１．Stick?Boy?and?Match?Girl?in?Love相爱的木棍男孩与火柴女孩Stick?Boy?liked?Match?Girl,木棍男孩喜欢上了火柴女孩，He?liked?her?a?lot.他非常喜欢她．He?liked?her?cute?figure,他喜欢她可爱的手指，he?thought?she?was?hot.他想她一定是火热的．But?could?a?flame?ever?burnfor?a?match?and?a?stick?但火柴与木棍相遇怎会不燃烧？It?did?quite?literally;正如这句话一样，he?burned?up?quick.他很快烧了起来．
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２．Voodoo?Girl巫毒女孩Her?skin?is?white?cloth,她的皮肤是白色的布，and?she''s?all?sewn?apart她是被缝成一体的，and?she?has?many?colored?pins她身上有五颜六色的针，sticking?out?of?her?heart.从她的心脏伸出来．She?has?many?different?zombies她身上有许多毒咒，?who?are?deeply?in?her?trance.在她的恍惚中深埋．She?even?has?a?zombie她甚至有一个who?was?originally?from?France.来自法国的毒咒．But?she?knows?she?has?a?curse?on?her,她知道他身上有一个a?curse?she?cannot?win.她不可能赢的诅咒．For?if?someone?getstoo?close?to?her,如果有人离她太近了，the?pins?stick?farther?in.那些针就会刺得更深．
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３．Robot?Boy机器人男孩Mr.?an?Mrs.?Smith?had?a?wonderful?life.史密斯先生和夫人生活多彩丰富．They?were?a?normal,?happy?husband?and?wife.他们是一对平凡又快乐的夫妇．One?day?they?got?news?that?made?Mr.?Smith?glad.有一天他们得到了一个另史密斯先生高兴的消息．Mrs.?Smith?would?would?be?a?mom史密斯夫人就要作妈妈which?would?make?him?the?dad!而他要作爸爸了！But?something?was?wrong?with?their?bundle?of?joy.但在这惊喜中有什么不对劲．It?wasn''t?human?at?all,那孩子根本不是人，it?was?a?robot?boy!而是一个机器人男孩！He?wasn''t?warm?and?cuddly他的身体不温暖，让人不想想拥抱and?he?didn''t?have?skin.他没有皮肤，Instead?there?was?a?cold,?thin?layer?of?tin.只有一层又冷又薄的锡皮．There?were?wires?and?tubes?sticking?out?of?his?head.电线和管子从他的头伸出来．He?just?lay?there?and?stared,他只是躺在那盯视着，not?living?or?dead.既不是活的也不是死的．
The?only?time?he?seemed?alive?at?allwas?with?a?long?extension?cordplugged?into?the?wall.只有把一条长长的电线接到墙上的插座里他才像是活的．Mr.?Smith?yelled?at?the?doctor,史密斯先生对医生吼道："What?have?you?done?to?my?boy?”你对我的孩子做了怎么？He''s?not?flesh?and?blood,他没有血肉，he''s?aluminum?alloy!"他是铝合金！”The?doctor?said?gently,医生轻轻地说，"What?I''m?going?to?say”我将要说的话will?sound?pretty?wild.听起来会很疯狂：But?you''re?not?the?father?你不是这个of?this?strange?looking?child.怪孩子的父亲．You?see,?there?still?is?some?questionabout?the?child''s?gender,你看，虽然这个孩子的出生仍然有些问题，but?we?think?that?its?fatheris?a?microwave?blender."但我们想他的父亲应是微波搅拌机．”
?The?Smith''s?lives?were?now?filled从此史密斯家充满了with?misery?and?strife.痛苦和争吵．Mrs.?Smith?hated?her?husband,史密斯夫人怨恨她的丈夫，and?he?hated?his?wife.而他怨恨她．He?never?forgave?her?unholy?alliance:他永不会原谅她的肮脏：a?sexual?encounterwith?a?kitchen?appliance.与厨房用品的性行为．And?Robot?Boygrew?to?be?a?young?man.机器人男孩长成了一个小伙子．Though?he?was?often?mistakenfor?a?garbage?can.尽管他总被误认为是垃圾桶．
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４．Staring?GirlI?once?knew?a?girl我以前认识一个女孩who?would?just?stand?there?and?stare.她只是站在那凝视着．At?anyone?or?anything,所有人和所有东西she?seemed?not?to?care她似乎都不在意She''d?stare?at?the?ground,她凝视大地
