15 Is There an Echo

CHAPTER FIFTEEN IS THERE AN ECHO IN HERE? IS THERE AN ECHO IN HERE? I'll bet this is because I made my middle name too extreme," Franny whispered. "The name Kaboom is like an explosion. This version of me grew up with a name that sounded like utter destruction."

第十五章这里有回音吗？ 这里有回声吗？我敢打赌，这是因为我把我的中间名取得太极端了。”弗兰妮低声说。 “Kaboom这个名字就像爆炸一样。 这个版本的我从小就有一个听起来像是彻底毁灭的名字。”

Teen Franny rummaged through a trunk. "Here it is," she said, and she showed it to Franny: Behind some cracked glass was the certificate from the Science Fair made out to Franny Kaboom Stein. Teen Franny turned up her Monster Multiplier, and the monsters started popping out faster and faster.

十几岁的弗兰妮翻遍了一个箱子。 “在这儿，”她说着，把它拿给弗兰妮看。在一些破碎的玻璃后面，是科学博览会的证书，是写给弗兰妮·卡布姆·斯坦的。 十几岁的弗兰妮打开了她的怪物倍增器，怪物开始越来越快地跳出来。

"You asked me why I'm doing this, kid. It was because they laughed. They laughed at my middle name, and they laughed at me." Franny thought, Wait a second. They laughed at the name "Kissypie," but I had no idea that they would laugh at the name "Kaboom." They would have laughed at "Kismet" or "Khufu" or "Kidney." This had nothing to do with the name.

“你问我为什么这么做，孩子。 那是因为他们笑了。 他们嘲笑我的中间名，也嘲笑我。” 弗兰妮想，等一下。 他们嘲笑“接吻派”这个名字，但我不知道他们会嘲笑“爆炸”这个名字。 他们会嘲笑“天命”或“胡夫”或“肾”。 这与名字无关。

Teen Franny spoke through clenched teeth. "The most important thing is that nobody will laugh at us again. There is nothing worse than being laughed at."

十几岁的弗兰妮咬紧牙关说。 “最重要的是没有人会再嘲笑我们了。 没有什么比被人嘲笑更糟糕的了。”

Those were Franny's precise words coming back to haunt her. That was exactly what she had told herself as a baby. Suddenly Franny understood that none of this was about changing her name to Kaboom. This was all because of what she had said to Baby Franny about laughing. Teen Franny looked out the window as her monsters began tearing the neighbors' homes to pieces, and she smiled an evil smile. Franny said to herself, "Think! Think! Think!"

这正是弗兰妮说过的话，现在却在她心头萦绕。 这正是她小时候对自己说过的话。 突然间，弗兰妮明白了这一切都不是为了把她的名字改成Kaboom。 这都是因为她对弗兰尼宝宝说过关于笑的事。 十几岁的弗兰尼看着窗外，她的怪物开始把邻居的房子撕成碎片，她邪恶地笑了笑。 弗兰妮自言自语道：“想想看！的想法!认为!”