5 Ready to Ribbet

Ready to Ribbet

准备好了

On Tuesday, Stink Moody, Frog Genius, passed his test with flying colors. Frog test, that is. Now if only he could pass a put-your-head-under- the-water swimming test, too. On Wednesday, Stink got wet up-to-but-not-including his nose. He dipped his left and right ear in the water. He leaned way back and got his hair wet. "Go, Stink," said Cammy, his swim teacher. "Now let's see if you can blow bubbles." Stink blew bubbles with his mouth. He almost-just- about-not-quite blew bubbles with his nose. Almost!

星期二，青蛙天才臭穆迪以优异的成绩通过了考试。 就是青蛙测试。现在，要是他也能通过将头浸入水中的游泳测试就好了。 星期三，臭臭浑身湿透，但不包括他的鼻子。 他把左耳和右耳浸在水里。 他向后靠了靠，弄湿了头发。 “去吧，臭臭，”他的游泳老师卡米说。 “现在让我们看看你会不会吹泡泡。” 臭臭用嘴吹泡泡。 他几乎是在用鼻子吹泡泡。 差不多了!

Someday, Stink would even get his eyeballs wet. He wished he had gills, like a tadpole. He wished he could breathe through his skin like a frog. Ribbet! Stink could not wait for Frog Friday. At last, it was Friday night. Frog night. Time for the First Annual Frog Neck Lake Frog Count. At three minutes before sunset, Stink loaded up his backpack. Flashlight. Backup flashlight. Pen. Thermometer. Timer. Tape recorder. At seven minutes after sunset, Stink called Frog Assistant Number One and Frog Assistant Number Two (aka Webster and Sophie of the Elves.) "Meet me at the Frog Neck Lake parking lot. Tminus twenty-seven minutes and counting." When Dad dropped him off, Stink ran over to Sophie and Webster. The parking lot was humming with frog counters. There was a whitehaired guy wearing a headlamp, a couple with matching T-shirts that said VIRGINIA IS FOR FROGS, and a teenager with froggy rain boots. "People sure are freaky for frogs, huh?" said Webster.

总有一天，臭臭甚至会弄湿他的眼睛。 他希望自己有像蝌蚪一样的鳃。 他希望自己能像青蛙一样通过皮肤呼吸。 Ribbet !臭臭等不及青蛙星期五了。 终于到了星期五晚上。 青蛙的夜晚。第一次年度蛙颈湖蛙数时间到了。 日落前三分钟，臭臭装好了他的背包。 手电筒。备份手电筒。 钢笔。温度计。计时器。录音机。 日落后七分钟，臭臭叫来了青蛙助理一号和青蛙助理二号（又名韦伯斯特和精灵的苏菲）。"在蛙颈湖停车场等我。 倒数二十七分钟，还在继续。” 爸爸把臭臭放下后，它跑向苏菲和韦伯斯特。 停车场里摆满了卖青蛙的柜台。 有一个戴着头灯的白发男子，一对穿着印有“弗吉尼亚是青蛙的地方”字样的情侣，还有一个穿着蛙形雨靴的少年。 韦伯斯特说：“人们真的很喜欢青蛙，是吧？”

Jasper waved Stink over. "Stink! Thanks for coming, dude. You guys are right on time. Hey, before I forget, I have something for you." He handed Stink a plastic bag with two comic books. "I had a couple extras. Thought you might like them." "Amazing Spider-Man Comic Book Number 414: From Darkness Strikes— Delilah! Whoa! She's the one who brought Dr. Octopus back to life." "In the other one," said Jasper, "Spidey shrinks down to spider-size." "Wow! Thanks!" Stink put them away in his backpack for safekeeping. "And... here's your official Frog Log," said Jasper. "Frog Log. Cool beans!" said Stink. Jasper showed Stink where to write down the time and the temperature. "And don't forget sky, rain, and wind conditions." Stink nodded.