She''d?stare?at?the?sky.她凝视天空She''d?stare?at?you?for?hours,她会几小时几小时的盯着你，and?you''d?never?know?why.你永远不会知道为什么．But?after?winning?the?local?staring?contest,但在她赢了当地的凝视大赛之后，she?finally?gave?her?eyesa?well-deserved?rest.她最后给了她的双眼应得的休息．
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５．The?Boy?with?Nails?in?his?Eyes???眼睛里有钉子的男孩The?Boy?with?Nails?in?his?Eyes眼睛里有钉子的男孩put?up?his?aluminium?tree.做着他的铝树．It?looked?pretty?strange这看起来真奇怪because?he?couldn''t?really?see.因为他其实看不见东西．
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?６．The?Girl?with?Many?Eyes???????有许多眼睛的女孩One?day?in?the?park有一天在公园里I?had?quite?a?surprise.我大吃了一惊．I?met?a?girl我遇到了一个who?had?many?eyes.有许多眼睛的女孩．She?was?really?quite?pretty她实在是很漂亮(and?also?quite?shocking!)（也相当震撼！）and?I?noticed?she?had?a?mouth,我注意到她有一张嘴，so?we?ended?up?talking.于是我们谈了话．We?talked?about?flowers,我们谈论花朵，and?her?poetry?classes,与她的诗歌课，and?the?problems?she''d?have以及如果她戴眼睛if?she?ever?wore?glasses.可能会有的麻烦．It''s?great?to?know?a?girl认识一个有许多眼睛的女孩who?has?so?many?eyes,是一件很棒的事，but?you?really?get?wet但是如果她绝望痛哭起来when?she?breaks?down?and?cries.你一定会湿透的．
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Stain?Boy脏污男孩Of?all?the?super?heroes,在所有超级英雄中，the?strangest?one?by?far,迄今为止最怪异的一个，doesn''t?have?a?special?power,并不具有特殊的力量，or?drive?a?fancy?car.或是奇怪的汽车．next?to?Superman?and?batman,?I?guess?he?must?seem?tame.比起超人和蝙蝠侠，我想他是软弱的．But?to?me?he?is?quite?special,但对我来说他十分特别，and?Stain?Boy?is?his?name.他的名字是脏污男孩．He?can''t?fly?around?tall?buildings,他不会绕着大楼飞行，or?outrun?a?speeding?train,也不能从高速的火车中逃脱，the?only?talent?he?seems?to?haveis?to?leave?a?nasty?stain.他拥有的唯一的能力就是摆脱他那另人讨厌的脏污．Sometimes?I?know?it?bothers?him,我知道有些事情另他烦恼，that?he?can''t?run?or?swim?or?fly,比如他不会奔跑，游泳和飞翔，and?because?of?this?one?ability,而且因着他的能力，his?dry?cleaning?bill?is?sky-high.他的干洗帐单高得惊人．
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８．The?Melancholy?Death?of?Oyster?Boy牡蛎男孩的忧伤之死He?proposed?in?the?dunes,?他在沙滩求婚，they?were?wed?by?the?sea,?在海边结婚。Their?nine-day-long?honeymoonwas?on?the?isle?of?Capri.在卡布里岛，?享受九天的蜜月。For?their?supper?they?had?one?specatular?dish-a?simmering?stew?of?mollusks?and?fish.And?while?he?savored?the?broth,her?bride''s?heart?made?a?wish.晚餐，他们享用了一道非常特别的菜——?贝类和鱼一起炖煮的热腾腾浓汤。?当他品尝汤汁的时候，?新娘在心中许下愿望。?心愿实现了——她生了一个宝宝，?但这个小家伙是人类吗？?嗯！?也许吧。Ten?fingers,?ten?toes,he?had?plumbing?and?sight.He?could?hear,?he?could?feel,but?normal?Not?quite.This?unnatural?birth,?this?canker,?this?blight,was?the?start?and?the?end?and?the?sum?of?their?plight.?他有十只手指、十只脚趾，?也有消化管和眼睛。?他听得见，他有感觉。?但是他正常吗？?也不是！?这个非自然得诞生、这个伤痛、这个挫折，?是他们痛苦的开始、结束，以及所有的一切。She?railed?at?the?doctor:"He?cannot?be?mine.He?smells?of?the?ocean,?of?seaweed?and?brine."?她责怪医生：?“他不是我生的！?他闻起来有海水、海草，那种咸咸的味道。”"You?should?count?yourself?lucky,?for?only?last?week,I?treated?a?girl?with?three?ears?and?a?beak.That?your?son?is?half?oysteryou?cannot?blame?me....?have?you?ever?considered,?by?chance,a?small?home?by?the?sea?"