Chapter 11

11 A KID WEARING SIZE-FIVE WING-TIP SHOES HUNCHES OVER A GIANT polished black desk, staring intently at one of six high- definition video screens. The screen labeled DRONEBUG'S-EYE VIEW. "Man, I hate this guy!" says the kid. "It's bad enough he invents two great robots. But then all he does with them is talk—'blah, blah, I love science this, blah, blah, I love science that.' What a moron. What an idiot."

一个穿着5号翼尖鞋的孩子蹲在一张锃亮的黑色大桌子前，目不转睛地盯着六块高清电视屏幕中的一块。 屏幕上标着“无人机视角”。 “天哪，我讨厌这家伙！”孩子说。 “他发明了两个伟大的机器人已经够糟糕的了。 但他对他们所做的一切就是谈论——“废话，废话，我喜欢科学这个，废话，废话，我喜欢科学那个。”真是个白痴。 真是个白痴。”

"Eeeep, meep," replies the chimpanzee in the pin-striped pants sitting at the controls next to the kid. The big robot on the screen says, "Does a robot clank in the woods?" "What did he say?" Edison—because yes, of course it is T. Edison in his headquarters, because really, who else wears size-five wing-tip shoes?—looks even more closely. "Those robots are going to be tough to beat for the Science Prize. But Frank Einstein is not going to one-up me again!" Edison slaps his hand on the desk. "Wait. What is that? They are making plans for something else. Zoom in!"

“吱，吱，”坐在小男孩旁边的那只穿着细条纹裤子的黑猩猩回答道。 屏幕上的大机器人说：“机器人会在树林里叮当作响吗？”“他说什么？”爱迪生，因为是的，它当然是T。 爱迪生在他的总部，因为说真的，还有谁会穿5号的尖头鞋呢？看起来更接近。 “这些机器人将很难在科学奖中被击败。 但弗兰克·爱因斯坦不会再超过我了！”爱迪生用手拍了拍桌子。 ”等。那是什么？他们在为别的事情做计划。 放大!”

"Don't tell me it's too noisy, you pooping primate. Zoom in!" Mr. Chimp toggles the joystick control on the master panel. The picture zooms in tight on Frank Einstein. On the screen, Frank pauses. "Wait. Did you hear that?" Mr. Chimp leans back in his office chair. He crosses his big, hairy bare feet on the desk. He pulls out the small metal antbox from his pants pocket and pushes a slender stick into the hole on top. "Hear what?" answers Watson on-screen. "The fish alarm didn't go off." Mr. Chimp pulls out the ant-covered stick

“别告诉我这里太吵了，你这拉屎的灵长类动物。” 放大!”黑猩猩先生拨动主控面板上的操纵杆控制。 弗兰克·爱因斯坦的照片被放大了。 在屏幕上，弗兰克停顿了一下。 ”等。你听到了吗？”黑猩猩先生靠在办公椅上。 他把他那双毛茸茸的大赤脚放在桌子上。 他从裤子口袋里拿出小金属蚁箱，把一根细木棍塞进上面的洞里。 “听到什么？”沃森在屏幕上回答。 “鱼警报没有响。” 猩猩先生拿出那根被蚂蚁覆盖的棍子

and licks up a quick snack. On the DRONEBUG'S-EYE VIEW screen, Frank Einstein pauses, then rolls out his plan. "I can't believe this," says Edison. "Is that what I think it is?" Mr. Chimp tucks his antbox back in his pocket, brushing a few stray ant legs off his white shirt and striped tie. "No!" screams Edison. "No, no, no!" He thrashes around in a tantrum, scattering papers, knocking pens and pencils flying.

然后迅速地舔了一口零食。 在无人机视角的屏幕上，弗兰克·爱因斯坦停顿了一下，然后推出了他的计划。 “我简直不敢相信，”爱迪生说。 “这是我想的那个东西吗？”猩猩先生把蚁箱塞回口袋，掸掉白衬衫和条纹领带上的几只蚂蚁腿。 “不！”爱迪生尖叫道。“不，不，不！”他大发脾气，到处乱扔文件，把钢笔和铅笔敲得飞起来。

Mr. Chimp grabs the joystick with his toes and scans the DroneBug camera over the plans. He signs: "Yes, I know it is what I think it is, you mangy monkey! But, no, this cannot happen! That goober Einstein cannot win the Science Prize!" Mr. Chimp curls back his lips and shows his teeth again in what a human might think was a smile. But if you were a chimpanzee, you would know Mr. Chimp was thinking about biting your throat out, ripping your arm off, and beating you senseless with it. "So Einstein has a plan?" says Edison. "Well, I have a plan, too. Mr. Chimp, listen up!"

猩猩先生用脚趾抓住操纵杆，扫描无人机摄像机上的平面图。 他签名：“是的，我知道这是我想的东西，你这个讨厌的猴子！”但是，不，这是不可能的！那个笨蛋爱因斯坦不可能赢得科学奖！”黑猩猩先生噘起嘴唇，再次露出牙齿，人类可能会认为这是在微笑。 但如果你是一只黑猩猩，你就会知道猩猩先生想要咬断你的喉咙，扯断你的手臂，然后用它把你打晕。 “所以爱因斯坦有一个计划？”爱迪生说。 “嗯，我也有一个计划。 黑猩猩先生，听好了！”