27 Mr White and the RAZERs

27 Mr White and the RAZERs Mrs M started collecting up the empty mugs. "When Mr White first arrived all those years ago, he promised that he would make our fabulous city even better than it already was. She laughed in that way that people do when they don't find something funny. "He told us that if we voted him into power, he would make sure that everyone in Chroma would get the chance to fulfil their creative potential." She started loading the tray. "The Rainbow Lake would be colour-corrected twice a week, the Cloud Quarter would be fully solar-powered within a year, and stunning new art galleries would be opened within a decade. The list of promises he made us was endless."

27 怀特先生与雷泽小队 M夫人动手收拾空杯子 "多年前怀特先生刚来到这里的时候，承诺要让我们这座很棒的城市变得比原来更美好" 她挤出了一丝笑容，就像人们根本不觉得好笑时硬挤出来的那种笑 "他告诉我们，如果我们投票选他掌权，他会保证克罗玛的每个人都有机会发挥自己的创作潜能" 她开始把杯子摆进托盘 "彩虹湖一周会做两次色彩修护，云朵区一年内就能实现全太阳能供电，十年内还会建起漂亮的新美术馆" 他许下的承诺多得数不清"

She took Peanut's mug from her. "He was also full of warnings about some kind of pollution that was blighting your world, and how, if we weren't careful, it would soon spread to Chroma. He said he knew how to prevent that from happening and if he was elected he would stop it in its tracks. She'd stopped collecting the mugs and sat down, staring into the fireplace. "And do you know what the worst part of this whole sorry affair is?" The children shook their heads. "We believed him." Her eyes shone in the flickering light. "We should have known straight away that he wouldn't be true to his word. The day after he was elected, he ordered his RAZERs to remove all of the graffiti on Main Street, Warholia." She looked down and shook her head. All that beautiful work. Whitewashed. "Er, Mrs M. Sorry to ask, but what is a RAZER?" asked Peanut. "R, A, Z, E, R. Rigorous Attitude Zero Empathy Robot. That should tell you all you need to know. He had them designed and built, and now has hundreds doing his bidding. "Yuck. They sound horrid," said Little-Bit. Doodle barked his agreement. "Finally, after three years of chipping away at everything we held dear, he passed a law making all artistic apparatus illegal. Pens, pencils, pastels, crayons, paintbrushes, everything.

她拿走了花生的杯子 "他还不断警告说，有一种污染正在破坏你们的世界，如果我们不小心，它很快就会蔓延到克罗玛" 他说他知道如何阻止这件事，如果他当选，他一定会立刻扼制它的发展 她停下收杯子的动作，坐下来盯着壁炉出神 "你知道这件糟糕的事里最让人难受的是什么吗？" 孩子们都摇了摇头 "我们相信了他" 她的眼睛在闪烁的火光里发亮 "我们本来一开始就该知道，他不会遵守诺言" 他当选的第二天，就下令让雷泽们擦掉了沃霍尔亚主街上所有的涂鸦 她低下头摇了摇 那全都是美丽动人的作品 全都被刷成了白色 "呃，M夫人，不好意思问一下，雷泽是什么呀？"花生问道 "R、A、Z、E、R，全称是态度严苛零同理心机器人" 这个名字就能告诉你一切你需要知道的了 这些机器人是他设计建造的，现在有几百个在听命于他 "讨厌 它们听起来可怕极了"小比特说 杜多汪汪叫了一声，表示同意 "终于，在他一点点毁掉我们珍视的一切三年后，他通过法案，宣布所有创作工具都是非法的" 钢笔、铅笔、色粉、蜡笔、画笔，一切创作工具都算

Forbidden. Imagine that. It was all confiscated and impounded. Well, almost all of it." She pointed to the pencils in her hair bun. "I managed to smuggle these two out when we made our escape underground. They have proved invaluable to our cause over the years. "The last straw was when, five years into his mayorship, he painted our beloved Spire white and turned it into a prison. That's when we realised that he wouldn't rest until he had completely destroyed everything that has made this city so great. She pulled one of the pencils from her bun, grabbed the map and underlined two words in the title. COLOUR & CREATIVITY

全部禁止 你能想象这种事吗 所有工具都被没收扣押了 好吧，几乎所有都被收走了" 她指了指自己发髻里插着的铅笔 "我们逃去地下的时候，我偷偷把这两支带了出来" 这么多年来，它们对我们的事业来说一直无比重要 "最后一根稻草是，在他当市长的第五年，他把我们心爱的尖塔刷成白色，改成了监狱" 那时候我们才明白，他不彻底毁掉所有让这座城市变得伟大的美好，绝不会停手 她从发髻里抽出一支铅笔，拿过地图，在标题里的两个词下方画了线 色彩与创造力