3 The Tick-Tox Box

Chapter 3 THE TICK-TOX BOX Judy and Andrew ran out of the cabin in their pajamas and slippers. The sound was coming from the laboratory. BOOOOOOH-HAH! BOOOOOOH-HAH! BOOOOOOH-HAH! When they got to the laboratory the door was open. Pieces of the Catch-O-Matic were on the floor of the first room. The only thing caught in it was a piece of paper. Judy ran into the big room. Andrew found the alarm switch and shut it off.

茱蒂和安德鲁穿着睡衣和拖鞋跑出了小屋。 声音是从实验室传来的。 BOOOOOOH-HAH !BOOOOOOH-HAH !BOOOOOOH-HAH !当他们到达实验室时，门是开着的。 第一个房间的地板上散落着几块马蒂奇捕手的碎片。 里面唯一夹着的东西是一张纸。 朱迪跑进了大房间。 安德鲁找到了闹钟开关，把它关掉了。

"ANDREW!" Judy screamed. "Holy moly!" shouted Andrew when he saw what was happening in the big room. Floating in the air next to the Time-A-Tron was a cube-shaped chunk of blackness! Flashes of lightning flickered inside it. "Uncle Al!" hollered Andrew and Judy. "Unkie!" squeaked Thudd. No one answered. Andrew remembered the paper he'd seen when he came in. He went back to the front room and tugged the paper from the Catch-O-Matic. The thick, creamy paper was folded and sealed with an old-fashioned wax stamp. Pressed into the wax was the face of a clock. Andrew tore open the seal and ran back to the big room. "Look at this!" he said. Judy read the bold black handwriting: Time has power, Time has locks.

“安德鲁!”朱迪尖叫。“我的天哪！”安德鲁看到大房间里发生的事，喊道。 在时空战神旁边的空中漂浮着一个立方体形状的黑色物体！闪电在里面闪烁。 “艾尔叔叔！”安德鲁和朱迪喊道。 “哎哟！”没有人回答。 安德鲁想起了他进来时看到的那张纸。 他回到前面的房间，从捕手匣里抽出那张纸。 这张厚厚的奶油色的纸被折叠起来，用老式的蜡邮票封住。 压在蜡里的是一个钟面。 安德鲁撕开封条，跑回大房间。 “看看这个！”他说。朱迪读着黑体字：时间有力量，时间有锁。

Time trapped Dubble In the Tick-Tox Box. Silly children, What can you do? Your uncle is gone And you will be, too! Do you know where he is, This uncle of yours? It's a mammoth place And it's got no doors. It's terribly cold, But you need not worry. There are warm, tusky things That are horribly furry. Will his stay be long? I don't know. How long can you live All crusted with snow?

时间被困在滴答盒里。 愚蠢的孩子们，你们能做什么？ 你叔叔走了你也会走的！你知道他在哪儿吗，你这个叔叔？ 那是一个巨大的地方，而且没有门。 天气很冷，但你不必担心。 有温暖的，长牙的东西毛茸茸的可怕。 他会待很久吗？我不知道。 满身是雪的你能活多久？

"Oh no!" said Judy. "Doctor Kron-Tox has kidnapped Uncle Al!" meep… "Unkie!" squeaked Thudd. "That black thing must be the Tick-Tox Box," said Andrew, hurrying back to the big room. "Look what's happening to it!" The Tick-Tox Box was fading. Now it was only as dark as a storm cloud. The flashes inside of it got dimmer and dimmer until the box disappeared completely.

“哦，不！”朱迪说。“克朗托克斯博士绑架了艾尔叔叔！” “那个黑色的东西一定是滴答盒。”安德鲁说着，匆匆回到大房间。 “看看它发生了什么！”滴答盒正在褪色。 现在它只像风暴云一样黑。 盒子里的闪光越来越暗，直到盒子完全消失。

meep… "Understand puzzle!" said Thudd. "Mammoth. Tusky. Uncle Al hidden in time when mammoths live. Could be four million years ago. Or could be four thousand years ago. Mammoths on Earth four million years!" "Oh great!" said Judy. "I'll just set my alarm clock for four million years ago." meep… "Gotta use Time-A-Tron," said Thudd. "We don't know anything about the Time-A- Tron," said Judy. "I guess it's time to find out," said Andrew.

“懂拼图！” “猛犸。有獠牙的。阿尔叔叔藏在猛犸象住的时候。 可能是四百万年前。 也可能是四千年前。 猛犸象在地球上存在了400万年！”“哦，太好了！”朱迪说。 “我还是把闹钟调到四百万年前吧。” “得用时空创。”萨德说。 朱迪说：“我们对时空战神一无所知。” “我想是时候弄清楚了，”安德鲁说。