5 Getting Antsy

chapter 5 GETTING ANT-SY Andrew paddled frantically around the sponge, but he couldn't find Judy anywhere. "Where is she?" he asked. Then Andrew felt a tug on his foot. He looked down to see frizzy brown seaweed floating below. It was Judy's hair! "Judy!" Andrew yelled. Judy was stuck underneath the Um-bubble! "Grab on to my legs!" he yelled. The seaweed nodded. Andrew yanked his legs into the Umbubble. Snap!! The top half of Judy came in with them.

安德鲁疯狂地在海绵上划来划去，但他到处都找不到朱迪。 “她在哪儿？”他问。接着，安德鲁感到有人在拽他的脚。 他往下看，看到下面漂浮着卷曲的棕色海藻。 那是朱迪的头发！“朱迪!”安德鲁喊道。 朱迪被卡在泡泡下面了！“抓住我的腿！”他喊道。 海藻点点头。安德鲁猛地把腿伸进了Umbubble。 突然! !朱迪的上半身也跟着进来了。

"Welcome to the Umbubble!" said Andrew. He helped her the rest of the way inside. The Umbubble sealed up behind her. Judy took a deep breath. "Ah… choof!" meep… "Bless oo!" said Thudd. "Thanks!" said Judy, pushing her hair away from her face. "That stupid bubble bath got up my nose. But it's better than being on a disgusting sponge with yucky ant antennas in my hair!" Judy flopped back against the Umbubble.

“欢迎来到Umbubble!” 他帮她走完剩下的路。 Umbubble在她身后关上了门。 朱迪深吸了一口气。“天啊！” “谢谢！”朱迪说着，把头发从脸上拨开。 “那个愚蠢的泡泡浴把我的鼻子弄脏了。 但总比躺在恶心的海绵上，头发上插着恶心的蚂蚁天线要好！”朱迪扑通一声背靠着Umbubble。

Thudd pushed his Goggle Scope button. The Goggle Scope flipped back up to the top of his head. meep… "How do you know if water friendly?" asked Thudd. "It waves! Hee hee!" Judy leaned over to look at Thudd. "I've never heard Thudd say anything silly" said Judy. "And how come his buttons are yellow?" she asked. Andrew explained how he and Thudd had fallen from a soap bubble into the bath. He also told Judy about Thudd's first joke and the snoozing. "Thudd isn't supposed to get wet," Andrew said. "I hope he's okay. But at least his buttons are yellow now. It's better than red." Judy tickled the bottoms of Thudd's rubbery feet. He always liked that. meep… "Thunkoo!" said Thudd. His face screen turned pink as a wide smile stretched across it. "Thudd seems okay now," said Judy. "Did Uncle Al call while I was gone?"

砰砰按下了他的“goggles Scope”按钮。 护目镜的瞄准镜又弹回了他的头顶。 “你怎么知道它对水友好？” “这波!嘻嘻!”朱迪俯身看着萨德。 “我从来没听泰德说过什么傻话。”朱迪说。 “他的扣子怎么是黄色的？”她问。 安德鲁解释了他和泰德是如何从一个肥皂泡里掉到浴缸里的。 他还告诉朱迪关于泰德的第一个笑话和打盹。 “泰德不应该被弄湿的。”安德鲁说。 “我希望他没事。但至少他的纽扣现在是黄色的了。 它比红色好。”朱迪挠了挠泰德橡胶般的脚底。 他一直很喜欢这样。“土库！” 他的屏幕变成了粉红色，脸上露出了灿烂的笑容。 “泰德现在看起来没事了，”朱迪说。 “我不在的时候艾尔叔叔来过电话吗？”

"Noop," said Thudd. More than an hour ago, Thudd had pressed the big purple button in the middle of his chest. It was supposed to contact Uncle Al in case of emergency. "What time is it?" asked Judy. meep… "2:15," said Thudd. "Five hours and forty-six minutes left." Judy frowned. They needed to get back to the Atom Sucker in Judy's backyard by 8:01. If they didn't set the Atom Sucker to UNSHRINK before then, it would get hot enough to blow up! And then they'd be stuck at microscopic size forever. Judy leaned back and folded her arms across her chest. "I'm pretty sure I saw the helicopter in Harley's ear," she said. "If we can get to it, I can fly us back to the Atom Sucker. There's an open window above the toilet. But how can we get up to Harley's ear?" They looked up at Harley's head, high as a cloud above them.

