39 THE ALLIES

CHAPTER 39 THE ALLIES Jaya and Jad would do anything to have their own mother back. So they understood how happy Brightbill and Roz must have felt in that moment. But they also understood that this happy moment couldn't last forever. Brightbill couldn't live on the farm, and Roz couldn't be her true self around their father. Life seemed so unfair. The children knew what needed to happen. "Roz, you need to go home," said Jaya. "You need to be with your family and your friends on your island," said Jad. "I wish I could go home, but your father would never allow it," said Roz. "Just run away!" said the girl. "I ran away once—it was easy! But then I started feeling hungry, so I came home and made myself a sandwich." "Running away might be easy for you, but not for me," said Roz. "Your father can track my

第三十九章盟友贾亚和贾德会不惜一切代价让自己的母亲回来。 所以他们明白布莱特比尔和罗兹在那一刻一定感到多么高兴。 但他们也明白，这种快乐的时刻不会永远持续下去。 布莱特比尔不能在农场生活，罗兹也不能在父亲身边做真实的自己。 生活似乎如此不公平。孩子们知道需要发生什么。 “罗兹，你需要回家，”贾亚说。 “你需要和你的家人和朋友在岛上，”贾德说。 “我希望我能回家，但是你父亲不会允许的，”罗兹说。 “快跑吧！”女孩说。 “我跑了一次——很容易！但后来我开始觉得饿了，所以我回家给自己做了一个三明治。” “逃跑对你来说可能很容易，但对我来说却不容易，”罗兹说。 “你父亲可以追踪我的

movements. If he sees me trying to escape, he will think I am defective, and he will send me away to be destroyed." An uncomfortable question popped into Jaya's mind. "Roz, don't take this the wrong way," she began, "but is it possible that you are defective?" "Don't say that, Jaya!" cried her brother. "No, it is okay," said the robot. "I have asked myself that same question. I do not feel defective. I feel… different. Is being different the same as being defective?" "I don't think so," said Jaya. "Or else we're all a little defective." "You saved my life, and now I'm going to save yours," said Jad, with a look of determination in his eyes. "I know you can only access farming information, Roz. So let us handle the research. There has to be a way for you to safely escape. But we'll need time to figure out a plan." The robot exchanged a few animal words with her son. And then she said to the children, "Brightbill must soon lead his flock back to their wintering grounds. However, he can return here in the spring." The boy slowly nodded. "We should have you

运动。如果他看到我试图逃跑，他会认为我有缺陷，他会把我送走，让我被毁灭。” 一个令人不安的问题突然出现在Jaya的脑海里。 “罗兹，别误会，”她开始说，“但有没有可能你有缺陷？”“别这么说，贾亚！”她哥哥叫道。 “不，没关系，”机器人说。 我也问过自己同样的问题。 我不觉得自己有缺陷。我感觉…不一样了。 与众不同就等于有缺陷吗？”“我不这么认为，”贾亚说。 “不然我们都有点缺陷。” “你救了我的命，现在我要救你的命，”杰德说，眼中充满了决心。 “我知道你只能获取农业信息，罗兹。 所以让我们来做研究。 一定有办法让你安全逃离。 但我们需要时间想出一个计划。” 机器人和她的儿子说了几句兽性的话。 然后她对孩子们说：“伶俐的鸟必须很快带着它的羊群回到它们的越冬地。 不过，他可以在春天回来。” 男孩慢慢地点了点头。“我们应该拥有你

ready by then." The girl looked concerned. "Roz, even if you safely escape from the farm, how will you get all the way home to your island?" "Leave that to Brightbill and me," said the robot. "Together, we will find our way home. I have faith in the two of us. And I have faith in the two of you."

到时候准备好了。”女孩看上去很担心。 “罗兹，即使你安全逃离了农场，你怎么能一路回到你的岛上呢？”“这件事交给布莱特比尔和我吧。”机器人说。 “我们会一起找到回家的路。 我对我们俩有信心。 我对你们两个有信心。”