Chapter  4

The first night in the new house was uncomfor-table and creepy. Without furniture or a bed, Riley had to sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor. All the sounds of the city outside her window were loud and strange. Listening to the noises, Riley couldn't fall asleep.

Inside Headquarters, the Emotions were stressing out. "Was it a bear? It's a bear!" Fear said, controlling the console.

"There are no bears in San Francisco," Disgust said.

"I saw a really hairy guy," Anger said. "He looked like a bear."

"I'm so jumpy," Fear replied. "My nerves are shot!"

As Joy gazed at the memory shelves, the other Emotions talked about what a disaster the move had been. They blamed Joy for telling them that things wouldn't change when they moved. They had assumed they would be as happy in San Francisco as they had been in Minnesota.

Joy tried to reassure¹ them. "Look, I get it. You guys have concerns, but we've been through worse!" But the other Emotions didn't see how the situation could possibly be any worse.

"Yeah, Joy. We could be lying on a dirty floor. In a sleeping bag," said Disgust sarcastically².

"But think of all the good things that—"

They didn't want to hear any more of Joy's positivity. "No, Joy," Anger interrupted. "There's absolutely no reason for Riley to be happy right now. Let us handle this."

"I say we skip school tomorrow and lock ourselves in the bedroom," Fear said.

"We have no clean clothes," Disgust agreed. "I mean, no one should see us."

"Yeah, we could cry until we can't breathe," Sadness offered.

Joy tried to get everyone to calm down. "Now hold on," she said. "We all have our off days. You know, I…"

Then Mom appeared in Riley's doorway³. "The Mom bad news train is pulling in," said Anger. "Toot, toot!"

Mom sat down next to Riley and gave her an update on the moving van: it was going to take even longer to arrive.

"Toot, toot, toot!" Anger shouted.

Joy sighed and backed away from the console as Mom went on to explain how stressed Dad was about his new business venture. Anger stepped up to the console, gearing up for some major scowling⁴ action. But Mom surprised them. "I guess all I really want to say is thank you."

The Emotions were confused. Mom talked about how pleased she was that despite the rough situation, Riley had continued to be their happy girl. "Your dad's under a lot of pressure, but if you and I can keep smiling, it would be a big help. We can do that for him, right?" asked Mom.

Joy stepped up to the console proudly. She walked past Anger and took control. "Yeah, sure," Riley said, smiling.

"What did we do to deserve you?" Mom asked, kissing Riley on the forehead. "Sweet dreams," she said as she walked out and closed the door.

All the Emotions smiled as they looked toward Joy. "Well," Anger said, "you can't argue with Mom. Happy it is."

"Team Happy! Sounds great," Fear said.

When Riley was finally asleep, the screen in Headquarters turned black. "Looks like we're going into REM," said Joy. Joy was on Dream Duty, which meant she had to stay up and monitor Riley's dreams. She'd also take care of sending the memories to Long-Term. "Great day today, guys. Sleep well, Team Happy!" Joy called to the other Emotions as they headed off to sleep.

Then she took her place at the console. "All right," she said, looking up at the screen. "What's on tonight, Dream Productions?" Joy couldn't wait to see what the movie studio in Riley's Mind World came up with for that evening.

The dream began with Riley's family happily flying through the sky in their car. Then the car landed in front of a frightening haunted house with a mouse ghost. The mouse looked like a zombie as it eerily⁵ said, "Come live with me, Riley." Then it keeled over and died!

"Who's in charge of programming down there?" Joy said, frowning. "I know I'm not supposed to do this, but…" She ducked behind the console and messed with a few wires and switches, resetting⁶ the system. "We are not going to end the day like this," she said.

Then she recalled a memory of Riley showcasing all of her ice-skating moves on the lake with her parents. Joy rigged it so the memory played in Riley's mind like a dream instead of what Dream Productions had put on. Joy skated around Headquarters, mimicking⁷ Riley and reliving the happy memory. She promised Riley that tomorrow would be another great day.

