5 Feeling Shaky

Chapter 5 FEELING SHAKY A long, bulgy thing was wiggling out. It looked like a Loch Ness Monster made of inner tubes. meep… "Earthworm!" said Thudd. "It's the size of a Brontosaurus!" said Judy. "I hope earthworms are vegetarians." meep… "Earthworm swallow dirt," said Thudd. "Eat dead stuff and little dirt animals." "Do you think it sees us?" asked Judy. "Maybe it thinks we're dirt snacks." meep… "Earthworm not got eyes," said Thudd. The front end of the worm wriggled toward their leaf. A patch of bright sunlight made the worm's damp skin look shiny.

一个又长又胖的东西晃了出来。 它看起来就像一个由内胎组成的尼斯湖水怪。 “蚯蚓！” “它和雷龙一样大！”朱迪说。 “我希望蚯蚓是素食者。” “蚯蚓吞土。” “吃死的东西和脏兮兮的小动物。” “你觉得它看见我们了吗？”朱迪问。 “也许它认为我们是肮脏的零食。” “蚯蚓没有眼睛。” 虫子的前端向它们的叶子蠕动。 一片明亮的阳光使蠕虫潮湿的皮肤看起来有光泽。

meep… "Sun bad, bad, bad for worm," said Thudd. "If worm stay in sun, sun make poison inside worm skin. Worm die!" "Then why is it coming out?" asked Andrew. meep… "Worm feel stuff shake underground," said Thudd. "Maybe Atom Sucker noise make underground shake. Worm try to get away." "I feel kind of sorry for him," said Judy.

“太阳坏了，坏了，对虫子来说太坏了。” “如果虫子呆在阳光下，阳光会在虫子的皮肤里制造毒素。 虫子死!”“那它为什么要出来呢？”安德鲁问。 “虫子觉得地下的东西在晃动。” “也许原子吸盘的噪音会使地下震动。 虫子想逃走。”“我有点为他难过，”朱迪说。

meep… "Worm not 'him,'" said Thudd. "Worm not 'her.' Earthworm is male and female!" "Hyper-weird!" said Judy. "What can we do to make it go back underground?" "Maybe we can make a noise that will really annoy it," said Andrew. "Thudd knows every tune he's ever heard. He can even play the music. Thudd, do that song by Stinky Feet." meep… "Worm not hear," said Thudd. "Worm just feel stuff shake when sound get loud." "It's a loud song," said Andrew. "Maybe it's loud enough for the worm to feel it. Try it." "Okey-dokey," said Thudd. He started to sing: Dirty socks, dirty socks! They never clean, They make you mean. They start at toes, And then they goes From there Up to your hair!

“虫子，不是他。” “虫不是‘她’。”蚯蚓是雄性和雌性！”“太奇怪了！”朱迪说。 “我们怎么做才能让它回到地下？”安德鲁说：“也许我们可以制造一种噪音，让它真的生气。” “砰砰知道他听过的每一支曲子。 他甚至会演奏音乐。 砰，唱臭脚的那首歌吧。” “虫子听不见。” “当声音变大时，虫子只会感觉到东西在晃动。” “这首歌太吵了，”安德鲁说。 “也许声音大到虫子都能感觉到。 试一试。”“好吧，好吧。” 他开始唱歌：脏袜子，脏袜子！他们从不打扫卫生，他们让你变得刻薄。 从脚趾开始，然后从那里到你的头发！

Thudd screamed the song as loudly as he could, but the worm kept coming. It lurched closer to their leaf. Judy and Andrew scrambled to their feet. They stepped back without looking and accidentally stepped right off the leaf! They drifted down to the dirt. clip-clop… clip-clop… flap… flap… flap Sandals and sneakers were stomping along the brick path. Mrs. Scuttle's guests were arriving. "Well, hellooo, Mrs. Snarfless!" they heard Mrs. Scuttle say. "Sooo nice to see you. I'm sorry Mr. Snarfless can't be here. It's too bad about his toe problem. I hope they won't have to cut it off." "Look what I got!" came the voice of a little boy. "Jeremy Snarfless," said a woman's voice, "put that water gun down right now!" Mrs. Scuttle clomped back to the kitchen. She had changed out of her flip-flops. Now she was wearing red sandals with high heels and bows on the front.

砰砰尽可能大声地尖叫着那首歌，但虫子还是不断地飞来。 它踉跄着靠近他们的叶子。 朱迪和安德鲁爬了起来。 他们没看就往后退了一步，不小心从叶子上踩了下来！他们漂流到泥土里。 拖鞋和运动鞋沿着砖砌的小路咚咚地走着。 斯卡特尔太太的客人来了。 “喂，你好，斯内弗斯太太！”他们听见斯卡特尔太太说。 “见到你太高兴了。很抱歉，斯内弗斯先生不能来。 他脚趾的问题太糟糕了。 我希望他们不会把它剪掉。” “看我得到了什么！”一个小男孩的声音传来。 “杰里米·斯内弗斯，”一个女人的声音说，“马上把水枪放下！”斯卡特尔太太噔噔噔地回到厨房。 她已经换掉了人字拖。 现在她穿着红色的高跟鞋，前面系着蝴蝶结。

They heard Mrs. Scuttle mutter, "The invitation said 'no children.' She should have left that little rug rat home." Andrew and Judy felt the ground shake as she stomped by. The worm must have felt it, too. It stopped moving. Then, very slowly, it backed into its hole. Thudd wagged his antennas.

他们听见斯卡特尔太太喃喃地说：“请帖上说‘不要孩子’。”她应该把那个小耗子留在家里。” 安德鲁和朱迪感到大地在颤抖，因为她踩着脚走过。 虫子一定也感觉到了。 它停止了移动。然后，慢慢地，它退回到洞里。 砰砰摇着他的天线。

meep… "Hear something." "I just hear the Atom Sucker," said Judy. meep… "Rustle, rustle," said Thudd. Out of the corner of his eye, Andrew saw something move. He turned to see a dead brown

“听到什么声音。”“我刚听到原子吸盘的声音，”朱迪说。 “沙沙，沙沙。” 安德鲁从眼角看到有什么东西在动。 他转过身来，看见一个死棕色的人