7 Very Import-ant!

Chapter 7 VERY IMPORT-ANT! They came out of the tunnel and into a huge room of the cave. Andrew's eyes grew wide. "Neato mosquito!" he shouted. Lying in the middle of the room was a monster- sized ant. It was a hundred times bigger than the other ants! It was surrounded by shiny white eggs. Worm-like things wriggled next to the eggs. Regular-sized ants were climbing among the eggs and worm-like things, touching them with their antennas.

第七章非常重要！他们走出隧道，进入洞穴的一个大房间。 安德鲁睁大了眼睛。“蚊子！”他喊道。 房间中央躺着一只怪物大小的蚂蚁。 它比其他蚂蚁大一百倍！它被闪亮的白色鸡蛋包围着。 像蠕虫一样的东西在卵旁边蠕动。 正常大小的蚂蚁在卵和蠕虫状的东西之间爬来爬去，用触角触摸它们。

meep… "That ant queen!" said Thudd. "Queen ant make all ant babies. Ant babies hatch from eggs. Look like worms. Ant queen use smell to rule! Lotsa ants take care of queen and ant babies." Their ant carried them through the queen's room into another dark tunnel. Judy moaned. "How are we ever going to get out of here?" meep… "Got idea!" said Thudd. He pointed to his antennas. "Thudd make smells like ant. Try make smell that tell ant to take us out!" Thudd's antennas waggled. Andrew and Judy couldn't smell anything. But their ant came to a stop and put down the mealybug. "Oop!" said Thudd. "Wrong smell."

“那个蚂蚁女王！” “蚁后会生所有的蚂蚁宝宝。 蚂蚁宝宝从卵中孵化出来。 看起来像虫子。蚂蚁女王用嗅觉统治！很多蚂蚁照顾蚁后和蚂蚁宝宝。” 蚂蚁带着他们穿过蚁后的房间，进入另一个黑暗的隧道。 朱迪呻吟。“我有主意了！” 他指着他的天线。 “砰，闻起来像蚂蚁。 试着用气味告诉蚂蚁把我们带出去！”泰德的天线摇晃着。 安德鲁和朱迪什么也闻不到。 但是他们的蚂蚁停了下来，放下了粉虫。 “哦！”“错误的气味。”

Thudd waggled his antennas again. The ant gently picked up the mealybug and scampered down the tunnel. meep… "Try again," said Thudd, waggling his antennas. This time, the ant's antennas waggled, too. It turned around in the tunnel and began to race toward the queen's room. In the queen's room, ants were scurrying frantically. Some carried eggs. They were all leaving. Their ant rushed out with the others. "Holy moly, Thudd!" said Andrew. "What did you tell them?" "Make big danger smell!" said Thudd. Andrew saw a dot of light ahead. Their ant was scrambling up the tunnel that led outside. Andrew turned off his flashlight and clipped it back on to his belt loop. "We've got to get off this ant!" said Andrew. "Without getting stomped by the other ants," said Judy.

砰又摇了摇他的天线。 蚂蚁轻轻地捡起粉虫，跑下隧道。 “再试一次。”泰德摇晃着他的天线说。 这一次，蚂蚁的触角也在摆动。 它在隧道里转过身来，开始向王后的房间跑去。 蚁后的房间里，蚂蚁疯狂地乱窜。 有些带着鸡蛋。他们都要走了。 他们的蚂蚁和其他人一起冲了出去。 “天哪，泰德！” “你跟他们说了什么？”“发出大危险的气味！” 安德鲁看到前面有一个光点。 他们的蚂蚁正爬上通往外面的隧道。 安德鲁关掉手电筒，把它夹回腰带上。 “我们必须摆脱这只蚂蚁！”安德鲁说。 “不用被其他蚂蚁踩到，”朱迪说。

The ant's head popped out of the anthill. Andrew took a big breath of fresh air. Ants were trailing out into the garden. Andrew and Judy tugged themselves away from the sticky mealybug. Their ant was skittering over a rock. The ground below was covered with brown teacup-shaped things. They were half the size of the ant, but they were big enough to be swimming pools for Andrew and Judy. At the bottom of each cup were shiny black blobs. Andrew pointed to the strange cups. "We can jump into one of those. We'll be safe there until the ants go by," he said. Judy nodded. meep… "Okey-dokey," said Thudd, "as long as no rain happen." "It's sunny!" said Andrew. He jumped off the mealybug. Judy followed. Andrew and Judy drifted down into one of the cups. They landed on one of the shiny black blobs. It was sticky.

蚂蚁的头从蚁丘里探了出来。 安德鲁深深地吸了一口新鲜空气。 蚂蚁拖着尾巴进了花园。 安德鲁和朱迪挣扎着离开了粘粉虫。 他们的蚂蚁在一块岩石上跳来跳去。 下面的地上堆满了棕色的茶杯形状的东西。 它们只有蚂蚁的一半大小，但对安德鲁和朱迪来说，它们大得足以成为游泳池。 在每个杯子的底部都有闪亮的黑色斑点。 安德鲁指着那些奇怪的杯子。 “我们可以跳进其中一个。 在蚂蚁经过之前，我们在那里是安全的，”他说。 朱迪点点头。“好吧，好吧，”泰德说，“只要不下雨就行。” “今天是晴天！”安德鲁说。 他从粉虱上跳下来。 朱迪。安德鲁和朱迪慢慢地倒进其中一个杯子里。 他们降落在一个闪亮的黑色斑点上。 它很粘。

meep… "Land in cannon fungus," said Thudd. "Cannon fungus?" said Andrew. "Why do they call it that?" "Aaaaaack!" they heard Mrs. Scuttle scream. "I'm soaking wet! Drop that water gun right now, you little beast!" "Nuh-uh!" Jeremy Snarfless answered loudly. He gave a nasty laugh. Splaaaaat! A big drop of water splashed into the cannon fungus. "Oop! Oop! Oop!" said Thudd. "Hang tight!" The next instant, the blob, with Andrew and Judy and Thudd on top of it, flew out of the cup!

“降落在大炮真菌上。” “大炮真菌？”安德鲁说。 “他们为什么这么叫它？”“啊——啊！”他们听见斯卡托太太尖叫起来。 “我全身都湿透了！”马上把水枪放下，你这个小畜生！”“Nuh-uh !”杰里米·斯内弗斯大声回答。 他恶狠狠地笑了一声。Splaaaaat !一大滴水溅进了大炮的真菌里。 “哟!Oop !哦！” “挂紧!”紧接着，那团东西飞出了杯子，安德鲁、朱迪和泰德在上面！

They whizzed up through the leaves. It was like riding a rocket! "Yaaaargh!" yelled Andrew. "Yeow!" yelled Judy. meep… "That why it called cannon fungus," said Thudd. "Black blob filled with baby fungus spores. When cannon fungus get wet, shoot blob into air so baby fungus find place to live!" "Zip it, Thudd!" hollered Judy. The little blob paused, then began to fall!

他们嗖嗖地穿过树叶。 就像坐火箭一样！“啊！”安德鲁叫道。 “耶！”朱迪叫道。“所以它叫大炮真菌。”萨德说。 “黑色的斑点，里面充满了真菌孢子。 当大炮菌被弄湿时，向空气中发射斑点，这样小真菌就能找到生存的地方！”“闭嘴，砰！”朱迪喊道。 那一小团东西停了一下，然后开始往下掉！