5 Slippery Slope

Chapter Five Slippery Slope None of the explorers liked to talk about what happened next. Taking a bath in planet-eater spit feels about as good as taking a bath in frog spit. Or crocodile spit. Or hippo spit. Spit baths are no fun, is the point. Which is what made Foggy's behavior so strange. "Um, what is your robot doing, exactly?" said Elias. A white light beamed up from Foggy's chest and pointed at the roof of Saphrite's mouth. It moved around in a circle, like a searchlight. "He's looking for a way out, I think," said Finn. "No, he isn't," said Abigail. "He's doing the backstroke."

没有一个探险者愿意谈论接下来发生的事情。 在食星人的唾液中洗澡的感觉和在青蛙的唾液中洗澡一样好。 或者鳄鱼的口水。或者是河马的口水。 吐痰浴一点都不好玩，这才是重点。 所以福吉的行为才那么奇怪。 “嗯，你的机器人到底在做什么？” 一束白光从福吉的胸口射出，对准了蓝宝石的上颚。 它像探照灯一样绕着圈子移动。 “我想他是在寻找出路，”芬恩说。 “不，他不是。”阿比盖尔说。 “他在做仰泳。”

It was true. Foggy was floating on his back in the pool of alien saliva. With a kick and a flutter of his arms, he skimmed from one side of Saphrite's mouth to another. "It's really fun, isn't it?" asked Foggy. "Ugh, I'm so jealous," said Vale. "Now Foggy is going to be known as the first explorer to ever backstroke in alien spit." "What is it with you?" said Finn. "Why are you so obsessed with—Oh no. Oh no, no, no."

这是真的。福吉仰面漂浮在外星人的唾液池里。 他踢了一脚，挥舞着双臂，从莎芙丽的嘴的一边跳到另一边。 “这真的很有趣，不是吗？”福吉问。 “啊，我太嫉妒了，”瓦尔说。 “现在，福吉将成为第一个在外星人的唾液中仰泳的探险家。” “你怎么了？”芬恩说。 “你为什么这么痴迷于——哦，不。 哦，不，不，不。”

Before Finn could finish his thought, he felt something pull at his foot. They all did. Because as Finn spoke, Saphrite decided it was time to swallow them. Being swallowed by a giant alien was like standing in line for the biggest water slide at the biggest water park in the universe. And then someone pushes you down the slide. And then instead of water on the slide, it's a whole lot of mucus. All you can do is hold your breath and try not to scream. When they landed in Saphrite's stomach, the explorers looked like they had been dragged through yellow mud. Foggy wiped the muck from the light in his chest and turned it up brighter. The explorers all glanced at each other. Their eyes peeked out of the muck. And they silently agreed they would never speak of this again.

芬恩还没来得及想完，就感到有什么东西在拉他的脚。 他们都这么做了。因为芬恩说话的时候，蓝宝石决定是时候吞下他们了。 被一个巨大的外星人吞下就像在宇宙中最大的水上公园排队玩最大的滑水道一样。 然后有人把你推下滑梯。 然后滑梯上的不是水，而是一大堆粘液。 你所能做的就是屏住呼吸，尽量不要尖叫。 当他们降落在蓝宝石号的胃里时，探险者们看起来就像被拖过黄泥一样。 福吉擦去胸前灯光上的污垢，把它调得更亮。 探险者们都面面相觑。 他们的眼睛从淤泥中探出头来。 他们默默地同意再也不提这件事了。

"So, Vale," said Finn. "You know I love you. But maybe someone else should take the lead?" "What do you mean?" said Vale. "We're alive because of me. Your sergeant-at-arms has kept you safe this entire time." "If we ignore the fact that you're the one who awakened Saphrite in the first place," said Foggy. "Exactly!" said Vale triumphantly. "Foggy gets it." "Okay, so we need a plan," said Finn. "We went from being on the most boring planet ever to being inside the biggest alien ever. How are we going to get out?" "I hate to be the one to say it," said Foggy. "Please, excuse me. This is not appropriate. But most life-forms... you truly have only two ways out. As far as I know." "What do you mean?" said Vale. "Well, there's the way we came in," said Foggy. "Yeah?" said Vale. "And then," said Foggy. "Oh, don't make me say it." "It's okay, Foggy," said Finn. "We're inside Saphrite, but we're also inside a planet. So there

“那么，瓦尔，”芬恩说。“你知道我爱你。 但也许应该由别人来带头？”“你这是什么意思？” “我们因为我才活下来。 你的警卫一直在保护你的安全。” “如果我们忽略了你是最初唤醒蓝宝石的人这个事实的话。”福吉说。 “完全正确！” “福吉明白了。”“好吧，所以我们需要一个计划，”芬恩说。 “我们从有史以来最无聊的星球变成了有史以来最大的外星人。 我们怎么出去呢？”“我也不想这么说，”福吉说。 “请原谅我。这是不合适的。 但大多数生命形式……你真的只有两条路可走。 据我所知。”“你这是什么意思？” “嗯，这是我们进来的路。”福吉说。 “是吗？”“然后，”福吉说。 “哦，别逼我说。” “没事的，福吉，”芬恩说。 “我们在蓝宝石里，但我们也在一个星球里。 所以

has to be more than a couple ways out of here." "That's right," said Elias. "We need a status report. Foggy, what part of Saphrite are we in?" Foggy cast his light around the space. It looked like a giant cavern. "I can tell you," said a voice behind them. It was the beetle. "Whoa, what are you doing here?" asked Elias. "Well, truth be told, Saphrite swallowed some friends of mine a couple days ago," said the beetle. "And I want to get them back. Saphrite had no right to do that. So I thought, maybe I can help you jamokes, and you can help me. You know, lend a hand. Loan a foot. Sign over a tooth or two. You know."

出去的路肯定不止两条。” “没错，”伊莱亚斯说。 “我们需要一份状态报告。福吉，我们现在是在蓝宝石的哪个区域？”弗格把他的光投射到四周。 它看起来像一个巨大的洞穴。 “我可以告诉你们。”一个声音在他们身后说。 是甲虫。“哇，你在这儿干什么？”以利亚问。 “嗯，说实话，蓝宝石几天前吞了我的几个朋友，”甲虫说。 “我想把它们找回来。 蓝宝石无权这么做。 所以我想，也许我能帮你，你也能帮我。 你知道，伸出援助之手。借一只脚。 签下一两颗牙齿。你知道的。”