Back home on the Great Barrier Reef, Dory was counting. "One, two, three ... four ... um? Wait a minute. Why am I counting?" Dory removed her fins from her eyes and looked around. "Where is everyone? Uh-oh. Did they leave me? No, most likely not. Come on." She started to swim around the reef. "Okay, well, it's okay. I can figure this out," she said confidently. "What was I doing just now? Um ... I was — Okay, why was I covering my face? Why was I trying to hide? Hide. Hide! Wait, I know!" She continued to count. "Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten! Ready or not, here I come!"

Dory searched around the reef and found all her hiding family members and friends. The fish from Nemo's class laughed as she found each one. "All right, you little shrimps, recess is over," said Hank. The kids were disappointed, but gathered in front of Hank. "Bring it in. Time for another lesson."

"When is Mr. Ray coming back from his migration?" asked Chickenfish.

"If he's smart, he'll stay away from here as long as he can. But until he does, I'm your substitute teacher," said Hank. "All right, give your full attention to Mr. Bailey here." Hank gestured to Bailey, who was beaming with pride.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Hank. Okay, kids, who wants to learn about echolocation?"

The kids booed, and Bailey's smile fell.

"Hey, c'mon, guys," said Destiny. "It's actually really cool."

"What are you supposed to be?" asked Chickenfish.

"I'm glad you asked," said Destiny. "I'm a whale shark. And if I could see you, I'd eat you all in one bite!"

"Cool!" cheered the class. Then they chanted, "Do it! Do it! Do it!"

Outside the classroom, Dory faced Marlin, Jenny, and Charlie. "I'll see you in a little while, guys. I've got something I want to do," she said.

"Okay, kelpcake," said Charlie. "Have fun!"

"Family swim when you get back!" said Jenny.

Marlin watched Dory as she swam away. "It's so nice that Dory can go off by herself. She'll always know how to find her way home. Never have to worry again," he said.

Dory swam along, happily humming, "Just keep swimming ..."

But after keeping such a close eye on her for so long, Marlin couldn't let Dory be alone. He peered out from behind some coral, secretly trailing behind her. He watched as she changed direction and followed closely, trying to stay out of view. He saw Dory head toward the edge of the reef, and it didn't take long before he started to panic.

"Dory, no," Marlin whispered.

Then she settled at the very edge of the drop-off. Dory just floated, staring out at the vast blue ocean beyond the reef. "Hey, Marlin," she said, without turning around.

Marlin swam over and joined her. "Oh, hey. Hello, Dory," he said, trying to sound normal.

"You all right? You look worried," said Dory.

"Oh, I'm fine. It's — how I always look."

"I was just enjoying the view," said Dory, smiling.

They both stared out into the peaceful open water, happy to be together.

"Wow," said Marlin. "It really is quite a view."

"Yup."

Marlin looked back in the opposite direction, toward the reef, and smiled. "So is this one."

Dory turned to see what he was looking at. Her big eyes lit up, and her smile widened. She saw her new, combined family floating together at the edge of the reef. Her parents were there — along with Nemo, Hank, Destiny and Bailey. It's true, they were all different kinds of fish. But now, because of Dory, they were important parts of one incredible family. "Unforgettable," she said.

(The End)

 

在大堡礁的家中，多莉正在数数。“一，二，三……四……嗯？等一等。为什么我在数数？”多莉放下捂住双眼的鱼鳍，环视四周。“大家都在哪里呢？噢喔。他们离开我了吗？不，不太可能。算了。”她绕着暗礁游动起来。“好吧，好的，没事的。我会弄明白的，”她自信地说道，“我刚才在做什么？嗯……我是——好吧，为什么我会捂着脸呢？为什么我想要藏起来呢？藏。藏！等等，我知道了！”她继续数起了数。“五，六，七，八，九，十！准备好了吗，我来啦！”

多莉在暗礁周围四处搜寻，找到了所有躲藏起来的家人和朋友。当她找到尼莫班上的所有鱼时，他们都笑了起来。“好啦，小家伙们，休息时间到了。”汉克说。孩子们很是失望，不过全都聚在了汉克的跟前。“收心了。该上下一堂课了。”

“雷老师什么时候迁徙归来啊？”鸡鱼问。

“要是他聪明的话，他会在外面能待多久就待多久。不过在他回来之前，我是你们的代课老师，”汉克说，“好了，请大家把所有的注意力都集中在贝利先生这里。”汉克朝着喜笑颜开的贝利做了个手势。

“非常感谢，汉克先生。好的，孩子们，有谁想学习回声定位？”

孩子们发出了阵阵起哄声，贝利的笑容顿时消失了。

“嘿，好啦，伙计们，”运儿说，“这个真的很棒。”

“你又是什么呢？”鸡鱼问。

“很高兴你能提问，”运儿说，“我是鲸鲨。我要是能看得清你，就会一口把你吞掉！”

“好棒！”全班欢呼道。接着他们反复喊道：“吞掉！吞掉！吞掉！”

课堂外面，多莉面对着马林、珍妮和查理。“各位，过会儿见。我有件事想要去做。”她说。

“好的，小宝贝，”查理说，“玩得愉快！”

“等你回来全家去游泳啊！”珍妮说。

马林望着多莉渐渐游走。“看到多莉能独自出门可真开心。她总会知道怎样找到回家的路。再也不必为她担忧了。”他说。

多莉一边游一边高兴地哼唱着：“不停地游啊游……”

可一直以来习惯了悉心照看她的马林，还是不放心多莉独自出门。他悄悄地尾随其后，躲在珊瑚丛后面向外窥探。看到她改变了方向，他紧紧地跟上前去，试图躲在别人看不见的地方。他看见多莉朝着暗礁边缘一直前行，不一会儿他便惊慌起来。

“多莉，不。”马林低语道。

就在这时，她在陡坡的边缘地带停了下来。多莉只是漂浮着，凝神注视着暗礁之外蔚蓝无垠的海洋。“嘿，马林。”她说道，并没有转过身。

马林游过去，来到她的身旁。“啊，嘿。你好，多莉。”他说，努力地想让声音听起来正常些。

“你还好吗？你看起来有些担忧。”多莉说。

“啊，我还好。只是——我总是这个样子。”

“我只是在欣赏风景。”多莉微笑着说道。

他们俩凝视着宁静宽阔的水域，一起开心地待着。

“哇噢，”马林说，“这风景可真不错。”

“是啊。”

马林转身望向相反的方向，看着暗礁，微笑道：“这边风景也不错。”

多莉转身望向他看着的地方，一双大眼睛顿时明亮起来，笑容也灿烂起来。她看见自己那新组成的家庭正一起朝着暗礁边缘缓缓游来。那里有他的父母——还有尼莫，汉克，运儿和贝利。确实，他们都是不同种类的鱼。可如今，正因为多莉，他们都成了这个不可思议的家庭里的重要成员。“难以忘怀。”她说。

（完）