?“你应该觉得自己幸运！就在上个礼拜，?我还帮一个有三只耳朵、一张鸟嘴的女孩看病。?你的儿子是半个牡蛎，?你可不能怪我。?……你可曾想过，?搬到海边的小屋？”Not?knowing?what?to?name?him,they?just?called?him?Sam,or?sometimes,"that?thing?that?looks?like?a?clam"Everyone?wondered,?but?no?one?could?tell,When?would?young?Oyster?Boy?come?out?of?his?shell??不知道该给他取什么名字，?他们随口叫他山姆，?偶尔，也称他?“那个看起来像蛤仔的东西”。?每个人都在想，?小牡蛎什么时候会从壳里爬出来？?但没有人知道答案。When?the?Thompson?quadruplets?espied?him?one?day,they?called?him?a?bivalve?and?ran?quickly?away.One?spring?afternoon,Sam?was?left?in?the?rain.At?the?southwestern?corner?of?Seaview?and?Main,he?watched?the?rain?water?as?it?swirleddown?the?drain.?有一天，汤普森家的四胞胎看见他，?“双壳贝！”喊完后一溜烟的跑走了。?某一个春天的午后，?山姆在雨中离开家，?独自站里在海边西南侧一隅，?望着雨水卷起旋涡?流入脚下的水沟。His?mom?on?the?freewayin?the?breakdown?lanewas?pouding?the?dashboard-she?couldn''t?containthe?ever-rising?grief,frustration,and?pain.?山姆的妈妈在?瘫痪的高速高速公路上，?猛敲着仪表板。?她再也无法承受，?这高涨的悲哀、?无边的沮丧?和痛苦。Really,?sweetheart,"?she?said"I?don''t?mean?to?make?fun,but?something?smells?fishyand?I?think?it''s?our?son.I?don''t?like?to?say?this,?but?it?must?be?said,you''re?blaming?our?son?for?your?problems?in?bed."?她说道：“真的！甜心，?我不是在开玩笑，?我的确闻到鱼腥味，?我想那是我们的儿子。?有件事我不想提起，但却说不可，?你把自己在床上的问题，归罪给我们的儿子。”He?tried?salves,?he?tried?ointmentsthat?turned?everything?red.He?tried?potions?and?lotionsand?tincture?of?lead.He?ached?and?he?itched?and?he?twitched?and?he?bled.?他尝试涂抹各种药膏、油膏，?只换来全身的红肿。?他试过多种口服剂、酒精，?甚至是含铅的毒酒，?他即痒又痛、全身抽搐，并且开始流血。The?doctor?diagnosed,"I?can''t?quite?be?sure,but?the?cause?of?the?problem?may?also?be?the?cure.They?say?oysters?improve?your?sexual?powers.Perhaps?eating?your?sonwould?help?you?do?it?for?hours!"?医生提出诊断，?“我还不能确定，?但造成问题的起因，可能也是治疗的良方。?大家都说牡蛎可以增加性能力，?或者把你的儿子吃下去，?会帮助你持续好几个小时呢！”He?came?on?tiptoe,he?came?on?the?sly,sweat?on?his?forehead,and?on?his?lips-a?lie."Son,?are?you?happy??I?don''t?mean?to?pry,but?do?you?dream?of?Heaven?Have?you?ever?wanted?to?die??他踮着脚尖，?偷偷地走进房内，?前额冒出汗珠，嘴唇——?吐出骗人的谎言：?“儿子呀！你快乐吗？我不是有意刺探，?但你可曾梦见天堂？?你曾渴望死亡吗？”Sam?blinked?his?eye?twice.but?made?no?reply.Dad?fingered?his?knife?and?loosened?his?tie.?山姆眨了两次眼睛，?口中却没有回答，?爸爸拿起刀子，解开领带。As?he?picked?up?his?son,Sam?dripped?on?his?coat.With?the?shell?to?his?lips,Sam?slipped?down?his?throat.?他举起他的儿子?山姆滴答的落在他的外套上，?当他把壳放到嘴边，?山姆也就滑进他的喉咙。They?burried?him?quickly?in?the?sand?by?the?sea-sighed?a?prayer,?wept?a?tear-and?they?were?back?home?by?three.A?cross?of?greay?driftwood?marked?Oyster?Boy''s?grave.Words?writ?in?the?sandpromised?Jesus?would?save.?他们立刻把山姆埋进海边的沙堆里。?——简单的一声祈祷，流完一行眼泪——?三点时回到家里。?灰色的浮木十字架上写着“牡蛎男孩之墓”。?沙上的墓志铭写着：?“神呀，请你救救他吧！”But?his?memory?was?lost?with?one?high-tide?wave.?但是他的记忆随着一个大浪消失了。?回家后，夫妻俩安稳的躺在床上，?他亲了亲太太说：?“我们来试试吧！”?她喃喃的说：“这次我想要个女孩。
