Chapter  2

Riley's dad started a new business. Then her parents sold their home in Minnesota, and the family moved to San Francisco. Just like that, Riley's life was turned upside down.

The car ride across the country was long, and Riley's Emotions started to get restless. "Why don't we just live in this smelly car? We've already been in it forever," said Disgust, looking at the other Emotions.

Joy pointed¹ out that the ride gave them plenty of time to imagine what the new house would look like. She plugged a cloud-shaped disc into the console as the Emotions reviewed all the great options they had thought up. Joy loved the image of the gingerbread house with the candy shutters². Anger liked the one of a dark castle that came with its very own fire-breathing dragon.

When Dad finally drove down their new block, the Emotions waited anxiously. They held their breath as Riley stepped out of the car and looked at the house…

It was NOTHING like what they had imagined.

"Maybe it's nice on the inside," Joy said cheerfully as she looked at the run-down Victorian.

But the inside was even worse! It was small, dark, and creepy, and it smelled weird³. "We're supposed to live here?" Anger shouted.

"Do we have to?" Sadness said.

"Can you die from moving?" asked Fear nervously⁴.

"I'm gonna be sick," said Disgust, noticing a dead mouse in the corner.

Joy reminded everyone how cool Dad said Riley's new bedroom was and suggested they check it out. Excited, Riley hurried upstairs to see it.

"No, no, no, no," said Fear, taking in the dismal⁵ view.

The room was ridiculously small, and it had a sloped ceiling, which made it feel even smaller. A gloomy mood fell over the Emotions.

"I'm starting to envy the dead mouse," said Disgust.

"Oh, Riley can't live here," added Sadness.

As usual, Joy tried to get everyone to look on the bright side. "I read somewhere that an empty room is an opportunity," she said excitedly. She got everybody to imagine how great the room would look with all of Riley's stuff set up. "We'll put the bed there. And the desk over there…" Soon, they were all thinking about how they could fix up the room.

"And the hockey lamp goes there… ," Fear added.

As they thought about Riley's posters, books, and glow-in-the-dark stars, they began to feel better. "Let's go get our stuff from the moving van!" Joy said. Riley dashed back downstairs to see if the moving van had arrived yet. When she entered the living room, she saw Dad hang up the phone, and she could tell he was annoyed. "Well, guess what?" he said. "The moving van won't be here until Thursday!"

"You're kidding!" said Mom.

The news stressed out the family, and Mom and Dad began to argue. "You said it would be here yesterday!" said Mom.

"I know that's what I said," said Dad. "That's what they told me!"

The move to the new house was not off to a very good start.

Joy acted quickly. "I've got a great idea!" she said, clicking an idea bulb into the console.

Suddenly, Riley smiled. She grabbed her hockey stick and dropped a crumpled-up piece of paper on the floor. "Anderson makes her move. She's closing in!" Riley said playfully as she used her hockey stick to move the wad of paper across the floor like a puck.

"Oh, no you're not!" Dad said, grabbing a broom to use as a makeshift stick.

Riley slid across the hardwood floor in her socks as though she were on skates. She dribbled⁶ the paper toward the fireplace and whacked⁷ it in. "She shoots, and she scores! Woo-hoo!" Riley said, celebrating.

The Emotions cheered, and Joy turned to look out the back window of Headquarters. Family Island shone in the distance, powered up and running.

"Come on, Grandma!" Riley said as she skated around Mom.

"Grandma?" Mom said, putting her hair up in a ponytail. She grabbed a pillow to use as she played goalie, guarding the fireplace.

For a moment, the family forgot about their stress and enjoyed playing together in the empty living room. A golden memory rolled through Headquarters.

Then Dad's phone rang, quickly ending the game.

"The investor's supposed to show up on Thursday, not today," he said after hanging up. "I gotta go."

"It's okay," said Mom. "We get it."

"You're the best," Dad said, and kissed Mom goodbye. "See you, sweetie," he said, waving at Riley.

"Dad just left us," said Fear.

"Oh, he doesn't love us anymore. That's sad," Sadness said, stepping up to the console. "I should drive, right?"

Joy quickly blocked her. "You know what I've realized?" she said, trying to come up with a way to turn the situation around. "Riley hasn't had lunch!" Joy yanked a memory sphere off the wall and played it, revealing a pizza shop Riley had noticed earlier, when they were in the car.

"Hey, I saw a pizza place down the street," Riley said to Mom. "Maybe we could try that?"

"Pizza sounds delicious," Mom said.

The Emotions cheered, and Joy smiled, happy to see that things were back on track.