贾斯帕挥手示意臭臭过来。“臭!谢谢你能来，伙计。 你们来得正是时候。 嘿，趁我还没忘记，我有东西要给你。” 他递给臭臭一个装着两本漫画书的塑料袋。 “我有几个额外的。我想你可能会喜欢。” 神奇蜘蛛侠漫画第414册：来自黑暗的打击-黛利拉！哇!就是她带了。 章鱼复活了。”“在另一个故事里，”贾斯帕说，“蜘蛛侠缩小到蜘蛛大小。” “哇!谢谢!”臭臭把它们放在他的背包里妥善保管。 “和…这是你的正式青蛙日志。”贾斯帕说。 “青蛙日志。酷酷的豆子！”臭臭说。 贾斯帕指给臭臭看写时间和温度的地方。 “别忘了天空、雨和风的情况。” 臭点了点头。

"Listen up, everybody," said Jasper. "It's time to head out and spread out. Don't forget. Use your thermometers to record air temps. Set your timers to five minutes. Then record what species you hear on the ACI. That's the Amphibian Calling Index. Got it?" Everybody nodded. "Are you ready to ribbet?" asked Jasper. A light rain fell. The night air smelled like worms. Cro-oak! Cra-awk! The pond was a symphony of frogs. Stink filled in his Frog Log. Time: 7:56 p.m. Temp: 55 degrees. Sky code: 5, for light rain, drizzle. Stink licked his finger and held it in the air to check the wind. Wind code: 2. Gentle breeze.

“大家听好了。”贾斯帕说。 “是时候出发，展开行动了。 不要忘记。用温度计记录气温。 把你的计时器设为5分钟。 然后在ACI上记录你听到的物种。 这是两栖动物呼叫指数。 明白了吗?”每个人都点了点头。 “你准备好了吗？”贾斯帕问。 下起了小雨。夜晚的空气闻起来有虫子的味道。 Cro-oak !Cra-awk !池塘是青蛙的交响乐。 他的青蛙木头里充满了臭味。 时间：晚上7:56温度：55度。 天空代码：5，代表小雨，毛毛雨。 臭臭舔了舔手指，把手指举在空中挡住风。 风码：2。温柔的微风。

"Shoo-ee. There must be a million frogs out here," said Sophie. "Yeah, maybe they're singing bedtime songs," said Stink. "Like a frog sleepover." "They don't sound sleepy to me," said Webster. He put his fingers in his ears. "Guys! The number one rule of frog counting is QUIET. Frogs will stop singing if we make too much noise. When I start the timer, we have to be quiet for five minutes." "Five whole minutes?" asked Webster. "Sophie, you hold the umbrella over me," said Stink. "Why does she get to hold the umbrella?" asked Webster. "Because... she's Frog Assistant Number Two. But Frog Assistant Number One gets to... hold the flashlight. So I can see what I'm writing." Stink set the timer. He tilted his head, closed his eyes, and listened. Peeper frogs peeped and chorus frogs preeped. Leopard frogs laughed and green frogs thrummed like they were playing the banjo. C-tung! C-tung! Stink made a tick in his notebook for each kind of frog he heard.

“Shoo-ee。这里肯定有上百万只青蛙。”苏菲说。 “是啊，也许他们在唱睡前歌，”臭臭说。 “就像青蛙过夜一样。”韦伯斯特说：“在我看来，他们听起来并不困。” 他用手指堵住了耳朵。 “男人!数青蛙的第一条规则是安静。 如果我们制造太多噪音，青蛙就会停止歌唱。 当我启动计时器时，我们必须安静五分钟。” “整整五分钟？”韦伯斯特问。 “苏菲，你给我撑伞。”臭臭说。 韦伯斯特问：“为什么她能撑伞？” “因为……她是青蛙助理二号。 但是青蛙助理一号要…… 拿着手电筒。这样我就能看清自己在写什么了。” 臭臭，设定时器。他歪着头，闭上眼睛，听着。 窥视蛙在窥视，合唱蛙在窃窃私语。 豹纹蛙在笑，绿蛙在弹，好像在弹班卓琴。 长官!长官!臭臭在他的笔记本上为他听到的每一种青蛙做了一个勾号。