2 Um, Mermaid

Chapter 2 UM, MERMAID? "We'll have to be careful," said Andrew. The bundle was as big as a basketball player—a very fat basketball player. Little by little, Andrew and Judy tugged the net away from it. The first thing they saw was a flopping tail. It looked like a big gray Ping-Pong paddle! "That's not a shark tail," said Judy. meep… "Manatee tail!" said Thudd. "Manatee called sea cow. Eat lotsa grass. Look!" Thudd's face screen flashed a picture of an animal that looked like a lumpy beach toy.

第二章嗯，美人鱼？“我们得小心点。”安德鲁说。 这个包裹和一个篮球运动员一样大——一个非常胖的篮球运动员。 安德鲁和朱迪一点一点地把网从它身上拉开。 他们首先看到的是一条扑腾的尾巴。 它看起来像一个灰色的大乒乓球拍！“那不是鲨鱼的尾巴，”朱迪说。 “海牛尾巴！” 海牛叫海牛。吃很多草。 看!”泰德的屏幕上闪过一张动物的照片，看起来像一个凹凸不平的海滩玩具。

"Oh!" said Judy, pulling the net away from a flapping flipper. "A long time ago, sailors thought manatees were mermaids! Manatees are gentle and sweet!" "Maybe," said Andrew. "But a manatee sure doesn't look like a pretty girl with long hair and a fish tail." He dragged the net away from a chubby face with tiny round eyes. "It looks more like a baked potato with flippers," he said. meep… "Manatee mammal, like dolphin," said Thudd. "Gotta breathe. Soon."

“哦！”朱迪说着，把网从一只拍打着的鳍上拉开。 “很久以前，水手们认为海牛是美人鱼！海牛又温柔又可爱！”“也许吧。”安德鲁说。 “但是海牛看起来肯定不像一个长着长发和鱼尾的漂亮女孩。” 他把网从一张胖乎乎的脸上拖开，脸上长着一双小圆眼睛。 “它看起来更像一个长了鳍的烤土豆，”他说。 “海牛哺乳动物，像海豚，”泰德说。 “要呼吸。很快。”

"Let's hurry," said Judy. "At the count of three, pull your end of the net, Andrew. One. Two. Three!" "Erggh!" said Judy. "Woofers!" said Andrew. Finally, the manatee was free. It nodded its pudgy head, paddled its flippers, and circled up into the water. But it couldn't find a way through the net! "We have to find a hole in the net," said Andrew. Judy shook her head. "We need to cut through it," she said. "I'll see what I can find in the Water Bug." meep… "Gotta hurry!" said Thudd. "Not much time left for manatee!" Andrew swam along the net, searching desperately for a hole. Judy scuffled quickly toward the Water Bug, kicking up silvery puffs of sand with every step. Then Judy noticed the top of a brown bottle sticking out of the sand. She leaned over and

“我们快点吧，”朱迪说。“我数到三，拉你那一端的网，安德鲁。 一个。两个。三!”“呃！”朱迪说。 “低音炮！”安德鲁说。最后，海牛自由了。 它朝胖乎乎的脑袋点了点头，拍打着鳍状肢，在水里打转。 但是它无法通过网！“我们得在网上找个洞，”安德鲁说。 朱迪摇了摇头。“我们需要突破它，”她说。 “我去看看在水虫那儿能找到什么。” “得快点了！” “留给海牛的时间不多了！”安德鲁沿着网游着，拼命地寻找一个洞。 朱迪快步向水虫走去，每走一步都踢起银色的沙粒。 然后朱迪注意到一个棕色瓶子的盖子从沙子里伸出来。 她俯下身，

pulled it up. Craaaack! It broke. Judy was holding half a bottle. She used a shell to dig up the other half, then carefully picked it up. "Andrew!" Judy yelled as she scurried back toward the manatee. She handed Andrew half of the broken bottle. The edges were jagged and sharp. "Be super careful," she said, "but start chopping the net!" Judy and Andrew began hacking away. Soon they had cut a big hole. The manatee seemed to understand. It came up to the opening in the net and swam through. Andrew and Judy watched the chubby creature paddle toward the surface. "Yay!" said Andrew. "We saved the manatee!" Judy smiled. Andrew looked closely at the broken bottle in his hand. The glass was thick and wavy. There