 

第 2 章

莱莉的爸爸换了新工作，因此父母把在明尼苏达州的房子卖了，全家搬到了旧金山。就这样，莱莉的生活有了天翻地覆的变化。

从明尼苏达州到圣弗朗西斯科要跨越大半个美国，车程漫长。莱莉的情绪小人们变得焦躁起来，厌厌看着其他情绪小人说：“我们为什么不干脆住在这臭烘烘的车子里？反正已经在里面闷了这么久。”

乐乐指出长时间的旅程刚好可以让他们有足够的时间想象新房子的样子。她往控制台插入一张云状碟片。于是，情绪小人们纷纷开始回顾各自已经想出的好点子，乐乐喜欢有糖果窗的姜饼屋，怒怒喜欢住着喷火龙的黑暗城堡。

爸爸终于将车子开到了新家所在的街区，情绪小人们屏住呼吸，焦虑不安地等着。莱莉走出车外，看着眼前的房子……

和想象中的样子完全不一样。

乐乐看着那破旧的维多利亚式老房子，自我安慰道：“兴许里面不错。”

但里面更糟糕！房子又小又暗，令人毛骨悚然，还有一股怪怪的味道。 “难道我们就住这里？”怒怒生气地大叫。

“一定得住这儿吗？” 忧忧问。

“搬家是不是也会死人？” 怕怕紧张地问。

“我要吐了。” 厌厌看到角落里竟然有一只死老鼠。

乐乐提醒大家爸爸曾经说过莱莉的新卧室很棒，大家可以一起去看一看。莱莉兴奋地跑上楼梯。

“不，不，不，不。”眼前的景象让怕怕非常沮丧。

房间出奇的小，天花板还是歪的，这让本来就小的房间更显局促，情绪小人们的心情顿时低落下来。

“我都开始嫉妒那只死老鼠了。”厌厌说。

“噢，莱莉可不能住这儿。” 忧忧接着说。

和往常一样，乐乐努力让大家朝好的方面看，她兴奋地说：“我曾经看见书上说空房间是一个好机会。”她让大家想象一下如果房间里放满莱莉的东西该多么美好，“我们可以把床放在这儿，桌子放在那儿……”没过多久，他们都开始考虑该怎么收拾房间。

怕怕接着说：“冰球灯可以放在那儿……”

他们想着莱莉的海报、书还有带夜光的星星，心情好了起来。乐乐说：“让我们把东西从搬家车上拿下来！”莱莉跑下楼梯，想看看搬家车到了没有。她走进客厅，看见爸爸刚挂了电话，他看起来挺生气。“唉，你猜怎么着？”爸爸说，“搬家车得星期四才能到！”

“你在开玩笑吧?”妈妈说道。

消息在家里传开，妈妈和爸爸吵了起来：“你说过昨天就能到的!”

“我知道自己说过什么，”爸爸回道，“他们之前就是那样告诉我的！”

搬家的事看来出师不利。

乐乐迅速做出反应：“我有个好想法！”她说着将一个点子灯泡嵌入控制台。

突然，莱莉笑了起来。她抓起冰球棒，扔了一个揉皱的纸团在地上，接着挥动球棒把纸团当成冰球在地上推来推去，开心地说：“安德森发动进攻啦，她就要进球啦！”

“噢，休想！”爸爸一边说，一边抓起扫帚当临时球棒。

莱莉假装自己在溜冰，只穿着袜子的双脚在硬木地板上滑行。她将纸团运向壁炉，一击命中。“她进球啦，她得分啦！唔——哈！”莱莉欢呼道。

情绪小人们也高兴起来，乐乐回头看向情绪总部的后窗。能量持续流向家人岛，远远地闪烁着。

“来吧，老奶奶！”莱莉绕着妈妈转圈。

“老奶奶？”妈妈一边说，一边将头发扎成马尾。她抓起一个枕头，挡在壁炉前面，当起了守门员。

这一刻，全家人忘记了烦恼，一起在空客厅里享受玩冰球的乐趣，一个金色的记忆球滚过情绪总部。

接着，爸爸的手机响了，冰球比赛迅速结束。

“投资商应该周四才来，不是今天，”他挂断电话说道，“我得走了。”

“去吧，”妈妈说，“我们知道了。”

“你们是最棒的。”爸爸和妈妈吻别。“宝贝，再见。” 他朝莱莉挥挥手。

怕怕说道：“爸爸离我们而去了。”

“噢，他再也不爱我们了，真伤心。”忧忧说着走上控制台，“该由我来操控了，对吗？”

乐乐迅速拦住她，“你们猜我发现了什么？”她努力思考想找到扭转局势的方法。“莱莉还没吃午饭呢！”乐乐猛地从墙上拉出一个记忆球，拿在手里把玩，记忆球里显示的是莱莉早先在车上时就注意到的一家比萨店。

“嘿，我之前看到街上有一家比萨店，”莱莉对妈妈说，“或许我们可以去试试？”

“比萨听起来不错。” 妈妈回答。

情绪小人们高兴起来，乐乐露出了微笑，她很高兴看到一切恢复正常。

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