8 THE PINECONES

CHAPTER 8 THE PINECONES If you stand in a forest long enough, eventually something will fall on you. And Roz had been standing in the forest long enough. A gentle wind whispered through the treetops, and then—thunk!—a pinecone bounced off her head. The robot looked down and watched the pinecone roll to a stop. It seemed harmless, so Roz went right back to doing nothing. A few hours later, a gust of wind rushed through the treetops and then—thunk!—the robot looked down as another pinecone rolled away. And then a few hours after that, a howling wind tore through the treetops. It bent trunks and shook

第八章松果如果你在森林里站得够久，最终会有什么东西落在你身上。 而罗兹已经在森林里站得够久了。 一阵微风在树梢上低语，然后，“咚”的一声！一个松果从她的头上弹了回来。 机器人低下头，看着松果滚动着停了下来。 这似乎是无害的，所以罗兹又什么都不做了。 几个小时后，一阵风吹过树梢，然后，砰的一声！——机器人低头看着另一个松果滚走了。 几小时后，一阵呼啸的风刮过树梢。 它使树干弯曲，摇晃

branches and then—thunk thunk thunk!—pinecones began raining down. Thunk thunk! Roz felt something like annoyance. Thunk! She quickly scanned the area for somewhere safe from pinecones. And she spotted the perfect place when she looked up at the huge, rocky shape that towered above the forest.

树枝，然后，砰，砰，砰！松果开始雨点般落下。 铛铛!罗兹觉得有点恼火。 铛!她迅速扫视这片区域，寻找一个没有松果的安全地方。 当她抬头看着耸立在森林上方的巨大的岩石形状时，她发现了一个完美的地方。