Chapter  1

On the day Riley was born, Joy found herself inside a strange and beautiful place: Riley's mind. Joy, a glowing collection of yellow energy particles, was one of the new baby's Emotions. From inside Headquarters, the control center of Riley's Mind World, she saw everything through Riley's eyes.

Joy stepped up to the console, a device the Emotions used to control Riley's reactions, and watched in awe¹, as Riley's parents looked down at their beautiful daughter for the first time. "Hello, Riley," said Mom, beaming.

"Oh, look at you," said Dad in amazement². "Aren't you a little bundle of joy?"

Suddenly, a golden sphere rolled down a track to the right of the console in Headquarters, lighting³ up the room with its soft glow. Joy picked up the strange globe and held it carefully in her hands. She could see an image of Riley's parents, smiling inside the sphere. "Aren't you a little bundle of joy?" said Dad. It was the memory of what Joy had just witnessed! She placed the memory sphere back and watched as it continued rolling down the track to the memory shelves in the back of Headquarters.

Joy instantly fell in love with Riley and devoted⁴ herself completely to doing everything she could to help Riley live a happy life. She thought it would just be her and Riley forever… But thirty-three seconds after Riley was born, someone else materialized at the console and started working the controls. Riley began to cry.

"I'm Sadness," the blue newcomer said to Joy, introducing herself somberly.

"I just want to fix that," Joy said, gently pushing Sadness off the controls. She pressed a few buttons and Riley stopped crying.

As time went on, more Emotions showed up inside Headquarters, taking control whenever Riley needed them. And with each new Emotion, memories started rolling through in different colors, matching the Emotion that Riley felt about the memory.

Fear's job was to keep Riley safe. He guided her whenever she encountered something he thought was dangerous, like power cords, roller skates, and dogs. "Look out!" was one of his favorite phrases. All of Riley's memories associated with fear were stored in purple spheres, the same color as Fear himself.

Disgust was green. She kept her sharp eye out for anything that looked worthy⁵ of an "Ew." She took control whenever something gross came up—like broccoli⁶, bad art, or nasty people. Basically, Disgust kept Riley from being physically⁷ or socially poisoned. Riley's disgusted memories were saved inside green spheres.

When the Emotions saw unfair things happening to Riley as they watched out the view screen in Head-quarters, Anger—who was short, red, and angry—took the reins⁸. Life's injustices⁹ really heated him up! Anger worked hard to even the score, so he was always ready to release a scowl¹⁰, scream, or growl¹¹ at any unfair situation. When he got REALLY mad, he would get so hot that his head would light on fire! Riley's angry memories were saved inside red spheres.

Each Emotion had its own job, but most of the time they were content to let Joy run the console. And Joy could see why all of them were important… except for Sadness. Joy didn't want Riley to ever feel sad! She wanted Riley to be as happy as she could be, so she tried her best to keep Sadness as far from the controls as possible.

As Riley's lead Emotion, Joy did an excellent job, and most of Riley's memories were golden, just like Joy. The most important ones were core memories—these glowed brighter than Riley's normal memories. They were formed when Riley had big "life moments", like when she was two and a half and scored her first hockey goal in a game with her parents!

The core memories powered the Islands of Personality with lightlines, which were like electrical cords that stretched over a deep ravine from Headquarters to the actual islands. The islands made Riley who she was, and they each said something different about her. For example, the core memory of Riley's first goal powered Hockey Island. There were also Goofball, Family, Honesty, and Friendship Islands—they were like mini theme parks. The Emotions loved to watch the islands light up as they looked out the back window of Headquarters.

Riley had a very happy childhood, living with her parents in their small Minnesota town. She loved playing hockey, hanging out with her friends, and ice-skating on the lake. Joy made sure that at the end of each day, most of the memories rolling through Headquarters were golden, happy ones. But when Riley was eleven years old, her parents made a major decision that changed everything.