 

第 4 章

在新家度过的第一个夜晚既不舒适也不愉快。没有家具，也没有床铺，莱莉只好躺在地板上的睡袋里过夜。窗外传来城市的各种声音，喧嚣而陌生。听着外面的嘈杂声，莱莉无法入睡。

情绪总部里的情绪小人们正在宣泄不满。“那是一只熊吗？真的是一只熊！”怕怕操纵着控制台说。

“旧金山可没有熊。”厌厌接着说。

“我看到一个毛茸茸的家伙，”怒怒说道，“看起来就像一头熊。”

“别一惊一乍的，”厌厌答道，“我都要神经衰弱了！”

乐乐看着记忆架的时候，其他情绪小人都在抱怨这次搬家简直就是一场灾难。他们埋怨乐乐之前竟说搬家后一切都不会改变，他们以为旧金山这里的生活也会和在明尼苏达州的一样美好。

乐乐试着安抚他们：“听着，我知道，你们都很担心，但是更糟的事我们都经历过了！”但是其他的情绪小人看不出还有什么能比现在的情况更糟。

“是啊，乐乐，我们有可能躺在脏兮兮的地板上，睡在一个睡袋里。”厌厌故意挖苦她。

“但是想想其他美好的东西——”

他们不想再听乐乐那些乐观积极的话。“不，乐乐，”怒怒打断她，“眼下完全没有理由让莱莉开心，还是让我们来处理吧。”

“我说明天就别去上学了，把我们锁在卧室就好。”怕怕说。

“正好我们也没干净的衣服可穿，”厌厌表示同意，“我的意思是，不要让别人瞧见我们。”

“是啊，我们可以一直哭，哭到不能呼吸为止。”忧忧提议。

乐乐试着让所有人冷静。“打住，”她说，“我们都会有不顺心的时候，你们知道，我……”

这时妈妈出现在莱莉的卧室门口。“妈妈号坏消息小火车要开进来啦，”怒怒说道，“嘟，嘟！”

妈妈在莱莉身边坐下，告诉她关于搬家车的最新消息：搬家车到达的时间又推迟了。

“嘟，嘟，嘟！”怒怒叫了起来。

妈妈继续向莱莉解释，爸爸因为新生意项目承担了很多压力。乐乐叹了口气，后退几步，离开控制台。怒怒走上控制台，开足马力，准备发怒。但是妈妈接下来的话让他们很惊讶：“我想我真正想说的是——谢谢你。”

情绪小人们呆住了。妈妈接着说尽管形势艰难，但莱莉依然能够做一个快乐的女孩，这让她开心极了。“你爸爸压力很大，但是只要你和我保持微笑，这就帮了他大忙。我们能够为爸爸做到这一点，对吗？”妈妈问。

乐乐骄傲地走上控制台，从怒怒身边走过，重新负责操控。“是的，当然。”莱莉笑着说。

“我们做了什么竟得到你这么好的女儿？”妈妈一边说，一边亲了亲莱莉的额头。“睡个好觉。”她走了出去，关上了门。

所有情绪小人都笑了，他们看着乐乐。“好吧，”怒怒说，“妈妈的话不容置疑，就快乐吧。”

“全体快乐！听起来棒极了。”怕怕说道。

莱莉总算睡着了，情绪总部里的屏幕也暗了下来。乐乐说：“看来我们也得进入休眠模式了。”她负责夜间值班，因此她必须熬夜监控莱莉的梦境。同时，她还要负责将记忆球送去长期存储。“伙伴们，今天很不错。大家睡个好觉，全体快乐！”乐乐朝其他情绪小人喊道，他们正一个个离开去休息。

然后，乐乐重新坐在控制台前。“好了，”她一边说一边抬头看着屏幕，“今天晚上造梦场会造出什么样的梦境呢？”乐乐迫不及待地想要看看莱莉大脑世界中的播梦室当晚会放映什么内容。

梦境以莱莉和家人乘着车，快乐地在空中飞翔开始。接着，车子停在一栋恐怖的鬼屋前面，里面有一只老鼠幽灵。那只看上去像僵尸一样的老鼠阴森森地开口说道：“来，和我一起住吧，莱莉。”接着，老鼠朝前一倒，死了！

“是谁在设计梦境的内容？”乐乐皱起眉头说道，“我知道我不该这么做，但是……”她在控制台后面弯下腰，理了理电线和开关，重启了系统。“决不能就这样结束一天。”乐乐说。

接着，她想起莱莉曾经在冰湖上向父母展示自己各种溜冰技巧的记忆。乐乐操纵控制台，这样莱莉脑海中显示的梦境就是这一段记忆，而不是造梦场原本放映的内容。乐乐模仿莱莉在情绪总部滑来滑去，释放快乐的记忆。她向莱莉保证，明天又会是美好的一天。

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