10 Buzzing Off

Chapter 10 BUZZIG OFF The slice of toast paused in midair while Mrs. Scuttle took a sip of tea. Bzzzzzz… Andrew looked up to see a humongous, hairy fly dive-bombing the toast! The next thing they knew, Andrew and Judy were staring at two gigantic, glistening domes! meep… "Fly eyes!" said Thudd. Then he pointed at the fly's hairy feet. "See claw? Help fly climb. Fly got hairy foot pad. Make fly stick to slippery thing. Walk on glass! Walk on wall! Walk on ceiling! Fly taste with foot pad, too!"

第十章嗡嗡作响那片烤面包在半空中停了下来，斯卡特尔太太喝了一口茶。 安德鲁抬起头来，看到一只巨大的、毛茸茸的苍蝇在俯冲轰炸吐司！接下来，安德鲁和朱迪就看到了两个巨大的、闪闪发光的圆顶！“苍蝇眼睛！” 然后他指着苍蝇毛茸茸的脚。 “看到爪吗?帮助苍蝇爬升。 苍蝇有毛茸茸的脚垫。让苍蝇粘在滑的东西上。 走在玻璃上！走在墙上！走在天花板上！苍蝇的味道也有脚垫！”

A long, thick, rubbery tube uncurled from beneath the fly's eyes. meep… "Fly mouth!" said Thudd. Something watery drooled out of the tube. "Ewww!" said Judy. "What's it doing?" meep… "Fly not eat solid stuff," said Thudd. "Fly throw up on food first. Turn food to mush. Fly suck mush through tube." "EWWW!" said Judy with a shudder. "Think of that fly as our new best friend!" Andrew said. "Quick, get behind me and hang on! We're taking off!" "That's a disgusting idea!" Judy groaned. "It's less disgusting than taking a tour of Mrs. Scuttle's insides," said Andrew. Judy got behind Andrew and wrapped her arms around his chest. Andrew tied one end of the Drastic Elastic around himself and Judy. He twirled the other end of the Drastic Elastic like a lasso and swung it toward the head of the fly. It wrapped around behind the fly's gigantic eyes!

一根又长又粗的橡胶管从苍蝇的眼睛下面展开。 “苍蝇嘴！” 有水的东西从管子里流出来。 “哇！”朱迪说。“苍蝇不吃固体的东西。” “苍蝇先吐在食物上。 把食物变成糊状。苍蝇从管子里吸糊状物。” “哎呀！”朱迪颤抖着说。 “把那只苍蝇当成我们最好的新朋友吧！”安德鲁说。 “快，到我后面来，抓紧！”我们要起飞了！”“这主意真恶心！”朱迪呻吟着。 “这比参观斯卡特尔太太的内部要舒服得多，”安德鲁说。 朱迪走到安德鲁身后，用双臂搂住他的胸膛。 安德鲁把强力橡皮筋的一端系在自己和朱迪身上。 他像套索一样转动着猛筋的另一端，把它甩向苍蝇的头。 它缠在苍蝇巨大的眼睛后面！

Andrew tugged sharply on the Drastic Elastic. The next instant, Andrew, Thudd, and Judy snapped to a hairy patch behind the fly's head! "A fly again!" bellowed Mrs. Scuttle. She dropped the toast, and the fly zoomed off. Andrew felt like a jet pilot! The wind pushed them into the hairs behind the fly's head. The kitchen was a dizzy blur of colors and shapes. Bzzzzzz… The fly's wings were buzzing right behind them! Mrs. Scuttle's angry voice boomed below. "Wait till I get my fly swatter!" she said. The fly zigged and zagged and roller-coastered around the room. I was getting hungry, thought Andrew, but I'm sure glad I haven't eaten anything.

