4 What a Horrible Baby!

Chapter 4 WHAT A HORRIBLE BABY! In front of the creature was a gigantic bug with pinching claws. It was a battle of fangs and claws as they slashed and struck at each other. "Holy moly!" Andrew panted. His heart was beating like a bongo drum. "It looks like a horror movie!" He swam against the ripples as fast as he could toward the lily pad. meep… "Diving beetle larva attack adult diving beetle," said Thudd.

第4章多么可怕的婴儿！在这个生物的前面是一只巨大的虫子，爪子很紧。 这是一场尖牙和爪子的战斗，它们互相砍杀。 “神圣的魔草!”安德鲁气喘。 他的心跳得像个手鼓。 “它看起来像一部恐怖电影！”他尽可能快地逆着涟漪向睡莲叶游去。 “潜水甲虫幼虫攻击成年潜水甲虫，”泰德说。

"Aaaaack!" screamed Judy. "What a huge, horrible baby!" meep… "Larva baby bigger than adult beetle!" said Thudd. "Adult beetle hungry and fierce, fierce, fierce!" said Thudd. "Larva baby hungry, too. And super fierce! Also called water tiger." Judy reached the lily pad first. She climbed up onto the smooth green leaf and held a hand out to Andrew. Andrew climbed up and sat down next to Judy. "Ugh!" said Judy, dragging her hair back from her face. "I used to think of ponds as peaceful places. I'll never think of them that way again." They watched as the beetle and the larva battled on. The larva dragged the beetle underwater. Then the beetle reared up and clamped a claw on the larva's head. The larva's tail slapped the water. With the larva's head in its jaws, the beetle dove underwater. Then it came up again—at least its

“啊！”朱迪尖叫道。“一个比成年甲虫还大的幼虫！” “成年甲虫又饿又凶，凶，凶！” “幼虫宝宝也饿了。而且超级凶猛！也叫水虎。” 朱迪先到了睡莲叶。 她爬上光滑的绿叶，向安德鲁伸出一只手。 安德鲁爬上去，坐在朱迪旁边。 “啊！”朱迪说着，把头发从脸上拉了起来。 “我过去认为池塘是宁静的地方。 我再也不会那样想他们了。” 他们看着甲虫和幼虫继续战斗。 幼虫把甲虫拖到水下。 然后，甲虫抬起头来，把一只爪子夹在幼虫的头上。 幼虫的尾巴拍打着水面。 幼虫的头在它的颚中，甲虫潜入水下。 然后它又出现了——至少它是

rear end did. It spread its wings and folded them as it dove back down. meep… "Diving beetle collecting air under wings," said Thudd. "Like air tank for scuba diver. Can stay underwater lotsa minutes. Maybe hours." Suddenly Thudd's purple button began to blink. It popped open and a purple beam zoomed out. At the end of the beam appeared a see-through hologram of Uncle Al.

车尾开了。它展开翅膀，折叠起来，俯冲下来。 “潜水的甲虫在翅膀下收集空气。” “就像潜水员的氧气罐。 可以在水下呆很长时间。 也许几个小时。”突然，泰德的紫色纽扣开始闪烁。 它突然打开，一束紫色的光束嗖地射出。 在光束的末端出现了阿尔叔叔的透明全息图。

"Hey, guys!" said Uncle Al. "What's with the purple-button emergency? You're supposed to be safe at home." When Uncle Al visited Andrew and Judy by Hologram Helper, he could hear them but he couldn't see them. "Hi there, Uncle Al!" said Andrew. "Hiya, Unkie!" said Thudd. "You won't believe the trouble we're in!" said Judy. Uncle Al's fuzzy eyebrows met in the middle of his forehead. "What's going on?" he asked with a frown. "Um, we're at the pond near the cabin," said Andrew. "You're at the pond!" said Uncle Al. "I told you not to leave the cabin! The pond is an awfully dangerous place for bug-sized kids!" "We wanted to help you find out why the frogs are disappearing," said Andrew.

“嘿，伙计们！”阿尔叔叔说。 “那个紫色按钮是怎么回事？” 你在家里应该很安全的。” 当艾尔叔叔用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。 “你好，阿尔叔叔！”安德鲁说。 “你好，昂基！” “你不会相信我们遇到了多大的麻烦！”朱迪说。 艾尔叔叔毛茸茸的眉毛在前额正中相遇。 “怎么回事？”他皱着眉头问道。 “嗯，我们在小屋附近的池塘，”安德鲁说。 “你在池塘边！”阿尔叔叔说。 “我告诉过你不要离开小屋！”池塘对虫子大小的孩子来说是一个非常危险的地方！”“我们想帮你找出青蛙消失的原因，”安德鲁说。

"Good golly, Miss Molly!" said Uncle Al. "That's a very brave thing to do, but you should leave that to me. "I want you to go back to the cabin right now!" "That'll be hard to do," said Andrew. "The flying machine I invented, the GNAT, got us here. But it sank." Uncle Al shook his head. "SpongeBob SquarePants on a sugar cookie!" he said. "I'll get there as soon as I can, but it will take a while. The roads are bad here. I had to take a horse trail to this mountain lake." Andrew nodded. "We'll just hang out on this lily pad till you come get us," he said. RHUUMMMMM… RHUUMMMMM… RHUUMMMMM… Uncle Al cocked his head. "I hear frogs," he said. "They're bullfrogs, I think." "Yoop! Yoop! Yoop!" said Thudd. Uncle Al's eyes grew dark. "Bullfrogs have enormous appetites for, um, insects," he said. "And you guys are the size of—"

“天哪，莫莉小姐！”艾尔叔叔说。 “这是一件非常勇敢的事情，但你应该让我来做。 “我要你马上回小屋去！”“这很难做到，”安德鲁说。 “我发明的飞行器，蚊子，把我们带到这里。 但它沉没了。”艾尔叔叔摇了摇头。 “海绵宝宝在糖饼干上！”他说。 “我会尽快赶到那里，但这需要一些时间。 这里的路况很差。我不得不走一条马道到这个山间湖泊。” 安德鲁点点头。“我们就待在这片睡莲上，等你来接我们，”他说。 嗯……嗯……嗯……阿尔叔叔歪了歪头。 “我听到青蛙的声音，”他说。“它们是牛蛙，我想。” “Yoop !Yoop !呜！” 艾尔叔叔的眼睛变黑了。 “牛蛙对昆虫有很大的胃口，”他说。 “你们这些家伙有那么大——”

Suddenly a huge brownish green lump lunged through the air and plopped down on the lily pad. The lily pad sank, water splashed, and Andrew's stomach flip-flopped as he bounced into the air.

突然，一个棕绿色的大肿块从空中蹿了出来，扑通一声落在睡莲叶上。 荷叶沉了下去，水溅了起来，安德鲁的肚子扑通扑通地跳了起来。