34 THE MOTHER

CHAPTER 34 THE MOTHER Like most goslings, Brightbill followed his mother everywhere. He was a slow, tottering little thing, but Roz was rarely in a hurry, and together they loved meandering along the forest paths and around the banks of the pond. However, they spent most of their time right in their own garden. You see, the garden was no longer scraggly. Thanks to the robot's careful attention, it was now bursting with colors and scents and flavors. Clearly, Roz was designed to work with plants. "Oh, Roz, you've been busy!" said Tawny as her family grazed on the wonderland of growing things. "This garden is glorious! You'll be seeing quite a lot of us around here." Tawny meant what she said. Each morning, around daybreak, Roz and Brightbill would hear quiet footsteps outside the Nest. And there would be Tawny and Crownpoint and their fawns, Willow,

第三十四章妈妈像大多数小鹅一样，布莱特比尔到哪里都跟着妈妈。 他是一个慢吞吞、摇摇晃晃的小家伙，但罗兹却很少匆忙，他们喜欢一起沿着森林里的小路和池塘的岸边漫步。 然而，他们大部分时间都是在自己的花园里度过的。 你看，花园不再凌乱了。 多亏了机器人的细心照料，它现在充满了颜色、气味和味道。 显然，Roz是为植物设计的。 “哦，罗兹，你太忙了！”当她的家人在这片长满植物的仙境里吃草时，托妮说。 “这个花园真漂亮！”你会经常在这儿见到我们的。” 茶妮说到做到。 每天清晨，黎明时分，罗丝和布莱特比尔都会听到巢外的脚步声。 还有茶色，皇冠点和它们的小鹿，威洛，

Thistle, and Brook, happily nibbling on the garden. The deer weren't the only regular visitors. The beavers became quite fond of gnawing on a certain hardy shrub at the edge of the garden. Digdown, the old groundhog, popped up to munch on berries. Broadfoot, the giant bull moose, came by to chew on tree shoots. And of course bees and butterflies were there every day, happily floating through the flowers. There always seemed to be friendly animals hanging around the garden. It was amazing how differently everyone treated Roz these days. Animals who once ran from the robot in fear now stopped by the Nest just to spend time with her. The neighbors smiled and waved whenever Roz and Brightbill wandered past. And at the Dawn Truce, the other mothers were eager to share their parenting advice. "Make sure Brightbill gets plenty of rest. A tired gosling is a cranky gosling!" "When the wind starts blowing from the north, you must immediately get Brightbill to safety. North winds always bring bad weather." "You'll never be the perfect mother, so just do

蓟和小溪，愉快地啃着花园。 鹿并不是唯一的常客。 海狸们非常喜欢啃啃花园边缘的一棵耐寒的灌木。 老土拨鼠Digdown突然冒出来大嚼浆果。 巨大的公驼鹿布罗德富特过来啃树梢。 当然，蜜蜂和蝴蝶每天都在那里，快乐地在花丛中飞舞。 似乎总是有友好的动物在花园里闲逛。 这些天每个人对罗兹的态度都大不相同。 曾经害怕地从机器人身边跑开的动物们，现在在“鸟巢”前停下来，只是为了和她呆在一起。 每当罗兹和布莱特比尔走过时，邻居们都微笑着挥手致意。 在黎明休战中，其他母亲都渴望分享她们的育儿建议。 “一定要让布莱特比尔好好休息。 一只疲倦的小鹅就是一只暴躁的小鹅！”“当北风开始刮起时，你必须立即把布莱特比尔带到安全的地方。 北风总是带来坏天气。” “你永远不可能成为一个完美的母亲，所以尽力去做吧

the best you can. All Brightbill really needs is to know you're doing your best." No gosling ever had a more attentive mother. Roz was always there, ready to answer her son's questions, or to play with him, or to rock him to sleep, or to whisk him away from danger. With a computer brain packed full of parenting advice, and the lessons she was learning on her own, the robot was actually becoming an excellent mother.

尽你所能。布莱特比尔真正需要的是知道你已经尽力了。” 没有一只小鹅有这么细心的妈妈。 罗兹总是在那里，随时准备回答儿子的问题，或者和他一起玩，或者摇他入睡，或者把他从危险中带走。 这个机器人有一个装满育儿建议的电脑大脑，她自己也在学习，实际上她正在成为一个优秀的母亲。