40 THE SHIP

CHAPTER 40 THE SHIP Brightbill was a flying fanatic, and his favorite place to fly was up on the grassy ridge. The robot and the gosling liked to spend afternoons up there, working on the finer points of flying. And it was on one such afternoon that they noticed something mysterious far out at sea. Brightbill spiraled down to his mother, flopped onto the grass, and pointed to the horizon. "Mama, what is that thing?" Roz's computer brain found the right word. "That is a ship."

布莱特比尔是个飞行迷，他最喜欢飞的地方就是那长满草的山脊上。 机器人和小鹅喜欢在那里度过下午，研究飞行的细节。 就在这样一个下午，他们注意到遥远的海上有些神秘的东西。 布莱特比尔盘旋着下到他妈妈身边，扑通一声落在草地上，指着地平线。 “妈妈，那是什么东西？”罗兹的电脑大脑找到了合适的词。 “那是一艘船。”

"What's a ship?" "A ship is a large vessel used for ocean transport." Brightbill's face scrunched up with confusion. "Used by who?" "I do not know." It was the first ship either of them had ever laid eyes on. From that distance, it looked as though it were moving slowly, but it was actually racing through the waves. From that distance, it looked as though it were small, but it was actually one of the largest ships ever built. The robot and the gosling watched it crawl across the ocean until it finally disappeared to the south. Where had the ship come from? Where was it going? Who was on board? Roz and Brightbill had many questions but no answers.

“船是什么？”船是指用于远洋运输的大型船只。 布莱特比尔的脸因困惑而皱了起来。 “谁用的？”“我不知道。” 这是他们两人见过的第一艘船。 从那个距离看，它好像移动得很慢，但实际上是在海浪中飞驰。 从远处看，它似乎很小，但实际上它是有史以来建造的最大的船之一。 机器人和小鹅看着它爬过海洋，直到它最终消失在南方。 这艘船是从哪里来的？ 它要去哪里？谁在飞机上？ 罗兹和布莱特比尔有很多问题，但没有答案。