3 Mom Knows Pest

CHAPTER THREE MOM KNOWS PEST Franny could sneak a rabid warthog into the house without anybody hearing it. She could raise a family of electric eels in the toilet without ever getting shocked. She could even make a cloned T. rex ride a unicycle. But she could not handle her brother, Freddy.

第三章妈妈知道害虫弗兰妮可以偷偷地把一只患了狂犬病的疣猪带进房子里，而没有人听到。 她可以在厕所里养一窝电鳗而不会被电击。 她甚至可以克隆出一个T。 雷克斯骑独轮车。但她对付不了她哥哥弗雷迪。

Franny noticed that Freddy never really bothered her mom. She could cook, and read, and change the oil in the car, and Freddy never seemed to be in her way. Franny just knew that if she tried to do any of those things, both Freddy and Igor would bug her like crazy. Franny wondered what sort of brilliant methods her mom was using to restrain Freddy.

弗兰尼注意到弗雷迪从来没有真正打扰过她妈妈。 她会做饭，会读书，会给汽车换油，弗雷迪似乎从来不会妨碍她。 弗兰妮只知道，如果她想做这些事，弗雷迪和伊戈尔都会疯狂地烦她。 弗兰妮想知道她妈妈用了什么高明的方法来约束弗莱迪。

PERHAPS SHE SUSPENDS HIM OVER A TANK OF BRAT-EATING PENGUINS, OR ENCASES HIM IN A BLOCK OF ICE. (THIS WOULD ALSO CONTROL THE ODOR)

也许她会把他悬在一罐吃孩子的企鹅上，或者把他裹在一块冰块里。 （这也能控制气味）

SHE MIGHT BE USING MUMMIFICATION, OR PICKLING, OR MAYBE SHE HIDES AUNT EDNA'S GLASSES AND TELLS HER THAT FREDDIE IS A SMALL, UGLY CHAIR.

她可能用了木乃伊，或者腌制，或者她把埃德娜姨妈的眼镜藏起来，告诉她弗雷迪是一把又小又丑的椅子。

But Franny's mom had used an even simpler, more effective, and more diabolical restraining device than Franny could ever have imagined. With just the press of a button, this gadget kept Freddy totally out of her way while she worked.

但弗兰尼的妈妈使用了一种比弗兰尼想象的更简单、更有效、也更邪恶的抑制手段。 只要按一下按钮，这个小玩意就能让弗雷迪在她工作的时候完全不碍事。