59 THE SPRING

CHAPTER 59 THE SPRING Dripping water, flowing water, splashing water. Winter's blanket of snow and ice was finally beginning to melt. White was fading away to expose the grays and browns that had been hidden beneath. Little green buds were appearing all over. Crowds of bright flowers were rising up from the dirt. And soon the island would be bursting with rich scents and colors. At long last it was spring. The lodgers returned to their own homes. The hibernators emerged from their secret places. Roz roamed across the island and checked in with the beavers and the bears and all the friends she'd missed. Then the robot went home to work in her garden. After the bitterest winter anyone could recall, life was slowly returning to normal.

第五十九章泉水滴水，流水，溅水。 冬天的冰雪终于开始融化。 白色渐渐褪去，露出了隐藏在下面的灰色和棕色。 小绿芽到处都是。 一簇簇鲜艳的花朵从泥土中拔地而起。 很快，岛上就会充满浓郁的气味和色彩。 春天终于来了。 房客们回到了自己的家里。 冬眠的动物从它们的秘密地方出来了。 罗兹在岛上四处游荡，向海狸、熊和所有她错过的朋友们问好。 然后机器人回家在她的花园里工作。 在经历了人们记忆中最痛苦的冬天之后，生活慢慢恢复了正常。

However, it was a quiet spring. There were fewer insects buzzing, fewer birds singing, fewer rodents rustling. Many creatures had frozen to death over the winter. And as the last of the snow melted away, their corpses were slowly revealed. The wilderness really can be ugly sometimes. But from that ugliness came beauty. You see, those poor dead creatures returned to the earth, their bodies nourished the soil, and they helped create the most dazzling spring bloom the island had ever known.

然而，这是一个安静的春天。 昆虫的嗡嗡声更少了，鸟儿的歌声更少了，啮齿动物的沙沙声也更少了。 许多动物在冬天冻死了。 随着最后一层雪融化，他们的尸体慢慢露出来。 荒野有时真的很丑陋。 但从丑陋中产生了美。 你看，那些可怜的死去的生物回到了地球，它们的身体滋养了土壤，它们帮助创造了这个岛有史以来最耀眼的春天。