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11.Roy,?The?Toxic?Boy,毒男孩To?those?who?knew?him写给那些认识他的人-his?friends--他的朋友们-we?called?him?Roy.我们叫他罗伊.To?others?he?was?knownas?that?horrible?Toxic?Boy.对别人来说他是恐怖的毒男孩.He?loved?ammonia?and?asbestos,他喜欢氨水和石棉,and?lots?of?cigarette?smoke.还有香烟的烟雾.What?he?breathed?in?for?air他所呼吸的"空气"would?make?other?people?choke!会另其他人窒息!His?very?favorite?toy他最喜欢的玩具was?a?can?of?aerosol?spray;是一个喷雾剂罐子he''d?sit?quietly?and?shake?it,他会安静的坐着摇晃它,and?spray?it?all?the?day.然后喷雾一整天.He''d?stand?inside?the?garagein?the?early-morning?frost,他会在严寒的清晨站在汽车间里,waiting?for?the?car?to?startand?fill?him?with?exhaust.等着汽车启动排出的气充满他的身体.The?one?and?only?timeI?ever?saw?Toxic?Boy?cry我唯一一次看到毒男孩流泪was?when?some?sodium?chloridegot?into?his?eye.是当一些氯化钠进了他的眼睛.
One?day?for?fresh?air在一个空气新鲜的日子they?put?him?in?the?garden.他们把他放到了花园里.His?face?went?deathly?pale他的脸变得死一样苍白and?his?body?began?to?harden.他的身体开始边得僵硬.
?The?final?gasp?of?his?short?life他生命中最后一口气was?sickly?with?despair.病恹恹,带着绝望.Whoever?thought?that?you?could?diefrom?breathing?outdoor?air?有任何人认为呼吸户外空气会里你死去吗?As?Roy''s?soul?left?his?body在罗伊的灵魂离开身体的时候we?all?said?a?silent?prayer.我们都默默祈祷.It?drifted?up?to?heaven它升上天空and?left?a?hole?in?the?ozone?layer.把臭氧层弄了一个洞.
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12.James詹姆士Unwisely,?Santa?offered?a?teddy?bear?to?James,?unaware?thathe?had?been?mauled?by?a?grizzly?earlier?that?year圣诞老人不明智地把一只玩具熊送给了詹姆士,他不知道詹姆士在这一年的早些时候被一只灰熊打伤了.?
13.Stick?Boy''s?Festive?SeasonStick?Boy?noticed?that?his?Christmas?tree?looked?healthierthan?he?did.木棍男孩注意到他的圣诞树看起来比他要健康．
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14.Brie?Boy奶酪男孩Brie?Boy?had?a?dream?he?had?only?had?twice,奶酪男孩有一个他只做过两次的梦：that?his?full,?round?head?was?only?a?slice.他那圆滚滚的头变得只是一小片．
The?other?children?never?let?Brie?Boy?play?...其他孩子永远不带奶酪男孩玩．．．...?but?at?least?he?went?well?with?a?nice?Chardonnay.．．．但至少他与一瓶夏敦埃酒很配．
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Thereoncewasagirlwhowasmadeupofjunk.Shelookedreallydirty,andshesmelledlikeaskunk.
Shewasalwaysunhappy,orinoneofherslumps-perhaps''causeshespentsomuchtimedowninthedumps.
TheonlybrightmomentwasfromaguynamedStan.Hewasfromtheneighborhoodgarbageman.
Helovedheralotandmadeamarriageproposal,butshealreadythrownherselfinthegarbagedisposal.
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Lifeisn''teasyforthePinCushionQueen.WhenshesitsaloneonherthronePinspushthroughherspleen.
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Thereoncewasamorosemelonhead,whosattherealldayandwishedheweredead.
Butyoushouldbecarefulaboutthethingsthatyouwish.Becausethelastthingheheardwasadeafeningsquish.
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Toavoidalawsuit,we''lljustcallherSue(or"thatgirlwholikestosnifflotsofglue").
ThereasonIknowthatthisisthecaseiswhensheblowhernose,
kleenexstickstoherface.
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"MynameisJimmy,butmyfriendsjustcallme''thehideouspenguinboy.''"
