5 THE BAKER MAKER

CHAPTER FIVE THE BAKER MAKER Franny assembled an electronic brain and downloaded every recipe on Earth into it. She studied the fast and graceful movements of the best chefs, and constructed arms and hands that were just as confident and nimble. She also made one of those puffy chef hats because, c'mon, those things are adorable.

弗兰尼组装了一个电子大脑，把地球上所有的食谱都下载了进去。 她研究最好的厨师快速而优雅的动作，并构造出同样自信而灵活的手臂和手。 她还做了一顶蓬松的厨师帽，因为，拜托，那些东西太可爱了。

Franny welded and bolted for hours, twisting and shaping the discarded furnace into a marvelous creation. She might not have been very good at baking goodies, but if you ever needed a giant steel robot with flames shooting out of its mouth and smoke coming out of its ears, she was your girl.

弗兰尼花了好几个小时焊接和固定，把废弃的炉子扭成一个奇妙的创造物。 她可能不太擅长烘焙美食，但如果你需要一个巨大的钢铁机器人，嘴里喷着火焰，耳朵里冒着烟，她就是你的选择。

And now this huge monstrosity stood before her, its inner fire burning steadily, patiently awaiting the orders of its creator. "You're a baker," she told it. Franny stared into its rusty metal face.

现在这个巨大的怪物站在她面前，它内心的火焰稳定地燃烧着，耐心地等待着它的创造者的命令。 “你是一个面包师，”她告诉它。 弗兰妮凝视着它生锈的金属脸。

"I promised that you would never do anything destructive. You got that?" The furnace nodded. "Good. Now I want you to also promise that you'll make the best thing you can possibly make," she told it. Its iron neck creaked as it nodded again. "It should be less sweet than a cupcake, but bigger and better than a cookie," she began. "Something kids will really crave." The machine's electronic brain hummed. "I will make a muffin," it croaked in a hollow, mechanical voice.

“我答应过你永远不会做任何破坏性的事情。 明白了吗？”火炉在点头。 “很好。现在，我希望你也能保证，你会尽你所能做出最好的东西。” 它又点了点头，铁脖子吱吱作响。 “它应该没有纸杯蛋糕那么甜，但比饼干更大、更好吃，”她开始说。 “孩子们会非常渴望的东西。” 机器的电子大脑嗡嗡作响。 “我要做一个松饼。”它用空洞机械的声音嘶哑地说。

"YES!" Franny cheered. "A muffin! That's perfect! Mona will love that." The machine's inner fire crackled and grew slightly. Franny laughed and shouted, "I shall call you… the Muffin Man!" The Muffin Man's internal fire raged and he glowed with heat. As a furnace, all he ever wanted to do was to give kids exactly what they wanted. Now he knew he could do precisely that. He grinned. "I want these muffins to be irresistible," Franny said. "They need to be perfectly delicious. We need to sell a lot of these things, Muffin Man, so do your best."

“是的!”弗兰妮欢呼。“一个松饼!这是完美的!莫娜会喜欢的。” 机器内部的火噼里啪啦地响了起来，而且稍微大了一些。 弗兰妮笑着喊道：“我要叫你……松饼人！”松饼人内心的火焰熊熊燃烧，他浑身发热。 作为一个熔炉，他一直想做的就是给孩子们他们想要的东西。 现在他知道他完全可以做到这一点。 他咧嘴一笑。“我想让这些松饼让人无法抗拒，”弗兰妮说。 “它们必须非常美味。 我们需要卖出很多这样的东西，松饼人，所以尽你最大的努力吧。”

The Muffin Man nodded and got to work, carefully measuring ingredients and combining them in the proper way. They watched him, marveling at his skill with measuring cups and the way he swiftly stirred the ingredients together.

松饼人点了点头，开始工作，他仔细地量了量配料，并用合适的方法把它们混合在一起。 他们看着他，惊叹于他使用量杯的技巧，以及他快速搅拌配料的方式。