9 Super-Duper Pooper-Scooper!

Chapter 9 SUPER-DUPER POOPER- SCOOPER! "Let's get out of here, Judy!" he said. "Now!" They scrambled out. Andrew felt something scraping the rear of his Wannabee pants. Andrew turned and squinted. Through the murk, he glimpsed one of the scariest things he had ever seen. It was a huge, dark head with wide-open jaws that looked like giant pliers. Long legs with claws

第九章超级大便铲！“我们离开这里吧，朱迪！”他说。 “现在!”他们爬了出去。 安德鲁感到有什么东西在刮他的Wannabee裤子后面。 安德鲁转过身，眯起眼睛。 透过黑暗，他瞥见了他所见过的最可怕的事情之一。 那是一个巨大的、黑色的脑袋，嘴巴张得大大的，看起来像个大钳子。 长腿带爪

at their tips jutted from its centipede-like body. Eek! "Hellgrammite!" squeaked Thudd. "Larva of big, big fly." Andrew spied one of the skipping stones and started paddling toward it. "Let's hide under that pebble, Judy!" he said. "It's our only chance!" As they buried themselves under the pebble, the hellgrammite reared up. Its jaws stabbed at a caddis-fly larva inside its case. The hellgrammite crushed the case, dragged out the larva, and stuffed it between its twitching jaws. "How will we ever get out of here alive?" asked Judy. Andrew scratched behind one of his antennas. He reached into a pocket and pulled out a tiny cube wrapped in white paper. Blue letters on the wrapper spelled out UMBUBBLE. Andrew had invented the Umbubble as a way for Judy and him to protect themselves if they were caught in a watery environment. The umbubble had worked very well when they were flushed down the toilet.

它们的尖端从它像蜈蚣一样的身体上伸出来。 唷!“该死的家伙！” “一只很大很大的苍蝇的幼虫。”安德鲁发现了一块蹦蹦跳跳的石头，开始朝它划去。 “朱迪，我们躲在鹅卵石下面吧！”他说。 “这是我们唯一的机会！”当他们把自己埋在鹅卵石下面的时候，海格莱姆石冒了出来。 它的下颚刺向箱子里的一只球蝇幼虫。 这条海螺把盒子压碎，把幼虫拖出来，塞进它抽搐的两颚中。 “我们怎样才能活着离开这里？”朱迪问。 安德鲁抓了抓他的一根天线后面。 他把手伸进口袋，掏出一个用白纸包着的小方块。 包装上的蓝色字母拼出了UMBUBBLE。 安德鲁发明Umbubble是为了让他和朱迪在被困在水里时保护自己。 当它们被冲下厕所时，这个气泡效果很好。

Andrew unwrapped the cube, crammed it into his mouth, and chewed. Then he tried to blow it up like bubble gum. But it was much harder to blow the Umbubble up in water than in air. Andrew huffed and puffed. The Umbubble blew up to the size of Andrew's tiny nose. Then it blew up to the size of his little head. But Andrew couldn't get it any bigger. "Help me blow up the Umbubble, Judy," said Andrew. "Eeeeuw!" complained Judy. "I'm not putting my mouth on anything you've had in your mouth!" Andrew cocked his head. "Would you rather be a hellgrammite snack?" he asked. Judy rolled her eyes, chomped down on the Umbubble, and they both began to blow. The Umbubble started to puff up. Suddenly it was as big as a Ping-Pong ball. When Andrew and Judy stopped for a breath, it sucked them both inside! The Umbubble slowly rose up through the green pond. It passed fish and tadpoles and bristly

