8 Getting Crabby

Chapter 8 GETTING CRABBY Thudd pulled himself out of Andrew's pocket. With his little rubbery, jellybean-shaped feet, he climbed up to Andrew's shoulder. meep… "New kind of giant electric eel!" said Thudd. Andrew pressed the Octo-Tool button. "Catch eel!" he yelled. The Water Bug's hood sprang open. The Octo- Tool flung its tentacles at the eel! They missed. The eel was too fast. Then the tentacles stopped moving. They stayed very still. The eel stopped circling the Water Bug. It went over to the Octo-Tool and opened its

第八章变得暴躁砰地从安德鲁的口袋里抽出身子。 他用他那橡胶状、软糖状的小脚，爬上了安德鲁的肩膀。 “一种新型的巨型电鳗！” 安德鲁按下八进制工具按钮。 “抓鳗鱼！”他喊道。水虫的兜帽弹开了。 章鱼工具把它的触须扔向鳗鱼！他们错过了。 鳗鱼跑得太快了。然后触角停止了移动。 他们一动也不动。鳗鱼不再围着水虫转了。 切换到八像素工具，打开它的

mouth wide. It was about to chomp down on a juicy tentacle! The Octo-Tool sprang into action. The tentacles latched on to the eel, spun it around, and sent it zooming back toward the Crab-Mobile. The Water Bug stopped sizzling. The metal crab crept closer. The dome lit up with a greenish glow. Inside the dome, Andrew and Judy could see a man with a curly black mustache and a head as bald as a light bulb. The muscles of his arms bulged under his T-shirt like grapefruits. He sat in a big chair covered in zebra stripes. Perched on the back of the chair was an enormous blue parrot. meep… "Soggy Bob got Burpp with him," said Thudd. "'Burpp' short for Bob's Ultra-Robot Parrot Partner." Soggy Bob pushed his face close to the glass dome of the Crab-Mobile. Kkk… kkkkk… kkkkkkk crackled the speaker on the dashboard. "Well, lookee here, Burpp," came

口宽。它正要咬下一根多汁的触手！八轴工具立即行动起来。 触手抓住了鳗鱼，把它转了个圈，然后把它送回了移动蟹。 水虫停止了嘶嘶作响。 金属蟹爬得更近了。 圆顶发出绿光。 在圆顶里面，安德鲁和朱迪可以看到一个男人，留着卷曲的黑胡子，头秃得像个灯泡。 他胳膊上的肌肉在t恤下面鼓鼓的，像葡萄柚一样。 他坐在一张铺着斑马条纹的大椅子上。 在椅背上栖息着一只巨大的蓝色鹦鹉。 “湿漉漉的鲍勃带着伯普。” “伯普是鲍勃的超级机器鹦鹉搭档的缩写” 湿漉漉的鲍勃把脸凑近蟹车的玻璃圆顶。 kkkkk, kkkkk, kkkkk，仪表板上的扬声器噼啪作响。 “好吧，听着，伯普。

the growly voice of Soggy Bob Sloggins. He poked Burpp on his wing. "A surprise! "Heh! Heh! Heh!" laughed Soggy Bob. "Ah was expectin' that shaggy-haired, fuzzy-brained Professor Dubble feller! But it's just two skinny kids! Hi, kiddies! Thanks to my eel buddy, ah can talk to ya whenever ah want to!" Andrew pushed out his chin like he always did when he was trying not to look afraid. Judy just folded her arms and frowned. Soggy Bob laughed. "Ya look scared as mice in a litter box! No chance of ya babies findin' them

