4 Big Green Lips

Chapter 4 BIG GREEN LIPS The thing thumped down right in front of them. It was huge and clear and hollow. It looked like a Jell-O mold of a blimp-sized bug! meep… "Bug skeleton!" said Thudd. Andrew touched it. "Feels like plastic!" he said.

那东西砰地一声落在他们面前。 它又大又清澈又中空。 它看起来就像一个小飞艇大小的虫子的果冻模具！“虫骨架！” 安德鲁摸了摸它。“摸起来像塑料！”他说。

meep… "Old skeleton from bug called cicada," said Thudd. "Bug grow. Get too big for skeleton. Grow new one." Judy frowned. "I don't like the buzz-saw racket cicadas make on hot summer days," she said. "And these stupid bugs even made me lose a spelling bee!" "Huh?" said Andrew. Judy rolled her eyes. "I thought cicada started with an 5 because that's the way it sounds." meep… "Seventeen years ago, lotsa this kinda cicada hatch from eggs," said Thudd. "Little cicadas dig deep into ground. Stay underground seventeen years! Suck tree roots. One night in June, cicadas crawl out of ground together!" "After seventeen years, they all suddenly decide to come up at once?" asked Andrew. "Yoop!" said Thudd. "Need safe place to get out of old skeleton. Crawl up tree. This skeleton from cicada that come up early. Million cicadas coming up soon!"

“蝉的老骨架，”萨德说。 “虫生长。长得太大，不适合做骨架。 长一个新的。”朱迪皱起了眉头。 “我不喜欢蝉在炎热的夏天发出的嗡嗡声，”她说。 “这些愚蠢的虫子甚至让我输掉了一场拼写比赛！”“嗯？”安德鲁说。 朱迪翻了个白眼。“我以为蝉是以5开头的，因为这是它的发音方式。” “十七年前，很多这种蝉从卵中孵化出来，”泰德说。 “小蝉在地下挖得很深。 在地下待十七年！吸吮树根。 六月的一个晚上，蝉一齐从地里爬出来了！”“过了十七年，他们突然决定一起上来？”安德鲁问。 “哇！”“需要一个安全的地方来摆脱旧骨架。 爬上树。这是早起的蝉的骨架。 千万只蝉马上就要来了！”

"When?" asked Judy. meep… "Tonight, maybe," said Thudd. Judy shook her head. "So far today, we got snuffled up into a dog's nose, flushed down a toilet, and nearly melted onto a cheese-and-tomato sandwich. Now we could get trampled by a bug stampede!" Kraaaaaack! Mrs. Scuttle stomped out of the kitchen carrying a big white platter heaped high with sandwiches. "Quick!" said Judy. "Get onto the leaf!" The enormous leaf was touching the ground. Still, climbing onto it was like climbing a cliff.

“什么时候？”朱迪问。“今晚，也许吧。” 朱迪摇了摇头。“今天到目前为止，我们被狗鼻子吸了一下，被冲进了厕所，差点被奶酪和西红柿三明治融化了。 现在我们可能会被虫子踩踏！”Kraaaaaack !斯卡托太太端着一个堆满三明治的白色大盘子，跺着脚走出厨房。 “快！”朱迪说。“爬到叶子上！”那片巨大的叶子触到了地面。 不过，爬上去就像爬悬崖。

Luckily, the leaf was covered with hairs. Judy grabbed one and pulled herself up. Andrew was right behind her. "Cheese Louise!" shouted Judy. "This leaf's got lips!" Andrew looked out over the leaf. It really was covered with lips. And they were all open! meep… "Plant mouths," said Thudd. "Plant get food from air. Not eat us!" Judy squinted at Thudd. "Are you sure?" "Yoop!" Judy and Andrew climbed farther onto the leaf. Suddenly the big purple button in the middle of Thudd's chest started to blink. "It's Uncle Al!" said Andrew. Thudd's purple button popped open and a beam of purple light zoomed out. Andrew and Judy sat down on the leaf. "Hi guys!" said the hologram of their uncle Al. He was a little purple and they could see right through him. "Everyone okay?" he asked.

幸运的是，叶子上长满了毛发。 朱迪抓起一根，把自己拉了起来。 安德鲁就在她后面。 “奶酪露易丝！”朱迪喊道。 “这片叶子有嘴唇！”安德鲁望着外面的树叶。 它真的被嘴唇覆盖了。 它们都是开着的！“植嘴。” “植物从空气中获取食物。不要吃我们！”朱迪眯着眼睛看着泰德。 “你确定吗？”“Yoop !”朱迪和安德鲁爬到更远的树叶上。 突然，泰德胸前那颗紫色的大扣子开始闪烁。 “是艾尔叔叔！”安德鲁说。 砰的一声，泰德的紫色按钮打开了，一束紫色的光嗖地蹿了出来。 安德鲁和朱迪坐在树叶上。 “嗨，伙计们！”他们叔叔艾尔的全息影像说。 他有点发紫，他们一眼就能看穿他。 “大家都好吗？”他问。

"We're sitting on plant lips!" said Judy. "But they're pretty comfortable," said Andrew. "You got yourselves into the garden!" said Uncle Al. "And my signal is reaching you better. You must have stopped Thudd's antennas from rusting. You guys are really using your heads!" "Uncle Al," said Judy. "We don't have much time left to get unshrunk." meep… "7:25," said Thudd. "Thirty-six minutes till 8:01!"

“我们坐在植物的嘴唇上！”朱迪说。 “但它们很舒服，”安德鲁说。 “你们自己跑到花园里来了！”阿尔叔叔说。 “我的信号也能更好地到达你那里。 你一定阻止了萨德的天线生锈。 你们真是在动脑筋！”“艾尔叔叔，”朱迪说。 “我们没有多少时间来恢复萎缩。” “7:25，”泰德说。 “离8点01分还有36分钟！”

"I'll be landing at the airport in thirty minutes," said Uncle Al. "But it will take ten minutes to get from the airport to you. Right now, I want you to think about the sign over my office door." "Oh, yeah!" Andrew nodded. "It says, 'Questions have many answers.'" "You've got it!" said Uncle Al. "It's the best magic I know. It works for anything. You can use it to make a pizza, find new planets, or get unshrunk!" ssssssss There was static in Uncle Al's signal. "I'm flying through some storm clouds," said Uncle Al. "My signal might cut out. But remember what I told—" sssssssSSSSSSSSSSSS The static grew louder, and Uncle Al disappeared. KAPOCKETA POCKETA POCKETA KAPOCKETA POCKETA POCKETA "The Atom Sucker is getting louder," said Judy.

“我将在30分钟内抵达机场，”艾尔叔叔说。 “但是从机场到你那里要十分钟。 现在，我想让你想想我办公室门上的牌子。” “哦,是的!”安德鲁点点头。 “它说，‘问题有很多答案。“你说对了！”阿尔叔叔说。 “这是我知道的最好的魔法。 它适用于任何事情。你可以用它来做披萨，发现新行星，或者恢复原状！”嘶嘶嘶嘶，阿尔叔叔的信号中有静电。 “我正飞过一些暴风云，”阿尔叔叔说。 “我的信号可能会中断。但是记住我告诉——“sssssssSSSSSSSSSSSS静态越发响亮,艾尔叔叔消失了。 “原子吸盘的声音越来越大了，”朱迪说。