安德鲁打开盒子，塞进嘴里，嚼了起来。 然后他想把它像泡泡糖一样吹起来。 但是在水中吹Umbubble要比在空气中吹困难得多。 安德鲁喘着气。Umbubble膨胀到安德鲁的小鼻子那么大。 然后它膨胀到他的小脑袋那么大。 但安德鲁不能再把它弄大了。 “朱蒂，帮我把泡泡吹起来。”安德鲁说。 “呜！”朱迪抱怨道。 “我不会把我的嘴放在你嘴里的任何东西上的！”安德鲁歪着头。 “你宁愿做个地狱般的点心吗？”他问。 朱迪翻了个白眼，咬了一口Umbubble，两人都开始吹起来。 Umbubble开始膨胀起来。 突然，它变得和乒乓球一样大。 当安德鲁和朱迪停下来喘口气时，他们俩都被吸了进去！泡泡慢慢地从绿色的池塘里升起。 它穿过鱼和蝌蚪，鬃毛

bugs chasing prickly bugs. I hope the Umbubble doesn't look tasty, thought Andrew. A few seconds later, they popped to the surface. The sun had disappeared behind dark, fast-moving clouds. Putt putt putt putt putt… VRRRROOOOOOM!

虫子追逐多刺的虫子。 我希望Umbubble看起来不好吃，安德鲁想。 几秒钟后，他们跳出水面。 太阳已经消失在快速移动的乌云后面了。 推杆、推杆、推杆、推杆……

Through the pale blue wall of the Umbubble, Andrew could see boats on the water—toy boats. There was a tugboat, a speedboat, and a big sailboat—with a helicopter on the back deck. "People!" yelled Judy, pointing toward the shore. On the edge of the pond, four kids about Andrew's age were laughing and using remote controls to guide the boats. A boy with curly red hair was skipping stones. "If only we could get on one of those boats," said Judy. "But they're moving so fast." "Wait a minute!" said Andrew. "I still have the remote from the GNAT. It works on all kinds of things. Maybe it will work on these boats—or the helicopter!" Andrew pointed the remote at the helicopter and clicked. The rotor at the top started to turn, slowly at first, then faster and faster, till it was almost invisible. Andrew pressed the controls. The helicopter lifted off the deck of the sailboat.

透过Umbubble的淡蓝色墙壁，安德鲁可以看到水上玩具船上的船只。 有一艘拖船，一艘快艇和一艘大帆船，后面甲板上有一架直升机。 “人们！”朱迪指着海岸喊道。 在池塘边，四个和安德鲁年纪相仿的孩子在笑着用遥控器引导船只。 一个红卷发的男孩正在玩掷石头游戏。 “要是我们能登上其中一艘船就好了，”朱迪说。 “但他们的行动太快了。” “等一下！”安德鲁说。 “我还留着GNAT的遥控器。 它适用于各种各样的事情。 也许它能在这些船上——或者直升机上起作用！”安德鲁把遥控器对准直升机，咔哒一声。 顶部的转子开始转动，起初很慢，然后越来越快，直到几乎看不见。 安德鲁按下了控制杆。 直升飞机从帆船的甲板上起飞。

"What is that?" came a voice from the edge of the pond. "It's the helicopter!" came another voice. "It took off by itself!" Andrew steered the helicopter toward the Umbubble and guided it down till it touched the water. "Do you think it's gonna sink?" said someone on the shore. Andrew and Judy punched their way out of the Umbubble and paddled to the helicopter. They climbed in through the open window. It was only mid-afternoon, but the sky was getting dark fast. Fat raindrops began to pelt the water. Water splashed into the helicopter's cabin. Using his remote, Andrew made the helicopter lift into the air. "Woofers!" he cried. They were flying! Even though it was raining hard now, the kids on the edge of the pond stood perfectly still. All eyes were on the helicopter.

“那是什么？”池塘边传来一个声音。 “是直升机！”另一个声音传来。 “它自己起飞了！”安德鲁把直升机开向“泡泡”号，引导它降落，直到它触到水面。 “你觉得它会沉吗？”岸上有人问。 安德鲁和朱迪打了一拳，走出了泡泡酒吧，向直升机划去。 他们从开着的窗户爬进去。 当时才下午三点左右，但天空很快就黑了下来。 大雨点开始落在水面上。 水溅进了直升机的机舱。 安德鲁用遥控器让直升机升到空中。 “低音炮！”他们在飞！尽管现在雨下得很大，但池塘边的孩子们却一动不动地站着。 所有的目光都集中在直升机上。