7 Deep Trouble

Chapter 7 DEEP TROUBLE Andrew scratched his head. He couldn't make out what it was. But it wasn't a kitten. Eek! squeaked Thudd. "Whistling spider! Tarantula!" "Yaaaaaah!" screamed Judy backing away. "I hate spiders even when I'm bigger than they are! And this one's a hundred times bigger than I am! Let's get out of here!" Andrew put a finger to his lips. "It looks like it's asleep," he said softly. "Don't scream. You'll wake it up."

第七章大麻烦安德鲁搔了搔头。 他看不出那是什么。 但它不是一只小猫。唷!Thudd吱吱地。 “吹口哨的蜘蛛!狼蛛!”“啊——啊！”朱迪尖叫着往后退。 “我讨厌蜘蛛，即使我比它们还大！”这只比我大一百倍！我们离开这里吧！”安德鲁把一根手指放在嘴唇上。 “它好像睡着了。”他轻声说。 “不要尖叫。你会把它吵醒的。”

"Spiders don't have ears, Bug-Brain," said Judy. "Where's the way out of the tunnel? It's too dark to see." meep… "Spiders hear with hairs on legs," said Thudd. "Smell with leg hairs, too. Can tell if stuff is good to eat." As Andrew searched for the way out, his beam flickered on a white blob above his head. It looked like a big paper balloon. There was a raggedy hole at the bottom of it. When his light passed over the hole, Andrew could see small white creatures crawling over each other inside. They looked like eggs with legs. meep… "Baby spiders," said Thudd. "More spiders!" said Judy. "Get me outta here!" One of the big spider's dark, hairy legs twitched. Then it stretched. Soon another leg twitched and stretched. "It's waking up!" screamed Judy. Andrew's light fell on the opening to the tunnel. Judy raced for it.

“蜘蛛没有耳朵，虫脑，”朱迪说。 “从隧道出去的路在哪里？” “蜘蛛腿上长着毛，能听到声音。” “还有腿毛的味道。 能分辨出食物是否好吃。” 当安德鲁寻找出路时，他的光束在他头顶上的一个白色斑点上闪烁。 它看起来像一个大的纸气球。 在它的底部有一个破烂的洞。 当他的光线穿过洞时，安德鲁可以看到里面有一些小的白色生物在互相爬。 它们看起来像长了腿的鸡蛋。 “小蜘蛛。” “更多的蜘蛛！”朱迪说。 “把我弄出去！”这只大蜘蛛的一条黑色、毛茸茸的腿抽搐了一下。 然后它伸展开来。不久，另一条腿又抽搐又伸展。 “它醒了！”朱迪尖叫道。 安德鲁的灯光照在隧道的洞口上。 朱迪朝它跑去。

As Andrew clambered after Judy, he shoved the back of his flashlight against his forehead. A suction cup at the back made it stick. meep… "This spider hunt in nighttime," said Thudd. "Desert too hot in daytime. Make spider dry out. "If spider lose lotsa water, legs get soft. Like plant that wilt. Then spider legs too soft for spider to walk. "Getting cool outside. Spider coming out soon, maybe. Gotta hurry!" Judy found a soft strand of spider silk in the tunnel. They used it to pull themselves along. Aroooooo! Ow! Ow! Owooooo! Chilling howls drifted into the tunnel. "Wolves!" said Andrew. meep… "Dingoes!" said Thudd. "Wild Australian dogs. Hunt in packs like wolves." Below the howls, Andrew heard a soft sound. Whhhhooooooooo… The wind, Andrew thought.

安德鲁追上朱迪时，用手电的背面顶着额头。 后面的吸盘使它粘住。 “在夜间捉蜘蛛。” “沙漠白天太热了。 把蜘蛛弄干。“如果蜘蛛失去了很多水，腿就会变软。 就像枯萎的植物。然后蜘蛛的腿太软了，蜘蛛走不动。 “外面凉快了。蜘蛛可能很快就出来了。 得快点!”朱迪在隧道里发现了一根柔软的蜘蛛丝。 他们用它来拉动自己。 Aroooooo !噢!噢!Owooooo !令人毛骨悚然的嚎叫飘进了隧道。 “狼！”安德鲁说。“澳洲野狗！” “澳大利亚野狗。像狼一样成群狩猎。” 在嚎叫的下面，安德鲁听到了一个轻柔的声音。 风啊，安德鲁想。

They were close enough to the top of the tunnel to see that it was nighttime now. The moon was full and bright. The view outside went dark for a second. meep… "Tumbleweed rolling over spider hole," said Thudd. "Tumbleweed break loose, roll across desert, spread seeds long, long way," "Shhhhh…," said Andrew. Andrew thought he heard a soft scraping sound at his back. He turned.

他们离隧道的顶部已经很近了，可以看出现在是晚上了。 月亮又圆又亮。 外面的景色瞬间变暗了。 “滚草滚过蜘蛛洞。” “风滚草挣脱开来，滚过沙漠，把种子撒得很远很远。”“嘘……” 安德鲁觉得他听到背后有轻微的刮擦声。 他转过身来。

His beam reflected off many round, shiny black eyes in a hairy face. The spider was close behind them. It was getting closer every second.

他的光芒映在一张多毛的脸上的许多又圆又亮的黑眼睛上。 蜘蛛紧跟在他们后面。 它每一秒都在靠近。