“不，”泰德说。一个多小时以前，泰德按下了他胸口中央那个紫色的大按钮。 它是用来在紧急情况下联系艾尔叔叔的。 “几点了？”朱迪问。 “2点15分，”泰德说。 “还剩五小时四十六分钟。” 朱迪皱起了眉头。他们得在8点01分之前回到朱迪家后院的吸盘店。 如果他们没有在那之前将吸盘设置为UNSHRINK，它就会变得足够热而爆炸！然后它们就会永远停留在微观尺寸上。 朱迪向后靠了靠，双臂交叉放在胸前。 “我很确定我看到了哈利耳朵里的直升机，”她说。 “如果我们能找到它，我就能让大家飞回吸盘。 厕所上方有一扇开着的窗户。 可是我们怎样才能凑到哈利的耳朵跟前呢？”他们抬头看了看哈利的头，那头高得像一朵云。

Andrew leaned back against the Umbubble, which was rocking gently on the waves. "You know," he said, "I think I have some waterproof matches in one of my pockets somewhere." Andrew patted his shirt. Judy rolled her eyes. "Andrew, you've probably got a kitchen stove in your pockets somewhere!" Andrew smiled as he poked his hands into his pockets. "Hot air rises," he said. "If we could heat the air in the Umbubble, maybe we could get the Umbubble to rise up to Harley's ear!" "Noop! Noop! Noop!" said Thudd. "No fire inside! Fire eat up oxygen in air! Drewd and Oody not breathe!" Judy sat up straight and stared through the Umbubble. "Look!" she said, pointing at the bottom of the sponge. "There's that ant again!" They watched it creep along the sponge. "What if the ant walks across the water to get us?" asked Judy. "Remember those water bugs we saw in the stream behind Uncle Al's house?"

安德鲁向后靠在Umbubble上，它在海浪上轻轻摇晃。 “你知道，”他说，“我想我的某个口袋里有一些防水火柴。” 安德鲁拍了拍自己的衬衫。朱迪翻了个白眼。 “安德鲁，你口袋里可能有个厨房用的炉子！”安德鲁笑着把手插进口袋。 “热空气上升，”他说。“如果我们能把Umbubble里的空气加热，也许就能让Umbubble升到哈利的耳朵那么高！”“等待!等待!不！” “里面没有火！”火吞噬空气中的氧气！德鲁和奥迪不许呼吸！”朱迪坐直了身子，眼睛盯着泡泡。 “看！”她指着海绵的底部说。 “又是那只蚂蚁！”他们看着它在海绵上蠕动。 “如果蚂蚁走过水面来抓我们怎么办？”朱迪问。 “还记得我们在阿尔叔叔家后面的小溪里看到的那些水虫吗？”

Andrew nodded. "Water bugs were scampering around on the water like it was a sheet of plastic," he said. meep… "Water molecules hug tight, tight, tight!" said Thudd. "Top of water like thin, thin skin. Small thing can walk on water skin. Look!" Judy gave a little shiver. "Start paddling, Andrew!" she said. "That ant could walk over here any second!" "Noop!" said Thudd. "Cuz soap break water skin. Bug sink!" Suddenly Thudd's big purple button started to blink.

安德鲁点点头。他说：“水虫在水面上蹦蹦跳跳，就像水面是一张塑料布一样。” “水分子紧紧地拥抱在一起，紧紧地，紧紧地！” “上面的水很薄，皮很薄。” 小东西能在水皮上行走。 看!”朱迪微微颤抖了一下。 “开始划吧，安德鲁！”她说。 “那只蚂蚁随时都可能走到这里来！”“不！” 因为肥皂能破水皮。 Bug沉!”突然，泰德的紫色大按钮开始闪烁。