Chapter 6
Don’t worry,” said Joy. “I got this.” She stepped in and pushed a lever on the console.
Riley smiled as she stood up and spoke to the class. “My name is Riley Anderson,” she said. “I’m from Minnesota. And now I live here.”
“And how about Minnesota?” the teacher asked. “Can you tell us something about it? Well, you certainly get a lot more snow than we do,” she said.
Joy slapped her knee and laughed. “She’s hilarious!” she said, turning a lever on the console.
Riley smiled as she told the class about Minnesota. She told them about the lake and how it froze over in the winter. She talked about being on an ice hockey team called the Prairie Dogs and playing with her friend Meg. Joy recalled a memory of the family skating together and played it on the screen.
Riley smiled, thinking about the memory, and continued to talk about playing hockey and how it was a family tradition. But then something very strange happened… the image on the screen that the Emotions were watching turned BLUE.
Riley’s smile faded and her brow furrowed. Suddenly, she felt very sad. Joy and the other Emotions looked around confused until their eyes landed on Sadness, who was guiltily touching the memory sphere, which had also turned blue.
“Sadness!” Joy said, shocked. “You touched a memory!”
“Oh yeah, I know. I’m sorry,” Sadness said.
“Get back in your circle,” Joy snapped. Then she tried to eject the memory, but it wouldn’t come out!
“Get it out of there, Joy!” Fear shouted.
“Cool kids whispering at three o’clock,” Disgust said, pointing to the screen.
Inside the classroom, Riley was sniffling and some of the kids were whispering. “Did you see that look?” Fear said, panicking. “They’re judging us!”
Joy, Fear, Anger, and Disgust all tried to get the memory out, but it wouldn’t budge. Riley’s eyes welled up with tears as she continued. “But everything’s different now,” she said. “Since we moved…” Her voice trailed off and she was unable to speak.
“Oh no!” Fear shouted. “We’re CRYING AT SCHOOL!”
Joy turned to the console to see SADNESS DRIVING! “What? No!” she shouted. Finally, she yanked the memory out and pulled Sadness off the controls. PING! A new memory had been created, and it was bright blue.
“Whoa!” Anger said.
“It’s a core memory!” Fear shouted in awe.
“But it’s blue!” Disgust said.
The bright blue memory rolled down the track as the core memory holder whirred into action. “No, wait!” Joy said, trying to stop it. She jumped and slapped her hand on the holder, popping the memory up and grabbing it. Then she leaned over and pressed the end-of-day Memory Dump button, causing the vacuum tube to come down from the ceiling. Joy got ready to send the blue core memory up, hoping it would be like it had never existed!
“Joy, no,” Sadness said, running to save the memory.
“That’s a core memory!”
“Hey! Stop it,” Joy said.
As the two struggled over the bright blue sphere, they bumped into the core memory holder and all the core memories fell out! Fear, Anger, and Disgust screamed as the Islands of Personality went DARK.
Joy quickly tossed the blue memory aside and scrambled as she tried to collect the core memories rolling around the floor like marbles. Sadness snatched up the blue core memory and moved to place it in the core memory holder, but Joy lunged and caused it to slip out of her hands. Then the powerful suction from the vacuum started to suck the blue core memory up through the tube!
Joy tumbled backward and dropped the memories she had gathered. Then the suction began to pull one of the gold core memories toward the tube. “No, no, no, no!” Joy shouted. She reached in to try to grab the memory and was sucked up with it! The intense suction pulled Sadness in, too!
Fear, Anger, and Disgust watched helplessly as Joy, Sadness, and the core memories were vacuumed up into the tube!
Back in the classroom, the teacher thanked Riley for sharing. Riley wiped her tears away as she sat down and awkwardly buried her head in her book.
Meanwhile, Joy and Sadness rocketed through the vacuum tube, clutching the core memories. Because they had never been out of Headquarters, they looked around in awe at parts of Riley’s Mind World. As everything outside raced by, they couldn’t help wondering: Where were they going to end up?
第 6 章
“別擔(dān)心,”樂(lè)樂(lè)說(shuō)道,“看我的。”她走上控制臺(tái),推動(dòng)上面的控制桿。
萊莉站了起來(lái),笑著向全班同學(xué)介紹自己:“我的名字叫萊莉·安德森。我來(lái)自明尼蘇達(dá)州,現(xiàn)在住在這里。”
“明尼蘇達(dá)州怎么樣?”老師問(wèn)道,“能不能給我們講一講?你們那兒的雪顯然比這兒多。”
樂(lè)樂(lè)拍著膝蓋笑了起來(lái)。“她可真幽默!”她一邊說(shuō),一邊旋轉(zhuǎn)控制桿。
萊莉笑著向全班同學(xué)介紹明尼蘇達(dá)州,告訴他們那兒的湖泊在冬天會(huì)結(jié)厚厚的冰,告訴他們自己曾經(jīng)是草原土撥鼠冰球隊(duì)的一員,和朋友梅格一起參加比賽。樂(lè)樂(lè)想起曾經(jīng)和家人一起溜冰的記憶,于是那段記憶被放映在屏幕上。
萊莉想起那段記憶便笑了起來(lái),她繼續(xù)說(shuō)著玩冰球的事,告訴同學(xué)們那是他們家的家庭傳統(tǒng)。但是接下來(lái),非常奇怪的事情發(fā)生了……情緒小人們正在觀看的屏幕畫(huà)面變成了藍(lán)色。
萊莉的笑容消失了,她皺起眉頭。突然之間,她覺(jué)得非常難過(guò)。樂(lè)樂(lè)和其他情緒小人疑惑地看了看四周,目光落在憂憂身上。憂憂正內(nèi)疚地摸著記憶球,而那個(gè)記憶球也變藍(lán)了。
“憂憂!”樂(lè)樂(lè)震驚地說(shuō)道,“你碰了記憶球!”
