3 Bad Things in Small Packages

Chapter 3 BAD THINGS IN SMALL PACKAGES Thudd's purple button popped open and a purple hologram of Uncle Al zoomed out. Andrew and Judy's Uncle Al was a top- secret scientist. He'd invented the Water Bug—and Thudd! "Hey, guys!" said the Uncle Al hologram. "So glad you're back, Uncle Al!" said Andrew, slipping the compass into a pocket. "You've been gone a long time!" said Judy. meep… "Hiya, Unkie," said Thudd.

斯塔德的紫色按钮砰地一声打开，一个紫色的艾尔叔叔全息图缩了出来。 安德鲁和朱迪的叔叔阿尔是一位绝密的科学家。 他发明了水虫——砰！“嘿，伙计们！”阿尔叔叔全息图说。 “真高兴你回来了，阿尔舅舅！”安德鲁说着，把指南针塞进了口袋。 “你走了好长时间啊！”朱迪说。 “你好，昂基。”

Uncle Al was smiling, but his eyebrows were scrunched together in a worried look. "Have you, um, gotten out of the whale yet?" he asked. When Uncle Al visited them by hologram, he could hear them but not see them. Judy rolled her eyes. "We sure did," she said. "We, uh, got pooped out," said Andrew. "That's great," said Uncle Al. His smile stretched across his face. "Great?" said Judy. Uncle Al shrugged. "It's a lot better than not getting out at all," he said. "But where are you now?" Andrew brushed away a purple-striped fish nibbling on the knee of his Bubble Duds. "The Water Bug got trapped in a fishing net," he said. "We're outside untangling it. It looks like we're near a coral reef." Something that looked like a baseball swam up to Andrew's face mask. It had eight little tentacles.

艾尔叔叔微笑着，但他的眉毛皱成一团，一副忧心忡忡的样子。 “你，嗯，从鲸鱼身上出来了吗？”他问。 当艾尔叔叔通过全息影像拜访他们时，他能听到他们的声音，但看不见他们。 朱迪翻了个白眼。“当然了，”她说。 “我们，嗯，累坏了，”安德鲁说。 “太好了，”阿尔叔叔说。 他脸上绽开了笑容。 “好吗？”朱迪说。艾尔叔叔耸耸肩。 “这比根本不出去要好得多，”他说。 “可你现在在哪儿？”安德鲁赶走了一条紫色条纹的鱼，这条鱼正在啃他的泡泡裤膝盖。 “水虫被困在渔网里了，”他说。 “我们在外面解开它。 看起来我们就在珊瑚礁附近。” 一个看起来像棒球的东西游向安德鲁的面罩。 它有八个小触手。

"Wowzers!" said Andrew. "That's weird!" "What is?" asked Uncle Al. "It's a tiny little octopus," said Andrew. "Look!" said Judy. "It's got beautiful blue rings. They're flickering like a neon sign!" "Good golly, Miss Molly!" yelled Uncle Al. "That's a blue-ringed octopus! Move away from it. Now!" Andrew ducked. Judy crossed her arms. "What's the big deal about a cute little octopus?" she asked. Uncle Al's eyebrows wiggled up his forehead like fuzzy caterpillars. "Judy, that cute little octopus is deadly!" said Uncle Al. "Bizarre-o!" said Judy, backing away. "Where's the octopus now?" asked Uncle Al. "It's circling around us," said Andrew, "like a fly looking for a place to land." "Do you see any shells or small stones?" asked Uncle Al.

“哇！”安德鲁说。“奇怪!”“那是什么？”艾尔叔叔问。 “这是一只很小的章鱼，”安德鲁说。 “看！”朱迪说。“它有漂亮的蓝戒指。 它们像霓虹灯一样闪烁着！”“天哪，莫莉小姐！”艾尔叔叔喊道。 “那是一只蓝环章鱼！”远离它。 现在!”安德鲁回避。朱迪双臂交叉。 “一只可爱的小章鱼有什么大不了的？”她问。 艾尔叔叔的眉毛像毛茸茸的毛毛虫一样在额头上摆动。 “朱迪，那只可爱的小章鱼是致命的！”阿尔叔叔说。 “真奇怪！”朱迪说着往后退。 “章鱼现在在哪里？”阿尔叔叔问。 “它在我们周围盘旋，”安德鲁说，“就像一只苍蝇在找一个降落的地方。” “你看到贝壳或小石头了吗？”阿尔叔叔问。

