3 The Charlotte Factor

The charlotte factor.

夏洛特因子。

Webster ran after him. Stink shuddered just thinking about that spider. "Help! I gotta get over my arachno-thingy." "Maybe I can talk you out of being afraid of spiders," said Webster. "You like facts. Let's start with some spider facts. Tarantulas are called hairy mygalomorphs. Sounds cool, right?" "Sounds big and scary to me." "They have fangs. And they have hairs with pokey things like cactus spines. If an owl or skunk threatens them, they can shoot hairs at them." Webster pretended to be attacked by a thousand tarantula hairs. "RAHHHH!" "That's kinda cool," said Stink. "You sure know a lot about spiders." "My name is Web-ster. Just call me the Web Man." Stink grinned. "Tarantulas are afraid of people, just like you're afraid of them," said Webster. "Really?"

韦伯斯特跟在他后面。臭臭一想到那只蜘蛛就浑身发抖。 “救命!我必须克服我的蜘蛛侠。” “也许我能说服你不要害怕蜘蛛，”韦伯斯特说。 “你喜欢事实。让我们从一些关于蜘蛛的事实开始。 狼蛛被称为有毛的蛛形动物。 听起来很酷，对吧？”“听起来又大又吓人。” “它们有尖牙。它们的毛发上有像仙人掌一样的小刺。 如果猫头鹰或臭鼬威胁到它们，它们可以向它们发射毛发。” 韦伯斯特假装被一千根狼蛛毛袭击。 “RAHHHH !”“这还挺酷的，”臭臭说。 “你对蜘蛛确实很了解。” “我叫韦伯斯特。就叫我网男吧。” 臭咧嘴一笑。“狼蛛害怕人，就像你害怕它们一样，”韦伯斯特说。 “真的吗?”

"In some countries, people eat fried tarantulas. My cousin says they're gooey like peanut butter and taste like crab cakes." "Eww. Hairy peanut butter," said Stink. "What else you got, Web Man?" "Spider blood is light blue, like raspberry icepops or puppy eyes. That's not scary." Webster scratched his head. "Are you cured yet?" "Not yet," said Stink. "Let's try the Charlotte Factor. Here's how it works. I'll read to you from Charlotte's Web. Charlotte is a good spider who tries to cheer up Wilbur the pig by writing kind words like terrific in her web. If you like reading about Charlotte, maybe you'll start to like spiders." Webster read one whole entire chapter. "Are you cured yet?" "Not yet." Webster taught Stink how to sing "The Itsy- Bitsy Spider" in Spanish. "Are you cured yet?" asked Webster. "Not yet," said Stink. "I'll tell you a spider joke!" said Webster. "Then spiders will seem funny, not scary. Why do spiders make good baseball players?"

“在一些国家，人们吃炸狼蛛。 我表弟说它们像花生酱一样粘稠，吃起来像蟹饼。” “恶。毛茸茸的花生酱，”臭臭说。 “你还有什么，网人？”蜘蛛血是浅蓝色的，就像覆盆子冰棒或小狗的眼睛。 这并不可怕。”韦伯斯特挠了挠头。 “你治好了吗？”“还没有。”臭臭说。 “让我们试试夏洛特因子吧。 下面是它的工作原理。我给你读《夏洛特的网》。 夏洛是一只好蜘蛛，她在自己的网上写着“了不起”这样的词，试图让小猪威尔伯高兴起来。 如果你喜欢读夏洛的故事，也许你也会开始喜欢蜘蛛。” 韦伯斯特读了整整一章。 “你治好了吗？”“还没有。” 韦伯斯特教臭臭如何用西班牙语唱“小蜘蛛”。 “你的病好了吗？”韦伯斯特问。 “还没有。”臭臭说。“我给你讲个关于蜘蛛的笑话！”韦伯斯特说。 “这样蜘蛛就会显得有趣，而不是可怕。 为什么蜘蛛能成为优秀的棒球运动员？”

"Why?" asked Stink. "They catch flies!" Stink cracked up. "See? It's working!" said Webster. "What happened when the girl bit into a sandwich with a daddy longlegs in it?" "It became a daddy short legs!" said Judy, popping into Stink's room. "Hey, no spying on us," said Stink. "We're doing something." "Maybe I want to do it, too," said Judy. "You don't," said Stink. "I'm helping Stink to get over his arachnophobia," said Webster. "Fear of spiders," said Stink. "You can help," said Webster. "No! She can't!" said Stink. When Stink wasn't looking, Judy crossed her thumbs and wiggled her eight fingers in front of the desk lamp. "Stink! Look!" she cried. Stink saw the shadow of a giant spider creepycrawling across the wall. "AARGH!" yelled Stink. He hopped up and ran around in circles.

“为什么？”臭臭问。“他们抓苍蝇！”臭臭裂开了。 “看到了吗?它起作用了！”韦伯斯特说。 “当女孩咬了一个夹着长腿爸爸的三明治后发生了什么？”“它变成了一个腿短的爸爸！”朱迪说着跳进臭臭的房间。 “嘿，别监视我们，”臭臭说。 “我们正在做点什么。”“也许我也想这么做，”朱迪说。 “你不知道，”臭臭说。“我在帮臭臭克服蜘蛛恐惧症。”韦伯斯特说。 “害怕蜘蛛。”臭臭说。 “你可以帮忙，”韦伯斯特说。 “不!她不能！”臭臭说。 趁着臭臭不注意，朱迪在台灯前交叉着大拇指，扭动着她的八个手指。 “臭!看！”她叫道。臭臭看见一只大蜘蛛的影子在墙上爬行。 “啊！”臭臭叫道。他跳起来，绕着圈子跑。

"It's just Judy making hand shadows," said Webster. "Out!" said Stink, pointing to the door. "I was just trying to help," Judy said with a sly grin as she left the room. "How about if you try looking at a picture of a spider?" Webster suggested. "I have a book about spiders," said Stink. "But I hid it in my Shark Attack game because it creeps me out." Webster went into the closet and pulled out the game with the Big Head Book of Spiders. "We'll start small." He flipped through the pages.

韦伯斯特说：“这只是朱迪在做手的影子。” “出去！”臭臭指着门说。 “我只是想帮忙，”朱迪离开房间时狡黠地笑着说。 “你看一张蜘蛛的照片怎么样？”韦伯斯特。 “我有一本关于蜘蛛的书，”臭臭说。 “但我把它藏在我的《Shark Attack》游戏中，因为它让我害怕。” 韦伯斯特走进壁橱，拿出《大头蜘蛛书》。 “我们从小事做起。”他翻着书页。