安德鲁使劲地拉着那条剧烈的松紧带。 下一秒，安德鲁、泰德和朱迪迅速抓住苍蝇头后的一块毛茸茸的地方！“又是一只苍蝇！”斯卡特尔太太吼道。 她把烤面包掉在地上，苍蝇嗖地飞走了。 安德鲁感觉自己像个喷气式飞行员！风把它们吹进了苍蝇头后的头发里。 厨房里的颜色和形状令人眼花缭乱。 苍蝇的翅膀在他们身后嗡嗡作响！斯卡特尔太太愤怒的声音在下面轰隆作响。 “等我拿到苍蝇拍！”她说。 苍蝇在房间里盘旋盘旋，像坐过山车一样。 我饿了，安德鲁想，但我很高兴我什么也没吃。

Then the fly came to a jolting stop! Andrew and Judy would have flown off the fly's back if they hadn't been held on by the Drastic Elastic. The fly was upside down! "Andrew!" said Judy. "We're on the ceiling!" "Wowzers!" said Andrew. "I always wondered how flies landed upside down!" meep… "Flying fly put up front legs," said Thudd. "Front legs stick to ceiling. Then rest of

然后苍蝇突然停了下来！安德鲁和朱迪要不是被强力橡皮筋拉住，早就从苍蝇背上飞下来了。 苍蝇是上下颠倒的！“安德鲁！”朱迪说。 “我们在天花板上了！”“哇！”安德鲁说。 “我一直在想苍蝇是怎么倒着降落的！” “前腿贴在天花板上。 然后剩下的

fly stick to ceiling! What happen to duck that fly upside down? Quack up! Hee hee!" Andrew sighed. "I guess you're not totally cured yet." "Eeeyaaah!" screamed Mrs. Scuttle. They looked down. Mrs. Scuttle was coming after them, waving her yellow fly swatter! "I'll get rid of these filthy beasts if it's the last thing I do!" The fly zinged off the ceiling like an arrow from a bow. A second later, they slammed to a stop. When Andrew's head stopped spinning, he saw green leaves. He was looking into Mrs. Scuttle's yard! The fly had landed on Mrs. Scuttle's screen door. Behind them, Mrs. Scuttle was swishing the fly swatter.

苍蝇粘在天花板上了！把苍蝇倒着放是怎么回事？ 庸医!嘻嘻!”安德鲁叹了口气。 “我猜你还没有完全痊愈。” “啊——啊！”斯卡特尔太太尖叫道。 他们往下看。斯卡特尔太太挥舞着她的黄色苍蝇拍跟在他们后面！“即使这是我能做的最后一件事，我也要摆脱这些肮脏的野兽！”苍蝇嗖地一声从天花板上飞过，就像弓上的箭。 一秒钟后，他们砰地一声停了下来。 当安德鲁的头停止转动时，他看到了绿叶。 他在往斯卡托太太的院子里看！苍蝇落在斯卡托太太的纱门上。 在他们身后，斯卡托太太正在挥动苍蝇拍。

"Gotcha now!" yelled Mrs. Scuttle. The yellow blur of the fly swatter was coming straight at them! We didn't drown in Mrs. Scuttle's bathtub, thought Andrew, but now we could drown in squished-up fly juice! The fly zig-zagged across the screen door. It was heading for a hole in the screen! The fly folded its wings and squeezed through the hole! The next second, they were flying at top speed through Mrs. Scuttle's garden! I wonder if I have any Bug-Goo with me, thought Andrew. If I do, I sure hope it's not leaking….

“抓到你了！”斯卡特尔太太喊道。 黄色的苍蝇拍正朝他们飞来！我们没有淹死在斯卡特尔太太的浴缸里，安德鲁想，但现在我们可能淹死在被压扁的苍蝇汁里了！苍蝇曲折地穿过纱门。 它正朝着屏幕上的一个洞飞去！苍蝇折起翅膀，从洞里挤了出去！下一秒，他们正以最快的速度飞过斯卡托太太的花园！我不知道我身上有没有虫胶，安德鲁想。 如果我这样做，我当然希望它不会泄漏....