1 Tick Tock Tick Tock

Chapter 1 TICK... TOCK... TICK... TOCK... "No onions on my pizza, please," said Andrew Dubble. "They remind me of when we were attacked by snails on the coral reef." Uncle Al's face crinkled into a smile. "The onions protected you from the snails," said Uncle Al. "They saved your life!" Andrew and his thirteen-year-old cousin, Judy, were sitting in the big, comfortable kitchen of Uncle Al's log cabin. Just a few hours ago, they had been deep in the Pacific Ocean rescuing a giant squid. Now they were in Montana!

第一章嘀嗒……候……蜱虫…… 候……“我的披萨上请不要放洋葱。”安德鲁·杜布尔说。 “它们让我想起了我们在珊瑚礁上被蜗牛袭击的时候。” 艾尔叔叔的脸皱了起来，露出了笑容。 “洋葱保护你不受蜗牛的伤害，”阿尔叔叔说。 “他们救了你的命！”安德鲁和他13岁的表妹朱迪坐在阿尔叔叔小木屋宽敞舒适的厨房里。 就在几个小时前，他们还在太平洋深处营救一只巨型乌贼。 现在他们到了蒙大拿！

Uncle Al loaded a thick, cheesy slice of pizza onto a plate. Judy pulled at a string of hot cheese that had gotten tangled in her long, frizzy hair. "It's too bad we had to leave Hawai'i so fast," she said. "We didn't even have time to eat breakfast." meep… "Uncle Al had to come back," came a squeaky voice from Andrew's shirt pocket. "Big trouble!" It was Andrew's best friend, Thudd. Thudd was a little silver robot invented by Uncle Al. His name was short for The Handy Ultra-Digital Detective. Uncle Al nodded. "My partner, Professor Winka Wilde, is missing," he said. "There's a message on the Hologram Helper." Uncle Al pulled a round purple object the size of a golf ball from his pocket. He pressed a black button at the top of it. Tick… tock… tick… tock… A whispery voice said:

艾尔叔叔把一片厚厚的奶酪披萨装进盘子里。 朱迪拉了拉缠绕在她长长的卷发上的一串热奶酪。 “我们不得不这么快离开夏威夷，这太糟糕了，”她说。 “我们甚至没有时间吃早餐。” “艾尔叔叔得回来了。”从安德鲁的衬衫口袋里传来一个尖细的声音。 “大麻烦!”是安德鲁最好的朋友，泰德。 泰德是阿尔叔叔发明的银色小机器人。 他的名字是The Handy Ultra-Digital Detective的缩写。 艾尔叔叔点点头。“我的搭档温卡·王尔德教授失踪了，”他说。 “全息影像助手上有一条信息。” 艾尔叔叔从口袋里掏出一个高尔夫球大小的紫色圆形物体。 他按下了顶部的一个黑色按钮。 嘀嗒，嘀嗒，嘀嗒，嘀嗒，嘀嗒……

"Time is short, Time is long. Time's a chain. Its links are strong. But there's a way To break time's hold, To tuck who I want Into time's many folds. Miss Wilde is gone. I'm sure you're vexed. But don't worry, Dubble! You'll be next! Don't look to the future. Don't study the present. She's locked in the past, And it's 5000 unpleasant! HA! HA! HA!"

“时间很短，时间很长。 时间是一条链子。它的联系很紧密。 但总有办法打破时间的束缚，把我想要的人塞进时间的褶皱里。 王尔德小姐走了。我知道你一定很生气。 不过别担心，杜布尔！下一个就是你！不要展望未来。 不要研究现在。她被锁在过去了，那是5000件不愉快的事！哈!哈!哈!”

Tick… tock… tick… tock… Judy shivered. "That voice gives me the creeps," she said. Uncle Al poured grape juice for Judy and Andrew. "That was a scientist named Doctor Kron-Tox," said Uncle Al. "I used to work with him. He had amazing ideas, but he became obsessed with time. One day, he left our laboratory and vanished without a trace. Now it looks like he kidnapped Winka!" meep… "Unkie Al gotta be careful," said Thudd. "Don't worry," said Uncle Al. "The worst enemy of a bad problem is a good plan. I'm working on a time machine. It's called the Time- A-Tron, and it's almost ready to test." "Wowzers schnauzers!" said Andrew. "Where is it?" meep… "Want to see!" said Thudd. "Well, let's go!" said Uncle Al. He put the Hologram Helper in his pocket and headed for the

嘀嗒……嘀嗒……嘀嗒……嘀嗒……朱迪颤抖着。 “那声音让我浑身起鸡皮疙瘩，”她说。 阿尔叔叔给朱迪和安德鲁倒了葡萄汁。 “那是一位名叫克朗托克斯博士的科学家，”阿尔叔叔说。 “我以前和他一起工作。他有惊人的想法，但他被时间所困扰。 有一天，他离开了我们的实验室，消失得无影无踪。 现在看来，他好像绑架了温卡！” “别担心，”阿尔叔叔说。 “一个坏问题最大的敌人是一个好的计划。” 我在做时光机。 它被称为时间- A-Tron，它几乎准备好测试了。” “哇兹雪纳瑞！”安德鲁说。 “我想看看！” “好吧，我们走吧！”阿尔叔叔说。 他把全息助手装进口袋，朝

kitchen door. Uncle Al's cabin was under a tall pine tree. The land beyond the tree made Andrew think of other planets. The ground was stony and dry. Tall brown rocks stood in rows like weird statues. Scruffy bushes poked up between the rocks. Uncle Al led the way up a path lit with lights. Andrew and Judy caught up with him at the top of a hill. Hnnnnnnnnnnnnn… came a humming sound from somewhere in the distance. "It's down there," said Uncle Al. In the valley below was a giant glowing mushroom!

厨房的门。艾尔叔叔的小屋在一棵高大的松树下。 树那边的土地让安德鲁想起了其他星球。 地面多石，干燥。 一排排高大的棕色岩石像奇怪的雕像一样矗立着。 乱糟糟的灌木丛插在岩石之间。 艾尔叔叔带路走上一条灯火通明的小路。 安德鲁和朱迪在山顶追上了他。 远处传来一阵嗡嗡的声音。 “就在下面，”阿尔叔叔说。 下面的山谷里有一个巨大的发光蘑菇！