經典科幻文學:《宇宙盡頭的餐館》第6章9
From the opposite direction came a larger black spider-like object. It zapped past them.
“And that was…?”
“A Frogstar Scout robot class B out looking for you.”
“And that?” said Zaphod, as a third one seared through the air.
“A Frogstar Scout robot class C out looking for you.”
“Hey,” chuckled Zaphod to himself, “pretty stupid robots eh?”
From over the bridge came a massive rumbling hum. A gigantic black shape was moving over it from the opposite tower, the size and shape of a tank.
“Holy photon, what’s that?”
“A tank,” said the man, “Frogstar Scout robot class D come to get you.”
“Should we leave?”
“I think we should.”
“Marvin!” called Zaphod.
“What do you want?”
Marvin rose from a pile of rubble further down the corridor and looked at them.
“You see that robot coming towards us?”
Marvin looked at the gigantic black shape edging forward towards them over the bridge. He looked down at his own small metal body. He looked back up at the tank.
“I suppose you want me to stop it,” he said.
“Yeah.”
“Whilst you save your skins.”
從相反的方向，又飛過來一個像蜘蛛一樣的黑色東西，比剛纔那個要大點兒。它嗖地掠過他們。
“這又是……？”
“一個蛙星偵察機器人B型，出來找你的。”
“那個呢？”第三個這種東西從空中劃過時，贊福德問。
“一個蛙星偵察機器人C型，出來找你的。”
“嘿，”贊福德輕輕地笑了，“一羣蠢貨機器人，是嗎？”
正在這時，橋上傳來了一陣響亮的轟隆聲。一個巨型的黑色東西從對面那座塔樓朝這邊移動過來。瞧它的體積和形狀，完全是一輛坦克。
“天啊，那是什麼？”贊福德深吸了一口氣說。
“一輛坦克，”那人說，“蛙星偵察機器人D型，出來抓你的。”
“我們該逃跑嗎？”
“我想是的。”
“馬文！”贊福德喊道。
“你想幹什麼？”
馬文從走廊遠端的一堆瓦礫中站起來，望着他們。
“你看見那個正朝我們開過來的機器人嗎？”
馬文看了看正從橋上朝他們這邊開過來的巨型黑色傢伙，又低頭看了看自己瘦小的金屬身體。然後他擡起頭，再次看了看坦克。
“我猜，你是希望我去阻止它。”他說。
“是的。”
“這樣你好救你那一身皮囊。”
