64 THE SPECIAL ROBOT

CHAPTER 64 THE SPECIAL ROBOT After Brightbill told the story of his winter, he and his mother sat in silence and thought. They thought about poor Longneck and the human who had killed him. They thought about farms and cities and factories. They thought about Roz, and where she truly belonged. Then, after a while, Roz told Brightbill her own winter story. She spoke of her long, dark hibernation and of how she had awoken to find the Nest caved in around her. She spoke of blizzards and frozen animals. She spoke of the many lodges she had built and the one that caught fire. But she mostly spoke of all the new friendships she had forged. "I used to think that you were the only animal who would ever care about me," she said to her son. "I worried that without you around I would be alone again. But I was not alone. In fact, I made new friends, all on my own. I think the other animals

第六十四章特殊的机器人布莱特比尔讲完他的冬天的故事后，他和他的母亲静静地坐在那里沉思。 他们想着可怜的长颈和杀死他的人。 他们想到了农场、城市和工厂。 他们想着罗兹，想着她真正属于哪里。 过了一会儿，罗兹给布莱特比尔讲了她自己的冬天故事。 她讲述了自己漫长而黑暗的冬眠，以及她醒来时如何发现鸟巢在她周围塌陷。 她谈到了暴风雪和冰冻的动物。 她谈到她建过的许多小屋，还有一座失火了。 但她主要讲的是她结交的新朋友。 “我曾经认为你是唯一会关心我的动物，”她对儿子说。 “我担心没有你在身边，我会再次孤独。 但我并不孤单。事实上，我交了新朋友，全靠我自己。 我想是其他动物

might actually like me!" "Of course they like you, Ma!" squawked the goose. "You're the most likable robot I've ever seen! And I've seen a lot." It was true. Brightbill had seen hundreds of different robots that winter. And none of them were anything like Roz. None of them had learned how to speak with animals, or had saved an island from the cold, or had adopted a gosling. As he sat there, watching the robot's animal gestures and listening to her animal sounds, Brightbill realized just how special his mother really was.

也许真的会喜欢我！”“他们当然喜欢你，妈妈！”母鹅尖声说。 “你是我见过的最可爱的机器人！”我见过很多。” 这是真的。那年冬天，布莱特比尔见过几百个不同的机器人。 他们都不像罗兹。 他们中没有一个人学会如何与动物交谈，没有一个人从寒冷中拯救过一个岛屿，也没有一个人收养过一只小鹅。 当他坐在那里，看着机器人的动物手势，听着她的动物声音时，Brightbill意识到他的母亲是多么的特别。