16 Great Brains Think Alike

CHAPTER SIXTEEN GREAT BRAINS THINK ALIKE The next day after school, Franny found her mom slumped on the couch, exhausted. "Mom," she said. "We need to talk." "Wait, Franny," she said. "Let me go first.

第十六章英雄所见所同第二天放学后，弗兰妮发现妈妈瘫倒在沙发上，筋疲力尽。 “妈妈，”她说。“我们需要谈谈。” “等等，弗兰尼，”她说。“让我先走。

"I'm afraid that all of the things we have to do are just too much sometimes. They're wearing me out, and I'll bet they're wearing you out, too." Franny nodded. "I think maybe we don't have to be excellent at everything. I think we need to pick a couple of things, and we should try to pick the things you really and truly enjoy. And maybe, sometimes, we could just do nothing."

“我担心有时候我们要做的事情太多了。 它们让我精疲力尽，我敢打赌它们也让你精疲力尽。” 弗兰妮点了点头。“我想也许我们不必事事都做到优秀。 我觉得我们需要挑选一些东西，我们应该尽量挑选你真正喜欢的东西。 也许，有时候，我们可以什么都不做。”

Franny nodded again. She could hardly believe it, but she and her mom had come to the exact same conclusion. "Because," her mom said, "I'm afraid that sometimes when little Frannys get wound up too tight, they might self- destruct." Her mom had no idea just how right she was about that.

弗兰妮又点了点头。她几乎不敢相信，但她和妈妈得出了完全相同的结论。 “因为，”她妈妈说，“我担心有时候小弗兰妮太紧张了，可能会自我毁灭。” 她妈妈不知道她说得有多对。

The two of them settled in on the couch and did nothing together for a while, and then some more nothing, and then a little more nothing after that.

他们俩在沙发上坐了一会儿，什么也没做，然后又什么也没做，之后又有点什么也没做。

They talked and laughed and it wasn't long before they both discovered that this was a kind of excellence that was totally worth striving for.

他们有说有笑，没过多久，他们都发现这是一种完全值得为之奋斗的优秀品质。