60 THE FISH

CHAPTER 60 THE FISH "Help! Help! He's got my tail!" Paddler was splashing and screaming in the pond. Mr. and Mrs. Beaver were nowhere to be seen, so Roz picked up a fallen tree branch and stomped into the shallows. "Grab on to this!" she said as she reached out with the branch. Paddler grabbed it with his big teeth, and the robot lifted him up out of the water. And there, hanging from the young beaver's tail, was Rockmouth, the grumpy old pike. In one quick movement, Roz pulled in the branch and gripped the fish with her two hands. Paddler flopped into the water, where his parents suddenly appeared. "What is wrong with you, Rockmouth?" Mrs. Beaver dragged her son away. "You've always been a nuisance, but this time you've gone too far! Do us all a favor, Roz, and toss him to the vultures!" "I cannot do that," said the robot. "But I might be able to help."

第六十章鱼“救命！的帮助!它咬住了我的尾巴！”桨手在池塘里戏水、尖叫。 海狸先生和海狸太太不见了，于是罗兹捡起一根倒在地上的树枝，跺着脚走进了浅滩。 “抓住这个！”她边说边伸出树枝。 桨手用他的大牙齿抓住了它，机器人把他从水里拉了出来。 在那里，挂在小海狸尾巴上的是岩嘴，那只脾气暴躁的老梭子鱼。 罗兹迅速地拉住树枝，用两只手抓住了那条鱼。 桨手扑通一声跳进水里，他的父母突然出现了。 “你怎么了，岩嘴？”比弗太太把儿子拖走了。 “你总是让人讨厌，但这次你太过分了！”帮我们大家一个忙，罗兹，把他扔给秃鹫吧！”“我不能那样做，”机器人说。 “但我也许能帮上忙。”

Roz placed Rockmouth in a deep puddle near the pond where he couldn't swim away. Then she waited for the fish to explain himself. Fish aren't very talkative, especially grumpy fish like Rockmouth. But eventually he opened up to the robot, and before long she was waving for the beavers to join them. "Rockmouth used to live in the river," said Roz as the beavers shuffled over. "But you trapped him here when you built your dam. He has been angry about it ever since." "That doesn't give him the right to attack my son!" hollered Mr. Beaver. "It most certainly does not!" hollered Mrs. Beaver. "I'd be upset too," said Paddler softly. "I'd hate to be kept away from my home. Mr. Rockmouth, you should have said something sooner!" The fish looked up from the puddle with a frustrated expression that meant "I tried, but no one

罗兹把岩嘴放在池塘附近的一个深水坑里，这样它就游不走了。 然后她等着鱼自己解释。 鱼不太健谈，尤其是像岩嘴鱼这样脾气暴躁的鱼。 但最终他向机器人敞开了心扉，没过多久，她就挥手示意海狸们加入他们。 “罗克茅斯以前住在河里，”罗兹说，这时海狸们拖着脚走过来。 “但是你建水坝的时候把他困在这里了。 从那以后他一直很生气。” “这并没有给他攻击我儿子的权利！”比弗先生喊道。 “当然不是！”海狸太太嚷道。 “我也会难过的，”帕德勒轻声说。 “我不愿意离开我的家。 岩嘴先生，你应该早点说的！”鱼从水坑里抬起头来，一副沮丧的表情，意思是“我试过了，但没有人。

was listening." Well, the situation had to be remedied. And you can guess who rose to the occasion. Roz was determined to get Rockmouth back to his home. After she explored the nearby waterways, it became clear that she would have to carry the pike through the forest and across the Great Meadow to the nearest bend in the river. "I need a large container," said Roz to the beavers. "Something I can fill with water so Rockmouth can breathe while I carry him home. I could make it myself, but I thought you might like to help." It couldn't have been easy to overcome her anger with Rockmouth, but after Mrs. Beaver had a chance to cool off, she finally came around. "I suppose we're partly to blame for this whole situation," she muttered. Then the beavers did the right thing, and together they carved out a wooden barrel for the fish. "Here you go." Mrs. Beaver rolled the barrel over to the puddle, where the robot and the fish were waiting. "This should work nicely. Rockmouth, I hope you're happy back in the river." Rockmouth just flicked his tail in a way that meant "Will someone please take me home now!"

在听。”这种情况必须得到补救。 你可以猜到谁挺身而出了。 罗兹下定决心要把岩嘴送回家。 在她探索了附近的水道之后，很明显，她必须带着梭子鱼穿过森林，穿过大草地，到达最近的河湾。 “我需要一个大容器，”罗兹对海狸们说。 "一个我可以装满水的东西，这样岩嘴就可以在我带它回家的时候呼吸了。 我可以自己做，但我想你可能愿意帮忙。” 要平息她对罗克茅斯的愤怒并不容易，但在海狸太太冷静下来之后，她终于回心转意了。 “我想我们对整个局面也有一部分责任。”她喃喃地说。 海狸们做了一件正确的事，他们一起为鱼雕刻了一个木桶。 “给你。”海狸太太把桶滚到水坑边，机器人和鱼都在那儿等着。 “这应该能很好地工作。岩嘴，我希望你在河里过得愉快。” 岩嘴摇了摇尾巴，意思是“现在有人带我回家吗？”

Roz filled the barrel with water and a grumpy fish, and then they were off. She carried Rockmouth through the forest and across the meadow until she was standing on the riverbank. "Welcome home," said the robot. Then she tipped the barrel and the fish plunked into the river. Rockmouth's face poked above the surface, he flashed a big toothy grin, and then he quickly swam away.

罗兹在桶里装满了水和一条脾气暴躁的鱼，然后他们就出发了。 她抱着岩嘴穿过森林，穿过草地，直到站在河岸上。 “欢迎回家，”机器人说。 然后她把桶打翻，鱼扑通一声掉进了河里。 岩嘴的脸露出水面，他咧嘴一笑，很快就游走了。