5 Frankenspider

Frankenspider

Frankenspider

Webster came over after school. Stink took out two squares of origami paper. They stared at the directions for a long time. "There are two halves to the spider: the head and the body. Each half has four legs. Which one do you want to make?" asked Stink. "Head," said Webster. Stink started his half with a frog base. Easypeasy! He turned the paper top to bottom. He grabbed two flaps and pulled them apart. He made a mountain fold. He made a valley fold. He made an inside reverse fold. Voilà! NOT!

韦伯斯特放学后过来了。 臭臭拿出两张正方形的折纸。 他们盯着说明书看了很长时间。 “蜘蛛有两半：头和身体。 每一半有四条腿。你想做哪一个？”臭臭问。 “头，”韦伯斯特说。臭小子的那一半是用青蛙做底的。 Easypeasy !他把那张纸从头到尾翻了一遍。 他抓住两个襟翼，把它们拉开。 他做了一个山折。他做了一个谷折。 他做了一个内反折。 瞧!不!

"Something's not right," said Stink. "My half looks more like a four-legged pretzel!" Stink and Webster cracked up. Webster started his half with a frog base. He made a valley fold. He repeated the fold, just like the directions said. He turned it over. "My spider head looks like Darth Vader's helmet."

“有点不对劲，”臭臭说。 “我那一半看起来更像四条腿的椒盐脆饼！”臭臭和韦伯斯特大笑起来。 韦伯斯特以青蛙为基础开始了他的一半。 他做了一个谷折。他按照说明重复了一遍。 他把它翻过来。“我的蜘蛛头看起来像达斯·维达的头盔。”

"Maybe if we put the two halves together it will look right," said Stink. He attached the Darth Vader head to the pretzel body. Frankenspider! Stink and Webster started over. They tried again. And again. They folded and refolded. They creased and double creased. They reverse folded and repeated. Finally, Stink had four legs and a body. Webster had four legs and a head. Webster blew into the spider body. Poof! He inserted the spider head into the body. At last! An eight-legged, not-creepy, origami tarantula.

“也许如果我们把两半放在一起，看起来就对了。”臭臭说。 他把达斯·维德的头绑在椒盐卷饼上。 Frankenspider !臭臭和韦伯斯特重新开始。 他们又试了一次。一次又一次。 他们叠了又叠。他们折痕和双重折痕。 它们反向折叠并重复。 最后，臭臭有了四条腿和一个身体。 韦伯斯特有四条腿和一个头。 韦伯斯特对着蜘蛛的身体吹气。 噗!他把蜘蛛头插入蜘蛛体内。 终于!一只八条腿，不吓人的折纸狼蛛。

"We did it!" said Webster. "We're the best." "We climbed Level Medium and conquered it like Mount Everest," said Stink. Webster took out a marker and colored the tarantula's toes pink. "Freaky," said Stink. "It looks so real." "It's just paper," said Webster. "Remember, you made it yourself. So it's not scary." "It wasn't scary when it was a pretzel," said Stink. "But now it's a spider!" Webster set the origami spider on Stink's desk. "How about if you start by staring at the spider for three minutes without looking away?" Stink stared at the origami tarantula. He blinked. He blinked some more. But he did not look away. "Good," said Webster. "Now I'm going to make it crawl on your shoe. Ready?"

“我们成功了！”韦伯斯特说。 “我们是最棒的。”“我们爬上了中级，并像征服珠穆朗玛峰一样征服了它，”斯达克说。 韦伯斯特拿出一支记号笔，把狼蛛的脚趾涂成粉红色。 “太可怕了。”臭臭说。“看起来很真实。” 韦伯斯特说：“这只是纸而已。” “记住，这是你自己做的。 所以这并不可怕。”“当它是椒盐脆饼的时候并不可怕，”臭臭说。 “但现在它是一只蜘蛛！”韦伯斯特把折纸蜘蛛放在臭臭的桌子上。 “你先盯着蜘蛛看三分钟，眼睛不要移开，怎么样？”臭臭盯着那只折纸狼蛛。 他眨了眨眼睛。他又眨了眨眼睛。 但他并没有把目光移开。“很好，”韦伯斯特说。 “现在我要让它在你的鞋子上爬。 准备好了吗?”

"Ready," said Stink. Webster made the paper tarantula crawl across Stink's stinky sneaker. "I didn't even get a shiver!" said Stink. "Next the tarantula will crawl up your leg to your knee." "Check me out," said Stink. "No problemo," said Webster. "Now the tarantula will crawl up your arm." "Wait? What?" Webster marched the origami tarantula up Stink's arm. "How's it feel?" "I only got two shivers and three goose bumps!" said Stink. "Hand me the paintbrush."

“准备好了。”臭臭说。韦伯斯特让纸狼蛛爬过臭臭的球鞋。 “我甚至都没打个寒颤！”臭臭说。 “接下来，狼蛛会从你的腿上爬到你的膝盖上。” “看看我，”臭臭说。 “没问题，”韦伯斯特说。 “现在狼蛛会爬上你的胳膊。” “等?什么?”韦伯斯特把折好的狼蛛放在臭臭的胳膊上。 “感觉怎么样？”“我只打了两次寒颤，起了三处鸡皮疙瘩！”臭臭说。 “把画笔递给我。”