80 THE SKY

CHAPTER 80 THE SKY Our story ends in the sky, where a robot was being whisked away from the only home she had ever known. As Roz sat in the airship, broken and alone and speeding toward a mysterious future, she looked back at her miraculous past. Reader, it must seem impossible that our robot could have changed so much. Maybe the RECOs were right. Maybe Roz really was defective, and some glitch in her programming had caused her to accidentally become a wild robot. Or maybe Roz was designed to think and learn and change; she had simply done those things better than anyone could have imagined. However it happened, Roz felt lucky to have lived such an amazing life. And every moment had been recorded in her computer brain. Even her earliest memories were perfectly clear. She could still see the sun shining through the gash in her crate. She could

我们的故事在天空中结束，一个机器人正从她唯一熟悉的家被飞快地带走。 罗兹坐在飞艇里，身心破碎，独自一人，向着神秘的未来疾驰而去，她回顾了自己神奇的过去。 读者们，我们的机器人会发生如此大的变化似乎是不可能的。 也许RECOs是对的。 也许罗兹真的有缺陷，她的程序出现了一些故障，导致她意外地变成了一个狂野的机器人。 或者，也许罗兹生来就会思考、学习和改变；她把这些事情做得比任何人想象的都好。 不管发生了什么，罗兹都觉得自己很幸运，能过着如此美妙的生活。 每一刻都被记录在她的电脑大脑里。 甚至她最早的记忆都非常清晰。 她还能看到阳光透过板条箱的缝隙照进来。 她可以

still hear the waves crashing against the shore. She could still smell the salt water and the pine trees. Would she ever see and hear and smell those things again? Would she ever again climb a mountain, or build a lodge, or play with a goose? Not just a goose. A son. Brightbill had been Roz's son from the moment she picked up his egg. She had saved him from certain death, and then he had saved her. He was the reason Roz had lived so well for so long. And if she wanted to continue living, if she wanted to be wild again, she needed to be with her family and her friends on her island. So, as Roz raced through the sky, she began computing a plan. She would get the repairs she needed. She would escape from her new life. She would find her way back home.

还能听到海浪拍击海岸的声音。 她还能闻到海水和松树的味道。 她还会再看到、听到、闻到这些东西吗？ 她还会爬上一座山，或者建造一座小屋，或者和一只鹅玩耍吗？ 不只是一只鹅。一个儿子。从罗兹捡起他的蛋的那一刻起，布莱特比尔就是她的儿子。 她救了他，使他免于一死，然后他也救了她。 是他让罗兹活了这么久。 如果她想继续活下去，如果她想再次狂野起来，她需要和她的家人和朋友在她的岛上。 因此，当罗兹在天空中奔跑时，她开始计算一个计划。 她会得到她需要的修理。 她要逃离她的新生活。 她会找到回家的路。