87 THE HOMECOMING

CHAPTER 87 THE HOMECOMING The airship's door hummed open, and our robot stepped outside. Everything was still and silent. But Roz knew hidden animals were watching, and she greeted them with a mighty roar. "Animals of the island, I have returned! I may look different, but I promise you, I am your old friend Roz!" Her words boomed across the island. But the only response was her own voice echoing back. The wild robot needed to be wilder. So she reached down and started smearing handfuls of mud across her body. Then she pressed clumps of weeds and flowers into her muddy coating until she looked more like her old wild self. Brightbill fluttered out from the airship and perched on Roz's shoulder. He shook his tail feathers and squawked, "It's true! This robot is my mother! Come see for yourselves!"

第八十七章回家飞艇的门嗡嗡地开了，我们的机器人走了出来。 四周一片寂静。 但罗兹知道有隐藏的动物在注视着她，她用一声巨大的吼叫迎接它们。 “岛上的动物们，我回来了！”我可能看起来不一样了，但我向你保证，我是你的老朋友罗兹！”她的话响彻全岛。 但唯一的回应是她自己的声音。 狂野的机器人需要更狂野。 于是她俯下身，开始在身上涂抹泥巴。 然后，她把一簇簇的野草和鲜花塞进泥泞的衣服里，直到她看起来更像过去那个狂野的自己。 布莱特比尔从飞艇里飞了出来，落在罗兹的肩膀上。 他摇了摇尾羽，尖声叫道：“是真的！这个机器人是我的妈妈！你们自己来看看吧！”

Silence. And then bushes began to rustle. Faces began poking out from the trees. Animals began scurrying and trotting and flying into the meadow. At first they moved cautiously, confused as to how this new robot could be their old friend. But they saw her wild appearance and they heard her wild voice and news began spreading across the island: Roz was back. A crowd of friendly creatures gathered around our robot. There was Brightbill's flock, and the beaver and deer families, and Fink the fox, and Swooper the owl. Bears came lumbering down from the hills, and fish jumped up from the ponds, and vultures circled above. Even the nocturnal creatures crawled out from their burrows, into daylight, to join the celebration. Oh, how good it feels to return from a long journey and find your friends and family waiting for you. But, reader, sometimes we return to find that things aren't exactly as we left them. As you know, the wilderness can be a harsh place, and while Roz was away it had claimed its share of her friends. The robot saw the raccoons Lumpkin and Bumpkin, but not Rumpkin. Nor did she see Broadfoot the moose or Digdown the groundhog. Other creatures were missing as well.

沉默。然后灌木丛开始沙沙作响。 树林里开始露出面孔。 动物们开始奔跑、小跑、飞入草地。 起初，他们小心翼翼地移动，对这个新机器人怎么可能是他们的老朋友感到困惑。 但他们看到了她狂野的样子，听到了她狂野的声音，消息开始传遍了全岛：罗兹回来了。 一群友好的生物围着我们的机器人。 有布莱特比尔的羊群，海狸和鹿的家族，还有狐狸芬克和猫头鹰斯乌普。 熊笨重地从山上下来，鱼从池塘里跳出来，秃鹫在上面盘旋。 即使是夜行动物也从洞穴里爬出来，来到白天，加入庆祝活动。 哦，从长途旅行归来，发现你的朋友和家人在等着你，这种感觉是多么美好啊！ 但是，读者们，有时候我们回过头来会发现，事情并不完全是我们离开时的样子。 正如你所知，荒野是一个严酷的地方，而罗兹不在的时候，她的朋友们也在那里。 机器人看到了两只浣熊，小胖墩和小胖墩，但没有看到小胖墩。 她也没有看到驼鹿布罗德福特和土拨鼠迪格down。 其他生物也不见了。

And so, like many of our homecomings, this one was bittersweet. Chitchat the squirrel came bounding through the grass, chattering on and on, as usual. "…I always knew you'd come back to us Roz but I never imagined you'd gain so much weight although I guess I've gained a little weight myself anyway you'll have to tell me all about your adventures when you get a chance I'm sorry for talking so much I'm just so excited to see you again…" Geese and beavers and deer and fish and squirrels and owls and bears and turtles and otters and raccoons and woodpeckers and opossums and moose and foxes and every kind of creature from every corner of the island were coming to welcome back their dear friends Roz and Brightbill. And watching it all, from the airship, was Dr. Molovo.

因此，就像我们的许多返乡一样，这次也是苦乐参半。 松鼠跳着穿过草丛，像往常一样叽叽喳喳地说个不停。 “……我一直都知道你会回到美国警察但我从来没有想到你会获得如此多的重量虽然我猜我已经获得了一个小重量自己无论如何你必须告诉我所有关于你的冒险当你有机会我抱歉说这么多我很兴奋再次见到你……”鹅和海狸和鹿和鱼和松鼠、猫头鹰和熊和海龟和水獭和浣熊和啄木鸟和负鼠和驼鹿和狐狸和各类生物岛的每一个角落我们是来欢迎他们亲爱的朋友罗兹和布莱特比尔回来的。 在飞艇上观看这一切的是。 Molovo。