Chapter 21
Joy ran up to the Imaginary Boyfriend generator.
“Hey!” she said, addressing the Imaginary Boyfriend, who sat slowly plucking petals off a flower. “Did you mean what you said before?”
“I would die for Riley! I would die for Riley! I would die—” the boyfriend replied.
“Yeah, yeah, Haircut,” Joy said. “Time to prove it.”
Joy scooped up the Imaginary Boyfriend and put him in the bag she had gotten from Bing Bong. Then she turned on the generator and a bunch of imaginary boyfriends began to pour out. They moved down the conveyor belt, shouting, “I would die for Riley!” Joy caught each one in the imaginary bag.
“That’s good,” she said, putting the last boyfriend in.
As Sadness floated up ahead on her cloud, Joy ran past her and yanked on a twisty palm tree made from balloons, pulling it from the ground. With careful aim, she untied it and used the rush of air from the balloons to blow Sadness and her cloud back toward the Memory Dump.
Joy sped up, running along the cliff’s edge, parallel to Sadness, as they both moved closer to Family Island. Joy finally stopped, her eyes on Sadness, and aligned herself with Family Island. All of a sudden, Joy dumped the bag and the boyfriends poured out. Their momentum pulled Joy to the top of an incredibly tall tower of imaginary boyfriends.
“This is crazy,” Joy said to herself. “No! Be positive.” She took a deep breath. “I am positive this is crazy.”
The tower of teen boys swayed as Joy gazed at Headquarters in the distance. She looked out at the trampoline on Family Island, then back at Sadness, and calculated her strategy. “NOW!” she shouted.
On Joy’s command, the boyfriends took out their cell phones to take a photo, tipping them forward and launching Joy onto the trampoline. She bounced off and ricocheted into the air, flying toward Sadness. Then she grabbed Sadness midair and carried her along!
“Joy?” asked Sadness, stunned.
“Hang on!” shouted Joy as they soared through the air like birds.
SPLAT! Bull’s-eye! The two hit the back window of Headquarters!
The other Emotions ran over. “It’s Joy!” exclaimed Disgust.
Fear, Anger, and Disgust tried to open the window but it wouldn’t budge.
“Stand back!” shouted Anger. He threw a chair, but it bounced right off.
“That worked,” said Disgust.
“Well, what would you do, if you’re so smart?” Anger said, annoyed.
Disgust’s eyes lit up with an idea. “I’d tell you… but you’re too dumb to understand,” she said.
“What?” Anger asked.
“Of course your tiny brain is confused,” Disgust went on, mocking Anger as she tried to get a rise out of him. “Guess I’ll have to dumb it down to your level.”
Anger let out a giant, angry roar and flames came out of his head. “AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!”
Disgust, who had quickly put on a weldingmask, picked him up and used his head like a blowtorch, cutting a hole in the window. They pulled Joy and Sadness up from the ledge and back into Headquarters.
The others were so relieved to see them. “Thank goodness you’re back, Joy!” said Fear. “We were just trying to make more happy memories. That’s all we wanted to do.”
Joy looked at the screen, watching as the bus driver shut the door and pulled away from the station.
“Joy, you’ve got to fix this,” Disgust demanded.
“Get up there.”
Joy turned and looked at Sadness. “Sadness, it’s up to you.”
“What?” the others said in unison. “Sadness?!” Joy hushed them and gave Sadness a look of encouragement.
“Oh… I can’t, Joy.”
Joy pushed Sadness toward the console. “Riley needs you.”
“Okay,” Sadness said nervously. She took a deep breath and set her hands down on the console. The blackness receded and the idea bulb flickered off. Sadness gently pulled it out as Joy, Anger, Fear, and Disgust watched in amazement.
Inside the bus, Riley’s expression changed from listless to sad. Then she stood up, gripping the seat in front of her. “Wait! Stop!” she shouted. The bus stopped and Riley marched up to the front. “I want to get off.”
She got off the bus and ran toward home.
第 21 章
樂樂跑向想象男友生成器。
“嘿!”她朝想象男友喊道,他坐在那兒,慢騰騰地將一朵花上的花瓣一片片摘下。“你之前說過的話當(dāng)真嗎?”
