1 Franny’s House

CHAPTER ONE FRANNY'S HOUSE The Stein family lived in the pretty pink house with lovely purple shutters down at the end of Daffodil Street. Everything about the house was bright and cheery. Everything, that is, except the upstairs bedroom with the tiny round window.

第一章弗兰妮的房子斯坦一家住在水仙花街尽头那幢漂亮的粉红色房子里，房子里有可爱的紫色百叶窗。 房子里的一切都是明亮而愉快的。 除了楼上那间带着小圆窗的卧室以外，什么都有。

That room belonged to Franny K. Stein, and she liked to keep it dark, and spooky, and creepy. Every few days her mother would come in and redecorate Franny's bedroom with daisies, and lilacs, and pictures of lovely horses. It would always look so sweet and pretty. But by the very next day Franny would somehow manage to make it look dark, and creepy, and spooky again. That was how she liked it-like a dungeon, complete with giant spiders and bats.

那个房间是弗兰妮·K的。 斯泰因，她喜欢把它弄得黑暗，诡异，令人毛骨悚然。 每隔几天，她的母亲就会进来，用雏菊、紫丁香和可爱的马的画重新装饰弗兰尼的卧室。 它看起来总是那么甜蜜和美丽。 但就在第二天，弗兰尼又设法把它弄得又黑又吓人。 这就是她喜欢的地方——像个地牢，到处都是巨大的蜘蛛和蝙蝠。

"Bats! Where does she get bats?" her mother would ask when she saw Franny's room. "Is there a bat store around here or something?" Of course there wasn't a bat store around. The bats just kept showing up. The bats liked Franny's room, and Franny liked the bats. "They're like rats with pterodactyl wings," she'd say. "What's not to like?"

“蝙蝠!她从哪儿弄来的蝙蝠？”她妈妈看到弗兰尼的房间就会问。 “这附近有蝙蝠店之类的吗？”当然附近没有蝙蝠店。 蝙蝠不停地出现。 蝙蝠喜欢弗兰尼的房间，弗兰尼也喜欢蝙蝠。 “他们就像长着翼龙翅膀的老鼠，”她说。 “有什么不喜欢的呢？”