22 La Porte

22 La Porte So, let me get this straight," said Rockwell, "You are planning to go back to this "land"—" he made quotation marks with his fingers as he said the last word—'find this "dog"—" again, quotation marks—'and then return him to his owners, whose whereabouts are currently totally and utterly unknown to you?" "Yes." And then you are going to ask them if they have seen your father running around somewhere in this land of make- believe?" "Yes." And even if this takes you an entire day, that doesn't matter cos time moves much more slowly in this new

22 拉波特 让我把话理清楚，"罗克韦尔说，"你打算回到那片‘领地’——"说到最后这个词时，他还用手指比出了引号的样子——"去找这只‘狗’——"又一次比出引号——"然后把它送还给主人，可你现在完完全全不知道这些人在哪里对不对？" "没错。" 然后你还要问他们，有没有在这片虚构的领地里见过你爸爸四处乱跑对吗？" "没错。" 哪怕这件事会耗掉你整整一天也没关系，因为在这片新

world, and so you won't be late for school whatever happens?" "Yes." And all the time that you are on this quest, you are going to be wearing your homemade utility belt and looking like a cross between Vincent Van Gogh and Chewbacca the Wookiee. "You know, the famous artist who cut off his own ear and the tall, hairy character from Star Wars." Of course I know! And yes, I am going to be wearing my bandolier. Oh, well that's fine then. A perfectly normal thing to do on a Thursday morning before school. "You don't fancy coming with me then?" She was surprised to discover that the thought of Rockwell helping her on the search was not an entirely unpleasant one. "Look," said Rockwell. "I admit that what happened in the lab yesterday was kind of amazing. Peanut arched an eyebrow. "OK, it was incredible!" He loosened his tie. But if you expect me to believe that there is an entire illustrated world that exists in parallel to ours, then I'm afraid you are going to be severely disappointed. "So do you think I'm making it up?" "I think that lots of very strange things happened

领地，时间过得慢得多，所以不管发生什么你都不会上学迟到对不对？" "没错。" 你踏上这场寻找之旅时，会一直戴着自制的多功能腰带，看起来一半像文森特·梵高，一半像伍基人楚巴卡。 "你懂的，就是那个切掉自己耳朵的名画家，还有《星球大战》里那个高高大大的毛茸茸角色呀。" 我当然知道！ 而且没错，我会戴上我的子弹带。 哦，那这样就没问题了啊。 周四上学前干这事，可太“正常”了。 "那你不想跟我一起去吗？" 皮纳特惊讶地发现，一想到罗克韦尔帮她一起寻找，她居然并不反感这个想法。 "听着，"罗克韦尔说。 "我承认昨天实验室发生的事，确实有点神奇。" 皮纳特挑了挑眉毛。 "好吧，这事儿简直不可思议！" 他松了松领带。 但如果你想让我相信，有一整个图画世界和我们的世界平行存在，那恐怕你要大失所望了。 "所以你觉得我在编瞎话？" "我觉得昨天发生了太多怪事，

yesterday, and it's only natural that you should have lots of very strange dreams as a result." He stood up and placed his thumbs under his lapels as if he were holding a pair of invisible braces. "I think it was Freud that put forward the notion that the motivation behind all dreams is wish-fulfilment, and that the vast majority of dreams occur because of something that happened during the preceding day. "Day Residue" he called it. And I think it was Jung who said that All right, all right. Give it a rest, Google boy." Peanut stood up and pulled the yellow pencil from the bandolier. "I think it's time for another one of your controlled experiments." She walked over to the large roll of paper Blu-Tacked to the wardrobe and drew a picture of a door on it, exactly as she had done the night before. She glanced over at Rockwell, before reaching into the drawing and grabbing the handle. He had a nervous expression. As she turned it, there was a clicking sound and the door opened. Immediately, a strong blast of cold air blew into the room, sending pieces of paper flying in all directions. Rockwell looked stunned. "Peanut. I will never doubt you again. "Sure you won't," she scoffed. "Come on then, before my room gets even more trashed than it already is." And with that, they walked through the door and closed it behind them.

所以你因此做一大堆奇怪的梦，再正常不过了。" 他站起身，大拇指顶在翻领下方，好像攥着一副看不见的吊带一样。 "我记得是弗洛伊德提出，所有梦的动机都是愿望满足，绝大多数梦都是由前一天发生的事引发的。" "他把这叫做‘日间残余’。" 而且荣格还说……好了好了， "快打住吧，谷歌小子。" 皮纳特站起身，从子弹带里抽出那支黄色铅笔。 "我觉得该再做一次你的对照实验了。" 她走到用蓝丁胶贴在衣柜上的大卷画纸前，在上面画了一扇门，和前一天晚上画的一模一样。 她瞥了罗克韦尔一眼，随后把手伸进画里，抓住了门把手。 他露出了紧张的神情。 她一转把手，就传来咔哒一声，门开了。 一股强劲的冷风立刻吹进房间，吹得纸片四处乱飞。 罗克韦尔直接看呆了。 "皮纳特。 我再也不怀疑你了。 "你当然不会了，"她嗤笑道。 "快点走吧，免得我的房间变得比现在更乱。" 说完，他们俩就走进门里，随手带上了门。

As the last piece of paper gently floated to the carpet, Little-Bit Jones tiptoed into the bedroom. She walked over to the drawing of the door, reached in and opened it.

最后一片纸片轻轻飘落到地毯上时，小不点·琼斯踮着脚走进了卧室。 她走到那扇画出来的门前，伸手进去打开了门。