Chinese · Episode 3
The Missing Robot
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It is Xiaoxing's first shift, and Rabbit has already gone missing. A new corridor turns a simple delivery into a small adventure.
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第一天上班，兔子就丢了。 On my first day at work, Rabbit went missing.
兔子是送东西的机器人，脸上那只兔子是我画的， Rabbit is a delivery robot. The rabbit on its face is one I drew,
所以我一直这么叫它。 so I've always called it that.
陈师傅不喜欢这个名字。他说：“上班要看号码， Master Chen doesn't like the name. He said, "At work you go by numbers,
别光看脸。” don't just look at faces."
我放学以后来给他帮忙， I come help him after school,
看着这些机器人在几个圆顶之间送东西。 watching these robots deliver things between the domes.
刚坐下没多久，左手皮肤下面就热了一下。 Not long after I sat down, it got warm under the skin of my left hand.
有机器人卡住的时候，我有时会有这种感觉。 I sometimes get that feeling when a robot gets stuck.
陈师傅看了看我，又看了看图上的位置， Master Chen looked at me, then at the spot on the map,
说：“去三号走廊看看。” and said, "Go check corridor three."
那条走廊去年还没有，以前那里是圆顶外面， That corridor didn't even exist last year. It used to be outside the dome,
根本没有空气。 with no air at all.
现在能从这边走到另一个圆顶了，可路有几个弯， Now you can walk from here to another dome, but the path has a few turns,
机器人还按旧的路线走，就容易找不到地方。 and if robots still follow the old routes, they easily get lost.
我跑过去，看见兔子正对着一面墙。 I ran over and saw Rabbit facing a wall.
它往前走不了，就在原地转来转去。 It couldn't go forward, so it just kept turning in place.
我把它转过来，轻轻推了一下。它走了两步， I turned it around and gave it a gentle push. It took two steps,
又往墙边去了。 then headed for the wall again.
“这边，别再撞了。”我跟着它走了一段， "This way—don't bump into things again." I followed it for a bit,
看它走对了才回去。 and only went back once I saw it was going the right way.
陈师傅问找到没有，我说：“找到了，是兔子。” Master Chen asked if I'd found it. I said, "Found it. It was Rabbit."
“三十二号。”他看了我一眼， "Number thirty-two." He glanced at me,
又小声加了一句：“它是有点笨。” and added quietly, "It is a bit dumb."
我差点笑出来，赶快点头，说这次记住号码了。 I almost laughed, quickly nodded, and said I'd remember the number this time.
回家吃饭时，我跟妈妈说兔子今天迷路了。 At dinner back home, I told Mom that Rabbit had gotten lost today.
她问：“谁是兔子？” She asked, "Who's Rabbit?"
我只好从脸上的画开始，又讲了一遍。 So I had to start from the drawing on its face and tell the whole story again.
我以后想造飞船，现在做的事还小。 I want to build spaceships someday. What I'm doing now is still small.
不过第一天上班， But on my first day at work,
至少把一个迷路的机器人带回来了。 at least I brought a lost robot back.