Chapter 9

chapter nine Time has passed. Not sure how long. I blink open my eyes and see a blur of colors. I paw at my face, and my hands come away covered in some strange, half-liquid goo, like melted fruit snacks. And I feel something wet on my lips... STAY WITH ME, JACK. YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY. Wait, Globlet? Globlet's here?! And she's... attempting mouth-to-mouth resuscitation? "Globlet, I'm OK!" I say, managing to sit up and pull her away from my lips. She shimmies off my chest. "We kissed!"

第九章时光飞逝。 不知道要多久。我眨了眨眼睛，看到一片模糊的颜色。 我摸了摸自己的脸，我的手被一种奇怪的、半液态的粘稠物粘住了，就像融化了的水果零食。 我感到嘴唇湿润了…… 坚持住，杰克。你会没事的。 等一下,Globlet ?Globlet吗? !和她…… 尝试人工呼吸？ “Globlet，我没事！”我说，设法坐起来，把她从我的唇边拉开。 她从我的胸脯上跳下来。 “我们吻了!”

I wipe the back of my hand over my mouth. "You taste like Twizzlers." I spit out another stream of goo and glance around. We're on a raft, floating down a bubbling, rainbow-colored river. "Globlet! How are you here? What's going on?" "You landed in this river. We pulled you onto our nifty raft. Then I saved your life and you acted like a regular Wendy Peppercorn about it." "I'm not a regular Wendy—wait... we?" At that moment, I feel a tap on my shoulder. Hi, friend. WHY ARE YOU HERE?

我用手背擦了擦嘴。 “你吃起来像扭扭糖。” 我又吐出一股粘液，环顾四周。 我们在一艘木筏上，顺着彩虹色的河漂流。 “Globlet !你怎么在这儿？ 发生了什么事？”“你落在这条河里了。 我们把你拉上了漂亮的木筏。 然后我救了你的命，你却表现得像个普通的温迪·佩珀康。” “我不是一个普通的温迪——等等…… 我们?”就在那一刻，我感到有人拍了拍我的肩膀。 嗨,朋友。你为什么在这里？

"Geez-Louise, talk about making a fella feel unwelcome," Globlet says. She pats Quint's hand. "That's not what I meant..." I start. "But—" "I couldn't let you go through that rip-tear alone, Jack," Quint tells me. "So, I followed you." "And I got stuck to his jacket, like lint!" Globlet says. She sounds very proud to be like lint. I shake my head. "Quint! That was dumb!" But no matter how angry I try to sound, I can't help but feel relieved. There have been a lot of times I've been happy to see Quint, but this tops them all. At the same time... this complicates things. What if Globlet was wrong about this Shuggoth creature? I mean, I wouldn't trust Globlet to keep the class hamster alive for the weekend, yet somehow I've traveled to the monster dimension on her advice. If Shuggoth can't help us, then my stroll through the rip-tear hasn't just possibly stranded me here—but Quint, too. I shake away those thoughts and get down to business. "Guys, in that rip-tear I saw... something bad. But it's like... I don't know the words to describe it." "Ooh, I love this game." Globlet taps her chin. "OK, I'll go first: Person, place, or thing?"

“天啊，路易丝，说说让一个人觉得不受欢迎吧，”Globlet说。 她拍拍昆特的手。“我不是这个意思……” 我开始。“但是——”“我不能让你一个人经历那次撕裂，杰克，”昆特告诉我。 “所以，我跟着你。”“我被粘在他的夹克上了，像棉绒一样！”Globlet说。 她听起来很自豪能像绒毛一样。 我摇了摇头。“五胞胎!这太蠢了！”但无论我怎么努力让自己听起来生气，我都忍不住感到宽慰。 有很多次我都很高兴见到昆特，但这次是最开心的。 与此同时……这使事情变得复杂。 如果Globlet对Shuggoth生物的判断是错误的呢？ 我是说，我不相信Globlet会让班级仓鼠活过一个周末，但不知怎么的，我听从了她的建议来到了怪物维度。 如果Shuggoth不能帮助我们，那么我在撕裂中漫步不仅可能把我困在这里，而且也把Quint困在这里。 我打消了这些念头，开始干正事。 “伙计们，在我看到的那场撕裂中…… 坏的东西。但是就像…… 我不知道该用什么词来形容。” “哦，我喜欢这个游戏。”Globlet轻拍她的下巴。 “好吧，我先说：人、地方还是东西？”

"I don't know!" I say, suddenly feeling very tired. "Place? Thing? Monster? The last stop at the end of the universe? All of the above. No idea! It was... vague and fluctuating horror. But the Cosmic Hand started throbbing, and I felt like, whatever I was looking at... it was the key. That's why I stepped through." "Ahem. 'Stepped through'?" Globlet repeats. "You were yanked through by a tentacle! Kicking and screaming and sobbing and there was snot coming out of your nose! We saw. Don't pretend you did a big brave leap." "I was about to step through! And I wasn't sobbing with snot and whatever!" I exclaim. "Look, if this Shuggoth monster can decipher what I saw, I think I'll know the answer to the big question: HOW TO STOP .E...C.." Quint looks at me for a second. Did he glimpse that same horrifying nightmare? After a long moment, he says, "Odd. I saw nothing like that." I swallow. Great. Now it feels like what I saw was shown to me, specifically, for a reason. But what did I see? Was it the future? The past? Some really jacked-up monster dimension fast-food joint? I need to know!

