Chapter  13

"But don't worry. There's another station," said Bing Bong in a comforting voice as they all popped back into their original three-dimensional selves. "If we hurry, we can catch it."

Joy was skeptical¹, wondering if they were simply headed on another of Bing Bong's shortcuts². As he walked ahead, she whispered to Sadness, "Is there really another station?"

"Uh-huh," Sadness said. "Through there."

Straight ahead, Bing Bong stood with his arms held wide in front of big, beautiful gates. "Welcome to Imagination Land," he declared.

"Imagination Land?" Joy asked.

"Sure, I come here all the time. I'm practically the mayor. Hey, you guys hungry?" he asked. "There's French Fry Forest!"

"No way." Joy's eyes grew wide as she looked at the small area filled with giant French fries.

The next area Bing Bong led them to was full of glittering trophies³ and medals. "Check it out. Trophy⁴ Town! Medals, ribbons, certificates… everyone's a winner," he said, before kicking a soccer ball into a goal. Mind workers immediately rushed to him and showered him with medals. "I won first place!" he shouted.

Down the way, Joy spotted⁵ Cloud Town and got even more excited. "That's my favorite!" she said, ripping off a small chunk⁶ of cloud. She held on as the little piece of cloud floated her up into the air. She quickly let go and ran off to see more of Imagination Land.

Bing Bong stared at the cloud. Then he ripped off a piece, too. But it wasn't just a random⁷ cloud in Cloud Town—it was part of a cloud house. A cloud man stomped⁸ angrily from the front door. Startled, Bing Bong took a deep breath and blew out, pushing the cloud man away.

Quickly, the three moved on to the land of Lava⁹! There, Joy and Bing Bong jumped on big couches, moving from cushion to cushion over the lava and having a great time. "Imagination Land is the best!" shouted Bing Bong.

Sadness didn't agree. "Is it all going to be so interactive¹⁰?" she asked.

"Wait, wait! Hang on just a minute," Bing Bong said as he spied a house made of giant playing cards.

Joy and Sadness watched as he rushed into the house and emerged with a red rocket ship wagon¹¹. Joy was so excited to see it. "I stashed¹² it in there for safekeeping," Bing Bong explained. "Now I'm all set to take Riley to the moon!"

Bing Bong flung his arms wide and accidentally hit the house of cards. One by one, the cards collapsed¹³ on one another until the house disappeared. Joy, Sadness, and Bing Bong quickly moved on to another area.

"Isn't it great?" asked Bing Bong as he looked around Imagination Land. "And there's always something new, like… Who the heck is that?" Bing Bong stopped and pointed¹⁴ to a handsome teenage boy leaning against a wall, striking a pose.

A worker passing by answered, "Imaginary Boyfriend."

"I would die for Riley," said Imaginary Boyfriend in a dramatic, raspy voice.

"Oh, gaah," said Joy, her lip curling in disgust.

"I've never seen him before," said Bing Bong.

"I live in Canada," the boyfriend said quickly.

Joy was anxious to get to the train. "This way, through Preschool World," Bing Bong said as he guided them.

"Riley, here we come!" Joy exclaimed.

Meanwhile, Riley was inside a local hockey rink. She was sitting on the bleachers next to her mom, getting ready for tryouts. "These kids look pretty good considering they're from San Francisco," her mom said jokingly.

"Okay, Anderson, you're up!" the coach shouted.

"I gotta go," said Riley as she stood. Then she skated onto the ice.

Inside Headquarters, Disgust, Fear, and Anger were racking their brains, trying to figure out what to do. With the core memories gone, the Islands of Personality were all dark. That meant that when Riley went to use one, she wouldn't be able to. "If she tries to use Hockey Island, it's going down," said Disgust.

"Which is why I've recalled every hockey memory I can think of," said Fear. "One of these has got to work in place of the core memory."

They started loading the memories into the core memory holder¹⁵ as Riley skated onto the ice. Out the back window, the Emotions could see Hockey Island sputtering¹⁶, lighting¹⁷ up weakly. "Ha ha!" Fear cried. "We did it! It's working!"

BOOM! Suddenly, the holder blew out one of the memories like a bullet and took Anger right along with it! "Umph!" Anger groaned¹⁸ as the memory knocked into him.

On the ice, Riley struggled to control the puck. She went to slap it but missed and fell flat on her back.

Inside Headquarters, Fear tried to jam the memory back into the holder, but it shot out again and blew him back. Then the holder spun¹⁹ like a top and blasted all the memories out, spitting them at Fear! He collapsed to the ground, in pain.

Riley continued to fumble²⁰ on the ice. She looked like she had never played hockey before. She tried to slap the puck and fell down again.

"That's it!" Anger said, pushing Fear off the controls.

"Wait," Fear said. "No, no, no! Use your words."

"GrrraaaAAHHH!" Anger screamed.

Riley snapped. She threw down her hockey stick. The other players stopped in their tracks to watch as she rushed offthe ice, back to the bleachers.

"Riley, what's wrong?" Mom asked.

"Let's go," Riley said, taking off her skates.

"You're not going to finish tryouts?"

"What's the point?"

"Hey, it'll be all right," Mom said. "Let's just—"

Riley exploded. "Stop saying everything will be all right!" she yelled. Then she dashed toward the exit.

Back in Imagination Land, Joy heard a deafening²¹ BOOM! She turned to watch Hockey Island crumble²² like an iceberg²³. Another island was gone.

