The spacecraft began to close up. A low hum filled the air. WALL · E suddenly remembered—he was under a ship! The hum was coming from the ship’s engines, which were now roaring to life. It was time to take cover again. WALL · E dug another hole in the ground and jumped into it.

 

When the smoke cleared, WALL · E once again raised his head. He looked up and saw EVE. She was circling over the desolate¹ bay. As she swooped² and darted³ like a hummingbird⁴, she emitted a blue ray from her front panel and scanned the terrain⁵. WALL · E scrambled⁶ out of the hole and quickly found a boulder⁷ to hide behind. He watched EVE continue to scan random⁸ objects, occasionally doing a loop in the sky. She zoomed⁹ past WALL · E’s rock. Frightened yet enchanted¹⁰, the rusty¹¹ and dented¹² WALL · E unit kept watching this sleek¹³ new state-of-the-art robot. This was love.

 

EVE gently descended¹⁴ to the ground, and WALL · E decided¹⁵ to move one rock closer to her. As he rolled forward, his treads loosened some debris—RATTLE¹⁶, RATTLE, KLUNK!

 

EVE whipped around in the direction of the noise. She instantly raised and fired the blaster mounted within her arm. KA-BLAM! WALL · E’s boulder exploded into bits. The shivering robot was unharmed but terrified.

 

EVE scanned the area again. All quiet, she noted¹⁷, no signs of life. She moved on and wandered through WALL · E’s vast avenues of trash. WALL · E rolled after her. She had just tried to blast him, but like a puppy, he continued to follow her, unable to stop.

 

He watched her scan a mound¹⁸ of tires. Then he flinched¹⁹ as his cockroach²⁰ decided to approach EVE from behind. Her razor-sharp sensors²¹ picked up the movement. She spun²³ and blasted the bug²⁴ with a direct hit. Unharmed, the insect simply crawled out of the smoking crater²⁵ and, with his usual curiosity, continued to approach EVE.

 

She let the roach get closer. The little bug intrigued²⁶ her, and she let him crawl up her arm. WALL · E heard her emit a series of electronic beeps. She was giggling²⁷! The roach must have tickled²⁸ her.

 

WALL · E’s spirits soared. EVE had feelings! Then, just as suddenly, he was struck by fear again as EVE’s sensor²² turned in his direction. She locked onto him with her scanners and fired rapidly with her blaster arm.

 

WALL · E dodged²⁹ the blasts, scooting among trash piles as EVE obliterated³⁰ them one by one. With nowhere left to hide, WALL · E boxed himself up and shook uncontrollably. EVE stopped firing. Her electronics hummed, “Identify yourself." But WALL · E heard only beeps and whistles. He didn’t understand what EVE was saying.

 

She slowly approached the shivering box. The cockroach ran down EVE’s blaster arm and hopped³¹ onto his master. EVE’s blue light scanned WALL · E. NEGATIVE. He was not what she was looking for. She retracted³² her blaster arm and glided³³ away.

 

Peeking³⁴ out from inside his box, WALL · E watched her, completely awestruck.

 

太空飞船开始关闭舱门。空气中充斥着低沉的嗡嗡声。瓦力突然记起来他正待在一艘飞船下面，而那嗡嗡声是飞船引擎发出的轰鸣声，飞船的引擎开始运转了！他该再一次躲藏起来！瓦力又在地上挖了个坑，跳了进去。

 

烟雾散去，瓦力再一次抬起头来向上望去。他抬头看见了伊芙。她正盘旋在荒凉的海湾上方。她像蜂鸟一样猛地向前俯冲，她胸前的面板上发射出一道蓝光扫描这一地区。瓦力挣扎着从坑里爬出来，迅速找到一块巨石藏在它后面。他看着伊芙继续随机扫描物品，时不时在空中绕一个圈。她高速飞过瓦力藏身的巨石。浑身锈迹斑斑、坑坑洼洼的瓦力有点害怕，却又醉心于她，他一直看着这个造型优美、技术先进的新型机器人。这就是爱。

 

伊芙轻轻地降落在地面上。瓦力决定藏到离她更近的一块岩石后。当他慢慢向前驶去的时候，他的履带压松了一些岩屑。“嘎嘎，嘎嘎，哐！”

 

伊芙猛然转身面向声音的来源。她立刻举起手臂，发射了安装在里面的爆破枪。“咔——砰！”瓦力藏身的巨石被炸成了碎末。他浑身发抖，虽然安然无恙却吓了个半死。

 

伊芙又将这个区域扫描了一遍。她意识到这里一片寂静，没有任何生命的迹象。她沿着瓦力在垃圾堆中压出的宽阔道路继续前行。瓦力跟在她后面缓缓行驶。她又试过向他射击，但他就像一只小狗一样，继续跟着她，无法停止。

 

他看着她扫描一堆轮胎。当他的蟑螂决定从背后靠近伊芙的时候，他被吓坏了。她敏锐的感应器察觉到了蟑螂的动静，她转身开火射向这只昆虫。它却毫发无伤，只是从冒着烟的弹坑里爬出来，还和往常一样好奇，继续向伊芙靠近。

 

她没有阻止蟑螂向她靠近。这只小昆虫激起了她的好奇心，她让他爬上她的胳膊。瓦力听到她发出一连串“嘟嘟嘟”的电子音。她在咯咯笑！一定是蟑螂让她觉得痒痒的。

 

瓦力受到了极大的鼓舞。伊芙有感觉！就在这时，伊芙的感应器突然转向他的方向，他又被吓着了。她的扫描仪锁定他，手臂上的爆破枪迅速朝他射击。

 

瓦力在垃圾堆间疾行以躲避枪击，而伊芙一个一个地把它们炸掉。瓦力再也没有地方可以藏身，他将自己团成一个盒子形状，不由自主地浑身发抖。伊芙停止了射击。她的电子设备发出了低沉的声音：“报出你的身份。”但是瓦力听到的只是嘟嘟声和呼啸声。他不明白伊芙在说什么。

 

她慢慢靠近这个正在颤抖的盒子。蟑螂沿着伊芙的爆破枪手臂往下跳到了他主人身上。伊芙的蓝光扫描了瓦力。“否”。他不是她要寻找的东西。她收回了她的爆破枪，飞走了。

 

瓦力从他的盒子里探出头看着她，惊叹不已。

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