2 Beauty and the Beastly

CHAPTER TWO BEAUTY AND THE BEASTLY Mad science isn't just messy. Mad science isn't always pretty, either. There's nothing pretty about a hamburger that makes its own ketchup. Especially when you bite into it. And nobody ever called Franny's Totally Circular Wiener Dog pretty. The word most people would use is "disturbing."

第二章美女与野兽疯狂的科学不仅仅是混乱。 疯狂的科学也不总是美好的。 自制番茄酱的汉堡一点也不好看。 尤其是当你咬进去的时候。 也没人说弗兰尼的全环形香肠热狗漂亮。 大多数人用的词是“令人不安”。

Still, Mom liked the wiener dog better than when Franny invented a spray-on Halloween costume that made Franny completely break out in giant warts. "It's so much faster than putting on a costume," Franny explained.

尽管如此，比起弗兰尼发明的万圣节喷雾服装，妈妈还是更喜欢那只腊肠狗，那套服装让弗兰尼长出了巨大的疣。 “这比穿戏服快多了，”弗兰尼解释说。

Mom had to admit that it was really fast, but when Franny decided she didn't want to wash the warts off, her mom felt like she had to talk to her about it.

妈妈不得不承认这真的太快了，但当弗兰妮决定不想把疣洗掉时，她妈妈觉得她必须和她谈谈。

"You know why nobody ever wants to pet Igor, right?" her mom asked her, wiping off her warts. Igor was Franny's lab assistant. He wasn't a pure Lab. He was also part poodle, part Chihuahua, part beagle, part spaniel, part shepherd, and part some kind of weaselly thing that wasn't even exactly a dog. "It's because of the way Igor looks," Mom continued. "What's wrong with how he looks?" Franny asked. Mom stammered, "Well, he's kind of... I mean... Igor's not going to win any beauty contests, Franny. "And wouldn't you like it if he was, you know, a better-looking dog?" Igor tried to look better looking.

“你知道为什么没有人想要爱抚伊戈尔，对吧？”她妈妈一边擦着她身上的疣，一边问她。 伊戈尔是弗兰妮的实验室助理。 他不是纯种的拉布拉多犬。他也有狮子狗、吉娃娃、小猎犬、西班牙猎犬、牧羊犬的血统，还有某种狡猾的东西，甚至不完全是狗。 “那是因为伊戈尔的样子，”妈妈继续说。 “他长得怎么了？”弗兰妮问道。 妈妈结结巴巴地说：“嗯，他有点…… 我的意思是……伊戈尔不会赢得任何选美比赛的，弗兰妮。 “如果他是一条，你知道的，更漂亮的狗，你会不喜欢吗？”伊戈尔努力使自己看起来更漂亮。

Franny had never noticed anything wrong with Igor's looks. "Mom, Igor is beautiful! He doesn't need to win any contests for me to see that. And look at his adorable puppy-dog eyes." Franny giggled. Franny held Igor up, and he fluttered his eyelashes at her mom. "Okay, okay," she said. "Put him down.

弗兰尼从来没有注意到伊戈尔的长相有什么不对。 “妈妈，伊戈尔真漂亮！”他不需要赢得任何比赛就能让我看到。 看看他那双可爱的小狗眼睛。” 弗兰妮咯咯笑了。弗兰妮把伊戈尔举起来，他朝她妈妈挥动睫毛。 “好吧，好吧，”她说。“把他放下来。