經典科幻文學:《宇宙盡頭的餐館》第2章9

“Er, yes. With milk.”
“Squirted out of a cow?”
“Well, in a manner of speaking I suppose…”
“I’m going to need some help with this one,” said the machine tersely. All the cheerful burbling had dropped out of its voice and it now meant business.
“Well, anything I can do,” said Arthur.
“You’ve done quite enough,” the Nutri-Matic informed him.
It summoned up the ship’s computer.
“Hi there!” said the ship’s computer.
The Nutri-Matic explained about tea to the ship’s computer. The computer boggled, linked logic circuits with the Nutri-Matic and together they lapsed into a grim silence.
Arthur watched and waited for a while, but nothing further happened.
He thumped it, but still nothing happened.
Eventually he gave up and wandered up to the bridge. In the empty wastes of space, the Heart of Gold hung still. Around it blazed the billion pinpricks of the Galaxy. Towards it crept the ugly yellow lump of the Vogon ship.

“嗯，是的。不過還得加奶。”
“奶牛體內噴出來的？”
“哦，從某種程度上，我想是的……”
“合成這種東西，我需要幫助，”機器簡潔地說。歡快的嘟嘟聲已經從它聲音裏消失得一乾二淨，現在，它準備動真格的了。
“盡我所能吧。”阿瑟說。
“你做的已經夠多的了。”自動營養機對他說。
它呼喚飛船主控電腦。
“嗨，你好！”主控電腦招呼道。
自動營養機向主控電腦解釋了什麼叫做茶。電腦猶豫了一下，把邏輯電路與自動營養機相聯。然後，它們一起陷入了可怕的沉默。
阿瑟看着它們，等待了片刻，但是什麼都沒有發生。
他重重地砸了機器一下，還是什麼都沒有發生。
最後，他終於放棄了，悻悻地遛達到了艦橋。在宇宙的廣袤虛空中，黃金之心號靜靜地飄浮着，四周閃耀着銀河系的數十億個光點。而與此同時，沃貢飛船那醜陋的黃色腫塊正在一步步朝它悄然逼近。