1 Night Lights

Chapter 1 NIGHT LIGHTS Ten-year-old Andrew Dubble was zooming through the ocean in his uncle's underwater vehicle, the Water Bug. All through the dark water, sparks of blue light exploded like mini-fireworks. The headlights of the Water Bug fell on huge dish-y shapes swooping closer and closer. Those couldn't be flying saucers, Andrew thought. We're underwater, so they'd have to be swimming saucers! Next to Andrew sat his thirteen-year-old cousin Judy. This morning, Andrew and Judy had been getting ready to fly home from their vacation in

第一章夜灯十岁的安德鲁·杜布尔乘着叔叔的水下交通工具“水虫号”在海洋中飞驰而过。 在黑暗的水面上，蓝色的火花像迷你烟花一样爆炸。 水虫车的前灯照在巨大的碟形物体上，它们越来越近了。 那些不可能是飞碟，安德鲁想。 我们在水下，所以它们一定是会游泳的碟子！安德鲁旁边坐着他13岁的表妹朱迪。 今天早上，安德鲁和朱迪已经准备好从他们的假期飞回家

Hawai'i. But Andrew made a little mistake. Now they were on their way to save the giant squids! The flying-saucer shapes were right in front of the Water Bug's headlights. The shapes had giant mouths. They were wide open! "Cheese Louise!" said Judy. "What are those things? Their mouths are big enough to swallow us!" meep… "Manta ray!" came a squeaky voice from the front pocket of Andrew's underwater suit. It was Thudd, Andrew's little silver robot and best friend. meep… "Manta ray not eat people. Just eat tiny stuff. Manta mouth like big net." Judy frowned. "That's what you said right before we got swallowed by a blue whale!" The manta rays tumbled around the Water Bug, gobbling up the mini-fireworks. "Jeepers creepers!" said Andrew. "They're eating those little lights!" meep… "Ocean animals with light inside," said Thudd. "Called bioluminescence."

夏威夷。但是安德鲁犯了一个小错误。 现在他们正在去救大乌贼的路上！飞碟的形状就在水虫的车灯前面。 形状有巨大的嘴。 他们是敞开的！“奶酪露易丝！”朱迪说。 “那是什么东西？”“蝠鲼！”从安德鲁潜水服的前口袋里传来一个尖细的声音。 那是泰德，安德鲁的银色小机器人，也是他最好的朋友。 “蝠鲼不吃人。 只吃小的东西。蝠鲼的嘴像张大网。” 朱迪皱起了眉头。“在我们被蓝鲸吞下之前，你就是这么说的！”蝠鲼在水虫周围翻滚，吞噬着迷你烟花。 “该死的爬虫！”安德鲁说。 “它们在吃那些小灯！”“里面有光的海洋动物。” “发光”。

"Oh yeah!" said Andrew "Living light! Like we saw in the underwater cave." "Yoop!" squeaked Thudd. "Animals use living light to find mate. Find prey. Sometimes scare predator. Like big camera flash in face! Ocean got lotsa living light. Look!" Thudd pointed outside. The dark ocean twinkled with a zillion tiny lights. Judy leaned over and tapped the compass in the middle of the Water Bug's steering wheel. "Hey, Bug-Brain," she said to Andrew. "Why don't you watch where we're going?" The words GIANT SQUID were lit up in green letters at the top of the compass. But the compass arrow

“哦，是的！”安德鲁说，“活光！就像我们在水下洞穴里看到的那样。” “呜！”“动物利用活光来寻找配偶。 找到猎物。有时会吓到捕食者。 就像大闪光灯照在脸上！海洋得到了很多活的光。 看!”砰地指了指外面。 黑暗的海洋闪烁着无数的小光。 朱迪俯下身，敲了敲水虫方向盘中间的指南针。 “嘿，虫脑，”她对安德鲁说。 “你为什么不看着我们往哪儿走呢？”“巨型乌贼”这几个字在指南针的顶端用绿色的字母亮了起来。 但是指南针的箭头

was pointing away from the words. "Oops!" said Andrew. He turned the steering wheel and the arrow zinged toward the green words. glurp… "Thank you," came the voice of the Water Bug. "We are now back on the trail of the giant squid." Suddenly the manta rays flapped away like a flock of giant flying pancakes. Coming toward them was a fish twice as long as the Water Bug! The fish swam closer. Sticking out of its nose was a long, flat paddle with big teeth all along the edge. "Wowzers schnauzers!" said Andrew. "It looks like a swimming chain saw!" meep… "Sawfish!" said Thudd.

他的手指偏离了文字。 “哎呀！”安德鲁说。他转动方向盘，箭头指向绿色的字。 “谢谢你。”水虫的声音传来。 “我们现在又回到了巨型乌贼的踪迹上。” 突然，蝠鲼像一群巨大的飞行煎饼一样拍打着翅膀飞走了。 向他们走来的是一条比水虫长两倍的鱼！鱼游得更近了。 从它的鼻子里伸出来的是一根又长又平的桨，边缘长满了大牙齿。 “哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁说。 “它看起来像一条游动的链锯！”

"It looks like something Soggy Bob invented to chop up the Water Bug," said Judy. Soggy Bob Sloggins was searching for the giant squids, too. But he didn't want to save them. He wanted to turn them into squidwiches for his Animal Universe theme park! Andrew, Judy, and Thudd were trying to stop him. meep… "Sawfish not use saw to hurt people," said Thudd. "Saw feel electricity that come from all living things. Use saw to find little crabs and fish in mud and dig them up." "Neato mosquito," said Andrew. "The sawfish has its own tool kit!"

“它看起来像是湿鲍勃发明的用来砍水虫的东西，”朱迪说。 浑身湿透的鲍勃·斯洛金斯也在寻找巨型乌贼。 但他不想救他们。 他想把它们变成他的动物宇宙主题公园的三明治！安德鲁、朱迪和萨德试图阻止他。 “锯鳐不会用锯子伤人。” “我能感觉到来自所有生物的电。 用锯子在泥里找到小螃蟹和鱼，把它们挖出来。” “蚊子，”安德鲁说。 “锯鳐有自己的工具箱！”

Suddenly from behind the sawfish came a flashing light. It wasn't the random glimmer of sea creatures. There was a pattern: three short flashes, three long ones, then three short ones again. "It's a signal in Morse code!" said Judy. "Mom and Dad taught me Morse code before they took me on my first African safari." "What does it mean?" asked Andrew. "Three short flashes mean 'S,'" said Judy. "The long ones mean 'O.'… So the message says 'SOS.' That's the code word for 'Help'!" The sawfish began to circle the Water Bug. "Look!" said Andrew. "There's a rope around the sawfish's tail!" At the end of the rope was a huge white egg with big metal claws. The bright flashes were coming from a window at the front of the egg!

突然从锯鳐的后面闪出一道亮光。 这不是海洋生物随机发出的微光。 有一种模式：三次短暂的闪光，三次较长的闪光，然后又是三次较短的闪光。 “这是莫尔斯电码的信号！”朱迪说。 “爸妈在带我第一次去非洲狩猎之前教了我摩尔斯电码。” “这是什么意思？”安得烈问。 “三次闪光的意思是‘S’，”朱迪说。 “长字的意思是‘哦’。所以信息是“SOS”。那是‘救命’的暗号！”锯鳐开始围着水虫转。 “看！”安德鲁说。“锯鳐的尾巴上有一根绳子！”绳子的一端有一个巨大的白色蛋，上面有大大的金属爪子。 明亮的闪光是从蛋前面的一扇窗户里发出来的！