She builds many other lodges around the island to accommodate many more animals. Roz offers the animals shelter in her lodge, heated by fire.

She awakens to find that the winter is uncharacteristically severe, with deadly levels of snow and cold. Once alone, Roz does not know what to do with herself and she enters a hibernation-like state. Two young bears attack Roz, but when she in turn saves the life of one of the cubs, Mother Bear becomes Roz’s friend.īrightbill matures and prepares to migrate with the flock for the winter, though he is sad to leave Roz. Along with Brightbill’s best friend, Chitchat the squirrel, the pair enjoys a fine summer. Brightbill accepts and cherishes their “strange” family. Roz teaches him that despite their differences, she is devoted to his care. As more animals get to know Roz, they see that she is friendly and eager to be a good neighbor.Īs Brightbill grows, he is bothered by other goslings teasing him for having a “monster” mother. Beaver agrees to build Roz and Brightbill a lodge and a deer named Tawny shows Roz how to plant a garden that will encourage other animals to meet the robot. Some animals are more willing to help Roz adapt to life on the island now that she is the adopted mother of Brightbill. An old goose named Loudwing appreciates Roz’s compassion and she advises Roz on how to care for the gosling, which she names Brightbill. Since she does not know how to care for a gosling, she seeks out other geese.

Roz decides that she cannot let that gosling die, so she protects the egg until it hatches. Roz accidentally causes a rock slide that kills a family of geese, though one lone egg survives. The animals all fear her and call her a monster. Roz learns how to camouflage herself, and by observing the animals of the island she learns how to speak and understand their language.

The wild robot book 2