As the sun set behind the Axiom, the Captain led the rest of his passengers down the ramp¹.

 

"C'mon, everyone," he said heartily². "It's one small step for man, one giant—" But before he could take the next step, his small feet went out from under him and he tumbled down the ramp.

 

A steward-bot chased after him, shouting, "Please remain stationary³!"

 

The passengers watched as the stewards⁴ surrounded their captain. Straining, he raised himself to his feet.

 

"No, no, I'm all right, I can do it myself." The Captain didn't want any help. And as he stood and dusted himself off, the crowd was filled with a kind of pride that had long been forgotten. "Okay," he said to his passengers, who were now eager to follow his lead. "We're going to dig the water well here." He pointed⁵ to the empty bay and took in the desolate⁶ horizon. "And dig the food well over there."

 

"Ahhh," he said, smiling, knowing that humans and their planet had been given another chance. "This is going to be great!"

 

The Captain was right. He and his passengers would soon find out that another change had taken place. Off on a distant mountain of trash, a green field of tiny plants was sprouting⁷.

 

Across the bay, WALL · E and EVE sat on the roof of his truck, happily watching the sun set over planet Earth. WALL · E would never really understand how he had caused so much change just by following his heart. But holding hands with EVE, surrounded by a throng⁸ of joyful⁹ reject-bots, he knew that, finally, everything in the universe was as it should be.

 

(The End)

 

太阳落到“功理”号后面时，船长带领其他的乘客们走下了舷梯。

 

“来吧，诸位，”他劲头十足地说道，“这是人类的一小步，却是——”但是还没等他再走一步，他小小的双足就支撑不住，导致他翻滚着跌下舷梯。

 

一名乘务员机器人追着他喊道：“请保持静止。”

 

乘客们看着乘务员机器人们围住他们的船长。他使劲自己站了起来。

 

“不，不，我很好，我自己可以。”船长不想让别人帮他。他站了起来，掸去身上的灰尘，人们心中充满了一种早已被遗忘的自豪感。“好啦，”他对他的乘客们说，他们现在渴望以他为榜样。“我们要在这儿挖井取水。”他指着空落落的海湾，看见荒芜的地平线说道，“还要在那里挖井储存食物。”

 

“啊——”他微笑着说，心里知道人类和他们的星球都得到了第二次机会。“这次一定会很好！”

 

船长没说错。他和他的乘客们很快就会发现另一个变化已经发生。在远处的一座垃圾山上，有一小片绿油油的田地，小小的植物正在那里生长。

 

海湾的另一边，瓦力和伊芙坐在他的货车顶上，快乐地看着太阳落在行星地球上。瓦力永远都无法真正明白为何他只是顺着自己的心意却引起了这么大的变化。但是，握着伊芙的双手，身边围绕着一群快乐的残次品机器人，他知道宇宙中的事物本该是什么样，最终就会是什么样。

 

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