9 KEEPING YOUR FEELINGS TO YOURSELF

CHAPTER NINE KEEPING YOUR FEELINGS TO YOURSELF Franny put some horrifying traps and chains on the table. "What are these for?" Duty-Fran asked. "To catch them," Franny said, adding a strange device to the pile. "This is a paralyzing ray. After I blast them, we can stick them in this bag." "No, no, no," Duty-Fran said, shaking her head. "I'm afraid your lack of feelings has made you a little heartless. We can just talk to them."

弗兰尼在桌子上放了一些可怕的陷阱和锁链。 “这些是干什么用的？”Duty-Fran问道。 “为了抓住他们，”弗兰尼说着，又往那堆东西里加了一个奇怪的装置。 “这是一种使人瘫痪的射线。 等我炸了它们，我们可以把它们放进这个袋子里。” “不，不，不，”Duty-Fran摇着头说。 “我担心你缺乏感情使你有点无情。 我们可以和他们谈谈。”

"I have a device you can strap onto your mouth that will make your voice painful to listen to when you talk. Will that help?" Franny asked. "Maybe some other time," Duty-Fran said. "For now we'll just talk regularly." As they headed outside, they passed a toad hopping around in the kitchen. "I guess that's my mom," Franny said. "I'll bet that's why nobody stopped me from watching TV all week." "What?" Duty-Fran cried. "YOUR MOM? That's terrible!"

“我有一个装置，你可以把它绑在嘴里，当你说话的时候，它会让你的声音听起来很痛苦。 这有帮助吗？”弗兰妮问道。 “也许改天吧，”Duty-Fran说。 “现在我们只是定期交谈。” 他们出门时，路过一只在厨房里跳来跳去的蟾蜍。 “我猜那是我妈妈，”弗兰尼说。 “我敢打赌，这就是为什么整个星期都没人阻止我看电视的原因。” “什么?”Duty-Fran哭了。“你妈妈? 太可怕了!”

"I'll have to take your word for that," Franny said. "Because I'm really not feelin' it." "We have to hurry!" Duty-Fran said, pulling Franny along by the wrist.

“我相信你的话，”弗兰尼说。 “因为我真的感觉不到。” “我们得快点了！”责任弗兰拉着弗兰妮的手腕说。

They soon found Angry-Fran out behind the garage, breaking bottles. They watched as she picked one up, smashed it, and then yelled at it for breaking so easily.

他们很快就发现愤怒的弗兰在车库后面打碎瓶子。 他们看着她捡起一个，把它砸碎，然后对它大喊大叫，因为它这么容易碎。

"You deserve to be broken!," she yelled at it. "I wish I had broken you a long time ago." Duty-Fran stepped up. "We need you to come with us," she said. "Forget it. I like being out here on my own, expressing my feelings—I only have the one, but I like to express it." "Okay," Duty-Fran said. "We wouldn't want to make you mad." And they started to walk away.

“你活该被打破！”她朝它喊道。 “我真希望我很久以前就把你打倒了。” Duty-Fran站了起来。“我们需要你和我们一起去，”她说。 “算了吧。我喜欢一个人待在这里，表达我的感受——我只有一个，但我喜欢表达它。” “好的，”Duty-Fran说。“我们可不想惹你生气。” 然后他们开始走开。

"Wait. I don't mind being mad," Angry-Fran growled. "Yes, of course, but this is the type of thing that will really make you lose it."

”等。我不介意生气。”愤怒的弗兰咆哮道。 “是的，当然，但这种事情真的会让你失去理智。”