8 So N-ear, Yet So Far

Chapter 8 SO N-EAR, YET SO FAR The blob plopped onto a bumpy purple place dotted with spiky pollen. meep… "Land on daisy petal," said Thudd. "Ah-choooooof!" sneezed Judy. "Bless oo!" said Thudd. Andrew tugged himself off the blob and walked to the edge of the petal. From there he could see most of Mrs. Scuttle's garden. There were lots of people now. Mrs. Scuttle was serving food from a tray. She was talking to a tall man with knobby knees and bushy eyebrows. "Oh! Mr. Ditzworth!" she said. "I hope Boot-a- Pest got rid of those nasty bats in your bathroom!"

那一团东西扑通一声落在一块紫色的凹凸不平的地方，上面点缀着刺状的花粉。 “降落在雏菊花瓣上。”萨德说。 “啊——嗬——嗬！”朱迪打了个喷嚏。 “天哪！”安德鲁把自己从那团东西上拽下来，走到花瓣的边缘。 从那儿他可以看到斯卡托太太花园的大部分。 现在有很多人。 斯卡托太太正在用托盘端食物。 她正在和一个膝盖多节、眉毛浓密的高个子男人说话。 “哦!迪兹沃思先生！”她说。 “我希望布特-佩斯把你浴室里那些讨厌的蝙蝠赶走了！”

Mr. Ditzworth shook his head. "Tsk, tsk," said Mrs. Scuttle. "Don't worry. We'll be back to boot your bats again!" She pushed her tray toward him. "Have another teensy cheesy sandwich. These have caviar." Mr. Ditzworth's eyebrows rose. He picked up a sandwich and nodded. Jeremy Snarfless reached up to the tray. He grabbed a sandwich and sniffed it. "What's caviar?" he asked. "Fish eggs!" said Mrs. Scuttle coldly. "YUCK!" hollered Jeremy. He pitched the sandwich into the garden. It landed a few feet away from the daisy. Harley came running over. He snuffled among the leaves, found the sandwich, and gobbled it down. One of his long ears flopped against a lily. He raised his rear leg and scratched his ear. "Look!" said Judy. "If we can get him to come over here and scratch his other ear, maybe he'll shake the helicopter out."

迪兹沃思先生摇了摇头。 “啧啧，啧啧，”斯卡特尔太太说。 “别担心。我们会回来踢你的蝙蝠的！”她把托盘推给他。 “再吃一小块奶酪三明治。 这里面有鱼子酱。”迪兹沃思先生的眉毛扬了起来。 他拿起一个三明治，点了点头。 杰里米·斯内弗斯伸手去拿托盘。 他抓起一个三明治闻了闻。 “什么是鱼子酱？”他问。 “鱼卵！”斯卡特尔太太冷冷地说。 “恶心！”杰里米大叫。他把三明治扔到花园里。 它落在离雏菊几英尺远的地方。 哈利跑了过来。他在树叶间嗅了嗅，找到了三明治，狼吞虎咽地吃了下去。 他的一只长耳朵碰着一朵百合花。 他抬起后腿，搔搔耳朵。 “看！”朱迪说。“如果我们能让他过来搔搔另一只耳朵，也许他会把直升机摇出来。”

"Harley!" yelled Mrs. Scuttle. "Get out of there! Now!" She rushed toward Harley. Suddenly she wobbled on her high-heeled sandals. The sandwich tray flew out of her hands! The sandwiches flew into the air. One of them landed beneath the daisy. "This could be good!" said Judy. Harley wagged his tail and bounced into the leaves, searching for sandwiches. The tray hit the fence and clanked to the ground.

