Chapter 15

15 WATSON IS RIGHT. It is Edison. He stands in the middle of the stage, smiling. "Isn't electricity wonderful? It gives us light. It gives us heat. It gives us..." Edison motions toward the screen. Tarzan reappears on-screen. Hands cupped to his mouth, he yodels his long, loopy Tarzan yell. THE END scrolls up over the black-and

沃森是对的。是爱迪生。 他站在舞台中央，面带微笑。 “电不是很神奇吗？” 它给我们光。它给我们热量。 它给了我们……”爱迪生走向屏幕。 泰山再次出现在银幕上。 他双手托在嘴上，发出长长的人猿叫声。 结尾在黑色和

white jungle. T. Edison smiles another crooked smile. "Wonderful. All of this brought to you by your friendly local power company. You are welcome, Midville." No one in the audience says thank you. "It would be more wonderful if we didn't have to pay such crazy prices," calls Charlie the postman. "We are working on energy prices every day," says T. Edison, not exactly lying about what he and Mr. Chimp have been doing, but not exactly telling the truth, either. "Hogwash!" yells Fireman Chad. "We're building our future," says T. Edison, pointing to a banner that has somehow just appeared between two palm trees. Edison adds, "If we knew a cheaper way to produce electricity, we certainly would." This gives Frank Einstein a genius idea. Frank weaves through the crowd, drags

白色的丛林。爱迪生又弯着嘴笑了笑。 “好了。这一切都是由当地友好的电力公司带来的。 不客气，米德维尔。” 观众中没有人说谢谢。 邮递员查理说：“如果我们不用支付这么疯狂的价格，那就太好了。” “我们每天都在研究能源价格。” 爱迪生，在他和猩猩先生的事上并没有撒谎，但也没有说实话。 “一派胡言！”消防员查德喊道。 “我们正在建设我们的未来，”T。 爱迪生指着两棵棕榈树之间出现的横幅说。 爱迪生补充说：“如果我们知道一种更便宜的发电方法，我们当然会这么做。” 这给了弗兰克·爱因斯坦一个天才的想法。 弗兰克穿过人群，拖着

Watson up onstage with him, and announces, "And that is exactly what we have come to show you—a better, cheaper way to produce electricity." T. Edison is completely surprised but tries to act like he isn't. "Heckle and Jeckle, what are you doing here?" "We should ask you the same thing," says Watson. "I asked first." The crowd starts rumbling, getting restless. Frank unlatches his saxophone case and turns to the crowd. "Midville! I have just the invention that can help us all." "A giant battery?" asks Ms. Priscilla, principal of Midville Academy. "A new generator?" guesses Mr. Hacey, owner of the Give Me Pie! shop. "Something even better," says Frank Einstein. "My lab partners and I—" "Oh, for goodness' sake," fumes Edison.

华生和他一起上台，并宣布：“这正是我们要向你们展示的——一种更好、更便宜的发电方式。” 爱迪生完全惊呆了，但他试图表现得若无其事。 “Heckle和Jeckle，你们在这里做什么？”“我们也应该问你同样的问题，”沃森说。 “我先问的。”人群开始隆隆作响，变得焦躁不安。 弗兰克打开他的萨克斯管箱，转向人群。 “Midville !我有一项发明可以帮助我们大家。” “一个大电池？” 普里西拉，米德维尔中学的校长。 “一台新的发电机？”哈西猜想，他是“给我派！”商店。 “甚至更好，”弗兰克·爱因斯坦说。 “我的实验室伙伴和我——”“哦，看在上帝的份上，”爱迪生生气地说。

"Stop blabbering on. This is my event, you know." "—we have used Nikola Tesla's idea of harnessing the electromagnetic energy of the Earth—which is everywhere—to produce and deliver wireless electricity." "That is crazy," says Edison. "And dangerous." "Not at all," answers Frank. "Allow me to demonstrate. Watson?" Watson pulls three balloons out of his pocket. He blows up one balloon, rubs it on his hair, and leaves it sticking to his head. He blows up another balloon, rubs it, and sticks it. He blows up the last balloon, rubs it, and stands with all three balloons sticking to his head. The crowd laughs. "Ladies and gentleman," Frank announces, "electricity. Safe, wireless, and free." "That is stupid," mutters Edison.

“别喋喋不休了。你知道，这是我的活动。” “我们利用了尼古拉·特斯拉的想法，利用地球上无处不在的电磁能来生产和输送无线电力。” “这太疯狂了，”爱迪生说。 ”和危险的。”“一点也不，”弗兰克回答。 “请允许我示范一下。华生?”华生从口袋里掏出三个气球。 他吹起一个气球，在头发上摩擦，然后让气球粘在头上。 他吹起另一个气球，摩擦它，然后粘起来。 他吹起最后一个气球，揉搓它，然后站在那里，三个气球都贴在他的头上。 人群笑了。“女士们，先生们，”弗兰克宣布，“电。 安全、无线、免费。” “这太愚蠢了，”爱迪生嘟囔着。

"But how can that help us?" Ms. Priscilla politely asks. Frank smiles. "I have used the same idea of moving electrons"—Frank opens the saxophone case and fits his hand into the device tucked inside—"to make my newest invention..." Frank raises his right hand, wearing a big metal glove with lights, buttons, an antenna, and one extended finger. "...the Electro-Finger!" "Whoa," says Mr. Hacey. "Oh my," says Ms. Priscilla. "Cool," says Postman Charlie. "How does it work?" Frank points the Electro-Finger at Watson. Watson knocks the balloons off his head and pulls out a giant lightbulb. "I will now use the Electro-Finger to gather magnetic energy from the Earth, change it to electricity, and deliver it wirelessly to light the

“但这对我们有什么帮助呢？”Ms。 普丽西拉礼貌地问。弗兰克笑了。 “我用了同样的移动电子的想法，”——弗兰克打开萨克斯管的盒子，把手伸进塞在里面的装置——“来做我最新的发明……” 弗兰克举起右手，戴着一个大金属手套，上面有灯、按钮、天线和一根伸出的手指。 “…Electro-Finger !”“哇，”哈西先生说。 “哦，天哪，”普里西拉说。 “真酷，”邮递员查理说。 “它是怎么工作的？”弗兰克用电子手指指着华生。 华生敲掉头上的气球，拿出一个巨大的灯泡。 “我现在要用‘电指’从地球上收集磁能，将其转化为电能，然后通过无线传输来照亮天空

bulb in Watson's hand!" "This is completely stupid and completely dangerous," Edison announces to the crowd. "Do not believe this Frank Einstein garbage." "Ready, Watson?" Watson holds the lightbulb out, suddenly

华生手里拿着灯泡！”“这是完全愚蠢和完全危险的，”爱迪生向人群宣布。 “不要相信弗兰克·爱因斯坦的废话。” “准备好了,华生?”华生突然把灯泡拿了出来