2 You Want Fries with That

Chapter 2 YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT? Happy birthday to you… It was June 25. The McDonald family (Coke, Pep, their mom, Bridget, and dad, Dr. Benjamin McDonald) were sitting in the RV in the parking lot of The House on the Rock. Mrs. McDonald had baked a little cake in the microwave oven. Dr. McDonald stuck thirteen candles in it and lit them. That's the problem with getting older—at some point your birthday cake becomes a fire hazard. "Can you believe we have a couple of teenagers on our hands, Ben?" asked Mrs. McDonald, shaking her head at the wonder of it all. "Do you remember the day they were born?" he replied (as if she could ever forget). "I held each of them in my arms like a couple of footballs. I

你要配薯条吗？ 祝你生日快乐，那天是6月25日。 麦当劳一家(可口可乐，佩普，他们的妈妈布丽吉特，爸爸布丽吉特。 本杰明·麦克唐纳)坐在岩石上的房子停车场的房车里。 麦当劳太太在微波炉里烤了一个小蛋糕。 麦克唐纳博士在里面插了13根蜡烛，点燃了它们。 这就是变老的问题——在某个时候，你的生日蛋糕会成为火灾隐患。 “本，你能相信我们有几个十几岁的孩子吗？”麦克唐纳太太问，对这一切感到惊奇，她摇了摇头。 “你还记得他们出生的那一天吗？”他回答（好像她会忘记似的）。 “我把他们每个人都抱在怀里，就像抱两个足球一样。 我

remember it like it was yesterday. And now look at them." Coke and Pep sat in the backseat, silent. They were still stunned after what had happened to them at The House on the Rock. Just minutes earlier, they had been captured by Dr. Warsaw in The Infinity Room, a pointy extension that hung off the house like the beak of a huge bird. Dr. Warsaw had given them a choice: die by electric shock from the wireless iJolt he had invented, or plummet one hundred fifty feet to their deaths. They chose neither. Instead, Pep knocked the iJolt out of his hands with a Frisbee, and Coke used his famous Inflictor karate move to kick Dr. Warsaw out of The Infinity Room and to his virtually certain death. It would be awhile before the twins would be ready to return to anything resembling normal. "It's time for your birthday presents!" Mrs. McDonald announced. "Yay!" A while was over. The twins, being of short attention span (like most thirteen-year-olds)

记住它就像昨天发生的一样。 现在看看他们。”可乐和佩普坐在后座，沉默不语。 在岩石上的房子里发生的事情让他们仍然感到震惊。 就在几分钟前，他们被Dr。 华沙的无限房间，一个尖尖的延伸部分挂在房子外面，就像一只大鸟的喙。 华沙医生给了他们两个选择：要么被他发明的无线iJolt电击致死，要么从150英尺高的地方摔死。 他们两个都没有选择。相反，佩普用飞盘把他手中的iJolt打飞了，而科克则用他著名的“施术者”空手道一脚踢了Dr。 华沙从无限房间里出来，他几乎肯定会死。 这对双胞胎还需要一段时间才能恢复正常。 “是时候给你买生日礼物了！”麦克唐纳太太宣布。 “耶!”一会儿过去了。这对双胞胎，注意力持续时间短（像大多数13岁的孩子一样）

instantly forgot all about Dr. Warsaw and their ordeal at The House on the Rock. "What did you get us?" Pep asked anxiously, clapping her hands together. "Just a little souvenir to help you remember our fun time in Wisconsin," Dr. McDonald told them. With that, he presented them with a framed photo of The Infinity Room. Coke gulped and Pep lurched backward in her seat involuntarily. Somebody had died at The Infinity Room. And it had almost been them. They certainly didn't need a constant reminder hanging on the wall. "But that's not all!" said Mrs. McDonald, in her

马上就把Dr。 华沙和他们在岩石上的房子的磨难。 “你给我们买了什么？”佩普一边焦急地问，一边拍着手。 “这只是一个小纪念品，帮助你记住我们在威斯康星州的快乐时光。” 麦克唐纳告诉他们。说完，他送给他们一张《无限房间》的相框。 可口可乐喝了一大口，佩普不由自主地向后一倒。 有人在无限屋死了。 差点就是他们。 他们当然不需要挂在墙上的时刻提醒。 “可这还没完！”麦克唐纳太太说

best infomercial voice. She presented each of the twins with a little plastic bag filled with what appeared to be those Styrofoam peanuts that are used to pack boxes. "What is it?" Pep asked. "Cheese curds!" Mrs. McDonald exclaimed. "You can only get them in Wisconsin. Go ahead, taste one. When you bite into them, they squeak." "We also got you some genuine Wisconsin Cheeseheads," Dr. McDonald added, pulling the big goofy yellow hats out of a bag and handing one to each twin. "Cool, huh?" "It's awesome, Dad," Pep said semi-sarcastically as she put on her Cheesehead. "We knew you'd like them," said Dr. McDonald. He pulled out of the parking lot and into the first gas station on the road to fill the tank of the RV. Then he merged onto Route 14 East heading out of Spring Green. Dr. McDonald had attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin and knew the area well. Soon they were in the country, passing by

