1 The Big Buzz

Chapter 1 THE BIG BUZZ I guess you should never count on a bug to solve your problems, thought Andrew Dubble as he flew above the garden on the back of a fly. Bzzzzzzzz… The fly wings behind him buzzed like a noisy engine. The wind whooshed against his face. Next to Andrew was his thirteen-year-old cousin, Judy. She was clinging to a hair behind one of the fly's huge black eyes. Andrew's little silver robot, Thudd, was hanging tight to the same hair as Andrew. A few minutes ago, they'd almost become part of an afternoon snack for Judy's neighbor Mrs. Scuttle. But just in time, they'd managed to flee

第一章大嗡嗡声我猜你永远不应该指望一只虫子来解决你的问题，安德鲁·杜布尔坐在一只苍蝇的背上飞过花园时想。 他身后的苍蝇翅膀嗡嗡作响，就像一个嘈杂的引擎。 风嗖嗖地吹着他的脸。 坐在安德鲁旁边的是他13岁的表妹朱迪。 她抓着苍蝇一只又大又黑的眼睛后面的一根头发。 安德鲁的银色小机器人泰德紧紧地挂在安德鲁的同一根头发上。 几分钟前，它们几乎成了朱迪的邻居斯卡托太太的下午点心。 但他们及时逃了出来

on the fly. Now they were zooming above Mrs. Scuttle's garden. Kraaaack! Mrs. Scuttle's screen door slammed. "Disgusting fly!" yelled Mrs. Scuttle. She ran from the kitchen waving a yellow fly swatter. "I'll get you!" Below them, Andrew and Judy could see a brick path. It led from Mrs. Scuttle's kitchen door to a cement patio with a picnic table. All around the path was Mrs. Scuttle's garden. Purple daisies and pink lilies waved in the breeze. Rosebushes grew next to a white fence that separated Mrs. Scuttle's yard from Judy's. "Look!" said Judy, pointing to her yard. "I can see your stupid Atom Sucker!" The Atom Sucker was Andrew's latest invention. At noon today, it had shrunk them so small they could take a hike on the head of a pin. To get unshrunk, they had to get back to the Atom Sucker by 8:01, before it blew up!

在飞行中。现在它们在斯卡特尔太太的花园上空呼啸而过。 Kraaaack !斯卡托太太的纱门砰地关上了。 “恶心的苍蝇！”斯卡特尔太太喊道。 她挥舞着黄色的苍蝇拍从厨房跑出来。 “我会抓到你的！”在他们下面，安德鲁和朱迪可以看到一条砖砌的小路。 它从斯卡托太太的厨房门通向一个水泥露台，露台上有一张野餐桌。 小路的四周是斯卡特尔太太的花园。 紫色的雏菊和粉红色的百合在微风中摇曳。 一道白色篱笆把斯卡托太太的院子和朱迪的院子隔开，旁边长着蔷薇丛。 “看！”朱迪指着她的院子说。 “我能看到你那愚蠢的原子吸盘！”原子吸盘是安德鲁的最新发明。 今天中午，它把他们缩得很小，他们可以在针尖上徒步旅行。 为了恢复收缩，他们必须在8点01分之前回到吸盘那里，以免它爆炸！

Andrew and Judy felt a gust of wind as Mrs. Scuttle's fly swatter swished by them. The fly flew in dizzy circles to get away. Floating through the air were things that looked like spiky Ping-Pong balls. Some of them got stuck in Judy's long, frizzy hair. meep… "Pollen!" squeaked Thudd. "From flowers! Make baby plants." "Oh, great!" said Judy, trying to pull the sticky things out of her hair. "I'm allergic to pollen! Ah… ah… ahhhhh… chooof!" The fly swatter was right above them when Mrs. Scuttle let out a scream.

