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It was Eve’s sixteenth birthday. That morning, she first met Robin on the sunflower valley near the blue River. Eve leaned to pluck the sunflower and then put it on her little hairdo. Then she approached the river casually, river was calm like a mirror, as Eve leaned to see the image of her own face in water, she saw the face of a stranger just behind her own. A complete stranger, an unknown young man was standing right behind her. Although he had a friendly smile, Eve was awestruck. She screamed and turned around.
Robin was in his blue jacket and blue trousers. He extended his hand and said, “ Hi, I’m Robin. You must be Eve. It’s very nice to meet you.”
“Yes, I’m Eve. How do you know?” Eve’s voice was a little shaky when she asked.
“Well, I know.” Robin’s bright blue eyes sparkled.
“You’re not from Ecosphere II, I know everyone here. You must be from outside.”
“You’re right, Eve. I’m from the world outside” Robin smiled brightly.
“Then how did you manage to enter? I know Eco II is strictly prohibited for the people from outside world. This is protected by unbreakable code. How come you did enter? ” Eve’s voice was full of curiosity and anxiety.
“Unbreakable, ehh? They told you so. Well, I broke the code, it was difficult, but not impossible.” Robin’s voice was both proud and desperate.
“Robin, may I ask why did you enter? If it is prohibited, then why did you do it?” Eve was concerned just like a genuine friend.
“Well, I wanted to. Are you telling me to leave?” Robin’s face turned gloomy.
“No, no, I didn’t mean that. You must be very smart. Very brave, too. You broke an unbreakable code and you entered a new world! Welcome, Robin, welcome to EcoII .” Eve tried to cheer up her new friend.
Robin’s gloomy face slowly lit up. He said, “Eve, you’re great. Now let’s sit down and let me tell you about my adventure.”
Robin and Eve sat on the grass by the river and Robin told her how interested he was about this Ecosphere II. He was so eager to enter that he worked day and night to break the security code. He also had to make a bugging machine, which helped him to avoid the constant monitoring by the project team.
- “Do you know Eve, all of you, who live here, are always under constant vigilance of the project team? Their audio-visual network is so great that almost all of your moves they can monitor by that.”
- “ What about now? Are they seeing us? Could they catch you later?”
-“ Don’t worry, Eve. They can’t catch us. I’ve made a good remedy. Do you want to see that? ”
Eve nodded. Like a wizard, from his pocket Robin took out a little cubic box with a lot of twinkling violet, orange and green lights on it. He was smiling loftily when he kept that box in front of his face; all those lights were shining on his bright eyes. Eve felt a deep emotional inclination towards the stranger. She knew that was not desirable, but she just couldn’t resist. It was so natural!
Robin left after half an hour but he changed the life of the first born child of that closed world, named Ecosphere II. The name was given by the project leader Dr. Samuel Gregg. Dr. Gregg and his team live outside and the volunteers including Eve’s parents live inside.
Robin disappeared at the point where the road took a sharp hairpin bend on the golden mountains. Eve, still at the riverside, couldn’t suppress her streaming tears. She was wiping and wiping but more and more tears were streaming down from her eyes. She didn’t know why she was weeping. She didn’t feel any pain; it was something else, which she never tasted before. Nobody in that isolated world told her anything about love.
Robin was in his blue jacket and blue trousers. He extended his hand and said, “ Hi, I’m Robin. You must be Eve. It’s very nice to meet you.”
“Yes, I’m Eve. How do you know?” Eve’s voice was a little shaky when she asked.
“Well, I know.” Robin’s bright blue eyes sparkled.
“You’re not from Ecosphere II, I know everyone here. You must be from outside.”
“You’re right, Eve. I’m from the world outside” Robin smiled brightly.
“Then how did you manage to enter? I know Eco II is strictly prohibited for the people from outside world. This is protected by unbreakable code. How come you did enter? ” Eve’s voice was full of curiosity and anxiety.
“Unbreakable, ehh? They told you so. Well, I broke the code, it was difficult, but not impossible.” Robin’s voice was both proud and desperate.
“Robin, may I ask why did you enter? If it is prohibited, then why did you do it?” Eve was concerned just like a genuine friend.
“Well, I wanted to. Are you telling me to leave?” Robin’s face turned gloomy.
“No, no, I didn’t mean that. You must be very smart. Very brave, too. You broke an unbreakable code and you entered a new world! Welcome, Robin, welcome to EcoII .” Eve tried to cheer up her new friend.
Robin’s gloomy face slowly lit up. He said, “Eve, you’re great. Now let’s sit down and let me tell you about my adventure.”
Robin and Eve sat on the grass by the river and Robin told her how interested he was about this Ecosphere II. He was so eager to enter that he worked day and night to break the security code. He also had to make a bugging machine, which helped him to avoid the constant monitoring by the project team.
- “Do you know Eve, all of you, who live here, are always under constant vigilance of the project team? Their audio-visual network is so great that almost all of your moves they can monitor by that.”
- “ What about now? Are they seeing us? Could they catch you later?”
-“ Don’t worry, Eve. They can’t catch us. I’ve made a good remedy. Do you want to see that? ”
Eve nodded. Like a wizard, from his pocket Robin took out a little cubic box with a lot of twinkling violet, orange and green lights on it. He was smiling loftily when he kept that box in front of his face; all those lights were shining on his bright eyes. Eve felt a deep emotional inclination towards the stranger. She knew that was not desirable, but she just couldn’t resist. It was so natural!
Robin left after half an hour but he changed the life of the first born child of that closed world, named Ecosphere II. The name was given by the project leader Dr. Samuel Gregg. Dr. Gregg and his team live outside and the volunteers including Eve’s parents live inside.
Robin disappeared at the point where the road took a sharp hairpin bend on the golden mountains. Eve, still at the riverside, couldn’t suppress her streaming tears. She was wiping and wiping but more and more tears were streaming down from her eyes. She didn’t know why she was weeping. She didn’t feel any pain; it was something else, which she never tasted before. Nobody in that isolated world told her anything about love.
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