1 FRANNY’S HOUSE

CHAPTER ONE FRANNY'S HOUSE The Stein family lived in the pretty pink house with the lovely purple shutters down at the end of Daffodil Street. Everything about the house was bright and cheery. When you think about it, pink and purple paint look quite nice together, but that just wasn't the type of thing that Franny thought about.

第一章弗兰妮的房子斯泰因一家住在水仙花街尽头那幢漂亮的粉红色房子里，里面有可爱的紫色百叶窗。 房子里的一切都是明亮而愉快的。 当你仔细想想，粉色和紫色的颜料搭配在一起看起来很不错，但这不是弗兰妮想的那种东西。

In fact, Franny hardly ever thought about paint, unless you could use it to make yourself invisible, or fireproof, or if it was the kind that could make you taste terrible to monsters. Any mad scientist will tell you that tasting too good is a very dangerous thing. No, pretty much the only time she really thought about paint was when she found some on her toothbrush, which was happening more and more often since Igor had taken up a new hobby: painting.

事实上，弗兰妮几乎从来没有想过油漆，除非你能用它让自己隐形，或者防火，或者它是那种能让怪物觉得你很可怕的东西。 任何一个疯狂的科学家都会告诉你，味道太好是一件非常危险的事情。 不，她唯一一次真正想到油漆是在她的牙刷上发现了一些，自从伊戈尔有了一个新的爱好：绘画以来，这种情况越来越频繁地发生。

"It's a toothbrush, Igor. Not a paintbrush," she shouted from her bathroom. Igor had been showing a real interest in art lately, and was slowly getting better at it. He had also taken up gymnastics.

“这是一把牙刷，伊戈尔。不是画笔，”她在浴室里喊道。 伊戈尔最近对艺术表现出了真正的兴趣，并在慢慢地进步。 他还开始练体操。

All that bouncing around was probably how the paint got on the toothbrush. Franny didn't really mind. She wasn't very interested in art herself, but painting made Igor

这些弹跳可能就是油漆沾到牙刷上的原因。 弗兰妮其实并不介意。 她自己对艺术不太感兴趣，但绘画造就了伊戈尔

happy, and this hobby was a lot safer for the world than when he helped Franny with her experiments. MUCH safer.

这种爱好比他帮助弗兰妮做实验对世界安全得多。 更安全。