雙語(yǔ)讀電影 《頭腦特工隊(duì)》第09章 :這么說(shuō)你知道回情緒總部的路?

Chapter  9
Joy and Sadness gazed down over the edge of the cliff at the endless drop below. They couldn’t believe it: a huge hollow space hung where Goofball Island used to be. The island had completely disappeared.
Sadness was immediately worried. “We lost Goofball Island. That means she can lose Friendship and Hockey and Honesty and Family,” she said. She turned to Joy.
“You can fix this, right?”
“I… I don’t know,” admitted Joy, feeling lost.
Sadness’s groan of despair was enough to kick-start Joy’s optimism. “But we have to try. Okay? Come on.”
Joy’s eyes fell on Friendship Island as the sky began to darken. “Riley’s gone to sleep, which is a good thing. Nothing else bad can happen while she’s asleep and we’ll be back to Headquarters before she wakes up,” Joy said. “We’ll just go across Friendship Island.”
When Sadness noticed there was no way to get there along the edge of the cliff, she moaned. “We’ll never make it, oh… no…”
Joy reached for Sadness, knowing she was on the edge of collapse. “No, no, no, don’t obsess over the weight of life’s problems. Remember that funny movie where the dog dies?”
Sadness thought for a minute. Finally, she slumped down to the ground in a face-plant of despair.
“Sadness, we don’t have time for this,” Joy said.
Joy looked around, trying to figure out the best way back to Headquarters. She saw stacks of memory shelves winding off into the distance. “We’ll have to go around. Take the scenic route,” she said. She took a deep breath and set off.
“Wait! Joy, you could get lost in there!” Sadness shouted after her.
“Think positive!” Joy reminded her.
“Okay,” Sadness said. “I’m positive you will get lost in there! That’s Long-Term Memory. I read about it in the manual.”
Joy’s eyes popped wide open. “The manual?” she cried. “The manual! You read the manual!”
Sadness had had lots of time to read about Long-Term Memory while she was sitting in the “Circle of Sadness.”
Joy ran back to Sadness. “So you know the way back to Headquarters?”
Sadness was confused. “I guess…”
“Congratulations,” Joy beamed. “You are the official Mind Map.”
Sadness didn’t know how to respond. “Thank you?”
“Let’s go! Lead on, Mind Map. Show me where we’re going.”
Sadness nodded, but she didn’t move. “Okay! Only… I’m too sad to walk. Just give me a few hours.”
Joy was not about to let Sadness’s emotional slump slow them down. Determined, she picked up one of Sadness’s legs and dragged her into the labyrinth. “Which way?” Joy asked. “Left?”
“Right,” Sadness said. Joy turned right. “No, I mean, go left. I said left was right. Like ‘correct.’”
“Okay,” Joy said, moving on.
“This actually feels kinda nice,” Sadness said as Joy picked up the pace, pulling her through the maze.
“This is working!” Joy said.
Out of breath and sweating, Joy continued to drag Sadness. They were lost. “This is not working. Are we getting close?”
“Just another right… and a left. Then another left, and a right… ,” Sadness said.
Joy simply grunted in frustration and kept moving.