Andrew picked up the lava boogers he had removed from the Super-Sniffer. "Got some," said Andrew. "Throw them as far as you can," said Uncle Al. Andrew threw them one at a time. The octopus followed! "The octopus is going after them!" said Andrew. "Great!" said Uncle Al. "The octopus probably thinks they're clams or mussels. It likes to eat them." Uncle Al rubbed his chin. "The good thing about the blue-ringed octopus is that it tells me where you are," he said. "Those deadly little guys live around the Great Barrier Reef. It's a coral reef near the eastern coast of Australia." meep… "Great Barrier Reef more than one thousand miles long!" said Thudd. "Made by lotsa tiny coral animals. Great Barrier Reef biggest thing ever made by animal!" "Wowzers!" said Andrew. "We were inside the blue whale, the biggest animal that ever lived.

安德鲁捡起他从超级嗅探器上取下的熔岩鼻屎。 “有一些。”安德鲁说。“把它们扔得越远越好，”阿尔叔叔说。 安德鲁一次扔一个。 章鱼跟着！“章鱼在追他们！”安德鲁说。 “太好了！”阿尔叔叔说。“章鱼可能认为它们是蛤蜊或贻贝。 它喜欢吃它们。”艾尔叔叔揉了揉下巴。 “蓝环章鱼的好处是它能告诉我你在哪里，”他说。 “这些致命的小家伙生活在大堡礁周围。 这是澳大利亚东海岸附近的一个珊瑚礁。” “大堡礁有一千多英里长！” “由许多微小的珊瑚动物制成。 大堡礁有史以来最大的动物造物！”“哇！”安德鲁说。 “我们在蓝鲸体内，蓝鲸是有史以来最大的动物。

Now we're right next to the biggest thing that animals ever made!" Uncle Al nodded. "The Great Barrier Reef is a strange and beautiful place. It's also home to the most dangerous animals on earth! Danger comes in small packages there. And sometimes you can't see it at all." "Huh?" said Judy. "Well," said Uncle Al, "blue-ringed octopuses are hard to see. They can be as small as Ping-Pong balls, and they don't show their beautiful blue rings until they get mad! Then it's too late." "'Too late'?" asked Judy.

现在我们就在动物们创造的最大的东西旁边！”艾尔叔叔点点头。 “大堡礁是一个奇怪而美丽的地方。 它也是地球上最危险动物的家园！那里的危险很小。 有时你根本看不见。” “嗯？”朱迪说。“嗯，”阿尔叔叔说，“蓝环章鱼很难看到。 他们可以像乒乓球一样小，他们不显示他们美丽的蓝色戒指，直到他们生气了！那就太晚了。” “‘太晚了’？”朱迪问。

"Like all octopuses," said Uncle Al, "our blue- ringed friends have sharp, parrot-like beaks. They could bite right through your Bubble Duds! The poison in their saliva can kill a person in minutes. So rule number one is never make a blue-ringed octopus mad." "But I didn't do anything to get it mad," said Andrew. Uncle Al scratched his head. "That's strange," he said. "There are other creatures to watch out for too, like the—" meep… "Sea wasp jellyfish!" Thudd interrupted. "Ah, yes," said Uncle Al. "If there was a contest for the most dangerous creature on earth, the sea wasp would win. It's a small, box-shaped jellyfish with tentacles fifteen feet long. Its sting can kill a person in seconds!" meep… "Sea wasp clear like glass," said Thudd. "Hard to see. But Bubble Duds protect Drewd and Oody from sea wasp."

“像所有的章鱼一样，”阿尔叔叔说，“我们的蓝环朋友有像鹦鹉一样锋利的喙。 它们可以咬穿你的泡泡衣！它们唾液中的毒素可以在几分钟内杀死一个人。 所以第一条规则就是永远不要惹蓝环章鱼生气。” “但我没有做任何让它生气的事，”安德鲁说。 艾尔叔叔挠了挠头。 “真奇怪，”他说。 “还有其他的生物需要注意，比如——”喵呜……“海黄蜂水母！”Thudd中断。 “啊，是的，”阿尔叔叔说。“如果要比赛谁是地球上最危险的生物，海黄蜂一定会赢。 这是一种小的盒状水母，触手有15英尺长。 它的刺可以在几秒钟内杀死一个人！”“海黄蜂像玻璃一样清晰，”泰德说。 “很难看出来。但是泡泡帽保护德鲁和伍迪不受海黄蜂的伤害。”