dust in desert air." "Let's pick up the pace," said Andrew, trudging ahead. "It'll be dark soon."

朱迪拍打着自己的衣服，想把又粘又臭的壁虎喷雾弄掉。 “耶！”她说。“我闻起来像个猫砂盆！” “过了一会儿，德鲁和欧迪再也闻不到臭气了。” 安德鲁耸耸肩。“也许这种气味会让一些危险的动物远离，”他说。 天空被五颜六色的彩带照亮了——橙色的、玫瑰色的、红色的和紫色的。 远处，乌鲁鲁岩石像抛光的铜一样闪闪发光。 朱迪举起墨镜，想看得更清楚。 “奶酪露易丝！”她叫道。 “沙漠的日落有很多颜色，”泰德说，“因为沙漠有很多灰尘。 “当光线反射到物体上时，就会产生颜色。 光在沙漠空气中被灰尘反射。” “我们加快脚步吧。”安德鲁说着，艰难地走在前面。 “天快黑了。”

Judy rolled her eyes. "It's been hours," she said. "And we're only a few yards from where we started." "If we could only find a way to use the wind. It's blowing toward Uluru," said Andrew. "It feels cold," said Judy. meep… "Desert air cool fast, fast, fast," said Thudd. "Desert air not got much water. Water in air is what hold heat." Big, airy tumbleweeds bounced over the sand and grass and sped away. Hmmm, thought Andrew. "Maybe we could…" Just then, he felt the ground shake a little. He looked around. Behind them were dozens of leaping creatures as tall as refrigerators. They jumped as high as they were tall. Some could have bounded across a classroom in a single leap. "Wowzers schnauzers!" shouted Andrew. "Kangaroos!" "A whole herd of kangaroos!" said Judy.

朱迪翻了个白眼。“已经好几个小时了，”她说。 “我们离出发的地方只有几码远了。” “如果我们能找到利用风的方法就好了。 它正向乌鲁鲁吹来。”安德鲁说。 “感觉很冷，”朱迪说。 “沙漠里的空气凉得很快，很快，很快。” “沙漠空气中没有多少水分。 空气中的水是保持热量的东西。” 大而轻快的风滚草在沙地和草地上跳来跳去，飞快地飞走了。 嗯，安德鲁想。“也许我们可以……”就在这时，他感到地面有点震动。 他环顾四周。他们身后是几十个像冰箱一样高的跳跃生物。 他们跳得和身高一样高。 有些人可以一跳就越过教室。 “哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁喊道。 “袋鼠!”“一群袋鼠！”朱迪说。

Some of the kangaroos stopped to nibble on a bush. meep… "Bunch of kangaroos called mob," said Thudd. "Kangaroos looking for grass and leaves to eat." "The kangaroos are about a billion times bigger than we are," said Judy. "If one of them stomps on us, we're kangaroo toe jam. Let's find somewhere to hide." Andrew and Judy took off.

一些袋鼠停下来啃一丛灌木。 “一群叫暴民的袋鼠。”萨德说。 “袋鼠在找草和树叶吃。” “袋鼠大约比我们大十亿倍，”朱迪说。 “如果他们中的一个踩到我们，我们就会被袋鼠脚趾卡住。 我们找个地方躲起来吧。” 安德鲁和朱迪离开了。

Thumpa! Thumpa! Thumpa! They managed to reach a witchetty bush just as the kangaroos were almost on top of them. Kangaroos were stopping to nibble leaves. Chuck, chuck, chuck! a kangaroo called loudly. THUMP! A kangaroo foot slammed down next to Andrew and Judy. It was so close that a giant black claw brushed the tip of their toes! The next instant, the kangaroo leapt off. Its humongous claw sent them tumbling across the sand like bug- sized golf balls. Suddenly they stopped rolling and started falling down and down into darkness. The kangaroo had tossed them into a hole. But it wasn't just a hole. It was the entrance to a steep underground tunnel. "Oooof!" hollered Andrew. "Aaaack!" yelped Judy. Andrew whammed into something soft, something furry. Downy hairs tickled his neck and legs. Feels like a kitten, thought Andrew.

Thumpa !Thumpa !Thumpa !就在袋鼠快到他们头顶的时候，他们终于到达了一棵巫巫树丛。 袋鼠停下来啃树叶。 恰克，恰克！一只袋鼠大声叫道。 重打!一只袋鼠脚重重地落在安德鲁和朱迪旁边。 他们靠得很近，一只巨大的黑爪擦过他们的脚趾尖！下一刻，袋鼠跳了下来。 它巨大的爪子让它们像虫子大小的高尔夫球一样在沙滩上翻滚。 突然，他们停止了滚动，开始不停地往下掉，掉进黑暗中。 袋鼠把他们扔进了一个洞里。 但这不仅仅是一个洞。 这是一条陡峭的地下隧道的入口。 “呜！”安德鲁叫道。“啊！”朱迪叫道。 安德鲁撞到了一个柔软、毛茸茸的东西。 绒毛使他的脖子和腿发痒。 感觉像只小猫，安德鲁想。

"Where are we?" asked Judy. Andrew whipped off his sunglasses. He unclipped his mini-flashlight from his belt loop and flicked it on. The beam lit up a cave that was almost filled with a giant, hairy lump the size of a person's fist.

“我们在哪儿？”朱迪问。 安德鲁摘下了他的太阳镜。 他从腰带环上取下袖珍手电筒，打开了它。 光束照亮了一个洞穴，里面几乎充满了一个巨大的、毛茸茸的肿块，有一个人的拳头那么大。