“哈利！”斯卡特尔太太喊道。 “快出来！”现在!”她冲向哈利。 她穿着高跟凉鞋突然摇晃起来。 三明治托盘从她手中飞了出去！三明治飞到了空中。 其中一个落在雏菊下面。 “这可能很好！”朱迪说。 哈利摇了摇尾巴，跳进树叶里，寻找三明治。 托盘撞在篱笆上，哐当一声掉在地上。

BZZZZZZZZ Angry buzzing filled their ears. Yellow-and- black-striped insects were flying low above their flower. meep… "Yellow jackets!" said Thudd. "Yellow jackets got nest underground. Mrs. Scuttle hit nest with tray. Make yellow jackets angry. Yellow jackets attack!" Yellow jackets zoomed toward the garden party. "Duck!" yelled a woman. "I don't see a duck," said another. "Yellow jackets!" Mrs. Scuttle's guests waved their arms and bumped into each other as they scurried away from the yellow jackets. meep… "Rumble, rumble underground!" said Thudd. "Are you hearing worms again?" asked Judy. "Noop! Noop! Noop!" said Thudd. "Cicadas comin' out soon, soon, soon, soon! Millions!" "And here comes Harley!" said Judy.

他们的耳朵里充满了愤怒的嗡嗡声。 黄黑相间条纹的昆虫在花的上方低低地飞行。 “黄夹克！” “黄衫军在地下筑巢。 斯卡托太太用托盘打巢。 让黄夹克生气。 黄衫军来了！”黄色的夹克嗖嗖地向游园会走来。 “快躲！”一个女人喊道。“我没看见鸭子，”另一个说。 “黄色夹克!”斯卡特尔太太的客人们在匆匆离开那些黄夹克的时候，挥舞着手臂，互相碰撞着。 “隆隆，隆隆地下！” “你又听到虫子的声音了吗？”朱迪问。 “等待!等待!不！” “蝉很快就出来了，很快，很快，很快！”数以百万计的!”“哈利来了！”朱迪说。

In an instant, Harley's big black nose was sniffing the top of their daisy. Judy pushed Andrew down onto the petal. "Stay low!" she said. "I love Harley, but I am not going swimming in dog snot again!" Harley's nose moved away from the daisy and headed down to the sandwich. "How do we get Harley to scratch his ear?" asked Andrew. "Hmmmm…," murmured Judy. "I have an idea. Give me the Drastic Elastic." Andrew unzipped the secret pocket under his collar and pulled out the Drastic Elastic. Judy grabbed it. It was incredibly stretchy and had a little cup at each end. Judy went to the center of the daisy which looked like a big pincushion. She tied one end of the Drastic Elastic around one of the tall, pin-like parts. She pointed to a thick lily stem on the other side of Harley's head. "I'm going to throw the other end of the Drastic Elastic around that stem," she said. "When Harley

哈利的大黑鼻子立刻嗅到了雏菊的顶端。 朱迪把安德鲁推到花瓣上。 “蹲下！”她说。“我爱哈利，但我再也不会穿着狗鼻涕去游泳了！”哈利的鼻子从雏菊上挪开，朝三明治走去。 “我们怎样才能让哈利搔搔耳朵呢？”安德鲁问。 “嗯……”朱迪喃喃地说。 “我有个主意。给我强力橡皮筋。” 安德鲁拉开衣领下的秘密口袋的拉链，拿出一条剧烈的松紧带。 朱迪抓住了它。它具有令人难以置信的弹性，两端都有一个小杯子。 朱迪走到雏菊的中心，那里看起来像一个大针垫。 她把剧烈弹性的一端系在一个高高的、像别针一样的部分上。 她指着哈利脑袋另一边的一根粗大的百合茎。 “我要把‘剧烈弹性’的另一端绕在茎上，”她说。 “当哈利

raises his head, the Drastic Elastic will pull our daisy onto his ear. Let's hope he'll want to scratch it!" Judy squinted at the thick stem. "It's time for my best curveball pitch," she said. Judy swung her arm. Her tongue touched the top of her lip, as it did when she pitched in Little League. She threw the end of the Drastic Elastic way over Harley's head toward the stem. It stretched and s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d—and caught! The end spun around the stem. Now the Drastic Elastic stretched above Harley's head.

抬起他的头，剧烈弹力会把我们的雏菊拉到他的耳朵上。 希望他会想抓它！”朱迪眯着眼睛看那根粗茎。 她说：“是时候使出我最好的曲线球了。” 朱迪挥了挥胳膊。她的舌头碰到了嘴唇上，就像她在少年棒球联盟投球时那样。 她把“剧烈弹力”的末端朝哈利的头顶扔过去。 它伸展，s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d -抓住了！那头绕着茎旋转。 现在，强力橡皮筋在哈利的头顶上伸展开来。