5 Eyeballia

CHAPTER 5 EYEBALLIA We must have all blacked out for a while because the next thing we knew we were all lying on the ground beside our tree. We got up and looked around. That's when we realised we were being watched by

我们一定都昏过去了一会儿，因为我们知道的下一件事就是我们都躺在树旁边的地上。 我们站起来环顾四周。 那时我们才意识到有人在监视我们

MILLIONS OF EYEBALLS!!

数百万的眼球！！

I don't know if you've ever been stared at by millions of eyeballs, but if you have, I think you'd agree that it's a pretty creepy feeling. 'Why are they staring at us?' said Terry. 'I don't know,' I said. 'It's not just us they're staring at,' called Jill, who had climbed to the observation deck at the top of the tree. 'Come up here and see.' We climbed up. There were domes all around us— each one containing a different species of alien and surrounded by crowds of staring eyeballs.

我不知道你是否有过被数百万双眼睛盯着看的经历，但如果你有过，我想你会同意这是一种非常令人毛骨悚然的感觉。 “他们为什么盯着我们看？”特里说。 “我不知道，”我说。“他们盯着看的不只是我们。”吉尔叫道，她已经爬上了树顶的观景台。 “上这儿来看看。”我们爬了上去。 我们周围到处都是圆顶——每一个都有不同种类的外星人，周围都是一群盯着我们的眼球。

'Oh no,' I said. 'This is terrible! We're exhibits in an intergalactic zoo!' 'I hate zoos!' said Terry. 'Some intergalactic space adventure this is turning out to be!'

“哦，不，”我说。“这太可怕了！”我们是星系间动物园里的展品！“我讨厌动物园！”特里说。 “这是一次星系间的太空探险！”

'I know it's not great,' said Jill, 'but it could be worse. At least we're not contestants in one of those intergalactic death battles.' 'What intergalactic death battles?' I said. 'You know,' said Jill, 'those ones where some sort of evil aliens collect specimens from other planets and then make them fight each other… to the death.' 'I thought that just happened in comic books,' said Terry. 'No, I'm pretty sure it's a real thing,' said Jill. 'Well, let's hope it's not,' I said. 'Because some of those aliens look really mean. I think that one over there is a razor-toothed, blood-sucking Venusian worm man. I wouldn't even want to be in a dance contest with him, let alone a battle to the death!'

“我知道这不太好，”吉尔说，“但情况可能更糟。 至少我们不是星际死亡大战的参赛者。“什么星系间的死亡之战？”我说。 “你知道的，”吉尔说，“就是某种邪恶的外星人从其他星球收集标本，然后让他们互相厮杀……直到死。“我还以为那只发生在漫画书里呢，”特里说。 “不，我很肯定这是真的。”吉尔说。 “好吧，希望不是，”我说。 “因为有些外星人看起来真的很坏。 我觉得那边那个是一个牙齿锋利，吸血的金星蠕虫人。 我甚至都不想和他参加舞蹈比赛，更不用说生死搏斗了！”

ABOVE: An artist's impression of Andy and a razor- toothed, blood-sucking Venusian worm man having a dance contest. 'Look,' said Terry. 'There's an absolutely enormous eyeball up there. That's the biggest one I've seen so far!'

上图：安迪和一个长着剃刀般的牙齿、吸血的金星蠕虫人正在进行一场舞蹈比赛。 “瞧，”特里说。“上面有一个巨大的眼球。 这是迄今为止我见过的最大的一只！”