10 Hold Your Breath!

Chapter 10 HOLD YOUR BREATH! While they watched, a dinosaur-sized spider crept out from behind the shower curtain fold. It looked like a monster cement mixer. Its body was yellow- brown and its head was bullet-shaped and furry. Its legs were long and hairy with brown and yellow stripes. The spider let go of the shower curtain and swung away on a thread attached to its rear end. When the spider stopped swinging, it was hanging right below the Umbubble! meep… "Spider make dragline," said Thudd. "Special silk thread for escape. Spider swing away when sponge attack. Look!" Thudd pointed toward the ceiling. "End of dragline stuck to web."

第十章屏住呼吸！就在他们观看的时候，一只恐龙大小的蜘蛛从浴帘后面爬了出来。 它看起来像一个巨大的水泥搅拌机。 它的身体是黄褐色的，它的头是子弹状的，毛茸茸的。 它的腿很长，毛茸茸的，有棕色和黄色的条纹。 蜘蛛松开了浴帘，用系在它屁股上的一根线荡了出去。 当蜘蛛停止摇摆时，它正挂在“泡泡”的正下方！“蜘蛛做拖丝。” “用来逃跑的特殊丝线。 海绵攻击时蜘蛛会甩开。 看!”砰砰指向天花板。 “拖绳的末端粘在网上了。”

The spider started to scurry up the dragline. They could see its furry face coming up toward them. Two fangs stuck out at the bottom. At the top of its head were two rows of black eyes.

蜘蛛开始顺着拖丝往上爬。 他们可以看到它毛茸茸的脸朝他们走来。 两个尖牙从底部伸出来。 它的头顶上长着两排黑眼睛。

meep… "Spider got eight eyes," said Thudd. "But spider not see much. See hairs on spider? Hairs feel web move. Tell spider what caught in web. Tell spider where to find it. If spider touch our thread, spider feel us move. Feel us talk!" Now the spider was right across from them on its dragline. They could see the hairy underside of it. Judy pointed to finger-shaped nozzles on the rear end of the spider. "What are those?" she whispered. meep… "That where spider silk come from," said Thudd softly. The spider moved up past them on its dragline. Then it paused. It reached out with two of its long, hairy yellow-and-brown legs and pawed the air. Then the spider crossed over to the thread the Umbubble was hanging from! Andrew looked at Judy. He put his finger up to his lips. Judy nodded. They stayed as still as they could. They barely breathed.

“蜘蛛有八只眼睛。” “但是蜘蛛看得不多。看到蜘蛛身上的毛了吗？ 头发感觉网络移动。告诉蜘蛛什么被网缠住了。 告诉蜘蛛去哪里找它。 如果蜘蛛碰到我们的线，它就会感觉到我们在动。 感觉我们在说话！”现在蜘蛛就在他们对面，拖着蜘蛛丝。 他们可以看到它毛茸茸的下面。 朱迪指了指蜘蛛尾部的手指状喷嘴。 “那是什么？”她小声说。 “这就是蜘蛛丝的来源。” 蜘蛛用它的拖丝从他们身边爬了上去。 然后它停了下来。它伸出两条长而多毛的黄棕色腿，用爪子在空中抓着。 接着，蜘蛛走到挂着泡泡的那根线上！安德鲁看着朱迪。 他把手指放到嘴唇上。 朱迪点点头。他们尽量不动。 他们几乎不能呼吸。

Andrew looked over at Thudd. His eyes were closing. Oh no! thought Andrew. He's going to start snoring! "Schnurm…" Thudd snored. It was so loud, the Umbubble trembled! "Schnurm… schnurm… schnurm…" Andrew looked at Judy. Judy looked at Andrew. Her eyes were round and her mouth was saying a silent "Eeek!" The spider stopped in its tracks. It turned and started scrambling down toward the Umbubble. It was no use being quiet anymore. "We've got to get out of here!" Andrew said. "If we bounce up and down, maybe we can get the Umbubble to pull away from the spider silk," said Judy. She started to bounce. Andrew looked down. "Even if we end up in the drain, it's better than being eaten by a spider," he said. He started bouncing, too. meep… "Whazzit? What happen?" said Thudd, waking up.

安德鲁看了看萨德。 他的眼睛闭上了。噢,不!认为安德鲁。 他要开始打鼾了！“施纳姆……” 声音太大了，连泡泡都在颤抖！“嘘……嘘……嘘……”安德鲁看着朱迪。 朱迪看着安德鲁。她的眼睛是圆的，她的嘴在说一个无声的“Eeek!”蜘蛛停了下来。 它转过身，开始朝Umbubble爬去。 再保持沉默也没有用了。 “我们必须离开这里！”安德鲁说。 朱迪说：“如果我们上下弹跳，也许我们可以让Umbubble远离蜘蛛丝。” 她开始跳起来。安德鲁低下头。 他说：“即使我们最终掉进下水道，也比被蜘蛛吃掉要好。” 他也开始蹦蹦跳跳。meep…”Whazzit吗? 怎么回事？”萨德醒了过来，问道。

"Uh, nothing, Thudd," said Andrew. He didn't want to make Thudd feel bad about attracting the spider's attention. "But the spider is coming at us, so we're trying to get loose from this thread." The spider's hairy face was just outside the Umbubble. It was like a huge cat staring into a tiny fishbowl. "Eeeeyyyiiiiiii!" came a yell from below. Andrew and Judy turned to see a wall of tree trunks speeding toward them!

“嗯，没什么，泰德。”安德鲁说。 他不想让“砰”因为引起了蜘蛛的注意而感到难过。 “但是蜘蛛正在向我们扑来，所以我们正试图从这条线上脱身。” 蜘蛛那张毛茸茸的脸就在泡泡外面。 就像一只巨大的猫盯着一个小鱼缸。 “噫……”下面传来一声喊叫。 安德鲁和朱迪转过身来，看到一排树干向他们疾驰而来！