4 Toilet Water

TOILET WATER

花露水

Stink printed a page from his favorite website called "The Science of Stink" and ran to show his family. "Hey, guys!" said Stink. "What's taller than a man, smells worse than roadkill, and looks like the color of blood?" "An elephant painting a picture?" asked Judy. "No way," said Stink. "Is it the Abominable Smell Man?" asked Judy. "Frankenstein Valentine?" "Can somebody else guess, please?" asked Stink. "I'm still thinking," said Mom. "Let's see," said Dad. "How about... Santa Claus driving a garbage truck?"

臭臭从他最喜欢的网站上打印了一页，叫做“臭味的科学”，然后跑去给他的家人看。 “嘿，伙计们！”臭臭说。“什么东西比人还高，闻起来比马路上被撞死的动物还难闻，看起来像血的颜色？”“大象在画画？”朱迪问。 “不可能，”臭臭说。“是臭男人吗？”朱迪问。 “弗兰肯斯坦的情人?”“别人能猜猜吗？”臭臭问。 “我还在想，”妈妈说。 “让我看看，”爸爸说。“怎么样… 圣诞老人开垃圾车？”

"No," said Stink. "I'll give you a hint. It's something Mom likes a real lot." "Are you sure?" Mom asked. "I can't imagine liking anything that smells like roadkill." "Give up? It's a corpse flower!" cried Stink. "World's smelliest flower. It says so right here." Stink showed his family the full-color photo of Trudy the Titan. "Rare!" said Judy. "It says it only blooms a few times in its life, and it stinks worse than rotten eggs for about three days." "Worse than rotten fish and rotting pumpkins, too," said Mom. "Phew!"

“不，”臭臭说。“我给你个提示。 这是妈妈非常喜欢的东西。” “你确定吗？”母亲问。 “我无法想象自己会喜欢任何闻起来像被公路撞死动物的东西。” “放弃?这是一朵尸花！”臭臭叫道。 “世界上最臭的花。 这里是这么说的。”臭味给他的家人看了泰坦特鲁迪的全彩照片。 “难得！”朱迪说。“它说它一生只开几次花，三天左右比臭鸡蛋还臭。” “比腐烂的鱼和腐烂的南瓜还糟糕，”妈妈说。 “唷!”

"Insects like it, though," said Dad, reading over Stink's shoulder. "They can have it," said Mom. "And look here," Stink said, pointing to the bottom of the page. "It says scientists come from all over the country to take samples of Trudy's perfume and bottle some up. Mom, you were right. That's something I could do with my nose." "Make stinky perfume?" asked Judy. "I meant be a scientist," said Stink. "You know, I'd get to sniff out rare smelly flowers and study them and stuff." "Bluck," said Judy. "It says here, in the first ten hours, the corpse flower smells as bad as an outhouse. Or dead elephants. Do you really want to smell dead elephants for a living, Stink?"

“不过昆虫喜欢它，”爸爸说，隔着臭臭的肩膀看书。 “给他们吧，”妈妈说。 “看这里，”臭臭指着这一页的底部说。 “上面说全国各地的科学家都来取特鲁迪香水的样本，然后装进瓶子里。 妈妈，你是对的。我可以用我的鼻子来做这件事。” “做臭香水？”朱迪问。 “我的意思是成为一名科学家，”臭臭说。 “你知道，我可以嗅出稀有的臭花，研究它们之类的东西。” “布莱克，”朱迪说。“上面说，在头十个小时里，尸花闻起来就像茅屋一样难闻。 或者死大象。臭小子，你真的想靠闻死大象为生吗？”

"Well, stinky perfume's a good idea, too," said Stink. "In my day we called it toilet water," said Mom.

“嗯，臭气熏天的香水也是个好主意。”臭臭说。 “在我那个年代，我们管它叫花露水，”妈妈说。

"I'm serious, Mom," said Stink. "I'm not kidding!" said Mom. "You can buy it at the store. It's just like perfume, only watered down a bit. And they call it Eau de Toilette." "Is that French for Odor of Toilet?" asked Stink, cracking up. "Something like that," Mom said. "But who'd wear stinky perfume on purpose?" asked Judy. "Same people who pay a lot of money for toilet water," said Stink. Dad couldn't help snickering at that one. "A person could wear stinky perfume to scare off vampires," said Stink. "Or better yet, big sisters. Judy cooties!"

“我是认真的，妈妈，”臭臭说。 “我不是在开玩笑！”妈妈说。 “你可以在商店买到。 就像香水一样，只是淡了一点。 他们叫它淡香水。” “那是法语里厕所气味的意思吗？”臭臭大笑着问。 “差不多吧，”妈妈说。 “但谁会故意喷这么臭的香水呢？”朱迪问。 “就是那些花很多钱买花露水的人，”臭臭说。 爸爸忍不住窃笑起来。 “一个人可以用难闻的香水来吓跑吸血鬼，”臭臭说。 “或者最好是大姐姐。 朱迪虱子!”