3 I’LL BET THE PEPPERONI BUTTONS ARE GOOD

CHAPTER THREE I'LL BET THE PEPPERONI BUTTONS ARE GOOD A couple of days had passed, and Franny hadn't been able to think of anything except how mean she had been to Igor. She remembered how Igor had always supported her experiments, even when he didn't really think they were a good idea. She thought back about how earlier that week he had helped out when she tried to develop a virus that would make people feel good all the time, instead of bad. "I mean, think about it. Why do viruses always have to be bad? Smiles are contagious. Laughter is contagious. People should be able to catch all sorts of good things."

第三章我敢打赌意大利辣香肠的纽扣一定很好吃。几天过去了，弗兰妮脑子里想的除了她对伊戈尔是多么刻薄之外，别的什么也想不起来。 她记得伊戈尔总是支持她的实验，即使他并不认为这是个好主意。 她回想起那个星期早些时候，当她试图开发一种能让人一直感觉良好而不是糟糕的病毒时，他是如何帮忙的。 “我的意思是，想想看。为什么病毒总是坏的？ 微笑是会传染的。笑声是会传染的。 人们应该能够捕捉到各种各样的好东西。”

Igor nodded in agreement, even though he had no idea what he was agreeing to.

伊戈尔点头表示同意，尽管他不知道自己同意了什么。

She remembered how, a few days before that, he had assisted her when she tried to develop a breed of attractive and wart-free toads so that people would want them as pets. "Personally, I kind of like warts," Franny said. "But not everybody does. "And toads would be great for people to have around. They eat bugs that bother us, like flies and mosquitos. And you know those can get in anywhere!"

她记得在那之前的几天，他是如何帮助她培育一种既漂亮又没有疣的蟾蜍，让人们想要它们当宠物的。 “就我个人而言，我有点喜欢疣，”弗兰尼说。 但并不是每个人都这样。“蟾蜍对人们来说是件好事。 它们吃那些打扰我们的虫子，比如苍蝇和蚊子。 你知道那些东西可以进任何地方！”

She thought back to when he had helped her attempt to make clothes out of pizza so that when they got dirty,

她回想起他帮她用披萨做衣服的时候，这样当披萨弄脏了，

you could just eat them instead of having to wash them. Actually, Igor thought this one was a terrific idea: From time to time he enjoyed eating nonpizza clothes, especially socks. "He's always been a great assistant to me," Franny said. "I should have been nicer.

你可以直接吃而不用洗。 事实上，伊戈尔认为这是一个很棒的主意：有时他喜欢吃非披萨的衣服，尤其是袜子。 “他一直是我的得力助手，”弗兰尼说。 “我应该对他好一点。

"I have to make this up to him. I'll do something silly to make him laugh," she said, and she got to work right away. It didn't take her very long to finish his gift. "He's going to love this!" she shouted, and ran to find him. "Look, Igor! I wanted to apologize, so I made this for you!" Igor just stared at it.

“我必须补偿他。 我要做点傻事逗他笑，”她说，然后马上开始工作。 她没花很长时间就完成了他的礼物。 “他会喜欢这个的！”她喊道，然后跑去找他。 “看,Igor !我想向你道歉，所以我做了这个给你！”伊戈尔只是盯着它看。