 

第 1 章

莱莉出生的那天，乐乐发现自己身处一个既陌生又美丽的地方：莱莉的大脑中。乐乐由一团发光的黄色能量粒子组成，是这个新生儿的情绪小人之一。在情绪总部，也就是莱莉大脑的控制中心，乐乐可以通过莱莉的眼睛看到一切。

乐乐走上控制台，那是情绪小人用来控制莱莉反应的装置。她惊奇地看着眼前的一幕——莱莉的爸妈第一次低头看着自己那美丽的女儿，妈妈满脸笑容地说：“嗨，莱莉！”

爸爸惊叹道：“噢，看看你，你可不就是快乐的小宝贝嘛!”

突然，控制台右边的轨道上滚下一个金色圆球，闪着柔和的光芒，照亮了整个空间。乐乐捡起那个奇怪的圆球，小心地拿在手里，她看见圆球里有莱莉父母微笑的画面，爸爸说道：“你可不就是个快乐的小宝贝嘛!”这是乐乐刚刚见证过的那一幕的记忆！她把记忆球放回轨道，看着它滚向控制室后面的记忆架。

乐乐对莱莉一见钟情，发誓要全心全意、竭尽所能地让莱莉过上快乐的生活。她以为永远只有她和莱莉……但是，莱莉出生后33秒，情绪总部突然出现了另外一个小人，她开始操纵控制台，莱莉哭了起来。

通体蓝色的新人忧伤地向乐乐介绍自己：“我是忧忧。”

“让我来处理。”乐乐说着轻轻地把忧忧推离了控制台，然后按下几个按钮，莱莉就不哭了。

随着时间的推移，情绪总部出现了更多的情绪小人，在莱莉需要的时候控制她的情绪。每出现一种新的情绪便有不同颜色的记忆球滚下，记忆球的颜色和莱莉对该记忆的情绪一致。

怕怕负责莱莉的安全，每当遇到可能存在危险的事物时，像电源线、溜冰鞋还有狗之类的，怕怕就会保护她。“当心！”是他最喜欢的口头禅之一。莱莉所有和害怕相关的记忆存储在紫色的圆球中，和怕怕身体的颜色一样。

厌厌是绿色的，她敏锐的眼睛不放过任何令她恶心的东西。一旦看见讨厌的东西，如西兰花、糟糕的艺术或讨厌的人，她就负责控制。基本上，厌厌保障莱莉既不被讨厌的东西也不被讨厌的人毒害。莱莉厌恶的记忆存储在绿色的圆球中。

当情绪总部的情绪小人通过屏幕看到不公之事发生在莱莉身上时，怒怒——矮个头、红色、愤怒的情绪小人——便上场了。生活中的不公常令他怒火冲天！怒怒努力寻求公平，遇到不公之事，他总是怒目而视、尖叫咆哮。当他非常生气的时候，他整个人都会发热变烫，脑袋上甚至会冒火！莱莉愤怒的记忆存储在红色圆球中。

每一个情绪小人都有自己负责的事情，但是大多数时候他们都愿意让乐乐来控制情绪，而且乐乐也明白每一个情绪小人的重要性……除了忧忧。乐乐希望莱莉永远不忧伤！她希望莱莉尽可能地快乐，因此她总是尽量让忧忧离控制台远远的。

作为莱莉的主导情绪，乐乐的工作很出色，莱莉的大多数记忆都是金色的，正如乐乐的颜色一样。最重要的记忆是核心记忆——它们比莱莉的普通记忆更加闪亮。它们形成于莱莉重大的“生活时刻”，比如她两岁半的时候，和父母玩冰球第一次进球得分！

核心记忆球通过光缆给性格岛供应能量，光缆从情绪总部延伸到具体的岛屿，就像蔓延在深谷上方的电线。这些岛屿决定了莱莉的性格，每座岛屿代表了她生活的不同方面，比如，莱莉第一次进球得分的核心记忆塑造了冰球岛。此外还有耍宝岛、家人岛、诚实岛和友情岛——它们就像迷你主题公园。情绪小人喜欢从情绪总部的后窗看着一座座岛屿亮起。

莱莉和父母一起在明尼苏达州的小镇度过了自己非常快乐的童年，她喜欢打冰球，和伙伴们出去玩耍，在湖面上溜冰。每一天结束时，乐乐确保滚过情绪总部的记忆球大多是金色的，里面都是快乐的记忆。但是，莱莉11岁的时候，她的父母做了一项重要的决定，一切都变了。

点击收听单词发音