1 A Whale of a Problem

Chapter 1 A WHALE OF A PROBLEM "YOWZERS!" yelled Andrew as he floated under the shadowy green water. His eyes bugged out. Something that looked like a blue-gray submarine was swimming toward him and his cousin Judy. Its mouth was as big as a garage! Swarms of pink shrimp creatures swirled around them. The monster mouth swooped closer. "Cheese Louise!" yelled Judy. "It's coming right at us!" Her eyes were wide behind the face mask of her Bubble Duds underwater suit. meep… "Blue whale!" came a squeaky voice from a pocket of Andrew's Bubble Duds. It was Andrew's little silver robot friend, Thudd.

“尤瑟斯！”安德鲁浮在朦胧的绿水下，喊道。 他的眼睛突了出来。一个看起来像蓝灰色潜水艇的东西向他和他的表妹朱迪游来。 它的嘴和车库一样大！成群的粉色小虾围着他们打转。 怪物的嘴凑得更近了。 “奶酪露易丝！”朱迪喊道。 “它正朝我们飞来！”她的眼睛在Bubble Duds潜水服的面罩后面睁得大大的。 “蓝鲸！”一个尖细的声音从安德鲁的泡泡衣口袋里传来。 那是安德鲁的银色机器人朋友，泰德。

meep… "Blue whale big, big, big!" said Thudd. "Big as six brontosaurs! Big as twenty-five elephants! Long as three school buses!" Oooooooaaaaaaaaaaauuu! came a huge sound through the special headphones in the helmet of Andrew's Bubble Duds. The Bubble Duds headphones picked up every sound, even some that humans couldn't usually hear. Andrew could feel the sound, too. It shook him from his head to his toes. Judy dove under the Water Bug. The Water Bug was an underwater vehicle made from an old Volkswagen Beetle. "Andrew!" yelled Judy. "Get back into the Water Bug right now. That whale is going to eat us!" meep… "Drewd and Oody too big for blue whale to eat," said Thudd. "Blue whale eat tiny shrimpy stuff." Thudd pointed to the little pink creatures all around them. "Called krill," said Thudd.

“蓝鲸大，大，大！” “像六头雷龙那么大！”像二十五头大象那么大！有三辆校车那么长！”Oooooooaaaaaaaaaaauuu !从安德鲁的泡泡玩具头盔里的特殊耳机里传来了巨大的声音。 Bubble Duds耳机能捕捉到每一种声音，甚至是一些人类通常听不到的声音。 安德鲁也能感觉到声音。 它把他从头到脚都摇了个不停。 朱迪跳到水虫下面。 水虫是由一辆旧的大众甲壳虫制成的水下交通工具。 “安德鲁！”朱迪喊道。“马上回到水虫那儿去。 “德鲁和乌迪太大了，蓝鲸吃不了，”泰德说。 “蓝鲸吃小虾。” 砰砰指了指他们周围的粉色小生物。 “叫磷虾。”萨德说。

Andrew dove under the Water Bug. He tried to find the button to get them back inside. But the gigantic mouth and its blubbery lips were just inches away! "Noooo!" yelled Judy. "Holy moly!" yelled Andrew. "Noooop!" squeaked Thudd. The mouth swooshed up a swimming pool- sized gulp of water—and Andrew, Judy Thudd, and the Water Bug with it! Just like that, they were inside the biggest mouth in the world. The rushing water tumbled and tossed them toward the darkness at the back. Andrew whammed into something bouncy as a trampoline.

安德鲁钻到水虫下面。 他试图找到按钮，让他们回去。 但是那张巨大的嘴和它那油腻腻的嘴唇就在几英寸远的地方！“不！”朱迪喊道。 “天哪！”安德鲁叫道。 “不！”泰德尖声说。嘴巴喷出了一大口游泳池那么大的水——安德鲁、朱迪·萨德和水虫也跟着进来了！就这样，他们在世界上最大的嘴巴里。 湍急的水流翻滚着，把他们抛向后面的黑暗。 安德鲁撞到了蹦床那样有弹性的东西。

meep… "Whale tongue!" said Thudd. "Wowzers!" said Andrew. "It looks like a big gray sofa pillow, but it's longer than my living room!" meep… "Blue whale tongue weigh more than hippopotamus!" said Thudd. Andrew clung to the side of the tongue and looked around. Judy had disappeared! And he couldn't see the Water Bug anywhere. He tried to pull himself toward the front of the mouth, but water kept pouring in and pushing him back. "Judy!" he yelled. "Up here, Bug-Brain!" came Judy's voice.

“鲸鱼的舌头！” “哇！”安德鲁说。“它看起来像一个灰色的沙发枕头，但它比我的客厅还长！”“蓝鲸的舌头比河马还重！” 安德鲁紧紧抓住舌头的一边，环顾四周。 朱迪不见了！他哪儿也找不到水虫。 他试图把自己拉到嘴巴的前面，但水不停地涌进来，把他推了回去。 “朱迪！”他喊道。“到这儿来，笨蛋！”朱迪的声音传来。