Hiya! My name Thudd. Best robot friend of Drewd. Thudd know lots of stuff. Why ocean is salty. How octopus change color. Why continents always moving.
Drewd like to invent stuff. Thudd help! Now Drewd help Uncle Al make new underwater invention. Oop! Accident happen! Adventure happen! Want to come along? Look for giant squid? Turn page, please!
ANDREWS WORLD
Andrew Dubble
Andrew is ten years old, but hes been inventing things since he was four. Some of his inventions have gotten him into trouble, like the time he shrunk himself, his cousin Judy, and his little silver robot Thudd down to microscopic size with the Atom Sucker.
Andrew is in hot water again. He fooled around with his Uncle Als underwater vehicle, the Water Bug. Now Andrew, Judy, and Thudd are about to be eaten by a whale!
Judy Dubble
Judy is Andrews thirteen-year-old cousin. She thought she was too smart to let Andrew drag her into another crazy adventure. But that was before he showed her the Water Bug. Now shes busy trying to save giant squids!
Thudd
The Handy Ultra-Digital Detective. Thudd is a super-smart robot and Andrews best friend. Thudd must never get wet. If he does, his thought chips could get soggy. But Andrew, Judy, and Thudd had to go outside the Water Bug to fix it. Will Thudd stay dry?
Uncle Al
Andrew and Judys uncle is a top-secret scientist. He invented Thudd and the Water Bug. Uncle Al is worried about Andrew, Judy, and Thudd. Hes finishing up a new underwater vehicle called the See Horse so that he can rescue them!
The Water Bug
It used to be an old Volkswagen Beetle until Uncle Al turned it into a submarine. Andrew, Judy, and Thudd are pretty safe when theyre inside it. Too bad they had to get out
Soggy Bob Sloggins
This bad guy of the sea is building Animal Universe, the biggest theme park in the world. But Soggy Bob doesnt care about the animals. He hung a sign above the aquarium in Squid World. It says SOGGY BOBS GIANT SQUIDWICHESCOMING SOON !
Now Soggy Bob is after Andrew, Judy, and Thudd, too. Will they be able to stop Soggy Bob from turning giant squids into giant snacks? Or will Soggy Bob get them into the biggest Dubble trouble ever?
A WHALE OF A PROBLEM
YOWZERS! yelled Andrew as he floated under the shadowy green water. His eyes bugged out. Something that looked like a blue-gray submarine was swimming toward him and his cousin Judy. Its mouth was as big as a garage!
Swarms of pink shrimp creatures swirled around them. The monster mouth swooped closer.
Cheese Louise! yelled Judy. Its coming right at us!
Her eyes were wide behind the face mask of her Bubble Duds underwater suit.
meep Blue whale! came a squeaky voice from a pocket of Andrews Bubble Duds. It was Andrews little silver robot friend, Thudd.
meep Blue whale big, big, big! said Thudd. Big as six brontosaurs! Big as twenty-five elephants! Long as three school buses!
Oooooooaaaaaaaaaaauuu! came a huge sound through the special headphones in the helmet of Andrews Bubble Duds. The Bubble Duds headphones picked up every sound, even some that humans couldnt usually hear.
Andrew could feel the sound, too. It shook him from his head to his toes.
Judy dove under the Water Bug. The Water Bug was an underwater vehicle made from an old Volkswagen Beetle.
Andrew! yelled Judy. Get back into the Water Bug right now. That whale is going to eat us!
meep Drewd and Oody too big for blue whale to eat, said Thudd. Blue whale eat tiny shrimpy stuff.
Thudd pointed to the little pink creatures all around them. Called krill, said Thudd.
Andrew dove under the Water Bug. He tried to find the button to get them back inside. But the gigantic mouth and its blubbery lips were just inches away!
Noooo! yelled Judy.
Holy moly! yelled Andrew.
Noooop! squeaked Thudd.
The mouth swooshed up a swimming pool-sized gulp of waterand Andrew, Judy Thudd, and the Water Bug with it!
Just like that, they were inside the biggest mouth in the world. The rushing water tumbled and tossed them toward the darkness at the back.
Andrew whammed into something bouncy as a trampoline.
meep Whale tongue! said Thudd.
Wowzers! said Andrew. It looks like a big gray sofa pillow, but its longer than my living room!
meep Blue whale tongue weigh more than hippopotamus! said Thudd.
Andrew clung to the side of the tongue and looked around. Judy had disappeared! And he couldnt see the Water Bug anywhere. He tried to pull himself toward the front of the mouth, but water kept pouring in and pushing him back.
Judy! he yelled.
Up here, Bug-Brain! came Judys voice.