2 Trapped!

Chapter 2 TRAPPED "We've got to find the pipe to the kitchen," said Andrew. He waved his flashlight around the walls of the pipe. Huge, shiny water drops were trickling down over the slime. "Wait!" said Judy. "I think I saw something!" She grabbed the flashlight and pointed to a curving black shape below them. meep… "Oody found place where kitchen pipe hook up with big drainpipe!" said Thudd. "We need to get the Umbubble unstuck and into that pipe!" said Judy.

“我们得找到通往厨房的管子。”安德鲁说。 他在管道壁周围挥动手电筒。 巨大的、闪亮的水珠从黏液上滴落下来。 “等等！”朱迪说。“我想我看到了什么！”她抓起手电筒，指着下面一个弯曲的黑色物体。 “哎哟，我找到了厨房水管和大排水管相连的地方！” “我们得把Umbubble弄出来，放到管子里去！”朱迪说。

"Jumping up and down might get us loose from the slime," said Andrew. They bounced down on the Umbubble. Nothing happened. They bounced again. Slowly, the Umbubble pulled away from the slime. "Yay!" Andrew cheered. The Umbubble drifted down. Soon they were across from the dark hole where the pipes connected.

“上蹿下跳也许能让我们摆脱黏液。”安德鲁说。 它们弹到了Umbubble上。 什么也没有发生。他们又跳了起来。 慢慢地，泡泡离开了黏液。 “耶!”安德鲁欢呼。Umbubble飘了下来。 很快，他们就来到了黑洞的对面，那里是管道相连的地方。

"I'll have to steer the Umbubble like I did when we were in the bathroom," said Judy. Judy gave the flashlight back to Andrew and pulled a ballpoint pen from her pocket. She had taken the ink cartridge out of it before. She poked the empty pen tube through the wall of the Umbubble and started to blow. The Umbubble moved in the opposite direction —into the new pipe. "Woofers!" said Andrew. "This place smells like poop, old sneakers, and onions!" Judy rolled her eyes. "Thanks for pointing that out," she said. Andrew beamed his flashlight toward the top of the pipe. He spotted a cluster of strange, egg-like things clinging there. They were shiny and white. They looked squishy. "I wonder what those are," said Andrew. He gave a little shiver. "But I kind of don't want to know." meep… "Eggs of drain flies!" said Thudd. "Look!" Thudd pointed to an egg at the edge of

“我得像上次在浴室里那样驾驶Umbubble了。”朱迪说。 朱迪把手电筒还给安德鲁，从口袋里掏出一支圆珠笔。 她以前把墨盒拿出来过。 她把空笔筒插进了泡泡的壁上，开始吹起来。 Umbubble向相反的方向移动——进入新的管道。 “低音炮！”安德鲁说。“这地方闻起来像大便、旧球鞋和洋葱！”朱迪翻了个白眼。 “谢谢你指出来，”她说。 安德鲁用手电筒照着管道的顶部。 他看见一群奇怪的、像鸡蛋一样的东西粘在那里。 它们又亮又白。 它们看起来软绵绵的。“我想知道那是什么。”安德鲁说。 他微微打了个寒颤。“但我有点不想知道。” “下水道苍蝇的蛋！” “看!”砰砰指了指边缘的一个蛋

the cluster. It was quivering! Suddenly it split open. Something started to wriggle out! Judy stopped puffing to watch. "Looks like a worm!" she said. meep… "Baby drain fly," said Thudd. "This how it look when it grow up!" Thudd pointed to his face screen. Andrew and Judy were staring at Thudd's screen when the Umbubble bumped into something. Andrew shined his flashlight on it. There was a turn in the pipe. It was going down. And the pipe below was filled with water! "What's this?" said Andrew. "I thought the pipe would turn up toward the sink."

集群。它在颤抖！突然它裂开了。 有东西开始蠕动了！朱迪停止喘气观看。 “看起来像条虫子！”她说。 “小排水沟苍蝇，”萨德说。 “这是它长大后的样子！”泰德指着他的屏幕。 安德鲁和朱迪正盯着泰德的屏幕，这时泡泡机撞到了什么东西。 安德鲁用手电筒照着它。 管道里有个转弯。 它在下降。下面的管道里装满了水！“这是什么？”安德鲁说。 “我以为管子会朝水槽那边转。”

"We've come to the trap in the drain," said Judy. "Why would anyone put a trap in a drain?" asked Andrew. Judy gave Andrew her don't-you-know-anything look. "Pipes under sinks and toilets and tubs all have these U-shaped parts to trap water," she said. "The water keeps the stinky smells from getting into the house." Andrew scratched his head. "You mean we have to dive through that water to get to the sink?" he asked. "Not just water," said Judy. "Anything that goes down the drain gets stuck in the trap. Mushy meat, moldy mushrooms, gunky grapes…." "Okay, okay!" Andrew said. Judy let the Umbubble drift down. Below them floated dark chunks and shiny, slimy things. Then Andrew's light flashed on something familiar sticking out of the water. It was something thick and scaly. "It's a hair!" said Andrew.

“我们来到了排水沟里的陷阱，”朱迪说。 “为什么会有人在下水道里放陷阱呢？”安德鲁问。 朱迪给了安德鲁一个“你什么都不知道”的表情。 她说：“水槽、厕所和浴缸下面的管道都有这种u形部件来截留水。” “水可以防止臭味进入房子。” 安德鲁挠了挠头。 “你是说我们必须从水里钻过去才能到水池？”他问。 “不只是水，”朱迪说。 “任何流入下水道的东西都会被困在陷阱里。 糊状的肉，发霉的蘑菇，粘稠的葡萄....” “好了,好了!”安德鲁说。 朱蒂让泡泡飘了下来。 在他们下面漂浮着黑色的大块和闪亮的黏糊糊的东西。 接着，安德鲁的灯一闪，看到一个熟悉的东西从水里伸出来。 那是一种又厚又有鳞的东西。 “是一根头发！”安德鲁说。

"Mrs. Scuttle has long hair," said Judy. "If it's one of hers, we could follow it through the trap to the sink. But wait a minute." Judy's eyes got narrow. "We'll have to stick our hands into the yucky stuff to grab the hair!" Andrew and Judy looked at each other. Andrew was about to ask Thudd if he had a better idea when he heard a sound he didn't want to hear. "Shnurm… shnurm… shnurm…" Thudd was snoring again! Sleeping was another thing Thudd had never done before he got wet. Judy yanked the pen tube out of the Umbubble. Then she rolled up the sleeves of her jacket. Andrew stuck his flashlight on the wall of the Umbubble next to Thudd. "Ready?" asked Judy. Andrew nodded. They poked their hands through the rubbery Umbubble and reached out into the gooey darkness.

“斯卡托太太留着长发，”朱迪说。 “如果是她的，我们可以跟着它穿过陷阱到水槽。 但是等一下。”朱迪的眼睛眯了起来。 “我们得把手伸进那恶心的东西里去抓头发！”安德鲁和朱迪面面相觑。 安德鲁正要问泰德有没有更好的主意，这时他听到了一个他不想听到的声音。 “嘘……嘘……嘘……”砰又在打呼了！睡觉是另一件泰德在全身湿透之前从未做过的事。 朱迪把笔管从泡泡里拽了出来。 然后她卷起夹克的袖子。 安德鲁把他的手电筒照在“泡泡屋”的墙上，紧挨着“砰”。 “准备好了吗？”朱迪问。安德鲁点点头。 他们把手伸进橡胶般的乌姆泡，伸到粘稠的黑暗中。