14 KISS THE COOK

CHAPTER FOURTEEN KISS THE COOK (GOOD-BYE) The fire inside the Muffin Man blazed and his eyes glowed with menacing orange flames. "It's over, Muffin Man," Franny said, and she gestured toward the kids who were shoveling the muffins into the trash. "They realize now what you're making them sacrifice. Your muffins are history." The Muffin Man laughed a hollow, metallic laugh.

第十四章亲吻厨子（再见）松饼人体内的火熊熊燃烧，他的眼睛里闪烁着橙色的火焰。 “结束了，松饼人，”弗兰妮说，她指了指正在把松饼铲进垃圾桶的孩子们。 “他们现在意识到你让他们牺牲了什么。 你的松饼已经成为历史。” 松饼人发出一声空洞的金属般的笑声。

"You think this is the end?" he roared. "This muffin recipe is perfect. I'm going to share this with the whole world. Even if these kids have stopped eating them for now, they'll start again. And then I'll make EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE HAPPY."

“你以为这就完了？”他吼道。 “这个松饼食谱太完美了。 我要和全世界分享。 即使这些孩子现在已经不吃了，他们还会再吃的。 然后我会让每个地方的人都开心。”

Franny looked at Igor. "You remember any of your gymnastics?" she asked him, and she hoisted him onto her shoulders. With a jump and a twist, Igor flipped through the air and shoved the humming Visualizer Helmet down on the head of the Muffin Man. The Muffin Man stood in a state of shock as the Visualizer Helmet showed him a vision of his future. It was a sad, bleak future where people shuffled around aimlessly. They ate nothing but his muffins, and they did it without joy. It was a horrible, unhappy world that he had created, and the Muffin Man couldn't bear to look at

弗兰妮看着伊戈尔。“你还记得你做过的体操吗？”她问他，然后把他举到自己的肩膀上。 伊戈尔一跳一扭，在空中翻了个身，把嗡嗡作响的可视化头盔推到松饼人的头上。 当可视化头盔向松饼人展示他的未来时，松饼人震惊地站在那里。 这是一个悲伤、凄凉的未来，人们漫无目的地走来走去。 除了他的松饼，他们什么也没吃，而且他们吃得并不开心。 这是他创造的一个可怕的、不幸的世界，松饼人看不下去了

it. He slowly removed the helmet. "But… I promised never to do anything destructive," he said sorrowfully. He dropped the helmet to the ground. "I promised to make the best thing I possibly could."

它。他慢慢地摘下头盔。 “但是……我答应过决不做任何破坏性的事情，”他悲伤地说。 他把头盔掉在地上。 “我答应过要尽我所能做出最好的东西。”

The Muffin Man slouched and the fire inside him shrank to just a few glowing embers. "My muffins don't really make people happy, do they?" he asked Franny.

松饼人没精打采地躺着，他体内的火苗缩成了几根余烬。 “我的松饼并不能让人开心，是吗？”他问弗兰妮。

"At first, they think they're happy," she said. "But that doesn't last long. People are usually happiest when they're creating things, or learning things, or trying to make the world or themselves better." The Muffin Man nodded. "No more muffin making," he said. And he dropped his little chef's hat and shuffled away, clinking and clanking up the stairs. "He's gone!" Mona said. "You beat him, Franny!" The kids cheered. "It wasn't me," Franny said. "I knew I could never beat him. You all wanted those muffins so badly, it was clear that I could never make you stop."

“一开始，他们觉得自己很幸福，”她说。 “但这不会持续太久。 人们通常在创造东西、学习东西、或努力让世界或自己变得更好的时候是最快乐的。” 松饼人点点头。“不再做松饼了，”他说。 他扔下厨师的小帽子，慢吞吞地走了，丁丁当当地上了楼。 “他走了!”蒙纳说。“你打败了他，弗兰尼！”孩子们欢呼起来。 “不是我，”弗兰妮说。 “我知道我永远不可能打败他。 你们都那么想要那些松饼，很明显，我永远无法让你们停下来。”