“我愿意為萊莉獻(xiàn)出生命!我愿意為萊莉獻(xiàn)出生命!我愿意——”想象男友回答道。
“好了,好了,帥哥。”樂樂說,“是時(shí)候證明這一點(diǎn)了。”
樂樂一把抱起想象男友,把他放入兵兵給她的包里,然后啟動(dòng)生成器,一個(gè)又一個(gè)的想象男友涌了出來。他們從傳送帶上下來,叫著:“我愿意為萊莉獻(xiàn)出生命!”樂樂將他們一個(gè)個(gè)抓住,放進(jìn)了想象包里。
“好極了。”她一邊說一邊將最后一個(gè)想象男友放進(jìn)包里。
云上的憂憂繼續(xù)向前飄著,樂樂跑著追上她,用力一拉地上的一棵用氣球做成的彎曲棕櫚樹,將它拔出來。她小心地瞄準(zhǔn)憂憂,松手,氣球造成的氣流將憂憂和那片云朝記憶清理庫(kù)的方向吹去。
樂樂加快速度,沿著懸崖邊緣跑,剛好和憂憂平行,她們離家人島越來越近。終于,樂樂停了下來,她看著憂憂,然后和家人島排成一條線。突然,她扔下包,里面的想象男友涌了出來,他們壘成一座不可思議的高塔,其動(dòng)力將頂端的樂樂越抬越高。
“太瘋狂了。”樂樂自言自語。“不!樂觀些。”她深吸了一口氣,“我樂觀地確定這舉動(dòng)很瘋狂。”
少年們組成的高塔搖晃著,樂樂凝視著遠(yuǎn)處的情緒總部,接著看了看家人島上的蹦床,又回頭看了看憂憂,盤算著接下來的行動(dòng)。她大聲喊道:“就現(xiàn)在!”
樂樂一聲令下,想象男友們紛紛拿出手機(jī),向前傾斜,做出要拍照的姿勢(shì),頂端的樂樂被投擲到蹦床上。她被彈了起來,飛到空中,朝憂憂沖去。接著,她抓住半空中的憂憂,帶著憂憂向上飛去!
“樂樂?”憂憂驚呆了。
“抓牢!”樂樂叫著,她們像飛翔的鳥兒一樣劃過空中。
“啪嗒”!命中目標(biāo)!她們撞在了情緒總部的后窗玻璃上。
其他情緒小人都跑了過來,厭厭高興地喊:“是樂樂!”
怕怕、怒怒和厭厭試著打開窗戶,但是窗戶紋絲不動(dòng)。
“退后!”怒怒叫道,他將一把椅子朝窗戶扔去,但是椅子被彈了回來。
“可真有用。”厭厭說道。
“好吧,既然你這么聰明,你說該怎么辦?”怒怒生氣了。
厭厭眼前一亮,知道該怎么辦了。她對(duì)怒怒說:“我愿意告訴你……不過你這么笨,是不會(huì)明白的。”
“什么?”怒怒問。
“你那小腦瓜當(dāng)然不明白。”厭厭繼續(xù)嘲笑怒怒,故意要惹怒他,“看來得把難度拉低到你的智商水平才行。”
怒怒發(fā)怒了,他大聲咆哮著,腦袋上冒出火焰。“啊啊啊啊啊啊啊??!”
厭厭迅速帶上電焊面罩,抱起怒怒,將他的腦袋當(dāng)成噴槍,在窗玻璃上燒出一個(gè)洞。他們將樂樂和憂憂從窗臺(tái)拉了上來,回到情緒總部。
看到她們,其他小人都松了一口氣。“感謝老天,樂樂,你總算回來了!”怕怕說,“我們?cè)噲D創(chuàng)造更多的快樂記憶,就是這樣。”
樂樂看了看屏幕,看著汽車司機(jī)關(guān)上門,汽車從車站開出。
“樂樂,你得處理這事。”厭厭要求道。
“去控制臺(tái)那里。”
樂樂轉(zhuǎn)過身,看著憂憂:“憂憂,全靠你了。”
“什么?”其他情緒小人異口同聲地問道,“憂憂?!”樂樂讓他們安靜,然后向憂憂投去鼓勵(lì)的目光。
“噢……樂樂,我不行。”
樂樂將憂憂推向控制臺(tái):“萊莉需要你。”
“好吧。”憂憂緊張地說。她深吸一口氣,雙手放在了控制臺(tái)上。上面的黑色逐漸消失,點(diǎn)子球也不亮了。憂憂將點(diǎn)子球輕輕拔了下來,樂樂、怒怒、怕怕和厭厭驚奇地看著她。
汽車上,萊莉的表情由冷漠轉(zhuǎn)變成悲傷,接著,她站了起來,抓住前面的座椅,叫道:“等等!停車!”車停了下來,萊莉大步走上前去,說:“我想下車。”
下車后,她朝家里跑去。