 

第 13 章

“不过别担心，还有另外一个车站。”兵兵安慰乐乐道，他们都重新变回了原先三维的样子。“只要抓紧时间，我们还能赶得上。”

乐乐对他的话表示怀疑，她在想他们是不是又走上了另一条所谓的“捷径”。兵兵走在前面的时候，乐乐问忧忧：“是不是真的还有一个车站？”

“呃——啊，”忧忧回答，“穿过那里就是。”

走在正前方的兵兵张开双臂，站在一排巨大的、漂亮的门前，大声宣布：“欢迎来到想象之境。”

“想象之境？”乐乐问道。

“当然，我经常来这里。事实上，我就是这里的主宰。嘿，你们饿了吗？”他说道，“那边有薯条森林！”

“不是吧?”看着那块小地方堆满巨型薯条，乐乐瞪大了眼睛。

兵兵带她们去的第二个地方堆满亮闪闪的奖杯和奖牌。“来看看，这是奖杯之城！奖牌、彩带、证书……每个人都是赢家。”接着，他将一个足球踢进球门。大脑工人立即奔向他，向他抛洒奖牌。“我得了第一！”他叫道。

一直往里走，乐乐发现了云之城，更加激动了。“那是我的最爱！”她边说边撕下一小片云朵。她抓住小云朵，随之浮到空中。接着她迅速放手，继续往前跑，想看看想象之境的其他地方。

兵兵盯着云朵，也撕下一片。但是这一片云却不是云之城里随随便便的一片——而是云之屋的一部分。一个住在云上的小人气得在门前跺脚。惊呆了的兵兵深吸一口气，将云上小人吹走了。

他们三人快速向前走，来到熔岩之地！在那儿，乐乐和兵兵踩着大沙发跳过熔岩，从一块坐垫跳到另一块上，玩得很开心。兵兵大叫道：“想象之境最棒了！”

忧忧却不同意，她问：“是不是接下来都能这样互动？”

“等等，等等！先等一下。”兵兵发现了一座由一张张巨型纸牌造成的房子。

乐乐和忧忧看着兵兵跑进屋子，出来的时候手里拿着红色火箭船，乐乐高兴极了。兵兵解释道：“我把它藏在里面是为了妥善保管。现在我可以带着莱莉飞向月球了。”

兵兵张开双臂，不小心碰到了纸牌屋，一张张纸牌接连倒了下去，房子消失了。乐乐、忧忧和兵兵赶紧走到了下一个地方。

“这儿是不是很棒？”兵兵环顾想象之境问道，“而且一直有新东西出现，比如……那家伙到底是谁？”兵兵停了下来，指着倚靠在墙边的一位帅气少年问道，那个少年正在摆造型。

一位路过的大脑工人答道：“想象中的男朋友。”

“我愿为莱莉献出生命。”想象中的男友用夸张而又嘶哑的声音说道。

“噢，好恶心。”乐乐厌恶地嘟起嘴唇。

“我以前从没见过他。”兵兵说道。

“我住在加拿大。”想象中的男友赶紧补充道。

乐乐焦急地只想尽快到达车站。“这边走，穿过童年世界。”兵兵一边说一边引导她们。

“莱莉，我们来了！”乐乐喊道。

与此同时，莱莉正在当地一个冰球场里，和妈妈一起坐在露天看台上，为预选赛做准备。“考虑到她们是旧金山人，这些小孩看上去打得还算是不错。”妈妈开玩笑地说。

“好了，安德森，轮到你了！”教练叫道。

“我上场了。”莱莉说着站了起来，滑到冰上。

情绪总部里，厌厌、怕怕和怒怒正绞尽脑汁，想着该怎么办。核心记忆球丢了之后，性格岛屿全部漆黑一片，也就意味着莱莉没办法使用其中任何一座岛屿。厌厌说：“如果莱莉要用冰球岛，这场比赛必输无疑。”

“这就是为什么我在努力回想一切与冰球有关的记忆。”怕怕说，“相应的记忆球中肯定有一个能代替原来的核心记忆球起作用。”

莱莉滑到冰上的时候，情绪小人们开始将记忆球安装到核心记忆装置上，他们看着后窗，发现冰球岛噼里啪啦闪了几下，微微地亮了起来。“哈哈！”怕怕叫道，“我们成功了！起作用了！”

嘣！突然，记忆装置将一个记忆球像子弹一样射出，正好击中怒怒，一起飞了出去！“啊——！”记忆球撞上怒怒的那一刻，他发起火来。

莱莉在冰面上努力控制冰球。她准备击球，却失手了，直挺挺地向后倒了下去。

情绪总部中，怕怕试着将记忆球重新塞回记忆装置，但是记忆球又被弹了出来，把他也撞了回去。接着，记忆装置像陀螺一样旋转起来，所有的记忆球往外飞溅，朝怕怕砸过来！他跌坐在地，浑身疼痛。

莱莉仍在冰上笨拙地移动着，像从来没打过冰球似的。她试着击球，却再一次摔倒在地。

“我受够了！”怒怒一边说，一边将怕怕推下控制台。

“等等，”怕怕说道，“不，不，不！动口别动手。”

“哼啊啊啊——！”怒怒吼了起来。

莱莉一下子崩溃了，她扔下球杆。其他正在滑行的球员停下来看着她冲出球场，回到看台。

“莱莉，怎么了？”妈妈问道。

“我们走吧。”莱莉一边说一边脱下溜冰鞋。

“你不想打完预备赛吗？”

“又有什么意义呢？”

“嘿，一切都会好的，”妈妈说，“我们只要——”

莱莉发怒了，喊道：“不要再说什么一切都会好的！”她朝出口冲去。

还在想象之境的乐乐听到震耳欲聋的一声巨响，嘣！她转过头，看着冰球岛像冰山一样崩塌，又一座性格岛屿消失了。

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