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ForChristmas,Charboyreceivedhisusuallumpsofcoal,whichmadehimveryhappy
ForChristmas,CharBoyreceivedasmallpresentinsteadofhisusuallumpofcoal,whichconfusedhimverymuch.
ForChristmasCharBoywasmistakenforadirtyfireplaceandsweptoutintothestreet.
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Therewasabeautifulgirlwhocamefromthesea.Andtherewasjustoneplacethatshewantedtobe.
WithamannamedWalkerwhoplayedinaband.Shewouldleavetheoceanandcomeontotheland.
Hewastheonethatshewantedthemost.Andshetriedeverythingtocapturethisghost.
Butthroughoutalltheirlivestheyneverconnected.Shewanderedtheearthaloneandrejected
Shetriedlookinghappyshetriedlookingtragic,shetriedastralprojecting,sex,andblackmagic.
Nothingcouldjointhem,exceptmaybeonething,justmaybe...somethingtoanchortheirspirits....Theyhadababy.
Buttogivebirthtoababytheyneededacrane.theumbilicalcordwasintheformofachain.
Itwasuglyandgloomy,andashardasakettle.Ithadnopinkskin,justheavygraymetal.
Thebabythatwasmeanttobringthemtogether,justshroudedthembothinacloudoffoulweather.
SoWalkertookofftoplaywiththeband.Andfromthatdayon,hestayedmainlyonland.
Andshewasalonewithhergraybabyanchor,whogotsooppressivethateventuallysankher.
Asshewenttothebottom,notfulfillingherwish,itwasher,andherbaby...andafewscatteredfish.
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ForHalloween,OysterBoydecidedtogoasahuman.
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Hewasn''tsoftandpinkwithafatlittletummy;hewashardandhollow,alittleboymummy.
"Tellus,please,Doctor,thereasonorcause,whyourgundleofjoyisjustabundleofgauze."
"Mydiagnosis,"hesaid"forbetterorworse,isthatyoursonistheresultofanoldpharoah''scurse."
Thatnighttheytalkedoftheirson''soddcondition-theycalledhim"arejectfromanarchaeologicalexpidition."
Theythoughtofsomecomplexscientificexplanation,butassumeditwassimplesupernaturalreincarnation.
Withtheotheryoungtotsheonlyplayedtwice,anancientgameofverginsacrifice.(Butthekidsranaway,saying,"Youaren''tverynice.")
aloneandrejected,MummyBoywept,thenwenttothecabinetwherethesnackfoodwaskept.
Hewipedhiswetslocketswithhismummifiedsleeves,andsatdowntoabowlofsugar-frostedtannaleaves.
Onedark,gloomyday,fromoutofthefog,appearedalittlewhitemummydog.
Forhisnewfoundwrappedpet,hedidmanythings,likebuildingadoghouseàlaPryimidofkings.
Itwaslateinday-justbeforedark.MummyBoytookhisdogforawalkinthepark.
Theparkwasemptyexceptforasquirrel,andabirthdaypartyforaMexicangirl.
Theboysandgirlshadallstartedtoplay,butnoticedthatthingthatlookedlikeapapíermaché.
"Lookitsapí?ata,"saidoneoftheboys,"Let''scrackitwideopenandgetthecandyandtoys."
Theytookabaseballbatandwhackedopenhishead.MummyBoyfelltotheground;hefinallywasdead.
Insideofhisheadwerenocandyorprizes,jastafewstraybettlesofvarioussizes.
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?９．Stain?Boy''s?special?Christmas脏污男孩的特别圣诞节For?Christmas,?Stain?Boy?got?a?new?uniform.圣诞节，脏污男孩得到了一件新衣服．It?was?clean?and?well?pressed,它十分干净，压制得很好，comfy?and?warm.又舒服又暖和．But?in?few?short?minutes,但只是几分钟，(no?longer?than?ten)（不到十分钟）those?wet,?greasy?stains那些湿而油腻的脏污started?forming?again.又来了．10.The?girl?who?turned?into?a?bed变成床的女孩It?happened?that?dayshe?picked?up?a?strange?pussy?willow.那一天她拾起一支奇怪的褪色柳，Her?head?swelled?up?whiteand?a?soft?as?a?pillow.她的头胀成了白色柔软的枕头．Her?skin,?which?had?turnedall?flaky?and?rotten,她的皮肤，变得糙而薄，was?now?replacedwith?100%?cotton.现在成了100%纯棉.Through?her?organs?and?torsoshe?sprouted?like?wings,经由的器官和躯干她翅膀一样迅速变化,a?beautiful?setof?matress?and?springs.成了一张漂亮的床.
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