8 DUTY CALLS

CHAPTER EIGHT DUTY CALLS "This just in," the newscaster on the TV said. "Reports are coming in that a strange new disease is turning people into toads." Igor sat up straight and stared at the TV. Franny just shrugged. She didn't feel anything. "Meh," she said. "It's probably my fault."

“这是最新消息，”电视新闻播音员说。 “有报道说，一种奇怪的新疾病正在把人变成蟾蜍。” 伊戈尔坐直了身子，盯着电视。 弗兰妮只是耸耸肩。她没有任何感觉。 “嗯，”她说。“可能是我的错。”

"Scientists have shared this sketch," the newscaster said. "They believe that the illness may have started with this toad, which seems to have been infected with a highly contagious virus."

“科学家们分享了这张草图，”新闻播音员说。 “他们认为这种疾病可能是从这只蟾蜍开始的，它似乎感染了一种高度传染性的病毒。”

Igor recognized it as the toad Franny had created. He ran to look in the bowl where she'd kept it. She had broken the bowl during her tantrum, along with the test tube that had held her virus.

伊戈尔认出那是弗兰尼创造的蟾蜍。 他跑去看她放它的碗。 她在发脾气时打碎了碗，还有装着她的病毒的试管。

"Yes, Igor," she said with a yawn. "I'm way ahead of you. That escaped toad of mine must have caught that virus I created and it mutated. I've probably accidentally

“是的，伊戈尔，”她打了个哈欠说。 “我早在你前面了。我那只逃跑的蟾蜍一定是感染了我制造的病毒然后变异了。 我可能不小心

released a horrible thing into the world. I suppose it's going to end pretty badly. "Sometimes I wonder if leaving weird viruses just lying around might not be a good idea." Igor held up the broken bowl the toad had been kept in.

向世界释放了一个可怕的东西。 我想结局会很糟糕。 “有时我在想，把奇怪的病毒扔在地上是不是一个好主意。” 伊戈尔举起了装蟾蜍的破碗。

"Look—lots of things I make can be an eensy-weensy bit life-threatening. That's just the way it is." The TV began to show scary pictures of people turning into toads. "See? You see there?" she said, pointing weakly at the screen. "They look just like my toad. Yes, this is definitely

“瞧，我做的很多东西都有一点点危及生命的危险。 事情就是这样。” 电视开始播放人们变成蟾蜍的可怕画面。 “看到了吗?你看到了吗？”她虚弱地指着屏幕说。 “它们看起来就像我的蟾蜍。 是的，这绝对是