4 Beware the Stinger Finger

BEWARE THE STINGER FINGER

小心带刺的手指

"Is it time to go to sleep yet?" asked Webster. "Not even close," said Sophie. "Is it time for sharks?" Stink asked Miss D. "It's time for... jellyfish." The sleepover kids followed Miss D. past the Wall of Fish to the Planet of the Jellies. Mimi ran up to Sophie, clutching a red-haired mermaid. Her face was streaked with tears. Sophie's mom pulled Sophie aside to talk to her. In every tank, ooey-gooey, creepy-deepy blobs danced and glowed, zoomed and bloomed in the water. There were blue, green, and pink jellies. There were purple-striped jellies and whitespotted jellies. There were upside down jellies and rainbow-colored glow-in-the-dark jellies.

“到睡觉的时间了吗？”韦伯斯特问。 “差远了。”索菲说。 “是鲨鱼的时候了吗？”D小姐问道。 “是时候……水母。” 在朋友家过夜的孩子们跟着D小姐。 穿过鱼之墙来到水母星球。 咪咪抱着一只红发美人鱼跑向苏菲。 她脸上满是泪痕。 苏菲的妈妈把苏菲拉到一边和她说话。 在每个水箱里，黏糊糊的、深得令人毛骨悚然的水滴在水中跳舞、发光、嗡嗡作响、绽放。 有蓝色、绿色和粉色的水母。 有紫色条纹水母和白色斑点水母。 有倒立的水母，也有彩虹色的夜光水母。

"I hope we get to sleep here," said Webster. "Sleeping with jellyfith would be cool." "Everybody knows you don't sleep at a sleepover, right, Sophie?" Stink looked around. "Sophie?" "Here I am," said Sophie, coming up behind them. "Hey, what's wrong with Mimi?" asked Stink. "She got scared and won't go to sleep, so Mom has to take her home." "Does that mean we have to go?" asked Webster. "Nope. My mom talked to Stink's mom and we get to stay with the Moodys." "Phew," said Stink. "Phew," said Webster. "Too bad about your little sister," said Eagle- Ears Riley. "She probably couldn't sleep because she was afraid of getting stung by the world's deadliest box jelly. Or whiplashed by a bat ray. Or eaten by a tiger shark." Stink turned as white as a ghost shrimp. "Check out this jellyfish," he said, changing the subject. "It looks like a broken egg."

“我希望我们能睡在这里，”韦伯斯特说。 “和水母一起睡觉会很酷。” “大家都知道你不会在别人家过夜，对吧，索菲？”臭臭环顾四周。 “索菲娅?”“我来了。”索菲说着走到他们身后。 “嘿，咪咪怎么了？”臭臭问。 “她很害怕，不想睡觉，所以妈妈不得不带她回家。” 韦伯斯特问：“这是不是说我们得走了？” “不。我妈妈和臭臭的妈妈谈过了，我们可以和穆迪一家住在一起了。” “呸，”臭臭说。“呸，”韦伯斯特说。 “你的小妹妹真不幸，”鹰耳莱利说。 “她可能睡不着，因为她害怕被世界上最致命的箱形水母蛰到。 或者被蝙蝠射线鞭打。 或者被虎鲨吃掉。” 臭臭变得像幽灵虾一样白。 “看看这只水母，”他说，改变了话题。 “它看起来像一个破鸡蛋。”

"That one over there looks like a plate," said Webster. "Look at the one that's wearing a hula skirt," said Sophie. "That was the egg-yolk jellyfish, the dinnerplate jellyfish, and the hula-skirt jellyfish," said a man in a blue shirt. "No lie?" asked Stink. "No lie," said the man. "Everybody," said Miss D., "this is Marco." "Polo!" said Webster. "Marco is our resident jellyfish wrangler," said Miss D.

“那边那个看起来像盘子，”韦伯斯特说。 “看那个穿呼啦裙的。”苏菲说。 “那是蛋黄水母、餐盘水母和草裙形水母，”一个穿蓝色衬衫的男人说。 “没有说谎吗？”臭臭问。“没有说谎，”那人说。 “各位，”D小姐说，“这是马可。” “Polo!”韦伯斯特说。“马可是我们的常驻水母饲养员，”D小姐说。

"Cool-o," said Stink. Marco laughed. "Welcome to Planet of the Jellies. Jellyfish are unusual because they don't have brains or bones or blood. Or teeth or fins. "Over here, we have the giant lion's mane jelly. Its body can grow up to eight feet around and more than eight feet long. Add its tentacles, and it can be longer than a blue whale— the biggest mammal on Earth."

“酷，”臭臭说。马可笑了。 “欢迎来到果冻星球。 水母很不寻常，因为它们没有大脑、骨骼和血液。 或者牙齿或者鳍。“在这里，我们有巨大的狮子鬃毛水母。 它的身体可以长到八英尺长，八英尺多长。 加上它的触手，它可以比地球上最大的哺乳动物蓝鲸还长。”