7 Uh-oh!

Chapter 7 UH-OH! meep… "Porcupine fish!" said Thudd. "When porcupine fish afraid, blow itself up! Spines pop up. Other fish not swallow it!"

第7章哎呀！“豪猪鱼！” “豪猪鱼害怕的时候，把自己炸了！”刺会弹出。 别的鱼不会把它吞下去！”

The porcupine fish batted its fins angrily. But when it couldn't make the Water Bug go away, it took off into the gloom. The cave was crawling with strange sights. Blue sausage-shaped creatures with black stripes slithered over the rocks. One rock was crowded with black pincushion-shaped animals covered with needles as long as knives. A red skirt-like creature twirled in front of the windshield like a ballerina. meep… "Spanish dancer sea slug," said Thudd. "Like big snail without shell." A dark wall of the cave twinkled with light. As the Water Bug got closer, Andrew and Judy saw clam-like creatures clinging to the rocks. Their shells were open. Inside, flashes of light flickered. "Wowzers!" said Andrew. "It looks like tiny lightning inside those shells!" meep… "Flame scallop animal!" said Thudd. "Make light inside! Lotsa sea creatures make light. Called bioluminescence. Means 'light made by living thing.'"

豪猪鱼愤怒地拍打着鳍。 但当它无法让水虫离开时，它就消失在黑暗中了。 山洞里到处都是奇怪的景象。 长着黑色条纹的蓝色香肠状生物在岩石上爬行。 一块岩石上挤满了黑色的针垫状动物，身上覆盖着像刀子一样长的针。 一个红色裙子似的生物像芭蕾舞演员一样在挡风玻璃前旋转。 “西班牙舞海蛞蝓。” “就像没有壳的大蜗牛。” 黑暗的洞壁闪烁着光。 当水虫靠近时，安德鲁和朱迪看到了一些蛤蜊状的生物紧紧地附着在岩石上。 它们的壳是敞开的。里面，灯光闪烁。 “哇！”安德鲁说。“火焰扇贝动物！” “在里面发光！”许多海洋生物会发光。 称为荧光。意思是‘生物发出的光’。”

Andrew squinted at a rock next to the flame scallops. "I think that rock has eyes!" he said. meep… "Stonefish!" said Thudd. "Look like rock. Not move. Wait for prey animal. Stonefish got big poison in skin! Human step on stonefish, can die!" The headlights of the Water Bug fell on a bumpy pink lump smooshed into a corner. It looked like a humongous glob of Silly Putty! In the next instant, the glob turned white, peeled itself off the wall, and flung itself toward the Water Bug! Now Andrew could see it was balloon-shaped, with eight twisting tentacles at the bottom.

安德鲁眯着眼睛看着火焰扇贝旁边的一块石头。 “我觉得那石头有眼睛！”他说。 “石头鱼！” “看起来像石头。不动。 等待猎物。石鱼的皮肤里有很大的毒素！人踩到石头鱼，会死的！”水虫车的前灯照在一个角落里一个凹凸不平的粉红色肿块上。 它看起来就像一团巨大的橡皮泥！刹那间，那个水球变成了白色，从墙上脱落下来，向水虫扑去！现在安德鲁看到它是气球形状的，底部有八条扭曲的触须。

"Neato mosquito!" yelled Andrew. "It's an octopus!" It was turning red as it zoomed toward them. meep… "Angry octopus," said Thudd. "Octopus angry, turn red. Get scared, turn white." The octopus slapped itself onto the hood of the Water Bug. It poked one of its tentacles inside the Super-Sniffer! "It's trying to pick the Super-Sniffer's nose!" said Andrew. meep… "Octopus looking for clams," said Thudd. Andrew pressed a button on the dashboard. The Super-Sniffer twitched. The octopus seemed

“蚊子！”安德鲁叫道。 “是章鱼！”它在向他们急速靠近时，正在变红。 “愤怒的章鱼。” 章鱼生气了，脸都红了。吓一跳，脸色发白。” 章鱼把自己拍到了水虫的兜帽上。 它把一只触手戳进了超级嗅探器！“它想挖超级嗅探的鼻子！”安德鲁说。 “章鱼在找蛤蜊。” 安德鲁按下仪表板上的一个按钮。 超级嗅探抽搐了一下。 章鱼似乎

startled and pulled its tentacle out of the Super- Sniffer. Then it crawled up to the windshield. It gripped the glass with its round suckers and looked in at Andrew and Judy. "Weirdo eyes!" said Judy. The pupils of the octopus's eyes weren't round like a human's. They were narrow black slits. The octopus was changing color again. Pink and blue and purple began to flicker across its skin like a neon sign! meep… "Octopus excited to see us!" said Thudd. The octopus slapped its tentacles against the window on Judy's side. It looked like it was tugging! "I think it wants to get in," said Judy. "It's actually kind of cute, in a weird way." The octopus gave up and jetted back to the cave wall. It slithered over to a patch of bumpy purple sponges. In a moment, its color matched the sponges. Its skin became just as bumpy.

吓了一跳，把触手从超级嗅探身上抽出来。 然后它爬到挡风玻璃上。 它用圆圆的吸盘抓住杯子，看着安德鲁和朱迪。 “怪眼睛！”朱迪说。章鱼眼睛的瞳孔不像人类的那样圆。 它们是黑色的窄缝。 章鱼又开始变色了。 粉红色、蓝色和紫色开始像霓虹灯一样在它的皮肤上闪烁！“章鱼看到我们很兴奋！” 章鱼用触手拍打着朱迪身边的窗户。 它看起来像是在拉扯！“我想它想进去，”朱迪说。 “它实际上有点可爱，有点奇怪。” 章鱼放弃了，飞回岩壁。 它滑到一块凹凸不平的紫色海绵上。 不一会儿，它的颜色就和海绵的颜色相配了。 它的皮肤也变得凹凸不平。

meep… "Octopus change skin to hide," said Thudd. "Octopus eyes connect to octopus skin. Make octopus skin match what octopus see!" Suddenly the octopus turned white and puffed out a smoky black cloud! The water in front of the Water Bug turned dark as mud. meep… "Octopus make black ink," said Thudd. "Hide from enemy!" "What's scaring it?" asked Andrew. CLACK! CLACK! CLACK! came a noise. The whole Water Bug was shaking!

“章鱼换皮是为了隐藏自己。” “章鱼的眼睛和章鱼的皮肤相连。 让章鱼的皮肤和章鱼看到的一样！”突然，章鱼变成了白色，喷出了一团黑烟！水虫面前的水变得像泥一样黑。 “章鱼是黑墨水。” “躲着敌人！”“什么吓着它了？”安德鲁问。 瓣!瓣!瓣!传来一阵声音。 整个水虫都在颤抖！