17 THE ROBOTIC BODY

CHAPTER 17 THE ROBOTIC BODY A crowd of creatures crammed into the robot's garden and listened as she described her plunge. "Down I went, tumbling end over end, sinking into the beaver pond," Roz began. "I grasped at the muddy ground, but the sides were steep and slippery, and I just kept sinking. I could not believe how deep it was. The otters and moose and turtles really did a terrific job of dredging the pond. "As I continued sinking, I expected my Survival Instincts to warn me of danger and for water to seep into my body and for everything to go dark. Instead, I came to a stop in the soft muck at the bottom. Dirt and leaves settled around me. And then I felt something squirm against my legs. It was a frog. She crawled out from under me, croaked a few angry words, and swam off. I noticed how the frog kicked her legs to move through the water. Mimicking the frog, I stood and kicked my legs, and suddenly I was swimming to the surface!" "I'm confused," said Brightbill. "I didn't think you

机器人的身体一群生物挤在机器人的花园里，听她讲述自己的跳水经历。 “我下去了，一头滚到另一头，掉进了海狸池塘，”罗兹开始说。 “我抓住泥泞的地面，但两边又陡又滑，我一直在下沉。 我简直不敢相信水有多深。 水獭、驼鹿和海龟在疏浚池塘方面做得非常出色。 “当我继续下沉时，我希望我的生存本能能提醒我有危险，让水渗入我的身体，让一切都变黑。 相反，我在底部的软淤泥中停了下来。 泥土和树叶落在我周围。 然后我觉得有什么东西在我腿上蠕动。 那是一只青蛙。她从我身下爬了出来，嘶哑地说了几句生气的话，就游走了。 我注意到青蛙是如何踢腿在水中移动的。 我学着青蛙的样子，站起来踢我的腿，突然我就游到水面上了！”“我很困惑，”布莱特比尔说。 “我没想到你

could survive in deep water." "That was true of my original body," Roz explained. "Back then, I was afraid of deep water, and so I tried to avoid it. I kept trying to avoid it even after my mind was transferred from that old body to this new one. I am now tougher and stronger and faster than before. And I have just learned that I am also waterproof." The animals quietly thought about Roz. They would never understand how her mind had passed from one body to another, or why there was so much she didn't know about herself. But all that really mattered was that their friend was alive and well.

可以在深水中生存。” “我原来的身体也是如此，”罗兹解释说。 “那时候，我害怕深水，所以我尽量避开它。 即使在我的思想从那个旧身体转移到这个新身体之后，我也一直试图避免它。 我现在比以前更强壮、更强壮、更快了。 我刚刚知道我也是防水的。” 动物们静静地想着罗兹。 他们永远也不会明白她的思想是如何从一个身体传到另一个身体的，也不会明白为什么她对自己有那么多不了解的地方。 但真正重要的是他们的朋友还活着，而且活得很好。