17 He Who Laughs First, Laughs Last

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN HE WHO LAUGHS FIRST, LAUGHS LAST Franny was suddenly back at the Science Fair. Anthony Christopher Hernandez had just gotten his certificate for his Never-Miss Baseball Glove, and Franny looked very concerned, again.

第十七章谁先笑，谁笑到最后弗兰尼突然回到了科学博览会。 安东尼·克里斯托弗·埃尔南德斯刚刚拿到了“永不失手的棒球手套”的证书，弗兰妮看起来又很担心了。

"And first prize," the principal began, "again goes to Franny—" "Uh, that's okay," Franny interrupted nervously. "I'll, uh, just pass on the certificate." "Of course not," Mrs. Pierce said. "You won fair and square, Franny. You should be proud." "Okay, but you don't have to read my name or anything. We all know my name." "Nonsense," the principal said. "For her Time Warp Dessert Plate, first prize goes to Franny Kaboom Stein."

“第一名，”校长开始说，“又是弗兰妮——”“嗯，没关系，”弗兰妮紧张地打断了他的话。 “我就把证书给你吧。” “当然不是，”皮尔斯太太说。 “你光明正大地赢了，弗兰尼。 你应该感到自豪。”“好吧，不过你不用念我的名字什么的。 我们都知道我的名字。”“胡说，”校长说。 “她的时空扭曲甜点盘，一等奖是弗兰妮·卡布姆·斯坦”

The principal looked at the certificate more closely just to make sure she had read it correctly. She even cleaned her glasses. "Is that right, Franny? Is your middle name 'Kaboom'?" Franny walked up and quietly took the certificate. "Yes," Franny said. "It is. My middle name is Kaboom." The kids looked at the principal. They looked at Miss Shelly. They looked at Franny. They looked at each other. And then they erupted into an explosion of laughter. Franny Kaboom Stein. They could hardly believe it.

校长更仔细地看了看证书，以确保她没看错。 她甚至把眼镜都擦干净了。 “是这样吗，弗兰妮？”你的中间名是‘Kaboom’吗？”弗兰妮走过来，悄悄地接过证书。 “是的，”弗兰尼说。“这是。 我的中间名是Kaboom。” 孩子们看着校长。 他们看着雪莉小姐。 他们看着弗兰妮。他们面面相觑。 然后他们爆发出一阵大笑。 弗兰妮·卡布姆·斯坦。他们简直不敢相信。

"It's the most ridiculous name I ever heard!" one of the kids shouted. "What kind of a middle name is that?" Even Miss Shelly and the principal giggled a little. And Franny felt a terrible destructive rage start to boil inside her. Franny knew she had one chance to beat Teen Franny and the horrible future that awaited her if she did not.

“这是我听过的最可笑的名字！”一个孩子喊道。 “这算哪门子中间名啊？”就连谢利小姐和校长也咯咯地笑了起来。 弗兰妮感到一种可怕的破坏性的愤怒开始在她体内沸腾。 弗兰妮知道她只有一次机会打败少女弗兰妮，如果她不这样做，等待她的将是可怕的未来。

I didn't have to change my name, she thought. I had to change how I felt about people laughing at it. And Franny smiled. And then she chuckled. And she laughed. "Kaboom," she said. "You're right, it is a pretty ridiculous name." And Franny suddenly didn't really mind the kids laughing. It was a silly name, and it made her laugh too. There are a lot of things worse than being laughed at, she thought.

我不需要改名字，她想。 我必须改变我对人们嘲笑我的看法。 弗兰妮笑了。然后她咯咯地笑了。 她笑了。“砰，”她说。 “你说得对，这是一个相当可笑的名字。” 弗兰妮突然不介意孩子们的笑声了。 这是一个愚蠢的名字，也使她发笑。 有很多事情比被人嘲笑更糟糕，她想。