3 Bug-Goo, Where Are You

Chapter 3 BUG-GOO, WHERE ARE YOU? The monster's green legs seemed to go up forever. Way, way up, its front legs were folded. At the top, its head was the shape of an upside- down triangle. Huge green eyes seemed to be staring down at them. "It looks like those pictures of aliens," whispered Judy. meep… "Praying mantis!" squeaked Thudd. "Praying mantis eat bugs. Even eat lizard!" The mantis slowly raised a rear leg. Judy shivered. "We're not big enough for a praying mantis snack," she said. "But it could

第三章BUG-GOO，你在哪里？ 怪物的绿腿似乎永远翘着。 它的前腿翘得很高很高。 在顶部，它的头是一个倒扣的三角形。 一双巨大的绿眼睛似乎正盯着他们。 “看起来像那些外星人的照片，”朱迪小声说。 “螳螂！” “螳螂吃虫子。甚至吃蜥蜴！”螳螂慢慢地抬起一条后腿。 朱迪颤抖。“我们不够大，吃不下螳螂的点心，”她说。 但它可以

stomp us like a Tyrannosaurus." "If only I had some Bug-Goo," said Andrew, digging through his shirt pockets. "Bug-Goo!" said Judy. "Sounds like one of your stupid inventions. It better be bug repellent!" Andrew looked away. "Um, actually, it smells like pizza to bugs," he said. "They'll come from miles away to get it." "Super nutso!" said Judy. "You want the praying mantis to come and get us?" Andrew unzipped a pocket on the leg of his shorts. Nothing was there. But at the back of that pocket was another pocket. Andrew felt a little lump. He pulled out a tiny plastic squirt bottle. "Watch this," said Andrew. He flipped the lid off the bottle and aimed behind the praying mantis. He gave a quick squeeze. One gloppy green drop of Bug-Goo squirted out toward the shadowy leaves.

像暴龙一样踩死我们。” “要是我有虫胶就好了。”安德鲁一边说，一边在衬衫口袋里翻来翻去。 “咕咕！”朱迪说。“听起来像是你愚蠢的发明之一。 最好是驱虫的！”安德鲁把目光移开。 “嗯，实际上，虫子闻起来像披萨，”他说。 “他们会从几英里外赶来取钱。” “超级疯子！”朱迪说。“你想让螳螂来抓我们吗？”安德鲁拉开短裤裤腿上一个口袋的拉链。 那里什么也没有。但是在那个口袋的后面还有一个口袋。 安德鲁觉得心里有个小疙瘩。 他拿出一个小小的塑料喷水瓶。 “看这个，”安德鲁说。 他掀开瓶盖，瞄准螳螂身后。 他紧紧地挤了一下。一滴粘稠的绿色虫胶向阴暗的树叶中喷射出来。

The mantis wagged its head. Its praying legs twitched. Then it turned and lurched toward the Bug-Goo! "Look!" said Andrew. Overhead, flies and bees and mosquitoes were zooming toward the Bug-Goo. Shiny brown

螳螂摇了摇头。 它的祈祷腿抽搐着。 然后它转过身来，踉踉跄跄地朝虫胶走去！“看！”安德鲁说。 头顶上，苍蝇、蜜蜂和蚊子正朝着“虫胶”飞来。 闪亮的棕色

beetles hopped off leaves and trudged toward the Bug-Goo, too. Besides the buzzing of the bugs, there was another sound. It was coming from Judy's yard. KAPOCKET… kapocket kapocket KAPOCKETA It got louder. POCKETA… POCKETA POCKETA "What's that weird noise?" asked Judy. "Uh-oh," said Andrew. Judy glared at Andrew. "'Uh-oh' is not a good answer," she said. "It could be the Atom Sucker," said Andrew. "Um, it might mean it's getting kind of hot." Kraaaack! The screen door slammed. Mrs. Scuttle's giant feet clomped toward them in flip-flops. Andrew and Judy looked up to see Mrs. Scuttle towing a bunch of colored balloons. A white banner trailed from her hand.

甲虫也从树叶上跳下来，向虫粘走去。 除了虫子的嗡嗡声，还有另一种声音。 是从朱迪的院子里传来的。 噼里啪啦，噼里啪啦，噼里啪啦，噼里啪啦，越来越响了。 “那是什么奇怪的声音？”朱迪问。 “哦哦，”安德鲁说。朱迪怒视着安德鲁。 “‘糟糕’不是一个好的回答，”她说。 “可能是原子吸盘。”安德鲁说。 “嗯，这可能意味着天气变得有点热了。” Kraaaack !纱门砰地关上了。 斯卡托太太那双巨大的脚穿着人字拖向他们沉重地走来。 安德鲁和朱迪抬头看见斯卡托太太正拖着一束彩色气球。 一条白色的横幅从她的手里拖了下来。

She went over to the fence and tied the balloons to it. She hung the banner between two trees. Big red letters said: HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY BOOT-A-PEST. "Boot-a-Pest" was the name of Mrs. Scuttle's business. Boot-a-Pest got rid of bugs and anything else people didn't want living in their houses. Mrs. Scuttle stepped back to take a look at her decorations. "Lovely!" she said. "This has been a terrible day, but I shall have a perfect garden party." She turned around and clomped back toward the kitchen door. One of her flip-flops almost flapped onto Andrew and Judy and Thudd! Judy pointed to a leaf farther away from the path. "Let's climb onto that leaf before Mrs. Scuttle stomps us." To get to the leaf, they had to climb over chunks of dirt the size of doghouses. Dirt creatures tried to suck their feet. And the ground was a junkyard of other weird stuff. Andrew stopped in front of something that looked like a piece of an orange wall. It was

她走到栅栏前，把气球系在上面。 她把横幅挂在两棵树之间。 大红字写着：五岁生日快乐——讨厌鬼。 “讨厌鬼”是斯卡托太太公司的名字。 Boot-a-Pest消灭了虫子和其他人们不想住在他们房子里的东西。 斯卡托太太退后一步，看了看她的装饰品。 “好极了！”她说。“这真是糟糕的一天，但我将有一个完美的游园会。” 她转过身，噔噔地朝厨房门走去。 她的一只人字拖差点撞到安德鲁、朱迪和泰德！朱迪指着离小路较远的一片树叶。 “在斯卡托太太踩到我们之前，咱们爬到那片叶子上去吧。” 为了到达那片叶子，它们必须爬过狗窝大小的大块泥土。 肮脏的动物试图吮吸他们的脚。 地面是其他奇怪东西的垃圾场。 安德鲁在一个看起来像橙色墙壁碎片的东西前停了下来。 这是

covered with scales, like the skin of a fish. meep… "Butterfly wing," said Thudd, pointing to his face screen. "Bright orange color tell birds, 'Don't eat! Taste bad! Poison!'" Andrew was looking toward the top of the wing when he saw something spinning down through the air. It was enormous! And it was spinning straight toward them! "Run!" yelled Andrew.

鳞片的覆盖着鳞片的，如鱼皮 “蝴蝶翅膀。”萨德指着他的面罩说。 “鲜艳的橙色告诉鸟儿，‘不要吃！味道不好!毒药!’”安德鲁朝机翼上方望去，突然看到有什么东西在空中旋转着往下飞。 它是巨大的！它正朝着他们旋转！“快跑！”安德鲁喊道。