“我不知道！”我说着，突然觉得很累。 “地方吗?的事情吗?怪兽吗?宇宙尽头的最后一站？ 以上都是。不知道!这是…… 模糊和波动的恐惧。 但是宇宙之手开始跳动，我觉得，不管我在看什么…… 这是钥匙。这就是我跨进来的原因。” “嗯哼。走在吗?”Globlet重复。 “你是被一只触手拽过去的！”又踢又叫又哭，还有鼻涕从你鼻子里喷出来！我们看到。 别假装你跳得很勇敢。” “我正要走过去！”我也没有流鼻涕之类的哭泣！”我惊叫。 “听着，如果这个雄哥特怪物能破译我看到的东西，我想我就知道这个大问题的答案了：如何阻止…… 昆特看了我一会儿。 他是否看到了同样可怕的噩梦？ 过了好一会儿，他说：“奇怪。 我没有看到那样的事。”我吞下。 好了。现在我觉得我所看到的一切都是有原因的。 但我看到了什么？这是未来吗？ 过去吗?是什么超级大怪物快餐店吗？ 我要知道！

I glance down at the Cosmic Hand, remembering the way it tingled and pulsed. That's when I first really take note of our raft—and realize it's not a rubber dinghy or one of those lazy river inner tubes. It's the rotted, bloated corpse of a monster. Oh, neat. You found the most revolting raft ever Be nice? Corpsey will hear you. Well, Quint says. "Now that we're all together, it's time we meet with Shuggoth. Globlet, lead the way!"

我低头看了一眼宇宙之手，想起了它刺痛和跳动的方式。 那是我第一次真正注意到我们的木筏，并意识到它不是橡皮艇或那些懒散的内河管道之一。 这是一具腐烂臃肿的怪物尸体。 哦,整洁。你找到了史上最恶心的木筏好吗？ Corpsey会听到的。昆特说。 “现在我们都在一起了，是时候和Shuggoth见面了。 环球球，带路！”

Globlet smiles timidly. "So... about that. I don't actually know where Shuggoth is." She glances at me, then quickly whispers to Quint. "Jack's gonna get real mad now, huh?" "Nope," I say, "not at all. 'Cause I know where Shuggoth is. Guess who I saw here?" Quint thinks for a moment, then says, "Chet Brophy." "Wait... huh?" I ask. "Chet Brophy," Quint says. "From homeroom." "Why would I have seen Chet Brophy from homeroom in another dimension?" Quint shrugs. "You told me to guess." Globlet leans forward, chin on her hands. "Soooo... What did Chet Brophy have to say?" "I DIDN'T SEE CHET BROPHY!" I exclaim. "I saw the Goon Platoon." "You did?! I'm jealous," Quint says. "How are they?" "I didn't ask." "Rude!" Globlet says. "Um, there wasn't exactly a lot of time to catch up! They grabbed me right when I came through the rip- tear." Then I tell Quint and Globlet everything that happened after I landed: the strayfurs, Debra-Bulb,

地球仪羞怯地笑了笑。“所以…… 关于这个。我不知道Shuggoth在哪里。” 她看了我一眼，然后迅速对昆特耳语。 “杰克现在会很生气的，是吧？”“不，”我说，“一点也不。 因为我知道Shuggoth在哪里。 猜猜我在这儿看到谁了？”昆特想了一会儿，然后说：“切特·布罗菲。” “等等……嗯?”我问。“切特·布罗菲，”昆特说。 “从教室。”“我为什么会在另一个维度上看到教室里的切特·布罗菲？”五胞胎耸了耸肩。 “你让我猜的。”Globlet身体前倾，双手托着下巴。 “如此如此…切特·布罗菲说了什么？”“我没看见切特·布罗菲！”我惊叫。 “我看过《打手排》。”“你? !我很嫉妒，”昆特说。 “他们怎么样了？”“我没问。” “粗鲁!”Globlet说。“嗯，没有太多的时间来叙旧！”他们抓住了我，当我穿过撕裂。” 然后我告诉昆特和Globlet着陆后发生的一切：流浪狗，黛布拉灯泡，