9 Check Out the Big Brain

Chapter Nine Check Out the Big Brain Each stomach brought a new surprise. They bounced through a rubber stomach, dodged flying meatballs in another, and made friends with little hippopotamus creatures, but refused their offer of tea. By the time they had moved through at least twenty stomachs, Finn and Elias were almost too weak to walk. Sweat was pouring down Abigail's face. She wouldn't admit it, but she had started to feel sick, too. "Jern, how much farther to the prison stomach?" said Abigail. "We need to get there and get out." "You're telling me," said Jern. "Three of my legs have gone tingly. I think Saphrite is even

每个胃都带来了新的惊喜。 他们在一个橡胶胃里蹦来蹦去，躲避另一个橡胶胃里飞来飞去的肉丸子，和小河马交朋友，但拒绝了它们请他们喝茶。 当他们走过至少二十个胃的时候，芬恩和伊莱亚斯几乎虚弱得走不动路了。 汗从阿比盖尔的脸上淌下来。 她不愿承认，但她也开始觉得不舒服了。 “珍，离监狱肚子还有多远？”阿比盖尔问。 “我们需要到达那里，然后离开。” “是你告诉我的，”珍说。 “我的三条腿刺痛了。 我想蓝宝石是偶数

getting to old Cool Franky." "No one's calling you Cool Franky, Jern," said Vale, who was the one explorer who didn't feel sick at all. "Come on, guys. Let's just keep going and we'll get there. I know it." "That's your plan?" said Finn, who was leaning heavily on Foggy. "Absolutely," said Vale. "It's foolproof!" After several more stomachs, they turned into a new cave and immediately ran into a big, squishy, squiggly blob. "Oh, hello," it said as the explorers tried to back out of the room. "Sorry, sorry," said Abigail as they shuffled back. "Wrong number." "You must be the little aliens everyone in here is so inflamed over," said the blob. It didn't move, and they couldn't see any eyes or a mouth on it. But when it spoke, little sparks and lightning bolts seemed to dart across it from side to side. "I suppose I should sound the alarm, tell everyone you're here. Call down those awful antibody ants."

变成老酷弗兰克了。” “没人叫你酷弗兰克，简，”瓦尔说，他是唯一一个完全不觉得恶心的探险家。 “来吧，伙计们。我们继续前进，我们会到达那里的。 我知道。”“这就是你的计划？”芬恩说，他重重地靠在福吉身上。 “当然，”瓦尔说。“这是万无一失!”又吃了几口后，他们进入了一个新的洞穴，马上就遇到了一个又大又软的、歪歪扭扭的东西。 “哦，你好，”当探险者们试图退出房间时，它说。 “对不起，对不起。”他们拖着脚步往回走时，阿比盖尔说。 “打错了”。“你们一定是这里所有人都为之激动的小外星人吧。” 它没有动，他们看不到它的眼睛和嘴巴。 但当它说话的时候，小火花和闪电似乎从它的一边射到另一边。 “我想我应该拉响警报，告诉大家你来了。 把那些可怕的抗体蚂蚁叫下来。”

"No, wait!" said Abigail. "We really need your help." "My help?" the blob laughed. "No one ever listens to me. I'm just the sixteenth brain. Not good for anything but overseeing Saphrite's toes." Every time the blob spoke, more electricity shot across it. The explorers could see that it really was a brain—crammed into this smaller cave like it was forgotten. But its blue, puffy folds definitely looked like the drawings of brains they had seen in books.

“不，等等！”阿比盖尔说。“我们真的需要你的帮助。” “我的帮助？” “从来没有人听我的。 我只是第16个大脑。 除了监督蓝宝石的脚趾，什么都不好。” 这个斑点每说话一次，就会有更多的电穿过它。 探险者们可以看到，在这个小洞里塞满了大脑，就像被遗忘了一样。 但它的蓝色、蓬松的褶皱绝对像他们在书中看到的大脑图画。

"We don't mean any harm to Saphrite," said Finn. "We're just looking for a way out of here." "This isn't the zoo, dear," said the brain. "You can't just go to security when you get separated from your parents. There's no way out. And if you're getting sick, that just means you're being digested. You won't last much longer." "No way," said Vale. "We're not food. We'd just end up causing Saphrite heartburn." The brain seemed to consider this. Tiny lightning bolts flew across the cave, and the explorers all ducked and covered their heads. "Interesting!" A giant spark shot from one side of the brain to the other, shocking Foggy as he flew up to get a better look. He returned to the ground with the rest of the troop, smoking slightly. "Do your brains do this, too?" Foggy asked Finn. "I feel all sparkly." "I don't think our brains are this stormy," whispered Finn. "I feel tingly, too," said the brain. "I didn't expect my thought to go through you like that. You're different, aren't you?" "Duh, he's a robot," said Vale. He looked back at his friends. "Some brain on this brain."

芬恩说：“我们并不想伤害蓝蓝宝石。” “我们只是在找一条出去的路。” “亲爱的，这里不是动物园，”大脑说。 “当你和父母走散时，你不能直接去找保安。 没有出路了。如果你生病了，那就意味着你正在被消化。 你撑不了多久了。” “不可能，”维尔说。“我们不是食物。 我们只会让萨芙丽心痛。” 大脑似乎考虑到了这一点。 微小的闪电飞过洞穴，探险者们都躲了起来，遮住了自己的头。 “有意思!”一个巨大的火花从大脑的一边射到另一边，把福吉吓了一跳，他飞起来想看得更清楚些。 他和其他人一起回到地上，微微抽着烟。 “你的大脑也这么做吗？”福吉问芬恩。 “我觉得自己闪闪发光。”“我不认为我们的大脑会如此狂暴。”芬恩低声说。 “我也觉得有刺痛感，”大脑说。 “我没想到我的思想会这样穿过你。 你不一样了，是不是？”“哼，他是个机器人，”瓦尔说。 他回头看看他的朋友们。 “这个脑子里有些脑子。”

"Hmmmmm," said the brain. A quick bolt of electricity shot out and zapped Vale's foot. "Yeowch!" shouted Vale. "Sorry," said the brain. "Had to check if you were a robot, too." Finn laughed. He was pretty sure the brain meant to do that.

“嗯，”大脑说。一道快速的电光射了出来，击中了维尔的脚。 “耶——耶！”“对不起，”大脑说。 “还得检查你是不是机器人。” 芬恩笑了。他很确定大脑会这么做。