4 That Sinking Feeling

Chapter 4 THAT SINKING FEELING "Eek! Eek!" Thudd squeaked. "Smell something big! Bad!" His antennas were going crazy. "Cockroach!" Thudd pulled himself off the Umbubble wall and scuttled over to Andrew. meep… "Shiny tiles are cockroach eye!" Thudd said. "Cockroach eye made of two thousand little eyes. But they not see much. Mostly just see when stuff move." "And what's this hairy tree branch thing?" asked Judy.

第四章沉沦的感觉“周！唷!”Thudd发出“吱吱”的响声。 “闻到什么大东西！”坏!”他的天线都快疯了。 “蟑螂!”砰砰从泡泡屋的墙上爬下来，飞快地跑到安德鲁身边。 “闪亮的瓷砖是蟑螂的眼睛！”Thudd说。 “蟑螂的眼睛是由两千只小眼睛组成的。 但他们没有看到太多。主要是看东西什么时候动。” “这个毛茸茸的树枝是什么？”朱迪问。

Thudd hurried over to Judy's side. meep… "Antenna," said Thudd. "Antenna taste stuff. Antenna feel stuff move." The circle of light above them was getting bigger. "I think the cockroach is climbing into the sink," Judy said. meep… "When cockroach get to kitchen," said Thudd, "cockroach look for food. Then hide. Go find big cockroach family behind wall." "Then we'd better dump this bug," said Judy, "before we end up having Thanksgiving dinner with a cockroach family!" Judy jostled against the wall of the Umbubble. Andrew did, too. But they couldn't get loose.

砰砰赶紧走到朱迪身边。 “天线。”泰德说。 “天线的味道。天线感觉物体移动。” 他们头顶上的光圈越来越大。 “我想蟑螂正在爬进水槽里，”朱迪说。 “蟑螂到了厨房，”砰说，“蟑螂在找食物。 然后躲起来。去找墙后的大蟑螂家族。” “那我们最好扔掉这只虫子，”朱迪说，“不然我们就得和蟑螂一家共进感恩节晚餐了！”朱迪在Umbubble的墙上挤来挤去。 安德鲁也这么做了。但他们无法逃脱。

Then the cockroach twitched its antenna. The Umbubble floated free! The cockroach scrambled up the drain ahead of them. Andrew shut off his mini-light and attached it to his belt loop. Then he got back to blowing the Umbubble to the circle of light. At last they popped into the sink. It was a skyscraper city of dirty dishes! Eeeeeee! came a loud screech. Judy covered her ears. "What's that?" she asked. Andrew shook his head. Then he heard softer clicking sounds. "That sounds like—" meep… "Harley paws on kitchen floor!" Thudd said. Thump! Thump! Thump! came heavy footsteps. Mrs. Scuttle's voice shook the Umbubble. "Harley, you bad dog!" she yelled. "How dare you poop on the floor!" Ahwoooo! Harley howled.

然后蟑螂抽动了一下它的触角。 Umbubble浮起来了！蟑螂在他们前面爬上了排水沟。 安德鲁关掉了他的迷你灯，把它系在腰带上。 然后，他又继续把Umbubble吹向光圈。 最后，他们跳进了水池。 那是一座满是脏盘子的摩天大楼城市！Eeeeeee !传来一声尖叫。 朱迪捂住耳朵。“那是什么？”她问。 安德鲁摇了摇头。然后他听到了更柔和的咔哒声。 “听起来像——”喵……“哈利的爪子落在厨房地板上了！”Thudd说。 重打!重打!重打!沉重的脚步声传来。 斯卡特尔太太的声音震动了整个泡泡。 “哈利，你这个坏狗！” “你怎么敢在地板上拉屎！”Ahwoooo !哈雷嚎叫起来。

"No!" Mrs. Scuttle shouted. "You're not going out! You'll head straight for the garbage again. Right after I've given you a bath, too! You've already wrecked my day and my bathroom!"

“不!”斯卡特尔太太喊道。 “你不能出去！”你又会直奔垃圾箱。 先给你洗个澡！你已经毁了我的一天和我的浴室！”

Judy sighed. "Mrs. Scuttle doesn't deserve a great dog like Harley," she said. Andrew blew the Umbubble up through the pile of dirty dishes. On a white plate below them, they saw the yolk of a fried egg. It looked like a sun that had crash-landed in a desert of toast crumbs. Near the egg yolk, a chunk of apple was turning brown. meep… "What is difference between fire and brown apple?" asked Thudd. "I don't know," said Andrew. meep… "Not a lot!" said Thudd. "Fire happen when stuff get together with oxygen fast! Brown apple happen when stuff get together with oxygen slow." Thudd pointed to a huge tangle of rusty wire at the bottom of the sink. It was a steel-wool pad for scrubbing dirty pots. meep… "Rusty thing on slow fire!" said Thudd. If we don't find some butter soon, thought Andrew, the same thing could happen to Thudd.

朱迪叹了口气。“斯卡托太太配不上哈利这样的大狗，”她说。 安德鲁在一堆脏盘子上吹起了Umbubble。 在他们下面的白色盘子里，他们看到了一个煎鸡蛋的蛋黄。 它看起来就像一个太阳迫降在一片面包屑的沙漠里。 靠近蛋黄的地方，有一大块苹果正在变成褐色。 “火和棕苹果有什么区别？” “我不知道，”安德鲁说。 “没什么！” “当物质与氧气快速结合时就会发生火灾！”当物质与氧气缓慢结合时，就会出现褐苹果。” 砰砰指了指水槽底部一大堆生锈的铁丝。 那是用来擦洗脏锅的钢棉垫子。 “生锈的东西在慢火上烧！” 如果我们不尽快找到黄油，安德鲁想，同样的事情也会发生在泰德身上。

EEEEEEE! The screech was still going on, only now it was louder and higher. "It's worse than chalk on a blackboard!" Judy complained. The Umbubble floated out of the sink. Now they could see the whole kitchen. Next to the sink, the kitchen counter was piled high with fruits and vegetables. Next to the counter was the stove. Andrew realized that was where the screech was coming from. It was a teakettle! Mrs. Scuttle lifted it off the stove. "I'd better have my cup of tea before the next disaster," she said to herself. meep… "When water boil, little water molecules get lots of energy from heat! Go off into air. Sound happen when lotsa molecules rub against spout of kettle!"

EEEEEEE !尖叫声还在继续，只是现在更响了，更高了。 “这比黑板上的粉笔还糟糕！”朱迪抱怨。 Umbubble从水槽里浮了出来。 现在他们可以看到整个厨房了。 水槽旁边的厨房柜台上堆满了水果和蔬菜。 柜台旁边是炉子。 安德鲁意识到那就是尖叫声的来源。 那是一个茶壶！斯卡托太太把它从炉子上拿了起来。 “我最好在下一次灾难到来之前喝杯茶，”她自言自语道。 当水沸腾时，小的水分子从热量中获得大量能量！飞到空中去。 当许多分子摩擦水壶壶嘴时就会发出声音！”