46 THE FIGHT

CHAPTER 46 THE FIGHT "Hello, bears, my name is Roz." "Oh, we know who you are," said the sister bear. Her voice dripped with sarcasm. "We're very happy to see you again." "Yeah, we're very happy to see you again!" echoed the brother bear. "Why do you always repeat what I say?" said the sister bear to her brother. "It's so annoying!" "I was just backing you up!" "Let me do the talking!" "Fine! You don't have to be so mean about it!" The bickering bears were interrupted by the robot's friendliest voice. "With whom do I have the pleasure of speaking?" "How rude of us," said the sister bear. "My name is Nettle, and this is my little brother, Thorn." "I'm not little!" snapped Thorn under his breath. "It is lovely to meet you both," said Roz. "But I am

“你们好，小熊们，我叫罗兹。” “哦，我们知道你是谁，”熊妹妹说。 她的声音里带着讥讽。 “我们很高兴再次见到你。” “是啊，我们很高兴再次见到你！”熊哥哥应声说。 “你为什么总是重复我说的话？”熊妹妹对她的哥哥说。 “太烦人了！”“我只是在支持你！”“让我来说话！”“很好!你没必要这么刻薄！”熊们的争吵被机器人友善的声音打断了。 “请问您是谁？”“我们太粗鲁了，”熊妹妹说。 “我叫荨麻，这是我的弟弟，索恩。” “我不小了！”索恩压低声音厉声说。 “很高兴见到你们俩，”罗兹说。 “但我是。

afraid I really must be going." "And I'm afraid we can't let you do that." Nettle stepped into Roz's path. "My brother and I, we don't like monsters." "I am not a monster. I am a robot." "Whatever you are, we don't like you!" said Thorn. "We hear you've become very comfortable on our island," said Nettle. "Now we're going to make you very uncomfortable." "Yeah, we're going to make you very uncomfortable!" "Stop repeating me, Thorn!" Poor Roz was in serious trouble. The bears were closing in on her, but she couldn't run, she couldn't hide, and she couldn't fight. The robot didn't know what to do. But before she could do anything, there was a loud squawk and a streak of feathers. "Stay away from my mama!" Brightbill swooped down and skidded to a stop between the robot and the bears. "So the rumors are true!" Nettle laughed. "There really is a runty gosling who thinks the robot is his mother! How could anyone be so stupid! Do yourself a favor, gosling, and fly away before you get hurt!"

恐怕我真的得走了。” “恐怕我们不能让你这么做。” 荨麻走到罗兹面前。 “我哥哥和我，我们不喜欢怪物。” “我不是怪物。我是一个机器人。” “不管你是什么，我们都不喜欢你！” “我们听说你在我们岛上过得很舒服。”荨麻说。 “现在我们要让你很不舒服。” “是的，我们会让你很不舒服！”“别再重复我的话了，索恩！”可怜的罗兹陷入了严重的困境。 熊正在逼近她，但她跑不动，躲不动，也打不动。 机器人不知道该做什么。 但她还没来得及做什么，就听到了一声响亮的嘎嘎声和一片羽毛。 “离我妈妈远点！”布莱特比尔俯冲下来，滑倒在机器人和熊之间。 “这么说谣言是真的了！”内特尔笑了。 “真的有一只小鹅认为机器人是他的妈妈！”怎么会有人这么蠢！帮你自己一个忙吧，小鹅，趁你还没受伤赶紧飞走吧！”

"She is right, Brightbill!" said Roz. "Please let me handle this!" But the gosling stood his ground. He spread his wings and hopped around, ready to defend his mother. The bears roared with laughter. Then, with a flick of her paw, Nettle sent Brightbill tumbling over the ground, over and over, until he flopped onto his back and stared up at the sky, stunned. "This is our island," snarled Nettle. "And it's time for you to go," growled Thorn. Roz made herself as big as possible. She banged her chest and roared wild, angry sounds. But the bears were not intimidated. They roared right back. And then they attacked. Nettle pulled Roz into a fierce bear hug while Thorn clawed at her legs. The robot tried to shake free, but the bears would not let go of their prey, not this time. A cloud of dust bloomed around the trio as they thrashed closer to the edge of the cliff. All of a sudden, something burst out from the trees and onto the open clifftop. Mother Bear. She was gigantic, like a mountain of golden fur. And she was furious. It seemed like this would be the end for our robot. But Mother Bear wasn't there to join the fight.

