17 The bug safari

Winnie AND Wilbur THE BUG SAFARI

女巫温妮与威尔伯 小虫寻踪之旅

Winnie the Witch and her big black cat Wilbur were having a picnic in the garden. Winnie took a big bite out of her muffin and crumbs dropped into the grass. Ants rushed to collect them, and Winnie bent down to watch. "Look at those ants, Wilbur," Winnie said. "The crumbs they are carrying are bigger than they are. Isn't that amazing?" Winnie lay in the grass to watch the ants.

女巫温妮和她的大黑猫威尔伯正在花园里野餐。 温妮咬了一大口松饼，蛋糕屑掉进了草地里。 蚂蚁们赶紧跑来搬蛋糕屑，温妮弯下腰看着它们。 “快看这些蚂蚁，威尔伯，”温妮说。 “它们搬的面包屑比自己还要大呢。 这是不是太神奇啦？” 温妮躺在草地上看蚂蚁。

A shiny red beetle pounced on a crumb and ate it. Then a red and yellow caterpillar with green spikes and purple spots came crawling along. "Blithering broomsticks," Winnie said. "That's an incredible caterpillar, Wilbur." That is an incredible caterpillar, thought Wilbur. I wonder what it tastes like? "Wouldn't it be fun to be as small as bugs, Wilbur?" said Winnie. "Then we could really see what they are doing." "Meow," said Wilbur. He didn't think that would be fun. Then Winnie had a very good idea. Well, she had an idea. She waved her magic wand, shouted, "Abracadabra!"

一只油亮的红扑到面包屑上，把它吃掉了。 接着，一只有着绿色尖刺、紫色斑点的红黄毛毛虫爬了过来。 “哎呀我的扫帚！”温妮惊叹道， “这只毛毛虫太不可思议了，威尔伯。” 这只毛毛虫真的太不可思议了，威尔伯心想。 不知道它尝起来是什么味道呢？ “要是我们能变得和虫子一样小，肯定很好玩对不对，威尔伯？”温妮说。 “那样我们就能真真切切看到它们在做什么啦。” “喵。”威尔伯叫了一声。 他可不觉得这会好玩。 接着温妮想到了一个好点子。 好吧，她想到了一个点子。 她挥起魔法棒，大喊一声：“阿布拉卡达布拉！”

and Winnie and Wilbur were tiny. Wilbur was really, really tiny. "Meow," said Wilbur. Well, it was more like "meow'. He was frightened. The ants looked big. The beetle looked huge. The caterpillar looked enormous. I hope it doesn't eat me, Wilbur thought. The ants were busily carrying the crumbs to their nest. Some of them ran across Wilbur's tail. "Meow," cried Wilbur. He didn't like ants running across his tail.

话音刚落，温妮和威尔伯就变小了。 威尔伯变得真的真的特别小。 “喵。”威尔伯叫了一声。 哦，那声音细得几乎听不见了。 他害怕极了。 蚂蚁看起来都变大了。 甲虫看起来大得吓人。 毛毛虫看起来更是巨大无比。 可千万别吃我呀，威尔伯心想。 蚂蚁们正忙着把面包屑搬回自己的巢穴。 有几只蚂蚁从威尔伯的尾巴上跑了过去。 “喵呜！”威尔伯叫了出来。 他可不喜欢蚂蚁从自己尾巴上跑过去。

"Look out, Wilbur," squeaked Winnie in her tiny voice. "Mind your tail! There's a centipede coming!" Too late. "Meow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow," cried poor Wilbur. The shiny red beetle was watching them. Did beetles eat tiny witches and really, really tiny cats? No, luckily they liked muffin crumbs.

“小心点，威尔伯，”温妮用 tiny 的小声音 squeak 着说，不对——“小心点，威尔伯，”温妮用细细的小声音吱声叫道， “看好你的尾巴！ 有只蜈蚣过来啦！” 可惜已经晚了。 “喵嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷，嗷！”可怜的威尔伯叫个不停。 那只油亮的红甲虫正看着他们。 甲虫会吃小小的女巫和真的特别小的猫吗？ 不会，幸好它只喜欢吃松饼屑。

Tweet, tweet, tweet. A bird landed in the grass. It was looking for its lunch. A nice fat worm? Or a tiny witch and a really, really tiny cat?

啾，啾，啾。 一只小鸟落在草地上。 它正在找午餐吃。 找一只肥美的虫子？ 还是找小小的女巫和真的特别小的猫呢？