5 Getting Crabby

Chapter 5 GETTING CRABBY "Cheese Louise!" yelled Judy. "If the windows melt, we're history!" CLUUUNK! The Water Bug smashed into one of the chimneys. The rubber-blubber buggy bumper bounced them away from the dark, twisted shape and the super-hot water. The Water Bug sank to the ocean floor. The chimneys towered above them. "It's like we're in a forest of giant, smoking tree trunks," said Judy. She leaned toward the windshield. "Oh my gosh! There are flowers growing on the black smokers!"

“奶酪露易丝！”朱迪喊道。 “如果窗户融化了，我们就完了！”CLUUUNK !水虫撞到了一个烟囱上。 橡胶橡胶的保险杠把他们从黑暗扭曲的形状和超热的水里弹了出来。 水虫沉到了海底。 烟囱高耸在他们上方。 “就像我们在一个巨大的、冒着烟的树干的森林里，”朱迪说。 她靠向挡风玻璃。 “哦，我的天哪！黑烟上长出了花！”

Judy was looking at a patch of thick stems much taller than the Water Bug. At the top of each stem, a red blossom shape waved in the water. meep… "Not flowers," said Thudd. "Worms!" "Worms?" said Judy. meep… "Tube worms," said Thudd. "Worm live inside white tube. Only place on earth this kinda tube worm live is on black smoker chimney." Little white crabs crept around the tube worms. Thudd hopped onto the dashboard and pointed to a flat rock. Heaped on top was something that looked like a huge pile of tangled pasta. meep… "Spaghetti worms," said Thudd. "Spaghetti!" said Andrew. "I'm getting hungry." Judy rolled her eyes. "Disgusting boy," she said. "Well," said Andrew, "we can't get the Water Bug going. There are pizzas in the refrigerator. We can have a snack and wait for Uncle Al to find us."

朱迪正看着一片比水蝽高得多的粗茎。 在每根茎的顶端，都有一朵红色的花在水中摇曳。 “不是花。”萨德说。 “虫子!”“虫子？”朱迪说。 “管虫。” “蠕虫生活在白色的管子里。 地球上这种管虫唯一生活的地方就是黑烟烟囱。” 小小的白色螃蟹在管虫周围爬来爬去。 砰砰跳上仪表板，指着一块平坦的岩石。 上面堆着一大堆东西，看起来像是一大堆纠结在一起的意大利面。 “意大利面条虫。” “意大利面！”安德鲁说。“我饿了。” 朱迪翻了个白眼。“讨厌的孩子，”她说。 “嗯，”安德鲁说，“我们不能让水虫发动起来。 冰箱里有披萨。 我们可以吃点零食，然后等阿尔叔叔来找我们。”

Judy frowned. "I sure hope that nasty old Soggy Bob doesn't find us first," she said. Awk! "Soggy Bob used to be a good guy before," said Burpp. "Before what?" asked Judy. Awk! "Before he met Doctor Kron-Tox," said Burpp. "Who's Doctor Kron-Tox?" asked Andrew. Awk! "Soggy Bob used to walk in his sleep," said Burpp. "One day, he almost fell off a cliff! He went to see a strange scientist named Doctor Kron-Tox to find a cure. Doctor Kron-Tox made Burpp stay outside his laboratory. All Burpp could see was lots of flashing lights. "When Soggy Bob came out, he was different. Before, he was kind to everyone. He picked up stray cats and let them sleep in his bed." Judy shook her head. "Flashing lights, huh?" She thought for a minute. "I'll bet Doctor Kron- Tox hypnotized Soggy Bob. I've read you can do that with flashing lights." "Uh-oh," said Andrew.

朱迪皱起了眉头。“我真希望那个讨厌的老鲍勃不会先找到我们，”她说。 Awk !伯普说：“索基鲍勃以前是个好人。 “在什么之前？”朱迪问。 Awk !“在他遇到克朗托克斯医生之前，”伯普说。 “谁是克朗托克斯医生？”安德鲁问。 Awk !“湿透的鲍勃过去常常在睡梦中走路，”伯普说。 “有一天，他差点掉下悬崖！”他去找一位名叫克朗托克斯博士的奇怪科学家寻找治疗方法。 克朗托克斯医生让伯普待在他的实验室外面。 伯普所能看到的只有许多闪烁的灯光。 “当‘湿鲍勃’出来的时候，他变得不一样了。 以前，他对每个人都很好。 他捡了一些流浪猫，让它们睡在他的床上。” 朱迪摇了摇头。“闪光灯，嗯？”她想了一会儿。 “我敢打赌克伦托克斯医生催眠了湿鲍勃。 我读到过你可以用闪光灯做到这一点。” “哦哦，”安德鲁说。

"'Uh-oh'?" said Judy. "Those are my least favorite syllables in the whole world!" "Um, there's something weird over there," said Andrew. "Where?" asked Judy. "It's crawling from behind the black smoker," said Andrew. Then Judy saw what Andrew saw. It was a monster crab! Its body looked like a barrel. Its long, skinny legs spread as wide as the Water Bug. Behind that crab was another… and another. It was a monster-crab army! meep… "Giant spider crab!" said Thudd. "Biggest crab! Japanese name is shinin gani— mean 'dead man's crab.' Giant spider crab eat people that drown!"

“哦哦？”朱迪说。“这是全世界我最不喜欢的音节！”“嗯，那边有些奇怪的东西，”安德鲁说。 “在哪儿？”朱迪问。“它是从黑烟熏者后面爬出来的，”安德鲁说。 然后朱迪看到了安德鲁看到的。 那是一只巨蟹！它的身体看起来像一个桶。 它又长又细的腿和水虫一样宽。 那只螃蟹后面是另一只……还有另一只。 那是一群怪兽蟹组成的军队！“巨大的蜘蛛蟹！” “最大的螃蟹!日本名字是shinin gani，意思是“死人的螃蟹”。巨型蜘蛛蟹吃溺水的人！”

"Eeew!" said Judy. Suddenly gloppy brown goo splattered against the Water Bug's windshield. The crabs charged toward the Water Bug! "Andrew! Do something!" yelled Judy. Andrew cranked the key in the ignition and slammed the gas pedal. But the Water Bug still wouldn't start.

“哎呀！”朱迪说。突然，粘糊糊的棕色黏液溅到了水虫的挡风玻璃上。 螃蟹冲向水虫！“安德鲁!做点什么！”朱迪喊道。 安德鲁转动钥匙点火，猛踩油门。 但水虫还是不肯启动。

The crabs crawled onto the hood. They looked through the windshield with round black eyes on stalks. They snapped at the doors with their claws. Judy shuddered and shrank into her seat. kk… kkk… kkkkk crackled the speaker on the dashboard. "Oh no!" Andrew hollered. "It's Soggy Bob!"

螃蟹爬上了引擎盖。 他们用黑色的圆眼睛盯着杆子，透过挡风玻璃往外看。 他们用爪子猛咬门。 朱迪打了个寒颤，缩到座位上。 三k党，三k党，三k党在仪表板上的扬声器里噼啪作响。 “哦,不!”安德鲁大声喊道。“是湿漉漉的鲍勃！”