14 The Tail Comes to an End

CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE TAIL COMES TO AN END Franny's mom walked into Franny's laboratory. "Nice work on those pigtail things," she said. "Thanks, Mom." "Of course, you probably shouldn't have created them in the first place." Franny laughed. "You're right, Mom. But things like that happen to people all the time." Franny shrugged. "They don't, Franny. Things like that don't happen to people all the time. Things like that only happen to you."

第十四章尾巴结束弗兰尼的妈妈走进弗兰尼的实验室。 “辫子梳得不错，”她说。 “谢谢,妈妈。”“当然，你可能一开始就不应该创造它们。” 弗兰妮笑了。“你说得对，妈妈。 但这样的事情总是发生在人们身上。” 弗兰妮耸耸肩。“他们没有，弗兰妮。 这种事不会一直发生在人们身上。 这种事只会发生在你身上。”

Franny showed her mom a jar with her old pigtails in it. "Look. I washed the formula out of some of the leftover hair and constructed brand-new pigtails for myself. They're perfectly normal now. I'm going to reattach them." Franny put her pigtails back into place and shook her head to make sure they were stuck.

弗兰妮给妈妈看了一个装着她旧辫子的罐子。 “看。我从一些剩下的头发里洗掉了配方，给自己编了一个全新的小辫。 他们现在完全正常了。 我要把它们重新接上。” 弗兰妮把她的小辫放回原处，摇了摇头，以确保它们被粘住了。

"What happened to your ponytail?" Mom asked. "It wanted to go back to the zoo. I think it fell in love with that baby orangutan." Franny's mom smiled. "Oh! And I have a surprise for you!" Franny said, and she ran to get something from the closet.

“你的马尾辫怎么了？”母亲问。 “它想回到动物园。 我想它爱上了那只小猩猩。” 弗兰妮的妈妈笑了。“哦!我有一个惊喜给你！”弗兰尼说，然后跑去壁橱里拿东西。

She handed her mom a purple fur coat. "I used some of the giant pigtails and I made you a fur coat. You can change the style, too, just by snapping your fingers!" "This isn't going to try to eat anybody, is it?"

她递给妈妈一件紫色的皮大衣。 “我用了一些巨大的辫子，给你做了一件毛皮大衣。 你也可以改变风格，只需要打个响指！”“它不会想吃人吧？”

"Nope. The pigtails were greedy because they were pigs. The greed was the problem, not the hair. "But I got rid of the greediness. Now they're delighted to just make somebody happy by being a coat."

“不。小辫子们很贪婪，因为他们是猪。 贪婪才是问题所在，不是头发。 “但我摆脱了贪婪。 现在它们很乐意成为一件外套，让别人开心。”

Franny's mom tried on the coat. "It's lovely! But how did you get rid of the greed?" she asked. "I added a dash of Igor's fur. He's the least selfish creature in the whole world. The greed just went away."

弗兰妮的妈妈试穿了那件外套。 “这是可爱的!但你是怎么摆脱贪婪的呢？”她问。 我加了一点伊戈尔的皮毛。 他是世界上最不自私的人。 贪婪就这样消失了。”