Chapter  22

Riley's parents were worried sick as they racked their brains trying to figure out where she might be. "Her teacher hasn't even seen Riley all day," said Mom.

"I can't believe this," Dad said.

"What was she wearing last? Do you even remember what—" asked Mom, panicking.

Just then, Riley walked through the front door.

"Riley!" shouted Mom, rushing to her.

"Riley, there you are! Thank goodness!" said Dad, relieved.

Inside Headquarters, Sadness was confidently driving. Joy pulled the yellow core memories out of the bag and handed them over to her. The memories all turned blue.

In the dining room, Riley cried as Sadness placed each memory, one at a time, into the recall unit. All the memories turned a deeper shade of blue. Sadness continued to work the console, helping¹ Riley as she talked to her parents.

"I know you don't want me to, but… I miss home," Riley said through her tears. "I miss Minnesota."

Mom and Dad listened as Riley went on.

"You need me to be happy, but I want my old friends, and my hockey team.… I wanna go home. Please don't be mad."

Her parents hugged her. "Oh, sweetie," said Mom.

"We're not mad," said Dad. "You know what? I miss Minnesota, too."

Her parents talked about all the things they missed about Minnesota—the woods, their backyard, the lake. The three of them hugged as Riley continued to sob².

Joy gave Sadness the blue core memory. Sadness took Joy's hand and led her to the controls, placing Joy's hand on the console alongside her own.

The Emotions watched on the screen as Riley smiled through her tears and her parents hugged her tightly.

Joy and Sadness, standing³ side by side at the console, shared a smile. They were a team. A sudden DING sounded throughout Headquarters as a new core memory was made. This one was gold and blue swirled⁴ together… a first. Joy and Sadness placed it in the core memory holder⁵ and watched as a new Family Island arose, bigger and better than the last.

 

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莱莉的爸妈正担心得要命，他们绞尽脑汁，想着莱莉可能会去的地方。妈妈说：“莱莉的老师一整天都没看到她。”

“真是不敢相信。”爸爸说。

“她最后穿的是什么衣服？你还记不记得她穿了什么——”妈妈惊慌地问。

就在那时，莱莉走进了前门。

“莱莉！”妈妈大喊了一声，奔向她。

“莱莉，你回来了！谢天谢地！”爸爸松了口气说。

情绪总部里，忧忧自信地操控着，乐乐将包里的金色核心记忆球拿了出来，递给忧忧。所有的记忆球都变成了蓝色。

餐厅里，莱莉一直哭着。忧忧将记忆球放在回忆装置上，一次一个，所有的记忆球变成了更深的蓝色。忧忧继续在控制台上操作，帮助莱莉向父母倾诉。

“我知道你们不希望我这样，但是……我真的很想家。”莱莉边哭边说，“我想念明尼苏达州。”

妈妈和爸爸听着莱莉继续讲下去。

“你们希望我快乐，但是我想念原来的朋友，想念冰球队……我想回家，你们千万别生气。”

爸爸妈妈抱住她，妈妈说：“噢，亲爱的。”

“我们不生气，”爸爸说，“知道吗？我也想念明尼苏达州。”

爸爸妈妈聊起了所有明尼苏达州令他们想念的东西——森林、家里的后院、湖泊。他们三人拥抱在一起，莱莉仍啜泣着。

乐乐将蓝色核心记忆球交给忧忧，忧忧拉起乐乐的手，走向控制台，将乐乐的手和自己的手放在一起。

情绪小人们看着屏幕，满脸泪花的莱莉笑了，爸爸妈妈紧紧地抱着她。

乐乐和忧忧，并肩站在控制台前，相视而笑。她们成了搭档。情绪总部里突然传来“叮”的一声，一个新的核心记忆球产生了。记忆球上有两种颜色，金色和蓝色环绕在一起……这是第一个有这样颜色的记忆球。乐乐和忧忧将它放在核心记忆装置上，看着一座新的家人岛升了起来，比先前那座更大更美。

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