把它拉上来。Craaaack !就坏了。 朱迪手里拿着半瓶酒。 她用一个贝壳挖出了另一半，然后小心翼翼地捡了起来。 “安德鲁!”朱迪一边喊一边朝海牛跑去。 她把破瓶子递给安德鲁一半。 边缘参差不齐，很锋利。 “要特别小心，”她说，“但要开始砍网！”朱迪和安德鲁开始埋头苦干。 很快他们就挖了一个大洞。 海牛似乎明白了。 它游到网的开口处，游了过去。 安德鲁和朱迪看着这个胖乎乎的生物向水面游去。 “耶！”安德鲁说。“我们救了海牛！”朱迪笑了。 安德鲁仔细地看了看手里的破瓶子。 玻璃很厚，呈波浪状。 有

were bubbles in it. Seashells were stuck to it. "This doesn't look like the glass bottles you get at the store," said Andrew. meep… "Bottle old, old, old!" said Thudd. "Maybe two hundred years!" "How do you know?" asked Andrew. meep… "Bubbles in glass," said Thudd. "Old bottle made by blowing hot glass. Glass blower stick hot glass lump at end of pipe, then blow glass like bubble gum." Thudd pointed to the huge bony shapes that surrounded them. "This bottle come from old shipwreck," he said. "Wowzers schnauzers!" said Andrew. "Maybe it's a pirate ship!" "Or maybe it's an explorer's ship!" said Judy. "Let's see what we can find," said Andrew. "First things first," said Judy. "We need to get the Water Bug untangled and unclog the Super- Sniffer." "I guess you're right," said Andrew.

里面有气泡。上面粘着贝壳。 “这看起来不像你在商店里买到的玻璃瓶，”安德鲁说。 “瓶子老了，老了，老了！” “也许两百年吧！”“你怎么知道？”安得烈问。 “玻璃里有气泡。” “用热玻璃吹制的旧瓶子。 吹玻璃机将热玻璃块粘在管道末端，然后像吹泡泡糖一样吹玻璃。 砰砰指了指他们周围那些巨大的骨瘦如柴的东西。 “这个瓶子是从一艘旧船的残骸里捡来的，”他说。 “哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁说。 “也许是一艘海盗船！”“或者它可能是一艘探险家的船！”朱迪说。 “让我们看看能找到什么，”安德鲁说。 “重要的事情先做，”朱迪说。 “我们得解开水虫的缠结，解开超级嗅探器的堵塞。” “我想你是对的，”安德鲁说。

Andrew set to work untangling the net from the Octo-Tool tentacles. Judy cut the net away from the Water Bug's paddle wheels. Then Andrew reached into a pocket and pulled out the Nose Pick, a fuzzy finger on a handle. "I'll get those lava boogers," he said. Andrew poked around inside the Super-Sniffer and dug out three rough black stones. "Got 'em!" Andrew announced. "Now the Super-Sniffer should be able to pick up the trail of the giant squid." "We'd better leave fast," said Judy. "Before Soggy Bob finds us again."

安德鲁开始解开缠在章鱼触手上的网。 朱迪把网从水虫的桨轮上剪下来。 然后安德鲁把手伸进口袋，掏出了抠鼻器，一根毛茸茸的手指放在把手上。 “我去拿熔岩鼻屎，”他说。 安德鲁在超级嗅探器里翻来翻去，挖出了三颗粗糙的黑色石头。 “有他们!”安德鲁宣布。 “现在超级嗅探器应该能找到大乌贼的踪迹了。” “我们最好快点离开，”朱迪说。 “在湿鲍勃再次找到我们之前。”