“她说得对，布莱特比尔！” “请让我来处理这件事！”但是小鹅坚持自己的立场。 他展开翅膀，跳来跳去，准备保护他的母亲。 熊们哈哈大笑。 接着，荨麻一挥爪子，把布莱特比尔打得在地上滚来滚去，直到他仰面朝天，呆呆地望着天空。 “这是我们的岛。”荨麻咆哮道。 “你该走了。”索恩咆哮道。 萝丝尽量把自己做大。 她捶打着胸膛，怒吼着。 但是熊并没有被吓倒。 他们马上就吼了回来。然后他们发起了攻击。 荨麻把罗兹紧紧地搂在怀里，而索恩则抓着她的腿。 机器人试图挣脱，但熊不会放过它们的猎物，这次不会。 三人在靠近悬崖边缘时，周围扬起了一团尘土。 突然，有什么东西从树林里窜出来，落在开阔的悬崖顶上。 熊妈妈。她身材高大，像一座金色毛皮堆积的山。 她勃然大怒。看起来我们的机器人要完蛋了。 但是熊妈妈没有加入战斗。

She was there to break it up. "Nettle! Thorn! Get over here this instant!" The young bears should have listened to their mother. Instead they pretended not to hear her. Nettle slashed at Roz's body, and Thorn began wrestling with her foot. He grabbed the foot with both paws and forced it up from the ground. Then, with every ounce of his strength, he twisted the foot around. Reader, the following events happened very quickly. First there was a strange thwip sound as the robot's right foot popped off her leg and sailed through the air. Then everyone toppled over. Nettle and Roz fell sideways along the edge. But Thorn fell backward and tumbled right off the cliff. Do you know what the most terrible sound in the world is? It's the howl of a mother bear as she watches her cub tumble off a cliff. Mother Bear's howl was so startling that it snapped Brightbill right out of his stupor. Her howl was so powerful that it shook Roz's entire body. Her howl was so loud that animals heard it clear across the island. But there was

她是来拆散他们的。 “荨麻!刺!马上给我过来！”小熊们应该听妈妈的话。 相反，他们假装没听见。 荨麻猛砍罗兹的身体，索恩开始抓她的脚。 他用两只爪子抓住那只脚，把它从地上拽了起来。 然后，他用尽全身的力气，把脚扭了一圈。 读者，下面的事情发生得很快。 首先，机器人的右脚从她的腿上跳下来，在空中飞起，发出一种奇怪的啪啪声。 然后每个人都倒下了。 荨麻和罗丝顺着悬崖边倒了下去。 但索恩向后摔倒，从悬崖上滚了下来。 你知道世界上最可怕的声音是什么吗？ 这是熊妈妈看着自己的孩子从悬崖上摔下来时发出的嚎叫。 熊妈妈的嚎叫太让人吃惊了，把布莱特比尔从昏迷中惊醒了。 她的嚎叫是如此强大，它震动了罗兹的整个身体。 她的嚎叫非常响亮，岛上的动物都能清楚地听到。 但是确实有

no reply from Thorn. Mother Bear's howl slowly faded, and she wilted to the ground. Roz watched as her detached foot sailed over the edge and plummeted down to the shore below. It fell past circling seagulls, smashed off a rock, and disappeared into the waves. And that's when the robot noticed something furry dangling from the cliffside. Thorn! His full weight hung from a tree that was rooted to the rock wall. He gripped the tree tightly in his jaws and looked up at Roz with wide, frightened eyes. "I see Thorn!" shouted Roz. "Grab my legs! Quickly!" Mother Bear and Nettle scrambled to their feet. Each bear took a leg in her mouth, and together they slowly lowered Roz headfirst down the cliff. Thorn whimpered through clenched teeth as he watched the robot approach. Then he felt her strong arms wrap around him and heard her booming voice holler, "Pull us up!" Thorn let go of the branch and cried, "Please don't drop me, Roz! I don't want to die!" "Do not worry," said the robot. "I will not drop you."

索恩没有回答。熊妈妈的嚎叫慢慢地消失了，她瘫倒在地。 罗兹看着她那只脱离的脚滑过悬崖边缘，直落到下面的岸边。 它飞过盘旋的海鸥，撞在一块岩石上，消失在海浪中。 就在这时，机器人注意到一个毛茸茸的东西在悬崖边晃来晃去。 刺!他的全身都挂在一棵扎根在岩壁上的树上。 他紧紧咬住那棵树，睁大惊恐的眼睛看着罗兹。 “我看见索恩了！” “抓住我的腿！”快!”熊妈妈和荨麻爬了起来。 每只熊都用嘴衔着一条腿，它们一起慢慢地把罗兹头朝下放下悬崖。 索恩看着机器人走近，咬紧牙关呜咽着。 然后他感觉到她有力的双臂抱住了他，听到她洪亮的声音喊道：“把我们拉上来！”索恩放开树枝，叫道：“请不要把我扔下，罗兹！我不想死！”“别担心，”机器人说。 “我不会丢下你的。”

The next few moments seemed to drag on and on. Mother Bear and Nettle kept pulling on Roz's legs, and more of the robot slowly came into view until a furry golden head finally appeared, and Thorn leaped into the embrace of his family.

接下来的几分钟似乎过得很慢。 熊妈妈和荨麻不停地拉着罗兹的腿，机器人的更多部分慢慢进入了人们的视野，直到一个毛茸茸的金色脑袋终于出现，索恩跳进了家人的怀抱。