湿漉漉的鲍勃·斯洛金斯低沉的声音。 他戳了戳伯普的翅膀。 “一个惊喜!“哈!哈!湿漉漉的鲍勃笑道。 “啊，我还以为是那个头发蓬乱、脑袋模糊的达布费勒教授呢！”但那只是两个瘦骨嶙峋的孩子！嗨,小子!多亏了我的鳗鱼朋友，我可以随时和你说话！”安德鲁伸出下巴，就像他平时努力装出不害怕的样子一样。 朱迪只是交叉着双臂，皱着眉头。 湿漉漉的鲍勃笑了。“你们看起来像猫砂盒里的老鼠一样害怕！”你们的孩子不可能找到他们

there giant squids!" Awwwwwk! Burpp flapped his wings. "You betcha, boss!" squawked Burpp. "Nobody knows the ocean like we do." Soggy Bob frowned. "But let's make real sure ya little critters won't do nothin' that messes up my plan," he said. Clack! Clack! Clack! "And don't bother screamin'," said Soggy Bob, "cuz ah can't hear ya. This conversation is one- way only! Heh! Heh! Heh!" The Crab-Mobile snapped its huge steel claws. It began to creep closer and closer to the Water Bug. "Oh no!" said Judy. "What can we do?" "Not much," said Andrew, "since we can't steer the Water Bug." Judy touched her lip with her tongue. "I have an idea," she said. Judy picked the destination dial up off the floor. She pulled a hairpin from her long frizzy hair and

那里有巨大的鱿鱼！”Awwwwwk !伯普拍打着翅膀。 “当然了，老板！”伯普尖声说。 “没有人比我们更了解海洋。” 湿透的鲍勃皱起了眉头。“但我们要确保你们这些小动物不会做任何扰乱我计划的事，”他说。 瓣!瓣!瓣!“别叫了，”湿鲍勃说，“因为我听不见。 这个对话是单向的！哈!哈!嘿!”蟹车啪的一声啪地伸出巨大的钢爪。 它开始慢慢靠近水虫。 “哦，不！”朱迪说。“我们能做什么？”“没什么，”安德鲁说，“因为我们不会驾驶水虫号。” 朱迪用舌头碰了碰嘴唇。 “我有个主意，”她说。 朱迪从地板上捡起目的地电话。 她从卷曲的长发上扯下发夹，然后

straightened it out. She poked one end of the hairpin through the bottom of the destination dial. She poked the other end of the hairpin into the hole in the dashboard where the dial had been. She gave the destination dial a twist. "Now try the steering wheel," said Judy. Andrew turned the steering wheel. The Water Bug turned, too! "Way to go, Judy!" Andrew cheered. He pushed the Octo-Tool button. "Start Escape Jet!" he yelled.

我把它弄清楚了。她把发夹的一端穿过目的地表盘的底部。 她把发夹的另一端插进仪表板上原来放刻度盘的洞里。 她拨动了目的地拨盘。 “现在试试方向盘，”朱迪说。 安德鲁转动方向盘。 水虫也转身了！“干得好，朱迪！”安德鲁欢呼。 他按下了八进制工具按钮。 “启动逃生机！”他喊道。

A fat black tube popped out from under the hood of the Water Bug. "What's that goofy thing?" asked Judy. meep… "To escape, Water Bug move like octopus," said Thudd. "Suck in water through tube. Then push water out fast, fast, fast! Like garden hose!" Andrew pulled the steering wheel up, looked in the rearview mirror, and slammed his foot on the gas pedal. The Water Bug jiggled. Then… Sloooooosh! The Water Bug shot backward like an underwater spitball! It jetted away from the Crab- Mobile! "Super-duper pooper scooper!" yelled Andrew. He steered the Water Bug out of the dark cave and

一根又粗又黑的管子从水虫的引擎盖下伸出来。 “那个愚蠢的东西是什么？”朱迪问。 “为了逃跑，水虫会像章鱼一样移动。” “用管子吸水。 然后把水推出去，快，快，快！就像花园水管一样！”安德鲁拉起方向盘，看了看后视镜，然后猛踩油门。 水虫摇晃着。然后…Sloooooosh !水虫像一个水下的纸团一样向后冲去！它从螃蟹身上飞了出去——移动！“超级屎铲！”安德鲁叫道。 他把水虫带出了黑暗的洞穴