“哦,是啊,我知道,對(duì)不起。”憂憂說(shuō)道。
“回你的圓圈里去。”樂(lè)樂(lè)呵斥道。她試圖讓記憶球彈出來(lái),但是失敗了!
“樂(lè)樂(lè),快把它弄出來(lái)!”怕怕叫道。
“三點(diǎn)鐘方向的那些酷孩子正在竊竊私語(yǔ)。”厭厭指著屏幕說(shuō)。
教室里,萊莉抽噎了起來(lái),有些孩子開(kāi)始交頭接耳。“看到那眼神了嗎?”怕怕慌了,“他們?cè)谡f(shuō)我們呢!”
樂(lè)樂(lè)、怕怕、怒怒,還有厭厭一起試著把記憶球彈出來(lái),但是它紋絲不動(dòng)。萊莉的眼淚涌了出來(lái)。“但是現(xiàn)在一切都變了,”她繼續(xù)說(shuō)道,“自從我們搬到這里……”她的聲音越來(lái)越小,直到說(shuō)不出話。
“哦,不!”怕怕叫道,“我們竟然在學(xué)校里哭了!”
樂(lè)樂(lè)轉(zhuǎn)向控制臺(tái),卻發(fā)現(xiàn)憂憂在操縱!“什么?不!”她叫了起來(lái)。她猛地用力,記憶球終于彈了出來(lái)。樂(lè)樂(lè)把憂憂從控制臺(tái)推開(kāi)。砰!新的記憶球產(chǎn)生了,竟是明亮的藍(lán)色。
“哇!”怒怒感嘆道。
“是核心記憶球!”怕怕膽怯地叫道。
“但是藍(lán)色的!”厭厭補(bǔ)充道。
核心記憶裝置嗡嗡響著運(yùn)作起來(lái),亮藍(lán)色的記憶球便滾下軌道。“不,等等!”樂(lè)樂(lè)試圖攔住記憶球。她跳起來(lái)伸手拍在記憶架上,記憶球彈了起來(lái),樂(lè)樂(lè)一把抓住。接著,她探身按下每天記憶清理按鈕,天花板上伸下一根真空管。樂(lè)樂(lè)準(zhǔn)備將藍(lán)色核心記憶球放進(jìn)去,就當(dāng)這個(gè)記憶球從來(lái)沒(méi)有出現(xiàn)過(guò)!
“樂(lè)樂(lè),不要。”憂憂跑過(guò)來(lái)想要救下記憶球。
“那可是一個(gè)核心記憶球!”
“嘿!別鬧。”樂(lè)樂(lè)說(shuō)道。
她們倆搶奪著那個(gè)亮藍(lán)色記憶球,不小心碰到了核心記憶裝置,所有的核心記憶球都掉了出來(lái)!性格島全部變暗了,怕怕、怒怒和厭厭尖叫了起來(lái)。
樂(lè)樂(lè)趕緊將藍(lán)色記憶球扔到一邊,手忙腳亂地試圖撿起像彈珠一樣在地上四處滾動(dòng)的核心記憶球。憂憂搶先抓起藍(lán)色核心記憶球,想要把它放回核心記憶裝置上,但樂(lè)樂(lè)猛沖了過(guò)來(lái),使記憶球從憂憂手中滑落。這時(shí),真空管強(qiáng)大的吸力將藍(lán)色核心記憶球吸了進(jìn)去!
樂(lè)樂(lè)向后摔倒,先前收集的記憶球也掉落在地。這時(shí)真空管開(kāi)始將一個(gè)金色核心記憶球吸入管道。“不,不,不,不!”樂(lè)樂(lè)叫了起來(lái)。她伸出手,想要抓住記憶球,但是卻被一起吸了進(jìn)去!強(qiáng)大的吸力將憂憂也吸了進(jìn)去!
怕怕、怒怒和厭厭無(wú)助地看著樂(lè)樂(lè)、憂憂和核心記憶球全部被吸進(jìn)了真空管!
教室里,老師感謝了萊莉的分享。萊莉擦干眼淚,坐回座位,尷尬地把頭埋在書(shū)后面。
與此同時(shí),樂(lè)樂(lè)和憂憂被快速吸進(jìn)真空管,手里還牢牢抓著核心記憶球。她們從來(lái)沒(méi)有離開(kāi)過(guò)情緒總部,因此驚訝地看著萊莉大腦世界的其他組成部分。隨著外面的一切快速閃過(guò),她們不禁擔(dān)心起來(lái):她們最后會(huì)停在哪里?