39 Flying

39 Flying Peanut and Rockwell stood six metres apart facing down the slope. Little-Bit was strapped to her sister's back in a hastily painted harness and Doodle was facing forwards in a similarly sketchy papoose on Rockwell's chest. The classmates were holding on to the bottom side of a marker-pen triangle, the top point of which was connected to a large, flat, arrowhead-shaped wing. Several other thin pencil lines ran, seemingly randomly, between the

39 飞天花生皮纳特和罗克韦尔相距六米，面朝斜坡站定。 小不点被草草做好的背带绑在姐姐背上，嘟嘟也用同款粗陋的婴孩背带，面朝前方绑在罗克韦尔胸前。 两人抓着记号笔做成的三角形的底边，三角形的顶端连着一块又大又平的箭头形机翼。 还有好几道细细的铅笔线，看似随意地连在

passengers and various points on the wing. Rockwell had told Peanut that they were very important for stability'. Peanut looked across. "You ready?" "Not really," stammered Rockwell. He felt exactly the same way as he did the time his dad made him jump off the middle diving board at the swimming pool. "Just trust in the physics." "Yes, all right, Einstein. Let's just get it over with, shall we?" Peanut was feeling more nervous than she wanted to admit. "OK. Here we go. After three, we run as fast as we can towards the edge of the cliff and we jump off. Peanut took a deep breath. "ONE... TWO... THREE!" Neither of them moved.

乘客和机翼上各个点位之间。 罗克韦尔告诉皮纳特，这些线对维持稳定性非常重要。 皮纳特看向对面。 “你准备好了吗？” “好像没准备好。”罗克韦尔结结巴巴地说。 他现在的感受，和上次爸爸逼他从游泳池中号跳台往下跳时一模一样。 “要相信物理定律。” “行吧，我的爱因斯坦先生。 赶紧完事好不好？” 皮纳特的紧张，比她愿意承认的要多得多。 “好。 我们要出发了。 数到三之后，我们拼命冲到悬崖边然后跳下去。 皮纳特深吸了一口气。 “一……二……三！” 他俩谁都没动。

"Peanut, I don't think I can do it. My legs don't seem to be working. "Mine are a bit shaky too." She felt a shudder of fear that seemed to belong to someone else. Suddenly they heard a noise from further up the slope. They turned to see several silvery objects moving very quickly towards them across the snow, all of them emitting a familiar, high-pitched sound. "Are they... men?" shouted Rockwell. "Whatever they are," replied Peanut, "I think it's time we left. LET'S GO!" The two children ran as fast as they could down the hill. The huge wings felt as light as a feather one second and then as heavy as a rock the next, but the steepness of the slope was in their favour. As they approached the edge of the cliff, every

“皮纳特，我觉得我做不到。 我的腿好像动不了了。 “我的腿也有点发抖。” 她感受到一阵恐惧的颤抖，这恐惧陌生得仿佛不属于自己。 突然，他们听到斜坡上方传来一阵声响。 他们转过身，看见好几个银色物体正飞快地穿过雪地朝他们冲来，每个都发出熟悉的尖锐声响。 “它们是……人吗？”罗克韦尔大喊。 “不管它们是什么，”皮纳特回答，“我觉得我们该走了， 快走！” 两个孩子拼尽全力往山脚下跑。 巨大的机翼一会儿轻得像羽毛，一会儿又重得像石头，不过陡峭的斜坡帮了他们大忙。 就在他们逼近悬崖边缘的时候，每个

instinct Rockwell had was telling him to throw himself to the ground, but somehow he kept going. By the time they reached the edge, they were travelling at such a speed that he couldn't have stopped even if he had wanted to. And then the ground disappeared from beneath their feet. They didn't drop an inch. They just kept on moving forwards, legs still pumping furiously in the air. "WE'RE FLYING!" Peanut laughed. "IT WORKED!" shouted Rockwell. As they sailed over the abyss, everything suddenly felt very calm. The world opened up below them and the only sound was the quiet rush of the wind as it moved across the wings. Little-Bit looked behind them. Twelve tall, silver robots come to a stop on the clifftop above the broken bridge. They appeared to be floating about thirty centimetres above the ground and their eyes were glowing bright red. Peanut, I think those things chasing us might be..." "RAZERs..." said Peanut. "I think they know we're here.

本能都在告诉罗克韦尔赶紧扑倒在地，可他不知怎么的还是继续往前冲。 等他们冲到悬崖边时，速度已经快得就算他想停也停不住了。 紧接着，脚下的大地就消失了。 他们竟然一英寸都没有往下掉。 他们只是一个劲往前冲，腿还在空中飞快地蹬个不停。 “我们飞起来啦！” 皮纳特大笑起来。 “成功了！”罗克韦尔大喊。 他们飞越深渊的时候，一切突然都变得格外平静。 整个世界在他们脚下展开，耳边只剩下风吹过机翼的轻轻呼啸声。 小不点看向他们身后。 十二个高大的银色机器人停在了断桥上方的崖顶。 他们似乎漂浮在离地面三十厘米高的空中，眼睛闪着亮红色的光。 皮纳特，我觉得追我们的那些东西可能是……” “是锐泽……”皮纳特说。 “我觉得他们知道我们在这里了。