53 THE FARM COUNTRY

CHAPTER 53 THE FARM COUNTRY During their travels, our friends passed every kind of farm imaginable. Some farms grew crops in vast fields and orchards. Others grew crops in great glimmering greenhouses. Some farms let their animals graze through open pastures. Others kept their animals confined to small enclosures. Some farms had old-fashioned barns and sheds. Others had modern laboratories that made meat, eggs, and milk without any animals at all. There seemed to be an infinite number of ways to produce food for humans. The farms were teeming with robot workers, and Roz couldn't resist spying on them as she carefully slunk past. The robots worked the fields and machines and livestock, their bodies shining in the sun, shimmering in the heat. This must have been how Roz looked, back on Hilltop Farm. Were any of these robots like her? Were any of them quietly dreaming of escape? Or were they all just mindless machines, content with their place in the world?

第五十三章农庄在旅行中，我们的朋友们经过了各种各样可以想象得到的农庄。 有些农场在广阔的田地和果园里种庄稼。 其他人则在闪闪发光的大棚里种植作物。 有些农场让他们的动物在开阔的牧场上吃草。 其他人把他们的动物关在小围栏里。 有些农场有老式的谷仓和棚子。 另一些人则拥有现代化的实验室，在不使用任何动物的情况下制造肉、蛋和牛奶。 似乎有无数种方法可以为人类生产食物。 农场里到处都是机器人工人，当罗兹小心翼翼地溜过去时，她忍不住要监视他们。 机器人在田地、机器和牲畜上劳作，他们的身体在阳光下闪闪发光，在高温下闪闪发光。 这一定是罗兹在山顶农场时的样子。 这些机器人中有像她一样的吗？ 他们中有人在悄悄地梦想着逃跑吗？ 或者他们只是没有头脑的机器，满足于自己在世界上的地位？