当斯卡托太太的苍蝇拍从他们身边呼啸而过时，安德鲁和朱迪感到一阵狂风。 苍蝇绕着令人晕眩的圈子飞，想逃走。 空中漂浮着一些东西，看起来像尖乒乓球。 有些卡在朱迪卷曲的长发上了。 “花粉！”泰德尖声说。 “从花!种些小植物。” “哦，太好了！”朱迪说，试图把黏糊糊的东西从她的头发上拉出来。 “我对花粉过敏！”啊……啊……啊……嗬！”当斯卡托太太发出一声尖叫时，苍蝇拍就在他们的上方。

"Harley, noooo!" Harley was Mrs. Scuttle's basset hound. He was standing next to the white fence. He was raising his leg! Suddenly Andrew felt his stomach fluttering up to his mouth. The fly was going into a dive! The wind rushed against his face so hard he could barely keep his eyes open. The garden turned into a green blur. Andrew and Judy almost flew off the fly as it landed in the dirt. Their noses filled with strange moldy smells. On one side of the fly was a huge leaf bristling with hairs. On the other side was the brick path. The fly crept along the ground. It stopped in front of a pile of shiny black goo and un-rolled a fat hose from below its eyes. It dipped the hose into the goo. meep… "Fly eating!" said Thudd. "What's it eating?" asked Judy. meep… "Oody not want to know," said Thudd. "Yes I do," said Judy.

“哈利,他!”哈利是斯卡托太太的猎犬。 他站在白色篱笆旁边。 他抬起了他的腿！突然，安德鲁觉得自己的胃都快吐到嘴边了。 苍蝇要俯冲了！风猛烈地刮着他的脸，他几乎睁不开眼睛。 花园变成一片模糊的绿色。 当苍蝇落在泥土上时，安德鲁和朱迪差点被苍蝇飞了起来。 他们的鼻子里充满了奇怪的霉味。 苍蝇的一侧是一片长满毛发的巨大叶子。 另一边是砖砌的小路。 苍蝇沿着地面爬行。 它停在一堆发亮的黑色粘稠物前，从眼睛下面展开一根肥大的软管。 它把软管浸入粘稠的液体中。 “苍蝇在吃东西！” “它在吃什么？”朱迪问。 “我不想知道。” “是的，我喜欢，”朱迪说。

meep… "Bug poop!" said Thudd. "Eeeeew!" said Judy. "Let's ditch this yucky bug!" She started unwrapping the stretchy strands of Drastic Elastic that Andrew had used to hold them on the fly. It was another one of Andrew's inventions. "Don't tangle the Drastic Elastic," said Andrew. "We might need it later." Judy finished unwrapping herself and handed the long loops of Drastic Elastic to Andrew. He snapped it like a yo-yo, and it shrank drastically. It was only as long as one of Andrew's fingers! Andrew tucked the Drastic Elastic into the secret pocket under his shirt collar. He zipped the pocket closed. "I'm out of here!" said Judy, sliding down from behind the fly's eye. Andrew followed her. Since they were as light as dust, they floated gently down. Suddenly a scream rattled Andrew's ears.

“虫屎！” “嗯嗯！”朱迪说。“我们甩掉这个讨厌的虫子吧！”她开始解开安德鲁在飞行中用来固定他们的弹力绳。 这是安德鲁的另一项发明。 “别把弹力绳缠在一起。”安德鲁说。 “我们以后可能会用到它。”朱迪自己解开了包装，把长圈的“剧烈弹性”递给了安德鲁。 他把它像溜溜球一样折断，然后它急剧缩小。 它只有安德鲁的一根手指那么长！安德鲁把剧烈弹力塞进衬衫领子下面的秘密口袋里。 他把口袋的拉链拉上。 “我要离开这里！”朱迪说着，从苍蝇的眼睛后面滑了下来。 安德鲁跟着她。因为它们像灰尘一样轻，所以它们轻轻地飘下来。 突然，一声尖叫响彻了安德鲁的耳朵。

"Cheese Louise!" Judy hollered. "This is more disgusting than when we were flushed down the toilet!"

“奶酪路易斯!”朱迪大声喊道。 “这比我们被冲进厕所还要恶心！”