31 The Pot of Gold

31 The Pot of Gold "Here." Peanut stood up and raised her hand. "Peanut! No!" shouted Dad. "AH, THERE YOU ARE," said 67. "NOW THEN. BE A GOOD MEDIUM-SIZED HUMAN AND GIVE ME THE PENCIL." Actually, I don't have it," said Peanut. "It must have fallen out of my bandolier when your robots pushed me into the water. Maybe it's gone down the drain, a bit like your stupid plan. Such a shame. And do you know what? You've only got yourself to blame." "VERY HUMOROUS," said 67. "BUT WE ROBOTS AREN'T REALLY KNOWN FOR OUR SENSE OF HUMOUR. SO ENOUGH OF THE JOKES. MY PATIENCE

31 那一罐金子 “在这儿呢。” 花生站起来，举起了手。 “花生！ 不要！”爸爸大喊道。 “啊，你在这儿呀，”67号开口说。 “听好了。 做个乖个头的人类，把铅笔给我。” “其实我根本没拿铅笔，”花生说。 “你的机器人把我推进水里的时候，它肯定从我子弹带里掉出去了。 说不定它已经顺着下水道飘走啦，就跟你那个蠢计划一样。 真可惜呀。 你知道吗？ 这都怪你自己。” “真好笑啊，”67号说。 “不过我们机器人可从来不以幽默感出名。 别开玩笑了。 我的耐心

IS BEGINNING TO WEAR THIN. GIVE ME THE PENCIL. NOW!" "Honestly, I don't have it," replied Peanut. "Look." She pointed to the empty slot in her bandolier. "OK, PEANUT JONES," said the robot. "HAVE IT YOUR WAY. PLAY YOUR LITTLE GAMES IF YOU WANT TO. BUT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT I CAN PLAY GAMES TOO. AND THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITES. IT'S CALLED... PERSUASION." The robot signalled to the two RAZERs at the end of the line. They immediately started moving towards the edge of the lake. When they got there, they didn't stop. Instead, they pulled apart two of the steel cables with their incredibly strong robotic arms, slipped through the gap and floated downwards. Once on the lake bed, they moved forward through the crowd, pushing several citizens out of the way before stopping directly in front of Peanut. RAZERS 19 AND 33 CHOOSE!" ordered 67. "Choose what?" said a confused Leo. Suddenly, several thin red laser beams shot out of 19's eye panel and, slowly, began to move down over Peanut. "I think they're scanning her," said Dad.

已经快被磨没了。 把铅笔给我。 马上！” “真的，我没拿它，”花生回答道。 “你看。” 她指了指子弹带上空空的卡槽。 “行吧，花生·琼斯，”机器人说。 “那我就随你便。 继续玩你的小把戏 要是你想玩的话。 但你要知道，我也会玩游戏哦。 而且这还是我最喜欢的游戏之一。 它名叫……说服。” 机器人给队尾那两个剃刀RAZER机器人发了信号。 它们立刻朝着湖岸走过去。 它们到了那儿之后根本没停下。 相反，它们用强得惊人的机械手臂扯开两根钢缆，从缝隙钻过去往下沉。 一到湖底，它们就穿过人群往前走，推开好几个市民，最后停在了花生正前方。 “19号和33号剃刀，选人！”67号下令道。 “选什么？”一脸困惑的里奥问道。 突然，好几道细细的红色激光从19号的眼部面板射出来，慢慢往花生身上扫过去。 “我觉得它们在扫描她，”爸爸说。

Once the lasers reached Peanut's boots, they disappeared. Then the robots moved sharply to the right, from Peanut to Little-Bit, and 33 began to scan her with similar redlasers. Once that was done, they slid along to Mum, where 19 repeated the process. Then 33 scanned Dad. They kept shuffling down the line of people, scanning as they went, until, eventually, they reached Nerys. This time, instead of scanning her, four mechanical arms shot out from 19 and coiled neatly around Nerys's body. The robot then picked her up. Her scream made all the hairs on the back of Peanut's neck stand on end. "HEEEELLLLP MEEEEEE!" cried the terrified woman as the robot dragged her through the crowd. "NERYS!" shouted Mum. "Nooooooooo!"

激光扫到花生的靴子后，就消失了。 接着机器人猛地向右移，从花生移到小不点那儿，33号开始用类似的红光激光扫描她。 扫描完之后，它们又滑到妈妈那儿，19号重复了一遍扫描流程。 接着33号扫描了爸爸。 它们沿着队伍慢慢挪，一边挪一边扫描，最后走到了内里斯面前。 这次它们没有扫描她，19号伸出四只机械臂，利落缠住了内里斯的身体。 接着机器人把她抓了起来。 她的尖叫让花生后颈的汗毛全都竖了起来。 “救——命——啊！”吓坏了的内里斯哭喊着，机器人拖着她穿过人群。 “内里斯！”妈妈大喊道。 “不要啊——！”

Peanut, Dad, Little-Bit and Leo all ran forward, jumping up in a desperate attempt to grab Nerys. But it was no use. The robots were far too quick and far too powerful. Suddenly, 33 lifted off the ground to pull the steel cables apart so that 19 could carry Nerys up and away. As the RAZERs hauled their hostage towards the platform, Nerys's wild eyes stared back at the group, fear filling her dilated pupils. Peanut looked at Little-Bit. Little-Bit looked at Peanut. In that moment, they both realised that it wasn't just Nerys that had been taken. It was also Little Tail.

花生、爸爸、小不点和里奥全都冲上前，拼命跳起想去抓住内里斯。 可根本没用。 机器人太快，也太强了。 突然，33号升到空中扯开钢缆，好让19号带着内里斯爬出去逃走。 当剃刀机器人把人质拖向平台时，内里斯瞪大的眼睛望向这边，放大的瞳孔里满是恐惧。 花生看向小不点。 小不点看向花生。 这一刻，他俩都明白，被抓走的不只是内里斯。 还有小尾巴。