1 THE OCEAN

THE WILD ROBOT

野生机器人

CHAPTER 1 THE OCEAN Our story begins on the ocean, with wind and rain and thunder and lightning and waves. A hurricane roared and raged through the night. And in the middle of the chaos, a cargo ship was sinking down down down to the ocean floor. The ship left hundreds of crates floating on the surface. But as the hurricane thrashed and swirled and knocked them around, the crates also began sinking into the depths. One after another, they were swallowed up by the waves, until only five crates remained. By morning the hurricane was gone. There were no clouds, no ships, no land in sight. There was only calm water and clear skies and those five crates lazily bobbing along an ocean current. Days passed. And

第一章海洋我们的故事从海洋开始，有风、有雨、有雷、有电、有浪。 飓风呼啸着肆虐了一夜。 在一片混乱中，一艘货船正在下沉，下沉到海底。 那艘船在海面上留下了数百个板条箱。 但随着飓风的肆虐和旋转，这些板条箱也开始沉入海底。 它们一个接一个地被海浪吞没，最后只剩下五个箱子。 到了早晨，飓风就过去了。 没有云，没有船，也看不到陆地。 只有平静的海水和晴朗的天空，还有那五只箱子沿着洋流懒洋洋地晃动着。 日子一天天过去。和

then a smudge of green appeared on the horizon. As the crates drifted closer, the soft green shapes slowly sharpened into the hard edges of a wild, rocky island. The first crate rode to shore on a tumbling, rumbling wave and then crashed against the rocks with such force that the whole thing burst apart. Now, reader, what I haven't mentioned is that tightly packed inside each crate was a brand-new robot. The cargo ship had been transporting hundreds of them before it was swept up in the storm. Now only five robots were left. Actually, only four were left, because when that first crate crashed against the rocks, the robot inside shattered to pieces. The same thing happened to the next crate. It crashed against the rocks, and robot parts flew everywhere. Then it happened to the next crate. And the next. Robot limbs and torsos were flung onto ledges. A robot head splashed into a tide pool. A robot foot skittered into the waves. And then came the last crate. It followed the same path as the others, but instead of crashing against the rocks, it sloshed against the remains of the first four crates. Soon, more waves were heaving it up out of the water. It soared through the air, spinning and

接着，地平线上出现了一片绿色。 随着板条箱越来越近，柔和的绿色形状慢慢地变成了一个荒凉的岩石岛的坚硬边缘。 第一个板条箱乘着翻滚、隆隆的波浪冲上岸，然后猛烈地撞在岩石上，整个箱子都炸裂了。 现在，读者们，我还没有提到的是，每个板条箱里都紧紧地装着一个全新的机器人。 这艘货船在被风暴卷走之前，已经运送了数百艘船。 现在只剩下5个机器人了。 实际上，只剩下四个，因为当第一个板条箱撞上岩石时，里面的机器人碎成了碎片。 下一个板条箱也发生了同样的事情。 它撞在岩石上，机器人的零件飞得到处都是。 下一个板条箱也发生了同样的事。 下一个。机器人的四肢和躯干被扔到壁架上。 一个机器人的头溅进了一个潮池。 一只机器人的脚在海浪中跳跃。 然后是最后一个箱子。 它和其他箱子一样走着同样的路，但它没有撞到岩石上，而是撞到了前四个箱子的残骸上。 很快，更多的波浪把它从水里掀起来。 它在空中盘旋，旋转着

glistening until it slammed down onto a tall shelf of rock. The crate was cracked and crumpled, but the robot inside was safe.

闪闪发光，直到撞到一个高高的岩石架子上。 板条箱已经破裂，但里面的机器人是安全的。