2 The Messenger

Chapter Two The Messenger Abigail put her fingers to her lips. "Do you want us to stay quiet, Abigail?" asked Foggy. Psssstt. The sound came again. "Yes, that's what she meant," said Finn. "But that doesn't matter anymore." He pointed at the grass. It started to wave, like something was moving through it. "Stay behind me," said Vale. "I got this." Vale was determined to be the hero on this planet. He felt like he hadn't been able to use his training on past missions. And Finn was always getting credit for doing things like stopping planets from exploding. Vale wanted his time in the spotlight. He reached out and parted the grass.

第二章信使阿比盖尔把手指放在嘴唇上。 “你想让我们保持安静吗，阿比盖尔？”福吉问。 Psssstt。声音又传来了。 “是的，她就是这个意思，”芬恩说。 “但这已经不重要了。” 他指着草地。它开始摆动，好像有什么东西在里面移动。 “跟在我后面，”维尔说。 “我知道了。”瓦尔决心要成为这个星球上的英雄。 他觉得自己在过去的任务中无法使用自己的训练。 芬恩总是因为做了阻止行星爆炸之类的事情而受到赞扬。 瓦尔想要成为公众关注的焦点。 他伸出手把草地分开。

"Aaaahhh!" he shouted. He leapt back into Foggy's arms. Foggy flew him about ten feet off the ground. "Are you okay?" asked Foggy. "Were you attacked?" "I'm fine," said Vale. "But look." He pointed down at the grass. A large, buglike creature was poking out its head. It looked like a beetle, but was the size of a beagle. "Yeesh, I said psssstt," grimaced the beetle. "Don't you know what psssstt means?" No one answered. They were too shocked by this enormous, talking beetle. "It means keep things quiet, ya know?" said the beetle. "On the qt. The down low. Small ball. Mini talkie."

“啊——啊！”他跳回到福吉的怀里。 福吉让他飞离地面大约十英尺。 “你还好吗？”福吉问。 “你被袭击了吗？”“我很好，”维尔说。 “但看。”他指着下面的草地。 一个巨大的虫状生物探出头来。 它看起来像一只甲虫，但却有小猎犬那么大。 “是的，我说过不行。”甲虫做了个鬼脸。 “你不知道pssstt是什么意思吗？”没有人回答。 他们被这只巨大的、会说话的甲虫吓坏了。 “意思是保持安静，你知道吗？”甲虫说。 “On the qt, the down low. ”小的球。 迷你有声电影。”

No one said anything, but Foggy and Vale flew down to the ground to investigate. "See?" said the bug. "Even that. Too loud. You need to take it down a notch. Inside voices. Whisper misters. Soft vocals. The down low." "You said that one already," whispered Abigail. "But why do we have to stay so quiet?" The beetle seemed to laugh at this. "Duh," it whispered. "So you don't wake up the boss. The big cheese. The head honcho. The top dog." "And who is that?" whispered Finn. "Who is the big kahuna?" asked the beetle. "The heavyweight? The muckety-muck and the luckety-luck?" "Yes," sighed Finn. "Who is that?" The beetle took another step out of the grass. Its body was even bigger than they expected. On another day, on another planet, Finn could probably ride it like a pony. "You're telling me you don't know where you are?" asked the beetle. Everyone shook their heads. "You wanna know who the top banana is? You're standing on her."

没有人说什么，但福吉和维尔飞到地上去调查。 “看到了吗？”小虫子说。“即使。 太花哨了。你得放轻松点。 里面的声音。克里斯欢悦地微语着。 柔软的声音。最低谷。” “你已经说过了。”阿比盖尔小声说。 “但是我们为什么要保持沉默呢？”甲虫听了似乎在笑。 “废话，”它低声说。“这样你就不会吵醒老板了。 大人物。老大。 最好的狗。”“那是谁？”芬恩小声问。 “谁是大卡胡纳？”甲虫问。 “重量级的?倒霉蛋和倒霉蛋？”“是的，”芬恩叹了口气。 “那是谁？”甲虫又从草丛中迈出了一步。 它的身体比他们想象的还要大。 在另一个星球上的另一天，芬恩可能会像骑小马一样骑它。 “你是说你不知道你在哪里？”甲虫问。 每个人都摇了摇头。 “你想知道谁是老大吗？” 你站在她身上了。”

The explorers all looked at each other, and then down at the ground. The turf was rough and brown, but it wasn't that strange. They'd been on much weirder planets. Vale picked up his foot and looked at the bottom of his shoe as if he were checking for dog

探险者们面面相觑，然后低头看着地面。 草皮粗糙，呈褐色，但并不奇怪。 他们去过更奇怪的星球。 维尔抬起脚，看了看鞋底，好像在检查有没有狗

poop. "Is she like you?" asked Elias. "Is she a... um." Elias caught himself. The beetle probably didn't think of itself as a bug. "A bug?" asked the beetle. "No. Saphrite is not a bug. Saphrite is the planet eater, the colossus, the giant that all giants fear." "I'm sorry," said Foggy. "Who is this Saphrite?" "Yeah," said Finn. "And where is she, exactly?" "Oh, I see," said the beetle. "You really don't know. Bubs, you're not standing on a planet. You're standing on Saphrite. She is this planet."

便便。“她像你吗？”以利亚问。 “她是……嗯。”伊莱亚斯抓住了自己。 甲虫可能不认为自己是虫子。 “一只虫子？”甲虫问。 “没有。蓝宝石不是虫子。 蓝宝石是吞噬星球的巨人，是所有巨人都害怕的巨人。” “对不起，”福吉说。“这个蓝宝石是谁？”“是的，”芬恩说。 “她到底在哪儿？”“哦，我明白了，”甲虫说。 “你真的不知道。巴布斯，你又不是站在星球上。 你站在蓝宝石上。 她就是这个星球。”