8 School Is Out!

Chapter 8 SCHOOL IS OUT! Some of the octopuses were so big their tentacles could stretch across a room. Small, bumpy ones were curled up in corners of the cage. And there were hundreds of blue-ringed octopuses! A sign above the cage said: SOGGY BOB'S OCTOPUS SCHOOL AND PEARL FARM Inside the cage were life-size dolls. They looked like Andrew and Judy! The dolls were covered with clams and mussels and blue-ringed octopuses.

第八章放学了！有些章鱼非常大，它们的触手可以伸展到整个房间。 小的，凹凸不平的蜷缩在笼子的角落里。 那里有数百只蓝环章鱼！笼子上方的牌子上写着：“湿鲍勃的章鱼学校和珍珠农场”。笼子里是真人大小的玩偶。 他们看起来像安德鲁和朱迪！娃娃身上满是蛤蜊、贻贝和蓝环章鱼。

meep… "Octopus smart, smart, smart!" said Thudd. "Got big brain. Can learn lotsa stuff! Soggy Bob teach blue-ringed octopus that Drewd and Oody good to eat. That why octopus attack. Soggy Bob teach octopus other stuff, too. Look!" Large brown octopuses were opening oysters as big as pizzas. The insides of the oysters' shells glowed with shimmering colors. The octopuses were putting beads inside the oyster shells. meep… "Bead annoy oyster animal!" said Thudd. "Like when Drewd get pebble in shoe. Oyster cover bead with pearly stuff. Same stuff oyster use to cover inside of shell. Make pearl!" One of the octopuses opened an oyster. Another octopus watched. Then it picked up an oyster and did the same thing. meep… "Octopus learn from other octopus." In another corner of the cage, octopuses were opening oysters, taking pearls out, and putting them in buckets. Then they gobbled down the oysters!

“章鱼聪明，聪明，聪明！” “有个大脑袋。可以学到很多东西！湿鲍勃教蓝环章鱼德鲁和伍迪好吃的东西。 这就是章鱼攻击的原因。湿鲍勃也教章鱼其他的东西。 看!”褐色的大章鱼正在打开披萨那么大的牡蛎。 牡蛎的壳里面闪着微光。 章鱼把珠子放进牡蛎壳里。 “讨厌的牡蛎动物！” “就像德鲁把鹅卵石放进鞋里一样。 珍珠贝盖头。 和牡蛎用来盖壳的东西一样。 让珍珠!”其中一只章鱼开了一只牡蛎。 另一只章鱼看着。然后它捡起一只牡蛎，做了同样的事情。 “章鱼向其他章鱼学习。” 在笼子的另一个角落里，章鱼正在打开牡蛎，取出珍珠，放进桶里。 然后他们狼吞虎咽地吃下牡蛎！

The blue-ringed octopuses were gathering at the front of the cage. Their slitty little eyes watched Judy and Andrew. Their blue rings were glowing. "We don't want to hurt you, little buddies," said Andrew. "And we don't think you really want to attack us, either. So calm down." Judy shook her head. "Soggy Bob shouldn't be using the octopuses like this," she said. Andrew nodded. "Maybe we can set them free if we get the Water Bug back," he said. More and more octopuses were gathering by the door to the cage. Suddenly a tentacle reached through the cage and lifted the door latch. The door flung open, and a flood of octopuses rushed out!

蓝圈章鱼聚集在笼子前面。 他们那双裂开的小眼睛看着朱迪和安德鲁。 他们的蓝戒指在发光。 “我们不想伤害你们，小家伙们，”安德鲁说。 “我们也不认为你们真的想攻击我们。 所以冷静点。”朱迪摇了摇头。 “湿漉漉的鲍勃不应该这样使用章鱼，”她说。 安德鲁点点头。“如果我们把水虫找回来，也许就能把它们放了。”他说。 越来越多的章鱼聚集在笼子的门边。 突然，一只触手从笼子里伸出来，掀开了门闩。 门猛地开了，一群章鱼冲了出来！

Judy flattened herself against the sand. "The anemones will protect us, right?" she asked. "Eek!" yelped Thudd. "Too many octopus! Not enough anemones! Go fast, fast, fast!" Andrew and Judy paddled furiously. Most of the octopuses jetted away. But a crowd of blue-ringed octopuses followed them. "Over here!" said Judy. She squeezed into a crack in the coral wall. The edges of the wall were covered with anemones. Andrew hurried in after her. The octopuses gathered outside. They looked in, but they wouldn't pass the anemones. They waved their tentacles and jetted off. When Andrew and Judy hadn't seen any blue- ringed octopuses for a while, they crept out. "Whew!" said Andrew. "I think they're gone." "At least we haven't run into any of those sea wasp jellyfish," said Judy. Andrew scratched his head. "Uncle Al was trying to warn us about one more thing," he said.

朱迪把身体压在沙滩上。 “海葵会保护我们的，对吧？”她问。 “呸！”“章鱼太多了！”海葵不够！快，快，快！”安德鲁和朱迪疯狂地划桨。 大多数章鱼都飞走了。 但是一群带蓝圈的章鱼跟在他们后面。 “在这儿！”朱迪说。她挤进珊瑚墙的裂缝里。 墙的边缘长满了海葵。 安德鲁急忙跟在她后面。 章鱼聚集在外面。 他们往里看了看，但不肯放过海葵。 它们挥动着触手，飞了出去。 当安德鲁和朱迪有一段时间没有看到蓝环章鱼时，他们爬了出来。 “呼！”安德鲁说。“我想他们已经走了。” 朱迪说：“至少我们还没有碰到那些海黄蜂水母。” 安德鲁挠了挠头。 “艾尔叔叔还想提醒我们一件事，”他说。

"I wonder what it was." meep… "Lotsa danger near Great Barrier Reef," said Thudd. He pointed to his face screen. "Got lionfish." meep… "Lionfish got lotsa poison spines on back. Scorpionfish got poison spines, too," said Thudd. Thudd's screen blinked and showed a fish that looked like a pile of gray rags. "That's not a good-looking fish," said Judy. "What raggedy lips." meep… "Little fish see scorpionfish lips. Think food! Try to bite lips! Scorpionfish gobble up little fish." "I haven't seen any lionfish or scorpion-fish," said Andrew. "But look at these beautiful shells!"

“大堡礁附近有很多危险，”萨德说。 他指着自己的屏幕。 “有狮子鱼。”“狮子鱼背上有很多毒刺。” 蝎子鱼的刺也是有毒的。” 泰德的屏幕闪烁着，显示出一条看起来像一堆灰色破布的鱼。 “这不是一条好看的鱼，”朱迪说。 “好脏的嘴唇。”“小鱼看到蝎子鱼的嘴唇了。” 认为食物!试着咬嘴唇！蝎子鱼吃小鱼。” “我没有看到狮子鱼或蝎子鱼，”安德鲁说。 “但是看看这些美丽的贝壳！”

Andrew swooped down to grab a shell. It was shaped like an ice cream cone with pretty brown zigzags. Suddenly there were lots and lots of shells. They were crawling along the sand. They were dive-bombing off the rocky walls—onto Andrew and Judy!

安德鲁俯冲下来抓了一个贝壳。 它的形状像一个冰淇淋蛋筒，上面有漂亮的棕色之字形。 突然出现了很多很多的贝壳。 他们在沙滩上爬行。 他们从岩壁上俯冲下来，砸向安德鲁和朱迪！