8 PEEP! PEEP! PEEP!

CHAPTER 8 PEEP! PEEP! PEEP! 'Are we there yet?' says Terry (for about the 50 millionth time). 'Almost,' I say. 'Just a few more steps.' 'Look,' says Jill. 'There's the nest!' 'Can you see my tooth?' I say. 'No,' says Jill. 'Just a bunch of the cutest baby birds I've ever seen!'

第八章嘘！偷看!偷看!“我们到了吗？”特里说（这大概是第5000万次了）。 “差不多了，”我说。“再走几步就到了。“瞧，”吉尔说。 “那是鸟巢！”“你能看见我的牙齿吗？”我说。 “不，”吉尔说。“一群我所见过的最可爱的小鸟宝宝！”

We climb up a few more thousand steps until we are right across from the nest. But there's a big gap between the staircase and the nest. And a long drop back down to the ground. 'How are we going to get across?' says Terry. 'It's much too far to jump.' 'I know,' I say. 'It didn't look this far when we were looking up at it from the forest.'

我们又爬了几千级台阶，直到我们正好在鸟巢对面。 但是在楼梯和鸟巢之间有一个很大的缺口。 然后很长一段时间回到地面。 “我们怎么过去？”特里说。 “跳得太远了。“我知道，”我说。 “当我们从森林里往上看的时候，它看起来并没有这么远。”

'What about your emergency inflatable underpants, Terry?' says Jill. 'We could whoosh across in those.' 'I'm not wearing them,' he says. 'They got a puncture when we used them to sail to the desert island in the last book. But I am wearing my emergency inflatable ears.' 'Are you kidding me?' I say. 'Emergency inflatable ears?! That's the dumbest thing you've come up with since the Ninja Snail Training Academy.'

“你的应急充气内裤怎么办，特里？”吉尔说。 “我们可以坐着它们呼啸而过。他说：“我没有戴。” “在上一本书中，我们开着它们去荒岛的时候，它们被戳破了。 但我戴着应急充气耳朵。“你在开玩笑吗？”我说。 “紧急充气耳朵？！”这是自忍者蜗牛训练学院以来你想出的最愚蠢的事情。”

'Yeah, but my Ninja Snails saved the day,' says Terry, 'just like my emergency inflatable ears will. Watch this!' He takes a deep breath, concentrates hard and then... his ears inflate to about a thousand times their normal size! 'See?' he says. 'I told you!'

“是的，但我的忍者蜗牛救了我，”特里说，“就像我的应急充气耳朵一样。” 看这个!”他深吸一口气，集中精力，然后…… 他的耳朵膨胀到正常大小的一千倍！“看到了吗?他说。 “我告诉过你！”

'You look so cute with big ears,' says Jill. 'Just like Dumbo the flying elephant!' 'Yeah, he looks dumb all right,' I say. 'But what use are they?' 'Well,' says Terry, 'they're flappable and really good for getting from, say, the steps of a never-ending staircase across to, say, a bird's nest. Climb into my ear and I'll take us there right now. Everybody ready? Ear we go!' Terry launches himself from the staircase and starts flapping his ears as fast as he can.

“你长着大耳朵真可爱，”吉尔说。 “就像飞象小飞象！”我说：“是啊，他看起来确实很笨。” “可它们有什么用呢？”“嗯，”特里说，“它们很容易抖动，而且很适合从，比如说，从一个没有尽头的楼梯的台阶上，到一个鸟巢去。” 爬到我耳朵里，我现在就带大家过去。 每个人都准备好了吗?我们走吧！”特里从楼梯上跳下来，开始尽可能快地拍打他的耳朵。

THE DAY TERRY TURNED INTO AN EARPLANE. 'Prepare the cabin for landing,' says Terry. 'Please ensure tray tables are closed and seats are upright. Thank you for flying Terry D Earlines.'

那天特里变成了一架飞机。 “准备舱室，准备着陆。”特里说。 “请确保折叠桌关闭，座椅竖立。” 感谢您乘坐特里D航空公司的航班。”