

Inside, they meet Sparkles the skunk who reveals that Roz’ story has spread from the geese to many other animals.Īfter Brightbill heals, they continue into the mountains where Roz is forced to confront a pair of hunters who try to kill Brightbill. However, they are forced to take shelter in an abandoned cabin when Brightbill is injured by hail. Roz uses fire to scare the wolves and she and Brightbill continue into the wilderness. They once again run into Shadow and his mate Barb and Shadow announces that he will destroy Roz for revenge as his pack left him when she scared him away from the farm. However, after passing many farms, the two make it into the wilderness away from the countryside. Roz is forced to camouflage herself whenever an airship flies over. Roz promises to send them a goose feather back once she reaches the island so they know that she made it.īrightbill and Roz travel for many weeks through forests and over open fields. However, when Brightbill returns, the children command Roz to leave knowing that she cannot refuse a direct order. When spring arrives, Roz begins to feel guilty for planning an escape as she has grown to love the children and worries the farm will suffer without her. Shareef is sleeping and Roz keeps it with her throughout the winter. They use it to take out Roz’ transmitter while Mr. After the geese leave, Roz prepares the farm for her eventual escape and the children find a diagram of Roz. Brightbill and his flock are forced to leave for the winter, but he promises to return by spring. They promise to keep her secret and decide to do their own research to help Roz escape the farm. Unfortunately, the children see this reunion and realize that all of Roz’ stories were about herself. A few days later, Brightbill and his flock arrive and Roz is thrilled to see him. She considers erasing her memory which would reset her as a normal robot, but decides not to. Roz later finds a diary written by Cyrus Shareef in an abandoned barn that she keeps with her.Īs Roz gets closer to winter, she begins to lose hope of ever seeing her son again. However, one of those machines killed her, but he does not specify which one. Shareef bought more machines to run the farm without them. Shareef’s wife was a former worker on his farm when they fell in love. After being repaired, she spends more time with the family and learns that Mr. Roz saves Jad who is paralyzed in terror, but ends up tossed and nearly destroyed by the tornado.

However, a few months later, a tornado hits. Unwilling and unable to kill the wolves, Roz uses her expert camouflage skills and successfully scares the wolves away from the farm. However, life on the farm is disrupted when a pack of wolves lead by Shadow try to attack the cows. While Roz feels close to the children, she hopes that they will come to love her enough to help her escape.Īs many seasons pass, Roz meets a variety of geese that promise to pass on her story to other flocks in hopes of bringing Brightbill to her. Eventually, the children open up to her about their own lives on the farm and reveal that their mother passed away. She tells them about a robot on a remote island, but does not reveal that every story is about herself. After playing hide-and-seek with her, the children ask Roz to tell them stories.

Over many weeks of working on the farm, Roz fixes up all of its machines, builds a strong relationship with the cows, and gets to know the children Jaya and Jad. Shareef to track her movements, Roz is trapped on Hilltop Farm. However, due to the transmitter in her body that allows Mr. She misses her adopted, goose son Brightbill and dreams of returning to the island. However, when meeting the cows on her own for the first time, Roz reveals that she can talk to animals and has developed a human-like personality during her time on a remote island before the start of the novel.
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Shareef, tells her that she will be in charge of running the farm which she learns how to do overnight. ROSSUM Unit 7134, known as Roz, is delivered to Hilltop Farm. The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Brown, Peter.
