5 What Could Be Verse

CHAPTER FIVE WHAT COULD BE VERSE Franny sat in class listening to her teacher, Miss Shelly. "Now, remember that we'll be celebrating something special at the end of the week," Miss Shelly said. "You'll need to have valentines ready to share." Franny raised her hand. "Miss Shelly, what are valentines?"

第五章可能是诗弗兰妮坐在教室里听她的老师谢利小姐讲课。 “现在，记住我们在周末要庆祝一个特别的事情，”谢利小姐说。 “你需要准备好情人节礼物来分享。” 弗兰妮举起了手。“雪莉小姐，情人节是什么？”

Miss Shelly never understood how Franny could know so much about weird things but so little about normal things. Franny felt the same way about Miss Shelly. The simple truth was that Franny, like most geniuses, studied the things she loved and didn't pay much attention to anything else, including holidays. "A valentine is an expression of friendship or love," Miss Shelly began.

雪莉小姐一直不明白，为什么弗兰尼对奇怪的事情知道那么多，对正常的事情却知道那么少。 弗兰妮对谢利小姐也有同样的感觉。 事实很简单，弗兰妮和大多数天才一样，只研究自己喜欢的东西，对其他事情不怎么关心，包括假期。 “情人节贺卡是友谊或爱情的表达，”谢利小姐开始说。

"Like for your mom?" Franny asked. "Well, sure. You can send your mom a valentine. But valentines also celebrate love for those other than your parents."

“比如给你妈妈？”弗兰妮问道。 “嗯,当然。你可以给你妈妈送个情人节贺卡。 但情人节也会为父母以外的人庆祝爱。”

"I'm not sure I understand," Franny said. "Here's an example of something you might write on one," Miss Shelly continued. "'Roses are red. Violets are blue. Sugar is sweet, and so are you.'" "And I write this on every valentine?" Franny asked. "No, no," said Miss Shelly. "You try to personalize them. You know, express your feelings about the person." "Okay. You're the boss," Franny said, although she had no idea what Miss Shelly was talking about.

“我不太明白，”弗兰妮说。 “这里有一个你可以写在纸上的例子，”谢利小姐继续说。 “玫瑰是红色的。紫罗兰是蓝色的。 糖是甜的，你也是。’”“我在每个情人节都这样写吗？”弗兰妮问道。 “不，不，”雪莉小姐说。 “你试图让他们个性化。 你知道，表达你对这个人的感觉。” “好吧。你说了算，”弗兰妮说，虽然她不知道谢利小姐在说什么。