经典科幻文学:《宇宙尽头的餐馆》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。不过还得加奶。”
“奶牛体内喷出来的？”
“哦，从某种程度上，我想是的……”
“合成这种东西，我需要帮助，”机器简洁地说。欢快的嘟嘟声已经从它声音里消失得一干二净，现在，它准备动真格的了。
“尽我所能吧。”阿瑟说。
“你做的已经够多的了。”自动营养机对他说。
它呼唤飞船主控电脑。
“嗨，你好！”主控电脑招呼道。
自动营养机向主控电脑解释了什么叫做茶。电脑犹豫了一下，把逻辑电路与自动营养机相联。然后，它们一起陷入了可怕的沉默。
阿瑟看着它们，等待了片刻，但是什么都没有发生。
他重重地砸了机器一下，还是什么都没有发生。
最后，他终于放弃了，悻悻地遛达到了舰桥。在宇宙的广袤虚空中，黄金之心号静静地飘浮着，四周闪耀着银河系的数十亿个光点。而与此同时，沃贡飞船那丑陋的黄色肿块正在一步步朝它悄然逼近。