2 Slime Mold Saturday

SLIME MOLD SATURDAY FREAKU! FAR-OUT! FEROCIOUS!

黏液霉菌周六怪胎！走在时代前端的!凶猛的!

That night, Stink dreamed of oozy-goozy, blobbyglobby goo taking over the earth. When he woke up, he tried to erase it from his mind like chalk from an old blackboard. But even his oatmeal looked like the Attack of the Glob Monster. All the way to Saturday Science Club, Stink could not stop thinking of globby things. Blobs. Globs. Brains. Oozy-woozy slime. Jiggly-wiggly Jell-O. When he got to the Discovery Center, someone was waiting for him outside the front door. That someone was... Riley Rottenberger. Sometimes Riley Rottenberger acted rotten. Stink hoped today was not one of those times. Riley waved a braid at him and grinned, showing off a missing tooth. "Stink! Over here! Are you ready for Slime Mold Saturday?"

那天晚上，臭臭梦见黏糊糊的黏糊糊的东西占领了地球。 当他醒来时，他试图把它从他的脑海中抹去，就像粉笔从旧黑板上抹去一样。 但就连他的燕麦片看起来也像《球怪的进攻》。 在去星期六科学俱乐部的路上，臭臭脑子里一直想着地球上的东西。 blob。的粘稠。的大脑。Oozy-woozy黏液。 Jiggly-wiggly果冻。当他到达探索中心时，有人在大门外等他。 那个人……莱利乔纳森蛾。 有时莱利·罗滕伯格表现得很烂。 臭味希望今天不是这样的时刻。 莱利朝他挥了挥辫子，咧嘴一笑，炫耀自己少了一颗牙。 “臭!在这里!你准备好参加星期六的黏液霉菌课了吗？”

"I guess," said Stink. "You don't sound very excited," said Riley. "What happened? We've been waiting for this since way back when we were doing Weather." Stink did not want to tell Riley that he was spooked by an old-timey blob movie. So he tried to smile and fake it. "Are you kidding? I'm in. C'mon. Let's get slimed!" "It's not just slime, Stink. It's slime mold." Riley was already an expert in all things slime mold. Her mom was head of Saturday Science Club. Riley liked to use big words. Stink hoped she was not going to act show-offy all day. "So what exactly is slime mold, anyway? Animal, vegetable, or mineral?" "No, no, and no. Slime mold is not really a plant, and it's not really an animal. It's different from the mold that grows on old bread. Slime mold is a one-celled organism. Kind of like an amoeba." "But it looks like dog vomit, right?" Stink grinned. "And smells like a corpse flower?" "It does look like dog vomit," said Riley, "but it can also look like brains. Or mucus."

“我想是的。”臭臭说。“你听起来不是很兴奋。”莱利说。 “发生了什么事?当我们还在做《天气》的时候，我们就一直在等待这一刻。” 臭臭不想告诉莱利他被一部老电影吓到了。 所以他试着微笑假装。 “你在开玩笑吧？”我在。来吧。 让我们喝点烂醉吧！”“这不仅仅是粘液，臭臭。 这是黏菌。”莱利已经是研究黏菌的专家了。 她妈妈是周六科学俱乐部的负责人。 莱利喜欢用大词。 臭臭希望她不要整天卖弄。 “那么，到底什么是黏菌呢？” 动物、植物还是矿物？”“不，不，不。 黏菌不是真正的植物，也不是真正的动物。 它和长在陈面包上的霉菌不同。 黏菌是一种单细胞生物。 有点像变形虫。”“但它看起来像狗的呕吐物，对吧？”臭咧嘴一笑。 “闻起来像尸花？”“它看起来确实像狗的呕吐物，”莱利说，“但它也可能看起来像大脑。 或粘液。”

"Sweet!" said Stink. "Anything that looks like mucus is A-okay with me. As long as it doesn't grow as big as the Glob and attack us." Mrs. Rottenberger asked everyone to take a seat. Riley slipped into the chair next to Stink. Riley's mom drew blobs all over the board. She used big words like amoeba and Protista. She put pictures of slime molds on the screen. Some looked like pink spiderwebs. Some looked like red-hot candies. Some looked like exploding pretzels. They all looked like dog puke. Stink raised his hand. "So a slime mold is a blob of goo, but it has no brains and no feet?" he asked Riley's mom. "And it can grow and grow and move around like crazy?"

“真可爱！”臭臭说。“任何看起来像粘液的东西我都没问题。 只要它别长得像Glob那么大，来攻击我们就行。” 罗滕伯格夫人请大家坐下。 莱利滑到臭臭旁边的椅子上。 莱利的妈妈在黑板上画了很多斑点。 她用了像变形虫和原生生物这样的大词。 她把黏菌的图片放在屏幕上。 有些看起来像粉红色的蜘蛛网。 有些看起来像炽热的糖果。 有些看起来像爆炸的椒盐脆饼。 他们看起来都像狗的呕吐物。 臭臭举起了手。“所以黏液霉菌是一团粘液，但它没有大脑和脚？”他问莱莉的妈妈。 “它可以不停地生长，疯狂地移动吗？”

Mrs. Rottenberger nodded and said, "That's right. If a slime mold is hungry, it can even join up with other slime molds. Then they move together like one big sausage." "A walking sausage. That's a good one," said Stink. "Has anybody seen the movie The Glob?" asked Mrs. Rottenberger. Stink could not believe his ears. He put his hand up.

罗滕伯格太太点点头说：“没错。 如果黏菌饿了，它甚至可以和其他黏菌结合在一起。 然后他们像一根大香肠一样一起移动。” “一根行走的香肠。这是个好主意。”臭臭说。 “有人看过电影《地球》吗？”罗滕伯格太太问。 臭臭简直不敢相信自己的耳朵。 他举起手来。