4 Franny Nails It

CHAPTER FOUR FRANNY NAILS IT Mom likes her nail polish, too, Igor," Franny said, and began brushing some of her new chemical formula onto her own nails. "But I was thinking, her fingernails aren't really nails at all, are they?" Franny wiggled her fingers at Igor. "Watch what my nail polish does."

“如果妈妈也喜欢她的指甲油，伊戈尔，”弗兰妮说着，开始在自己的指甲上涂上一些新的化学配方。 “但我在想，她的指甲根本就不是指甲，对吧？”弗兰妮朝伊戈尔晃了晃手指。 “看看我的指甲油怎么样了。”

Suddenly long, pointy nails sprang out from Franny's fingertips, and she slashed them back and forth in the air. "Now these are something special," she said, and she plunged them through two boards, nailing them together. "I'll bet Mom would like these. Don't you think so?"

突然，又长又尖的指甲从弗兰妮的指尖伸出来，她在空中来回地划着。 “现在这些东西很特别，”她说，她把它们穿过两块木板，钉在一起。 “我敢打赌妈妈会喜欢这些。 你不这样认为吗？”

Igor wasn't sure if Franny's mom would like them, but he knew how much he would like to have those the next time he was bullied by the mean cat next door.

伊戈尔不确定弗兰妮的妈妈会不会喜欢，但他知道，下次他被隔壁那只刻薄的猫欺负时，他是多么想要这些东西。

Franny broke the nails off with a snap and held the board up for inspection. "Did you see how fast those grew? And how long?" Igor looked at the nails. They seemed to wriggle a bit, as though they might actually be... alive. "I have another idea," Franny said.

弗兰妮啪的一声把钉子敲掉，把木板举起来检查。 “你看到它们增长得有多快了吗？ 还有多久？”伊戈尔看了看指甲。 它们似乎扭动了一下，好像它们真的是…… 活着。“我有另一个主意，”弗兰妮说。