最佳电视广告声音。她给这对双胞胎每人一个小塑料袋，里面装的似乎是用来包装盒子的聚苯乙烯泡沫花生。 “什么事？”Pep问道。“奶酪凝乳!”麦克唐纳太太叫道。 “你只能在威斯康辛州买到。 来吧，尝一个。当你咬它们的时候，它们会吱吱叫。” “我们还为你准备了一些真正的威斯康辛奶酪。” 麦克唐纳一边说着，一边从一个袋子里拿出那顶又大又蠢的黄色帽子，递给双胞胎兄弟每人一顶。 “酷吧?”“太棒了，爸爸，”佩普半讽刺地说，她戴上了奶酪头。 “我们知道你会喜欢的。” 麦当劳。他把车开出停车场，开到路上第一个加油站给房车加满油。 然后他转到14号公路东，从春绿出发。 麦克唐纳博士曾在威斯康星大学（University of Wisconsin）读研究生，对这个地区非常熟悉。 不久他们就到了乡间，经过这里

the rolling hills and dairy farms of southern Wisconsin. "Look, a cow!" Pep hollered. "Big wow," Coke said. "What, you never saw a cow before?" "Be nice to your sister," warned Dr. McDonald. "It's Wisconsin!" Coke said. "Do you have any idea how many cows they have in Wisconsin?" "I give up," Pep admitted. "How many?" "One point two million," Coke said. There was no point in arguing with him. Coke had a photographic memory. He could remember virtually anything he ever saw, touched, heard, smelled, or tasted. And one day, several years earlier, he happened to be reading the back of a milk carton that said there were 1.2 million cows in Wisconsin. Of course, there could be more cows now, or less. But at some point in time, there were definitely 1.2 million cows in Wisconsin. "Hey, speaking of cows," Dr. McDonald said, "do you know what kind of milk comes from a forgetful cow?"

威斯康星州南部连绵起伏的丘陵和奶牛场。 “看，一头牛！”Pep大声喊道。 “哇，”可口可乐说。“什么，你以前没见过牛吗？”“对你的妹妹好一点。” 麦当劳。“这是威斯康辛州!”可口可乐表示。 “你知道威斯康辛州有多少头牛吗？”“我放弃了，”佩普承认。 “有多少?”“120万，”可口可乐说。 和他争论没有意义。 可口可乐有过目不忘的能力。 他几乎能记住他所见过、碰过、听过、闻过或尝过的任何东西。 几年前的一天，他碰巧看到了一个牛奶盒的背面，上面写着威斯康辛州有120万头奶牛。 当然，现在可能有更多或更少的奶牛。 但在某个时间点，威斯康辛州肯定有120万头牛。 “嘿，说到牛。” 麦克唐纳说：“你知道健忘的奶牛产的是什么牛奶吗？”

"What kind?" everybody asked. "Milk of amnesia!" "Lame, Dad," Coke said. Actually, Coke thought his father's joke was minorly funny. But it's not cool to laugh at your parents' jokes, as you well know. It seemed like there were dairy farms everywhere. Wisconsin is the cheese capital of the world. Coke put on his Cheesehead to get into the spirit of it. Pep munched on cheese curds, which actually did squeak when she bit into them, and they were also delicious. "The people in Wisconsin probably put cheese on their cornflakes," Coke commented as he looked out the window. "Cheese is a funny word," said Pep. "Isn't it odd

“哪一种？”大家都问。 “失忆牛奶！”“蹩脚，爸爸，”可口可乐说。 实际上，可口可乐认为他父亲的笑话有点好笑。 但你也知道，被父母的笑话逗乐可不酷。 好像到处都是奶牛场。 威斯康辛州是世界奶酪之都。 可乐把他的奶酪头戴上，以进入它的精神。 佩普大嚼芝士凝乳，当她咬进去的时候，芝士凝乳会发出吱吱的声音，而且它们也很美味。 “威斯康辛州的人可能会把奶酪放在玉米片上，”可口可乐看着窗外说。 “奶酪是一个有趣的词，”佩普说。 “这不是很奇怪吗