13 Get Your Head in the Game

CHAPTER THIRTEEN GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME The next Franbot was reading a book about soccer. Franny used her mechanical voice again. "I guess you're studying up for the game tomorrow," she said. Franbot Number Two looked up. "What game?" it said. "I didn't hear anything about a game." "Sure you did. The coach said it's going to be a power game. It will be all about kicking hard. But don't worry too much. You're not the worst player on the team."

第十三章全神贯注于比赛下一个弗兰波特正在读一本关于足球的书。 弗兰妮又用她那机械的声音说话了。 “我猜你是在为明天的比赛做准备吧，”她说。 弗兰伯特二号抬起头来。 “什么游戏？”“我没有听到任何关于游戏的消息。” “当然了。教练说这将是一场激烈的比赛。 关键是要踢得狠。 但是不要太担心。你不是队里最差的球员。”

"Wait a second. I thought I was the best player on the team," it said. "Maybe you could be," Franny said. "If you could kick a little harder." Franbot Number Two threw down the book. "I can kick harder than anybody on the team. I can kick harder than anybody in the world!" it said, and began practicing viciously powerful kicks.

“等一下。我认为我是队里最好的球员。” “也许你可以，”弗兰尼说。 “如果你能踢得再用力一点。” 弗兰伯特二号扔下了书。 “我踢得比队里任何人都厉害。 我踢得比世界上任何人都厉害！”它说着，开始练习凶狠有力的踢腿。

Franny watched for a moment. "Is that as high as you can kick?" she said. "This isn't high enough?" the Franbot huffed. "I guess it's okay. Some of the other players can kick much higher, but I suppose this is pretty good, for you." "How high can they kick?" "One of them can kick herself right in the face," Franny said. "She's excellent."

弗兰尼看了一会儿。 “你能踢到这么高吗？”她说。 “这还不够高吗？”弗兰博生气地说。 “我想没关系。其他一些球员可以踢得更高，但我想这对你来说已经很不错了。” “他们能踢多高？”“其中一个可以踢自己的脸，”弗兰尼说。 “她是优秀的。”

"Oh yeah?" the Franbot shouted, unable to accept the idea that it wasn't the best kicker on the team.

“哦，是吗？”弗兰伯特喊道，无法接受这不是球队最好的踢球者的想法。

Determined to prove how excellent it was, Franbot Number Two drew its leg way back, and kicked itself with devastating force right in its own face, which, if you're a Franbot, turns out to be one of the very best ways to take your head clean off. The demolished Franbot fell over with a heavy klunk. "Two down," Franny said, and mechanically turned to go find the third Franbot, but, to her surprise, she discovered it

为了证明自己有多优秀，弗兰伯特二号把腿向后缩，用毁灭性的力量踢了自己的脸，如果你是弗兰伯特，这是把你的头踢掉的最好方法之一。 被撞坏的弗兰伯特砰的一声倒在地上。 “两只下来了。”弗兰妮说，然后机械地转身去找第三只弗兰博，但令她惊讶的是，她找到了