27 From Green to Red

27 From Green to Red "I wish Rockwell were here to see this," said Little- Bit as the rising surface of the multicoloured water twinkled in the morning sun. "He would have loved it." "I know," replied Peanut, sadly. "I wish he were here too. He did so much to get us to this point, he really deserves to be witnessing this moment. She turned around to look behind her, half hoping to see Rockwell somewhere in the crowd. Instead, she saw a large group of very sweet cartoon animals, obviously visiting from the Cute Quarter. They were all holding cameras high in the air and desperately trying to take photographs of the marvellous scene playing out in front of them. A large-eyed, patterned

27 从绿到红 “真希望罗克威尔能在这儿看看，”小不点—— 说道，五彩的水面缓缓上升，在晨光里闪着光。 “他肯定会喜欢这儿的。” “我知道，”花生难过地回答。 “我也希望他在这里。 为了走到今天，他付出了那么多，真该亲眼见证这一刻啊。 她转过身往后张望，满心盼着能在人群里找到罗克威尔。 可她却看到一大群软萌的卡通动物，显然是从萌区来参观的。 它们都把相机举得高高的，抢着要拍下眼前这美妙的景色。 一只大眼睛、带花纹的

owl was fluttering just above the crowd, snapping away with camera after camera, each one being passed up by friends eager to secure a photo of this historical event. Behind the cute cartoon gang, several pointillism women wearing elegant bonnets were holding hands with men wearing towering top hats. They swayed in rhythm as they chanted along with the crowd. Right at the back was the impressive row of RAZERs, lined

猫头鹰扑着翅膀停在人群上方，一台接一台地拍照，每台相机都是底下的朋友们递上来的，大家都想留住这个历史性的时刻。 这群可爱的卡通动物身后，几位点画风格的女士戴着雅致的软帽，正和戴着高筒礼帽的男士手牵着手。 她们跟着人群的口号，跟着节奏摇摆着身子。 队伍最后方整整齐齐站着一排雷泽机器人，

up shoulder to shoulder and floating just above the ground. They were all identical except for their numbers, and each one was staring forward blankly, their eyes glowing bright green. Peanut let her gaze drift over to a class of rowdy comic- book schoolchildren. She was trying to read what was written in the voice bubbles above their heads, when something else caught her attention. The RAZERs" eyes all began switching from bright green to bright red, one after the other, in a kind of domino effect. Peanut followed this red wave as it made its way around the entire line of robots. "Er, Little-Bit, look!" she shouted, struggling to make herself heard above the noise. She pulled off both her and her sister's ear defenders. "LB! The RAZERs! Their eyes have all just changed from green to red!" "So what?" replied Little-Bit. She was rather preoccupied with watching a ridiculously cute cartoon bushbaby trying to climb onto a cartoon red panda's shoulders. "Didn't Rockwell say that's what happened with 67?" said Peanut. "He told us their eyes flashed red. And, come to think of it, do you remember what happened when we were on Die Brücke with 72 that time? With all those RAZERs in the lookout towers? Their eyes went from green to red whenever we passed. Since then, I've always associated red RAZER eyes with bad news. I guess Rockwell did too! That's what he was trying to tell me!"

肩并肩挨在一起，悬浮在地面上方。 除了编号它们长得一模一样，全都面无表情盯着前方，眼睛闪着亮绿色的光。 花生的目光飘到了一群吵吵闹闹的漫画小学生身上。 她正努力想看懂他们头顶对话框里的字，忽然有别的东西吸引了她的注意。 雷泽机器人的眼睛一个接一个从亮绿变成亮红，就像多米诺骨牌一样。 花生顺着这道红光波浪，看它扫过了整排机器人。 “呃，小不点，你看！” 她大喊道，好不容易才让声音盖过周围的喧闹。 她一把扯掉了自己和姐姐的隔音耳罩。 “小不点！ 雷泽机器人！ 它们的眼睛全都从绿色变成红色了！” “那又怎么样？”小不点回答。 她正忙着看一只超萌的卡通婴猴往卡通红熊猫的肩膀上爬呢。 “罗克威尔不是说过67号出事的时候就是这样吗？”花生说。 “他告诉过我们，它们的眼睛会闪红。 而且你想想，还记得上次我们和72号一起在《桥》那发生的事吗？ 就是瞭望塔里全是雷泽机器人那次？ 我们一经过，它们的眼睛就从绿变红。 从那以后，我就觉得雷泽眼睛变红准没好事。 我猜罗克威尔也是这么想的！ 这就是他想要提醒我的啊！”

Don't worry, Peanut," said Little-Bit. "67 is in charge of the RAZERs now. I'm sure everything will be fine." "It just seems a bit odd, that's all. Their eyes have been green up until now. Peanut looked back at the line of red-eyed robots. Suddenly, and almost as if on cue, they began to move forward as one, with perfect synchronicity. Within a few seconds, they were bumping into the backs of the women in the bonnets and the men in the top hats. They, in turn, were forced to move forward and bump into the cute cartoon animals. The animals then bumped into Peanut, Little-Bit and the Resistance operatives around them. Before long, everybody in the crowd was being forced forward by the red-eyed RAZERs. "Uh-oh," said Peanut as she shuffled towards the edge of the lake. "I've got a bad feeling about this. I'm starting to think that I should have listened to Rockwell!"

“别担心，花生，”小不点说。 “现在雷泽归67号管了。 我肯定一切都会没事的。” “就是有点奇怪而已，没别的。 它们的眼睛到今天为止一直都是绿色的。 花生回头看向那排红眼睛的机器人。 突然，它们仿佛接到了信号，步调完全一致地一齐向前移动。 没几秒钟，它们就撞到了戴软帽女士和戴高帽男士的后背。 这些人又被迫往前挤，撞到了那群可爱的卡通动物。 接着动物们又挤到了花生、小不点和她们身边反抗军成员的身上。 没过多久，人群里所有人都被红眼睛的雷泽逼着往前移动。 “糟了，”花生说着，被挤得一步步往湖边退。 “我有种不好的预感。 我现在觉得，我当初真该听罗克威尔的话！”